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The money will be used to
provide grants for new and
existing projects throughout
England and Wales as well as
overseas.
Other events taking place
during our season of Lent
include our Grand Easter Egg
Raffle (see page 2) and our
Stations of the Cross service
which took place at St. Peter’s
Church on Wednesday 29th
March.
Friday 7th April, 2pm - Break up for Easter Holidays
Monday 24th April - Staff training day
Tuesday 25th April - Summer term begins - week 2
Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday
Thursday 11th and Friday 12th May - Year 7 Geography Fieldtrips to Flamborough
Friday 12th May, 7pm - Music Department Auction of Promises
Monday 15th May - GCSE Exams begin
Friday 24th May, 7pm - X Factor Talent Competition
Friday 26th May - Monday 5th June - HALF TERM (Lourdes Pilgrimage)
Friday 21st July, 2pm - Break up for Summer Holidays
Thursday 24th August - GCSE Results Day
Newsletter
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Musical Concerts 2
Funds for the
Ladies of Mary
2
Rainbow Centre 2
Easter Raffle 2
Mock Interviews 2
Success at Youth
Speaks
3
Gymnastics
Success
4
Retreat Days 4
Attendance
Matters
4
Auction of
Promises
4
Active Kids 4
2018 Ski Trip 4
Microbiologist
Food Visit
5
Holocaust
Memorial
5
Year 10 GCSE
Geography Tour
5
Art Display 6
Justice and Peace
Group
6
Flame 3 6
Careers Updates 6
Faith Youth Day 6
PE News 7
Gold Award for
Musicians
7
Easter Mass
Times
8
Dates for the Diary
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S R C
S C H O O L Silence for a Million Minutes!
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S R C S C H O O L
Million Minutes is a charity
enabling youth action and
advocacy activities that give voice
and support to young people (aged
up to 25) to transform their lives
and their world. That's because
young people's energy and
vibrancy is astonishing. We have
faith in young people. We see a
world in which young people
enable the transformation needed
for everyone to live a life of
dignity.
By taking part in the sponsored
silence, our young people will be
joining others across the country
to create a million minutes of
silence as an expression of
solidarity and as a way to raise
money.
As part of a
Lenten challenge,
St Augustine’s
School will be
h o l d i n g a
s p o n s o r e d
silence on Friday 31st March 2017.
The silence will take place during
the 15 minutes of registration time
and will be quite a challenge for
some people! Students are being
asked to raise sponsorship by
doing the silence with money
raised going to the charity Million
Minutes.
The 40 day season of Lent is a
special time of prayer, penance,
sacrifice and good works in
preparation of Easter. We began
Lent in school with
Ash Wednesday
services led by Canon
Gubbins , dur ing
which staff and
students received the
sign of the cross on
their foreheads to
represent repentance.
P A G E 2
Funds for the Ladies of Mary
Easter Raffle
Musical Concerts
St. Augustine’s pupils again
wowed an audience of over
4 0 0 t o a p a c k e d
Westborough Methodist
church at their annual
Easter Concert.
Over 170 pupils took part
in one of the ensembles
rang ing from Choirs
(including a 40 strong Male
Voice Choir) to Orchestras
and Jazz Bands. The pupils
performed music from
Harry Potter, sang songs by
Adele and SAJO brought
the house down with a
finale of 3 songs; 'Living for
the City', 'Proud Mary' and
'That’s It' featuring the
whole band on solo
sections.
Mr Barron said “Another
memorable evening of
incredible talent. I am so
very proud of them all
performing to such a high
standard which left many
parents saying that it was
like being at a professional
concert.”
The Summer Concert will
take place on Wednesday
21st June, at 7pm. Like last
year it will include a Mixed
Voice Choir of pupils, ex-
pupils, staff and parents for
a s p e c i a l o n e o f f
per formance o f Les
Miserables Vocal medley.
Rehearsa l s st ar t on
Wednesday 26th April at
12.30pm prompt for half an
hour a week until the
concert.
If you would like to be part
of this potentially incredible
choir then please contact
Mr Barron at school or
simply turn up on the day.
Mock Interviews were held in
school on 22 March. This
annual event is now in its 12th
year and involves local
employers meeting with Year
10 students in an interview
situation.
Students had spent time
completing application forms
in PSHE, which the employers
received a week before.
Vanessa Rowbottom from
Lloyd Dowson has attended
for numerous years now and
said:
Staff have kindly donated
Easter eggs for our Easter Egg
Raffle to raise money for the
Rainbow Centre and Salvation
Army.
Tickets will be drawn during
the last week of the Easter
Term.
Thank you to all those
involved and especially the
Catholic Life Team pupils who
organised the event.
"The students that I spoke with
d e m o n s t r a t e d g o o d
communication skills and were
focused throughout the interview.
Well done to them all! We are
always pleased to support St.
Augustines 's School"
During their time here they
have lived in Queen Street,
South Cliff and Eastfield, and
ran the convent school, St
Peter's School and St
George's Nursery as well as
providing a great deal of
pastora l support to
parishioners and others.
M e m b e r s o f t h e
Scarborough parishes are
working to contribute to a
fund to thank them for their
contribution to the Catholic
life of the town and diocese,
which will be presented
during the farewell Mass at
St Peter's Church on
Sunday 26th March.
Thank you for your
contributions.
A free dress was held on
Friday 17th March to raise
money for the Ladies of
Mary.
The Ladies of Mary
(Daughters of Mary and
Joseph) are about to close
their final house in the
Diocese of Middlesbrough.
They f irst came to
Scarborough in the early
1880s.
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R
The Rainbow Centre are
currently supporting 6 Syrian
Families and are looking for
donations of clothing.
There are a couple of
teenagers aged around 13-14
and some younger children
aged 2,4,8 and 10 both Boys
and Girls clothing required.
Also any large/extra-large
male clothing would be
appreciated.
Any donations please bring to
the Hub at St Augustine's or
drop off at the Rainbow
Centre on Castle Road. You
can also contact Trish at the
centre on 01723 500663.
Mock Interviews
Year 10 Interviews in the hall
P A G E 3
Success at Youth Speaking Event Students in Year 9 and 10
have recently competed
in the Youth Speaks
I n te r - s choo l Pub l i c
Speaking Competition at
Lady Lumley's school in
Pickering - and both
teams triumphed!
The teams consisted of
Harry Jaconelli, Zuzanna
Ozon and Esmee Eva in
Year 10 and Tobias
Cooper, Murray
Robinson and Saad Yousaf
in Year 9.
They beat teams from Lady
Lumley's, Malton, Ryedale,
Selby and Scarborough
College and made it
through to the District
Round, in York which is a
real achievement.
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R
The Junior team (above)
and the Intermediate
team (left)
T h e e v e n i n g o f t h e
competition approached and I
was pleased to see how well
the students controlled the
butterflies in their stomachs!
Students from six local
schools were in attendance,
vying for the win and the one
spot that would take them to
the next (District) round in
York. Malton School’s sixth
formers won the Senior
competition, Ryedale School
had past champions, as did
Lady Lumley’s, the hosts.
Scarborough College and
Selby School have also
enjoyed past success.
I a c c o m p a n i e d t h e
Intermediate team who were
slotted to speak first. Harry
Jaconelli’s speech was fluently
and passionately expressed; he
exhorted the listeners not to
blindly conform to the media’s
Idea of the Ideal, that is, the
unrealistic standards of body
image and appearance that
cause so many children and
adults alike to feel anxious
about their looks. His six
minute speech, and response
to a question from the chair
of the judges, was maturely
structured, thoughtful and
sensitively humorous. Esmée
Eva, as the Chairperson,
introduced the team with her
u s u a l w i d e , w i n n i n g ,
welcoming smile and both she
and Proposer of the Vote of
Thanks Zuzanna Ozon (who
shared a very moving personal
testimony) charmed the
j u d g e s a n d a u d i e n c e
throughout.
Having enjoyed the Year 10
performance immensely, I
arrived at the Hall just as the
three Juniors were taking the
podium in front of a huge
crowd of Rotarians, parents,
teachers and participating
students. Murray Robinson
warmed up the crown with a
very witty metaphor and by
wishing his embarrassed mum
happy birthday, then Tobias
Cooper impressed everyone
with his challenging speech
about the Refugee Crisis. His
personal experience of
refugee camps gave him highly
unusual insights into the plight
of people in such camps as the
Calais Jungle and he exhorted
the audience to “choose love”
– a very brave, touching and
impressive conclusion. Saad
Y o u s a f r o u n d e d o f f
proceedings by summing up
what a great event the Rotary
Club’s annual competition is;
for affording young people the
opportunity to shine and to be
heard.
I am always so impressed by
all the students at these
events. It is just a bonus to be
able to say that you have won
the competition; they are all
winners anyway. The judges
said just that as they gave
their feedback to the
participants and awarded the
very generous prizes and
certificates. It is amazing that
the St. Augustine’s students
won in their very first
competition (not so amazing
when you consider the time
they put into writing their
speeches and then rehearsing
and develop ing them) .
Congratu la t ions to a l l
involved.
Breakfast Club runs each
morning from 8.00 - 8.45.
An informal chance to
socialise and to eat.
Studies show that
breakfast has a positive
impact on concentration,
attainment and behaviour.
Homework Club runs
Monday to Thursday,
3.20pm to 4.30pm in A5.
It is open to all pupils and
help is available if needed,
or just a quiet place to get
some work done.
A Reflection from Mr Brindle
Breakfast Club
Homework Club
P A G E 4
W e a r e c o l l e c t i n g
Sainsbury’s Active Kids
vouchers. There is a box in
the main entrance for you
put your vouchers in.
Find out more about Active
Kids Vouchers online.
2018 Ski Trip
Attendance Matters Please remember to make all
medical and dental appointments
outside of school hours
whenever possible. We have a
lot of students currently leaving
school for appointments. This
not only interrupts their learning
but is also disruptive for other
students and staff.
When the school receives
evidence of appointments and
genuine illness, marks are
authorised but these still
negatively affect a student’s
overall attendance figure.
At Saint Augustine’s School we
expect all students to aim for
100% attendance and to
achieve a minimum of 96%
Every Day Counts!
It’s that time of year again
when large numbers of
students are stricken by
recurring coughs, colds and
feeling generally unwell!
If your child is just feeling a
little under the weather we
would expect you to send
them to school.
If your child is unwell during
the school day we will contact
you.
If your child has sickness and
diahorrea we ask that you
keep them away from school
for 48 hours from the last
episode to prevent the spread
of infection.
Holidays in term time
In line with the local authority
policy, holidays in term time will
not be authorised unless there
are exceptional circumstances. If
you choose to take your child
ou t o f schoo l w i thout
authorisation you may be issued
with a fine from the local
authority.
There will be an Auction of
Promises held in school on
Friday 12th May at 7pm
to raise money for the
Music Department to
fund the Croatia trip and to
build a new classroom for
the peri teachers.
If you are able to offer
anything - meal for two,
doggy walking, use of a
holiday home, private
tuition, dental treatment
etc. then please contact Mr
Barron or look on the
school website for more
information.
Auction of Promises
Gymnastics Success
Congratulations to the
gymnastics team for their
performance at the district
gymnastics competition in
February. They were brilliant
and have committed a lot of
time at lunch and after school
practicing. Team three came
in 5th, team one were 3rd
and team two 2nd.
Year 7 student Bevan Henry
came 3rd as an individual
across a l l the junior
competitors.
Active Kids Places are currently available
for the 2018 Ski Trip to
Andorra.
The trip will run during
February half term 2018
(10th - 17th) and is open to
all students.
For more information and to
book place on the trip,
please see Mrs Edwards.
Above - students enjoying the snow
on the 2016 Ski Trip to Italy.
Retreat Days have been held at St
George’s Church, Eastfield for Years
8, 9 and 10 this term.
The Middlesbrough Youth Mission
Team have led the days and ex-
plored the themes of ‘Go, Do Not Be
Afraid’, ‘Serve’, ‘Called to Be Saints’
and ‘Heroes’.
A year 7 day is planned for July.
Retreat Days 2017
The Gymnastics team (top left),
Year 9 students building bridges
(left) and year 8 students being
heroes on their retreat day (right)
This school year
215 school days have already
been lost to holidays in
term time!
P A G E 5
Justice and Peace Group
Careers Updates
Art Work on Display I was approached by Steve
Dickinson last summer in the
hope that some of our
students might be interested
in submitting art work for the
‘Edge of Never’ exhibition
running alongside the Sci-Fi
Convention at Scarborough
Spa in April.
I decided that my next
ceramic project with the year
9’s would be to research,
design and make a Sci-Fi
inspired clay teapot.
The students had loads of fun
making these and the results
were fantastic with lots of
original ideas and some
excellent making skills. In fact,
all the teapots that you can
see on display are functional
and capable of holding tea
without any leakage.
Also included are some other
pieces which we felt had a
sci-fi theme. They show the
diverse range of work taking
place at St Augustine’s and the
wealth of talent we continue
to nurture.
I would like to say a very big
thank you to Steve Dickinson
and Simon Heaton for the
opportunity to exhibit some
of our students work and of
course to all the students
who continue to make us all
very proud. Well done.
Mrs Adams, Art Teacher
The exhibition can be
seen until 18th April and
is free for students.
Year 9 update –Year 9
students have now chosen
their options. They have also
attended the ‘Engineering
Week’ event at the Spa to
enable them to look at the
variety of job and training
opportunit ies avai lable
within the industry.
On Wednesday 8 March,
Year 9 attended the
Successful Futures Careers
Event at the new Coventry
University where they had
the opportunity to talk to a
number of employers and
training providers.
Year 11 update – Year 11
students have all had their
1-2-1 interview with Mrs
Meade. A number of
students have also had a
second interview and are
welcome to drop in anytime.
They have also had visits
from Scarborough Sixth
Form College, Yorkshire
Coast College, and YH
Training. We have had a
number of other visitors and
interventions linked to the
world of work and post 16
education throughout the
year.
Coming soon there will be a
'Guess Who' board featuring
ch i ldhood p ictures of
members of staff!
A group of students in Year
10 have recently started a
Justice and Peace group and
would like to raise money for
the Cafod Refugee Crisis
Appeal as their first initiative.
Their first fundraiser was a
cake sale, in which they raised
£85.
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L
Work by Kirby Fenwick
(above) and Klaudiusz
Sobczyk (below) both
Year 11 Art GCSE
Twenty two staff and pupils
travelled to Wembley Arena on
Saturday 4th March to take part in
Flame 3, a national gathering of
young people involved in Catholic
Youth Ministry.
One of the young people
commented, “Flame 3 was an
experience I will never forget!
From the early wake up to the
late night; I enjoyed every second!
The idea of 10,000 people all
together, singing and shining a
light to the world! Brilliant!”
Flame 3
Year 9 Sci-Fi Tea Pots on Display
Careers Dates
Wednesday 5 April – High Five
Year 8 Raising Aspirations Trip to
York St John University
Monday 5 June – Year 9 Univer-
sity Campus Visits to York, York
St John and Hull Universities
Tuesday 6 June – High Five Year
10 Criminology Trip
Wednesday 7 June – Year 8
Workshops including interview
skills and apprenticeships
Thursday 29 June – Year 9 & 10
Careers Day
Wednesday 12 June – Year 10
Sixth Form Taster Day
Faith Youth Day A Faith Youth Day is being held
on Saturday 8th April from 10am -
4pm at St Augustine’s School.
Anyone interested in attending
the day should speak to Mr
Edwards in RE.
Microbiologist Food Visit The year 10 GCSE Food
Preparat ion & Nutr it ion
students enjoyed a visit from Dr.
Caroline Millman a food micro-
biologist from Manchester
University.
In the morning session with Dr.
Milman the year 10 students
learnt about different food
poisoning, various deadly food
micro-organisms such as
campylobacter and how to
destroy dangerous food micro-
organisms that may be on our
food.
The students discussed various
topical news articles about
recent food poisoning outbreaks
and situations that could pose a
threat to human health.
They got involved in various
activities that tested their
understanding of dangers when
they are preparing and storing food
as part of their GCSE. We ended
the session with a fun and
interactive game that involved
pupils identifying various micro-
organisms using facts they had
learnt about the food bugs!
In the afternoon Dr. Millman stayed
with us and the year 7 Food Tech
pupils were lucky enough to have a
lesson that involved a wide range of
activities.
They washed their hands and then
using a UV light we could see the
micro-organisms left on their hands
after washing in different condition
e.g. cold water, hot water or hot
soapy water.
We also played a game of Top
Trumps and used facts and figured
about the micro-organisms to get a
really good understanding of just
how deadly some can potentially
be. There was also interactive
computer sessions in which
pupils had to identify mistakes
being made in the kitchen
environment as well as an
opportunity to design their own
deadly micro-organism.
It was a really good opportunity
for the pupils to meet someone
involved in the food industry and
get a real life understanding of the
importance of food hygiene and its
relevance in everyday life.
Dr. Caroline Millman was brilliant
and entertaining! She brought the
microbiology of food bugs to life in
a fun and entertaining way, which
both key stages enjoyed and
greatly benefitted from!
to offer one gift that they would
like to give to a person who has
suffered persecution.
Our gifts are not material, a
blanket or food for example, but
gifts of personal healing that will
help people to move on with their
lives and have a future. This Gift
Tree is our whole school prayer
for those who suffer and an act of
Year 10 Geographers have
recently attended a GCSE study
tour to the Lake District and
Liverpool.
In the Lakes they identified
features in the landscape created
by glaciation and carried out
surveys assessing the impact of
tourism in an upland environment.
In Liverpool, students completed
environmental quality indexes to
contrast areas of regeneration
with areas of urban decay,
Our Holocaust Memorial Gift
Tree explained…
Assemblies were held each day on
the run up to Holocaust Memorial
Day on Friday 27th January.
Prayers for peace were said on
Friday lunchtime.
Throughout the week, everyone in
our school community was invited
Holocaust Memorial
Year 10 GCSE Geography Tour
remembrance for all those who
have died at the hands of cruel
oppressors. It is so important that
we remember, learn from the past
and try to change the world for
the better.
God, Our Father, have mercy on us
and on the whole world.
assessed the success of a variety of
regeneration projects, and evaluated
plans for future developments.
The tour was designed to meet the
demands of the new GCSE by
allowing students to conduct
fieldwork in environments different to
those in the Scarborough area.
Mrs Richards said “It was a great
couple of days and the students really
benefitted from being out of the
c l a s sroom and in d i f f e r en t
environments.”
P A G E 7
Gold Award for Musicians
PE News It is has been a brilliant year
so far in PE at St Augustine’s,
pup i l s h a v e e x ce l l ed
themselves not only in their
commitment to the different
sports but the way in which
they ha ve conduct ed
themselves at fixtures.
The way in which they have
represented the school at
d i f f erent events been
outstanding and a credit to
the school.
As well as attending all the
competitions in the area we
have also been successful with
teams going through to semi-
finals, finals and to
represent the district.
The following teams
had success across the
district –
Year 10 Netball
Year 11 Badminton (mixed)
Year 11 Basketball
Year 11 Rugby
Year 8 and 9 girls Football
Some pupils have suffered a
few injuries which has meant
other pupils stepping in last
minute which we have been
very grateful for and pleased
the team ethos is carried
across all the year groups.
With the summer sports
starting after Easter, we are
confident of more success
from our St Augustine’s
sports performers.
of the curriculum in this
school.
Music in itself brings huge
value and benefits to pupils –
it supports learning in other
s u b j e c t s , g e n e r a t e s
educational opportunities and
brings a sense of community
to school life.
As the professional body for
musicians and a subject
a ssoc ia t ion for mus ic
education, we are delighted to
recognise this high level of
achievement with this
certificate.’
The certificate is awarded by
the Incorporated Society of
Musicians (ISM), supported by
t h e I S M T r u s t
(www.ismtrust.org!
St Augustine’s School has
been awarded a Gold
c e r t i f i c a t e b y t h e
Incorporated Society of
Musicians (ISM).
The award certifies that more
than 20% of students taking
GCSE Music achieved A*- C
in the subject in 2016. This
puts the school in the top 76
schools across England.
Deborah Annetts, Chief
Executive of the Incorporated
Society of Musicians said:
‘We are delighted to honour
St Augustine’s School and
celebrate their high-standard
of music education.
Music is a hugely important
subject and we are pleased
that it is valued as a vital part
S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R
Football (above and
below)
Cross Country (above)
2017 GCSE Music Students
St Augustine’s RC School
Sandybed Lane
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 5LH
Phone: 01723 363280
Fax: 01723 500490
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.staugs.co.uk
Twitter: @St_Augs
Scarborough Catholic Parishes St Peter’s, Castle Road
St Joseph’s, Green Lane
St Edward’s, Avenue Victoria
Tel: 01723 360358
Email: [email protected]
EASTER TRIDUUM HOLY THURSDAY 13 April The most solemn part of Holy Week begins today. It is the feast day of the Priesthood
and of the Eucharist. The washing of the feet will take place during the Mass.
4.00pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Edward’s
Watching at Altar of Repose until 5.45pm
6.30pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Joseph’s (Confessions 8.00pm approx.)
Watching at Altar of Repose until 11.00pm
7.30pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Joseph’s (Confessions 9.00pm approx.)
Watching at Altar of Repose until 11.00pm
GOOD FRIDAY 14 April Today we hear the account of the Lord’s Passion. We pray for the needs of the
Church and the world. We venerate the Cross and Holy Communion is distributed.
(Today is a day of Day of Fasting and Abstinence for all those aged14-70)
10.00am WALK OF WITNESS
Assemble at Alma Square processing through town and up to the Castle.
3.00pm SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION at St Peter’s and St Joseph’s
4.15pm Confessions at St Peter’s and St Joseph’s
HOLY SATURDAY 15 April This is the night for the whole parish to come together to join its voice to that of
our brothers and sisters throughout the world. For it is on this night all Christians
declare to the world that Christ the Light of the World has RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
9:30 - 10:30 am Confessions at St Peter’s
7.00pm EASTER VIGIL at St Joseph’s
8.00pm EASTER VIGIL at St Peter’s
EASTER SUNDAY 16 April
8:30am EASTER MASS at St Edward’s
9.30am POLISH EASTER MASS at St Peter’s
10.00am EASTER MASS at St Joseph’s
11.30am EASTER MASS at St Peter’s