DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

13th July Barcelona Trip leaves

14th July Inservice Day

Year 7 Watersports Activity trip to France leaves

14th 18th July Year 10 Work Experience

15th 18th July Year 7-9 Enrichment week

22nd July End of Term Pupils leave at 1.30pm

1st September Inservice Day

2nd September Pupils return to College

SPORTS DAY Monday 7th July

A wonderful morning of sporting events was supported and celebrated by the whole college on Monday morning. Many college records were broken on the day. Congratulations to: Amy Harman Year 7 300m Stephanie Palmer Year 8 300m Jacob Pazdan Year 8 60m and Long Jump Kwame Hartley Year 8 300m Marika Niekowal Year 9 Long Jump Andrew Nelson Year 10 300m Pasteur held on to their lead from the field events to become overall winners with 611 points.

ABRSM CLARINET EXAM

Congratulations to Year 8 pupil Rafal Hemzaczek who achieved a distinction for his Grade 6 Clarinet exam. He scored 20/22 for both accompanied pieces, 22/22 for his unaccompanied piece & 10/10 for sight-reading

SPELLING BEE

An expectant hush fell across the Lecture Theatre on Friday. Twelve finalists were whittled down to two in a sudden death, no holds barred fight to the finish. The First Annual St Bede's Spelling Bee culminated in an absolute nail-biter. Descartes Hal Hewlett (Year 7) and Peter Savery (Year 8) from Pasteur were the last men standing in a penalty shoot-out with words. It went right down to the wire but eventually Hal was victorious, confirming his victory with the correct spelling of "obsequious". It was a magnificent effort. Huge congratulations to Hal and all of our Word Warriors.

SCHOOL GAMES BATH Wednesday 2nd July 22 schools competed in the County Finals last week, with St Bedes being the most represented school. With 6 Athletics teams, a rounders and a tennis team there was a high chance of success! The teams put in an excellent display in the Athletics: Year 7 Boys 3rd place Year 8 Boys 2nd place Year 8 Girls 3rd place Year 9 Boys 5th place Year 9 Girls 3rd place Year 10 Boys 2nd place

The Tennis team finished 2nd after a tie break and the Year 7 rounders team finished as Champions ending the sporting year on a high.

CLIFTON DIOCESE PILGRIMAGE WALK Last Thursday 3rd July, a group of Year 7 and 8 pupils travelled to Gloucestershire to join other Catholic Secondary schools from across the Diocese. The day began with Mass in Tetbury celebrated by Bishop Declan and then a lovely walk around the grounds of Westonbirt. With glorious weather it was a peaceful and enjoyable Pilgrimage. Isabelle Faria Year 7

St Bedes Catholic College Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU

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NEWSLETTER 181 11th July 2014 2010

DUKE OF EDINBURGH EXPEDITION 5th-6th July This proved to be a very successful trip with 19 year ten pupils completing the expedition phase of their Bronze award. Map reading and navigation skills where fully tested as the pupils made their way through the Mendips. The pupils had to cope with all four seasons during the weekend from torrential rain to glorious sunshine.

NATIONAL U19 NETBALL FINALS

Congratulations to Year 9 pupil Natasha Soodeen who played for the South West Under 19 Netball team at Ilford Arena, Essex last weekend. Natasha, who plays Goal Attack, scored 8 goals against the Yorkshire team which secured their victory of 14-13. Well done. JOHN LEWIS DESIGN COMPETITION Congratulations to Year 9 pupil Harriet Selway who has been selected as a finalist for the 150 Years of John Lewis competition. Finalists were selected by Stuart Hillard from the TV programme the Great British Sewing Bee who will be judging the finished cushions to select an overall winner. Finalists from schools all over Bristol will spend two days in the store during the summer holidays making their cushion. My design for John Lewis shows the difference from where they started 150 years ago, to where they are now. I am looking forward to making my cushion in store and seeing it on display. Good Luck Harriet! PAST PUPIL SUCCESS Congratulations to past pupil German Marquesini (2001-2006) who has graduated at the University of Westminster with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Business Management - Finance and Financial Services. We always look forward to receiving news from our past pupils so please keep us posted.

COMMUNITY SPORT Year 3 and 4 Tri-Golf On Tuesday 24th June St Bede's hosted the Year 3 and 4 Tri-Golf festival as part of the National School Games initiative. Teams from Elmlea, Henleaze, Westbury-onTrym, Westbury and St Bonaventures Primary school competed. Congratulations to St Bonaventures who were crowned the champions. SEN Tri-Golf Thursday 26th June saw St Bede's host the first SEN Tri-Golf festival for students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. An excellent turnout saw 8 SEN schools and units from all over Bristol bring their teams of ten players along to take part in a host of games with the opportunity to score points for their schools. For many of the children this was their first ever experience of playing golf and the day was enjoyed by all. The schools that attended on the day were Kingsweston, Chester Park, Glenfrome, Kingfisher, Sea Mills, St Annes, Frome Vale and Four Acres. The eventual winners on the day was Glenfrome School, Congratulations.

TOP 10 MOST POPULAR LIBRARY BOOKS BORROWED THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

Title Author

1 The Cherub (series) Robert Muchamore

2 Boys Dont Cry Malorie Blackman

3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)

Jeff Kinney

4 The Hunger Games (series)

Suzanne Collins

5 Gone (series) Michael Grant

6 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien

7 Divergent (series) Veronica Roth

8 The Fault in Our Stars John Green

9 Geek Girl Holly Smale

10 Magyk (Septimus Heap series)

Angie Sage

So, what will you be reading this Summer? HISTORY GCSE TRIP TO BERLIN 2015 The next payment of 235 is due before the end of term FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELDS TRIP 2014 The final payment of 90 is due before the end of term Ofsted As you know we had our visit this week. Thank you to all our parents who completed the online survey. We are not receiving our report until September and therefore are unable at this stage, to inform you about the judgement.

SUMMER HOLIDAY SPORTS ACTIVITIES During the school summer holiday the St Bede's Community Sports team will be running sports activities from 9am-3pm from Monday 28th July-Friday 29th August. The activities are for boys and girls aged 7-14. There will be three weeks of multi-sports and two weeks of football activities. The cost is 40 per week or 10 per day. If any of our families are experiencing hardship we may be able to help. Please contact Mrs OHagan. For further information and to book onto the courses please contact Rob Allan, Community Sports Development Officer, on 07825 767582 or r.allan@stbcc.org.

CLEANER VACANCY 16 HOURS PER WEEK The College has a vacancy for Cleaner for 16 hours per week. The hours of work are 3.15 to 6.15 pm Monday to Friday. The hourly rate for the post is 7.45p. All posts at St Bedes are subject to a probationary period. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Check before starting work. A job description and application form can be downloaded from the website or a hard copy can be posted out to you. Closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Friday 18 July 2014. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs Carol Parker HR/Office Manager on 0117 3772200.

WISE WORDS

The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can express it; could we rightly comprehend the mind of man mothering would be impossible to us upon the

earth. Paracelsus

SPaG Matters

Are there any pens in the stationery cupboard? Are there any pens in the stationary cupboard? X

Stationary means not moving.

Stationery is writing or office supplies (e.g., paper, pens).

POEM OF THE WEEK I love all films that start with rain:

rain, braiding a windowpane or darkening a hung-out dress

or streaming down her upturned face;

one long thundering downpour right through the empty script and score

before the act, before the blame, before the lens pulls through the frame

to where the woman sits alone

beside a silent telephone or the dress lies ruined on the grass

or the girl walks off the overpass,

and all things flow out from that source along their fatal watercourse.

However bad or overlong such a film can do no wrong,

so when his native twang shows through

or when the boom dips into view or when her speech starts to betray

its adaptation from the play,

I think to when we opened cold on a rain-dark gutter, running gold with the neon of a drugstore sign, and Id read into its blazing line:

forget the ink, the milk, the blood all was washed clean with the flood we rose up from the falling waters

the fallen rains own sons and daughters and none of this, none of this matters.

Don Paterson

ESAFETY TIP Be aware of how long your child spends online. It is recommended that children do not have more than 2 hours a day screen time. A study by Bristol University found a link between 2 plus hours screen time and increased emotional and behavioural problems.

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