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St Bedes Catholic College

Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU

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

NEWSLETTER 186

24th October 2014

2010

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

24th October
End of Term 1
3rd November
Pupils return to college Week A
th
6 November
Dry Ski slope training
th
11 November
Sixth Form Open Evening
6.30pm 8.30pm
13th November
Year 12 Kintbury Retreat leaves at
4.30pm
14th November
Year 10 Review Home
th
15 November
Year 12 Kintbury Retreat returns
th
20 November
Year 10 Parents Evening
st
21 November
INSET Day
CATENIAN PUBLIC SPEAKING
Sunday 12th October saw another nail-biting
competition as Bristol schools competed for the
annual Catenian Public Speaking competition. Both
our candidates presented compelling arguments for
their chosen subjects. Joey Gompels gripped the
audience as he grappled convincingly with the
challenging subject; "Christian behaviour matters
more than Christian belief", and Martha Eustace
brought the trophy home-presented by last year's
winner our Ben Whitfield, with her captivating
discourse on "Public speaking contests are a waste of
time." An amazing afternoon.

PUPIL BAKE OFF

On Monday 13th October
Pupils demonstrated their vast
range of baking skills in the
second St Bedes Bake off. With
over 100 entries it was a very
difficult task to choose the
winners. After a lengthy
deliberation the following names
were announced:
Joe Gilbert (Year 11) Pastry
Arianna Turvey (Year 7) Tray Bakes
Lauren OHagan (Year 10) Biscuits
Laura Turpin (Year 8) Small Cakes
Colm McManamon (Year 7) Large Cakes
Ella Staddon (Year 7) Bread
Colm McManamon was crowned overall star baker
having produced an excellent Coffee and Walnut
cake. Congratulations to all those who took part and
keep on baking!

YEAR 11 MOCK INTERVIEWS

On Wednesday 15th October representatives from
local employers, further education colleges, Bristol
University and training organisations, spent the
morning at the college conducting mock interviews
with our Year 11 pupils. The event gave pupils the
opportunity to practise their interview skills and use
the feedback given to them to ensure they are
successful in the future. Comments from the pupils
regarding the experience were extremely positive and
the interviewers all remarked how well the
candidates had conducted themselves.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE AWARD

Congratulations to the following Year 11 pupils who
were recently awarded their Bronze Duke of
Edinburgh award: Alexander Conway, Thandikire
Madula, Joe White, Thomas Holbrook, Josie
Goodwin, Maura Rolls, Livin Milton and Julia Hllond.

MY JOURNEY THROUGH MY OWN EYES

My name is Jade, thats who I am,
Im a creative and fun type of girl.
Im still 12 and learning to survive,
In this big and crazy world.
I am patient, kind and loyal,
I always have a friendly smile.
At times when I feel insecure,
I stay focussed and maintain my pride.
Perfection is not what Im striving for
Doing my very best gives me joy,
But since Im still a child,
Of course I still play with my toys.
BUT.
With ambition and determination, I
Know the skys the limit.
With hope in my heart that I can succeed,
I would have to be in it, to win it.

All photographs show much clearer definition in the

website version of our newsletter.

THE BIG DRAW

On the 16th and 17th October, we celebrated The Big
Draw the National Campaign for Drawing. This
years theme was Its Our World, and our pupils
responded to this by participating in a Postcard
competition winners to be announced soon!
Some Year 9 and Year 11 pupils also enjoyed a
workshop led by Bristol based artist Andy Council who
is well known for his street art celebrating Bristol.
Pupils relished the Q&A session and the chance to
produce work with him. Across the rest of the college,
many pupils took part in drawing activities in their
tutor groups, and other subjects.
Well done to all those who helped to celebrate The
Big Draw.

Soon Ill be 13 so Im getting older and wiser,

I know what I want to be
A designer, an artist, a musician,
Who knows what the future holds for me!
Year 8 pupil

BRISTOL YOUNG CHEF

Congratulations to Year 10 pupil Bryony Allan who has
reached the final of the Bristol Young Chef competition
organised by the City of Bristol College.
As part of the competition, Bryony will next week, spend
the day at The Royal Marriott Hotel College Green
culminating in a bake-off on Thursday, we wish her the very
best of luck a wonderful opportunity.

YEAR 11 PROM REMINDER

A reminder to all Year 11 pupils attending Prom that 25.00
is due by 5th December 2014.

CREATIVE WRITING CLUB

The St Bede's Creative Writing Club will be starting up
again in Term 2. 1.30-2pm,Tuesdays in A14.
If you like writing stories, poetry, song lyrics or
anything else creative then come along and join us.
Last year some of our writers even had their work
published. See if you can find their work in the library!
All year groups welcome!
Miss Barnes

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

BRISTOL HAWKS COMMUNITY BASKETBALL CLUB

Bristol Hawks are a community Basketball
club based at St. Bedes. The Hawks
provide training sessions for Under 14s
on Mondays from 5.45pm - 6.45pm in the
Sports Hall.
Sessions cost 2.00

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ARCHERY All ages and abilities welcome

St Bedes Community Sports Team are
pleased to offer Archery sessions every
Saturday. The sessions take place in the
Sports Hall from 1.30pm 3.30pm and cost
2.00.
Participants will be coached by fully qualified Archery GB
coaches.
OCTOBER HALF TERM SPORTS CAMPS
Next week the St Bede's community sports team will
be running a week of sports camps during from 9am3pm each day. The camps are for boys and girls aged
7-14 and participants will be given the opportunity to
try new fun sports as well as develop their skills in
more traditional activities. The cost is 10 per day or
45 for the week (a sibling discount is available). For
further information or to register please contact Rob
Allan, Community Sports Development Officer, on
07825 767582 or email r.allan@stbcc.org.
VACANCIES
SCIENCE TECHNICIAN
The post is 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5
In service days (13,963 - 14,925 pro-rata)
Closing date 3rd November 2014.
SCHOOL MEALS SUPERVISORY ASSISTANT
We have a vacancy for a School Meals Supervisory
Assistant. The post is for 7 hours per week, Monday to
Friday and term time only. Closing date 14th November
2014.
CLEANER
The post is for 20 hours per week Monday to Friday all year
round. The job description and application form can be
downloaded from the college website at
www.stbedescatholiccollege.org. Closing date 14th
November 2014.
St Bedes is a Living Wage employer

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LIBRARY LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES

Year 7 Chatter Book Club
The Chatter Book Club for Year 7 will start on Monday 3rd
November at 1.30pm until Monday 15th December.
The Book Club for Years 8 and 9 will start on Wednesday
5th November.

WISE WORDS
Progress is impossible without change, and those who
cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw