ASA TODAYwww.asachelt.orgThe All Saints’ Academy NewspaperIssue 25, Term 4, 2014

24 Hour FastStudents go hungry in aid of the Africa trip Page 3

With the fi nal exams rapidly approach-ing most Year 11 students have been preparing hard and completing course-work. Some students have been proactive and have sought the advice and support of teachers whilst others have had to be

By Mr FergusonAssistant PrincipalTeacher of PE

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World Book Day 2014

For the last 17 years we’ve celebrat-ed World Book Day, but the ques-tion is, what is World Book Day and why does it occur once a year? World Book Day is a yearly celebration that takes place on the fi rst Thursday in March in the United King-dom and on the 23rd of April in several other countries. World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and reading and is marked in over 100 countries. The yearly celebration was des-ignated by UNESCO as a worldwide cel-ebration of books and reading. The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books

By Demi WheelerStudent Reporter

and reading by providing them with the op-portunity to have a book of their own. This year, on the 6th March children of all ages came together to ap-preciate reading. Schools all across the country gave students the opportunity to dress up as book characters and take part in activities to win their own book. Here at All Saints’ Academy students and staff were also given the opportunity to dress up as a character from either a book or fi lm giving a small donation of £1 that would go towards our All Saints’ Academy Africa mission trip to Tanzania. Ideas for dress up included: Minions, Grease, St Trinians, SpongeBob, Harry Potter, Lit-tle Red Riding Hood and many more. Prizes were given for best dressed and students were able to win one of 54 books, which were won by getting 8/10 correct answers on quizzes related to the books.

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coerced into attending additional ses-sions to enhance their work and level of understanding in order to give them the best chance of securing a higher grade. Teachers continue to offer after school sessions, as they have done all year, and are offering the above additional sessions over the Easter break. Year 11 students should make use of these sessions and their time at home to ensure they are as prepared as they can be for their exams and their coursework is as good as it can be.

All year 11 students have a three month calendar and a week plan-ning sheet which they should be using to plan out when exams are and what spe-cifi c revision they will be doing on a daily basis. It is not long now until the exams will be over – so make the best use of the time left.

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We had our best ever attendance last time. It would be great if we could beat it this time around!

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EDITORIALMiss SkeldingPR & CommunicationsManager

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I wanted to say a big thank you to all of the staff and students that con-tribute to the newspaper each term. This term a lot of work has gone in to fundraising for Af-rica - we are so close to the target. We are about to launch raffl e tickets too. The top prize is a holiday! Make sure you ask your children about them. It is an exciting time as ten of our Sixth Form students have been cho-sen to be journalists at the upcoming Cheltenham Science Festival. In April the students will be visiting the Cheltenham Festivals offi ce to be debriefed by their press offi cer. Then in June they will get the opportunity to show off their skills. I would also like to take this time to thank Mr Hamilton for his hard work on the newspaper as Editor. He is off to pastures new and we wish him all the best with his future endeavours!

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ASA TODAY Editorial TeamChief Editor: Miss Skelding

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Michael Yong @Michael_YongWell done again to @asachelt pupils on their fast for an African mission trip. Read about their experiences here http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/Pupils-Saints-Academy-Cheltenham-fast-raise-money/story-20842558-de-tail/story.html …

Suzanne Williams @suzLDOh to be a fl y on the wall @asachelt as all those tired hungry children wake up! Rather you than me teachers! @ASAAfrica2014ASASportsDept @ASASportsDept Really proud of the U14 Girls Football Team today @glosschoolgames fi nals! Won 2 & lost 2. #teamspirit #commit-mentAll Saints’ Academy @asacheltWe are happy as we are making money for the @ASAAfrica2014 trip via selling cakes! Thanks Durham! #NationalHap-pyDay pic.twitter.com/LOZHKxtqDG

All Saints’ Academy @asachelt What amazing & inspiring students we have at ASA tonight. Giving up their Friday evening, fasting for 24 hours and raising money for Africa!

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Flicking through these pages, you won’t fail to notice that All Saints’ Academy is spreading its wings! Service to oth-ers and social justice are at the heart of our beliefs. By reaching out into the local and international communi-ties, our students prove themselves to be the world changers of the future. Over the past few months, I’ve counted around sixty school trips to a huge range of destinations, includ-ing New York and Berlin. We’ve hosted visits from both neighbouring schools and from Italy and Uganda. Students have listened to survivors of the Holo-

caust and interviewed their local MP. Out of this huge range of ac-tivities, I’ve chosen a couple that sum up the ambitions of All Saints’ students. Firstly, the students and staff involved in the Africa Trip have shown impressive creativity and determina-tion in raising the funds needed to sup-port a school in Tanzania. The most recent fundraiser was a sponsored twenty-four hour fast and “sleep-over”. The spirit, humour and team-work on show from over a hundred staff and stu-dents were remarkable. It’s no wonder they are nearing their target as I write. Another new venture is a col-laboration between All Saints’ and Chel-tenham Festivals. We are the only Chel-tenham school to be working with the team that organises the festivals. Soon, ten All Saints’ Sixth Formers will work as journalists for the Science Festival

and their daily reports will be pub-lished in the Gloucestershire Echo. This will be the fi rst of many oc-casions when our students repre-sent us at these prestigious events. And on top of all this, we’re on target to achieve another jump up in our examination results in both the Sixth Form and Year Eleven. We’re also heavily over-sub-scribed in both Year Seven and the Sixth Form for next year. As ever, this is only achieved through stu-dents, staff, parents and governors working together. Thank you for the essential part you continue to play. We want to know how we can keep improving too, so please get in touch, either by joining the parents’ forum, or simply by phone or email. I wish you and your loved ones a peaceful Easter break.

Mr PowellInterim Principal

Students at All Saints’ Academy are the smartest in Cheltenham and we want to thank parents again for their sup-port in maintaining such high standards.Three concerns which have been raised by parents are:

1. The need to order speciality items only through a website can be problematic.2. Sewing or sticking House colours to blazers can be diffi cult and look untidy.3. Understanding which trousers and skirts meet Academy expectations, par-ticularly for girls, can be confusing.

Staff have worked hard with the All Saints’ Academy Parents’ Fo-rum to agree a slightly new system from September which should ad-dress the concerns raised by parents. From September, parents will be able to purchase all Academy uniform from Schooltogs which is lo-cated at 252 High Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3FA, telephone number 01242 523632. Parents can still purchase di-rectly from Price and Buckland as before. The Academy is introducing a new House tie for all students and this will be issued free of charge to all stu-dents in Years 7-10 in the Summer Term. From September, all students will be expected to wear the standard school trousers and skirts which can be purchased from Schooltogs and is in line with other Cheltenham schools.

Further information will be given to parents on Stu-dent Review Day but should you have any immedi-ate query, please contact Mrs Amanda Matthews on amatthews@asachelt.org or directly on 01242 711201.

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ASA AFRICA MISSION3www.asachelt.orgIssue 25, Term 4, 2014

Over 90 students took part in a 24 hour sponsored fast on Friday 21st March - Saturday 22nd March. The fast was in aid of All Saints’ Acad-emy’s mission trip to Africa in July.Students stayed at school after lessons on Friday and took part in workshops such as African Art, scrapbooking, tag rugby,

Sponsored 24 hour fast By Kerri SkeldingPR & Communica-tions Manager

song writing, darts etc. Students then had a night time game of hide-and-seek around the Academy. Each student wrote down a prayer or thought down before bed time. They slept in sleeping bags on hard floors and reflected on how people live in Africa.Saturday morning students were wok-en up and given more water to drink. They then took part in more work-shops to keep their minds occupied. Jon Hopson who is going on the Africa trip said “Going to Af-rica is such a great opportunity, and I

couldn’t pass something like that up.”“Fasting the last 24 hours has been really tough. A lot of it is mind over matter and if you put your mind to it, you can do it.” After the fast students were given soup and bread to eat. Students were very eager to get in line for the soup and bread and it had high praise from the students that had fasted for 24 hours. Chantae Sellers said “I have never enjoyed soup so much before!”

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Students join in with a song during a night time assembly

Some of the African Workshop group show off their creationSome students having a game of twister during a workshop

Chantae with her soup

Term 3 was York House’s turn to raise money for the Africa trip that is taking place this summer. Students and tutors were asked to put their thinking caps on and raise some money. After a fantastic effort by staff and students we raised £350. The students were fantastic and baked some amazing cakes, spent the day being silent, organised an art competition and asked staff and students to guess the number of skittles in the jar. Thank you to all of the York staff and students who took part and raised an amazing amount.

York’s donations

We have raised a massive

Durham’s donations Thanks to Bristol Street Motors who have donated £250!

Students and tutors of Durham helped put on a brilliant cake sale. Mr Wright did a staff sweepstake for the horse rac-ing, Miss Skelding held a cake raffle and Mr Griffin’s tutor group did a lucky dip.Altogether Durham House raised £261. There are a few other fundrais-ers going on so the total should go up .Thank you to all fo the students and staff that took part and helped bake, and buy the cakes on the stall.

Are you thinking of buying a new or second hand car?

Then please consider Bristol Street Motors in Cheltenham.

They will give the school £50 for every new or sec-ond hand car they sell to a staff member, parent or family member. This money will go to support the

Africa project and the local children that we are visiting.

So if you do purchase a car from them, then please let them know who you are!

Born for this Performance

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By Mrs C SpenceRoman Catholic Lay Chaplain

Fairtrade Fortnight, where we sold Fair-trade goods and bananas at break time and lunch time. The focus this year was on the Fairtrade sale of bananas. We also had a staff Fairtrade coffee morning

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Mass at All Saints’

Then they gave us a mini concert in which they performed two or three of their songs and explained how Chris-tianity was included in all of them. Then, to top off all of the fun, on the evening of the 14th, Twelve24 came back to our school and performed a gig. The gig was a few hours long and gave us the opportunity to enjoy music and learn more about God and love.

Twelve24 ReviewOn Friday 14th February a band called Twelve24 came to our school to perform and to teach us about love. They talked to every year about how God loves us unconditionally. They also told us different stories about how they have come to know and love God. After teaching us about the different types of love that they believe in, Twelve24 told us that they were all Christians and that the lyrics in their songs refl ect that.

By Mrs C Spence Roman Catholic Lay Chaplain

On Saturday 1st March, 12 students from All Saints’ Academy together with mem-bers of St Gregory’s Youth Club took part in the Musical Production ‘Born for this’. It was staged by the Youth Ministry of Clift-on Diocese at St Gregory’s Church, Chel-tenham. The performance was a powerful Lenten Musical telling the Easter Story. The day began at 9.30 when we met in the church hall and after in-troductions the morning was spent learning the songs and actions. After a break for lunch we moved over into St Gregory’s Church for rehearsals. The Performance began at 7.30pm and the students played their parts with great conviction, really bring-ing the story alive. Canon Bosco Mc Donald spoke afterwards to the students and congratulated them on a wonderful performance. The students themselves thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Mrs N. Austin, Head of Mu-sic and myself were in attendance all day and we were most impressed by the commitment, energy and enthusi-asm shown by our students throughout.

By Erykah CameronStudent

During the gig Josh (a member of Twelve24) asked anyone that wanted to learn more about God and Christianity to sign their name on a list. That list was then read by our RE teachers and they are now running a Alpha group for stu-dents that want to learn more about God.

A voluntary Mass was celebrated on Thursday 13th by Fr Paul Brandon, Par-ish Priest of Sacred Hearts. Students who had signed up to attend Mass came to the Chapel at 12.10pm and we began with a hymn practice, music was provided by Mr T Carroll. Students assisted in the Mass with the readings, Bidding prayers, Offertory procession and serving. Fr Paul’s Holily focused on forgiveness and penance during this season of Lent.

Stations of the CrossThroughout Lent every RE class is taking part in ‘The Footsteps of Christ’ medita-tion, which is the Stations of the Cross, around the Academy. This is produced on an iPod and students have been walk-ing the journey of the cross, through the spoken word, picture and music.

St Patrick’s Day

Ash Wednesday

Fairtrade Fortnight

Chaplaincy Events

We marked the beginning of Lent – Ash Wednesday, by having a service of Holy Communion at 8.15am with the imposi-tion of ashes, a short meditation for tu-tor groups at lunchtime and a short ser-vice with the imposition of ashes at 3pm.

As is our custom nowadays, we deco-rated biscuits for St David’s day and St Patrick’s Day in Loaves and Fishes. We got through about 400 biscuits!

‘Opportunity to learn more about God’

‘God loves us unconditionally’

What have an infl atable banana, digestive biscuits and ash got to do with each other? They are all things that the chaplaincy has been involved in.

‘The performance was a powerful Lenten Musical’

With Thanks To:

Mrs N AustinMrs C SpenceSt Gregory’s Youth ClubYouth Ministry Canon McDonald

Students:

Michael MitchellCharlotte RandallLaura SobiegrajRonan AustinDeclan AustinOliver RayJose LumactodZoe StrawJulia ObrebskaTyler GoodeyErykah CameronCallum Campbell

DEPARTMENT NEWS

By Mrs CainAssistant Principal

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Science Fair at All Saints’ Academy

Spoz the poet raps his way through a lesson

On Thursday 27th February, Spoz worked with English students inspiring and enabling them to create their own poems to battle against each in a ‘Po-etry Slam’ . The winning team would then compete in the ‘Poetry Slam’ against other Gloucestershire schools at the town hall on Tuesday 25th March. Students began the day with a performance from ‘Spoz’ which natu-rally encouraged students to think and consider how words can create different meaning through the poetic form. They created their own groups and team names considering language and poetic terms. They worked on a series of rhyming words that they battled against each other enabling they to consider how words can express attitude through words. They then created poems based on objects and then leading to next stage by creating their own thought provoking poems to stun the judges. Miss Clarke said ‘it was fun and engaging and stu-dents were motivated and enthused”. The crucial nail biting fi -nal was judged by (Mr Powell AKA Louis Walsh, Mr Clarkson AKA Si-mon Cowell, Mr Nicklin AKA Gary Barlow and Miss Goodall AKA the most objective and informed judge) Af-ter much deliberation from the judges the following awarded places were:

3rd - Bracket Babes

2nd - 50 Centences

1st - Rhyme Asylum

ASA welcomed students from all over Gloucestershire to the Triple Sci-ence Network Science Fair. Students from ASA designed the fastest K’nex cars in the competition and came sec-ond in the speed simulator challenge! Students from seven schools across Gloucestershire descended on ASA on Wednesday 5th March to show off their Science Investigation skills. All schools were set the challenge of de-signing and carrying out a “mission to mars” investigation. Ideas ranged from: rockets to get to mars, getting food on

On the 13th March ASA for the sec-ond year running welcomed Dominic Faulkner to speak to year 8 Geography students. Dominic spoke to the students, who were a credit to he academy about his ‘Longest Climb’, from the shores of the Dead Sea to the summit of Mt Ever-est. Most of the distance was covered on bicycles along some of East Asia’s most dangerous roads. The group did experi-ence some diffi culty however upon at-tempting to enter Pakistan, they were challenged to a game of cricket, the deal was, if they won they could come into Pakistan! They lost! However the

By Miss RobinsonHead of Drama

Students from Gloucester-shire schools visit ASA for a special Science Fair.

mars, recycling water and also grow-ing plants. Presentations were judged by teachers from different schools and judges from Bloodhound SSC. Students were judged on their presentation skills and the Sci-ence content of their investigations. Pittville School won the best presen-tation and Gloucester Academy won the best Science content prizes. They take home shields for their efforts. As well as getting over the nerves of being judged, students were also given a presentation from Blood-hound SSc - a project designing a car to go over 1000mph. The Bloodhound SSC team had brought their simulator with them and model K’Nex cars. Stu-dents took part in designing the fastest cars and seeing if they could beat “The Stig” (BBC TopGear). Sam Knight (yr 7) managed an impressive 1029mph top speed! Congratulations to all students that took part - it was an amazing day.

Dominic Faulkner returns to ASA

By Miss HannamHead of Geography

group were allowed to carry on travel-ling and after months of cycling even-tually made it to Everest base camp. Year 8 were able to revise some of the concepts that they have been covering in Geography this year when Dominic spoke of how thin the atmosphere was at the alti-tude of base camp. Students were aghast to fi nd out that at this altitude people lock themselves in their houses all winter! Unfortunately not all of Dominic’s group made it to the summit of Everest, one group member decided to pull out before ‘The Death Zone’, so called because 1 in 10 people who climb Everest die trying. There was time for questions at the end and many excellent questions were asked, including ‘How do you go to the toilet?’, a question many were wondering but only one student was gutsy enough to ask.

Students really excelled themselves with the use of words, conveying mes-sages through the poetic form explor-ing topical issues all the way down to fruit!!! “The students really benefi tted from this experience and it was great to see students excelling using and con-sidering language, poetic techniques, rhyme, structure and form linking with music - R.A.P!” Miss Robinson. ‘50 Centences’ are going to compete against the Gloucestershire Schools on the 25th March and we wish them luck on their fi nal performance.

Our day with Spoz the poet was such a fun day. The best part of the day was when we got to work with whom we wanted and had to make rhyming couplets about chocolate. The hardest part of the day was when we had to pick a topic to write a poem about. After we had chosen a top-ic we all had to say a verse each. We did ours about bullying, which many other groups did too. The winning group had to perform in a poetry slam and compete against other schools. Sadly, my group didn’t win. The funniest thing about the dat was when we had to make up our team name to do with English or poetry. My group’s name was ‘The Poetic Penguins”.

By Bethany O’HaraStudent Reporter

BBC SCHOOL REPORT6www.asachelt.orgIssue 25, Term 4, 2014

Above: Shakespeare is considered to be one greatest writers in the English language.

On March 8th 2014, an airliner headed for Beijing was reported missing less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. It has been reported that 239 people were on board the plane and, mathematical analysis of the airliner’s fi nal known signals showed that as the plane crashed into the sea, all passengers and pilots on board were likely to be dead. Many theories and explana-tions on what actually happened to Flight MH370 have been revealed throughout the past two weeks since the plane dis-appeared. The only question is… How do we know how to sort out fact from fi ction? One of these theories revolved around the pilot of the Malaysian plane, Zaharie Ahmad Shah. An unnamed source has commented on the breakdown of Shah’s marriage and the part that it could have played on the disappear-ance of the plane. According to a close friend of Shah’s, he was having relation-ship problems with another women at the time and was in no fi t state of mind to pilot the Boeing 777. A source has claimed that the pilot of the missing Ma-laysia Airlines Jet might have hijacked the plane in a fi t of anger and resentment. Megan, a year 10 student commented on “The thing is, no one knows what has happened. There are all these rumours being thrown around and so people believe it; may be a mat-ter of superstition, a terrorist attack or

Flight MH370By Olly and Eloise

In less economically developed countries across the world there are an estimated 250 million children being forced to work every day. This appalling practice is com-mon place and we are benefi ting from it. Every time we buy a discount t-shirt, dress, pair of jeans etc we are support-ing a network of sweat shops, which ex-ploit and take advantage of those in need. We spoke to staff and students at All Saints’ Academy in Cheltenham to hear what they think about this contentious issue. Mr Powell, Interim Principal of All Saints’ Academy said “I have made a choice in the past that when I hear of a company or a shop that is using those kinds of practises

Sweat shops!By Emily and Erykah

We have researched about Shake-speare and people’s views on his plays and why we read them today.. We interviewed numerous people, between students and teach-ers from All Saints’ Academy, and they all had different views on each ques-tion. Here is some of their answers.

Is Shakespeare still relevant? By Gabrielle and Megan

ASA’s Media MogulsStudents from years 7 to 10 teamed up to pro-duce their own news stories and digital content

Megan Roberts Eloise TaylorEmily BondLauren O’SheaGabrielle ParsonsMegan DanceyJackson FrenchBrandon EtheredgeJanzeel FloresOlly WhelanJake BakerJay FoleyErykah CameronTrisha Maglaqui

ASA’s Newsroom Team:

I don’t use them anymore.” When asked whether he agrees that Fair Trade clothes should be available, he replied “It would be good to know where they come from and that everyone is being treated fairly.”Mr Giblin, teacher of History at All Saints’ Academy, also had his, somewhat contro-versial views of this topic “Should you take away the sweat shops, what would be the alternative? Many of these women and children that work there have to sup-port their fathers and husbands and if they don’t have a husband then it’s even more important and essential that they have work there because they would have no job otherwise. If you took the sweatshops away, would they get a job elsewhere?” “I am aware that a lot of the Brit-ish high street use sweats shops.” said Miss Dunne, a teacher from the school.During research we discovered that, sur-prisingly that not only cheaper but also ex-pensive stores use sweat shops to produce their clothing/products. Converse, Ralph Lauren and DKNY to name just a few.This gives me reason to believe that if we act together, we will be able to majorly decrease the amount of child labour. M&S for example, has its own range of Fair-trade clothing which is proven to assist poverty-stricken countries and issue the right amount to these deserving workers.

even a matter of human error. But, still we have no proof and so no one will be correct until we have the facts.” British and US defence chiefs refused to rule out the possibility that an act of terrorism had been the cause of the planes disappearance. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said ‘Until we recover the cockpit voice recorder, we will not know for certain’. Investigators believe someone on board may have shut off the airliner’s communications systems. They are continuing to investigate the two min-ute phone call that was placed to Cap-tain Shah before the plane took off. Was this his lover? Or was it his accomplice? Mr Ferguson of All Saints’ Academy commented on how ‘no one really knows about what happened’ and that with the technology available to-day, it’s amazing how ‘ little has been recovered about the missing Malaysia airliner’. He comments on how we know that the pilots of the plane were ‘fanat-ics’ and that a ‘greater vetting’ should be taken into account. ‘Being a pilot is an important job as it requires immense concentration. You’ve got many people on board that are relying on you to help them get to their required destination.’ We asked another ASA teacher about this horrifi c story. Mr Griffi n said “It’s so hard to say what happened because there are so many solutions and theories. In my view, I think the plane ran out of fuel, tried to turn back, but couldn’t make it.’ With all these new theories and in-formation, will we ever fi nd out what really happened to Flight MH370?

Firstly we interviewed Head of English Mr Nickin. Why do you think we still read Shakespeare today?‘Because Shakespeare’s plays cover things that are important to people to-day. I believe that it is still relevant. It is like a window on what Elizabe-than life and language was like before.’ What do you think fi lm makers could learn from him?‘Shakespeare knows how to make a plot of narrative structure. He knows how to build tension in all his plays. Whereas other fi lm makers and writ-ers are tied to different genres. Wil-liam Shakespeare is only tied to one.’ Who do you think will be the next Shakespeare?‘I don’t think there will be one, he is a unique writer and I don’t think anybody can get to the high status he was at.’ We took the initiative to look at Michael Gove (Education Secretary) to see his views on students learning about Shakespeare. Michael Gove thinks that Shakespeare is important in education. To back this up Michael Gove is planning for 50,000 students to study Shakespeare. The Educational secretary says “I was enraptured by a Shake-speare Schools Festival performance of Macbeth by a primary school at the Royal Court earlier this year.” We want to know why we are still so interested in Shakespeare, and his contribution to our cultural heritage. We asked one of the All Saints’ English teachers, Mr Griffi n what his-views were on Michael Gove, he said; “I

think Michael Gove is a very intelligent man, doing a diffi cult job. You have to de-cide where you stand in education, stand-ards have been slipping for 30-35 years. I am hugely in favour of him, because he has changed the system massively. Some people don’t like masses of change, and that’s what he did, which is how he has made enemies. But if you make little changes, they aren’t going to be noticed.” Quotes from the man himself; William Shakespeare;‘Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.’‘It’s not the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.’

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Above: The editorial team at Springbank Primary Academy after a very busy day producing their newspaper articles.

Today we looked at the parts of the human body. One part that we found interesting was the human heart. We thought it was cool listening to a person’s heart. What we also found cool was when you hit a certain part of your knee if kicks up be-cause it sends messages in your brain that make you kick. It inspired us to become doctors because being a doctor is cool!

DoctorsBy Liam Y3, Laila Y4, Missy and Emily Y6

Today at SPA our entire school took part in an epic day. Many of us personalised our hair and nails, while others took part in dif-ferent activities. We painted our nails and created new looks with the stuff provided.

A day of Hair and Beauty

By Lauren and Sophia

Today after break we learned all about university. One course we found particu-larly interested was criminology. This was because we found out how to solve crimes. Also, we found drama interesting because we found out, if you worked re-ally hard you could become an actress or actor. You get to be in plays or on telly to learn to be confi dent and speak clearly. This inspired us to go to university because you can do lots and lots of courses that will help you get a job when you’re older.

Options for the future

By Millie Y6, Tia Y6, Kyle Y6, Lewis Y3

On 13th February 2014 our school had a reach for the stars day, when we looked at different careers. Languages:In languages we have been learning how to pronounce names of animals. In ad-dition we made masks of animals e.g. cow, pig, cat, dog, sheep and rabbits. Robotics:During robotics we have been pro-gramming alligator robots made from Lego. Also, a guest spoke to us and showed us his personally made robots!To fi nish the day, we had an assem-bly, to talk about what we’ve done! It was a truly amazing experience.

Spa StarsBy Casey, Jane and Vicky

A team of dedicated students from Springbank have collaborated to create their own newspaper page. Take a look!

Below: A few of the colourful designs devised by the students.

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on what makes a successful presenter those included “Always smile, tone of voice, and always look at the camera.” Not only that, but in the last workshop Miss Skelding showed the stu-dents how to write their own article for a newspaper, showing the students a range of different careers in the Media Indus-try and giving the students experience in writing for a school paper. I was on hand to offer any help to the pupils and found the experience really worthwhile. Raising pupils’ aspirations from a young age is a great idea. Inviting people from different industries into speak and give workshops must have given the pupils lots of ideas of which career path they may wish to take.

As a part of the Applied Law course, we study the legal profession; this includes solicitors, barristers and Judges and as such were able to get a visit from Alex Chalk, who is a barrister who specialis-es in criminal and terrorist law. He was able to give us a valuable understand-ing of what practicing law is and its ab-

solute nature, additionally we learned about how much dedication and hard work it takes to become a barrister and why someone should maybe choose it as a career rather than being a solicitor. We were able to understand what advocacy is like and we even saw the wig and col-lars a barrister wears in court. Because of this visit we gained an understand-ing of what a barrister’s life is like and I can say that I am sure that it has inspired some of us to become barristers. It was a great and beneficial chance for us all.

By Jack LaneStudent Reporter

Law students meet Barrister Alex Chalk

Outward Bound is an educational char-ity that seeks to provide help to young people who haven’t really found out their potential and what they really are capa-ble in life. It provides help in many dif-ferent areas such as confidence building, team working skills and skills that you wouldn’t normally be taught in school. The Outward Bound Centre that I went to was Aberdovey which is located in Snowdonia. This centre is located right opposite the Dyfi Estuary with amazing views of this from the dorms. The centre is also located by forests, steep river gorg-es and jagged peaks. Many mountains surrounded this centre and many expedi-tions occur here too. Our group went here on the 10-14th February which has possi-

bly been the best week of this year so far. During our Outward Bound ex-perience, I took part in many activities. Many of these activities challenged us and brought us out of our comfort zones. I did activities such as trekking up and summiting a mountain which was Tara Hendra, sleeping in a cabin for a night, jumping off a jetty into the Dyfi estuary, canoeing to Picnic Island, high ropes challenge (All Aboard Tower) and many team-building activities. These activities was definitely challenging but rewarding at the same time because after complet-ing them, you felt really good about your-self to the point that you can do things in life that scare you. These activities wanted to teach us how to set goals for ourselves and bring us out of our bubble. Many of the people that joined us on our Outward Bound experience was people that was located all around the

Gloucestershire area. The people I met were aged 13-19. This allowed us to meet new people in our age range and boost our confidence even more by getting to know them all. On the last day when we all got back to Quedgeley in Gloucester, none of us wanted to go back to our own homes. We all became such good friends with each other. It was sad to say goodbye. This trip has helped all of us realise our potential, developed our confi-dence, self-esteem and brought us out of our comfort zones. The trip has taught me a lot of things about myself. It has taught me to be more confident in myself and it has helped me develop my self-esteem. It has also taught me better teamwork skills and confidence skills that I will use. The main skill that this trip has taught me is to set myself small, realistic goals to chal-lenge me, not just at home, but for when I eventually head off to university too.

By Hannah GreenStudent Reporter

Ron Jones inspires young historians

Student goes on ‘Outward Bound’ trip

A-level History students were treated to a talk by 96-year-old Ron Jones, who came in to tell the students about his experiences during the Second World War, particularly as a prisoner of war where he was held on the Auschwitz site. Mr Giblin invited Mr Jones, who he knew from their shared home town of Newport in South Wales.He said “I wanted to find a way of bringing to life what they have been studying: the Holocaust and dictator-ships. I thought this would be a really engaging way for the students to learn.” Mr Jones stood and an-swered questions and told his story for nearly an hour, and his shock-ing, moving and sometimes humor-ous stories held the students attention.Mr Jones told the story of being cap-tured in Egypt and held prisoner in Italy before being sent to work in a chemical plant that was part of the notorious Aus-chwitz complex – although as a British prisoner of war he was not held in the

same conditions as the Jewish prisoners.Ron handed around a ring, made of metal pipe, which he still wears to this day. This was given to him by a Jewish prisoner to whom he gave some sau-sage. He was said to have then disap-peared a few weeks later. When Ron had asked about his whereabouts the

response was “kaput-the gas chamber”. Sixth Form History student Nick Davies said “It was a great experi-ence. You don’t get the chance to talk to a witness to some of the most terrible events in history every day. We’ve all heard sto-ries of people who have been through this, but to be in the same room with one of

Above: A-level History student with Ron Jones after his insightful presentation.

STUDENTS at Springbank Primary Academy in Cheltenham had their aspi-rations raised and a world of possibilities opened to them Thursday 13th February at their “Reach for the Stars” event which involved workshops to inform the stu-dents about different careers, what people in that field do and how they got there. One of the people involved was All Saints’ Academy’s one and only, Miss Skelding. Miss Skelding gave a wonder-

Raising Pupils AspirationsBy Chelsea Craven Student Reporter

ful presentation about the ins and outs of the TV world and what she did to get where she is. She then had the students’ try a bit of presenting themselves, using ASA equipment she had brought with her. She said, “I enjoyed working with the students at Springbank, they were all brilliant listeners and asked some intelligent questions about the me-dia industry and about my job at All Saints’. There were definitely some aspiring presenters in the workshop!“Miss Skelding did a fantastic job at help-ing students understand what makes a great TV Presenter. She even had a clip made by a Presenter for Gems TV Lynn Jinks who gave the students some tips

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Ich Bin Ein

Top Right: ASA students outside of the Reichstag Building. Above: Miss Cameron showing the students a special wall.

By Mr GiblinTeacher of History

The History department at ASA have completed our fi rst overseas trip. The visit to Berlin was a resounding success. Mr Simcox, Miss Cameron and I were amazed at the good manners of all the students and their attention to follow-ing instructions when walking around a very busy city (most of the time). Com-mon sayings from the students who were on the trip was ‘do we have to leave’ and ‘when will you be running another trip to Berlin’. This just sums up how positive the feedback was from students who went.Day 1The trip started with a tour of the Bun-destag; the centre of German govern-ment since 1894. This building has an important place in History. It was in this building that the decision was made to

go to war in 1914. It was in this build-ing that the infamous bodyguard of the Nazi dictator Hitler, the SS, made their last stand against the Soviets. It was out-side this building that the Berlin Wall ran past blocking off east from west and thus ensuring its place as a centre for protest against tyranny. Ironically, the Iron words ‘Das Deustchen Volk’ (the German people), that can be seen on the front of the building were made and placed into position by a German-Jewish family in 1894, who were later wiped out during the Holocaust of 1942 to 1945. The tour of the Bundestag was followed up by a walking tour of the city. This continued from the famous Branden-burg Gate, past the Holocaust memo-rial and Soviet war memorial, which has 2,500 Soviet soldiers remains un-derneath and ended at Potsdam Platz Sony Centre. We then boarded a train and travelled to the TV Tower, which is famous for being the tallest skyscraper in the European Union. This allowed

staff and students a birds-eye view of the whole city, including the Bundestag. Day 2Day two started bright and early. We hopped on a train and travelled to a huge German bunker, known as a fl ak tower. During the battle of Berlin in 1945, this tower housed 40,000 civilians, who were sheltering from the fi ghting outside. The building is literally bomb-proof. On each corner there use to stand 2 twin-linked 88mm anti-aircraft guns. These could fi re up to a distance of 14km and fi red with 14 tons worth of recoil; clearly an awesome feat of defensive engineering. As you can guess, the fl ak tower had to be tough and in fact the British tried 5 times after the war to blow it up. A true testament to German engineering is that the tower is still there!Following our visit to the fl ak tower, we then descended on a guided tour un-der the city to look around an authentic Second World War air-raid shelter. For many students, this was a high point

ASA students engage in a historical tour of Berlin

of the trip as the knowledge of the tour guide as well as her humour was out-standing. We learned here that the word toilet and w/c was banned by the Nazis as both were words originating from France or the UK, two countries that German was at war with. The Nazis attempted to make the toilet German by renaming it an ‘abort’; as you can guess, it didn’t catch on. However, the use of a blue light to signify an emergency vehicle did. Once we completed the tour of the air-raid shelter, we once again got onto a train and headed to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. It was here that so many people were met with cruel punishments and eventual execution. A cruel trick by the guards was to take the cap of a prisoner and hang it on the electrifi ed fence. If the prisoner did not get the hat he would be beaten (usually to death). If the prisoner did get his cap then he would be shot or electrocuted. As this would have been a fairly dark

Term 3 has once again seen some won-derful castle models created by Year 7 students. The variety of castles has been amazing, with many including detailed labels. The history department have been really impressed with the attention to detail and amount of effort which has gone into producing these ILTs. For the fi rst time this has been part of the House Competition and the winner was Hope-Louise Jones from Canterbury House who produced not just one but two cas-tles (a motte and bailey and a concentric castle) as well as a written project. A special mention also goes to Declan Bon-ner’s very tasty cake castle which was thoroughly enjoyed by 7A/Hi1 class!

History ILTs: Castlemania

Above: A wooden fort by Hope-Louise Jones. Left: Ronan Austin’s castle made entirely of cake!

note to end the day on we travelled back into the city and had food at the fantastic Potsdam Platz Sony Centre. Students were treated to an authen-tic Australian grill in Berlin that had kangaroo and crocodile on the menu!Day 3Our fi nal day was just as great as the preceding two. We fi rst travelled to the East German secret police headquarters, known simply as the Stasi. Here we saw all of the ways in which this secret po-lice force spied on the population. The Stasi even had a camera that could take pictures through walls but was built into the door of an ordinary van. From here we allowed the students to have a break from site seeing and they went shopping for 2 hours without having the teachers around. When we were back together, the students got the chance to experi-ence an authentic German market before boarding yet another train to the Mu-seum of Terror and Check Point Charlie.

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Student of the term – Abigail Street.Abigail has been exploring her exam theme ‘Multi-cultural Society’. She has studied people from a variety of back-grounds and cultures, observing the dif-ferences and the ways they have infl u-enced each other. She has been producing a wide range of drawings and studies using a variety of materials. Abigail has researched a range of Artists who have been inspired by contemporary interra-cial society and has used their approach and techniques to inform her work . She has produced dynamic and well executed outcomes that aspire to higher grades.

F o o t b a l lBy Mr FergusonAssistant Principal

Chelsea Craven - AS Photog-raphy - Physical Manipulation

Game 1 Vs Bournside (Won 2-1)Having bowed out in the third round of the national cup rather expectantly this game may have proved to be a real prob-lem for the boys, and it did! ASA approached the game with a sense of pride and urgency, setting out from kick off with real purpose and de-termination. A man of the match perfor-mance from Matt Mackowiecki proved to be the decisive difference between the two sides. Goals from Berisha and Hitch-man and a solitary reply from Bournside giving All Saints’ a winning start to the campaign. Game 2 Vs Cotswold (Lost 3-2)Complacency had set in as the side trav-elled to Bourton on the Water for this clash. Complaints started as the side warmed up on the very short, bobbly and muddy pitch. Cotswold proved more clinical, scoring with all three of their attempts on goal, although their third was converted expertly by Joe O’Shea after a fantastic Brad Marks save. Following goals from Liam Dix and Jamie Lewis, Berisha had three clear chances but great goalkeeping from Cotswold kept out the equalising and possible winning goals.Game 3 Vs Pates (Won 8-2)The reality check of the defeat in the previous game had raised a need to win both remaining games and to do so with a healthy goal difference. With the score at 2-1 as the fi rst half ended, the team once again required redirection, the introduction of the inform Jamie Lewis proved to be the difference.

By Mrs BaylissHead of Art & Design

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Left: Pen and wash drawing on the theme of multiculturalism and per-sonal identity by Abigail Street.

Above: Pen & watercolour wash studies on the theme of multicul-turalism and personal identity.

Back in October one of our students faced a harrowing painful time fol-lowing a road traffi c accident. Shawn Cater Y7 5WH was hit by a car causing severe injuries to his leg. Shawn had to endure hos-pitalisation, operations to his leg and continual medical care due to infec-tions. In the months that passed Shawn faced some very arduous times, calling upon strength of body as well as spirit. Shawn desperately wanted to return to school, his wish was full-fi lled at the start of T4. Shawn refused to return part-time or to accept he would need any extra support; despite clear-ly being in considerable discomfort. Westminster House are making Shawn their hero for his determination, continual positivity and his refusal to give in when times were at their hardest. Shawn has shown true spiritual strength along with levels of resilience and perseverance that we in Westminster House (and at ASA) are very proud of. The quality of character Shawn has shown is what we strive for in all our young people

Westminster House Hero of the Term

Students taking A level Photography are asked to not only capture and edit im-ages, but also to enhance imagery with physical manipulations. This is where the student adds to, or removes areas of a printed image using skills and processes more commonly linked to producing art work. They are asked to think about ar-tistic improvements to their work, which could include bleaching, cutting out areas to remove sections of the image, cutting up & re ordering the image, layering up and combining several images, painting on to the print, stitching into it, scratch-ing back, subtle collaging of areas, mixed media enhancements, and scanning in the physically manipulated image & re-working with further digital editing to enhance certain elements of the image. Here is a showcase of some of the AS and A2 work the students have produced for this task on their units of coursework- some really exciting pieces guys, well done on your hard work to date!

Photography

Leah Bowers - A2 Photography - Personal Investigation Coursework

Bryoni Bradshaw - A2 Photog-raphy - Physical Manipulation

By Mrs DalyPhotography Teacher

Emmanuel Villarba - A2 Photog-raphy - Physical Manipulation

National Careers Week and Na-tional Apprenticeship WeekFrom 3rd - 7th March, there is ca-reers advice for everyone as Na-tional Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week coincide:This is the biggest ca-reers initiative in the UK. NCW2014 is being supported by a host of stakeholders – from Bar-clays LifeSkills through to Sky, NHS, ACCA, Virgin Media and O2. Getting the right careers advice at the right time has never been so impor-tant. It means you can make the right choic-es for your future and gain the skills and confi dence you need to reach your goals. To launch NCW at ASA we now offer a “drop in” to chat about career choic-es, applying to university, apprenticeship opportunities and the chance to book a meeting with Mrs Parr or Mrs Taylor.NCW is a celebration of career path-ways and an invaluable insight to the world of work for so many people.

National Apprenticeship Week 2014 Over 20,000 new apprentice jobs pledged for National Apprenticeship Week. And it’s not just big corporates that are showing their commitment to Appren-ticeships – 47% of the employers cre-ating new Apprenticeships are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The Deputy Prime Min-ister, Nick Clegg MP, has released a video message to thank National Apprenticeship Week supporters.The in video he talks of the importance of Apprenticeships and Traineeships the national economy, and the benefi ts they bring to individuals and employ-ers across the country, as well as thank-ing supporters for their work organ-ising events and raising awareness. You can register and ap-ply for Apprenticeship opportuni-ties at: www.apprenticships.org If you are unsure about whether you are suited to university, or are just contemplating your options, contact us for independent, impartial advice on learning and work. You can also get access to a wide range of in-formation about careers and the job market. Advice is also available online: https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk and over the phone on Free-phone 0800 100 900 to everyone aged 13.

By Mrs ParrSixth Form Pastoral Manager

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Game 4 Vs Balcarras (Won 3-2)The fi nal game had become a must win situation. A positive start with an excel-lent cross from Jamie Lewis down the right gave Attwood the opportunity to open the scoring within the fi rst two min-utes of the game and settle the nerves. The second half started swiftly and Hitchman scored a harder chance! The game continued to be dominated by ASA, with Balcarras limited to very few chances. A real team performance all the way to the end returned the required win-ning result as ASA progressed to the semi fi nals as group winners.

Vs Gloucester Academy Won 5-0Vs Chosen Hill Won 3-0Vs Pates Lost 3-1B Team Vs Pates B Lost 3-0Following our exit from the national cup round of 32 Mr Ferguson had set up a number of friendly fi xtures to prepare us for the district, county and national com-petitions next season. The games have proven to be very valuable and a great opportunity to look at life without the four year 13 play-ers who have provided fantastic service through out their time in the sixth form. The recent defeat of both A and B teams by Pates has illustrated a need to be able to adapt tactics and performances to different conditions and surfaces, as has the continuity of management style and approach. Ferguson handed the A team reigns over to Seers and Mason for this encounter and in a similar vein to that of Manchester United under the guidance of Moyes the performance level of the team regressed. Unlike United, Fergu-son will return to guide the team in their next outing against Cleeve on the fi rst Wednesday after the Easter break.On Wednesday 19th March All Saints’

Academy CCF Flight attended a Field day at RAF Cosford. The day started with drill parade and uniform check be-fore leaving Dean Close School. All ca-dets looking resplendent in their CS95 combat uniforms. Once arrived at the base we spent the morning looking around the RAF museum, learning about the origins of the Royal Air Force, its use in the Cold War and other confl icts – as well as be-ing amazed by the amounts of air craft housed in this hanger. We then went on to look into the science of fl ight, with ex-periments into thrust and air resistance.

Once again, as the lead Offi cer of All Saints’ Academy Combined Cadet Force I was left fi lled with pride and admiration about our all girl fl ight who rose to every challenge with amazing courage and ex-ceptional manners. The girls are a credit to the school and themselves.

Year 10 District Cup

Sixth Form Football friendlies

By Miss WellingtonTeacher of ICT

CCF Field Day

ASA SPORTSYear 1 Multi-skills festival

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We were selected by the PE depart-ment to apply for a place in the School Sport Network Leadership Academy. When fi lling in our application form we had to complete a number of ques-tions, two of the main questions were “What we would like to get out of the experience and why we should have been given a place”. The three of us (Macy, Chloe and Rezi) who were lucky enough to get accepted all wanted to gain some leadership experience and confi dence in coaching sports events. In our fi rst Leadership acad-emy session, we focused on working together as a team by doing various ac-tivities that meant we had to communi-cate and work as a team to complete the tasks. We worked on our leadership skills by having a circuit of various different games. On each station a person out of the group would have a set of instructions and would teach this game to the rest of the group. By doing this, we gained

Leadership Academy Update

Last month 120 excited primary school children came to All Saints’ for our Year 1 Multi-skills festival. A group of our Year 12 BTEC Sport students ran the festival fantastically for the excited 5-6 year olds, who came from Hesters Way Primary, Christ Church Primary, Gloucester Road Primary and St Gregory The Great. The festival gave the children a fun opportu-nity to improve their physical literacy, with activities focusing on fundamental skills such as Agility, Balance and Co-ordination. Teachers from the schools commented on how good our students were with the children. Lottie Keeling and Chelsie Lyons led the ‘Wake and Shake’ warm-up which went down really well with the children who were bursting

By Chloe Betteridge & Macy PattersonStudent Reporters

more confi dence and learned the qualities a good leader should have which we dis-cussed when we all came together. Over-all, in this session we learned qualities of a good leader by having a group discus-sion and putting this into practice. We also improved our skills to work well as a team like communicating and listening also giving us the chance to get the know everyone else in the Leadership Academy. On our second session, we fo-cused on offi ciating. We split into groups and discussed the good qualities of a good referee where we then came in to-gether and presented our ideas. Some of the things we found that to be a good referee was you had to: have confi dence in your decisions, have knowledge over the game, non-biased, smart in your ap-pearance, be direct with your decisions and more. After this, we had to put these skills into practice. Three different games were set up: Netball, Hockey and Bench Ball and we were split into three different groups. Within our groups, we had to ref at least one of these games where after we discussed our strength and weakness’. In this session, we learned how to offi ciate and the skills required for this. Not only this, we also learned how it is a lot harder

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By Miss DaleyPE Technician

All Saints’ Academy Armadillos

with energy! The Year 12 students have been studying a ‘Leadership in Sport’ module in which they have been learn-ing about the qualities, characteristics and roles of effective sports leaders, as well as the importance of psychological

factors in leading sports activities. Miss Morley who teaches the students said “it has been great to watch the students ap-plying their knowledge in such an inspir-ing way by running a successful festival”.

On Wednesday 5th March we welcomed Year 3&4 students from our cluster pri-mary schools to play in an inter-school football tournament. Primary schools that attended were: Hesters Way, Gard-ners Lane, Gloucester Road, St Thomas More, St Gregory the Great, Rowan-fi eld and Springbank. Teams were split into two leagues, with some great foot-balling ability and amazing team spirit witnessed during these group stages! Springbank and Gardners Lane both won their respective groups and played each other in the fi nal. The score was 0-0 after full time, so the teams went head-to-head on penalties! It was an exciting but nerve-racking moment for Gardners Lane fi nal penalty taker who needed to score for their team to win the tourna-ment… GOAL! Well done to Gardners Lane for their elated win and to all teams that took part. A huge thanks to our three refs who did an amazing job; Callum Smith, Harry Godwin and Ben Martin.

By Miss DaleyPE Technician

Year 3 & 4 Football Festival

to put these into practice than to actually just identify the skills. During this session we improved in our confi dence to ref and gained our knowledge on how to suc-cessfully offi ciate. We then fi nished this session with a large game of dodge ball. At the end of this experience, we will put all of these skills into prac-tice and run an event teaching and of-fi ciating younger children sports. This event will have been planned by all of us student taking part in the Leader-ship Academy and will be taking place on Thursday the 10th of July. It will be

an amazing, unique experience to have. So far, we are all very much en-joying ourselves and having so much fun. We’ve only had two sessions so far but we have learnt so much and have had loads of fun. We know we’re going to enjoy our-selves hugely at all the sessions and at the event as they are fun fi lled with games and meeting new people. It has been amazing so far and at the end we know we will have had a great, fun fi lled experience not only making new friends and playing games but improving and becoming great-er in our confi dence and leading skills.

(H) 12/12/13 – Vs Cotswold 35 – 45(A) 18/12/13 – Vs Bournside 18 - 19(H) 08/1/14 - Vs Cleeve 30 - 51(H) 14/01/14 - Vs Pates 31 - 44(A) 04/02/14 - Vs Balcarras 42 - 60(A) 10/02/14 - Vs Chosen Hill 26-33

As part of Yr. 12’s sport BTEC course (Unit 23), they have to organise a sporting event. This year they are organising girls inter-house football. This event will take place during school time, and if partici-pating in the inter house it will be instead of their normal lessons. It is to be held on Wednesday 2nd April in the sports hall. The schedule of the day is as follows:- Period 1: Yr. 8, period 2: Yr. 9, period 3: Yr. 7 period 4: Yr. 10 period 5: Yr. 11The inter-house will be run on a round robin system where everybody plays each other and the house with the most points will win. Each team needs a minimum of 6 players as the games are 5-aside. But, we are urging as many people as possible to take part, get involved and support their houses. All of the girls need to be in full ASA P.E. kit and preferably shin pads. They will also need to wear train-ers that are suitable for the sports hall. There will be refresh-ment available on the day.

By Emily TowleStudent Reporter

The season has ended and despite the six defeats the boys are keen and enthusiastic to keep on playing. The team rebounded, moved, defended and created so effec-tively all season; it was just unfortunate that they lacked fi nesse under the bas-ket resulted in a low percentage return. The team know what they need to work on and will return stronger next season.Team awards:Ryan’The Beast’ Attwood – Most valu-able playerRey ‘Maverick’ Lluisima and Ergys ‘Chopper’ Berisha – Joint top scorersBradley ’Carrot’ Marks- Most improved

By Mr FergusonAssistant Principal