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Events w/b 11 March—Week 2 Tues 12th Yr12 trip to UWE HE Fair Yr13 HE Evening at Clarendon 6.30— 8.30pm Tues 12 & Wed 13—Yr11 GCSE Drama exam Fri 15—Comic Relief—Red Nose Day— £1 per student Mock Magistrates competors Trip to Bath Magistrates Courts We were met by a serving Magistrate Mr Martyn Russell, who very kindly explained the court system to us and then arranged for myself and the students to witness some live cases scheduled for that day. Some of the students were also introduced to a team member from the probaon service, who explained their role in the Criminal Jusce System. Whilst other students were greeted by the Prosecuon solicitor from the Crown Prosecuon Service, who was also involved in a listed case for that day. The students were exemplary throughout the day and were complimented for their behaviour and politeness both on the train and also by the court staff. I was extremely proud to have supported these students who were incredibly reflecve upon their experiences and this visit has clearly encouraged them to consider careers associated with the legal system. It only remains to say that they were excellent ambassadors for The John of Gaunt School and we wish them every success in their Mock Magistrates Trial compeon. What amazing students! Last week we introduced our new rewards system. Here are the top 10 students within each group so far. Well done to all of these fantasc students! Year 7 Name Points Chloe Knight 14 Cara Frost 13 Aiden Gill 13 Ruby Hopkins 13 Bella Kingwell 13 Anisha Sawyer 13 Jasmin Green 12 Mahew Hector 12 Bethany Hurcombe 12 Sophie Lange 12 Year 8 Name Points Ryan Beale 20 Beth Fearon 17 Jas Hudd 17 Charloe Lee 17 Keenan Hall 16 Leon Henton 16 Ellie Warren 16 Ayaan Khan 14 Basma Naji 14 Dylan Radwell 14 Year 9 Name Points Ami Baen 19 Kadie Cooper 19 Edith Maacks 19 Ashleigh Hannaford 18 Liam Fletcher 16 Ruby Taylor 16 Bella Van Puyenbroek 16 Charlie Ba 15 Ashley Hudd 15 Ella Lewis-Hill 15 Year 10 Name Points Jack Newman 20 Jake Underwood 18 Xander Wood 17 Rhea-Jean Raymond- Heath 16 Kelsey Wragg 16 Leon Ford 15 Garan Jones 15 Hammond Yee 15 Jacob Pheasant 14 Joshua Read 14 Year 11 Name Points Ruby Donnelly 22 Ola Arcinska 20 Chakira Coon 15 Bryony Young 15 Jevone Fennell 14 Joshua Hulbert 14 Kaela Hills 12 Aleyah Miller 12 Jack Smith 12 Kerryanne Bartle 11 Year 11 Geographers braved the wind and rain at Studland sand dunes. They showed great resilience parcularly on Wednesday when the heavens opened and rain of epic proporons fell on us. Thursday’s group had more luck weather wise. Despite these challenges they were able to pracce their field work skills ready for the summer exams. Well done Year 11. Castle Mania! Over half term year 7 historians worked hard to produce models of medieval castles. The brief was to make a historically accurate castle showing key defensive features. On Wednesday 50 amazing castles were brought into school ranging from lego castles, wooden structures, paper mache moe and bailey castles and even some made from cake! Tolly in 7D made a scale model of Scotney castle with light and sound effects, Kaitlin in 7G made a stone keep castle hat and Jack from 7D had a fully working drawbridge and portcullis. The standard of work was incredible and all the castles can be seen on display in either Gloucester foyer or G24- do come and have a look. Ms Davison A very proud head of history Supporng Careers Educaon, Informaon, Advice and Guidance at JoG As part of Naonal Careers and Apprenceship Week, students were able to hear from a variety of vising speakers during their assembly slots. Year 11 found out about GoFish, a Trowbridge Town Team project promong young entrepreneurs. Year 10 discovered how to research their career ideas using CareerPilot from Bath University careers advisers. Year 9 were introduced to a new Trowbridge Fire cadet scheme with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service starng in September. Food Scienst, Dr Stuart Farrimond shared his wisdom with Year 8 and Year 7 gained an insight into the highs and lows of Vitoria Hillman’s career as a Wildlife Photographer and Biologist. Other acvies included raising awareness of how to apply and register for an apprenceship via a lunchme drop in for Year 11 and Year 13 with Wiltshire Colleges Apprenceship Team. Selected Year 10 girls were also invited to take part in a ‘Women in Engineering’ day at Chippenham Campus where they got to try some hands on acvies with employers such as TH White, the MOD, MJ Church, The Society of Cosmec Science, Apeto, Wessex Water to explore the huge array of opportunies within Engineering. Two-year 12 students were also lucky enough to take part in a whole Digital Technologies Apprenceship day at the MOD in Corsham. Workshops included looking into how virtual reality is used to create a more smulang training environment for the Brish Military as well as looking at the key issues in cyber security and how they related to defence. A lot to inspire our students to reach for rewarding and fulfilling careers – whatever that might be! Ms A Lynch Careers Support Adviser Wednesday 27 th February saw a group of thirteen students from year 8 and Year 9 aend Bath Magistrates Court for the day to witness the Criminal Jusce System first hand. This was in order to prepare them for their forth coming parcipaon in this year’s Mock Magistrates compeon, which is due to take place in the next few weeks. John of Gaunt Supporng Red Box Project with The Coventry Building Society The Red Box Project quietly ensures that no young person misses school because they have their period and was founded in March 2017, supporng young women who are missing out on their educaon because they can not afford the products they need during this me. As part of celebrang Internaonal Women’s Day John of Gaunt are joining up with The Coventry Building Society to support The Red Box Project. If any parents would like to make a donaon of sanitary products these can be dropped off at The Coventry Building Society, Market Street, Trowbridge or at main school recepon. Working together we can tackle period poverty and ensure no young person misses out on their educaon and life long aspiraons. Non-School Uniform Day for Comic Relief On 15th March the school will be having a non-school uniform day to raise money for Comic Relief. Where possible we'd like students to wear something red to reflect the red nose theme. Each student is to make a contribuon of £1 and ideally paid through ParentPay, otherwise £1 can be handed to tutors during registraon. World Book Day Fun! Thursday turned the library into a crime scene and all students into detecves for the World Book Day Murder Mysteries. Students could choose to solve one or both murders that had been commied, one using codes and one using reading skills. The atmosphere was fantasc! The discussions about the suspects and the students’ theories were very clever. The names of the murderers are now displayed in the library and all successful detecves can collect a prize from the library. Thank you to all staff who got into the spirit of the day and dressed up! Bake Sale Let me start with a great big THANK YOU to all the students, parents and staff who baked some amazing cakes! So far we have made just over £100! New bean bags will be winging their way to the library soon! A special thank you to all lovely Y8 and Y9 students who ran the bake sale for me. I couldn’t have done it without you! Keep sharing stories together! Mrs Bruton Acvity Days come to JOG This year you will be pleased to know we are planning acvity days for years 7-10 in July. We have a menu of excing opportunies both in and out of school. More informaon will follow shortly. Dear all, During this week I had the pleasure of vising over 100 lessons, many of these were with a variety of visitors. The feedback from our visitors has been fantasc, one lady yesterday emailed to say, ‘I am so incredibly impressed with the atmosphere in your school’! Students have worked really hard in lessons this week, with a noceable increase in both the quality and quanty of work being produced, it’s no wonder students are earning so many reward points! Amongst all the other aspects taking place this week, this aſternoon was a very special me because we were able to present Kale Turner’s family with money and giſts that the staff, teachers and some parents have been raising over the last couple of months. Kale is a student at our school who has recently suffered with a brain tumour, as a result he has lost all of his movement, and now only communicates by facial expressions, however, he is very much part of our school and community. In total we raised £875. As always, I hope you all have a lovely relaxing weekend. Paul Skipp
