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SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING

From September 2013 a range of AS and A Level courses will be

available at St Bedes and plans are already advanced in

preparation for this. Sixth Form information, the Admission Policy

and Application Form can be found on our website, with a full

prospectus available from the College.

We would like to invite any Year 11 pupil who is studying at St

Bedes and their parents to our Sixth Form Open Evening on

Thursday 22nd November from 6.30pm

8.30pm. The purpose of

the evening is to offer an insight into the organisation of the new

Sixth Form, its culture and ethos. There will also be the

opportunity to meet with the teaching staff from individual

subject areas.

This is such an exciting development for St. Bedes in the year of

our Golden Jubilee and if you would like further information

please contact Mr Strange, Head of Sixth Form at the College.

ECO NEWS

The School has once again

achieved the Green Flag Award.

The Eco Group and Eco Committee

have worked so hard this term to

achieve this. May their good work

continue!

The fortnight of 19th to 30th November is 'Switch-Off Fortnight'.

The Eco Committee will be running activities during break and

lunchtimes to raise awareness about saving our energy resources

throughout the fortnight.

GCSE ART PUPILS VISIT TO MSHED

On Wednesday 7th November, GCSE Art pupils were given the

opportunity to attend the exhibition 'Real and Imagined Lives' atthe MShed, Bristol. The exhibition, on loan from the National

Portrait Gallery in London, explores the space between what is

real and what is imaginary, as well as examining the idea of

'identity' looking specifically at well-known characters with Bristol

connections. It is a combination of 16 and 17th century portraits,

contemporary photographic portraits and works by local authors.

There is also a space for visitors to create their own portrait and

display it alongside others as part of the exhibition. Eddy Nichols

(year 10) said: ''It was surprising to see the many different people

linked with Bristol, I also enjoyed trying to work out which parts

of the writing were real and imaginary. The older portraits

interested me the most, because nobody really knew the true

history behind the work and in some cases who the person was.''

CONGRATULATIONS TO ELPIDA HADZI-VASILEVA

We are delighted to hear that Elpida Hadzi-

Vasileva the wonderful artist who created

the Golden Tree named Transpire in our Art

block has been selected by the Ministry of

Culture in Macedonia to represent

Macedonia at the 55th International Art

Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia. She has

been commissioned to create new work for the exhibition in

Venice next summer, working with curator Ana Frangovska and

the National Gallery of Macedonia.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS

Tutor groups in years 10, 11, 12 and 13 will be collecting items of

food to go into Christmas hampers that will then be taken to the

Julian Trust Caring at Christmas project. The Julian Trust is a

project run in St Paul's that offers food and accommodation to

people who are on the streets. Our food contributions will go

towards ensuring that those vulnerable people who are homeless

at Christmas will at least not go hungry. A few tins or a bag of

pasta can really make a difference when everyone contributes

something. For a list of items that the centre have specifically

asked for, please look at the poster which your tutor should have

- remember no perishable items please. Further information

about Julian Trust can be found on their website:

http://www.juliantrust.org.uk/

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR PLANNING APPLICATION TO BUILD A

SIXTH FORM BLOCK

If you would like to visit the webpage below you will be able toview our application for permission to build a Sixth Form annex to

our main buildings in the College grounds.

http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-

applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=

MAYPRDDNK8000

As the proposals are out for public consultation we would

welcome as much support from families and friends of the College

as we can muster. We expect a decision before we break for

Christmas.

BERLIN TRIP 2013

Please could all pupils who have not supplied their passportdetails, do so by the end of November to Mrs Lewis.

St Bedes Catholic CollegeLong Cross, Bristol BS11 OSU

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

E-mail:stbedes@bristol.gov.uk Visit our Website:www.stbedescatholiccollege.org

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SPORTS NEWS

Boys Rugby Round Up

3 College Teams Make Semi Final Draw

Congratulations to the Year 7, 8 and 9 College rugby teams who

have qualified for the semi-final stage of the Bristol Schools Rugby

Competition this year. Since September all 5 College teams have

been playing schools in the North Bristol group. Year 7 and 9 have

qualified as group winners and Year 8 as group runners up.

Despite some outstanding endeavour and commitment the Year10 and 11 teams have missed out this year.

Semi Finals will take place over the next two weeks and the Finals

afternoon is Friday 7th December.

Year 9 Boys Football progress to Round 5 of the National Cup

Well done to the Year 9 Football team who beat King Alfreds

Sports College at Burnham on Sea yesterday afternoon 4-3.

Despite being 2-0 down after ten minutes goals from Iwan

Hughes, Andy Nelson, Leevan Uhylk and Elliott Soodeen saw them

mount a fantastic fight back. The boys will now play Corfe Hills

School from Dorset at home in Round 5. Having started with over

750 schools we are down to the last 64 schools in the country.

Good luck in the next round.

Netball

Year 7 v RGS - 11 - 12 lost

Year 8 v RGS - 14 - 9 won

Year 10 v RGS - 12 - 11 won

Year 11 v RGS - 10 - 18 lost

Year 7 v City Academy 2 - 1 won

Year 8 v City Academy 17 - 3 won

Year 10 v City Academy 24 - 4 won

Year 11 v City Academy 6 - 9 lost

Year 7 v Cotham - 0 -12 lostYear 8 v Cotham - 32 - 13 won

Year 10 v Cotham - 8 - 23 lost

Year 11 v Cotham - 11- 7 won

Year 8 v Colston Girls - 29 - 0

Year 10 v Colston Girls - 32 - 0 won

Year 11 v Colston Girls 11 - 14 lost

ST BEDES COMMUNITY SPORTS NEWS

During the October half-term the St Bede's Community Sports

Team ran a week of sports activities for young children aged 7-14.

The week was well attended with 28 youngsters taking up the

opportunity to participate in a week of sport. The week involved 2

days of multi-sport activities and 3 days of football and was

enjoyed by all that attended. The Community Sports Team

regularly run holiday sports activities with the next sessions taking

place in the February 2013 half-term. For more information on

future holiday sports weeks please contact Rob Allan on 07825

767582 or email r.allan@stbcc.org

MOVEMBER

Staff (Male) at St Bede's are busy grooming and shaping their

facial hair again for the month of 'Movember'. This ever

increasingly famous charity aims to raise funds and awareness for

prostate and testicular cancers. Participants start the month

clean-shaven and are then sponsored to grow 'crazy' moustaches.

Mr Slocombe is 'judging' our own winners at the end of the

month. Find out more at www.uk.movember.com

CERTIFICATE EVENING YEAR 12

We were delighted last evening to see virtually every GCSE leaver

attend our Certificate Evening. We will give you a summary of the

event including the award winners in the next newsletter.

FRENCH DRAMA CLUB

A French Drama Club has been running on Thursdays from

1.30pm to 2.05pm and has proved very successful. This is a great

opportunity for pupils in all years to improve on many differentskills useful for many subjects as well as French... AND it is so

much fun! It is not too late to join and we would encourage pupils

who wish to improve on their oral skills in particular to be part of

the club

SKI TRIP

The ski parents evening for the Austrian ski trip is on Tuesday

20th Nov starting at 6pm. All pupils on the trip should attend

with their parents to receive information and order ski hire.

The 2014 ski trip to Italy has been organised and the letter went

home on the last day of term 1. Deposits are due by Fri 23rd Novto Mr Johnson. Any pupil who did not receive a letter but is

interested in finding out more about the trip please see Mr

Johnson for a letter.

ATTENDANCE LINE

Please ring as early as possible on the first day your child is absent

from college.

Tel: 0117 377 2228

Always give your child a note to give to their tutor when they

return to college following an illness.

E-SAFETY TIP

According to Ofcom, nearly half of children aged 5-7 have a games

console in their bedroom, rising to seven in ten 8-15 year olds.

Some games consoles, like the Xbox 360, have a timer so that the

console switches off after the allowed time. UKIE, the body that

represents the interactive entertainment industry in the UK

recommends that all games should form part of a healthy and

balanced lifestyle and recommend that games players should take

five minute breaks every 4560 minutes.

WISE WORDS

Few wishes come true by themselves

Author unknown

LAST WEEKS BRAINTEASER

26 minutes

BRAINTEASER

FAMILY LITERACY CHALLENGEWhich two words correctly finish this sentence?

____ are the bald eagles, but ____ not bald!

There . . . their

Their . . . they're

They're . . . there

There . . . they're

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