Newsletter 181

St Bedes Catholic College
Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU
Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

NEWSLETTER 181
11th July 2014
2010
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
13th July
Barcelona Trip leaves
14th July
Inservice Day
14th 18th July

15th 18th July
22nd July
1st September
2nd September
Year 7 Watersports Activity trip to

France leaves
Year 10 Work Experience
Year 7-9 Enrichment week
End of Term Pupils leave at 1.30pm
Inservice Day
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
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 (20012006) 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, WestburyonTrym, 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 TriGolf 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
Jeff Kinney
(series)
4
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
(series)
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
Angie Sage
series)
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.
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,
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.
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,
WISE WORDS
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.
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).
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:
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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St Bedes Catholic College

Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU

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

11th July 2014

14th 18th July

Year 7 Watersports Activity trip to

SPORTS DAY Monday 7th July

ABRSM CLARINET EXAM

DUKE OF EDINBURGH EXPEDITION 5th-6th July

NATIONAL U19 NETBALL FINALS

JOHN LEWIS DESIGN COMPETITION

PAST PUPIL SUCCESS

SUMMER HOLIDAY SPORTS ACTIVITIES

POEM OF THE WEEK

CLEANER VACANCY 16 HOURS PER WEEK

so when his native twang shows through

forget the ink, the milk, the blood

The human spirit is so great a thing that no man can

I think to when we opened cold

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