We were delighted to welcome to Assembly this week Colin Ellis, the Chair of The Rotary Club of Severn Vale, together with Martin Greaves from The Rotary Club. Rotary Clubs across the world are raising $200m to eradicate the disease polio from all countries in the world. The School Council agreed that this would be a charity that the school supported this term and we were able to hand over a cheque to The Rotary Club for £1,080.15. This will be sufficient to provide life saving injections to over 5,000 children in the developing world. Thank you to all of the school community who supported the fund raising day.
Following the very positive response to our initial consultation on forming a Trust we have now published the detailed proposals on our website. We propose to form a partnership with Harewood Junior School, Grange Primary School, the University of Gloucestershire, NHS Gloucestershire, Mid Counties Cooperative Society and NCH Action for Children. We believe that this partnership would have real benefits for both our pupils and their families across all three schools. The Governors of each school will make a final decision at the end of June about the Trust. We will keep you updated in our next newsletter in July.
Reminder -
End of Term 5 - Friday 28th May 2010 - 3.15pm
Start of Term 6 - Monday 7th June 2010 - 8.30am
Year 8 Rugby League Winners
The Year 8 Rugby League team participated in the annual Rugby League Festival held in Cheltenham and managed to win a trophy for the first time. Beaufort topped the group stage with some hard fought victories against local rivals Crypt and Severn Vale, whilst drawing against a physical Dene Magna side. In a tough competition the Year 8 boys managed to beat The Crypt School in the final by 5 tries to 4. It took an extra time winning try from Jordan Douglas. The win is a testament to how hard they have worked as a team throughout Year 8. Jordan Hancock was also awarded player of the tournament for his consistent performances in each game.
Squad—Gavin Deane, Brandon Parsons, Cofie Embrey, Jordan Hancock, Jordan Douglas, Aden Smith, Aden Baldwin, Liam Wright, Connor Scantelbury, Edward Clapton, Owen Smith, Adam Kilminster, Daniel Stokes, Tom Stevens.
Mr T Webb
Beaufort boys in Gloucester Academy U15 Squad
Well done to Reece Boughton and Ryan Charles (Year 10) who were part of the Gloucester Academy U15 Squad who took part in the 2nd Annual U15s Academies tournament at Harrow School on 2nd May. They faced some impressive U15 teams that included Wasps, Bath, Exeter, Saracens, London Irish and Harlequins. Gloucester’s finest 15 minutes of the day came against London Irish in a game which finished 10-0 to Gloucester. Mr J King Head of PE
Athletics Success
Pupils enjoyed a tremendously successful day at The Prince of Wales Stadium on the 12th May competing in the Gloucester Schools Athletic Championships. Taking a large team of over 50 pupils, all completed with great effort and determination. Out of the 14 schools present, Beaufort Community School finished 5th overall and a large number of pupils successfully qualified for The Gloucester Schools team to complete at the County finals on Saturday 12th June by finishing in the top three in an event. These athletes were:
Will Hayward—Year 7 1500m—3rd
Alex Garvey—Year 7 100m—2nd
Jack Hamblett—Year 9 shot putt—2rd
Nathan Evans—Year 9 discus—3rd
Aston Richards—Year 9 100m—2nd
Zac Kotwica—Year 9 1500m—1st
Year 9 relay team ( Ross Wayman, Zac Kotwica, Aston Richards, Jordan Douglas) - 3rd
Jodie Sansom—Year 10 1500m—3rd
Kelsy Thomas—Year 10 shot putt—2rd
Scott Berriman—Year 10 javelin—3rd
Good luck for the County Finals.
Mr King
Head of PE
Year 10 Photographers make links with The Star College
The new GCSE Photography course is well underway and students have attended several trips during their first year. Trips have included a visit to Gloucester Cathedral and a visit to Bristol Zoo. Each trip provides the students with the opportunity to take photographs for their course work in relation to different styles of photography.
The students are currently working on a pinhole camera unit and have made links with the students from The National Star College (Ullenwood), who visited Beaufort Community School on Tuesday 11th May. During the afternoon session The Star College students had lunch and then attended a photography lesson. The students were divided into mixed groups and challenged to create interesting and unusual pinhole cameras for use during a second session, which will take place on Tuesday 25th May at Ullenwood. Interesting camera designs have been constructed from a tennis ball and a crisp packet!
You are invited to see the results of the group project, along with a mixture of Key Stage 3 art work at this years Arts and Craft Exhibition at St Georges Church, Grange Road, Tuffley on the 11th and 12th June.
Mrs Kingston
Gifted and Talented News – English Department
Following on from our recent success with the Mini Saga competition we have recently entered into the Young Writers Past Poets – Future Voices competition. Pupils have studied poetry in its many forms, including haikus, ballads and sonnets and then written their own verse on various themes. The following three poems have all been written by gifted or talented individuals in Year 7.
FULL MOON
All day he is human
Like everyone else
But when full moon is here
The beast lurks about
He visits little children
Feasts upon their flesh
Parents wake to horror
To see their children dead
Whenever its full moon
Parents lock away
As it’s never safe, when
Werewolves feed again. Kieran McDonagh
KITTEN TO A CAT
My mum gives birth to me,
Small, cute and furry,
My eyes open slowly,
And I am not lonely.
All from the same Mr,
I am the sixth sister,
With my only brother,
Who’s so special to my mother.
We all gather round to have a feed,
We all take turns, that’s what we’ve agreed,
As mother’s milk helps us grow,
Drinking it all very slow.
As I grow older I lie around,
Relaxing without a sound,
I cuddle up to my sisters and brother,
Unfortunately, without my mother.
Rhiannon Eveleigh
PARKOUR
You gotta be strong
You gotta be quick
You gotta be skilful
Not scared of the trick
This is parkour
This is free running
This is style
The reactions are stunning
You gotta show the world
You gotta feel free
You gotta loosen up
To vault like me
This is my life
This is my hobby
It starts with adrenaline
That feeds my body. Dan Langley
Mrs R Hastings
Exam results information
GCE results day:
Thursday 19th August 2010
A2—9.30am
AS—10.30am
The Learning Centre
GCSE results day:
Tuesday 24th August 2010
10am
Main Hall
If you are unable to attend please leave a stamped addressed envelope at School Reception.
The Times National Spelling Bee
On Tuesday 20th April, four very nervous Year 7s set off to take part in the second Times National Spelling Bee. In all, over 1000 schools took part this year pitting their wits and their spelling ability against each other. The Year 7 team consisted of Henry Davies, Jamie Friston, George Grigg and Rhiannon Llewellyn. At half time, Beaufort were a respectable 4th place on the leader board but they played tactically in the second half to win the round. After a tense totting up of scores the final result was that Beaufort Community School came a very respectable second, losing by the tiniest of margins to Sir Thomas Rich School. Our team did, however, beat Crypt School, Ribston Hall, Balcarras, Thomas Keble and Pitville. A huge congratulations must go to all of the team for doing so well against such stiff opposition.
Mrs R Hastings
Important Dates
Friday 28th May—End of Term 5—3.15pm
Thursday 3rd June—Watersports trip departs
Monday 7th June—Start of Term 6—8.30am
Friday 11th June—Watersports trip returns
Tuesday 15th June—Full Governors meeting
Friday 18th June—HPV injections—Years 8 and 10 (3rd)
Wednesday 14th July—Year 10 work experience starts
Wednesday 21st July—End of Term 6—12.30pm
Thursday 19th August—GCE Results day
Tuesday 24th August—GCSE Results day
Friday 3rd September—Start of Term 1
Playing for Success
A group of Year 8 pupils took part in Playing for Success at Gloucester Rugby Club this term with Beneyak Karki winning a signed first team shirt for being the most consistent member of all the groups who took part this term.
The Playing for Success team were Beneyak Karki, Robyn Howe, Freya Ryland, Sam Smith, Lisa Davenport, Wesley Arinze, Daniel Stewart, Kyle Matthews and Cameron Elliott, Robert Howell, Laura Beacham, Jordan Ricks.
Well done!
Mrs Burns, Assistant Headteacher
Gifted and Talented News – English Department
Following on from our recent success with the Mini Saga competition we have recently entered into the Young Writers Past Poets – Future Voices competition. Pupils have studied poetry in its many forms, including haikus, ballads and sonnets and then written their own verse on various themes.The following three poems have all been written by gifted or talented individuals in Year 7.
