Hello everybody and welcome to my Blog for this week.
Our thoughts and prayers are with all our students both
GCSE and A level who are sitting exams. The Year 11 boys tell me that things
are going well to date so we are all encouraged. Speaking of Year 11, there
appears to be a drop off in lesson attendance now that the exams have actually
begun. Whilst I can understand this could I please remind everyone that
teachers are available as normal for all year 11 lessons – I would hate for any
students to miss out on the few extra marks that could make the difference of a
grade because they missed a lesson. As long as parents are happy that hard work
is taking place at home and that this is the best way forward then I am happy –
these young men should now be mature enough to make such decisions and live
with the potential consequences, we are here to help!
Could I please remind parents once again of the two
forthcoming school training days on June 2nd and June 20th.
School will be closed for all except those taking examinations on both days.
The College had a regular pupil progress check meeting
last week and I am very pleased to be able to report that there is significant
academic improvement in all year groups compared to last year. This is a great
reflection on all the hard work the students and staff have been putting in
over the year to date. Well done to all.
Could I also thank Daniel H. and the post 16 leadership
team for all they have done for not only the present post 16 pupils and the
College but also for all their hard work over the post 16 study area and common
room. Many students into the forthcoming years will benefit. I am very pleased
to announce that Tim H, Dan’s deputy last year, has been appointed as Head Boy
for this forthcoming year. He has a good team around him, also recently
appointed, and I am looking forward to working with them in the future. How
about a sports hall lads?
Please do not forget our 150th Celebration
Dinner at Plymouth Albion on June 27th. Tickets are available from
R. Hudson at the College,
Plymouth school’s athletic
'super 8' competition
Venue - Brickfields
Year 8/9 boys and girls.
Team of 16 (8 girls from ND and 8 boys from SBC)
We came 2nd out of 5 schools and this now qualifies us for the
county championships which is to be held on the 25th June.
“Awesome day”
John B - 2nd Long Jump/2nd 100m
Rusiate T - 2nd in shot putt
Kobie C - 2nd high jump /2nd 300m
Ali R - 3rd high jump / 2nd hurdles
Lewis G - 2nd 300m
Team of 8 girls and boys - won the medley race. (4x100 into
2x200 into 2x400)
Well Done to all – team photo below!
Mr Weaver.
HMS Heroes photo
Year 7
Finally a nice bit of sunshine to head into
the weekend.
This week’s assembly was delivered by from Mr
Ramage and Miss Heduvan. We got to see some very exciting video footage of
Casey Stoner and how passionate he was at always trying to be the best that he
could be as a MotoGP rider. We discussed imagining how things could be and how
he used this passion and drive to focus on each race. Thank you for the lovely
assembly Mr Ramage and Miss Heduvan, I think many of the Year 7’s walked away,
in awe of such a great sport.
Next week we have our very exciting
Celebration assembly where we have the opportunity to reward the Year 7
students for their achievements. I very much look forward to giving out lots of
certificates and prizes.
As a year group we were very excited to hear
that Miss Heduvan got engaged last weekend! Congratulations from all of Year 7!
I am concerned with the amount of Year 7
students who are starting to try and bend the rules on uniform. It is expected
that all students have the correct uniform and look smart at all
times. I know there are occasions where some of the older boys may be seen
not sticking to this rule, but I know that their Head of Year is just as strict
and on to them, as much as I am! My year group is something I am so proud of
and hope, that with your parental support, we can nip this in the bud before it
gets out of hand. One of the main issues I have, is appropriate footwear.
Students should have leather school shoes and not black trainers. Thank
you for your continued support.
To continue the extremely high standards that Year 7 demonstrate,
please can I also ask parents to make a note of the following;
·
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, sunshine-filled
weekend!
Miss Beales
Year
8
Thanks to 8G who led our assembly so well last week on
the theme of inspirational people. We heard about a wide range of people from
the very humble to the very famous. It was particularly interesting to hear
about those people who are closest to us in our daily life who provide a
fantastic example to us and who encourage us towards living better and using
our talents. Thanks to Mr Lord for organising things so well. Ali R. was
presented with a certificate for being the top student in a young officials’
course where he was learning to be a football referee. Ali gained the ‘top
whistle’ award!
Well done to Lewis E., who reports that his football team
beat AFC Plympton 4-2 in a recent cup final. Ben B. tells me that he is playing
cricket for the Luckett 2nd team, an adult team, as well as playing
for Cornwood U13. Excellent work!
Jack B. reports that his scout group have just completed
an adventure training competition across the moors in which they finished 8th
out of 19. They got lost apparently but were organised enough to get back on
track pretty quickly. Well done to him!
Mr Weaver took a group of students to Brickfields during
the week which included Ali R. and John B. from our Year group. They were
taking part in a ‘Super 8’ athletics competition in which they finished
runners-up. This means that they have qualified for the County finals on the 25th
June. John was 2nd in both the long jump and the 100m while Ali
finished 2nd in the hurdles and 3rd in the high jump.
Well done to both of them!
In counting up all the achievement points on the system
this week, the Year group have amassed 3,227 points which is fantastic! Well
done to all!
Mr. Tucker
Right on cue, as the exam
season starts the sun makes an appearance, let’s hope it stays.
This week saw students from
Mr Scott’s computer science class attend a workshop at the Apple store in the
mall working on various multimedia projects; by all accounts they had a good
time, Alusché was quoted as saying “it was amazing”, they were all happy to
come away with a free tee shirt and USB wrist band.
Another group, travelled to
Pennycross School to work with their students and a few from Shakespeare
Primary together with Wren music on the Sing Music Project, this is building
towards a performance at Plymouth Pavilion’s later in the summer – date to
follow.
Congratulations to Marcelo
who was the proud winner of a Kindle Fire for all his hard work in amassing
over 100 merits last term, who will be this terms luck winner.
Again, just a reminder, that
all students should be wearing their blazers at all times unless, given
permission by the Head to remove it – Non Blazer Day, we need to keep up
standards.
On that note, I am off to
enjoy the good weather and I hope you will to, until next week, stay safe.
Mrs. Mcloughlin
The Year 11 students have now started their GCSEs,
meaning the one-year countdown has now begun. Year 10 students need to
remain dedicated and focussed on their studies, revise their work regularly and
prepare for the upcoming mock examinations in June. This week will give
students the chance to experience the GCSE atmosphere first-hand. They will sit
their exams in the gym and be expected to bring suitable equipment.
I was very proud of the Year 10 students receiving awards
at last week’s KS4 Awards Evening. It is always a special moment to reflect on
the hard work the boys put in and recognise how far they have come over their
time at St Boniface’s so far.
With paintball next week, half term the week after and
work experience the week following it, the coming weeks are busy for Year 10
and the pastoral team.
Please ensure your son is signed up for an activity for
Celebration Day – this is a whole school event that requires each student to
take part in a group.
Mr Scott
Year
11
Good
luck to all and remember – the harder you work the easier things become!
Mr Davies
Post
16
Good
luck to all taking their AS and A2 examinations!
There is a St.
Boniface’s College Celebration day for students on 14th July.
We are very
pleased to have been asked to attend the Edmund Rice conference in Manchester
on 20th June. 6 members of the post 16 leadership team along with Mr Tew will be
present on our behalf. Further details to follow.
Sports day takes
place on 4th July and the
support of the Sports Leaders and post 16 students will be needed please.
Mr Tew
Lord, we pray
For justice and peace in our world.
We pray, too, that those
who use violence as a weapon
may be touched
by the reaction of people
who have been hurt by violence.
Influence each of us, Lord,
to bring justice and peace
to our own part of the world this day.
Amen
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