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The Summer Fete Saturday 8 July : 12.30pm-3.30pm DONATIONS Please could you help by donating the

following:

Tins, bottles, sweets and toiletries for

the tombola: Donations must be in date

and unopened please.

Books for the book stall: Any books in

reasonable condition

These items can be brought into school

and left at reception now! Homemade cakes to slice (loaf or

sandwich style), scones (any type) or

muffins.

Plants for the plant stall Please drop cakes and plants at school

reception on Friday 7 July or bring

along on the day of the Fete. Please

include a list of cake ingredients if

possible.

HELP ON THE DAY Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to

help so far - we're going to be sending out an

email shortly:

We still need more volunteers to help out on

the day. Please visit www.stbartspa.co.uk to sign up.

If you have any queries - please email

stbartspa@gmail.com

The poster on page 5 can be printed and

displayed in your local community and

workplace.

A huge thank you!

The Parents' Association

ART & GRAPHICS EXHIBITION Our Summer Art & Graphics Exhibition is on

Friday 7 July from 5-7pm. Please come along

and join us in celebrating the fantastic work

produced by our GCSE and A Level students.

The exhibition is also open during the Summer

Fete on Saturday 8 July from 12.30 – 3.30pm.

BartholoNews

27 June 2017 www.stbarts.co.uk Issue No: 837

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The PA Summer Fete Photography Competition:

'a shot that best captures the spirit of

the day'

There will be three categories: up to Y7, Y7-11 and Y12-adult

Deadline: Wednesday 12 July 2017

Email entries to

pturner@stbarts.co.uk with your name and

your tutor group if applicable

DIARY DATES Fri 30 June Sports Day : Track Events

Fri 30 June Final date to return school

property

Mon 3 July Y6 Induction Day

Thurs 6 July Sixth Form Induction Day

Sat 8 July Summer Fete, 12.30-3.30pm

Mon 10 July St Bart’s School Teaching &

Learning Festival, 4.30-8.00pm

Tues 11 July Options at 18, Hall, 7pm

Fri 14 July Y7-10 & Y12 Curriculum Day

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

News from former student Chloe McNeill who

has graduated from the University of Kent,

BScHons Pure Maths first class degree –

congratulations.

REFUGEE WEEK Last week we celebrated Refugee Week, with

students across the school getting involved in

the key message this year of “Our Shared

Future”. The week was all about raising

awareness of what a refugee really is (contrary

to what the media sometimes misleads us to

believe) and why they need our help, as well as

being about highlighting all of the experience,

skills and diversity that refugees can bring to

our society.

As a sixth form, we

ran a variety of

events for the lower

school, such as a

treasure hunt

(pictured left)

based on the lives

of successful

refugees (ranging

from the inventor of

the Mini to a prize-winning journalist to a

Nobel Peace Prize winner, as well as more

widely-known figures such as Einstein) and a

food stall in the hub to give students a taste of

the different countries

and cultures refugees

are coming from. We

also got people to sign

their names on coloured

circles of paper, which

we made into a giant

version of the Refugee

Week logo at the end of

the week.

The sixth form were

also visited by a speaker from Oxfam to tell us

about how we could actually make a difference

by lobbying our MP to take action in reuniting

children and families who've become separated

when fleeing their country.

Overall Refugee Week has been a great

experience. We have seen the school come

together, with students from all year groups

participating in activities, and – at a time when

positive messages about and support for

refugees is essential – we have hopefully spread

the idea of “Our Shared Future” and all the

positive potential that refugees, who are not so

different from us, have.

Emily Beck, Head Girl

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CHINA CHALLENGE

CAN YOU HOST STUDENTS

FROM SHANGHAI, JULY 2017? We are looking to find families who would be

interested in hosting two students for a week

from the Aurora Foreign Language Middle

School in Shanghai. A contribution will be paid

to help cover costs.

The Year 7 and 8 students will be part of a

group of 12 who will be visiting us later this

term. They will be arriving on the evening of

Saturday 1 July and leaving on the morning of

Saturday 15 July.

If you are able to help accommodate them for a

week during this time we would love to hear

from you. Handover between families can be

arranged at a suitable

time over the middle

weekend of 8 or 9 July.

Please let us know if

you have a preferred

week or if you would

like to do both weeks.

Although not obligatory, if your son/daughter

would like to act as Host on the days when their

guests are in school that would be a great help.

Please email to express your interest and for

further information at: aharman@stbarts.co.uk

Ms Harman

Visit the Parents’ Association Second-hand Uniform Shop

just inside the Students’ Entrance on the right.

Open on Fridays during term time from 3pm to 3.45pm

Have you finished with your uniform or PE kit?

All donations welcome - with skirts (new style only), ties, skorts, purple sweatshirts, polo shirts and rugby shirts being particularly welcome

right now - either at the shop on Friday afternoons

or any time via the main reception desk in a clearly marked bag.

Help raise funds for your school!

DAVIS DIARY Davis House said farewell to Year 13s at a

recent assembly. Davis House Captains were

presented with a commemorative engraved

glass paperweight and thanked for their good

work over the past year – Anna Dean, David

Goldberg, Harriet Denton, Gabriel Foley and

Lauren Marshall. Also

thanked was Rory McNeill

outgoing Head Boy.

Charity – The McNeill family

kindly donated a wonderful

homemade Gingerbread

House to Davis Office which

was raffled and raised £52.18

for Alopecia UK, the Davis

House charity.

Chloe Wemyss and her friends organised a cake

sale recently and raised £100 for The Rosemary

Appeal, the local West Berkshire charity.

Congratulations to the following students

receiving House Awards:

Senior House Colours

Archie Perks, Emily Beck, Freya Eva, Frankie

Twyford, Amy Quesada-Getgood, Ella Joyce,

Matt Smith, Abi Sinar, Will O’Brien.

Junior House Colours

Bella Raphael, John Steward, Emily Rendell,

Jake Ford, Oliver Hounslow, Will Fyall, Billy

Wild, Kain Coleman, Jamie Miller, Sam Davis,

Maddison Stockwell, Amber Lyford, Rachel

Cooper, Becky Howard, Millie Edwards,

Bethany Scarrett, Georgia Vockins, Charlie

Bartlett.

Silver Award: Katie Clemson

Bronze Awards: Chloe Wemyss, Zoe Gomes,

Denisa Ichim, Sam Cheney, Jennifer Reilly,

Alice Rawlins, Charlie Crampton, Leila

Braidwood, Zahra Kateregga, Emma Wigmore.

Davis House said farewell to Mrs Palmer

(Monday House Administrator) who leaves

St. Bart’s after working here for 11 years. We

wish her well for her future plans.

Mrs Hodgkin, Miss Miles and Mrs Jelley

Davis House Office

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DRIVE START EXPERIENCE Get Behind the

Wheel Thursday 27 July, 9.30am – 4.00pm

At Madejski Stadium for ages 15 – 19 years

£20

Supported by West Berkshire Council

More information

http://drivestart.co.uk/experience/

BOYS’ PE Cricket Highlights Year 7 beat Park House. 79-5 76-3. Nathan

Delavere was man of the match for his bowling

and fielding, and he ran out the best batsman

with a direct hit.

Year 8 beat Park House. Park House scored 68

for 5, and St Bart’s scored 69 for 8 with two

balls to spare. Man of the match was Jack Lay

who scored the most runs with the bat in his first

ever innings for school.

Year 9 beat Park House in a very high scoring

match. Park House scored 159 for 7, and

St Bart’s replied with 162 for no loss of wicket.

Man of the match was Alex Jordan who scored

102 not out. Anthony Hennis scored 34 not out.

Sam Mitchell took 3 wickets for 19 runs in 3

overs.

The 1st XI played the ONA in their annual

match against the Old Boys. The school team

put on a very strong bowling display, but

couldn’t quite match the Old Boys’ batting on

the day, with the ONA winning what was a very

enjoyable match played in good spirits at

Falkland Cricket Club. A special mention must

go to Mr McGall and Mr Sharpe who played for

the school team.

Last Friday the 1st XI team played another Old

Boys’ fixture, this time against the West

Berkshire Wanderers. Louis Mortimer hit two

sixes off the last two balls, the school team

winning the match with one ball to spare.

Boys’ Athletics Success

English Schools Track and Field Cup: South

West Regional Finals

The Junior and Intermediate boys’ athletics

teams represented the school in the South West

Regional Finals. The Intermediate team

competed in the B final in Basingstoke (there

were two B finals, the other one taking place in

Exeter), and won the competition - they also

scored more points than the teams competing in

the other final, and came 1st out of 17 schools in

all. The Junior team competed one level higher

in the A final at Millfield School, and finished

a very respectable 6th (this is out of all the

schools in Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset,

Devon, Cornwall and Somerset).

GIRLS’ PE Rounders

Well done to the Year 10 team, now crowned

area champions.

St Bart’s organised and hosted the Year 10 area

tournament last week. The girls played three

group games winning them all. They beat

St Gabriel’s in the semi-final and Park House in

the final.

Well done to all players.

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