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N e w s l e t te r I s s u e 0 9 F r i d a y 2 0 N o ve m b e r
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L Roberts — Principal
Dear Parent/Carer
I hope you have had a good week and have heard lots of positive
feedback about our Enrichment Day that took place on Thursday.
Leadership Enrichment Day
The pupils took the opportunity to work with pupils in other
years, to develop their leadership skills. They threw themselves
into all of the activities with real enthusiasm. They were
shepherds at times, but also, sheep, guides, coaches, leaders, team
players and listeners . It’s essential that pupils not only build
the capacity to learn the academic, but develop those skills that
society and employers particularly need; the ability to lead and be
led; the skills to deal with challenging others in a sensitive and
emotionally intelligent way. I would like to add my thanks to yours
to the whole Arts Faculty, led by Mrs Eastwood.
France
As a school that has a range of pupils from different religious
and ethnic back grounds, it is important for us to recognise what
impact we can have contributing to the harmony in modern Britain
and, indeed, the modern world. Our message of peace and mutual
respect for each other, regardless of race and religion, is shared
with pupils of other faiths in school. We will be working with
pupils in school about some of their fears about growing up in a
world where there are many perceived threats to their safety. The
pupils that I have spoken to have concerns about the world they are
growing up in. Our role here in school is to allow those pupils to
air their fears and cultivate a climate of curiosity, mutual
respect and harmony in school and throughout our community.
Understandably, we are monitoring the situation carefully and
taking advice and appropriate guidance with regards to our trip to
France in the Spring. We will keep you updated if and when there
are further developments.
I said a prayer based on a quote from Dr Martin Luther King Jnr
that summed up how we will come to terms with some of the
challenges we are currently facing.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Have a peaceful weekend
CLASS MASSES
6DM 27/11/2015 6AW 04/12/2015
6LP 15/01/2016
The Year Mass will be on 22 January
2016—9.30am at Mount Carmel Church
NOVEMBER—MONTH OF
THE HOLY SOULS
The account of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in the Temple has been dated by historians prior to
the year 200 AD. The story relates that in thanksgiving
for the birth of their daughter, Mary, Joachim and Anne
(Mary’s parents) decide to consecrate her to God, and
bring her, at the age of three years, to the temple in
Jerusalem.
We were told that Mary remained in the Temple until
her twelfth year, at which point she was assigned to
Joseph as guardian. While the story is a legend with no
foundation in history, the point is to show that even in
her childhood Mary was completely dedicated to God. It
is from this account that
arose the feast of Mary's
Presentation
Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle; the strength to be
forgiving; the patience to be understanding; and the endurance to
accept the consequences of holding to what we believe to be right.
May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil and the
power of love to overcome hatred. We pray for the vision to see and
the faith to believe in a world emancipated from violence, a new
world where fear shall no longer lead men to commit injustice, nor
selfishness make them bring suffering to others. Help us to devote
our whole life and thought and energy to the task of making peace,
praying always for the inspi-ration and the power to fulfil the
destiny for which we and all men were created. Amen
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24 November Shoe Box Collection
26 November Safeside—Birmingham Year 5
2 December Science ThinkTank
4 December Safeside—Birmingham Year 5
8 December Clothes Show/Christmas Extravagenza
10 December Year 6 Palace Theatre
14 December Science ‘Hot & Cold’
15 December Joint Christmas Carol Service at Mount Carmel
Church
18 December School closes for Christmas
5 January 2016 School re-opens
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WEEKLY ATTENDANCE
16 November-20 November
Year 5 97.5% Year 7 95.5%
Year 6 96.8% Year 8 97.0%
Kian Andrews for making a huge effort to get off report and
getting good comments in lessons.
Emily Wong for being a numerical heroine and for working so hard
on her times tables in Maths
Cole O`Reilly for making a wonderful start in 6LM and for his
fantastic efforts and contributions in class.
Laiba Anis for being a very polite and hardworking pupil in all
her lessons.
Pupils and staff at St Bede’s thoroughly enjoyed their Arts
Enrichment Day on Wednesday 18 Novem-ber, which focused on
developing Leadership qualities. Workshops involving chalk drawings
around the school and freeze frames started the day, followed by
Year 7 and 8 pupils leading Years 5 and 6 through Art, Music, Drama
and PE activities. The older pupils were great mentors to the
younger pupils - model-ling the skills of commitment,
responsibility, passion, purpose, strategy and so much more. Years
5 and 6 rose to the challenge and took risks trying new things;
becoming a pop band, putting on a show, creating Andy Warhol
inspired art and playing a handball tournament. The media group
created a very inspiring video to mark the occasion in the same day
– fantastic. Very well done to all. (Mrs R Eastwood)
Kiera-Leigh Phillips for putting 100% effort into all of her
les-sons.
Gergo Gombos for improving his contributions in English.
Calum Walsh for his fantastic preparations and contributions to
5KB’s class assembly.
Carmena Riley for her excellent commitment to the Music task on
enrichment day.
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Anti-Bullying Week
This week is national anti-bullying week and we have taken part
across the school in a variety of activities.
Assemblies this week, planned and delivered by 5KB, have had an
anti-bullying theme. Staff were asked to talk to students about a
time they were bullied, or even if they bullied, and how it made
them feel to highlight to students the consequences of bullying and
to inform them that at some point it has touched the lives of
everybody.
Cyberbullying has been covered in the Computing curriculum and
Year 6 students have been working on their own anti-bullying
raps.
You may have seen that we have been using our social media
outlets this week (Facebook and Twitter) to promote anti-bullying
messages and we have had a large anti-bullying presence on our
website.
The Anti-Bullying Group (ABG) is in full flow and our Chairs and
Secretary have been announced. Javeria Naeem and Leah Joy are joint
Chair People, representing Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 respectively
and Gabriella Jung is the group’s secretary. The ABG group is there
to give students another opportunity to raise any concerns but also
to spread the anti-bullying message. We also have our school email
address [email protected], where students can log any
bullying concerns. (Luke Payton—Vice Principal)
SAFESIDE—Year 5
This week, the first group of Year 5 students made their visit
to Safeside at
Eastside.
The experiential learning centre, operated by West Midlands Fire
Service,
provides innovative, interactive and enjoyable learning
environments which
inspire students to think and act safely.
The visit, which forms an important part of our Life Skills
programme,
enabled our students to consider potential dangers in life-like
scenarios which
included a road crossing, a bus, a train, a canal, a house, an
alleyway, a
supermarket and an ATM. These experiences, enabled our students
to
recognise key dangers and understand how to reduce potential
risks to
themselves and others.
The students involved found the day to be informative and fun
and were able
to develop the skills that will be required as they move into
their teenage years
– ensuring they can be independent, confident and safe. (Mrs D
Melsom)
A huge congratulations to the KS3 cross country team who all put
in an outstanding effort at the new course at Abbey Stadium. A
particular mention to Natalie Hatfield, Matthew Barrett, Regan
Sailsbury, Ellie Pardy, Harrison Mayne and Sophie Pyatt-Pierce for
qualifying for the next stage! Also George Skelton, Jake Staunton,
Cian Amphlett and Katie Notley. Remember to keep checking our
school website for clubs available. Rowing Club for all years will
be starting next Friday lunch. KS2 will be first half and KS3 will
be second half.
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CHRISTMAS LUNCH Please remember to pre-order your child’s dinner
by 2 December 2015. No Orders will be taken after 1.15pm on 2
December.
If your child does not want a Christmas Lunch, please remember
to give them a packed lunch as there will be no other food for
sale.
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Christmas Bazaar 28 November 2015
Design a Santa Competition—Age groups 4-8yrs and 9-12yrs
Entries can be in any format (crayon, painting, collage or even
3D)
Bring your design by 1pm on 28 November for Santa to judge
who
the winner will be!!!
MOUNT CARMEL CHURCH—CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
28 November 2015, 12.00noon-3.00pm
Please support your parish by attending on the day.
Alternatively, you can help by buying and selling raffle tickets,
donating bottles, un-opened gifts, pickles, jams, cakes, good
condition children’s books etc.
The clergy would love to welcome you all on the day!!!
CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE COMPETITION
Class Catering will be doing their Christmas Cupcake Competition
again this year – the winning design from each year group will be
made as a pudding for the Christmas lunch menu.
The closing date will be 07/12/15
All entries are to be handed to Reception
Hollie Fuszard in Year 5, having trained in the martial art of
Tae Kwon-Do for 5½ yrs, recently at-
tended the Tae Kwon-Do Association of Great Britain (TAGB) Black
Belt grading at Bristol Acade-
my and succeeded in passing her First Degree Black Belt
Standard.
Hollie performed her Tae Kwon-Do patterns, translated English
words and phrases into Korean and
sparred fearlessly, fighting against other opponents. Her hard
work, and commitment over recent
months has seen her training up to six hours per week, even
postponing her birthday celebrations to
practice more!
CONGRATULATIONS
CONFIRMATION: Preparation has already begun for the Year 8
Confirmation sacramental journey and we thought it would be helpful
to have a special evening for you and your child to discuss what
Confirmation is and what is involved in helping your child prepare
for the Sacrament. It will be a very informal session from 6-7pm on
Thursday 3 December at St Bede’s school. Fathers from both parishes
and RE staff from St Bede’s will be available to answer any
questions that you may have. Registration, timetable, dates and
details of the commitment mass will be available on the evening for
collection. Completed registrations for Confirma-tion should be
returned to the school by Friday 18 December. If you have any
questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the
parishes or Mrs Dhanjal at school
