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9/9/2016 Becket Keys Church of England School 3 rd November 2017 OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE JUSTIN WELBY BUILDING IN THIS ISSUE Mr Scott-Evans writes… By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established.” Proverbs 24 v 3 This week we officially opened the Justin Welby Building. The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell Lord Bishop of Chelmsford came to lead the service. Bishop Stephen prayed for the school and our students and staff. He went to bless each and every classroom and spent time talking with students and staff. Canon Paul Hamilton joined Bishop Stephen in the service and brought with him some words from Terry Waite CBE: “I am so sorry that other engagements prevent me from being with you today but I would like to send you my very best wishes for the future. Those young people who will occupy this new building will be preparing to enter a difficult and complex world that is full of challenges. That can be both daunting and exciting. Do your best to prepare yourselves fully in your time here as you will need all the resources you can muster. Never forget that education is hard work but it can be fun. Enjoy your sixth form years. You only have them once in your life so make them good both for yourselves and for others.” Terry came to visit our school last year and was pleased to hear of our further development. A number of special guests joined us including Alex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and Ongar, Cllr Will Russell, Mayor of Brentwood and Cllr Ray Gooding, Cabinet Member for Education. Contd. on Page 2 Opening of Justin Welby Building Lovely celebration with Bishop Stephen and many friends and guests. Page 2 Year 11 Trip to Berlin Fascinating and life-changing trip for the Year 11 History students. Page 3 -4 Christmas Card Competition Details on how to enter, deadline for entries is Monday 6 th November. Page 6 Operation Shoebox We will be supporting this worthy cause again this year. Can we break the record of boxes sent? Page 6 Sports News Sporting opportunities and upcoming fixtures. Page 7

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9/9/2016

Becket Keys

Church of England

School

3rd November 2017

A BLESSI

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE JUSTIN WELBY BUILDING The

newsletter IN THIS ISSUE

Mr Scott-Evans writes… “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established.”

Proverbs 24 v 3

This week we officially opened the Justin Welby Building. The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell Lord Bishop of Chelmsford came to lead the service. Bishop Stephen prayed for the school and our students and staff. He went to bless each and every classroom and spent time talking with students and staff.

Canon Paul Hamilton joined Bishop Stephen in the service and brought with him some words from Terry Waite CBE:

“I am so sorry that other engagements prevent me from being with you today but I would like to send you my very best wishes for the future. Those young people who will

occupy this new building will be preparing to enter a difficult and complex world that is full of challenges. That can be both daunting and exciting. Do your best to prepare yourselves fully in your time here as you will need all the resources you can muster. Never forget that education is hard work but it can be fun. Enjoy your sixth form years. You only have them once in your life so make them good both for yourselves and for others.”

Terry came to visit our school last year and was pleased to hear of our further development.

A number of special guests joined us including Alex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and Ongar, Cllr Will Russell, Mayor of Brentwood and Cllr Ray Gooding, Cabinet Member for Education.

Contd. on Page 2

Opening of Justin Welby Building Lovely celebration with Bishop Stephen and many friends and guests.

Page 2

Year 11 Trip to Berlin

Fascinating and life-changing trip for the Year 11 History students.

Page 3 -4

Christmas Card Competition Details on how to enter, deadline for entries is Monday 6th November.

Page 6

Operation Shoebox We will be supporting this worthy cause again this year. Can we break the record of boxes sent?

Page 6

Sports News Sporting opportunities and upcoming fixtures. Page 7

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……Contd from Page 1

The Justin Welby Building is named after the current Archbishop of Canterbury and the chapel was named the Bishop John Wraw Chapel in the loving memory of our good friend and school governor. Bishop John’s wife Gillian was at the service and unveiled a plaque in the chapel.

There were readings and prayers led by students: Rejoice Lawal, Billy Brown, Bethany Hancox, Lucy Gunn and Brady Doyle. Wonderful musical contributions from Archie Mowatt on Piano, The Becket Keys Stage Band, The Becket Keys Gospel Choir and our Chamber Choir. It was a really beautiful service.

Flower presentations were made to Fran Stewart (RET) and Nina Chapman (Finance and Operations Manager) for all their work in supporting the new building including many many meetings to ensure the work was completed to the highest standard. A special presentation was also made to Richard Elms a member of RET's senior management team (and now the CEO of the Mellor Education Trust) who has been so fundamental to the school in securing additional funds for capital projects. Richard was given a glass plaque to record our thanks for his incredible work since the school’s very first inception stage.

We also recorded our thanks to Logan Construction and Innes Associates for their design and

construction expertise. The outcome is an incredible building for which we will remain truly grateful for many years to come.

For further details of the service, please see attached Order of Service. My final thanks go to Mrs Sharp who helped us bring together the different elements of this service. Her eye for detail and symbolism was perfect for such an occasion.

Of course, the work is never complete. We now turn our attention to our beautiful new playground and start to think about how we need to populate this new space with seating, shade, shelter and activities. I will be writing about this again soon!

Thanks for everyone’s support and prayers.

Mr Scott-Evans Head Teacher

Many thanks to Mr Ian Davidson for the photographs. ©www.iandavidsonphotography.com

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On a dark and chilly late October morning at 3.30am (!) Mr Goldstein, Miss Sandiford, Mr Thorpe and I were joined by thirty nine excited Year 11 history students to set off for what would prove to be an unforgettable trip to Berlin and Krakow. As someone who has visited Berlin on many occasions, I was eager to get back to the city that comprises so much of their GCSE module and this trip certainly did not disappoint!

After a delayed flight due to fog in Berlin, we arrived at the Meininger hotel at midday where we were met by Paula, our guide for both Berlin and Krakow. We

eagerly headed off to the Underground station (U-Bahn) for a short ride to the Alexanderplatz shopping mall for some much needed nourishment - aka McDonalds for the students and Currywurst for the staff.

Bellies now full, our trip began in earnest with the Berlin Wall Memorial, situated at the historic site on Bernauer Strasse. The memorial contains the last piece of the Berlin Wall and is thus able to convey an impression of how the border fortifications developed until the end of the 1980s. After a number of individual and group photographs, Paula took us for a walking tour on route back to the hotel for dinner. Some of the city’s most famous landmarks including the stunning Reichstag building and arguably Germany’s most famous monument, the Brandenburg Gate, were seen from close proximity as we learned about their history in the context of Hitler’s rise to power.

Day two began with a short coach ride to the visit the sombre Sachsenhausen concentration camp at Oranienburg. Sachsenhausen was a training centre for the feared SS and was intended to set a standard for other concentration camps, both in its design and the treatment of prisoners. Students explored the various locations inside the camp, like the command headquarters

and execution trench, and learned about Germany’s harsh treatment of “undesirables” during the rule of the Third Reich.

Later in the day, we visited the magnificent Olympiastadion, the current home of Hertha Berlin football club. Students learned how when the Nazis came to power in Germany (1933), they decided to use the Olympic Games in 1936 for propaganda purposes emphasising the might of the Third Reich. Staff and students alike were in awe at the sheer size and history of the stadium as we shown where black athlete Jesse Owens won his 4 Gold medals negating Hitler’s Aryan ideologies.

On returning to the city centre in the afternoon, students were given some time to eat and shop at the very glamorous Potsdamer Platz mall before another walking tour of the city taking in the iconic Jewish memorial, Hitler’s Bunker and the Topography of Terror museum to learn about

Year 11 – Trip to Berlin

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how the Third Reich’s effective use of the Gestapo and the SS.

Day three and students were up and out early for a nine hour journey to Krakow. Upon arrival and after discarding their luggage, students were taken to the main square to soak up the atmosphere and view some of the stunning architecture. Testament to this is the fact that during the Second World War, the Nazis decided they rather liked Krakow, so made it their home in a country whose population they wished to exterminate. While the rest of Poland was bombed, the old city was preserved.

The fourth day was for many the most memorable experience of the trip. One of the main reasons I decided to organise this trip was to visit Auschwitz. While I knew it would be difficult for some of the students, it was important to visit a place that had such a significant impact on history. Some of what I witnessed was truly heartbreaking and I could see on the faces of the students how much of an impact it had on them too. From the moment you walk

through the iconic main gate to the Auschwitz concentration camp and read the mocking sign “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work will make you free”) you get a real sense of the horror that over a million people experienced. It was upsetting to see the mass of hair, shoes and other personal items but perhaps the most traumatising moment was when we were taken into the only remaining gas chamber. The chamber is cramped, industrial, the walls dark and ceiling low and on the walls deep scratches show where people tried desperately to escape. More horror awaited in the next room - waist-high, open-mouthed ovens for burning the dead. Less than 10% of the 1.1 million who entered the camp walked out alive!

The last full day was spent visiting the Jewish district of Krakow. Students were given the opportunity to listen to an Auschwitz survivor whose deeply moving, personal story of the horrors she experienced was truly unbelievable. After a group photograph with our speaker we were off again for a walking tour of the wartime ghetto of Podgorze and Oskar Schindler’s Factory, then back to the main square via the University District, Wawel Hill and Kazimierz (the former Jewish quarter). Overall, another very busy day and students and staff alike took the opportunity to rest for an hour before dinner and a trip to the main shopping mall in Krakow for some much needed retail relaxation.

After 5 eventful days the journey back to England was a welcome relief. We took back some incredible memories that will live with us forever and I and the rest of the staff agreed what a privilege it was to be associated with such sensitive and mature young people and for that I’d like to finish by saying a big “thank you” to all involved!

Mr D Braniff Head Of History

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“The city of Berlin was a truly amazing place to visit. The vibrant new city was well integrated into its historic past and built with historical conservation in mind. This helped us all to understand the scale of everything that had happened in Germany following the exile of Kaiser Wilhelm.

I was taken aback by the imposing nature of the Reichstag building and the monolithic architecture of the Olympic stadium - something you cannot truly appreciate with a textbook.”

Peter Angeli

GCSE History Student

“My trip to Auschwitz, whilst harrowing, I felt was essential in helping me realise the extent of the damage caused during the holocaust by allowing me to see it with my own eyes, comparative to reading it in a text book. It also emphasised to me the importance of remembering such events as to prevent a genocide of such magnitude occurring again.”

Alfie Spencer GCSE History Student

NEW ! Year 7 and 8 Maths Challenge Club

STARTS MONDAY 13TH NOVEMBER

Are you in Year 7 or 8 and enjoy mathematics? Do you want to challenge yourself to improve by completing a variety of mathematical problems?

If this is for you, starting on Monday 13th November in J26 at lunchtime there will be a maths challenge club where you will have an opportunity to try puzzles and challenges set by organisations such as Cambridge University, UKMT and GCHQ.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your mathematics skills and show how good you are, and see if you can do better than Mr Tyson!

Each year, an army of volunteers distribute the iconic paper poppies throughout the nation, collecting donations in return to help support the vital work the British Legion do for the Armed Forces community. People wear the paper poppy on their chest as a symbol of Remembrance: to remember the fallen Service men and women killed in conflict.

A number of Remembrance events, such as Remembrance Sunday, are held during the Poppy Appeal to commemorate the fallen. Becket Keys have been invited to participate in the service at the Brentwood War Memorial on 10th November and Mrs. Sharp and six of our students will be representing the school.

You will be able to purchase a poppy at school next week.

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HELP US BREAK OUR PREVIOUS

RECORD!

How to pack a shoebox:

1. Get an empty medium sized shoebox, wrapping the lid and box separately in colourful wrapping paper. Attach the appropriate boy/girl label and the age category 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14 to the top of the shoebox.

2. Fill with a selection of gifts, fun toys, hygiene items and school supplies along with a ‘wow’ item such as a cuddly toy or deflated football and pump.

3. Make your shipping donation, online is best, you can then discover the destination of your box if you add the barcode supplied to the shoebox. Please donate £3 for each shoebox you send to cover the transportation costs. Alternatively put cash or cheque in an envelope on top of the contents of your box.

4. Pray for the child who will receive your box. You can put a

photograph, card or letter in there if you like.

5. Please bring your shoeboxes to Reception on the morning Wednesday 9TH November.

Find out more:

https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child

Gift Suggestions Cuddly toy or doll, skipping rope or small puzzle.Pens, pencils, crayons, ink pad sets, writing pads or colouring books, solar calculators or picture books. Toothbrush and toothpaste, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel.

Hat, cap, gloves or scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, wrapped sweets (best-before-date must be at least March of the following year).

Please DO NOT include - used or damaged items, war related items such as toy guns, play soldiers or knives; chocolate or other food items; liquids or lotions of any type including bubbles; medicines; hand-made or knitted stuffed toys; anything of a political, racial or religious nature; sharp objects; glass containers, mirrors or fragile items; playing cards of the 4-suit variety; clothing other than as listed above.

Christmas Card Competition

Remember that the entries for the Becket Keys Christmas Card Competition are due in on Monday 6th November.

Entry should be A5 portrait or landscape.

Colour or black & white

Use pencils, pen or paint.

No text to be included please.

No computer images

No glitter or stickers.

Designs that reflect our Christian ethos are particularly encouraged.

Operation Chistmas Child Shoebox Appeal

If you would like the chance to complete the World Challenge next year then you are in luck! A place has become available. Please contact Miss Gill as soon as you can if you wish to take up this opportunity!

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Year 7 & 8

Netball

On Thursday 2nd November the Year 7 and Year 8 netball teams travelled to Ormiston Rivers Academy. Both teams played incredibly well, showing great sportsmanship and teamwork skills. I felt proud of the girls that came to play and thought that they represented the values of Becket Keys beautifully. The skills being demonstrated were of a high level which we will continue to work on at the weekly training sessions.

This was this first time the Year 7 netball team had played against another school and the team looked strong. I am excited to see how this team is going to progress over the coming games.

YEAR 8 11 - 2 win (player of the match- Sarah Esho) YEAR 7 11 – 0 win (player of the match – Lucy O’Hare)

If you are keen on playing netball for the school, please make sure you are attending the training sessions. We will select the team from these people. We will have more games coming up so this is an opportunity to play in a match.

See you at training!

Miss S. Ellis Head of Year 7

Badminton There will be another girls’ badminton trial for Years 7-11 at lunchtime on Monday 6th November. If your daughter missed out today then please encourage her to come along on Monday. Becket Keys have a tournament on Tuesday against other schools and we are looking to put forward a strong team.

This is an opportunity to compete for your school in a NATIONAL competition! Contact the PE department for more information.

Sports News

Upcoming Fixtures

Monday 13th

Nov:

Year 8 Girls’ Basketball v Moulsham (h)

Year 11 Netball v Boswells (a)

Tuesday 14th

Nov:

Year 7 Football v Ormiston (h)

Year 11 Netball v SJP (h)

Year 8 Basketball v GBHS (h)

Year 7 Girls Basketball Tournament (at

St Martins)

Wednesday 15th

Nov:

Years 7-12 Boys’ Swimming Gala (at Brentwood School)

Thursday 16th

Nov:

Year 7 Girls’ Basketball v Boswells (h)

Year 9 Football v Shenfield (h)

Friday 17th

Nov

Year 8 Football Tournament (at Plume)

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

YEAR 8

SUBJECT CONSULTATION EVENING

WEDNESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER

*

YEAR 12

CONSULTATION EVENING

THURSDAY 23RD NOVEMBER

*

FOBK ANNUAL BALL

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

*

FOBK CHRISTMAS TREE PICK UP

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER

*

CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT WITH THE IMPERIAL BAND

TUESDAY 12TH DECEMBER

*

SCHOOL CHRISTMAS LUNCH

THURSDAY 14TH DECEMBER

*

LAST DAY OF TERM

WEDNESDAY 20TH DECEMBER

Becket Keys

Church of England School Sawyers Hall Lane Brentwood , Essex CM15 9DA 01277 28660 [email protected]

www.becketkeys.org

Twitter: @BecketKeys

@BecketKeys6th

@MrScottEvans