july 2016 parent briefing

Widely acknowledged as the world’s leading youth achievement award, the Duke of Edinburgh programme helps develop and prepare over 300,000 young people for life and work in the UK every year.

Beaulieu is proud to now hold a license to deliver DofE programmes to anyone between the ages of 14–24 and we are now an accredited centre. Completing a DofE

programme significantly impacts the future of young people, enabling them to develop vital skills for life and work, such as confidence, commitment, resilience, determination and team work. A DofE Award can only be achieved after volunteering in the community, learning a skill, getting fit, going on an expedition and, for Gold, taking part in a week-long residential.

The DofE is a charity and therefore dependent on charitable donations to sustain and grow so more young people can take part and transform their lives.

For more information please visit www.DofE.org.

On 16th May 2016, Mrs Bernadette Cooper and Mrs Sheila Crowsley attended a once in a lifetime Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), Gold Award Presentation at Buckingham Palace, London. At the event

Beaulieu School was presented with a special plaque from the DofE Charity by celebrity supporter Ainsley Harriott, acknowledging the School’s commitment to running the DofE and thanking us for

giving young people the opportunity to transform their lives.

Dear Parents and Friends of Beaulieu,

Welcome to our final Beaulieu Briefing of this academic year, where we share with you something of the success that our students have achieved and celebrated during this past year.

As you reflect on the many successes recorded in this Briefing, please remember that any such publication can only provide a snap shot of the overall achievements of any school. I am aware that all of our students have made great strides in their personal achievements this year and the atmosphere within the School remains highly focused and very special, marking Beaulieu out as a unique place to work and learn.

I would like to say a big thank you to all our staff for their dedicated work and support this year. In particular, and in a very special way, we pray for those colleagues who will be leaving us at the end of this term to pursue other interests or challenges.

Thank you also goes to our very special Student Leadership Team – Head Girl, Melissa-Jane Bertram, and Deputies, Elissa Porter, Charlotte Binet and Katie Bennett-Jones for all their hard work and dedication this year. We will miss you all. I must also welcome our new team – Head Girl, Evangeline Bertram, and Deputies, Katie Bolan, Sienna Lawson and Libby Cowieson.

Finally, I would like to thank our parents for all their care and support this year, as ever, it is truly appreciated.

I take this opportunity to wish all our students who will be awaiting public examination results in August every success and to all others a very happy summer holiday.

Chris BeirneHeadmaster

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Beaulieu Sporting excellence

When I first found out about the Diamond Challenge, I didn't hesitate in coming up with my own challenge. I have always taken part in physical, challenging activities, and knew that whatever I decided to do, needed to be special.

Kayaking has always been one of my favourite activities, and I have always wanted to kayak around Jersey. So, of course, that was a logical choice. I realised that this would need a great deal of training, as it is not a ‘walk in the park’, so to speak.

Here is an exert from my challenge diary:

Day 1After not kayaking for nearly two years, Day 1 was a short, get used to sitting in a small cockpit, calm sea paddle. I set off from Fliquet Beach accompanied by my husband, and went as far as Rozel Bay and back again. It was so much fun, and to see the shore line and cliffs was amazing.

Day 2Departed from Fliquet to White Rock and back, pushing a bit further.

Day 3Departed from Fliquet Beach, round Le Saie Harbour, where we encountered a small pod of dolphins. We carried on to L' Etacquerel Fort. On our return, we were joined by another small pod of dolphins, swimming quite close to us. Such majestic creatures, jumping and playing in the current – my day was made complete.

Day 4Departed from Fliquet Beach and headed around the coast to White Rock. There was a slight wind, chopping up the sea, but it was so much fun.

My plan is to go out as often as possible, in varying weather conditions, so I am prepared for changes in the weather on the big day. My aim is to complete this challenge within a time frame. This makes it even more challenging and completely takes me out of my comfort zone, as I will be faced with strong currents and changing tides and have to make it to certain points around the Island, so I can use these currents to my advantage.

If you would like to sponsor Mrs Crowlsey on her challenge please email her at [email protected]

My Diamond Challenge Diary by Mrs Sheila Crowsley

Beaulieu Welcome

Congratulations to Mathilde Fullerton, Lizzie Bone and Emma Dorris who collected their Gold Duke of Edinburgh pins at Government House at a ceremony for students and their families. The girls did their final expedition in the mountainous region of Cevennes. Clarisse Fullerton also received her Silver Duke of Edinburgh award. A fantastic achievement girls!

Completed Gold and Silver awards

The DofE is celebrating its Diamond Anniversary throughout 2016, having supported millions of young people in the UK and across the globe to achieve DofE Awards since it was founded in 1956.

To celebrate its 60th year, the Charity has launched the DofE Diamond Challenge. This one-off initiative allows people of all ages to take on a DofE inspired challenge and earn their Diamond pin. Signing up to The DofE Diamond Challenge has an amazing double benefit – whilst challenging yourself by pushing your boundaries, you’re also raising money for the DofE Charity so that it can transform the lives of more young people and offer free places and bursary grants to those most in need.

Beaulieu would like to encourage its parents, staff and supporters to participate in this Diamond Challenge. Please visit www.DofEDiamondChallenge.org for information on how to get involved. Challenges can take place any time before 31st December 2016. Money can be raised for our Beaulieu centre, as well as the DofE charity. This is a fun activity, and you can create whole groups to participate. If you would like to take part please email Natasha Gaudin at [email protected] to request a sponsorship form.

DofE Diamond Anniversary Challenge



This term we celebrated the completion of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award by a selection of our Year 11 and Year 13 students. This is the first group of students to complete a Duke of Edinburgh Award since Beaulieu was accredited as an official Duke of Edinburgh Centre.

The event was a very happy affair, with cheese and wine served, videos from the students about their challenges and

certificates presented by guest speaker, Louisa Perry, a national trainer of Duke of Edinburgh and Girl Guide candidates.

The girls who completed their Bronze Awards were:

• Laura De Gruchy

• Naomi Le Marquand

• Danielle Burnett

• Georgia Wignall

• Jade De Carteret

• Megan Slous

• Eleanor Johnson

• Eleanor Radcliffe

• Emma Preisig

• Amy Wallsworth (absent)

• Indi Malzard

• Ella Nursey

• Ellie Morley

A Beaulieu team of Year 11s recently completed their first expedition, to qualify for their Bronze award. They departed from School keen, full of excitement, and raring to go. The girls were completely on their own, with the aim of carrying out a planned activity and arriving at their destination of St Aubin’s Parish Hall, by the end of the expedition. Their timing was impeccable throughout the whole weekend and each time their supervisor met them they were so happy, enjoying every minute of their challenge. The group showed great teamwork, working well together and helping each other lift their spirits.

Mrs Crowsley, their supervisor, said

“ It was great to be a part of something so special, and to witness girls from our School taking part in a growing activity. I look forward to the next one.”

Bronze Challenge from the Spring Term

Beaulieu’s Bronze Award Ceremony

A visit to Buckingham Palace by Mrs Sheila Crowsley

Mrs Cooper and myself arrived at the Palace all excited and slightly nervous, not knowing what to expect. Once inside the gates we were taken to the beautiful gardens where everything was set up and ready for all of us.

We had to register with our group, stand in two semi circles, and wait for the arrival of HRH Duke of Edinburgh. During our wait, we had the pleasure of entertainment courtesy of Ainsley Harriott, the TV Chef. He spoke to

all of us, asking how we got involved and what we were doing for our Diamond Challenge.

The Duke of Edinburgh arrived later for a brief chat, congratulating everyone on their achievements, mingling with the group, and then departed. The whole experience was quite overwhelming for me. There were over 5,000 people attending this event, which just shows how popular this is. There was even a past pupil within our group, Hanna Lawson (Class

of 2015), who was supported by her father. Hanna was receiving her Gold Award.

It was a great feeling, swapping our Beaulieu crest for the plaque, knowing that we, as a school, are now able to offer this fantastic opportunity to our girls in-house. The plaque is currently being mounted and prepared for hanging on the wall in reception.

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A strong team of Year 5 and Year 6 athletes qualified for the Primary Individual Championships at FB Fields. The Sprint competition was a fiercely fought affair with Trudie Wilkinson-Hill, Zara Beattie, Tegan Thomas and Stephanie Egan (Year 5), and Amie Godwin and Evie Greig (Year 6), all progressing to the quarter finals. Evie Greig went one step further, qualifying for the semi-final with an incredible run. Unfortunately for Evie she was out of the Island for the semi-final and final race.

The distance races were run over 600m (Year 5) and 800m (Year 6), although you would have been forgiven for thinking that they were sprinting the 100m due to the pace at which the runners set off! In the Year 5 competition Hannah Worth was victorious in her heat, qualifying for the final. Amelie Stone narrowly missed out on qualification, coming 5th in her heat. The final was a very close affair with Hannah coming a fantastic 3rd. Both Year 6 runners (Erin Moloney and Georgia Mallet) qualified for the final with strong runs, and came 12th and 11th respectively.

The Hurdles was again a close competition, with Tegan Thomas and Stephanie Egan both qualifying for the final with a strong race, coming 5th and 6th respectively.

The Throwing the Rounders Ball contest had a field of 30 competitors, so huge congratulations must go to Isabelle Griffiths (Year 6), who came 2nd with a mighty throw of 32.93 metres, qualifying for the Inter-Insular team who will represent Jersey against Guernsey.

Tegan Thomas and Zara Beattie both qualified for the Year 5 long jump finals and came 7th and 10th respectively. Evie Greig and Hannah Barbour were Beaulieu’s Year 6 entrants and Evie was unlucky to only come 2nd with a mammoth jump of 4.23m. The winning jump was

agonisingly close – 4.26m. Hannah came 9th overall.

High jump was won by Evie Greig who cleared 1.30m. Elise Paturel (Year 5), and Hannah Barbour and Evie Bailey (Year 6), were Beaulieu’s other qualifiers in this event.

Congratulations to all the Beaulieu athletes, who did us proud.

PRIMARY SPORTING EXCELLENCE

We have enjoyed lots of sporting success this term and the PE Department would like to thank all participating girls, as well as their parents, for their commitment and enthusiasm.

Congratulations IngridCongratulations to Ingrid Marsh (Year 6), who has been selected to represent CI Tennis Under 12s in Lincoln. At ten she is the youngest of the 5 team members!!

AthleticsBelle Duffell (Year 4), won a bronze in the Under 11s 600m Spartan's Club championships and has been invited to compete in Guernsey. She was the youngest competitor and it was her first race. Excellent achievement Belle!

Sports Day 2016

We loved taking part in the Triathlon! The first event was a one length swim in the pool at Les Quennevais. The second event was cycling, where we had to cycle around the track once. It was freezing after coming out of the swimming pool. After that we did the running where we had to run around the track. We were pleased to have a bag with a bottle of water in when we finished. We also had a medal and the trophies were handed out. There were lots of girls from Years 2 - 6 from Beaulieu Primary taking part too.

By Evie, Anais and Grace – Year 2

Our Pre-Schoolers performed brilliantly in their Sports Day recently. The girls took part in races carrying bean bags on their heads, bean bags on bats and an exciting game of shark!

Even the parents joined in, with a few collisions on the way! The girls behaved beautifully and were delighted with the certificates and medals they received!

Both the Key Stage 1 and the Key Stage 2 Sports Days were also a great success, with the emphasis being on Inter-House competition with banners and faces painted in House colours and even some parents entering into the spirit wearing their daughters’ colours! There is some real athletic talent within our Primary School that was evident for all to see.

Triathlon

Athletics report 2016

Orchids won for KS1, Miren Martin and Amelie Swemmer receiving the trophy

Green Lizards won for KS2, Isabelle Griffiths and Evie Bailey receiving the trophy



On Friday 24th June, the Secondary School Sports Day took place. Once again the day was a tremendous success and the weather conditions were perfect. The girls produced some excellent results and gained valuable points for their Houses. The House teams did a super job of keeping the true Beaulieu spirit going for the entire day. The Best Supported House award went to Durrell this year. A particular mention should go to Evangeline Bertram and Sienna Lawson for their purple balloon costumes! There were 5 new records set on the day, with Abigail Rolland (Year 8) breaking two, 100m and 200m.

100m Abigail Rolland – 13 secs – previously 13.27 secs set by Tara Murphy in 1998.

200m Abigail Rolland – 27.16 secs – previously 27.73 secs set by Tara Murphy in 1998.

Shot Year 8 – Rosie Lyons – 6.15m – previously 5.71m set by Eve Shalamon in 2014.

Year 9 – Jasmin Schinle – 7.60m – previously 7m set by Isobel Lawson in 2014.

Year 10 – Eve Shalamon – 6.51m – previously 6.46m set by Hollie Hemaya in 2014.

Abigail Rolland regained the White Trophy for the Best Performance at Sports Day for breaking two records. A fabulous achievement, well done Abigail.

Well done to Teresa for winning 3 out of the 4 year groups and winning Sports Day for the second year in a row.

Sports Day 2016Rank House Points

Year 7

1st Teresa 454

2nd Marie-Louise 423

3rd Durrell 404

Year 8

1st Teresa 490

2nd Durrell 425

3rd Marie-Louise 379

Year 9

1st Marie-Louise 475

2nd Durrell 429

3rd Teresa 335

Year 10

1st Teresa 484


3rd Durrell 379

Overall totals

Rank House Points

1st Teresa 1763


3rd Durrell 1637

SECONDARY SPORTING EXCELLENCE

The School has continued to have lots of sporting success this term. This is due to the hard work, commitment and enthusiasm of all participating girls, and the PE Department would like to thank them all for their efforts.



NetballBeaulieu was very successful in the netball leagues and tournaments. They won 3 out of the 8 leagues, 1 of the 8 tournaments and were runners up in 2 of the leagues and 5 of the tournaments. A fantastic achievement and well done to all girls involved.

Year League Tournament

7A 3rd Runners Up

7B Winners Runners Up

8A 3rd 3rd

8B Runners Up Runners Up

9A Winners Runners Up

9B Winners Runners Up

10A Runners Up 3rd

11A 3rd Winners

ISLAND NETBALLERSUnder 12 – Year 7 – Lauren Bisson

Under 14 – Year 9 – Niamh Allen and Lili Huckson

Under 16 – Year 10 & 11 – Gabriella Martin and Ellie Bisson

All girls were part of the winning teams in the 2016 Inter Insulars v Guernsey.

Under 13 Team (Year 7)Year 7 – Chloe Ham-Howes – Javelin and Discus

Under 15 Team (Years 8 and 9)Year 8 – Abigail Rolland – 100m, 200m and Relay

Year 8 – Hayden Pister – 200m and relay

Year 9 – Leah Bohea – 800m

Year 9 – Athina Aganthangelou – Hurdles and Discus

Event Island Champion

2nd 3rd

Year 7 200m Leah Morris Eleanor Bayley

Year 7 Javelin Chloe Ham-Howes Bridget Le Brocq

Year 7 Discus Amelie Byrne Chloe Ham-Howes

Year 8 Hurdles Sophie Egerton Katie Noonan

Year 8 100m Abigail Rolland Hayden Pister

Year 8 200m Abigail Rolland Hayden Pister

Year 8 1500m Neamh Perchard

Year 8 Long Jump Hayden Pister

Year 8 High Jump Poppy Campbell Lucie Hardisty

Year 8 Discus Abigail Walshe

Year 8 Shot Rosie Lyons

Year 9 Hurdles Athina Agathangelou

Tess Williams Christie Lyons

Year 9 100m Tess Williams

Year 9 800m Leah Bohea

Year 9 1500m Leah Bohea

Year 9 Long Jump Tess Williams

Year 9 High Jump Lillie Maakestad Erin Le Bail

Year 9 Discus Athina Agathangelou

Year 9 Javelin Athina Agathangelou

AthleticsOver 70 girls took part in the Individual Athletics Championships at FB Fields. All Beaulieu girls put in some great performances, with many girls gaining first, second and third places, with many personal bests achieved. The following girls finished in the top 3 in their respective age groups:

House Cross Country

Netball Rounders Sports Day

Points Position

Durrell 1 1 1 1 4 3rd

Marie-Louise 2 2 2 2 8 2nd

Teresa 3 3 3 3 12 1st

Over the year girls have competed in many Inter House Sporting events. Once again this year’s overall winning House was decided on Sports Day! Teresa was victorious for the second successive year!

The results of this year’s competitions were as follows:

NETBALL1st – Teresa 2nd – Marie-Louise 3rd – Durrell

CROSS COUNTRY1st – Teresa 2nd – Marie-Louise 3rd – Durrell

ROUNDERS 1st – Teresa

2nd – Marie-Louise 3rd – Durrell

SPORTS DAY1st – Teresa 2nd – Marie-Louise 3rd – Durrell

Teresa was the triumphant team once again. The final positions are as follows:

Inter House Sporting Competitions 2015 – 2016

RoundersCongratulations to our Year 8 Rounders Team who came first in their tournament and first in the league as well!



Francesca Stubbings

Qualification successRecently Francesca qualified for the 2017 Island Games in Gotland in the 400m Individual Medley in Swimming. With this qualification Francesca is now concentrating on her other events to try and qualify in these as well.

Congratulations to the Under 12 Island Football who recently beat Guernsey in the Murratti 5 – 3. The following girls took part:

Leah Morris Talia Morris Jude AnquetilKatie Le Saint Ellie De Carteret Clementine Carnegie Livia Howe

Jersey FA's Capita PDC U12's coach, Michelle Bichard,

said “The game was very competitive and could have gone either way. The first two thirds were very close but our team stepped up the intensity and seemed to take control in the final third of the game, winning 5-3.”

Well done also to the following Year 7 girls who are in the Rozel Football team:

Leah MorrisTalia Morris Katie Le Saint

Jude AnquetilMacey WyseEllie De CarteretMai Lee

Girls’ Schools CupThis is an annual event that involves teams from all Island schools. The Years 7 and 8 team and the Years 9 and 10 teams were runners up to JCG, the winners.

Island Football

This year’s Dance World Cup was held here in Jersey. Over 12,000 competitors from 38 countries took part at their country qualifiers, with only the best making it through to the finals. Grace Marett (Year 11) was the Vice Captain for Team Jersey and Darcey Cronin (Year 3) was one of the official Team Mascots.

Congratulations to the

following Beaulieu girls who took part:

Néamh Perchard (Year 8) competed in the group Highland Dance.

Natalie Salter, Hannah Wink and Lilian O'Neill (Year 7), were all in a trio show dance as well as various group dances (tap, modern and ballet).

Mikayla Rive (Year 7) danced with her Street Dance group Taylormade in the Senior Hip Hop / Street section.

Annabel Salaun (Year 5) did two solos, 1 trio and 4 group dances.

A big congratulations to all the other girls who took part!

Pony racingMolly McCready (Year 7) recently enjoyed great success participating in the annual Pony Club race at Les Landes in May. She was not only a novice but also the youngest of the five competitors racing over 5 1/2 furlongs around the track. She rode a

fantastic race to finish 2nd on a friend's pony, Kilcole Man.

ArcheryThe first weekend in May saw Mollie Perrett (Year 7) travel to the UK to attend her first UK Archery tournament at Waterside Archers in the New Forest. Mollie came 1st in her Under 14 girls’ category and also obtained a personal best, as well as her White English Cross award for scoring more than 800 points.

Mollie also competed at a recent inter-Island competition held in Jersey, which involved indoor, outdoor and field shoots. She came 3rd overall. Great work Mollie!

TennisCongratulations to Ava Marsh (Year 8) who recently participated in the Under 14s Girls County Cup in Oxford, taking the honours in day two and three of the tournament!

KarateWell done to Chloe O'Brien (Year 7) who recently passed her test in Jersey Kempo Karate and has been awarded her purple belt.

BalletLucy Marett (Year 9) has been offered a place on a summer school programme with Ballet West, a prestigious ballet school in Scotland. With the help of Jersey Arts Trust, Lucy is able to take up this offer. We wish Lucy the best of luck there.

Dance World Cup

DanceMikayla Rive (Year 7) was chosen with a number of other dancers to dance alongside Bird College students at the recent Collabro event at Fort Regent. The Jersey dancers performed really well with the Bird College dancers for two songs during the first half of the evening.

Sports PhotographsAll School sports teams have had photographs taken which are now available to view and buy online from www.bentleypics.com

FencingCongratulations to Vlada Mikhaylova (Year 8) who recently took part in the Jersey Junior Fencing Tournament. Vlada won two Bronze medals in Foil and Sabre. In addition, in the Channel Islands Junior Fencing Tournament Vlada won the Gold medal in Sabre and the Silver medal in Foil. A fantastic achievement!

Please follow us on Twitter @BeaulieuPEdept for all our PE information, results, fixtures, cancellations and Inter-House details. (Please note the NEW Twitter address).



The Ski Trip is a truly amazing experience. Not only are you learning how to ski, or improve your skiing, but you are also experiencing a new culture, learning a bit of German and having fun with your friends. There was a mix of beginners and the more experienced, so we could learn from each other. For many people it was also the first time they had travelled without their parents and for one of my friends it was the first time she had ever been on a plane!

When we got off the plane in Salzburg it was like we had entered another world. We could see snowy mountains! As we drove closer and closer there was snow on the ground and evergreen forests, all of it very unlike what we have in Jersey.

The skiing was amazing! We were told that we were very lucky because, for a few years, there had been no snow down in the valley. For the beginners it was especially fortunate, because it meant we could start there, on a very low slope with a drag lift so we didn’t have to waddle up in our skis. I remember thinking, on the first day, how big the slope was and it was amazing skiing down it, it felt like it was almost vertical! (It was almost horizontal) but there was more to come…

After we had the basic skills mastered we moved up into the mountains. Here we had to take chair lifts and we skied down in a line behind our instructor. As the days passed and we became more confident and better skiers, she would lead us down forest trails (my favourite trail had a frozen lake but you couldn’t ski over it) and onto wave trails where we almost flew over the bumps. The beginner training slopes were green and now we had moved to blue, the next one up. Occasionally we would see the intermediates and the advanced whizz by. They had enough experience to be allowed

on the black runs with their instructor. On the last day we had a Slalom race, it was such fun to whizz round the poles.

Apart from the skiing, we also had amazing evening entertainment. We went ice skating on an outdoor ice rink which had a layer of snow on it! We went shopping in the village of Saalbach twice. There were lots of little tourist shops and many souvenirs to be bought. We also went nine pin bowling in a diamond shape. Even the teachers had a go. It was hilarious. On the last night we had the awards. They gave us the result of the Slalom race and the best time won a trophy. We all got certificates and medals.

The food was wonderful and it was good to taste a different cuisine from the one we were used to. For breakfast there was rolls and salami and German Nutella. There were also cereals and you made your own tea, coffee or hot chocolate. For lunch we were up in the mountains so we went to different ski restaurants. There were many things like schnitzel with chips and spaghetti pomodoro. Dinner at the hostel was a three course meal! We started with a traditional Austrian soup, which was a clear soup with different things like dumplings and croutons floating in it each night. Then it was the main course. We had everything from curry to schnitzel to meat fondue. Pudding was by far the best, we had cakes and doughnuts but my personal favourite was the chopped up pancake, it was heaven!

Then we had to say goodbye to the wonderful hostel. It was a really good place to stay. We had really funny, kind ski instructors who were very patient with beginners and most of them had worked with Beaulieu before. It was the best School trip ever and we were all very sad to go back to Jersey but many of us are going back next year – including me!

JEUX DES ILLESRachelle Flambard (Year 10) – Gymnastics, and Clementine Carnegie (Year 7) – sailing, recently took part in the Jeux des Illes competition in Majorca. This annual competition is for children between 11 and 15 years old.

Rachelle won 2 of Jersey’s 3 medals. She won a Gold on the vault and a Bronze on the floor. In the Vault competition Rachelle produced an excellent pike tsukahara and a straight tsukahara. The competition was hard, but Rachelle’s coach, Julia Falle, said: “Rachelle really upped her game in the final, and I couldn’t have asked for better”.

Clementine finished 11th out of 18 competitors in the sailing competitions. Conditions were tough, but Clementine thoroughly enjoyed the experience and produced some excellent races.

The Ski Trip By Daisy Pendergast

GymnasticsWell done to De Mond Gymnast, Ruby Rose Mahony (Year 7), who won a Bronze medal at the Southern Regional finals in Portsmouth. She was 0.25 off a mark to win Silver after finishing second on the beam and third following her floor routine. Pictured with a delighted Ruby is Senior Coach and Academy founder Tory De Mond.

CyclingCongratulations to Sabine Minchinton-Gilley (Year 11), at the recent Championship event in Brittany. Sabine came third in the match sprint, achieving bronze in the Cotes D’Armor cycling track championships. This was a big achievement as she has had to reduce her training time in favour of study time in this GCSE year. Well done Sabine!

Thank youThe PE Department would like to thank all the girls involved in the School teams over the term. Thank you for your enthusiasm, commitment and reliability – it has been very much appreciated by the Department. Thank you also to all parents who have supported and collected girls and also a thank you to the School staff for their continued support throughout the term.

Rachelle Flambard

Clementine Carnegie

The Jersey Team


Beaulieu Community and Fundraising

This year once again saw the Primary and Secondary School walks taking place on the same day using some of the same route. Pre-School made an appearance walking from La Pulente to Corbiere, Key Stage 1 walked from St Aubin to Corbiere, Key Stage 2 walked from Le Fregate to Corbiere whilst the Secondary School undertook their annual 25 miles from West Park to L’Etacq and back.

In contrast to last year, the sun made an appearance! As always the Beaulieu spirit was with the girls and much singing, supporting and cheering on took place.

Congratulations to the following girls:

• Florence Kelly from Reception crossed the KS1 line first

• Hannah Worth from Year 5 crossed the KS2 line first

• Leah Bohea (Year 9), was the first Secondary student to finish the 25 miles in 5hrs and 32 minutes.

We were kindly supported by Jersey Water who provided bottles of water for the girls, JJ Fox Trading who provided water and flapjacks, Mrs Stubbings who provided energy bars and Homefields who provided bananas. JT also supported us again this year, providing the JT mobile broadband devices and SIMs that successfully allowed us to wirelessly register and

track our students. This allowed parents to follow their daughters’ progress during the day from work or at home. Many thanks to them all for their kind support.

Whilst all the sponsorship money from the Primary School goes towards the PTA, the Secondary School money gets split between a School project and a chosen charity. The money raised by the Secondary School is still coming in and will be split between the School’s Duke of Edinburgh scheme and Jersey Alzheimers, whilst the Primary School raised £5,100. Well done to all the girls who took part and to those who sponsored them. A fantastic achievement.

Our Key Stage 2 Primary students and Secondary students in Years 7–10 and Year 13 had a fantastic Friday treat recently. We were delighted to welcome Hometown to Beaulieu!

Louis Walsh's new band were in Jersey to perform a show at the Opera House on the Saturday and visited the School during lunch time on the Friday to play for the girls in St Mary and St Peter's Church.

The boys had a chat with Mrs Firby, sang three songs and then stayed to sign autographs and have photographs with the girls (and staff!). They were absolutely charming and the students were thrilled to meet them all in person.

Sun comes out for Primary and Secondary School Walk

The Appeal continues to make good progress.

The new Wellington Road entrance arrangements, gates and shelter are in place and this has enhanced both the flow of traffic and, most importantly, the safety of our girls.

Work will soon begin to create the car-free central campus and the new recreational area in front of the Middle School, which will be completed during the summer holiday this year.

We also have £150,000 towards the transformation of the Middle School, which we hope to be able to do next year. Our next target therefore is the £250,000 needed to provide the funds to complete this work. If you have not yet given to the Appeal do please consider making a donation. All gifts are very welcome.

If you would like any further information please contact Natasha Gaudin on [email protected].

Hometown visit Beaulieu

Masquerade Ball

Appeal Update

Leah Bohea The Pre-School walk

Beaulieu’s Masquerade Ball Tickets are now on sale for our Masquerade Ball.

Taking place at the Merton Hotel on Friday 25th November from 7:00pm, the ball is in celebration of 65 years of the School.

Tickets cost £70 per person to include a pre-dinner drink, three-course meal (with vegetarian option) half a bottle of house wine and coffee with mints, as well as entertainment.

Tables are for 10 or 11 people and you can book a whole table or just individual tickets and we will seat you, whichever you prefer.

If you would like to come along please contact Natasha Gaudin on [email protected] as soon as possible, as only 350 tickets are available and a third of the tables have already been sold or reserved.

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Thank you to the PTATo all our PTA supporters, this is a thank you from Mr Jon Hale, Biology teacher and DofE Leader for the money we contributed:

Hi Anna,

I would just like to say thank you to the PTA for supporting the girls achieve their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

With the financial support, we have been able to buy tents, stoves, rucksacks and roll mats, which are necessary for the expeditions. This weekend we have two groups out on their Bronze practice expeditions with those girls hoping to complete their qualifying expedition after Easter.

With the financial burden of being a Directly Licensed Authority, the PTA's support has been essential to allow any groups to venture outside.

Thank you so much for the support!

Primary School Tea TowelThrough the sale of a whole Primary School portrait tea towel, £900 was raised for the PTA. Many thanks to the teachers who got the girls to draw on the little squares and to the parents who bought the tea towels for themselves and as presents. Hopefully they will provide lovely memories for years to come.

Second Hand Uniform ShopMany thanks to Julie Horton, who runs both the Primary and Secondary Second Hand Uniform Shop from the Summer House, which is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:00pm – 3:30pm. Please do get in touch with Julie on 07797 755593 if you have uniform or party dresses to donate or sell on a 50:50 basis, or you are looking for items. Julie is also happy to meet at other times, convenient to you.

Easyfundraising.org.uk

The PTA are now registered with easyfundraising.org.uk under ‘Beaulieu Convent School PTA – Jersey’. Through shopping online (with over 500 retailers including Amazon and John Lewis), for every pound you spend, Beaulieu will receive a small percentage in ‘cashback’. Please check out their website for more information on how you can help the PTA through your online shopping, at no cost to yourself.

So far we have 43 supporters using this for Beaulieu’s benefit and from these people we are raising on average £40 a month. It would be fantastic if we had even more supporters.

Co-op Share NumberPlease use the Co-op share number 111 when you shop at the Co-op even if it is only once a month, once every six months or once a year! It is an easy and painless way to raise funds for our School.

No more lost property!Buy your name labels from LabelPlanet and support the PTA.

Many of you may be aware of the company Label Planet, which provides excellent quality sticky name labels for clothes and other items that need to be named at School.

The PTA have now set up an account with Label Planet where for every purchase you, the parent, makes, the School will receive a percentage of the money.

The website to go to is: https://www.name-labels.com

At checkout, the unique School number to be entered is: 1527.

Why not make life easier for yourself by using these stick in labels, whilst helping to support the fundraising efforts of the PTA.

Goodbye CarolSadly the PTA say goodbye to Carol Greig (Year 6 mother), as she moves back to Scotland. Carol has been an amazing PTA supporter for 7 years and has helped organise many events including the very popular Primary Discos, Movie nights and the Christmas Fayre. Her presence will be missed by us all and we wish her all the best in her new ventures. Beaulieu’s loss is her daughter’s new school’s gain.

Slum SurvivorSlum Survivor is an annual challenge to raise awareness of the poverty others live in. This year’s was a huge success and the 20 girls who slept out were such a credit to the School. They were blessed

with fairly good weather and their slum making skills were successful.

They raised just under £600 through sponsorship, which was split between the 'Jersey Shelter Trust' and 'Jersey Builders for

Refugees'. The girls also collected three large boxes of food for the Grace Trust.

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St John Ambulance First Aid CompetitionThis year the Secondary Schools St John Ambulance First Aid Competition was hosted by Beaulieu. Our teams won 1st and 2nd place, winning £500 for the School.

The winning team of Rachelle Flambard, Jasmine Flageul, Niamh Cowieson and Samantha de la Haye (all Year 10), have a funded place to compete in the national finals in July.

The team placed 2nd, consisting of Jade Le Maistre, Claudia Keyworth, Niamh Troy and Esther Brint (all Year 10), performed superbly and also did us proud.



Climbing Club reaches new heights Climbing Club has moved to Grand Vaux this term allowing the girls to continue their NICAS syllabus.

A small group of Year 13 students ran a very successful Bingo Night in the Secondary School gym in April to raise funds for Beaulieu PTA and Jersey Alzheimer's Association. As part of their final unit of study for their BTEC Level 3 Business course, students were required to plan and organise every aspect of an event of their choice, run the event, then collect feedback and evaluate its success. With over 70 students, parents and staff taking part, the Bingo Night had a fun atmosphere and raised a significant sum for charity.

The students in this team were:

• Megan Le Scelleur

• Sinead Hanrahan

• Robyn Wellman

Another team of students (Kayla Bulstrode, Sacha Butlin and Lauren Quenault) ran a Car Boot Sale in St Lawrence as their event. They learned useful skills including how to obtain a Sunday Trading Permit from the Parish Hall and the importance of marketing in promoting an event. All proceeds from the Car Boot Sale were donated to Jersey Hospice Care.

Fun all round at Beaulieu’s Charity Bingo Night and Car Boot Sale

Year 7, 8 and 9 complete Swimarathon for charity Congratulations to the many Year 7, 8 and 9 girls who took part in the Swimarathon, along with some great support from Years 12 and 13. £1,366.20 was raised for charity!

CRY Jersey Apprentice Challenge

Annual Rotary KidsOut DayOn Wednesday 8th June the annual Rotary KidsOut Day event took place at the Amaizin Adventure Park. We were privileged to be invited again this year to support this worthwhile day. Mathilda Mahrer, Harriet Heaven and Holly Clark (Year 9), got creative with the face paints, adding to a day of fun and activity for children from Mont a l’Abbé and Bel Royal schools. It was evident that the children really enjoyed their time and our girls were delighted to be part of it. Our thanks to Peter Paturel and the Rotary Club.

Year 10 students completely took over CRY Jersey’s New Street Shop on Saturday 16th April. They sourced their own stock from donations generously given by the Beaulieu community, set their own prices, designed their own window display and carried out their own marketing campaign in order to raise as much money as possible for the charity.

The inaugural CRY Jersey Apprentice Challenge aimed to develop students’ skills in a number of areas, including planning, organisation, creativity, teamwork and motivating others, while raising much-needed funds for the charity. Beaulieu competed against JCG and each school had their day running the CRY shop. In order to increase their

fundraising opportunities, the Beaulieu team ran a stall in the town centre selling coffees, cakes and popcorn. They also ran a Prize Draw with many wonderful prizes and arranged for Constable Simon Crowcroft to draw the winning tickets in the shop at the end of the day.

Each team’s profit remained a closely-guarded secret until the Boardroom Finale at the Pomme d’Or Hotel at the end of April, where Chief Minister, Ian Gorst, played the role of Lord Sugar and announced the total sums raised by each team. The winning Beaulieu team raised a total of £2,966, which included a donation of £250 from the Sir John Knott Trust and a donation of £684 from HR Air Express Solutions who pledged 30p for every £1 raised. This money will be life

changing for the children of the Hosanna Children’s Home in Myanmar, which is the CRY project that Beaulieu chose to support. The JCG team raised £884, which will be donated to the Bamboo Village in Manila.

Challenge co-ordinator Susan Parker, Head of Business Studies at Beaulieu, said: “We were overwhelmed by the generosity of the Beaulieu community. The Challenge team received dozens of bags and boxes of donations and huge numbers of people showed their support by making purchases in the CRY shop. Thank you so much.”

The winning Beaulieu team, from left to right, with Chief Minister, Ian Gorst:

Felicity Guerin-Taylor; Xanthe Trehiou; Sheetal Varma; Olivia Gallichan; Maria McLaughlin; Samantha De La Haye; Tegan Parker; Lily Pitcher; Morgan Hamon; Amelia Heath.

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Beaulieu Primary news

Primary School staff brave fog and rain in half marathonThree members of the Primary School staff took part in the Run Jersey half marathon in June! They braved the fog and rain on the day and all crossed the finish line with huge smiles after completing their challenge. Well done Mrs Jeanne, Miss Vincent and Mrs Rafferty.

Well done LuciaWell done to Lucia Borralho (Year 4), and all the other Beaulieu girls who made their first Holy Communion.

To celebrate the end of our mini beast topic we decided to hold an ‘Ugly Bug Ball’.

In preparation the girls wrote invitations to members of staff who had supported them over the year. They wrote menus with mini beast themed food for the party, such as ‘slug sausages’ and ‘spider sandwiches.’ On the day of the

ball the girls came in dressed up as their favourite mini beast. We spent the morning preparing the food and carrying out a range of mini beast themed activities.

In the afternoon we had the ball. The girls enjoyed entertaining the guests and making them all feel very welcome. We played a range

of different party games and sang songs before tucking into our homemade creepy crawly treats! The day was a great success and the girls and their guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves!

Year 5 Jersey Scout Centre stay

String success for SophiaWell done to Sophia De Sousa (Year 5), who passed her Grade 2 Violin exam with a merit.

Annabel scoops 7 medals at Channel Island Dance ChampionshipsCongratulations to Annabel Salaun (Year 5), who won 3 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 3 Bronze medals at the Channel Island Dance Championships.

Alexa takes part in first dance showWell done to Alexa Edward (Reception), who took part in her first dance show – A Night at the Movies.

Reception’s Ugly Bug Ball

Year 5 enjoyed a fabulous three days at the Scout Centre in St Ouen. We were fortunate enough to have beautiful weather, enabling us to make the most of the outdoor learning opportunities on offer. During our stay we were given a guided Bug Safari in the Orchid field, we took part in Forest School Art and Orienteering challenges and roasted marshmallows over the campfire.

The highlight of our trip was a seashore foraging trip in the rock pools with Kazz Padidar

from Wild Adventures where we foraged for limpets and seaweed to cook on an open fire on the beach. The girls were brave in trying new delicacies and also found lots of sea creatures among the rocks.

We focused on how we were developing ourselves in terms of our School Core Values. The girls certainly challenged themselves by being away from home and engaging enthusiastically in new activities. They were gaining independence in organising

their personal belongings and preparing and tidying up after meals. We also thought about caring for our Island by taking part in the Ocean's Day Beach Clean. The girls worked collaboratively to build a shelter using bamboo poles, rope and bin bags, with varying levels of success!!

Year 5 were a credit to their families and School and should hopefully take forward the skills and confidence gained when they go to France in Year 6.

The group outside the scout hut The group cooking limpets



Our Year 6 ladies did us proud again this year with a superb performance of The Jungle Book Kids. The production took place at the Jersey Arts Centre on 16th and 17th June and was a complete sell out both nights!

We were wowed by fantastic performances from all the memorable characters including Baloo, Bagheera, Mowgli, King Louie and many more. The show was also packed with all our favourite songs such as 'The Bare Necessities' and 'I Wanna Be

Like You', so we were really able to ‘forget about our worries and our strife’ and enjoy the show. Many thanks to Sixth Formers: Evangeline Bertram, Anna Roberts, Ines Inacio, Isabelle Young and Lucy Walker for all their help and support.

Year 4 recently had a visit from Mrs Wetherall, who taught us all about dental hygiene. Here we are having a good brushing session.

We also had a fantastic visit to the Wetland Centre at St. Ouen. We were lucky to spot lots of birds, including the marsh harrier. We had to

classify different birds into different categories.

Holly ducks into first placeHolly Freitas (Year 5), had her duck design chosen by the public as the Barclays ‘duck’ at this year’s Barclays boat show. Her design was put into production and the outcome was this year’s mascot duck. 16,000 rainbow ducks were given out to be rehoused in homes across the Island!

Year 6 production The Jungle Book

Mrs. Colston-Weeks visits pre-school every Monday afternoon to teach yoga. The girls follow instructions very well and really enjoy the lesson.

On a Tuesday morning, Mrs. Crespel teaches them the basics of playing the recorder. All the girls wait patiently for their turn and really enjoy making lots of sounds.

The girls love their Friday morning Drama lessons with Mrs. Adams. This is based in the Primary School Library. Each week the

girls learn about different forms of expression and movement. A real favourite to finish the week off!

The girls have been doing so well and will be sadly missed by the Pre-School team!

Year 4 update

Pre-School update The girls playing the recorder

Pre-School yoga!

The Wetland CentreA good brushing session to learn about dental hygiene

Our Pre-Schoolers have thoroughly enjoyed their term and cannot wait to go to ‘big School’ in September, although they will miss Miss Pope, Mrs Crespel and Miss Jones!

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Year 5 girls showed off their promising foreign-language skills to their pen pals in April. The CM2 (Year 5 equivalent) pupils came from l'Ecole Primaire "Trompe-Souris", near Le Mans, and spent the day at

Beaulieu, enjoying making new friends and finding out about a typical British school day. It was a delight to see the girls and boys using their French / English "for real". A lot of them really blossomed on that day!

Une belle journée!

Madame Parslow Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Careers Day successOur whole School Beaulieu Careers Festival was a great success. The Primary School girls got to walk around the stands and talk and hear about a wide variety of different ‘jobs’. We had visits from a vast range of industries, including the army, a doctor, a dentist, charities, law and accountancy firms, a florist, a yoga teacher, a chef, Jersey Live, retailers, the Pink Panda food van and even the JSPCA's dog and guinea pig!

All our students really entered into the spirit of things, all dressed as what they want to be when they grow up.

For the very first time our Junior Choir was invited to sing at the Secondary School Spring Concert in April. It was such a great experience for our students to be able to perform alongside the ‘big girls’.

In June, groups of Year 2 girls became mariners aboard Wetwheels, Jersey. Our trip began at the Harbour and we cruised along the South Coast of Jersey. We looked at the bays and tried to name some of the landmarks we

could see. Then we all had a chance to drive the boat in circles. This made lots of water spray up so that we could soak our friends and teachers!!! We really enjoyed being out on the sea and can now name lots of the bays

that we saw on our journey. We were also pleased to discover that there were enough life rafts on board for us all after learning about the Titanic!

Year 5 visit from French students

Junior Choir joins Secondary Choir for Spring Concert

Island Cruise for Year 2


Beaulieu Secondary news

Spring Music Concert

Finalist Tabitha Bennett set to perform at Big Gig in the ParkCongratulations to Tabitha Bennett (Year 7), who took part in the ‘Big Gig in the Park Search for a Star’ competition. Singers were invited to submit video auditions and out of many such auditions, Tabitha was selected as one of the 10 finalists. From round two, Tabitha has been chosen as one of the four finalists in the competition and will be one of the local talents to perform at the Big Gig in the Park in front of 6,000 people as supporting acts for the main acts, Jesse Glynn, Fleur East, Ben Haenow and Reggie & Bollie.

CCA Art CompetitionCCA Galleries International, Jersey, ran an internship Art competition for Year 13 and Years 10–12 students, where the winners will intern at the UK’s foremost print-makers and publishers, CCA Galleries, Coriander & Curwen Studio. A dedicated exhibition for the winner and runners-up will be held at CCA Galleries International

from the 5th – 15th of July. Congratulations to Year 13 students Jessica Troy and Jadine Ingram as well as Bethany Miles and Michaela Paradiso (both Year 12), who have all been shortlisted to have their work displayed. Sasha Gibb, Gallery Director, said:

“ We were all amazed and impressed by the standard of work exhibited in the competition.”

This year's Spring Concert featured all the School's main ensembles, with some soloists and smaller groups thrown in for good measure.

The Big Band put on a fantastic performance, with Katie Walters (Year 13), and Michaela Paradiso (Year 12), singing with them for the first time.

Hollie Herman (Year 12), played a beautiful Piano solo and Katie Walters sang "In his eyes" from Jekyll and Hyde.

The Big Band, Junior Choir and Year 7 Choir played and sang a selection of their favourites from the past year and the Chamber Choir wowed the audience with a selection of songs from Les Miserables.

The concert also featured our Chamber Orchestra and Sax Quartet, with all students playing beautifully.

The Concert finished on a high, with the massed Choirs singing "Why we sing". It really was a wonderful showcase of all the talent here at Beaulieu!

BBC 500 Words CompetitionChris Evans once again launched the BBC’s 500 WORDS competition on BBC Radio 2. This writing competition returned for the sixth year, and children around the country aged between 5 and 13 years of age were encouraged to write short stories so that

they could be read out by Chris Evans on his breakfast show. Over 123,400 entries were received and Poppy Campbell, Sophie Egerton and Helena Steedman (Year 7), were picked out of 4,500 to go to the Reading Agency for the second round of judging. Unfortunately they

were not the lucky 50 chosen, however, it was still an amazing achievement to have gone that far. Well done girls!

National Careers WeekAs a precurser to our Careers Fayre, speakers from a variety of industries joined each of our Year 12 Careers lessons, including representatives from the Health and Social Services Department, JEP, Ports of Jersey, States of Jersey Police and also Hotel De France. Students learnt about these different industry sectors and the multitude of job roles available within each industry.

We also had a competition for students to take part in, where they had to guess the previous career of some well known faces including Adele, Tim Peake and Noel Fitzpatrick.

The week ended in a ‘Career Dress Up Day’ for staff, where we chose either a past career (some of which included Radiographers and Physiotherapists), a dream job, subject related career or ‘when I grow up I want to be..’. The staff competition was judged by our Head Girl, Melissa Bertram, and Deputy Head Girl, Katie Bennett-Jones, who decided Head of Drama, Tania Bloor, was the overall winner, dressed as actress Carrie Fisher in the role of Princess Leia.

The staff dressing up!



Written by: Evangeline Bertram, Hollie Hemaya, Eleanor Hervieu and Christie Robinson (Year 12)

As young people in Jersey, our generation seems to be bombarded by global issues like terrorism, war and the plight of refugees. We hear so much about conflict that it is often hard to see where there is peace on our planet. In fact, we find ourselves asking ‘What is peace?’ and ‘ Where is there peace?’. PeaceJam is an international conference for young people, which attempts to answer, or at least, explore, these questions. Co-ordinated by Nobel Peace laureates and individuals who are committed to ensuring that there is a future for peace in this world, the conference took place in March at the University of Winchester; and we were lucky enough to attend with the support of the Jersey Rotarians, along with Mrs Karen Padidar.

1. What did you do at PeaceJam?When we first arrived we were split into family groups with other people from around the world and met our mentors. Everyone we met there was so welcoming and open, it didn’t matter where you were from or if you didn’t know each other, everyone respected one another. On the first day we listened to a speech by the Peace Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, a peace activist from Guatemala. We also signed up to help on a community project, where we went to the River Itchen and helped on a local conservation project to plant trees near the river. This was a great way to get involved with the local community and give something back to the environment. On the last day, there was the Ceremony of Inspiration, where the audience were able to stand up and say what inspires them to Rigoberta, and she lit a candle for them. This was incredibly moving

and made us realise how much others have been through, whilst maintaining their positive outlook on our world.

2. Who did you meet?At the Conference, we were lucky enough to meet the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate of 1992, Rigoberta Menchu Tum. Rigoberta was born in 1959 to a peasant family in Guatemala where she worked on a cotton plantation. These people were treated very poorly by the plantation owners and Rigoberta had to watch her two-year old brother die from starvation. She never forgot the injustices caused by the gap between the rich and poor.

By the young age of just twenty three Rigoberta endured more suffering, she lost her mother, father, sister in law, two brothers, three nieces and nephews and friends due to the Guatemalan Civil War, during which 200,000 Guatemalans were murdered. Rigoberta managed to cross the border into Mexico and was lucky to have survived. While in exile in Mexico, Rigoberta married in 1995 and had two children, but very sadly her youngest passed away. However she took this most unfortunate circumstance and turned it into something beautiful; she started to write children's stories and now has seven to her name. All were inspired by her child.

3. What did you gain / take from the experience?Rigoberta gave us three vital pieces of information that she wanted us to remember, not just throughout the PeaceJam experience, but also for us to take with us for the rest of our lives:

Don’t go forward alone,

If we work together, we will have a greater impact,

Never forget who you are.

4. What do you hope to do as a result of PeaceJam? We, as a team, hope to continue to spread the word of peace mainly through assemblies, events, including Jersey Live, and through morning thoughts on BBC Radio Jersey. We do hope, in the future, to take this idea further. Our ultimate aim would be to educate people of all ages in Jersey through a similar scheme.

5. Why do you think experiences such as these are important and necessary for Jersey's young people?Experiences like these are necessary for young people as they can help shape who they become. Learning about peace and what threatens our world is incredibly important to young people, as they are our next generation of world leaders. As we live on an Island, it is often easy to forget about the rest of the world and become focused on ourselves. PeaceJam was honestly one of the best experiences we have ever had and giving others the opportunity to experience it would be an honour. We would like to thank Rotary for sponsoring us to go, as we have learned to be positive, put bad things behind us and help others do the same.

PeaceJam

Beaulieu Careers Fayre proves hit for whole School

On Friday 6th May 2016, Beaulieu Convent School held a whole-School Careers Festival for students to attend right from Pre-School all the way through to Sixth Form. The event ran for the whole day and included a ‘Careers Fayre’ where 35 employers exhibited to the students, discussing their careers and industries, which ranged from animal care to creating virtual reality games. We also had talks during lunchtime and mentor time, where the students were able to gain a more in-depth insight into particular industries such as Occupational Therapy and Journalism.

Throughout the day, the students could take part in various quizzes, as well as purchase some food from the Pink Panda Van.

We feel running an event like this is important for our students to start aspiring towards their future professional goals, as well as gain a broader understanding of the career opportunities available to them in Jersey. We tried to incorporate not just the typical careers they are already aware of, or focus too much on the finance industry, but provide them with a very varied and diverse range of employers who are successful in Jersey’s labour market today. We are hoping to run this event bi-annually.



Visit to St. Ewold’s Residential Home Holly Byrne and Sofia Miles (Year 12), BTEC Health and Social Care

Textiles and Art A LevelOur Year 12 Textiles and Art students have been extremely busy this year and have just submitted some beautiful pieces for moderation for their A Levels. Some real talent to watch out for in the future!

Nicolle Drieu Clarisse Fullerton

Evangeline Bertram Holly ByrneSienna Lawson Brittany Le Guyader

Emily Buesnel & Eleanor BouteloupBethany Miles

Michaela Paradiso Katie Bradshaw

As students studying BTEC Health and Social Care, we study topics and have to complete assignments at the end of each Unit. Unit 1 was all about the study of Communication, so as a class we took a trip to St. Ewold’s residential home.

The trip to St. Ewold’s gave us much more insight into the roles of carers in the Health and Social care sector, especially those who work in residential homes. The most enjoyable part of our trip was meeting new people and hearing about their personal opinions about living in a care home.

As new visitors to the care home, we were unsure of what to expect when entering the caring environment, however, we were surprised to see how modern the home was and how much life it had to it. It seemed like a very welcoming home, which made it more relaxing and comforting for us as visitors and for the residents who call it their home.

Going to St. Ewold’s has completely changed our outlook on residential care homes. It was a lovely place, they had lovely staff and the residents seemed really happy. The residents have so many activities they can choose to do. We enjoyed meeting the residents and

talking to them the most. We loved listening to their stories about their lives and you could tell they were really happy talking to us. We recommend volunteering to go to St. Ewold’s as it is one of the most rewarding things we have done.


On Friday 22nd May the AS and A2 level Performance Studies students performed their examination pieces at the Arts Centre. The A2 group, consisting of Cristina Melendez, Alanagh Murray, Sinead Hanrahan, Lucy Roche-Young and Ellen Faichnie, performed to the visiting examiner in the afternoon and then again to a paying audience in the evening, where the AS performers also joined them for their examination. The Year 13 students each performed a repertoire piece, where they had to replicate

a practitioner's work they were inspired by, and the students chose John Godber or Fosse. Their commission was based on a poem called, 'Advice to discarded lover', and told the story of Fleur Adcock's diminishing relationship through song, dance and acting. Year 12 had to create a piece based on their local community and therefore chose topics about the Island we live in. One group chose Gerald Durrell as their inspiration, while the second group based their piece on Jersey Folk Law. All the performers from both

year groups did fantastically well and we were very proud to see the girls perform at such a professional level. We were particularly sad to see Year 13's final performance on the Arts Centre stage, as we have had the privilege of seeing all of these girls perform in several of our School productions over the years. We wish them all well with their future careers and hope to see some of them on a professional stage soon.

Mrs Perrier and Ms Bloor

In March, eighteen Psychology students attended a conference in London to listen to Professor Zimbardo.

Professor Zimbardo is best known for his research, ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ (SPE) which was conducted in 1973. This research showed how everyday people would readily conform to social roles, even if this meant displaying brutal behaviour and suggested that these findings supported a situational explanation of behaviour. This research was the beginning of a life long question for him ‘what makes good people go bad?’

Zimbardo began his lecture by explaining how his upbringing, in The Bronx in New York, had exposed him to watching ‘good kids’ go bad. He pursued a career in academia and specialised in the area of social psychology, which looks at how the environment affects our behaviour. He has spent most of his career looking at the negative forms of social influences but he is now refocused on understanding the nature of ‘everyday heroism and the psychology of personal and social

growth’. At the age of 83, he still lectures and promotes his ‘Heroic Imagination Project’, which encourages people to make the right choices in difficult situations.

Although the students were not familiar with Professor Zimbardo’s work, it was evident from their experiences of the day, that they understood the impact of his research. The way in which he related his findings to our world today, was thought provoking and, at times, uncomfortable, especially when he drew comparisons between the SPE and the atrocities carried out in Abu Ghraib by US soldiers; he acted as an expert witness in the court martial hearings in 2004.

The students will get a chance to study the SPE as part of their A Level Applied Forensic Psychology course, when we consider the experiences of imprisonment. Having listened to Zimbardo talk about his research this will make their studies more meaningful and help them understand the importance and relevance of the study conducted over 40 years ago.

We all agreed that we had witnessed one of the most famous and respected psychologists of our time and the question of ‘How good people turn evil’ is still relevant for the next generation of psychology students.

Year 9 Battlefields TourWritten by: Mathilda Mahrer, Juliette Byrne, Sophie Attrill and Summer Goncalves (Year 9)On June 20th we were lucky enough, as GCSE History students, to embark on a tour of some of the battlefields and memorials of The Great War in Normandy and Belgium. This trip was led by Ian Ronayne, a local historian, and funded by the States of Jersey who sent four students from every Jersey secondary school.

The trip signified the centenary of the Great War, and helps to preserve the memory of those who fought and laid down their lives. We visited famous memorials, preserved trenches and craters, and cemeteries from both sides of the conflict. We participated in the Menin Gate ceremony, laying a wreath in honour of all the Jersey troops who gave their lives in the War. The Zonnebeke and Passchendaele Museums, with exhibitions detailing the ammunition and lifestyles of the soldiers afforded us a better understanding of what these brave men endured, as well as the hardships and horrors of this war. We followed the journey of Toussaint Connan, a Jersey soldier fighting in the French army, ending at his final resting place in the largest French National Cemetery - the Notre Dame de Lorette.

This highly interesting trip was a grim reminder of the legacies of the soldiers, that we must protect. The sheer number of graves we saw highlighted the necessity of education into the subject, reminding people of why the world is the way it is in this century. We personally have gained a new respect for the troops fighting in the conflict, and hope to learn even more about the subject going forward. We are very grateful to have been given this amazing and very moving opportunity.

Psychology Students take trip to London for Professor Zimbardo lecture

AS and A2 Level Performance Studies



Beaulieu trials the Micro BitThe BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital. Over one million Micro Bits (a stripped-down computer similar to a Raspberry Pi) will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term. The BBC is also launching a season of coding-based programmes and activities, which has included a new drama about the creation of Grand Theft Auto and a documentary on Bletchley Park.

Rory Steel, Assistant Head and ICT teacher, gave our students

the devices for the first time in April. All 100 students (in two lessons of 50) played with the devices for the first time, as well as made a program and attempted to program a robot car within an hour. Having never seen the devices or code before hand, it made for a vibrant and exciting session.

The initiative was part of a wider push to increase digital skills among young people and help to fill the digital skills gap. The UK is facing a significant skills shortage, with 1.4 million "digital professionals" estimated to be

needed over the next five years. The BBC is joining a range of organisations including Microsoft, BT, Google, Code Club, Teen Tech and Young Rewired State to address the shortfall. Digital Jersey is trying to fill a similar gap in Jersey whilst also trying to stimulate more digital growth in Jersey to mitigate an over reliance on the Financial sector.

Director-general Tony Hall explained why the BBC was getting involved: "Just as we did with the BBC Micro in the 1980s, we want to inspire the digital visionaries of the future. Only the

BBC can bring partners together to attempt something this ambitious, this important to Britain's future on the world stage.” It is hoped that the Micro Bit will encourage children to get involved in coding and programming. The BBC Micro, launched in the 1980s, played a big role in making computing mainstream.

In June, many Beaulieu students took to the stage and blew the audience away with their incredible talents competing for the House Music Trophy. The evening was hosted by Teresa, lead by House Captain, Ella Jordi, who did an excellent job of organising the event and presenting. The event was ticketed this year, selling over 350 tickets, with the House Teams deciding that all proceeds were to go to Breast Cancer UK.

Three musical experts were invited to judge the event, sharing their amazing knowledge, talent and experience. Many thanks to Jaime Boylan, Catherine Grant and Shaun Richards, who found the task of judging very difficult due to the array of talent displayed at the event from all ages.

There were five categories individually judged which included: Junior Soloist, Senior Soloist, Instrumentalist, Small Group and the Whole House Choir. There was a tough battle in every category, with Tabitha Bennett winning Junior Soloist with her outstanding vocals (Marie-Louise), Michaela Paradiso winning Senior Soloist singing beautifully to ‘Halo’ (Marie-Louise), Hollie Herman winning Instrumentalist playing the piano with such grace (Marie-Louise), Durrell winning the Small Group with their sassy version of ‘Hail Holy Queen’ and Teresa winning the House

Choir with their incredible rendition of ‘Happy Ending’. Overall, Marie-Louise won the House Music Trophy, winning three categories!

The atmosphere and enthusiasm during the evening was lovely to witness as the girls’ hard work from the past few weeks paid off. As a House Captain it was exciting and inspiring to see the girls so proud of their performances and having a great deal of fun, making the event enjoyable, entertaining and a true reflection of the Beaulieu ethos. This event was a brilliant way to finish the academic year, showcasing the abundance of talent Beaulieu has to offer.

By Libby Cowieson (Year 12)

House Music blows audience away with incredible talents

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Leavers’ reception

Beaulieu Sixth Form

I have been handed the baton to write the round-up of the year’s events for the Sixth Form. This has been my first year as the Pastoral Head of KS5 and together with Mr Whitehead, as the Academic Head of KS5, the students in both Years 12 and 13 have welcomed us to our new roles and engaged in a really busy year with great enthusiasm and commitment. We have also been very lucky to work with Miss Samson, the new Careers Advisor to the whole School, with particular responsibility for guiding the Sixth Form towards their future roles.

During the year our Sixth Form girls have been working hard across a broad range of subjects to achieve AS Level, A Level, BTEC and CACHE qualifications. In true Beaulieu fashion they have also thrown themselves into the many extra-curricular activities on offer and have dreamt up an array of creative fundraising events to help those less fortunate than themselves, as well as supporting the School with its on-going work.

The ‘Year 7 Buddy System’ was continued by the Year 12 students, who, under the guidance of the Student Leadership Team, supported small groups of three to four Year 7 students fortnightly during mentor time. This helped them integrate more easily into the Secondary School and gave them an ‘older and wiser’ friend on hand to give advice, as and when required. The team have also set up a peer mentoring system, to give KS3 and KS4 students someone they can go to speak to. They have organised this in collaboration with the School’s pastoral system and Mind Jersey, and Ella-Mae O’Sullivan has been elected as the School’s Mental Health Champion to continue with running this scheme.

At the beginning of October, five Sixth Form students, Eleanor Hervieu, Evangeline Bertram, Christie Robinson, Elizabeth Osmand and Anna Roberts participated in the Student Peace Debate 2015 at the State’s Chamber. This was run by Rotary Club of Jersey, and there were eight other schools participating. Chief Minister, Ian Gorst, chaired the debate, which concerned itself with two themes, the most popular being the migrant crisis in Europe and how Jersey should react, whilst the least popular, and the one our team decided to focus on, was the population expansion in Jersey and how it affects businesses and harmony within the community.

A number of girls also took part in the Youth Assembly, an all Island Sixth Form debate held in the States Chamber. Libby Cowieson questioned Sir Philip Bailhache about alternative career paths to finance. Anna Roberts questioned Anne Pryke about the sea lettuce in St Aubin’s Bay and Eleanor Hervieu presented the proposal that ‘new parents must pass childcare courses before having children’.

In December, a team of six pupils; Charlotte Armstrong, Libby Cowieson, Emma Dorris,

Naomi Le Marquand, Katherine Walters and Georgia Wignall, accompanied by Mrs Rodrigues and Mrs Grehan, made the annual Romania Aid trip. The students were responsible for distributing the shoe boxes and food parcels on behalf of the Mustard Seed Charity. Upon their return they confidently gave several presentations about their experiences.

In March, four Year 12 students, Evangeline Bertram, Hollie Hemaya, Eleanor Hervieu and Christie Robinson, under the guidance of Mrs Padidar, took part in PeaceJam UK at the University of Winchester. With the generous support of the Rotary Club of Jersey they were able to participate in an inspiring, exciting and diverse weekend of events, all built around incorporating peace and justice into our education, communities and lives.

In April, Alanagh Murray and Sinead Hanrahan organised the Slum Survivor Challenge. A team of twenty students and five teachers took part in the Challenge, which involved building shelters from recycled cardboard and tarpaulin and then spending the night under the stars in a bid to raise awareness of the poverty that others live in, as well as to raise funds for the Jersey Shelter Trust and Jersey Builders for Refugees. The girls also made a large donation of dry food goods to The Grace Trust. Well done to all who took part as it was certainly a night to remember.

Throughout the year, several of our Year 13 students took part in the Institute of Directors Work Shadowing Scheme and the Work Shadowing Schemes organised by the Construction Council and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Special recognition must go to Melissa-Jane Bertram and Jessica Pearce, who were both Highly Commended at the prizewinning categories at the IOD Work Shadowing presentation.

Whilst Year 13 students were work shadowing, many Year 12 students were getting their own work-related experience through the Young Enterprise Company programme. Beaulieu students had much success through this scheme, which was highlighted at the annual awards presentation. Emily Martins won the award for best secretary, Evangeline Bertram won the award for most improved team member, and the ‘Allegiance’ Company, consisting of Ciara

End of year update

A busy year for the Sixth Form

Leavers’ reception


Beaulieu Sixth Form

Martin, Hannah Crespel, Anna Roberts, Ella-Mae O’Sullivan and Francesca Le Breuilly won the overall best company award.

Thank you to all the businesses who support our girls by running such events and to all of those who continue to offer work experience opportunities; also to Careers Jersey whose on-going support is very much appreciated.

This year we piloted the Sixth Form Enrichment scheme, organised by Ms Weatherall. Students got to experience a range of opportunities to enhance their skill set and help them when applying for jobs and Universities. These included, yoga, cooking, knitting, infant first-aid, fundraising, car maintenance, and public speaking, to name just a few. Ms Weatherall deserves a huge thank you for all her hard work in launching this scheme.

Within School, we have had a team of Year 12s leading the House system, ably supported by their Year 11 Deputies. The House Drama and House Music Competitions were a resounding success. Our thanks must go to Ella Jordi, Libby Cowieson and Sienna Lawson, the House Captains, and the Vice Captains Elizabeth Osmand (Year 12), Evangeline Bertram (Year 12), Ella-Mae O’Sullivan (Year 12), Eleanor Hervieu (Year 12), Chloe Coxshall (Year 11), Rebecca Dunn (Year 11), Grace Marett (Year 11), Erin McEnery (Year 11) and Isobel Lawson (Year 11).

In addition, we have had students involved in the Chamber Choir and Big Band, both of which have entertained us at School events, most notably the superb Spring Concert held in April. Art, Textiles and Photography have also showcased the work of some extremely talented artists in Sixth Form. The Drama and Performance Studies pupils have shown their dramatic flair in the School production of ‘The Little Mermaid,’ where many of the leads were Sixth Form students. Year 12 and Year 13 Performance Studies also put on a wonderful night of entertainment at the Arts Centre as part of their examinations.

Sadly, it is the time of year that we say goodbye and thank you to Melissa-Jane Bertram, Katie Bennett-Jones, Elissa Porter and Charlotte Binet, this year’s Student Leadership Team. They will be missed greatly by staff and students and remembered for their tireless hard work and huge sense of fun. We bid farewell also to the very lively Year 13 class of 2016 and to Niamh Crowley, who leaves us from Year 12. We wish them well as they move on to pastures new.

As they leave, we welcome our newly appointed team of Head Girl, Evangeline Bertram, and Deputy Head Girls; Katie Bolan, Libby Cowieson, and Sienna Lawson. In addition 3 senior prefects were elected to take on senior roles within the Sixth Form student body. Anna Roberts will be responsible for duties enabling a wider use of the chapel, Niamh Martin will run the Year 7 buddy programme and Ella-Mae O’Sullivan will lead the School’s focus on breaking the stigma of mental health. These girls were unanimously elected by their peers and the staff, and we wish them the best of luck as they begin this new journey.

We have also elected the Year 12s for their Prefect roles within the School. Their duties will be to support staff with lunchtime duties, lead mentor sessions and help at a variety of School events. They will also be helping in the Primary School lending support in Primary lessons and at lunchtimes.

Mrs Dani Perrier Pastoral Head of KS5

Slum Survivor Challenge

Building the shelters

Beaulieu Peace Debate Team


Autumn Term BeginsTuesday 6th September 2016

Battle of Britain Air DisplayThursday 8th September 2016

Year 7 Reflection Friday 9th September 2016

Year 7 Curriculum EveningMonday 12th September 2016

Year 7 CATsTuesday 13th September 2016

Year 12 Pastoral EveningTuesday 13th September 2016 at 7:00pm

Year 9 CATsWednesday 14th September 2016

Key Stage 4 Mentor Evening Wednesday 14th September 2016

Primary and Secondary School Individual PhotographsMonday 19th September 2016

Year 13 Pastoral / Mentor EveningTuesday 20th September 2016

Year 7 Progress Test – EnglishWednesday 21st September 2016

Key Stage 3 Mentor EveningWednesday 21st September 2016

Year 7 Progress Test – ScienceFriday 23rd September 2016

Year 7 Progress Test – MathsWednesday 28th September 2016

Year 12 Mentor EveningWednesday 28th September 2016

Year 10 Pastoral EveningThursday 29th September 2016

Open DayTuesday 4th October 2016

Year 9 Pastoral EveningWednesday 12th October 2016

Year 11 Pastoral EveningTuesday 18th October 2016 at 7:00pm

Year 8 First HPVWednesday 19th October 2016

Half TermMonday 24th October – Friday 28th October 2016

Year 12 Consultation EveningTuesday 8th November 2016

A Level Options EveningThursday 17th November 2016

Year 10 Consultation EveningThursday 24th November 2016

Masquerade Ball to Celebrate 65 Years of BeaulieuFriday 25th November at the Merton Hotel from 7:00pm

Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionWhole School Feast Day Mass and Half Day Holiday Thursday 8th December 2016

Mustard Seed Trip to RomaniaFriday 9th December – Wednesday 14th December 2016

Autumn Term EndsThursday 15th December 2016

Spring Term BeginsFriday 6th January 2017

Here we are again at the end of yet another school year!

It has been a year filled with many events and much learning has taken place, both within our Primary and Secondary Schools, and outside our School community, culminating in our Year 11, 12 and 13 students sitting exams which will aid each student’s future path way.

Now, it is time to take stock of the past few months, and even years, and jump off that conveyor belt and enjoy being family. No matter if on Island or further a field, we all have the opportunity to spend some quality time with those we care for and love.

Recently, I read the book: “Pope Francis: His Life in His Own Words”. It provides a record of conversations with the man who was then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio. These 2010 interviews with two journalists in Argentina highlight interesting facts about the boss of the Roman Catholic Church, such as: favourite movie? “Babette’s Feast”.

One passage in the book emphasises that Pope

Francis believes that we must — indeed, that God is calling us to — relax.

Responding to the question: “Do we need to rediscover the meaning of leisure?” Pope Francis replies: “Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport. But this is being destroyed, in large part, by the elimination of the Sabbath rest day. More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.” In such cases, he concludes: “work ends up dehumanising people”.

Some pages later, he derides people who think of themselves as Christian but don’t make time for their children. This is an example, according to Pope Francis, of living “with fraud”.

Let us not be frauds, let us truly embrace some quality time with our children, no matter their age and count our blessings! Remember that amongst

the business of family life, whether a family of 2, 3, 4 or more, there is much joy to reap! RELAX!

Summer Prayer:

Creator of all, thank You for summer! Thank You for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight. Thank You for the beauty I see all around me and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation. Thank You for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season.

Draw me closer to You this summer. Teach me how I can pray, no matter where I am or what I am doing. Warm my soul with the awareness of Your presence, and light my path with Your Word and Counsel. As I enjoy Your creation, create in me a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You. Amen.

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Summer 2016 Exam Results DaysGCE Results – Thursday 18th August 2016

Students will be able to collect their results from the Jubilee Block between 9:00am and 10:30am.

GCSE Results – Thursday 25th August 2016

Year 11 students will be able to collect their results from the Jubilee Block between 9:00am and 10:30am.

Student’s who would like someone else to collect their results must email the Examinations Officer, before Friday 8th July, with details of who will be collecting the results. Anyone that collects results on behalf of a student must bring proof of identity with them.

Any results not collected on the allocated day will be posted to the student’s home address.

Results for students in Years 9 and 10 will be posted to the student’s home address. There will be an opportunity for these students to discuss their results with their subject teacher at the beginning of the autumn term.

Examination information

A few words from our Chaplain

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Beaulieu Chaplain’s comment and other news


This term we sadly say a fond farewell to several members of the Beaulieu family.

After an amazing 24 years working as our Finance Manager and a member of the Senior Management Team, Francia Serinet leaves us to retire. Francia has made a fantastic contribution to so many aspects of life at Beaulieu and will be sorely missed. We wish her a long and happy retirement and hope she enjoys a well-earned rest and quality time with her family.

Theresa Taylor also leaves us to take up a new teaching post after 13 years teaching in the Primary School and, more recently, leading the Beliefs and Values Team in the Secondary School. She will be missed by her B&V students and by her colleagues throughout the School and we thank her for her long service and commitment to helping students achieve their best in both the Primary and Secondary Schools. We hope she enjoys her new post as Head of Key Stage at FCJ.

We also say goodbye to Sophie Renouf, who has just completed a very successful year as a Graduate Assistant. We wish her good luck as she begins the Graduate Teacher Training Programme in Jersey and hope she has a long and successful teaching career in the future.

We also send our good luck wishes to Julie Curran, Suzanne Coxshall and Vanessa

McGrath who have all taught in the School over the past 12 months; Julie as an English Supply teacher, Suzanne as a part-time French and Spanish teacher and Vanessa as a trainee Maths teacher. We wish them well in their future endeavours and thank them for the valuable contributions that they have made to our School community.

Welcome to…In September 2016, we welcome the following new staff members:

Dee Shirley takes over from Francia Serinet and will be working in our Finance office.

Dr Paul Rowan joins the Beliefs and Values team as Head of Department and takes over from Theresa Taylor.

Brian Springthorpe joins us from Les Quennevais to teach French and German.

Finally, Jennie Teal will join the English Department.

We hope that they all settle quickly into the Beaulieu family and enjoy many happy years working with us here at Beaulieu.

Teacher status for Vanessa McGrathCongratulations to Vanessa McGrath who gained qualified teacher status after successfully completing her final assessment. Special thanks to Mr Neil Egerton and the Maths Department who have supported her throughout the year and given her the guidance necessary to make the progress that she has made. Thanks also to Mr William Whitehead who has helped with several formal observations.

The Beaulieu Parent Consultative Council was set up in 2012 and is a volunteer body of parents who represent parents from each year and run a consultative group. It provides parents with a voice to discuss ideas and share issues with School representatives in order to support and enhance our children’s learning, improve the School and strengthen the Beaulieu Community.

An overview of key agenda items discussed this year have been:

New policiesPolicies have been updated to reflect the changing world and the challenges our girls face. Our anti-bullying policy will include cyber bullying with the focus on resilience, to ensure both students’ wellbeing and academic success. We are also looking to set up a Sixth Form led peer support team.

Appeal, Fiscal position and fee proposalsA focus last year was not putting revenue from fees into capital expenditure. To date we have raised £400,000 through the Appeal, which has really made a massive difference, allowing revenue from fees to be spent on front line teaching.

Feedback on the 8 week Parenting Course delivered by Dr Graham Ramsden.Attendance was excellent and feedback has been incredible. We are at the forefront of this approach for schools and are also working at training staff. We have always been viewed as an ‘outstanding caring school’ by Ofsted and to stay excellent in this field is absolutely essential.

Parent FeedbackRecently a whole Island survey took place in relation to staff in education and all schools. Beaulieu came out very strong, reporting excellent behaviour, excellent support from the home and a huge percentage of staff who were happy and proud to do their job in comparison to other schools.

Summer 2015 examination resultsA Levels were the best ever results with 40% A* and As and 87.7% A* to Cs. This shows fantastic progress and the best A Level results in the Channel Isles. The solely academic approach won’t suit everyone so we will be increasing our focus on BTEC, which are much more practical and less exam focused.

IT In terms of IT focused achievements; we are the first school to introduce Windows 10. We also use chrome books, which are very cost effective.

The Duke of Edinburgh award scheme This has been restructured with the focus being on Year 9 for Bronze, and Year 12 for Gold.

If you have anything you would like to discuss, or have raised at a Parent Council meeting, please email either me on [email protected], your year representative, or contact Natasha Gaudin on [email protected]

Please do not hesitate to let us hear your thoughts and views, as we are here to listen.

Finally I would like to thank all the Beaulieu Parent Council, the Trustees, Senior Management Team, past pupils, parents, School representatives and Natasha Gaudin (Head of the Beaulieu Foundation) for volunteering and giving all their time and dedication to ensure that Beaulieu continues to inspire and deliver excellence in all areas.

Sue May Chairperson, Parent Consultative Council

Mr Toal playing his part for Holy WeekOn the Tuesday of Holy Week, the Primary School re-enacted Palm Sunday, Christ's entry into Jerusalem, with our Chaplain, Marta, reading from the Gospel. With the help of a four-legged friend walking along side our Head of Learning Centre, Mr. Toal (taking the role of Jesus), the children waved palms and cried out 'Hosanna,' thus setting the scene for the rest of our Holy Week liturgies.

Goodbyes and Welcomes!

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Update from the Parent Consultative Council 2015/2016

Message from the Bursar –

Pease note that as of September 2016, the School will no longer accept the payment of cash for School fees.

Beaulieu Chaplain’s comment and other news


On Saturday 4th June, the Class of '83 reunited at the Grand Hotel for lunch, to celebrate our upcoming 50th birthdays and time at School, as well as to reminisce about the sights and sounds of Beaulieu and our teenage years.

We were Bernadette Cooper’s (then Rebours), first ever class when she returned to Beaulieu after graduating as a teacher from University.

Wendy Channing organised the entire event, ensuring a DVD with all the sights and sounds of the 80's played on a big screen in the restaurant, as well as providing party bags of retro sweets.

A few couldn’t be there in person but managed to stay in contact during the event via the powers of technology.

Attendees were:

• Wendy Channing

• Amanda Johnson (née Slous)

• Anya Staunton (née Schmidt)

• Anna Stephens (née Maccioni)

• Angela Venticinque

• Louisa Balcome (née Bailey)

• Siobhan Mallet

• Kate Lamy (née Inman)

• Margaret Jobson (née O'Keefe)

• Maria Sophianou

• Sally Rogan

• Ginette Butler (née Vatel)

• Stephanie Marett (née Winder)

Attending via technology:

• Teresa Kis (née Jacklin), living in Cairns, Australia

• Tracey Nelson (née Marveot), living in California, USA

• Susan McNiece (née Murray), living in Arkansas, USA

Such a good time was had by all that a further date is being planned for later on in the year.

Summer Soaking Stocks Day

Congratulations to past pupil, Jessica Pringle, and her husband Dan on the birth of Effemy Florence Belle, born on 27th January 2016, weighing 9lb 11oz. A very welcome sister for Ebony (10), Liberty (8) and Serenity (5).

Class of ‘83 Reunion by Stephanie Marett (née Winder)

Jessica Pringle (née Hounsome)

Class of 1997

On a rainy lunchtime in June, The Beaulieu Foundation ran a hugely popular Summer Soaking Stocks Day.

Students from Pre-School right up to our Sixth Form (and many staff members!) joined in the fun by throwing wet sponges and, in some cases, full buckets of water at the brave and willing staff members who kindly volunteered for a soaking.

Hotdogs and popcorn were sold on the day and the atmosphere was fantastic. The event proved very popular and raised £700 for The Foundation.

Mrs Firby

Mrs Cooper

Miss Jones

Pre-School throwing wet sponges

Beaulieu Foundation and past pupil news


What are you doing now?I’m currently Head of Project Communications for Atkins, a global engineering consultancy. I’ve worked in their Transportation division for nearly 9 years now, working my way up from Communications Manager to Head of PR, looking after corporate communications and I now work on the client facing side of the business working for, and with, organisations such as Highways England, HS2 Ltd and National Grid.

I gained a BA in English Literature and Journalism and then a PGDip in Journalism and PR, both from Cardiff University and these led me straight to a nearly 20 year career in PR and communications. Prior to Atkins I worked for a range of organisations both as an in-house and agency side PR and communications specialist.

I’m also married to a journalist who I met at a press conference about 12 years ago, and we have two little boys, Felix and Theo. We live in the beautiful English Surrey hills with the children, two cats and lots and lots of bicycles!

What is your favourite memory of Beaulieu?Sitting on the steps by the tennis courts, singing Extreme’s ‘More than words’ a cappella – perfecting our “sound”. I think by Upper Sixth we’d just about nailed it. And all the plays and pantomimes we did.

Are you in touch with your old School friends?Yes, loads of them! Even though I’ve not lived on the Island for 20 years we still make sure to meet up whenever we can for dinner or drinks, and even with all the children if we have to! The arrival of Facebook has, of course, made this so much easier and we can all share photos and chat whenever we want to, no matter where we all are in the world.

What's your greatest achievement to date?Other than juggling a full time job and two children, I’m really proud of the work I do to help my clients communicate and engage with customers. I work in engineering, and whilst that may sound quite dull, we are looking at how we can influence drivers’ behaviours on the roads by better understanding how humans work – particularly how a brain processes information and colour and how we respond to things emotionally. It’s a whole new area for me and whilst moving away from my traditional public relations background, it has opened up a whole new career route to me.

What were your ambitions when you were at School? Have you managed to achieve them?I knew I always wanted to work in the media – and whilst I wasn’t too sure what that really entailed, I was keen to make the most of the acting and public speaking training I’d gained whilst at Beaulieu (thanks Mrs Hamon!). So pursuing journalism and PR seemed like the right option for me and I’ve had great fun broadcasting on radio and TV, as well as writing for magazines and newspapers, representing the interests of all sorts of different clients.

In the Hot SeatEach term we will be speaking to a Beaulieu past pupil about their memories of the School and what they are up to now.

This term’s Hot Seat candidate is Louisa Perry (née Bellée), Class of 1995.

Louisa Perry

“ It’s a whole new area for me and whilst moving away from my traditional public relations background, it has opened up a whole new career route to me.”

Beaulieu Foundation and past pupil news

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