T M B S S

A Word From the Head of Service

It’s amazing that there is so much to fill this newsletter when you consider how much time

and effort has been put into the examinations. The RoAs were often emotional times, as

centres said goodbye to their Year 11 pupils. We’re pleased that several of these pupils

have been back to see us since leaving, particularly for Careers support. We’ve also seen

pupils from the year before, demonstrating that you’ll always be part of the TMBSS family.

New pupils are being welcomed and I hope that this newsletter will show them what we as a

service have to offer. Staff work hard to provide something for everyone. I think that you’ll agree that there is a

great range of activities but in each one serious learning, whether academic or social, is taking place. The quali-

ty of the work and participation is astonishingly high and in keeping with the expectations that we have of our

pupils.

I think everyone needs a well-earned rest now. Therefore all there is for me to do is

wish you a very happy holiday. I look forward to working with you all again in Septem-

ber. Kay Redknap- Head of Service

July, 2016

Issue 3

Amazing Achievement in Arts Award Abby Morris (Y11 Bridgnorth) is the only TMBSS pupil to achieve silver level Arts

Award this year.

My Arts Challenge was inspired by Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the visual art

movement known as Pop Art and I did my version of Wonder Woman using different

media. For example I used black beads to create the 3d eyelashes. When I first thought of the idea ,

I felt I may not be able to get it to a standard I was happy with or even complete it. At one point, I

felt like giving up on the whole thing when I was sticking each dot on by hand but I got there in

the end. My work has been displayed in the hall of my school

and lots of children and teachers have had the opportunity to

view it and give their opinions, which have all been positive.

For my Arts Leadership, we had a trip to Harlescott Centre to make masks

with the children, allowing them to explore their own artistic ability . I was a

bit worried about what I was doing and I was a bit shy as it was my first time

working with a class of younger children but they were very well behaved

and enthusiastic about what they had to do. The final masks were lovely

and the students wanted to take them home. I really enjoyed the experience

once I got over my initial nerves!

I really don’t think I would change anything about my Arts

Award. I love it!

The Arts Award moderator was full of compliments for Abby’s

finished folder too, saying “ What a rich journey Abby has had

with her Silver Arts Award and what a rich portfolio. Her unit one

was particularly strong ...excellent art work...well done!”

Arts Award is an accredited frame-

work for students to develop in the

arts. Their mission is to encourage any

individual to enjoy the arts, develop

creative and leadership skills, and

achieve a national qualification.

It reflects many different interests

and ambitions, respects individual

development and helps young peo-

ple define their creative futures.

On Tuesday it was the first taster day for the

Year Sixes. We went to Park Hall near Oswestry

and to visit the WW1 trenches because it was

the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The

trenches were very narrow and had sand bags

and walls. We saw the medical bay, gunner look

out and the listening post, we also looked

through periscopes to see over the high walls.

We looked at some old photos and read some

old letters who were fighting in the war.

Aiden Owen Year 6

TRENCH STEW

In our History lessons we have been

learning

about World

War 1.

This week we had a go at

making Trench Stew with

army biscuits.

The stew was very easy to

make, using carrots, turnip,

potato, stock cube, corned

beef and water.

The biscuits were made

with flour, sugar, milk pow-

der, salt and water,

so that in the war

they lasted for a long time.

I really liked the stew and had two bowls

of it, but the biscuits were rock hard and

I didn’t like them.

I think in the trenches the soldiers mixed

the biscuits into the stew to soften them.

Shay Hastings—Ludlow

Students from across the service

have been learning about trench

warfare in remembrance of the

Battle of the Somme which

happened 100 years ago on the

1st July

At Forest School we decided to

commemorate the Centenary

of The Battle of the Somme by

cooking something which the

First World War soldiers would

have eaten: Trench Stew.

The soldiers in the trenches

didn't have a lot of food and

Trench Stew was a quick and

easy meal to make.

Sometimes they would use a turnip

instead of an onion. Stale biscuits

could also be added in the stew.

How to make Trench Stew:

The First thing Mr Parkinson and I

did was we peeled the onion and

then the carrots and chopped

them both up. We then put them

in a pan of boiling

water and added a

stock cube. We put

this pan on the

camp fire and let it

cook for about ten

minutes. After ten

minutes we took it

off the fire using

the gauntlets so

we didn’t burn our-

selves. Next we

poured the stew

into cups ready for

tasting. Some peo-

ple said that it

looked disgusting and that they

wouldn’t try it but it was really nice. I

had two lots.

Chloe Dovaston—Oswestry

Battle of the Somme Centenary

Our campfire at Forest School ready for

cooking Trench Stew

Shay sampling Trench Stew

Ingredients

2 carrots

1/2 onion

1 pint of hot water

1 stock cube

Small tin of corned

beef

Whole Service Art Show 2016

This year we decided that instead of just celebrating the year 11’s GCSE Art work,

we would include work from all pupils within the service, from KS1 right up to KS4.

“Thank you for sharing your

fantastic work. Very inspiring.”

“An incredible show of outstanding

work. Thanks to the teachers who

take such time to bring out stu-

dents’ talents.”

Staff, pupils and the public were really com-

plimentary of the event and wrote wonderful

comments in the visitors book.

It was lovely for us to celebrate the fantastic

work that all of our pupils do within the art

department. I hope this is the start of more

whole service events.

Big thank you to all staff and pupils who

helped put this together and made it look

so fantastic!

We also wanted to make it an interactive

exhibition so for this we invited back

some of our year 11 art students to lead

workshops throughout the day. Janelle

and Frankie did an amazing job with this,

and the Harlescott pupils in particular re-

ally enjoyed the printing!

It was really fantastic to see all of this year’s art

work displayed all together, interspersed with

slide shows and video of pupil work in progress,

trips out, Arts Award work and crafts. By selling

crafts and cakes we made just over £37.00 to

help Art Refuge UK. Well done!

“We didn’t know what to

expect! Bowled over, amazed

by the quality of work. So glad

we came”.

TMBSS Service Council received a

suggestion from the Harlescott repre-

sentatives that the service should

support the Harry Johnson Trust and

this was agreed by the TMBSS Service

Council.

As part of this support Harlescott Cen-

tre decided to support the

Harry Johnson Day on the

16th June by telling jokes

at 50p each raising an

amazing £35. Well done

Harry Johnson was diag-

nosed with cancer and died

aged 7, two years ago. Whilst

in hospital Harry had his ed-

ucation with TMBSS.

Harry’s family have set up

The Harry Johnson Trust in

Harry’s memory to provide

care and support to patients

and their families who re-

ceive treatment at The Prin-

cess Royal Hospital.

Harry was a very special boy,

always full of fun, loved a

joke and cheered everyone

up on the ward.

Doctor Doctor, I feel like an orange ... I'll try and squeeze you in later! Part of the service TMBSS provides is education for children and teenagers who are aged

4 -16 and in hospital.

One of the wards we teach on is the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Ward at Princess Royal Hospital

in Telford. This is a ward where children and teenagers with blood disorders and cancer are treated. Most

make a full recovery but sadly and very occasionally, children become very unwell and do not survive.

Bryn help-

ing to pass

the long

hours on

the ward

with one of

the Lego

Technic

kits.

A small selection of

the fantastic games,

Lego, and Airfix kits

that the Harry John-

son Trust has recent-

ly purchased for the

ward.

If anyone would like to organise any fundraising in their centre for this charity it would be very

warmly welcomed.

www.theharryjohnsontrust.co.uk

Bridgnorth Pupil, Kurt Riley, designed

and created a ‘Best Bad Jokes’ joke

book to honour the memory of Harry

and his love of jokes.

It’s A Dog’s Life Oswestry pupil, Melissa Ball, talks about her love of all things canine...

I have walked several dogs but I have to earn the treat by behaving in and out of

school. One of them is called Paddy, he is an old English sheep dog he is seven

years old. Sasha is a greyhound and she is four years old whereas the other dog is

called Ebony who is nine years old and she is a black Labrador. The last dog I walk

is called Dora, she is a Labrador cross who now is nine years old.

I walk them on Monday and Fridays if the weather is decent and

we do it during the morning or at lunch time.

I walk them at Henley park and in the woods. They

like me throwing the ball for them and they seem

to like sniffing and running around. They can do

a lot of tricks like sit, beg and paw.

I love walking the dogs be-

cause it makes me happy when

I’m down and sad. They are

cute and cuddly and the very

first time I met them, I fell in

love although I do think they

are a bit smelly L.O.L!!! Melissa Ball - Oswestry

Perhaps Britain’s Got Talent

might see a new dog trainer

next year?

A Passion for Paddling...

I go canoeing every Tuesday.

It’s quite fun to do and you also soaking wet.

I go canoeing on the river seven for 3 hours aka until lunch!

I go canoeing with some people from Sundorne Centre and

Mister Rudge.

Ben Robson - Oswestry

Paddy asking for a biscuit.

This term we have been kayaking on Tuesdays .We went to Frank-

well to use the river Severn and went for 1 hour 30 min session.

We have been with Ben, Jamie, Keeley, Mr Rudge, Mr Newell and

Bev. I wore a helmet, life jacket, trackie bottoms and t-shirt. My

kayak was red and yellow and had a grey spray deck.

We learned how to paddle, turn, entering the river from ramps and

we had to practise capsizing. It was good to learn something new

and I liked going by myself best of all.

Josh Lloyd - Hook-a-gate

First we went into town to the weir where we all got the canoes off the trailer and put the kit ready by the

bank, ready to put in the canoe.

There were 3 students in each canoe, then we paddled down the river. The weather was good and we

had a laugh in the canoe, but it was very hard work.

When we reached the campsite at Atcham, we took all the kit up to where we were camping. Then we got

all the sleeping bags and tents out of the minibus.

We all set up our tents then made a hot drink, then

we built a fire ready to cook the food. After tea we

had a game of cricket and a football match, then we

all sat around the fire toasting marshmallows, then

we went to sleep.

When we woke up we had some breakfast, then

took the tents down and then got back on the river.

Overall I really enjoyed the camping trip and I would

really like to go again.

Leon Wragg - Sundorne

We went to town to start the canoe trip just

past the weir. We have been planning the

trip all year. There were 8 people in the ca-

noes.

What we did was get two canoes, attach

them together to create a raft. We then had

two rafts. We would make the rafts by tying

two canoes together by using two logs and

attaching the canoes to the logs.

The weather was clear and humid, even

though we thought we were going to boil to

death we enjoyed every single bit of it.

Later that day we reached the campsite, then

we put up our tents as a team, also , once we

did that we started the food by taking the food

out of the teacher’s car and then brought it up

to the campsite.

We then had burgers and hot dogs for dinner,

they tasted very nice, but that was because I

was cooking the food. We played Football and

Rounders, and later we had marshmallows.

We then went to sleep. When we got up we put

our tents down, had breakfast and put the fire

out and went back on the canoe from Atcham

all the way to Ironbridge. The trip was about 6

hours long.

Overall, I enjoyed the canoe trip and would love

to go again. Sam Davies Sundorne

Lazing on a sunny after- A group of staff and students from Sundorne Centre planned a

less conventional ‘field trip’ to Ironbridge, taking the scenic route.

The Building Blocks of Success... Lego Construction- now running in two centres

This car is a Lego Technic model and explores the mechanisms in a

car. This model took us from September to March and it was chal-

lenging. There were a lot mistakes and we had to go over them in

the instructions, which annoyed us so much.

We had help from the amaz-

ing Kirsty Griffin and we had

a little help from the maths

teacher Mrs Mac.

The pieces to build the car

didn’t all fit on the tray.

Three of us built this car, Flora Harris, Aaron Butler and Ivan Jehu-

Oldershaw.

Overall the car was the most challenging Lego model we have ever done,

but it was much better than maths!

Flying Visit to RAF Cosford A group of students from Bridgnorth

Centre visited RAF Cosford as part

of their end of term activites.

A year six transition pupil said that ‘

We looked at different planes that

were used in WW1, WW2 and now.

My favourite part at the museum

was when I sat in the plane. I liked

it because it was fun to control the wings. It was in-

teresting to see what planes were like in the olden

days.’ Gareth Owen Y6 Other News…

End of term: Friday 22nd July

Start of autumn term: Tuesday 6th Sep-

tember

Half term: 24th—28th October

Exam results day: Thursday 25th August

Results day!

So what happens now? Good luck with your plans for September and re-

member to check your emails/post/phones for

any messages from the colleges or training pro-

viders.

You will be receiving information

about your start date, when to

enrol etc.

If your plans change at all – don’t

panic!

Not sure what you want to do? If you are thinking about your future over the summer – there are lots of online resources that you can use to help you.

One of the resources that we use in school is a programme called ‘Kudos’.

To use the program please visit www.cascaid.co.uk/login and click on the ‘Login or Register’ button. This will take you to the main log

in page.

You will need to register if it’s the first time you are using it . You’ll need an email address and school

licence code which is: quizyear82

Congratulations to all the students who sat their exams this

May/June - it’s a tough time of year, and everyone coped admirably with

the pressures. Some might say that was the easy part… the waiting for results is

even tougher!

Some things to think about... Have you applied for your bus/train pass?

If not, talk to the college or training organisation about

how to do this.

Do you qualify for the

student bursary?

If you are not sure –

ring the college or

training organisa-

tion and ask.

Colleges Here are some of the main colleges in our

area and their telephone numbers to remind

you:

Shrewsbury College (of Arts and Technology)

01743 342342

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College 01743 235491

North Shropshire College (including Walford, As-

pire, and Shipley) 01691 688000

Ludlow and Herefordshire College(including Lud-

low College, and Holme Lacy) 08000321986

Nova Training (Bridgnorth) 07951744292

County Training (centres throughout Shropshire)

03456789023

If you are really worried about your plans, and think that you

need to talk to someone over the summer, then Shropshire

Youth have careers advisers that can provide some telephone

advice. You can contact them at the Shropshire Youth hub on:

01743 258850. They can offer independent advice

about all of the different options.

There will be school staff available

around results time to help with any

difficulties or questions. The details

about this will be included with your

results letter which you should re-

ceive shortly after 25th August 2016.

Results day is 25th August

and you should receive your

results via post shortly after.

Useful websites

There are lots of other websites you can use.

www.plotr.co.uk - Explore Career worlds, find

out about careers you never knew existed…

www.icould.com - Watch short video clips

about real people doing real jobs.

National Careers Service - Google ‘National Careers Service Job

profiles’ to find detailed information about hundreds of different

careers.

www.nhscareers.nhs.uk careers in the NHS

www.autocity.org.uk careers in the motor vehicle industry

www.futuremorph.org careers in maths and science

www.bigambition.co.uk careers in IT

www.lantra.co.uk careers in land-based industries