DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

22nd July End of Term 6 Pupils depart at 1.30pm

14th August A/S Level Results Day from 10.00am

21st August GCSE Results Day from 10.00am

21st August Sixth Form Enrolment 11.00am-2.30pm

22nd August Sixth Form Enrolment 11.00am-2.30pm

29th August Sixth Form Enrolment 11.00am-2.30pm

1st September In-service day

2nd September Pupils return to College

FIVE TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST MEETS PUPILS On Tuesday 15th July four Year 9 pupils had the opportunity to meet Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave for a sports day with a difference. The event, held at The Gateway School, was part of the Sporting Promise initiative which offers alternative sports to encourage more young people to participate in sport. Annie Hazell, Olivia Johnson, Brendan Rahill and James Slaney were given the opportunity to play ultimate Frisbee and dodgeball with Sir Steve Redgrave. They also met Paralympic rower Naomi Riches, GB judo star Tom Reed and Welsh 1,500m Commonwealth hopeful Chris Gowell. The whole day was just amazing. Sir Steve Redgrave was so inspirational and so much fun! He told us that anything is possible if we follow our dreams. He also allowed us to take selfies with him!

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY As we break for what will hopefully be a lovely long holiday, may I thank all our families, friends and parishes for their support this year. We have had yet another successful year and there is still much we can do to improve further. I have read the responses to the Parents Survey and will look at improvements we can make next year based on these. I was delighted to read so many positive comments made by you on our work, Thank you. I hope all our families have a fabulous and well deserved holiday. Please note Monday 1st September is an In-service day. Pupils return to College on Tuesday 2nd September. STAFFING As we approach the end of the year, we have 7 staff who are leaving us for pastures new, some retiring, others moving to new schools. Mrs A Carroll, Modern Foreign Languages Retiring Mrs C Lovell, English and Psychology Retiring Mrs V Hall, Mathematics Moving to a new school in Devon Miss E ODonnell, Science Change of career Mr T Parker, Head of Design Technology Moving to Hong Kong Mr W Harding, Religious Formation Moving to St. Pius X Miss A Donkin, Learning Support Assistant Change of career Our sincere thanks for the service of all staff leaving, and our good wishes go with them. Particular thanks to the longest serving staff Mrs Carroll and Mrs Lovell who have between them served the college extremely well for some 33 years inspiring generations of young people. We hope they enjoy a long and happy retirement. I will be pleased to let you know in September the new staff who will be joining St Bedes. Ms Hughes, Principal

St Bedes Catholic College Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

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1914-2014 THE CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR St Bedes Catholic College with be commemorating the centenary of the First World War in a number of ways from September 2014. Year 9 pupils will be going on a Centenary First World War Battlefields Trip in October and all Year 9 pupils will be studying the First World War in their lessons. The History department would like to commemorate this event by creating a gallery display of photographs and information about family, relatives or friends of pupils and staff at St Bedes who either fought in the First World War, served in the auxiliary forces or who had an interesting story to tell about life on the Home Front. If you can supply us with any First World War stories and photographs, we will display the information alongside the St. Bedes pupils to whom they are connected. Please bring any information to Mrs Lewis in D13 by Friday, 5th September 2014. PAST PUPIL SUCCESS Congratulations to Lauren Canvin (2004-2009) who has just been awarded a First Class Honours Degree in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University. Congratulations also to past pupil Harrison Hazell (2004-2009) who has graduated at the University of West of England with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Environmental Science 2:1. We always look forward to receiving news from our past pupils so please keep us posted.

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.

A/S LEVEL RESULTS The College will be open from 10am 12pm for pupils to collect A/S Level results on Thursday 14th August. GCSE RESULTS DAY The College will be open from 10am - 12pm for pupils to collect GCSE results on Thursday 21st August. There will also be a careers guidance representative to provide additional support for anyone wishing to choose alternative post 16 route, in light of results. SIXTH FORM ENROLMENT Year 13 - Friday 15th August from 11.00am 2.30pm Year 12 - Thursday 21st August and Friday 22nd August from 11.00am 2.30pm and Friday 29th August also from 11.00am-2.30pm. WORLD CUP COMPETITION Congratulations to Mrs McCauleys Tutor Group 9PLMC who were the winners of the World Cup Door Decorating competition. The tutor group decorated their door in colour of the host nation Brazil. Well done. ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS A big thank you to all the parents and carers who have contributed to the collection of Sainsburys Active kids vouchers. We received 2200 in total and used them to purchase a range of kitchen equipment for the Food Technology Department. We look forward to using the new equipment during our practical classes next year.

WISE WORDS Do your little bit of good where you are; its those

little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Desmond Tutu

SPaG Matters Between you and me

Between you and I