Week Beginning 24th March 2014 Week B
Well what a fantastic week!
Received, as suspected, a phone call at 2.30 on Tuesday
18th from Ofsted informing us that they would be in St. Boniface’s
College the following day. Nothing like a phone call from Ofsted to focus the
mind I can tell you. The inspector spent two days with us and observed lots of
lessons with the focus being on progress since the full Ofsted inspection last
June. Staff and students were brilliant and I want to take this opportunity to
thank them all. As with all things linked with Ofsted we now wait for the
formal feedback. This was not a full inspection report where parental
viewpoints will be sought, but a monitoring visit so we will not officially be
out of our category just yet. I am afraid I am not allowed to comment at this
stage on the likely findings as we have to wait about 10 days for them to
publish on the Ofsted website. Please rest assured as soon as we are made aware
of the findings you will have a copy. The inspector did say that with reports
such as these there are only two headline statements that can be made, both are
less than inspiring!
“ The College is making reasonable progress” or
“The College is not making reasonable progress”.
We believe our College has come an awful long way since
the last inspection and firmly believe that this will be reflected in the
formal report.
St. Boniface’s College is due to become part of the multi
academy trust, the Catholic and Anglican Schools Trust, CAST on April 1st.
As far as we are all aware this is still on course and we are all very excited
to become part of a far wider Catholic community with closer links with both
primary and secondary schools.
I
was fortunate enough to attend the Station Mass at St
Peter's on Wednesday evening, with Bishop Mark. Thanks to those students who
were involved. It was lovely to see:
John-Jo : Altar Server
Daniel : Readings
Harry and Jack : Musicians
Looking to the future - I was very pleased to see that
St. Boniface College pupils in years 10 and 11, as well as those in post 16
studies, were able to go to attend a University information event at Westpoint in
Exeter this week. Raising aspirations and fulfilling dreams is also a huge part
of education. I know that all those who attended valued the day.
Also looking ahead, I am very pleased to be able to say
that we have now placed an order with a local furniture supplier to provide us
with items that will make a significant improvement to the post 16 study area
for the week after Easter. Painters and decorators are in over the Easter break
and once they have finished the new furniture, as selected by post 16 students,
will be fitted. This forms phase 1 of our post 16 refurbishments. Phase 2 – the
refurbishment of the post 16 common room, is programmed to occur over the
Summer hols. These facilities along with our recent WiFi installation for our
post 16 students will hopefully indicate to this group of students, as well as
those thinking of joining us for their post 16 studies, how important we
believe they are.
CAFOD
Bake Sale
£74 was raised at the bake sale in Miss Sandford’s. Much thanks
needs to go to Matthew and his family
for his generous contributions and fabulous tasting onion bhajis!
Mr. Davies
Held at OPM King George V playing fields in Elburton. (March
14th)
St. Boniface’s won 6 out of 7 games.
Schools they beat were: Plymstock/Coombe
Dean/Eggbuckland/Ridgeway/Lipson/All Saints.
Great tries from: Chris H. (9), John B. (14), Ali R. (11), Zac G.
(12) and Tom Mc. (4)
We are now through to the county finals at Exeter on March 28th.
Mr Weaver
Year 7
A very busy week for the community of St
Boniface’s this week! I would like to personally congratulate the Year 7
students for their impeccable behaviour during the week. Nothing unusual for
the year group, however the boys conducted themselves so perfectly. I was
extremely proud.
The year 7 assembly this week was on the
theme of St. Patrick and St Patrick’s Day. It was lovely to share some old
fables with the students and work out if they were true or false! We ended with
some lovely Irish blessings and 7E’s tutor group, thanks to the influence of
Miss Heduvan, treated us to the sign of the cross in Irish! We very much look
forward to 7V’s assembly next week.
I am very pleased to report that our
fantastic Year 7 football team won their matches on Tuesday evening. They had a
fixture against Sir John Hunt and won 2:0 and against Lipson and had an
incredible score of 6:0! Well done to the whole team for their great effort and
particularly to Taylor, Sam, Kieran and JJ for scoring the goals! Well Done
boys!
To continue the extremely high standards that Year 7 demonstrate, please can I ask parents to make a note of the following;
·
Students should adhere to the hair and uniform requirements at all
times. Please ensure that the correct outer wear garments are being used
(particularly with the adverse weather conditions currently). Students should
only be wearing black or navy blue coats, thank you.
·
Mobile phones should not be on during the school day. They should
be switched off and in bags so that learning is not disturbed.
·
Home learning should be completed for all subjects in a timely
manner. Please can parents insist on checking planners and guiding the
students with organisation.
·
Please can parents ensure their son has a reading book in his bag every
day to support our reading scheme. This is to further help and improve
literacy standards whereby all students will undertake 30 minutes of silent
reading each day.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Miss Beales
Another busy week has come and gone! Top of the list for
congratulations this week are the boys who featured in the rugby team in the
recent Plymouth and West Devon competition. They only lost one game all day and
that was to the eventual winners, DHS. Having claimed the runner-up spot they
now travel to Exeter next Friday for the Devon finals day. Very well done!
Congratulations to the twenty-five boys from our Year
group who represented the school so well at Monday’s Festival of Sport held at
Marjons. They were excellent ambassadors!
Good luck to Toby M. who is competing for Sport Relief in
a mini-triathlon at the Life Centre on Saturday. Toby has to swim 1 mile, run 3
miles and cycle 7 miles. Well done to him for supporting such a good cause.
Well done to Lewis C. who is travelling to Buckingham
Palace next month with the Marine Cadets. He tells me that he is really looking
forward to the trip which includes a stay at a very nice hotel! I’m sure that
he’s going to have a great story to tell on his return!
Finally, a reminder again that we have a parent-teacher evening on Tuesday 1st
April, 1540-1830, during which time you can meet with your son’s subject
teachers. A letter is on its way and the boys will have a booking sheet to fill
in. Please check that they have made appointments with teachers who you wish to
speak to.
Mr. Tucker
Year
9
Well that was another full on week, with the visit of
Ofsted for a monitoring visit coming at short notice, teachers could be seen beavering
away burning the midnight oil ensuring everything was in order for our visit
and that we were ready to show everybody the truth and demonstrate how good we
really are, and to that end can I thank the year 9 boys for their contribution,
I know I have a great bunch of lads in my year group and it was really nice for
them to demonstrate it to everybody else. Well Done and thanks again lads, keep
it up and your merits will come flying in.
Thank you to Miss Sandford and 9B for their cake sale
raising money for CAFOD- always a good cause -and thank you to Matthew for the
poster he designed promoting the event, I hear rumours of a possible football
tournament watch this space.
Mrs. Mcloughlin
Mr Neethling arranged for the Devon & Somerset Fire
Brigade to deliver an informative and shocking assembly about the dangers of
playing with fire. Though upsetting in parts, the presentation was
well-received by staff and students alike, and allowed us to reflect upon the
importance of fire safety.
A big ‘well done’ the those Year 10 students who are
behaving well in lessons. We’re tackling low-level disruption quickly,
and removing those students who are holding back the learning of others. This
important intervention reduces the detrimental impact on student progress and
allows us to support those who are disruptive to curb their behaviours.
I was proud of the Year 10 students (and Year 11 &
12!) who joined us at the UCAS University Fair at Westpoint Exeter on Wednesday. The boys were
exemplarily behaved and ambassadors for the College. They gathered a
great deal of information for their possible future career paths. All in
all a fantastic day.
Mr Scott
The UCAS fair at Exeter University went ahead
successfully this Thursday, without any problems. Mr Tew, the Director of Sixth Form, commented
to me that the year 11 boy’s behaviour for the whole day was impeccable and they
were a credit to their school. Dr
Summers will be sending out an invitation letter to you next week inviting you
to attend the Awards and Celebration evening, on the 6th May 2014 at
St Peter’s Church.
Please remind your son to place his order for his leavers
hoody by the end of next week as we will be finalising the year group order by Friday.
It has finally been decided that all year 11 boys will
have the opportunity to go to Alton Towers as an end of year 11 reward and
celebration of their time at St Boniface’s , on the same day as the school’s
curriculum enrichment day is being held which will be in July. Further details will follow shortly.
Mock exams are once again around the corner. Parents if
you could please encourage your sons to do some revision, this will be their
final opportunity to impress prior to the real things!
Monday
31st March
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0850 –
1105
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English
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2 hours
15 minutes
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1135
- 1250
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Maths
Paper 1 (non-Calculator paper)
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1 hour
45 minutes
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Tuesday
1st April
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0850 –
1035
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Maths
paper 2 (Calculator paper)
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1 hour
45 minutes
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1135 -
1305
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Religious
Studies paper
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1 hour
30 minutes
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Mr Redfern
Year 11 Intervention
timetable both week A and B
Lunch time
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After school 3.30 pm – 4.30 pm
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Monday
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Maths (all teachers to provide an intervention group)
Geography
DT
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French
English ( Mr Trimmer )
English (Mrs Davison) 11O
English (Mr Evans) drop in for all
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Tuesday
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Geography
DT
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Wednesday
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Maths
Geography
PE
DT
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Science
Drama
French
Art
ICT
English ( Mrs Davison) 11O
English (Mr Evans) drop in for all
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Thursday
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Science
Geography
DT
RE (11O only drop in)
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Geography
History
French
German
English (Mrs Davison) 11O
English (Mr Evans) drop in for all
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Friday
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Maths (drop in only) Mr Allerton
Geography
DT
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RE
English (Mrs Davison) 11O
English (Mr Evans) drop in for all
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Interventions
happening during timetabled lessons
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English – ‘Master classes’
students withdrawn during timetabled lessons for targeted interventions every
Thursday 8.50 am – 4.30 pm
with Ms Lowman.
English -Plymouth University P2 only Wednesday
groups of six students.
Maths – Miss J Gimblett
students extracted from lessons to attend intervention lessons every Monday.
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Post
16
An interesting week in the sixth form area.
Can I mention the stress and anxiety that some students
are feeling over their examinations in the Summer. It is normal to feel some
stress but if it is beginning to impact on your daily life then we need to act
as a community and look at some form of solution. A number of students are
feeling this way, as are a number of parents. The expectations and pressure is
huge on students who feel their whole life or future revolves around the
results. We will be here to support you as a person whatever your results and
help you sort out your future. We want the best for you as a person and if you
have tried your hardest and followed the advice given then you will do well and
we will celebrate with you. If you are still feeling anxious then come and talk
to the sixth form team, or email me. If parents are anxious then we can talk
the issues through as it is an important partnership where we all want the same
outcome. The website Mindfull.org offers free advice etc.
Friday was our Year 12 versus Year 13 football match for
Sport Relief; the winners again were the Lower Sixth. I would sack the Upper
Sixth Manager as he has a 100% losing record. Thanks to Joe for his awareness
of tactics that led to the win for the Lower Sixth.
Mr Tew
Week B
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Monday
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Library
lunch time – quiz for years 7, 8, 9
Christian
Union – lunchtime – C Rogers – Chapel
Geography
clinic – lunch – K Beales
Fitness
club – lunch
Year 7
& 8 basketball (after school)
School
play - Lord of the Flies – after school - P Trimmer
Learning
for life centre – lunch time – card club – D Grieve
Library
after school – extended learning – 15:20 – 16:20
Film
club – lunchtime – C Redfern
Maths
drop in sessions – lunch – N Allerton
REwind
– lunchtime – E Heduvan
French
revision – after school – J McFarland
Art
homework catch-up – lunchtime – J Wills
Year 7
music club – D Ousey
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Tuesday
|
Learning
for life centre – lunch time – card club – D Grieve
Film
club – lunchtime – C Redfern
KS3
badminton – lunch
Drama
club – lunch – P Trimmer
Instrumental
opportunity – D Ousey, C Crossman
Geography
clinic – lunch – K Beales
REwind
– lunchtime – E Heduvan
Art
homework catch-up – lunchtime – J Wills
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Wednesday
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Library
lunch time – careers club for all years
Learning
for life centre – lunch time – card club – D Grieve
REwind
– lunchtime – E Heduvan
Geography
clinic – lunch – K Beales
Maths
drop in sessions – lunch – N Allerton
Library
after school – extended learning – 15:20 – 16:20
Film
club – lunchtime – C Redfern
Fitness
club – lunch
Years 9
and 10 basketball (after school)
School
play - Lord of the Flies – after school - P Trimmer
Guitar
club – D Ousey
German
revision/intervention – after school – W Neethling
Art
homework catch-up – lunchtime – J Wills
Philosophy
club – after school – C Sandford
Games
club – lunchtime – K Gosling’s room – Mrs Williamson-Firth
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Thursday
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Library
after school – extended learning – 15:20 – 16:20
REwind
– lunchtime – E Heduvan
Fitness
club – lunch
KS3
table tennis – after school
Wind
band – D Ousey
Geography
clinic – lunch – K Beales
Learning
for life centre – lunch time – card club – D Grieve
Art
club after school – K Gosling
Careers
club – lunchtime – room 109 – R Hudson – CV writing, interview techniques
Film
club – lunchtime – C Redfern
Art
homework catch-up – lunchtime – J Wills
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Friday
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Library
after school – extended learning – 15:20 – 16:20
Film
club – lunchtime – C Redfern
KS4
badminton – lunch
GCSE
music – D Ousey
Android
club – lunch – years 9-11 – W Neethling
Geography
clinic – lunch – K Beales
Maths
drop in sessions – lunch – N Allerton
REwind
– lunchtime – E Heduvan
Art
homework catch-up – lunchtime – J Wills
RE
revision after school – 15:20 – 16:20 – E Heduvan
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God of
mystery, God of love, on this feast of the Annunciation, We give thanks for the
faith of Mary, who was open to all that you asked of her. Help us to open our
hearts to you and that we may grow in faith and love.
Through Jesus your Son.
Amen
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