Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School is Company Limited by Guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7986921. The Registered Office is at Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield B74 2NH The Governors of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School are a registered charity (No: 517907) Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH, 0121 250 5400, www.bvgs.co.uk DGR/sw 12 October 2018 Dear Parents/Carers Entrance Test Results and Open Mornings Students across the Midlands have now received their entrance test results. If you know anyone from Year 6 who would like a refresh about what BVGS has to offer, please encourage them to join Year 4 and Year 5 parents at our Open Mornings next week from 09:00 until 10:30. October Colour Newsletter Read all about a very successful summer and autumn at BVGS here. National Service of Thanksgiving, Oliver Gray-Nimmo A warm congratulations to Oliver Gray-Nimmo (Y10) who has been invited to attend the National Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice in Westminster Abbey. This is as a result of Oliver's poem which was entered in a worldwide competition. Oliver's poem was in the top 20 internationally. Wow! A big thank you to the English Department who promoted this excellent poetry competition.
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Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School is Company Limited by Guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7986921. The Registered Office is at Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield B74 2NH
The Governors of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School are a registered charity (No: 517907)
Students across the Midlands have now received their entrance test results. If you know anyone from Year 6 who would like a refresh about what BVGS has to offer, please encourage them to join Year 4 and Year 5 parents at our Open Mornings next week from 09:00 until 10:30.
October Colour Newsletter
Read all about a very successful summer and autumn at BVGS here.
National Service of Thanksgiving, Oliver Gray-Nimmo
A warm congratulations to Oliver Gray-Nimmo (Y10) who has been invited to attend the National Service of Thanksgiving to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice in Westminster Abbey. This is as a result of Oliver's poem which was entered in a worldwide competition. Oliver's poem was in the top 20 internationally. Wow! A big thank you to the English Department who promoted this excellent poetry competition.
Thank you parents for your support for Monday's Welcome Evening. I hope you found it useful to listen to the speeches and talk to each other. I really loved hearing some of the Year 7 boys play piano and violin. In case you missed the evening the presentation is linked below. A big thank you to Miss Hearn and Mr Doughty.
Bali Rai
The best-selling author Bali Rai returned this week to speak to our KS3 students. He wrote to us saying, 'it was lovely to see you all and be back at your wonderful school. I had a great day'.
Thank you to Miss Brown and Mrs Ward for their hard work in organising this event.
Show Racism the Red Card
On Tuesday, all Year 8 pupils took part in workshops run by the organisation Show Racism the Red Card. Show Racism the Red Card is the UK’s anti-racism educational charity and was established in January 1996. The organisation utilises the high-profile status of football and football players to help tackle racism in society. The workshops were delivered by two ex-professional footballers and the students were very engaged with the anti-discriminatory messages.
Aston Literacy Project: Reading and Vocabulary in Secondary School
A select few of our Year 7 students have recently taken part in the Aston Literacy Project (with Aston University) which has been working with students since their entry into primary school. The project examines how reading influences vocabulary learning and looks to inform future research into ways in which we can support vocabulary learning. We are running a competition for Year 7 using a Book Token we received for hosting the Aston University team. Thank you to Miss Hearn, Deputy Head i/c KS3 for masterminding this excellent project.
Help BVGS with our Corporate Partners Programme Easy Fundraising
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into free donations for BVGS at no extra cost to you. Our partner easyfundraising gives you access to over 3,300 well-known retailers and when you make a purchase, the retailer sends a free donation back to BVGS as a thank you. It’s really easy way to support our school and your shopping won’t cost you a penny more. It really works - so far we’ve raised over £2,400 through easyfundraising but we want to raise more! Please go to our easyfundraising page and click ‘join us’ to start raising money when you shop online: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/bishopveseysgrammar/
Mental Health Awareness Day - Wednesday 10 October
Wednesday 10 October was World Mental Health Day and to promote awareness of this important issue, the Mental Health Team delivered assemblies to all year groups. We also had a non-uniform day, sold badges and sprayed hair red in order to raise money for a local charity, Footsteps. Thank you to everyone who took part as we raised £1140.60 and, in particular, to the Mental Health Team Molly Castagna, Tom Froggatt, Asam Mahmood and Becky Sykes. On the same day, a workshop was held for some Year 8 and 9 students and delivered by Time to Change, the mental health charity, talking about the importance of looking after your mental health.
We raised £1143.60 for Footsteps Counselling. Thank you to everyone for their generosity and Miss Steadman for organising this
Elevate Education
A big thank you to Marcus from Elevate Education who led a dynamic workshop for Year 10 on prioritisation, time-management and study skills. Year 10 were impeccably behaved.
Duke of Edinburgh
Jai Chauhan: Golden Achievement. This week we have been proud to present Jai Chauhan U6 with his Gold Duke of Edinburgh badge. This is an exceptional achievement by Jai who has committed hundreds of hours of time in achieving the award. Jai has volunteered in a charity shop, developed his badminton, progressed with his learning of the violin and been to both Snowdon and Devon with his DofE. Jai becomes the first Veseyan in recent history to complete his Gold award while still at school and will collect his full award at a royal palace in months to come. Well done Jai!
Thrive - Commando Joe's Launch
Thank you Miss Hearn and the Pastoral Team for running their first Commando Joe's mission for Year 7. Great team work boys!
It was great to see 42 students taking part in the Semi-finals Thursday afternoon. All of the students should be immensely proud of their achievements and they performed very well making it a difficult job for Mr Buxton to choose the finalists. Congratulations to you all.
The finalists are: Joseph T 8G, Alex D 10R, James F 10W, Ethyn J 8W, Joshua K 7W, Matthew M 10G, Joshua T 10G, Matthew W 10G, Leon Y-A 10W, Hitesh J 9G, Jeevan B 8P, Ethan M 7R, Matthew R 7B and Hiresh A 9G
We would like to invite all parents of these finalists to attend the final of the House Music Junior Soloists' Competition on Tuesday 23 October at 8:00pm in Big School. Please confirm your attendance by contacting Mrs Weblin [email protected]
Music European Tour
Great news, we have enough people registered for the tour for it to go ahead. Mr Buxton is very excited to be taking 71 students to Euro-Disney and Paris in summer 2019. We still have a few spaces left. Please contact Mr Buxton if you are interested.
Well done to our Hockey teams who had a very successful fixture card against the mighty Warwick School. Well done to our Hockey coaches and teams. For more information about all things sporting at BVGS please visit: http://bvgs.co.uk/sports-fixtures-and-results/
Penny Drive November 2018
After half-term we will be running a Penny Drive competition for Key Stage 3 students. We will be inviting students to bring in their loose change to donate to the school. We will be giving you more detail in next week's newsletter. In the meantime please save your pennies!
Congratulations to the Merit Winners
Jamie DYSON 7B, Aditya VERMA 7G, Edoardo MIDDLETON 7G, David MACHILA 7P, William TODD 7R, Joshua KEY 7W, Sunny JOSHI 8B, Aditya MUTHUKUMAR 8G, Seth ALLEN 8P, Eddie GREENWOOD 8R, Fraser PRATT 8W, Cian BURKE 9B, Sachin MURRIA 9G, Oli CHUDLEIGH 9G, Barnabas DOEL 9P, Matthew KEELING 9R, Oliver JARVIS 9W, Caelum GIRN 10B, Ruben VORSTER 10G, Zaid ASHRAF 10P, Benjamin PAGET 10R, Byron BAUGH 10R, Duncan SCHAAFSMA 10W, Jamie HIGGINBOTHAM 11B, James WHITEHOUSE 11G, Torin BIRD 11R, Jack LEES 11W. All will be invited to Mr Robson's office on Thursday 18 October at break-time.
Pre-ordering food from the Dining Hall
For those who are new to the school, please note that students are able to pre-order hot or cold food at breakfast for collection at break. This is particularly useful if your son or daughter has a sporting fixture, which necessitates them leaving the school site before lunch.
Daniel Poller 11G. Daniel is an extremely talented artist who has developed exceptional portrait skills throughout Year 10. Daniel interlinked faces with flowers as he explored their structure, form and beauty. Daniel is pushing his work even further this year, as he delves into the concept of identity.
Quote of the Week
Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. Dr Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut
Letters issued this week:
Year 7 - Year 7 Welcome Evening
Message for parents/carers of students with hockey sticks
Dates for your Diary
Autumn Term 2018
Monday 15 October Y10 English Support Evening 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday 16 October Open Morning 09:00 - 10:30
Tuesday 16 October L6 Welcome Evening 18:00 - 19:25
Wednesday 17 October Open Morning 09:00 10:30
Thursday 18 October Open Morning 09:00 - 10:30
Thursday 18 October Y7 and L6 New parents welcome curry evening
Tuesday 23 October Junior Soloists' Concert 19:00 - 21:00
Friday 26 October Founder's Day
Break up for half term
Wednesday 31 October Oxbridge Admissions Tests
Monday 5 November Autumn Term recommences
Wednesday 7 November School closes 12:15
Sixth Form Open Evening 16:00
Friday 9 November Remembrance Day Services in School
Friday 9 November Oxbridge and early entry interview afternoon 13:00
Friday 9 November Y7&8 Disco at SCGSG
Saturday 10 November MEP intensive learning day
Wednesday 21 November Year 9 Parents' Evening 16:00 - 19:00
Friday 30 November School Closes 12:15 Speech Day at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall
Thursday 13 December Lower Sixth Parents' Evening 16:00-18:30
Monday 17 December Christmas Concert 19:00
Tuesday 18 December Christmas Concert 19:00
Friday 21 December Christmas jumper day
School closes at 12:15 School breaks up for Christmas
Spring Term 2019 Monday 7 January Spring term commences
Thursday 17 January Year 9 Options Evening 16:30 - 18:30
Friday 18 January Year 7 and 8 disco at BVGS
Thursday 24 January Year 11 Parents' Evening 16:00 - 19:00
Friday 1 February Six Nations Rugby Event
Thursday 7 February Senior Soloists' Concert 19:00 - 21:00
Friday 8 February Whole School Review Day and Careers Fair
Thursday 14 March Year 10 Parents' Evening 16:00 - 19:00
Friday 22 March PA Annual Quiz
Thursday 28 March Year 8 Parents' Evening 16:00 - 19:00
Friday 5 April Year 7 and 8 PA Disco at SCGSG
Tuesday 9 April Spring Concert 19:00 - 21:00
Thursday 11 April Students break up for Easter
Friday 12 April Staff Training Day
Summer Term 2019 Monday 29 April Summer term commences
Monday 6 May May Day Bank Holiday
Thursday 9 May New Year 7 Induction Evening 18:00 - 20:30
Thursday 16 May Junior Sports Dinner at Veseyans
Friday 17 May PA Race Night
Thursday 23 May Students break up for half term
Friday 24 May Staff training day
Monday 3 June Term recommences
Friday 7 June Golf Day
Friday 21 June Year 7 and 8 Disco at BVGS (tbc)
Saturday 22 June OVA Sports Reunion
Thursday 27 June School closes at 12:15
Open Day 16:00 - 19:00
Friday 28 June Staff Training Day
Saturday 13 July PA Family summer party
Monday 15 July KS3 Main School Presentation Evening 19:00 - 21:00
Friday 19 July Break up for summer holiday
Parents' Evenings 2018-19:
Wednesday 21 November Year 9 16:00 - 19:00 Thursday 24 January Year 11 16:00 - 19:00 Thursday 14 March Year 10 16:00 - 19:00 Thursday 28 March Year 8 16:00 - 19:00 Thursday 2 May Year 7 16:00 - 19:00
