St.

Bede's Catholic College

Specialist Science and Sports College
Issue 196 8th May 2015 T: 0117 377 2200 E: contact@stbedescc.org W: www.stbedescc.org

PRIZE GIVING
Amy Williams MBE, Olympic Gold Medallist and James Grindal,
International Rugby Player, were our guest speakers at our Annual Prize
Giving ceremony held last Thursday evening. Both gave an inspirational
speech expressing how preparation, dedication and commitment were the
key factors in achieving their dreams.
Ms Hughes told us that Inspectors, on a recent visit to St. Bedes, pointed out that
the climate for learning at St. Bedes was outstanding and that the quality of
teaching was of the highest possible standard. She reminded us that what goes
on in the classroom makes a lasting impression on the young people and that is
why it has to be of the highest possible standard. This, coupled with extensive
and co-curricular opportunities, makes for a well rounded and vibrant educational
experience.
Prizes were presented to almost 250 pupils who were given awards for high
achievement, excellent attitude and public spirit within the community.
Although the names of many of the prize winners were known before the
evening, there were surprise awards announced at the ceremony itself:
Congratulations to Luca Hargitai (Science Award), George Curnock
(Sports Award), Joseph Gompels (Year 11 Award), Sashni Chelvam
(Year 13 Award) William Kane and Georgina Easton (Vice Principals Awards)
and Iwan Hughes and Fatima Montero (Principals Awards)
A huge number of children received nominations from staff and a
scrupulous effort to be fair, resulted in the final list. We hope that pupils
deserving of an award, but who did not receive one this year, will be recognised
at Prize Giving celebrations in future years.
Ms Hughes yesterday, awarded a small gift to pupils who
achieved two or more nominations but did not receive a
prize this year. She told them how pleased she
was with their excellent attitude to their studies
and has sent a letter home to their parents to
share with them this good news.
A copy of the Prize Giving programme is on our
website.

OLIVER - Prop Workshops'

JOCELYN BELL BURNELL VISIT

Food glorious Food!'

The making of props for the
forthcoming college
musical - Oliver began
last week in the Art
Department. Pupils were
making bowls and tankards
and look forward over the
following weeks to designing
pub signs and shops fronts, as
well as the mighty task of
painting a street scene of
London! All are welcome to
join in the fun! Ask a
member of the Art team or
your Tutor for more details.

Bell Burnell pupils were very excited last week to have

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell visit College.
The astrophysicist gave an assembly to 'her' House, and then met
with pupils to answer their questions.
Dame Bell Burnell delivered two lectures. In the first lecture she
talked to Year 11, 12 and 13 physics students about her work on
pulsars. The second lecture was aimed at Year 9 and 10 girls and
was designed to encourage them to consider careers in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects. It was fantastic to
have such an influential speaker in College, one who inspired the
pupils and enriched their learning experience.

A2 PHILOSOPHY REVISION DAY

We were delighted to welcome Dr Michael Lacewing from Heythrop College, University of
London on Tuesday and our students agreed that it was a very worthwhile experience:
During this year we have been studying Platos The Republic, looking at three units in
particular; Appearance and Reality, Knowledge and Virtue and Political Rule all of which
Dr Lacewing covered in this revision session.
He focussed on exam technique and essay
structure and now we feel more equipped for
our examination in June. Last year, we visited
him in London with other schools but it was
nice to have the personal touch today.
Tillie Morris and Michael Maccallam Year 13.

DATES FOR
YOUR DIARY
11th May
Main period of GCE/
GCSE Exams start

15th May
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TEAM AZZURRO
BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOS. CHAMPIONS
We are delighted to announce that
St. Bede's Young Enterprise Team Azzurro won
the Bristol and South Gloucestershire Finals
that were held at Kingsweston House
yesterday evening.
Four out of a possible nine trophies were awarded to the team.
Best in Bristol
Best Innovation
Best Company Report
Overall Winner

18th May
Year 10 End of Term
Exams English, Maths
and Science

22nd May
END OF TERM 5

1st June
START OF TERM 6
Week A

Team Azzurro now progress onto The South West Regional Final
where we will be competing against the winners from Cornwall,
Dorset and Devon. Good luck!

SHADOW ELECTION AT ST BEDES

The result of our elections did not mirror the National picture. The turn
out for voting was 65% and votes cast put Labour in first place, news
that was received with huge delight by Abin Varghese their leader and
the election support team. The school results were:
LABOUR
203

GREEN PARTY
176

UKIP
121

CONSERVATIVES
56

Abin
Varghese

Isabella
Redmond

Jansen
Roy

Declan
Kelly

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
45
James
Saunders

JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE

Last Thursday 30th April, 30 of our most able Year 7 mathematicians sat the Junior Maths
Challenge paper. We look forward to sharing the results with you in the next issue.
Congratulations to Year 10 pupil Eva Clothier who took part in the National Maths Challenge
Kangaroo - the follow-on round to the Intermediate Maths Challenge.
A fantastic achievement and a wonderful experience for Eva, Well done!

NEW AWAKENINGS WORSHIP

Awakenings Worship is pleased to be joined
in May, by David Wells, a renowned Catholic
speaker. The evening will consist of praise
and worship, a talk, a chance for prayerful
intercession, all finished off with coffee and
a chat.
Tuesday May 12th 2015 at 7.30pm

ANTI-BULLYING AMBASSADOR TRAINING

On Tuesday 21st April, 30 pupils across Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 took
part in a training programme to become Anti-Bullying
Ambassadors. We had the day off timetable to work with an
external trainer. We were involved in a variety of activities
including drama workshops, role play, presentations, written tasks
and video analysis. The aim of the day was to learn skills,
knowledge and confidence to tackle bullying effectively.
The 30 Young Ambassadors will now continue to work with the
Anti -Bullying Ambassador Team and school staff.
Yvonne Ncube Year 10

CHESS TOURNAMENT
In January, 35 chess enthusiasts
entered our prestigious chess
tournament. Names were
picked at random and allocated
numbers on the chess ladder
from one to thirty five. You
could challenge and play the
person up to three places above
you on the ladder. If you beat them, you would take their placethe
aim was to reach the top of the ladder. After many chess matches, on
the final day last week I was battling to win third place. The match
was tense and I was shaking, but I won! Gianni Szabo Winchurch,
Year 9 was crowned Grandmaster of St. Bedes, Joseph Tomy, Year 10
was awarded 2nd place and I was awarded 3rd.
Tom Fernandes, Year 7

PASTEUR CHARITIES
Tutor group 8PDA are
currently raising funds for
the Pasteur house
charities; Capella and
Toilet Twinning. We have
two amazing prizes! First
prize is a football signed by
the whole of the
Bristol City Football team,
who not only won the Johnson Paint Trophy but also
completed the double by
winning League One and
promotion back into the
Championship!
Second prize is a signed
Bristol Rugby ball from the
league winners and hopefully championship play-off
Winners!
To raise money we are selling squares from our Treasure Island sheet, each
square is 1.

AUTHOR VISITCHRIS BRADFORD

On Thursday 30th April, Chris Bradford
the author of the book series
Bodyguard visited St. Bedes.
Bradfords visit was greatly anticipated
throughout the school and when the day
came, pupils were buzzing with
excitement!
The beginning of the visit was
accompanied by a Safety Check amongst pupils. Bradford then
picked volunteers to help him demonstrate the Box Formation from
his bodyguard training. It wasnt as easy as it looked!
After that, Artur volunteered to become an Attacker and Bruno
became the VIP, Justin Bieber! Next, volunteers were asked to eat
cockroaches and worms (Yuck!)
At the end of the visit, pupils were given the opportunity to get
books signed and meet Chris Bradford.
(No pupils were harmed during this visit!)
Maia Wensley, Bruno Da Re and Artur Wojtkiewcz Year 7

FOOTBALL SPORTS CAMP

During the May half term the St Bede's
community sports team will be running a 4-day football camp
from Tuesday 26th-Friday 29th May. The camp will take place
each day from 9am-3pm outdoors on the 3G football pitch and
is open to boys and girls aged 7-14. The cost of the camp is 10
per day or 35 for the 4-day week. For further information or
to register please contact Rob Allan, Sports Development
Officer on 07825 767582 or email r.allan@stbcc.org.

FOOTBALL RESULTS
Congratulations to the Year 11 Boys Football team who beat
Bedminster Down 2-0 last Monday in the Quarter Finals of the
Bristol & South Gloucestershire Football Competition. We wish
them the very best of luck in the semi finals.

LITERACY CHALLENGE

Good = 12+
Excellent = 15+
Outstanding = 18+

NUMERACY CHALLENGE
A boy has as many sisters as brothers,
but each sister has only half as many
sisters as brothers. How many brothers
and sisters are there in the family?
Email your answers to
newsletterquiz@stbedescc.org

APP OF THE WEEK

This weeks App of the week is

essential if you are considering
taking Computing at GCSE but is
also great fun to learn how to
make your own Apps using MIT
App Inventor. The MIT AI2
Companion App can be
downloaded to your phone and
then used to connect directly to
your projects on the App Inventor
Website to allow you to run and
test your own creations as you
are editing them. Unfortunately
this App is only compatible with
Android devices and can be accessed by scanning the QR code
on the right.

St. Bedes Catholic College

Bristol BS11 0SU
0117 3772200
Email: contact@stbedescc.org
Website: www.stbedescc.org