ASA TODAYwww.asachelt.orgThe All Saints’ Academy NewspaperIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

Austria TripStudents go skiing during the Easter holidays Page 6

6 weeks of raffle ticket selling, 2500 tickets sold and 77 prizes to be won!At 1.45pm on Friday 9th May, Mr Powell launched the ASA Raffle in aid of the school trip to Tanzania. A massive thank you to stu-dents, parents, carers, staff, members of the community and local businesses for donating such fantastic prizes and for purchasing raffle tickets. We wouldn’t have had such a successful and exciting

Year 7 RetreatStudents take part in fun activities with the Chaplains Page 3

We did it, £32,090 raised!On Tuesday 13th May, The Africa Team at All Saints’ Academy successfully com-pleted our fundraising target of £32,090! This money is being used to send a group of 21 students and staff on a mission-ary trip to help build a new school and community centre in Kigoma, Tanza-nia, as well as provide much needed re-sources and education to the local people.

By Mr KellyAssistant Director of Sixth Form

Raffle successRaffle draw without everyone’s support.

Our top Prizes were; 1st: Eurocamp Holiday for 6 people (worth £1500), 2nd: HP Laptop3rd: Nexus 7 Tablet

We raised at total of £2500 from Raffle!A huge thank you for everyone’s support,

£32,090

Thank you to all who have donated towards the Africa trip!

has been raised.

Above: The school that our students will

be working on in TanzaniaAbove: The team in Africa that our students will be working with

Mr Kelly with Jon, Nicole & Jack

Some of the Africa team fund-raising - selling roses for Valen-tine’s Day

EDITORIALMiss SkeldingPR & CommunicationsManager

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I wanted to say a big thank you to all of the staff and students who con-tribute to the newspaper each term. It has been another busy term with the Africa fundraising and exams fast approaching. Students have been work-ing to tight deadlines to get coursecom-pleted and start revising for their exams.In addition to this there has been Student Review Day which was a great success with a fantastic number of parents/car-ers and students in attendence. To add to this we had a number of businesses and colleges come in to hold a careers fair. The Sixth Form journalists had their chance to attend a board room meeting with the Cheltenham Festivals for the upcoming project on the Chelten-ham Science Festival. You will see their work in the next edition of ASA TODAY. If you are interested in be-ing a student journalist please send me an email: kskelding@asachelt.org

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Flicking through these pages, you won’t fail to notice that All Saints’ Academy is spreading its wings! Service to oth-ers and social justice are at the heart of our beliefs. By reaching out into the local and international communi-ties, our students prove themselves to be the world changers of the future. Over the past few months, I’ve counted around sixty school trips to a huge range of destinations, includ-ing New York and Berlin. We’ve hosted visits from both neighbouring schools and from Italy and Uganda. Students have listened to survivors of the Holo-

caust and interviewed their local MP. Out of this huge range of ac-tivities, I’ve chosen a couple that sum up the ambitions of All Saints’ students. Firstly, the students and staff involved in the Africa Trip have shown impressive creativity and determination in raising the funds needed to support a school in Tanzania. One of the most re-cent fundraisers was a sponsored twen-ty-four hour fast and “sleep-over”. The spirit, humour and team-work on show from over a hundred staff and students were remarkable. It’s no wonder they are nearing their target of £32,090 as I write. Another new venture is a col-laboration between All Saints’ and Chel-tenham Festivals. We are the only Chel-tenham school to be working with the team that organises the festivals. Soon, twelve All Saints’ Sixth Formers will

work as journalists for the Science Festival and their daily reports will be published in the Gloucester Echo. This will be the first of many oc-casions when our students repre-sent us at these prestigious events. And on top of all this, we’re on line to achieve another jump up in our examination results in both the Sixth Form and Year Eleven. We’re also heavily over-subscribed in both Year Seven and the Sixth Form for next year. As ever, this is only achieved through stu-dents, staff, parents and governors working together. Thank you for the essential part you continue to play. We want to know how we can keep improving too, so please get in touch, either by joining the parents’ forum, or simply by phone or email.

Mr PowellInterim Principal

Happy Birthday Parental Forum!!!Yes, the Parental Forum is about to celebrate its first birthday.

All Saints’ Academy Parental Forum - which meets once a term, for an hour, to discuss a whole variety of issues related to life at the Academy – started one year

ago.

Over the year topics discussed have included Enrichment, ILTs, Student Review Days, School Uniform and Communication.

The last meeting for this academic year is onTuesday June 10th 2014 at 6pm.

The group is open to all parents so if you are interested in attending please email Mrs Crawford (Assistant Principal, HAL) on acrawford@asachelt.org

We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.

The Parental Forum needs you!

“Your children, your views, your ASA.”

Above: Some of the students that took part in the Africa fast.

OUR RETREAT ‘ROCK’ED3www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

The day began with students and Acade-my staff meeting at ‘The Rock’, St Peter’s Church, Tewkesbury Road at 9.00am. On arrival students were wel-comed by staff from The Rock. After an introduction they were divided into five groups, each with a member of staff as the leader, this was followed by activi-ties in which the groups had to work as a team in order to complete their tasks. The next activity involved the groups visiting Prayer Stations/Zones which had been set up for them on dif-ferent aspects of the theme of Community and Belonging which fits in with the RE Topic students are covering at present. The stations proved very thought provok-ing and provided an opportunity to reflect. Each had an action to perform which students were invited to take part in. After the groups had visited each station there were further activities exploring the idea that, although we are all differ-ent, we have many things in common which give us a sense of belonging. This theme was then developed to think about how the early Church evolved and what Jesus’ followers had in common.After a break, which included drinks and biscuits, the students were given the task in their groups of setting up their own Prayer Stations/Zones. They were given a variety of resources to choose from and each station had bible verses which

By Mrs C SpenceRoman Catholic Lay Chaplain

tied in with the theme and these were the starting point. This created a real buzz as students shared ideas and planned how they were going to set up their zone which had to be interactive. The students had fifty minutes to complete their task, then the groups went around and visited each station. The zones were all very different and showed great im-agination on the part of the students. The afternoon session con-sisted of a carousel of three activities and games. Again the students had to work as teams. One of the activities which proved very popular was the Tower Building, each group had to construct a

tower using newspaper and tape, the win-ning team being the one with the tallest tower. This caused great excitement and some of the designs were ingenious! The day ended with the a re-flection on the day, with students in their groups discussing what they enjoyed, what they had learnt, what they took away with them and what made them think the most. We ended with a prayer.The Retreat days have been most en-joyable and provide a well balanced mix of activities and time for re-flection and discussion all of which students have fully engaged with.

Students taking part in a workshop at The Rock

During April and May, Year 7 students will be out of school on a day retreat with their RE teacher and chaplains. The theme of the retreat is linked to the Year 7 RE syllabus, of which the fourth unit is on the theme of BELONGING. During these lessons we discuss and learn about the different communities that we all belong to and the influences they may have on us . In particular this leads us to consider the implications of belonging to a Christian community and the sig-nificance of the sacrament of Baptism. This year the retreat has been planned in conjunction with THE ROCK . Andy, the leader met with the chap-lains to discuss the programme.

Retreat Activities Student experiences

By Mrs T ScarfeAssistant Principal of Spirituality

By Maja NowakStudent Reporter

The theme of the day was being part of a community and belonging to one. The day started with us playing games, like getting into order of tall-est on one side and the smallest on the other; but we had to stay on the white line to do this. It involved co-opera-tion between the group to achieve this. Then we were asked to participate in five reflections. The first was writ-ing on a piece of wood things we had to forgive someone for. Then we were given sand paper and asked to sand the words off as a sign that we had forgiven that person. Then we moved to hopes and dreams where we wrote out own hopes and dreams on a piece of paper and clipped these onto a large wooden cross. At the third we placed our hands in a box of sand to make an impression. This helped us to think about what im-pression we leave on others. The fourth involved us drinking water and think-ing about people in the world who don’t have water and other things like we do. Finally we had to write a question we would like to ask God and peg this onto a piece of string. I asked God if he had power and if he was real.After break we had to make our own prayer stations. My group had the theme

By Joshua Stoner Student Reporter

of “having a role in a community that you belong to”. To make our prayer station we drew a big cross to represent Jesus and then we drew jigsaw puzzle shapes all over it. These represented all the different roles we play in a community and how they come together. We then came up with 30 words. At the end of the day eve-ryone in our class chose a word and placed it on a puzzle piece on the cross, making one big community working together. I thought the day was fun, interest-ing and different because the mem-bers of the ROCK combined team work and sport to make us learn and think about being part of a community.

The theme of the day was community and belonging. The day started with us going to five reflections in our groups. I went first to one where we drank water and said prayer in our head for someone we loved. The second one was when we went to the sofas and wrote a question we would like to ask God. The third re-flection was where I wrote something I was sorry for on a piece of wood . I then sanded it off to make it disappear. The fourth one was where we wrote out our hopes and dreams on a piece of paper and put them on a cross to offer them to Jesus. The final one was when I put my hands in some sand to see the mark they made. I then brushed it away so a new impres-sion could be made for everyone to see. After break we had to make our own prayer stations. The group I was in had the theme of acceptance. To make our prayer station we put some mirrors and pictures of people from around the world on a table. The task was for peo-ple to look in the mirror and see if they could accept themselves as they are. Then look at the pictures think how they ac-cept others. You then had to make a paper bracelet with the words “I accept you” and give it to someone else in your group. After lunch we did team-building games like 4 square and basketball and seeing who could build the biggest paper tower. I thought the day was good be-cause it was fun and we learnt team-build-ing skills. The stories made me think about God and Jesus more than I would normally.

Students reflecting on images at the rock.

Double Canonization in Rome

SPIRITUALITY4www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

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Daffodil Tea

By Jose LumactodStudent Reporter

On Saturday 1st March, 12 students from In Rome during 26th-27th April, visited Rome with other pilgrims to see the once in a lifetime double canonization of now St John Paul the second and St John the twenty third. The trip was authorized by Mrs Carol so the pupil had enough time to see many things in Rome. St Peter’s ba-silica was the first place he visited many people queued to see the place where the canonization was held before the actual ceremony. Many wonders were held in-side the walls which not only are home to promising architect and the fact that is was painted by Panini. The following day started at 5:00 am with people already queuing to see the canonization. The trains at that time were already packed to

By Mrs C SpenceRoman Catholic Lay Chaplain

On Friday 28th March we held a Daffodil Tea to which all parents and carers were invited. It was an opportunity for the stu-dents to say thank you to those who care for them and show their appreciation. Every student during their ‘Living Well’ lesson learnt about the origins of ‘Moth-ering Sunday’ and then got involved in a variety of activities, including putting to-gether a posy of daffodils for their carer. Therefore each student had a posy of daffodils to take home. Alternatively, for those who had been recently bereaved or found this more difficult, they were in-vited to take them to the Chapel and place them in memory of their loved one. Stu-dents whose carers had come in for the tea, then went and collected them from reception and took them to the Dance Stu-dio, where tables were laid with cupcakes made by students (thanks Mrs Coleman and team!) and biscuits and of course vas-es of daffodils. The students served their carers with refreshments, and together enjoyed tea and cake.The feedback from the event was very positive, so maybe this will be something that happens again.

the brim with other pilgrims in fact it was so full that it took 2 trains to take my entire group to the location. Afterwards it took at least 5 hours, if not more, to travel a cou-ple hundred yards ending with us having to get out because of the barrier and the fact that it was claustrophobic only made it worse, I had to sleep on the pavement at one point. Instead we ended up visiting a friend’s house and watching it on the TV. At least the previous day ended with a trip to the coliseum and world famous gelato.

Left: Our students serving their parents/carers with refreshments.

The event was very positive!

Right: Mrs Cronin, Mrs Spence and stu-dents making count-less cups of tea!

Above: Jose, in front of St Peter’s basilica.

Left: Pietà found inside St Peter’s basilica made by Michelangelo.

June Mon 2nd Bishop Martyn of Tewkes-bury, visiting ASA

Wed 4th & Thurs 5th Chaplaincy Assemblies

Thurs 5th Mass will be celebrated by Fr Paul Brandon at 12.10pm in St Benedict’s Chapel

Tues 24th Year 11 Leavers Service

Wed 25th & Thurs 26th Chaplaincy Assemblies: Cor-pus Christi

July Thurs 3rd July Catholic Secondary Schools Pilgrimage Day

God forgive those who cause war,

those who benefit from war.

God bless those who fear war,

those who are killed in war,

those who are harmed by war,

those who are bereaved by war,

those who build and heal after war,

those who live their lives so that wars may

cease.Father, forgive us,

Jesus, redeem us, Holy Spirit, renew us.

Christian Aid Week

‘Opportunity to say thank you’

Upcoming Events

DEPARTMENT NEWS

By Mrs ParrPastoral Manager - Post 16

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Student Review Day

Health and Social Care

Choosing your career path can be a daunting prospect. With so many possi-ble careers out there, students must de-cide which subjects to take to reach their dream job. Yet few people know exactly what they want to do from an early age, and for most there comes a time when they must find out what options there are and decide which they will pursue. ASA students have been intro-duced to employers from the world of work at Student Review Day to help them find their way through the maze of careers. Our careers fair offered stu-dents, their parents/carers and staff the chance to meet a wide range of employers and organisations and consider options for the future.

I have been doing cadets since the start of Year 10 and so far my best experience was flying, I went flying on two occa-sions and I have loved it both times. I love the feeling of flying although you do get a headache after the experience is definitely worth it. The first time I went I only got to go up for 5 minutes because we started late, it was a bit disappoint-ing but it was my first time and I enjoyed it. The second time we went was more successful as we did get 30 minutes up in the plane and we got to take control of the plane ourselves and actually fly! I also did some aerobatics with the pilot which was lovely. I’d have to say that even though I do not regret

By Miss Bonnici Head of Health and Social Care

This busy event provided the op-portunity to think about life be-yond school and help make impor-tant decisions about their future. We were fortunate to have many new employers joining us for our 2014 Ca-reers Fair, some of whom offer appren-ticeships in their different areas of work. Exhibitors included:Airbus UK Ltd , Army, Barclays Life Skills, Bristol Street Motors, Chelten-ham Borough Council, Cheltenham Borough Homes, CCP, CTFC, Clarkson Evans, CBC, Delphi Diesel, EF Host families, E Trust Year in Industry (Kohler Mira), Gloscol, Gloucestershire Con-stabulary, L-3 TRL Technology, PCSO, Prospect Training, RAF Careers, This-tle Hotel, 1-2-1 recruitment, UFS Direct Local training providers ran a range of different activities includ-ing bricklaying and vehicle inspec-tions; their representatives were able

CadetsBy Aleksandra Borowicz Student Reporter

Last term Health and Social Care stu-dents were able to take part in ques-tion and answer sessions with a variety of professionals working in the sector. Our special guests in-cluded; social workers, occupation-al therapists and physiotherapists.Students fired off many interest-ing questions to the panel – learning lots about these job roles and think-ing about their own future careers. Students learnt first

to talk about working in the industry and future opportunities for training and employment within the local area.The companies were superb, all re-ally willing to come in and talk with students. We’d like to say a huge thank you to them for giving up their time. We would also like to say a big thank you to all the parents / car-ers that attended Student Review Day. Your support is always appreciated.

hand the difficulties and challeng-es these professionals face as well as the more rewarding moments. One student commented that they discovered “things I never knew about these kinds of jobs - it was in-teresting to hear about the work they do and that no two days are the same.”For Sixth Form students this was a great opportunity for them to find out what qual-ifications they need to embark on careers in this sector. As a result of the visit one Sixth Former has managed to secure some valuable work experience shadowing var-ious individuals in the Adult Social Work team at Gloucestershire County Council.

We are looking forwardto more visits next year!

Steam Museum

On Thursday 13th February 8I went to the Steam Museum in Swindon. We all learnt about the experiences of World War 2. The day started when we got on the minibus, everybody was ex-cited. First, at the museum we went to the train station and we met our WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service) who was a warden who told us what to do. After that we went on the train and talked about the evacuee’s suitcase and what they would have taken with them. When we got off the train Mrs Webb, Mrs Jaynes and Mr Day were the carers till the war was over. Mrs Webb took me because I looked smart. Near to the end of our visit

By Callum DrewStudent Reporter

making the decision of going to cadets I do think it a big commitment which should be thought about, doing cadets does mean that you have to give up your own time not only after school but on weekends on holidays sometimes too. I think that cadets is very chal-lenging as you learn new things every time you go and its great however re-membering routines and putting things into practice does get hard sometimes. I think cadets did change me and I think it has made me more organized, whilst giving me many new opportuni-ties, which have definitely had an impact on me, even my family have noticed the change in me and how I’m more punctu-al, I even follow orders more obediently. Overall I think cadets is a very good experience and should be taken if the chance is given because it was defi-nitely one of my best decisions to join.

By Claire TaylorStudent Reporter

On Thursday the 13th of Febru-ary 8I went to Swindon Steam Mu-seum, as we were learning about World War 2 and finishing off our topic.We were evacuated onto a train and we saw some of the things that chil-dren and adults would have packed in World War 2. We went to see what a local air raid shelter would have looked and sounded like. It was noisy, stuffy and cramped but I felt safe. Lucy Davis said, “It was an amaz-ing day and I had a great time learning more about WW2”.

we had a talk about the bombs and we went in a public shelter. It was scary. We all thought it was awesome and su-per good. When we were at the shelter the ARP (air raid precaution) said to me to SHOUT out “Put your light out”.

N C SYear 11 & 12

NCS is a free four week program available to ASA students this summer.

Students will face their fears, grow personally and professionally, build a CV that employers are looking for, meet new people and have summer full of amazing memories.

If your child has been given an application form please do send it to the freepost address located on the front of the form to reserve their place as the program is filling up fast. For more information call 07881 835080 or email ncs@gloscol.ac.uk

AUSTRIA TRIP6www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

The 2014 ski trip started on the second week of the Easter holiday. Everyone go-ing had had at least a few hours of practice at the dry slope in Gloucester; a few of the students were more experienced skiers having gone in previous years. We shared the coach and the rest of the holiday with schools from the Leek Federation. On arrival at the hotel we only had a few hours to get unpacked before we had to go and get our ski equipment, boots, skis, helmets, and poles. On the first day students were taught the basics of skiing to make sure everyone was capa-ble of going further up the mountain, and on the second day they were put into abil-ity groups. Ryan Murphy was allowed to snowboard on the second day as he’s an experienced boarder, however this ended badly for him as he broke his left ankle. As the ski trip was late in the season we expected the weather to be sunny and for the conditions to be very slushy due to the sun, however on the third day when we all woke up we noticed that it was snow-ing and it didn’t stop until well into the fourth. This made the conditions much better and was ironic to see everyone’s surprise of snow on a skiing holiday. The area our hotel was in was only a drive away from multiple resorts, which meant we went to a total of four re-sorts over our six days of skiing. On the fi-nal day we had a race where the first three would receive gold, silver and bronze and the last would receive a shark. The race was split into ability groups with Jed and Mitch coming first within their groups and Aaron Mason being the only person to fall during the race coming last in his.

By Alistair PotterStudent Reporter

ASA students and staff skiing down the mountain

Let’s go Skiing

Mr Pierce & Mr Ferguson getting ready to ski

The X-Ray for Ryan Murphy’s broken ankleMost of the ASA ski team

Aaron Mason & Bradley Simms ready to go

HISTORY7www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

Above: The entrance to Auschwitz 1. The message reads ‘work makes you free’

On Wednesday 26th March I was privi-leged to take a pair of students on a trip to Auschwitz-Burkenau. Known more commonly as Auschwitz, this was one of six purpose built extermination centres located in the conquered eastern portion of Hitler’s Third Reich, formally and presently, known as Poland. The main aim of these extermination centres was to destroy people who did not fit into the Nazis grand vision of a master race in Europe. These people included Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Asocials, Jeho-vah’s Witnesses, political enemies, Slavs, Poles and Russians. However, singled out above all others for special extermina-tion was the Jews. Hitler believed that the Jews were responsible for all of the prob-lems in the world and were holding back human development with their existence. At Wansee in January 1942 the Jews were handpicked for annihila-tion. They had already been targeted in a gradual increase in persecution for years but now they would be destroyed. The main method of destruction would be gas in purpose built bunkers that could hold up to 2000 men, women and children at a time. Jews had been murdered previous to this through firing squad. However, this was deemed inhumane. Inhumane that is to the German soldiers tasked with ex-ecuting people at close range. In places such as Auschwitz the guards would only need to see their victims enter the camp and then the gas chambers. After destruc-tion they were removed by special task units, known as the sonderkommando, who would take the bodies for destruction in purpose built overs. The sonderkom-mando were themselves Jews. They were

Remembering the victims of the HolocaustBy Mr GiblinHistory Teacher

fed better than other inmates of the camps but were themselves destroyed every 4 months to prevent them from using their physical strength and organisation to re-sist the system of terror. It is this story, as well as many others, that the students were made aware of while in Poland. The trip itself, began in Aus-chwitz town. Here we were taken to the only surviving Synagogue of a place that once had a population that was 57% Jew-ish. The current population is now 1 per-son. The reason for the survival of this place of worship, we were told by our Rabbi tour guide, was due to the fact that it was used to store the stolen goods of the Jews of Auschwitz who had been taken to the camp. This was due to its square shape and close locality to the main train station. From the town we travelled to Auschwitz 1, the first of over 40 camps in the area that collectively call themselves Auschwitz. Auschwitz 1 was the original camp and conditions were truly terrible. Any dissent was met with death to the 40,000 that called the small site their pris-on. Here, medical experiments, torture, forced labour and death was a regular occurrence. However, the size and scale of Auschwitz 1 was nothing compared to that of Auschwitz 2, which had a popu-lation of 200,000 when at full capacity. This was the true centre of death, either through destruction through work or in the gas chambers that I have already men-tioned. If you were fit and healthy you would work but if you were old, pregnant, disabled or young then you would die. The tour was completed with a service from the Rabbi, following which all present were invited to light a candle and place it on the railway line that once brought people to the site for death. In total 12 million people died due to the Nazi’s belief that they were not suitable to join their master race. Of these 12 million, 6 million were Jewish and of

Below: The cattle truck that men, women and children were crammed into for their journey to Auschwitz

these 6 million, 1.2 million perished at Auschwitz. The students that are a part of the project will be completing their own project linked to the Holocaust in due course. For them it was an experi-ence that was both moving and shock-ing. However, from the project, all will learn a message of tolerance that we

here at All Saints’ Academy celebrate. Special thanks must go to the LFE Holocaust Project and Mr Steve Powell for providing he funds to cover travel and the Head of History, Mrs Gooch, for making me aware of the LFE Holocaust Project. Finally I would like to thank the students, Jack Lane and

Jodie Wilkinson, for their time and ef-fort. They were a credit to the school dur-ing discussions with other students from other schools as well as religious leaders and the Project organisers, all of whom commented on their superb manner.

Above: Rabbi Marcus explains the existanceof the Synagogue and the story of Jews of Auschwitz

HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT8www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

SIXTH FORM9www.asachelt.orgIssue 26, Term 5, 2014

By Mr ChilmanPhotography Teacher

The following points are taken from http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm.

1.Blocks of study time and breaksBlocks ideally are around 50 minutes, but perhaps you become restless after only 30 minutes? Some difficult mate-rial may require more frequent breaks.

2.Dedicated study spacesDetermine a place free from distraction (no phone or text messaging) where you can maximize your concentration and be free of the distractions that friends or hobbies can bring! You should also have a back-up space that you can escape to.

3.Prioritise your assignmentsWhen studying, get in the habit of begin-ning with the most difficult subject or task. You’ll be fresh, and have more energy to take them on when you are at your best.

4.Postpone unnecessary activities until the work is donePostpone tasks or routines that can be put off until your school work is finished! This can be the most diffi-cult challenge of time management.

5.Use your free time wisely

What an exciting opportunity! I along with 9 other students have been given the chance to be journalist at the Chel-tenham Science Festival. There we will be able to interview speakers, other jour-nalists and special guests. Recently we attended a briefing meeting at the Chel-tenham Festival’s headquarters where we all discussed the purpose for us being involved and what we wanted to achieve.

We came up with these points: • To show science is exciting • To get people involved with science• To inspire• To gain a larger audience• To surprise and inform

With the help of Candice Pearson we then brainstormed things that we need to in-clude in our work from the festival, things like audience, content, layout, and con-ventions. As the meeting concluded we were sent home with topics to research and to start working on some articles. I

Cheltenham Festivals opportunityBy Chelsea Craven Student Reporter

am so excited for this opportunity. Many of us students including me are pursuing careers in Journalism, Media, and Sci-ence and find the subject interesting. So this will truly benefit us in countless ways. Practising interviewing people other than students and peers will be particularly beneficial. I’m particularly looking for-ward to interviewing speakers on sub-jects that they are passionate about. I’m interested in science and I really support the idea of showing younger people that science is fun and I hope to demonstrate this in my work at the festival. One thing that will be challenging will be asking the right questions and researching thor-oughly as well as meeting the deadlines. However I look forward to this though because it will give us the practice that is extremely valuable in the career field. Erin Mason, another stu-dent involved said, “I am incredibly honoured to be partaking in this excit-ing opportunity. I hope that this will open many windows for me in terms of future ventures into the world of journalism and I can’t wait to begin!’’ I look forward in working further with the Cheltenham Festi-val team and I will be anxiously wait-ing for that week in June to come.

Above: Some of the journalists at the Cheltenham Festival’s base in Cheltenham

How to be more effective with your

study time

Simon talked to the Sixth Form on March 14th about the work of the Teenage Cancer Trust. He joined Teenage Cancer Trust in 2010 and has been blown away with how supportive the charity is and stag-gered at all the amazing work it does to

Visit from Teenage Cancer Trust of Simon Hewett-

Avisonhelp young people, their friends and fami-lies who have been affected by cancer. Simon visited a teenage friend in hospital with cancer and found that he was in a ward with old men. His friend had nothing in common with the rest of the patients and so was frus-trated and lonely. The Teenage Cancer Trust raises money to equip hospitals with specialist wards for teenagers. Simon also gave advice about the types of cancers that can affect teenag-ers such as melanoma. The damage done to your skin when you’re young can lead to skin cancer developing in later life. Simon also gave advice on how students could carry out simple checks to make sure they do not have cancers develop-ing and he encouraged students to seek medical advice if they were concerned.

By Mr SimcoxDirector of Sixth Form

Congratulations to the Year 12 and 13 Photography students who have this week just completed their final pieces during a 5 hour and 15 hour exam respectively! All the students have again worked excep-tionally hard this term and produced some exciting, varied and interesting outcomes using the digital cameras and Adobe Pho-toshop. Two of the Year 13 students chose to look at the representation of the human body with Emmanuel Villarba exploring the nature of what is beautiful, whilst Leah Hampton chose to explore the hu-man body as art with her eye-catching images. Chelsea Craven chose to study reflections, creating some great depth and darkness. Well done to all the students!

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Students become leaders for the dayBy Miss SkeldingPR & Marketing Manager

Since the ASA gymnastics club be-gan in September the squad have been very successful representing the school in the Gloucestershire Gym-nastics Cup at St Peter’s School. The squad members per-formed a floor routine and two vaults, with three members of advanced squad; Cameron, Biddy and Ellie Eardley also performing an excellent trio routine. The squad showed great commitment by attending the weekly gymnastics club as well as extra ses-sions. Well done to the ASA Gym-nastics Squad who finished in 4th place, which is a great achievement for only the first year of the club. The squad consisted of 5 members of the advanced team; Cam-eron Morrissey, Biddy Holmes, Ellie Eardley, Leah Averiss, Ellie-Mae Wil-liams and 10 members of the novice team; Yindiia Russell, Jade Pearce, Rebecca Marks, Faye Cresswell, Tilly

Cresswell, Oliver Ray, Amy Oakley, Gulalai Maroofkhil , Abbie Easterbrook. The squad are currently prepar-ing for the All Saints’ Dance and Gym-nastics Production on Tuesday 20th May, raising money for the Africa trip. The ASA Dance Club and Gymnastics Club have come together for this production to show case the talent we have at All Saints’. Auditions were held and then reg-ular practice sessions have taken place for the performers to create and work on their routines. Students have shown true com-mitment and dedication to the production which we hope you were able to enjoy.

By Miss DaleyP.E. Technican

140 Year 2 pupils from Christ Church Primary, Hesters Way Primary, St Gregory the Great, Gloucester Road Primary and St Thomas More Primary visited All Saints’ Academy for an ex-citing Tennis Festival led by Year 9 & 10 students from All Saints’ Academy. The primary pupils took part in several different tennis activities set up and led by some Year 9 & 10 PE stu-dents. The Year 9 & 10 ASA students get to practise their leadership skills, some of the students can use this festival to go to-wards a BTEC sport module. Year 9 stu-dents Reziquel Dalogdog, Macy Patter-son and Chloe Betteridge are in the Year 9 District Leadership Academy so used this experience to support at District events. PE Technician Clare Daley said “In Year 2 they haven’t played much tennis so it is a really good opportunity for them to have a go, without playing a proper game of tennis they can hold a racket, throw a tennis ball, and do some fun drills that are tennis related.A few of the ASA students have nev-er led a festival before and have been great today. They have taken to leading really well and have got a positive re-sponse from the primary pupils. The PE students have been telling me that they enjoyed it and would like to do it again.” All Saints’ Academy works with a local group of primary schools to provide fun festivals for the pupils to take part in. This is beneficial to our PE stu-dents and also to the primary pupils who get the chance to learn something new. Year 10 student Eloise Tay-

lor, 15, helped lead an activity called ‘Ready Steady’, this involved pupils learning about balance and the rules of the court . Eloise said “This is my first festival and I have really enjoyed work-ing with the young pupils. I want to be a paediatrician when I am older so this has been a great experience to connect with younger children and hopefully will prove beneficial in years to come.”

Gymnastics Squad SuccessC R I C K E T

With the year 8’s taking part in their first cricket match ever against Cleeve, they were looking forward to gaining experi-ence and building for the next few games. However, it was to be a different story. ASA set a respectable run total of 72 from 15 overs with a good innings from Josh Morton-Ellison (18) and Chase Nield (12). Cleeve had a very good batsman come to the crease and was proving dif-ficult to get out. However, Nigel had dif-ferent ideas and finally got his man after a great bowl and catch. Nigel finished his bowling spell with 3 maiden overs and 4 wickets. Chase and Josh also had success-ful bowling spells each getting a couple of wickets. With the game reaching its last over Cleeve needed 7 runs from the last over. ASA fielded brilliantly and Cleeve now needed 2 runs from the last bowl. Ethan Clifford bowled a perfect straight ball but was hit high by the batsman, who eventually made his 2 and won the game for Cleeve. A great performance from ASA and a great start to the cricket season! Well done boys, next up – St. Edwards.

By Mr RollasonP.E. Teacher

‘The squad showed great commitment’

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Ian Dance was nominated by All Saints’ Academy PE Technician Clare Daley and Assistant Principal Niall Ferguson. The NatWest Real Rugby He-roes Senior Marketing Manager of Nat-west, Martyn Wilson said “NatWest is committed to supporting rugby from the grassroots up to the England team and we are honoured to partner with the RFU in supporting the NatWest Real Rugby Heroes Awards, recognising the unsung heroes of the game. Their dedi-cation and time is an irreplaceable com-ponent of the success that you see on the rugby pitch in schools up and down the country. They deserve recognition for all the work they do behind the scenes, from coaching the team to driving the minibus. We at NatWest would like to congratulate and thank each of the 10 winners for the great work they do.” Ian Dance from All Saints’ Academy was the only school in Glouces-

Real Rugby Heroes Award

On the 30th April the year 8’s and 10’s visited St. Edwards to play singles and doubles matches. With many of ASA players experiencing tennis competition for the first time it was more of a learning curve for them. The year 8’s were made up of Jackson French, Jan Skowron, Pat Pozorski and Dylan Palmer. Despite all losing 6-0 they showed a real mature at-titude and kept going till the very last ace was scored against them. The year 10’s did a little better having experienced tennis competition before. Brad Marks however got very frustrated and you could tell the pressure got to him during the final game. In a post-match interview with Mr Ferguson he said “I don’t even like tennis anyway”. Ergy Berisha had a very close game with St. Edwards top

By Miss SkeldingPR & Marketing Manager

tershire to win such a prestigious award.Ian has been running a Saturday morning rugby club at All Saints’ Academy since its opening in 2011. He provides students with a positive way to spend their Satur-day mornings, vital for some students who have deprived home backgrounds. After rugby sessions, Ian provides a free break-fast, which he funds out of his own money. PE Technician Clare Daley said ‘Ian was nominated in recognition of all the hard work he puts in to run-ning the Saturday morning rugby club for the students. This is a club that Ian, an RE teacher, runs voluntarily and started up himself. He is extremely mo-tivated and passionate about rugby and the lessons it teaches students, such as discipline & respect for themselves and others. His outstanding commitment has given students a consistent and posi-tive way to spend their Saturday morn-ings. After rugby sessions, Ian provides students with a free breakfast, which he funds out of his own money. In addition to this, Ian makes the trip to Cheltenham from his home in Bristol in order to run sessions. Ian is our Real Rugby Hero!’

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By Mr RollasonPE Teacher

Interhouse Resultsseed. It was a very close game through-

out with every game going to deuce. Ergy also found himself getting frustrated af-ter believing the court was “too small” and the court wasn’t “bouncy enough” for him. This may have had psychologi-cal effects on Ergy and he eventually lost 6-3. Chase Danby and Joe O’Shea also took part losing 6-0, 6-0 respectively. Well done boys , next up – The All Saints Academy Open, against Dene Magna!

By Mr RollasonPE Teacher

Year 8s and 10s gain priceless tennis experience

On the 1st May the year 10’s enjoyed a day of softball training from top coaches and took part in a tournament against Bournside and Chosen Hill.They were slow to start and found it dif-ficult to pick up the many rules associ-ated with the sport. However by the sec-ond game they found their feet with some great home runs and excellent fielding

‘You could tell the pressure got to him’

and they eventually beat Bournside 17-8!The deciding factor came down to the for and against rule and with Chosen Hill beating ASA quite convincingly the first game they were eventual win-ners. It could have been a different story, with Joe O’Shea needing a home run to get 3 players home in the first game which would have increased our run total’s dramatically. ASA finished in a respectable 2nd place and can hold their heads up high after what was a ex-hilarating day of softball played by all teams. They all represented the Acad-emy brilliantly. Well done boys and girls!

Term 4 ResultsGirls

Y71st Canterbury

2nd Westminster3rd Durham

4th York

Y81st Durham

2nd York3rd Westminster & Canterbury

Y91st York

2nd Durham3rd Canterbury4th Westminster

Y101st Westminster

2nd Durham3rd York

4th Canterbury

Y111st Durham

2nd Canterbury3rd Westminster

4th York

Boys Y7

1st Westminster2nd Canterbury

3rd Durham4th York

Y81st Westminster2nd Canterbury

3rd York4th Durham

Y91stWestminster

2nd Durham3rd Canterbury

4th York

Y101st Canterbury

2nd Westminster3rd Durham

4th York

Y111st Canterbury

2nd York3rd Westminster

4th Durham

Overall House Results1st Westminster 722nd Canterbury 693rd Durham 624th York 49

Next InterhouseThursday 22nd May

Girls - Rounders / Boys -Softball