DearParents,It is the timeof year whenevents flow‘thick andfast’ and the

number of visitors to thecollege rises significantly.Celebration of Achievementevening was a huge successand I’m grateful for thetremendous support fromparents.

Year 11 have, once again,entertained, funded, caredfor and designed the SeniorCitizens’ Party, which tookplace on Thursday 10thDecember. Our two CarolServices have also been verywell supported and help toreally reinforce the seasonalspirits. The year ends withthe Sixth Form pantomime –an experience that shouldnever be missed!

Finally, we will be sayingfarewell to three long-servingand valued members of theteaching staff: Mrs Pearce,Mrs Briggs and Mrs Heape,who will be retiring this term.Their contributions, overmany years at de Ferrers,have been significant. Theywill be missed and I’m sureyou would want me to wishthem a long and happy retire-ment.

All that remains is to wishyou all a Happy Christmas, abelated Eid Mubarak, a veryhappy New Year and anenjoyable holiday.

principal@deferrers

M A YorkPrincipal

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Terrific TutburySwitch-onThe Young Enterprise teamtook part in the TutburyChristmas lights switch on, onthe 27th November to fundraise for their business cam-paign. They raised £188 from atombola, using prizes broughtin by team members.The event as a whole was a hugesuccess and the team members werecongratulated by the event organisersfor their hard work and the sales skillsthey used on the night. The moneyraised has been invested into theirbusiness which will be used for futureproduct development. Congratulationsto everyone involved and good luck intheir future endeavours. If you wouldbe interested in investing in the deFerrers Young Enterprise team, pleasecontact either Jamie Boast (S8) orBenjamin Nattrass (S6).

CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTOOnn FFrriiddaayy 44tthh DDeecceemmbbeerr,,ssttuuddeennttss cceelleebbrraatteedd tthheeiirrssuucccceesssseess aatt tthhee aannnnuuaall““CCeelleebbrraattiioonn ooffAAcchhiieevveemmeenntt”” eevveenniinngg..OOvveerr oonnee hhuunnddrreedd aannddffiiffttyy aawwaarrddss wweerree pprree--sseenntteedd ffoorr aacchhiieevveemmeenntt,,pprrooggrreessss,, sseerrvviiccee ttoo tthheeccoolllleeggee aanndd ccoommmmuunniittyyaanndd mmuussiiccaall aanndd ssppoorrttiinnggaacchhiieevveemmeenntt..More than three hundred parentsand guests were welcomed to theevent by Chairman of Governors,Robert Fraser. The guest of hon-our was Ian Parry, Deputy Leaderof the County Council.

The evening lasted two hours andthe theme was CelebratingAchievement to reflect the col-lege’s success over the last aca-demic year. A video prepared byBTec Media students, Amy Sarsonand Harriette Evans, gave animpressive presentation of the

were in Year 7 and commentedparticularly on the increasing useof technology within lessons.They presented County Councillor,Ian Parry, with a celebration yel-low rose and gardening manual.

The College was delighted to wel-come back last year’s Year 13 whoalso attended the celebration

varied successes that students atthe college had made throughoutthe year. Musical entertainmentwas provided by DeFJO, a Barbers’Quartet and soloist, NatalieBrown.

The current Head Students,Mohammed Ahmed and AmyHarrison reflected on how the col-lege had developed since they

PARTY TIME!On Thursday 10th December,Christmas came early for over250 senior citizens from ourlocal community when studentsfrom Year 11 hosted the tradi-tional festive party. To fund the Party, students raisedover £1,100 through a number of

events and activities.

The senior citizens were entertainedby a wide variety of musical anddance items, and had the opportu-nity to sing traditional carols.

Congratulations to all of thoseinvolved. It was great to see thesenior citizens and our young peo-ple coming together in such awarm, friendly and supportive way.

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LOGO DESIGNS FOR QUEENSHOSPITAL SCANNER APPEALEight Year 9 students from the Key Stage 3 Gifted andTalented Art Group submitted entries into the Design-a-logo Competition for the Queenʼs Hospital ScannerAppeal. The students were very keen to take part as itwas for such a good cause. The hospital is hoping toraise half a million pounds to buy a new ComputerTomography (CT) scanner. Two other schools enteredand although de Ferrers didnʼt produce the winningdesign, Naomi Frostʼs entry was Highly Commended! The students were also invited to a photo opportunity with the Queenʼs Hospital Staff and the other schools who took part.

NUTTY PROFESSORSSCIENCE CLUBThe Nutty Professors have had a very popular andenjoyable term, carrying out experiments that are notwithin the normal Science Curriculum at KS3.Upwards of thirty students, every other Tuesday, haveinvestigated plastics in milk, bouncy custard balls,made invisible ink (that was so good no one couldsee it), and have been crushing metal cans with justthe power of the air. The studentsʼ experimentsuse normal householdchemicals and equipmentto extend their understand-ing, and they take home aninformation sheet each ses-sion so they carry out theirwork at home - sheets are

also available on the newFROG VLE. To finish theyear off, a VolcanoCompetition was launched,and with the entries beingjudged on the 8thDecember, results will beposted after Christmas.

Walking through a Designer wonderlandThe Design & Technology GCSEand A Level Textile students weretotally inspired when they attendedthe Clothes Show Exhibition atBirmingham on the 7th December. Not only didstudents have the opportunity to see how theindustry works but they were also treated to aninspiring professional catwalk and hands onadvice from universities and colleges that offerfurther qualifications in this field.

TEXTILE STUDENTSINSPIRED AT THE

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BTEC Exhibitionat The BrewhouseStudents in the Year 10 BTEC First Group will beexhibiting a range of work at The Brewhouse ArtsCentre throughout January. The exhibition will con-tain printwork, graphics and textiles from their“underwater” assignment. The Brewhouse is locatedat the back of the Sainsburyʼs car park in Burton-on-Trent and admission is free. So pop in and have alook at the fantastic artwork in the “Open” gallery11th -30th January 2010.

ART STUDENTS ̓SUCCESS INNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHYCOMPETITIONArt students from Year 11 and 13 have beenawarded prizes in a national photography com-petition organised by the charity Sightsavers.The annual competition is called i:click and thisyearʼs theme was Body Language; When ActionsSpeak Louder Than Words.

De Ferrers had four winnersthis year, but all of the entrieswere of an excellent standard.Sarah Coxon was awardedRegional Winner (15-16 agecategory) for her photograph“Happiness”. Angela Wheatleywas awarded RegionalRunner-up (15-16 age catego-ry) for her photograph“Thoughts”. Naira Mahmoodwas awarded Regional Winner(17-18 age category) for herphotograph “Guilty”. JaveriaAnwar was awarded RegionalRunner-up (17-18 age catego-ry) for her photograph“Fearful”.

Frog VLE NewsWe are now entering our second month afterthe official launch of the Frog VLE and it hasbeen a massive hit with staff and students.In the first four weeks we had over 350,000hits on pages and lots of new features wereintroduced, including:� E-safety advice and links for students� Submission page for the InternationalClimate Challenge� Resources and revision-websites inmany subjects� Mini-websites for the Learning Centreand Sign Language Club� Sign-up for student FrogJobs such asradio and sports reportersYou can follow our progress on the de Ferrers FrogBlog -we've even been put forward as a model of good practicefor other schools!http://www.deferrerstv.com/frogblog/COMING SOON:� Parental logins to the VLE� Frogbox: our voting and suggestion area� Gifted and Talented pages and resources� de Ferrers Sports and News pages

The Duke ofEdinburgh can-didates are cur-rently busy rais-ing money dur-ing December.The Bronze candi-dates start bag pack-ing at Sainsburyʼsthis weekend whilstthe Silver and Goldcandidates helped

tow Santaaround Burton. All money raisedis put towardsbuying newequipment for

candidates to go outon expeditions. Ifyou would like totrack Santa, log ontowww.findsanta.net

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Well done!Congratulations to MrsGlover and Mr Grady forcompleting the ninemonth voluntary Leadingfrom the Middle Giftedand Talented programme. The programme is self directedin nature and involves attend-ing five training sessions. MrsGlover and Mr Grady havealso taken on a whole collegeinitiative, the life span of whichwill go beyond that of thecourse. The college is commit-ted to supporting staff and wecurrently have a further eightparticipants on a similar courseentitled ʻGrowing Leadersʼ.

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This week de Ferrersreceived outstandingnews from theDepartment for Children,Schools and Families.The college has beenawarded the InternationalSchool Award. This isofficial recognition forour continued work inraising the internationalawareness of our stu-dents.The DCSF InternationalSchools Award is an accredita-tion scheme for curriculum-based international work inschools. It is regarded as asignificant award that con-tributes to giving schools a dis-tinctive character. It is alsorecognition of our developingwork with partner schoolsacross many different curricu-lum areas and in a variety ofcountries. The award could not havebeen achieved without thehuge efforts made by studentsand staff alike. The awardingof the ISA, together with the IBWorld School Status, has real-ly put de Ferrers on the inter-national map.

PSFASSttuuddeennttss lleenndd aahheellppiinngg hhaannddKKeeyy SSttaaggee 33 ssttuuddeennttss hhaavveebbeeeenn wwoorrkkiinngg wwiitthh TThheeQQuuaalliiff iiccaattiioonnss aannddCCuurrrriiccuulluumm DDeevveellooppmmeennttAAggeennccyy oonn aa nnaattiioonnaall pprroojjeeccttiinn DDeessiiggnn aanndd TTeecchhnnoollooggyyoovveerr tthhee llaasstt ttwwoo yyeeaarrss..On Friday 4th December anumber of our students hadthe opportunity to help withthe completion of the projectand enjoyed contributing toaudio and video work. Theirprojects will contribute to aforthcoming NationalCurriculum standards sitewhich will show examples ofwork from Design andTechnology. Only three schoolsin the whole of the countrywere asked to contribute tothis project and the studentshave risen to the challengeadmirably.

HOMEWORKCLUBDOVE

DB6 each morning.Learning Centre each evening.

- for Years 7, 8 and 9

TRENTLearning Centre

- for Years 10 and 11Daily 8-15 to 8-50am3-30 to 4-30pm

Everyone Welcome

ROAD SAFETYON

DOVE SITEWe are well aware that

there are problemswith traffic on

Harehedge Lane at thestart and end of the

college day, which ismaking it difficult forparents to deliver andcollect their children.In order to ensure thesafety of our students,we do not allow par-ents to drive onto the

site, and we would askall parents not to dropoff or collect studentsfrom the entrance tothe de Ferrers and

Outwoods site, whichneeds to be kept clearat all times. Thank youfor your co-operation.

TeamTanzaniaSince October halfterm the Tanzania team2010 has continued toraise the money for thetrip next July. As men-tioned in our previousarticle we organised aJazz and Soul eveningon Friday 23rdOctober, which wentdown a storm andraised over £1,000.Also, we have startedcollecting old anddamaged mobilephones, whatever thecondition, andexchanging them formoney. Our next col-lection date is Friday15th January. All thephones are fixed andsent to good causes,so if you have anyspare phones we willbe happy to receivethem. The total nowstands at over £12,000and on behalf of TeamTanzania I would liketo say a huge thankyou for your continuedsupport - it is greatlyappreciated!

In November the PSFA put a baron at the very successful TalentShow at Trent. It was a veryentertaining night with a trulyawesome display of talent fromthe students (and a couple ofteachers..). It was also extreme-ly well supported by friends,family and students to the pointthat we had to make not one buttwo trips to buy more stock!!Great night!!Then on the first of December we heldour annual Christmas Fair on Dove.This year we were most fortunate tohave the tenor, Thomas Spencer-Wortley open the fair for us aftersinging one of his songs whilst hisequally talented brother, Oliver playedthe piano. He also donated a prize oftwo tickets to his concert on 21st atBirmingham Town Hall, together withcoach travel from Burton, to ourAuction and brought our total raisedat Auction to £230! Santa was there inhis sleigh, there were many sidestallsand four magnificent hampers whichwere full of donations from staff andPSFA committee members. Althoughthe money is still being counted wewill have raised somewhere in theregion of £1400 on the night which isa fabulous effort! Every single pennyraised will be spent on the college andthe students.

I would like to thank all the PSFA com-mittee members who helped out bothbefore and on the night. Also thanksto all staff and parents and friendswho gave up their time to help.Thanks finally to all the students whohelped out, in particular SoniaHussain, Mehwish Khan, Ben Lee,Hannah Flavin, Sean Flavin, Jade andLaura Bailey, Arthur Bailey, PhoebeJay, Ellen Grimmett and Chris Horner.

Just a quick word of thanks to Samwho always provides consistentencouragement (some would call itnagging) to write these words for theCommunique every half term.

All that remains is for me to wishyou all a very Merry Christmasand a Prosperous and PeacefulNew Year!

STOP PRESS: Will you be doing yourChristmas shopping online? Do youshop at Amazon, M & S, Next, DirectLine, Screw Fix, Argos, iTunes, JohnLewis, Play.com, Debenhams,Halfords to name but a few? Wouldyou like to help raise funds for thePSFA at no extra cost to yourself?Then please follow the link below:http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/deferrerspsfa , register and thenfollow the links to your normal retail-er. A percentage of sales will bedonated to the PSFA which in turn willbe spent on items for use by studentsin the college. Thank you!

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Science LiveOn 9th November thirtyone Year 11 Science students attended the"Science Live" conferenceat the Symphony Hall inBirmingham. They wereenthused and inspired bythe well chosen speakersfor the day. Topics rangedfrom human fertility to theexploration of space. All ofthe speakers were leadingspecialists in their fields,providing the studentswith insights into theircareers as scientists. One student commented "A thoroughly enjoyableexperience that inspired usto take science further andinto the future. It was greatto listen to prestigious sci-entists talk about subjectsthey were passionateabout and see scienceused in everyday life."

de Ferrers Goes GreenOver the last term there have been some small butimportant changes around both Dove and Trent cam-puses to help us do our bit to save the environment.

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LEARNING CENTRE NEWSBooked Up is a national programme run byBooktrust and supported by the Departmentfor Children, Schools and Families.

An Eco-Action Group hasbeen created to plan waysto reduce the collegeʼsimpact on the environment.As a result, ʻSave a Flushʼdevices have been installedin all staff toilets to reduceour water usage. Studentson Trent Campus have alsobeen involved in sharingtheir opinions about climatechange, which have beensent to the CopenhagenClimate ChangeConference where impor-tant decisions about thefuture of our planet will bemade. The Eco-ActionGroup is now looking atreducing our energy con-sumption and increasingthe amount of material werecycle. All of these smallsteps are helping deFerrers to become a moreenvironmentally friendly col-lege.

PARENT PAYLook out in the New Yearfor a different way to payfor some school trips andevents. De Ferrers is sign-ing up to Parentpay which

will allow you to access let-ters regarding trips, giveyour permission and payfor them over the internetby credit/debit card. Moreinformation will be avail-able shortly.

This yearʼs SignLanguage Club Choir hasbeen very busy and thenew year will hopefullycontinue in the samevein. We currently havetwenty two students whohave had a busy halfterm as they rehearsedfor their performance ofThe Snowman.The timeless Christmas storywas told in sign language atthe Senior Citizensʼ Partyincluding a signed perform-ance of ʻWalking in the Air.ʼThis was a totally live perform-ance with Amy Harrisonproviding the vocals andEmma Margetson on key-boards. During the final week ofthe term, The Snowmanwas also be performed atthe Year 7 ChristmasAssembly. The SignLanguage Choir also per-

formed at both the CarolConcert and the Carol Serviceat St Johnʼs, performingWalking in the Air.It has been great to see somany students embracing thislanguage skill. With all therehearsals this half term wehave not learned a lot of gen-eral sign vocabulary which wewill start to focus on next term.We have managed to fit in thelearning of The Greatest Dayby Take That which was verysuccessful. There will be a full report inthe next Newsletter.

Booked Upʼs goal is toencourage and supportreading for pleasure byproviding each Year 7pupil in England with afree book from a list oftwelve specially selectedtitles.All Year 7 students haveenjoyed receiving theirfree book and swappingbooks with each other. A free set of the twelvetitles is available in theLearning Centre for allyear groups to borrow.You can log on to the

Booked Up website and complete the Year 7surveywww.bookedup.org.uk/Year-7-Survey and takepart in competitions andbook related activities.Check out the Booked UpBlog!Displays in the LearningCentres this term haveincluded: DyslexiaAwareness, CreativeWriting Workshop, deFerrers Goes Green,Armistice and BookedUp!

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SPORTSIXTH FORM SPORT COMPETINGAT NATIONAL LEVEL!After last yearʼs success of the Sixth Form BasketballTeam winning the County Cup, it seems their thirstfor success has grown even stronger and expandedto football as well as basketball. Both the Basketballand Football teams have been entered into theNational Cup this year as well as the StaffordshireCounty Cup. Both teams are currently undefeated andare growing in confidence as the tournaments progress.

YEAR 8 BASKETBALL TEAMCLEAN UP YEAR 9 LEAGUE!For the past twelve weeks a group of approximately fortyYear 7 and 8 students have been training on Mondaynights in the de Ferrers Basketball Academy. From thesededicated individuals, a team of thirteen Year 8ʼs (picturedbelow) was selected to represent de Ferrers in the Year 9Basketball League. They are currently undefeated, winningthree out of three games! This is after twelve weeks train-ing, just think in twelve months??

Success in Basketball is catching at de Ferrers. The current Year10 team is undefeated, as is the current Year 11 team. Year 11set a new de Ferrers Sports hall record last week destroyingPaget in a league fixture 180 – 8. Iʼm sure the Sixth Form willwant to break that record at some stage this season! Well doneto everyone, players and staff, who have been involved in suchan amazingly successful term for de Ferrers sport.

BASKETBALL RESULTSSIXTH FORMLeague:de Ferrers BEAT ThomasAlleynes (77-44)National Cup:de Ferrers BEAT St JosephʼsCollege (117-27)de Ferrers BEAT King EdwardStafford (96-46)Year 11:League:de Ferrers BEAT William Allit(56-19)de Ferrers BEAT Paget (180-8)YEAR 10de Ferrers BEAT ThomasAlleynes (39-24)de Ferrers BEAT William Allit(38-22)de Ferrers BEAT Granville (66-3)de Ferrers BEAT Robert Sutton(66-44)YEAR 9de Ferrers BEAT William Allit(32-24)de Ferrers BEAT ThomasAlleynes (25-24)de Ferrers BEAT Robert Sutton(48-10)

SWIMMING GALADe Ferrers students wereinvited to take part in aSwimming Gala at St Mary& St Annes school in Abbots

The Basketball Team mem-bers (pictured below) whohave been undefeated incollege Basketball sincethey formed in Year 9,have yet again, beenstorming all competitionsso far this season. Theyhave won their openingdistrict league game andall three of their National

Cup group stage fixtures.The Sixth Form FootballTeam has shown that theytoo can live with the com-petition at National Level.They are currently in thefifth round of the NationalCup (last sixty four in thecountry) and the semi finalof the Staffordshire CountyCup.

FOOTBALL RESULTSSIXTH FORMCounty Cup:1st round: ByeQF: de Ferrers (6 – 2) WaltonHSNational CUP:1st Round: Grove School (0 –6) de Ferrers2nd Round: William Brookes(3 – 6) de Ferrers3rd Round: de Ferrers vCountesthorpe (Win bydefault)4th Round: de Ferrers (3 – 1)Kinghurst College

The Year 10 football team isalso through to the semi finalsof the Staffordshire CountyCup after two thrilling victoriesin previous rounds.

YEAR 10County Cup:1st Round: de Ferrers (3 – 3)Cheslyn Hay (de Ferrers winon penalties)QF: de Ferrers (3 - 3) St JohnFisher (de Ferrers win onpenalties)Left to right - Georgia Woodyet, Hannah Berwick, Rosie Jarvis,

Lauren Sleigh

Bromley. Year 10 finishedthird overall, Year 9 finishedthird overall, Year 8 finishedsecond overall and Year 7won their competition.

CommuniquéHat-trick of County Team TableTennis Titles for de Ferrers!Our tradition of success in Table Tennis has once againcontinued this Year with three of our teams being crownedStaffordshire County Team Champions.

WET AND MUDDY -BUT WELL WORTH IT!On a cold, wet and miserable afternoon in November,thirty four enthusiastic students accompanied by MrsBriggs and Mr Pearson descended on the DunstallEstate at Barton-Under-Needwood for the DistrictSchools Cross-Country Championships. The wet, hillyand certainly very muddy course proved a challengefor all competitors but despite the conditions our stu-dents produced a host of fantastic performances. In the Year 7 race, our girlsteam finished a very crediblethird place in the team competi-tion, aided by a fantastic individ-ual run from Ellie Poyser whofinished third in the race. Thepressure was on for the Year 8/9Girls team who had won theteam competition last year asYear 7ʼs. The team did not fail todisappoint and once againclaimed the District Team Title,which was made up of the fol-lowing individual performances:second Lucy Roach, sixthBronwyn Miles, eight DanielleColtman and eleventh PhoebeJay.

Our Year 10/11 teams showedexcellent strength-in-depth andwas made up of GCSE PE stu-dents looking for a good per-formance to help gain themmarks for their practical assess-ments. Both boysʼ and girlsʼ

teams ran superbly well to bothfinish as runners-up in the teamcompetitions. The boysʼ teamwas aided by a great run fromNiall Dawkins who won therace, ably supported by AlexRoach (fifth), Jon Lovatt (sixth),Adam Smith (ninth) and SamKeen (tenth) cruelly meaningthe team missed out on theteam title by just one point! Thegirlsʼ team ran equally well infinishing second overall. Theteam consisted of - ShannonGolaub (third), Vicky Brood(fifth), Kirsty McQuillan (tenth)and Natalie Gould (eleventh).As a result of these fantasticindividual performances, nine ofour students have been select-ed to represent EastStaffordshire in the CountyChampionships in Stoke inFebruary. Well done to themand all who competed on a mis-erable, autumnal afternoon!

SELF DEFENCEMrs Briggs and Miss Walton trained in Self Defence in the Summer Termwhich enabled them to put on a Self Defence Option for the Year 11 cur-riculum. So far it has been a great success especially amongst the girls.

NETBALL TOURNAMENTDe Ferrers were undefeated and are therefore champions. (leftto right - Freddie Ford, Katie Robinson, Amy Sarson, VictoriaJone, Erin Hughes, Jenny Heathcote). The girls wore the newdresses which were provided by the PSFA.

The teams travelled to Stokeand Stafford to take on schoolsand colleges from across thecounty. The college proved suc-cessful in winning the Under 13Girlʼs, Under 13 Boyʼs andUnder 19 Boyʼs competitionsand as a result all teams qualifyfor the English Schools RegionalFinal on Sunday 24th January inBradford. We wish them well asthey attempt to qualify throughto the National Finals! Anupdate of the teamʼs achieve-ments in Bradford will be in the

next newsletter. Congratulationsand good luck to all!

Under 13 Girlʼs: Bekki Lycett,Sophie Richardson, MillyBowering, Grace Winfieldale,Fiona Valentine.

Under 13 Boyʼs: Joe Byrne,Andrew Heathcote, Liam Burt,Liam Callender-Welsh.

Under 19 Boyʼs: James Ward,Edward Freeman, Joe Byrne,Jamie Boast.

DE FERRERS BASKETBALL ACADEMYBasketball has had a long tradition of success at de Ferrers formany years, and we have enjoyed much success at the sport. Thisyear, for the first time, Years Seven and Eight have been given theopportunity to get involved with the sport following the introductionof the de Ferrers Basketball Academy, which started in September.Forty students, boys and girls, have been training for two hoursevery Monday night at the sports hall. From the very first session,the students have been really enthusiastic and this has been evi-dent in the improvements they have already made. The academy is run by KeithMorant, Head Coach and foundermember of Burton TornadosJunior Basketball Club, He wasalso voted East StaffordshireʼsCoach of the Year in 2003. Thestudents have been privileged toreceive additional coaching fromEmma Pass, a local girl fromSwadlincote, who plays for theNottingham Wild Cats and is aformer Great Britain and EnglandInternational.

The Academy has already beensuccessful with a team of YearEight boys competing in and win-ning the Year Nine District League.We will be competing in anothertournament towards the end ofterm and de Ferrers will, be enter-ing three teams - two boys teamsʼand one all girlsʼ team. Plans arebeing made to continue theAcademy throughout next term, sohopefully more success will beenjoyed by the students.

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Trent CampusSt Mary’s DriveBurton upon TrentDE13 0LLTelephone: 01283 239936Fax: 01283 239950

e-mail: office@deferrers.staffs.sch.uk www.deferrers.com

Dove CampusHarehedge LaneBurton upon TrentDE13 0ASTelephone: 01283 239961Fax: 01283 239971

de FerrersSpecialist Technology CollegePrincipal: Mr M A York BA (Hons) BEd MBA

MusicWhat a fantastic firstterm itʼs been! We started back inOctober with theSoul & Jazz Eveningin aid of TeamTanzania, whichhelped the studentsto raise over £1000,as well as being afantastic night.The college JazzOrchestra, DeFJO wasinvited to play at the TownHall as part of the BurtonMailʼs ʻCelebrating Musicʼfestival. DeFJO were thevery last act of the fournight event and played ahalf hour set for the Mayorand other local dignitaries.The band received a fan-tastic ovation and pupilsfrom the other schools tak-ing part were dancing inthe aisles! Comments suchas ʻI canʼt believe thatʼs aschool bandʼ go to showthat all the hard work reallypays off!The main event of thisterm, however, has beenʻTalent of Tomorrowʼ. Fournights of heats after collegesaw eighteen acts chosenfrom over sixty to performin the Grand Final that tookplace on Friday 20thNovember. Nearly threehundred people crammedinto Trent Hall and theywere treated to an eveningof superb variety. The judges had some verydifficult decisions to make,but the eventual winnerwas Natalie Brown fromYear 12 with her stunningrendition of ʻWishing YouWere Somehow HereAgainʼ from Phantom of theOpera. The Dove Awardwent to the Year 8 dancegroup ʻDownloadʼ.Weʼd like to say a massiveʻThank youʼ to everyonethat took part (including allthe judges and backstage

crew), as well as all thesupporters. We canʼt waitfor next yearʼs event!

As well as participating inthe CelebratingAchievement Evening andthe Senior Citizensʼ Party,we now have the CarolConcert to look forward toon Monday 14thDecember, in collaborationwith our Partner Primaryschools, as well as ourannual traditional CarolService at 7.30pm in StJohnʼs Church onRolleston Road, which youare more than welcome toattend.Merry Christmas from Mrs Glover, Mr Aston, Mr Goldstein and Miss Burroughs

Forthcoming Dates forthe Spring Term:Friday 26th February –Evening of the Arts – Trent Hall – 7.30pmSunday 7th March –Regional Festival ofMusic for Youth –Birmingham ConservatoireTuesday 9th March –DeFJO at Derby Music Club –Derby High School –7.30pmWednesday 31st March –Spring Concert – Trent Hall – 7pm

Prestigious Award For Mr PearsonMr Pearson has been named as Derbyshire SportVeteran Sportsperson of the Year at the DerbyshireSports Awards.

Year 10 and Year 11 KS4Salon Services have takenpart in A.H.T (Associationof Hairdressers andTherapists) Competition atBretby Conference Centre.Over two hundred and fiftyBurton College studentstook part in the event andthe winners taking first andsecond place will now goforward to the RegionalFinals in Lincoln next year.Georgine Boothman (Year11) came second in theEvening/Bridal HairCompetition. Her style waschosen for its originality,

ACTIV8 PROGRAMMEStudents in Year 11 take part in an alternativeprovision whereby every Monday they go outof college to take part in a variety of activi-ties. This is an accredited course run by theConnexions services and equips the stu-dents with skills for their future life.

Mr Pearson received the pres-tigious award following hiswins at the English and BritishShooting Championships andas a result of his selection torepresent Great Britain at theEuropean and World

Championships. He was pre-sented with his trophy at aceremony at Derbyʼs PridePark Stadium attended bymore than two hundred andfifty people.

creativity, neatness and fin-ish.Georgina is currently study-ing in the second year ofSalon Services at BurtonCollege and her tutor JayWagstaff says "Georginahas been an outstandingstudent from the start. Shehas a natural flair and abili-ty." This is the second yearGeorgina has won a com-petition. Last year thestandards were so highthat the students wereentered into NationalCompetition.