April 2016 Newsletter

Students, staff and governors are absolutely delighted after Bridgemary
School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted following a visit on 3 & 4 February 2016.
The Ofsted report judged the school as ‘Good’ in every single category and
praised the leadership at the Academy stating: ‘The headteacher’s excellent
leadership has led to rapid improvement in all aspects of the academy since
the last inspection’.
Mrs Vicki White, Headteacher at Bridgemary School, commented: “We are delighted by the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection. The Good rating is
testament to the dedication, resilience and hard work of all the staff, and is
recognition that we’re on our way to becoming the outstanding school that
our wonderful students, their families and the community deserve.”
The report also highlighted the schools strengths, including that:
Improving the quality of teaching has been at the centre of the academy’s work. Teaching is now consistently good
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Pupils’ behaviour in lessons and around the academy is good
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The academy’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is good
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Teachers know their pupils well and carefully plan lessons to meet their
needs
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Parents are well informed about their children’s progress
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Governance is good
We are pleased that Ofsted have recognised that the ‘Trust have provided effective support and challenge for the academy over a sustained period of
time’.
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Karen Roberts, CEO at TKAT, said: “Ofsted’s decision to move Bridgemary
School from an 'Inadequate' to a 'Good' rating is a truly fantastic and thoroughly deserved result for the school. This judgement recognises the pace
and hard work put in by the school’s leadership, students, parents and local
community in driving progress and standards. We are proud to have them
within the TKAT family and look forward to our continued work with them on
their journey to ‘Outstanding’.”
To view our latest Ofsted report and School prospectus please go to:
www.bridgemary-tkat.org
It certainly has been a term to
remember at Bridgemary School, and it
has been another fantastic one for Hawk
House too.
As a School we value the importance of
students Attitude to Learning, and we
believe that it is an integral factor in
students progress and attainment within
lessons.
Each term we monitor every students
ATL in each subject, and we continue to
see improvements across the board.
The following students have the highest
ATL within the whole of Hawk House;
Year 7 – Jessica Hayes 7FOE
Daniel Reeves 7JHL
and
Year 8 – Liberty Kappa 8SCR and
Harvey Ayling 8SCR
Year 9 – Oliver Daniels 9JSL and Callie
Moore 9JSL
Year 10 – Layla Payne 10LWY and
Ellenor Beer 10LWY
Year 11 – Ashley Muchemwa 11HME
and Olivia Hillan 11HME
Students can check their ATL score on
the Hawk notice board, as well as
keeping up to date with the House Merit
total, attendance and any messages for
the week.
I would like to extend my
congratulations to all the students that
have had their work chosen to be
displayed in the Schools Gallery of
Excellence. This is a brilliant
achievement and they should be very
proud of their hard work.
We have recently
had some House
Competitions
running
during
tutor time and are
delighted to say
that
we
were
victorious!
Daniel Reeves 7JHL, Piper Massey
7FOE, Harvey Ayling 8SCR, Emily
Edwards 8NRS, Oliver Daniels 9JSL
and Hollie Goulding 9EBH
All represented Hawk House to win
the Squashed Tomato Challengewell done for your great work!.
Look out for the article in this
Newsletter!
We are always keen for students to
excel outside of school as well, and
we are delighted that Tom Rolls
7FOE is having great success in his
early football career. Tom is
currently training with AFC
Bournemouth, and we wish him
well with this challenge! Keep it up
Tom and one day we may be
watching you on the TV!
In Year 7, we have some budding
Poem enthusiasts and they are
keen to turn their hand to any
topic. Here Lillie Ballard 7FOE
writes about the tragedy of War.
WAR STRIKES
THERE WAS A LAND,
NO MANS LAND,
TRAGEDY STARTS,
WAR!
SPEEDING BULLETS,
BROKEN MEN,
ROTTING, BLEEDING
WHEN WILL IT END?
WAR!
VIOLENT SCREAMS,
MEN FALL,
BULLET SHELLS ON THE FLOOR,
WAR!
BLOOD DRIPPING OFF THE POPPY,
WAR!
INNOCENT LIVES LOST,
WAR!
BROKEN BONES CRUSHED,
WAR!
IT’S A GAME!!
We are currently top of the chart for
House Points! We now need a focus on
our Big Quiz scores and our Attendance
and we could have our name on the
House Cup come July!
By Lillie Ballard 7FOE
We are overwhelmed by the fantastic
work that our students continue to
produce, and often work is nominated
to be displayed in the ‘Gallery of
Excellence’ in reception.
Congratulations to Jo Lynas, Curtis
Steabler, Oliver Daniels, Layla
Payne, Olivia Giles, Robert Warner,
Amber Pyne, Tom Nash and Callum
Atkinson, who have all had their work
displayed in the Gallery of Excellence
this year.
Mr Brooks & Mr Winkles
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We are fast approaching the final term
of the year and what an exciting year it
has been so far not just Falcons but the
whole school. Mr Jones and I would like
to personally thank all the students who
contributed to the OFSTED visit, your
behaviour and attitude to learning was
exceptional and our visitors spoke very
highly of you all, we are both very proud
of your efforts.
What is the most important factor in
determining success? Many of you may
suggest that talent is important but it is
certainly not the only factor. From my
own experience when it comes to
achieving great things one thing always
stands out is how much GRIT do you
have? The ability to give up and try
something else rather than persevering
and keep trying. We all need to develop
our talent for hard work.
Going into the last term can always be a
challenge, the excitement of returning to
school in September and the build up to
Christmas has become a distant memory
and thoughts are beginning to turn to
the long hot days of summer and long
six week summer holiday.
The good news is that Grit is something
that we can all develop, a recent article
by Denis Charney and Steven Southwick
suggested that there are a number of
ways in which a person can develop their
GRIT.
The summer term is one of the most
important for our Year 11’s they are
beginning the final countdown to their
GCSE exams and working harder than
ever to secure the all important grades
and ensure that they leave confident and
successful young adults, who are
prepared to tackle the many challenges
of life beyond Bridgemary.
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For the other year groups you will have
end of year exams, some of you will be
thinking about option choices and year
10’s will be considering post 16 options.
Year 7’s will be looking forward to
welcoming up the new cohort and I am
sure you will be happy to help our new
students settle in and share with them
all the wonderful stuff you have been
getting up to this year.
Facing Fear, you don’t have to jump
in to a pit full of lions, or parachute
of the highest building to be able to
face your fears… it can be as simple
as trying a question you are not
sure about, you might react to this
by giving up or worrying what
people will think. It is worth
remembering that getting it wrong
is how we learn, everyone makes
mistakes!
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Being Physically Fit, having a good
level of fitness helps to keep the
mind fit and active as well as the
body. Think about a sports
personality that you admire, now
think about GRIT how much hard
work and determination they
needed to show in order to achieve.
This is a great excuse to sign up for
one o f the PE de par tme nts
afterschool clubs. I know lots of
Falcons already go to clubs but in
the next term let’s see if Falcons
can top the leader board in terms of
attendance at afterschool clubs.
Using Social Support,
not the ‘Snapchat’, ‘Instagram’ sort
but those people around you who
you can turn to, tutor, teacher,
student support, Head and Deputy
Head of House and Parents and
Carers. Individuals who show a lot
of Grit are able to discuss and talk
things through with others who they
no will support and help them to
achieve.
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Making sure your brain is
challenged, how many times do you
come out of lesson and think to
yourself, ‘my brain hurts, I’ve
worked that hard’? As we enter the
summer term you need to commit
to allowing your brain to be
challenged in every lesson, and by
the end of the summer you will
begin to feel great about yourself
and all the amazing things you have
achieved.
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Being more mindful, it is easy to
rush through the day on automatic
pilot not being aware of what really
happened, what conversations we
have had, who we interacted with
during the day etc etc, by learning
to take deep breaths and
concentrate on what is happening
now we are more able to
concentrate and focus on what
needs to be done. Make yourself a
promise that across the summer
term, you will finish in full a task
before you start a new one.
A wise person once said ‘you have only
failed if you have given up, until then it
is learning’. Keep on learning Falcons!
Mrs Davies (Director of Inclusion) caught
up with Amy Cooper one of Falcon
House’s rising stars to find out what it
takes to be an up and coming champion.
Amy has been boxing for 4 years now,
representing Gosport Boxing Club. She
trains daily for 2 hours each day. She
has to follow a strict diet in order to
maintain her fighting weight. This takes
a lot of commitment and dedication as
Amy has to avoid any foods that would
increase her body composition. In her
short career Amy has already managed
to excel, becoming the England U16
champion within the 66kg weight
category.
Amy has attended England training
camps and in 2017 is due to travel to
Sweden to take part in the ‘Golden Girl’
championships. Amy says that she is
following her dream to become
professional one day but that the
commitment needed is difficult when she
has to miss out on spending time with
her peers and is not able to indulge in
her favourite foods.
Amy has accepted an apprenticeship to
do gas engineering next year. Her advice
to any youngster looking to follow in her
footsteps is to ‘believe in yourself and
pursue whatever it is that you want to
do in life’.
Amy is currently in year 11 and as well
packing a punch in the ring she is hoping
to have a knockout summer with some
great GSCE results.
Everyone in Falcon house wishes Jade
all the best with her grade 5 exam and
we look forward to hearing her piano
skills soon!
Everyone in Falcon House would like to
wish Amy all the best for her future
boxing career.
Miss McClarnon caught up with another
rising star Jade Holman Year 7 came
joint first in the Bognor Music Festival in As most of us enjoyed a week off over
which she is preparing for her Music half term, spending time with friends
Grade 5 Piano.
and family, one young Falcon was flying
to the other side of the world to take
Jade has been inspired by her mum who
part in the PeeWee International
she says has an incredible talent for the
piano and is keen to follow in her Tournament in Quebec Canada.
footsteps. She has to practise every day
and this often means missing out on
time with friends,
and on occasions
when Jade does miss out on practise she
spends the next day catching up. Jade is
not looking at a career in music just yet
but is looking forward to a time when
she can pass her talent on to others.
Jade practises for at least an hour a day
and is currently working on 2 pieces in
addition to scales as part of her
preparation for her Grade 5 exam. She
explained that the good thing about
being at Bridgemary is that she can
practise in the music rooms when she
needs to and she loves music lessons.
Here is what Cain had to say about his
amazing experience “One of the most
amazing things about Canada is the
snow, nothing like the snow we have in
England it is really deep, they even
have a Snow Theme Park, I tried out
doughnuting (giant hoops that slide
down the snow) which was fantastic. It
was also great to know that you are
representing your country, it made me
want to train harder so that I can
continue this when I am older. The
tournament was really well organised
and I stayed with a host family over the
two weeks.’ Some of my highlights
included meeting Peter Satsny retired
Captain of the Quebec Nordiques team.’
Whilst in England Cain plays Hockey
for Basingstoke Bison’s he trains two
evenings a week on the ice but
everyday off the ice. His off ice
training includes Roller Skating and
Strength and Conditioning sessions he
works out for at least an hour a day,
which Cain admits can be hard when
you have school work to do and want
to hang around with your friends, but
it is all worthwhile as he gets to play
in tournaments, make new friends
and having made it into the England
team also a chance to travel the
world.
Cain has ambitions of becoming a
NHL Hockey Player and everyone in
Falcon House wishes him the very
best for his future sporting career
There is clearly lots of talent in Falcon
house who will we be putting in the
spotlight in the next edition
If I wasn’t a teacher I would have loved
to have been a National Park Ranger. As
many of you know I am passionate
about the natural environment and think
that Britain has some of the best
physical landscapes right on our
doorstep. Ever since I was young (which
wasn’t that long ago!!) I have enjoyed
going on walks around the many
different National Parks and marvelled in
the breathtaking scenery that they have
to offer. Most recently I visited the Lake
District during half term with my wife
and daughter who loved going on walks
and clambering over waterfalls.
I always thought that being a National
Park Ranger would be my dream job;
being able to work outside every day,
away from the hustle and bustle of
towns and cities, surrounded by some of
the best views in the country. I also
wanted to do something which allowed
me to encourage other people to share
in my passion. One of the most
important roles of a National Park
Ranger is to educate people about them
and ensure that they are not only looked
after but also that they are enjoyed by
the general public.
I recently met a real life National Park
Ranger who worked for the South Downs
National Park and I was enthralled by
the things that he said that he did as
part of his job like going out very early
in the morning so he could take
photographs of the sun rising over the
landscape. Even though I did not
become a Ranger I am still able to teach
young people about National Parks and
hopefully get them to realise their
beauty and importance, which is still a
Attitude to Learning Scores (A2L)
Every term each student is given an A2L letter for each subject, ranging from
O for Outstanding to U for Unsatisfactory. These letters are then transformed
into an average score which the Deputy Heads of House use to monitor the
progress that students are making with their learning.
Congratulations to the following Falcon students who achieved the highest
scores in each year group for the AP3 set of data;
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
7 – Lauren Brown
8 – George Buckham
9 – Jessica Stalker
10 – Ryan Squires and Emma Medhurst
11 – Kim Butler
The following Falcon students also deserve to be commended for making the
biggest increase in their A2L scores in each year group from AP2 to AP3;
Year
Year
Year
Year
Year
7 – Ellise Hillan
8 – Connor Williams
9 – Teegan Appleton
10 – Kurtis Cottrell
11 – Louis Beasley
Well done from Miss McClarnon and Mr Jones for all your hard work and effort.
Mrs A McClarnon
Assistant Head Teacher
Head of House – Falcon
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A fantastic year so far for all Eagle
students, we have a lot to celebrate in
Eagle House.
Eagles can boost the highest attendance
across the school and the student with
the highest house points.
Congratulations to Rachel Chen (7CHS)
who originally designed the new Eagle
House logo, Rachel worked alongside a
local graffic designer to produce this
excellent logo.
name was
Eagle House also have
a new mascot who
will be celebrating all
of the successes of
high
flying
Eagle
students throughout
the year. Students
have voted on the
mascot’s name and
the
most
popular
Eddie!
Molly Woods was the fortunate winner
of an iPad before Christmas. Teachers
were able to select students who have
made progress within a lesson, within a
test or across a few
lessons.
Out
of
hundreds
of
students Molly was
the lucky name to
be drawn out of a
hat
during
our
c e l e b r a t o r y
assembly.
Well done Molly!
Mr Toone would like to congratulate all of
the students below who have maintained
100%
attendance
and
who
have
accumulated a lot of house points from
September 2015. Students who continue
to collect house points may be awarded
with swimming, cinema and ASDA
vouchers
alongside
the
potential
opportunity to attend our end of year trip
to a theme park.
House Points:
1st: Aaron Hazzard (174)
2nd: Charlie Wyatt (123)
3rd: Callum Gates (94)
4th: Hannah Childs (86)
5th: Ellie Coleman (84)
6th: Jade Bagnall (83)
7th: Darcy Martin (82)
8th: Jenson Stephens-Richards (77)
9th: Ellie Moore (73)
10th: Rachel Chen (67)
Attendance (100%):
Year 7: Paityn Cooper, Aaron Hazzard,
Crystal Lockwood, Casey Peake,
Jenson Stephens-Richards and Isobel
Symons.
Year 8: Patrick Underwood.
Year 9: Rebecca Cairns, Callum
Clarke, Harrison Green, Sophie
Hutchings and Jack McEwan.
Year 10: Charlie Bond, John Butcher,
Ritika Rai, Anjella Stevenson and
Kelsie Stevenson.
Year 11: Amber Davis, Brandon Frous,
Jack Hazzard, Josh McBride, George
Stanton, Jasmin Williams and Deanne
Young.
Mr B Toone
Assistant Head Teacher
Head of House – EAGLE
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There is an expectation for all students to arrive and be
ready to go to Tutor at 8.50. If they arrive after that time
they will be marked LATE.
IF your child is late by just 15 minutes a day……
Absence Line Telephone No: 01329 512333
We want to work with all our students and their parents or carers, to do all we can to
stop persistent lateness. We are always happy to speak to you and discuss any
concerns you may have.
If we are not kept informed and the lateness persists, we will follow the legal process that as a school
we are obliged to follow, which could result in issuing Fixed Penalty Notices.
An exciting partnership with Caroline Dinenage MP and Bridgemary School in which
we hosted an Enterprising Women’s Conference on the 1 st February. 40 Year 9
students representing both Brune Park and Bridgemary School were invited to
become young entrepreneurs for the morning. In a Dragons Den meets The
Apprentice style challenge.
They were asked to design a new business for Gosport and during the course of the
morning, students certainly showed their creative sides with business ideas ranging
from a new department store for Gosport, a milkshake bar that catered for much
more, a new performing arts academy and theatre for Gosport and lastly Drones R us
a company that would help parents keep an eye on their Children as well as military
use. The young women had the opportunity to work alongside local business women
gaining valuable skills and knowledge in how to set up a business.
We also had the pleasure of welcoming not only Local MP Caroline Dinenage but also
Jacqueline Gold CBE, an incredibly inspirational woman who set up her own business
in a very male dominated sector and made it her own. She passionately shared with
the young women her journey into the business world and how she struggled to
overcome low self esteem and low confidence in her abilities as a young person. The
girls attending certainly left inspired. Many thanks to Caroline Dinanage MP and all
the women who gave up their time to make this event a great success.
The first week of the new academic term saw the very first of the Bridgemary
Conferences, the theme of the first conference was Values, students in years 7 –
10 had the opportunity to explore and reflect on their own personal values in
which they discussed some challenging questions, should a person in prison be
made to gain qualifications, 10% of everyone’s wage should be deducted and
given to charity, and it is always wrong to tell lies this lead to some lively debates
and discussions.
Students also had time to consider what it means to be British today, the majority
of students concluded that as a nation we can be identified by our clothing,
musical tastes, food and our sense of humour, some students were surprised to
learn that whilst traditionally we think of Fish and Chips as a national favourite,
due to our countries long established links with India and other parts of the world
the curry is now a firm favourite for many families.
Feedback from students indicated that they enjoyed learning as part of a whole
year group and being treated as adults in the conference setting. Overwhelmingly
students enjoyed the interactive activities including the parachute games enabling
them to learn about themselves in different ways. Students also indicated that
they appreciated the opportunity to consider what it meant to be British living in
today’s society
Aaron Hazzard, Piper Massey, Lauren Brown, Ronnie Pellatt
represented our school in this year’s Solent Literature Quiz, which was hosted
at Bridgemarys School in the LRC. There were seven other local secondary
schools taking part, so it was very exciting for Bridgemary to have a team of
very keen key stage 3 students willing to compete for their school.
The evening was fun, where the audience was actively encouraged. All
participants received a book with the winning team receiving a shield and
book tokens. The event was supported by Hampshire Schools Library Service.
“I feel extremely proud of our students who took part, as always they
were a credit to themselves and to Bridgemary. I would like say a big
thank you and well done to our team.”
Mrs Sweetenham
LRC Manager/ Literacy Co-ordinator
On Wednesday 2nd March, Southampton General Hospital, Lifelabs hosted
a unique and exciting session led by Medical students from the University
of Southampton. Yr 8 Bridgemary Students experienced a carousel of
exhibits created and presented by the Medical students, who were being
assessed on their presentations and communication skills.
The aim of the session was to introduce young people to the complex world
of infection. Year 8 students had the opportunity to move between four
stations each of which was designed to help them explore aspects of
immunology and infection and to extend their understanding of how your
body works to defend itself: from the structure of bacteria and viruses,
their plan of attack and our immune system with its array of defence
mechanisms. Infection was viewed from a global perspective, focusing on a
major headline that has filled our news feed in recent times - the Ebola
virus. They found out what could be done to control and manage one of the
biggest challenges we face today.
All stands involved hands-on activities, quizzes, presentation and even role
play as a surgeon. The day was a success and made a huge impact of the
young people’s understanding and career aspirations into the Medical
profession, with one of our students being offered a place at Doctors
summer school as the medical staff felt Liberty Kappa had a future in
medicine.
Teachers across the School have started to showcase some of the excellent work
that our students produce in their lessons. We decided that our school reception
would be an excellent area for parents, visitors and the community to see the
work our students are producing. The work gets chosen by the different
departments around school and goes up on display in the Gallery of Excellence for
a term. The first set of Students to be chosen, received both a letter from the
Head teacher and a framed certificate for their hard work. Certificates were
handed out to students in each of their House assemblies for this term.
The Gallery of Excellence sends an incredible message about the importance of
the School’s 5R Ethos – Respect, Rights, Responsibility, Relationships and
Rewards. The work that is selected by the teachers is a testament to the
resilience, dedication and attitude our students put into their learning. As
students of Bridgemary School you do not just contribute to the Gallery of
Excellence, but you put a smile on the faces of all who see your work, both in
School and in the Community. Students who make it to the Gallery of Excellence
should be proud of this achievement.
It has been a very busy half term. Year 11 are now on their last performance piece, which
will be a scripted piece to be performed to an audience after Easter and the official exam a
week later. Good luck to all the year 11’s who have worked so incredibly hard
#believeinyourself.
The Drama department are delighted to announce that there will be showcase of student’s
performing arts work later this month. There will be a performance night held in the main
hall at 6:30pm on Tuesday 22nd March 2016. Performances will range from the magical
story of ‘Peter Pan’ to the dramatic Shakespearian classic ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with a twist.
There will be a variety of year groups performing songs, dance and there will be a budding
musician or two in the mix…
Year 7 produced some outstanding ‘Pantomime’ performances last term, there was
‘Cinderella’ played by Elise Hillan and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ where Joseph Thomas was
the big bad wolf! Ben Gwalchmai was an hilarious Pantomime Dame! Well done year 7,
keep up the good work!
Keep your eyes posted as we will be calling all performers in the summer term to audition
for the whole school production!
Why you need to learn your times tables
Just like learning to walk before you can run, learning multiplication and memorizing
the times tables are building blocks for other mathematical topics taught in school higher learning such as division, long multiplication, fractions and algebra. Students
who have not memorised the times tables will find these levels of maths much more
difficult than they need to be. There is no time to pull out a calculator or to take 20
seconds to work out a mathematical strategy before coming up with the answer.
Students who have not mastered their tables will very often fall behind in math's (and
other subjects that use math's) and begin to lose confidence. All because they did not
memorise the times tables!
Knowing your multiplication facts is helpful not only in school; we frequently use
multiplication in our daily lives. We might need it when doubling a recipe, determining
a discount at a store or figuring out our expected arrival time when traveling.
Mathematical calculations are subconscious elements in work, play and daily chores.
Knowing the times tables can help simple tasks to be performed rapidly and save time
and stress.
Recommendation: learn-timestables.com This
website is easy to access and requires only a user
name – which you choose. It can help you and your
child become more confident and quicker with recall
of the times tables.
Further Support
All students have been given an A4 letter which includes their logons and passwords
for Mymaths, sumdog and mathswatch. These three sites are excellent tools for all
students to use for revision, catch up and reinforcing any weakness in their
understanding. Please feel free to ask for any further information.
Scientific Calculator
It is very important that you become very familiar with YOUR calculator, so
that you can use it as a helpful tool in solving a variety of problems; and it
helps to know how to use the calculator before you are under the time
pressure of a test!
We recommend this one.
Please can you ensure your child has a scientific calculator
Numeracy Knights
We have been focusing on numeracy for the last two
weeks in mentor time. Students have had the
opportunity to gain bronze, silver and gold numeracy
awards. They have also explored the history of
mathematics and how maths can tell a story.
As part of our focus on numeracy we are introducing Numeracy Knights.
Students will be able to become a Numeracy Knight
and help promote the use of numeracy across the
curriculum. Their efforts and involvement will be
rewarded with a variety of opportunities and prizes.
Maths Master Class - KS2.5
Five local schools sent 25 pupils from years 5 and 6 for their second
maths master class. The children investigated who was the MEANEST
PERSON! By measuring and using mean, median and mode they were
able to calculate the most average person in their group. The picture
illustrates their final calculations. Everyone was actively involved and
the feedback said 100% enjoyed themselves.
Students said: “I had lots of fun, I learnt a lot about averages.”
“I didn’t know much before and now I know loads.”
“I really had a lot of fun doing measuring.”
“I have learnt how to find different averages.”
Bridgemary Students support Numeracy Challenge in Primaries
Thirty-four teams of children were challenged in a quiz that tested their
ability and creativity.
Six children from Bridgemary Secondary School were also helping out,
making sure the papers were collected in time and supervising the
activity tables.
Year 9 student Jess
Winmill, from
Bridgemary School, said: ‘I’m really interested
in working with younger students and helping
them progress in their learning of maths. I
volunteered because I thought I would be able
to help them and if I become a teacher, then
I’d know a few things about marking.’
Mathematical Reasoning
Bridgemary School is leading the way in mathematical
reasoning. Mrs. Bright (Head of Maths at Bridgemary) is
delivering a course to maths teachers across the area on
mathematical reasoning. The ideas behind the course are to
promote independent understanding of mathematical concepts
which will lead to enhanced awareness. We are currently
piloting a project with our wonderful Year 7’s who have already
made brilliant progress and we are convinced that this approach
will enable them to think mathematically and consequently
achieve even more.
Yr11 Revision Classes
Every Wednesday there will be revision session running from
3pm to 5pm. Last chance to improve you grade!
Some students have been told when to attend but everyone is
welcome to brush up on their maths knowledge and
understanding, as well as examination techniques.
Maths Challenge – Leeds University https://www.ukmt.org.uk/
A selection of our yr10 and 11 students took the Leeds university
intermediate maths challenge and the results are now in.
Congratulations to:
Dean Potter - Silver award and Gareth Blake - Silver award
Melinda Graham - Bronze award, Ritika Rai - Bronze award
and Jack Hazzard - Bronze award
The Year 11 Art students have been working hard to prepare for their up-coming
Art examination this term. Students started to prepare for their examination in
January by creating artist research pages and developments based on the artist’s
studies.
Students joined us in the February half term by attending an art workshop at
school to aid their preparatory work and as you can see there were some
fantastic outcomes created. We wish Year 11s the best of luck in their
examination and we can’t wait to share with you some of their masterpieces in
the next newsletter!
Work by:
Kayleigh Long,
Aaron Dempsey,
Hope Rushworth,
Denzel Browne,
Kiera Thomson
Year 7 Funky Fruit
Models of Final Outcomes
Y11 Resistant Materials have been
converting their Final Designs for their
Controlled Assessment into a 3D model.
The students are now looking at
different types of joints and finishes for
their final outcomes which they will
make out of wood.
In Art year 7 students have been looking
at the project Funky Fruits and five a
day and how it is linked to healthy
lifestyles.
In the next issue we how to update you
with their progress with their final
outcomes.
Students were asked to create a 3D
piece of fruit in any media for their home
work.
Well done to all students that completed
a piece of fruit, there was some amazing
pieces, and the cake was delicious.
Work by:
Riley Johnson, Jack
Morse, Gareth Blake
Evans,
Jack
The PE department are very pleased to
share all of the fantastic opportunities that
students from all year groups have excelled
in so far in 2016. Bridgemary students have
represented the schools across many
different sports this term; Ultimate Frisbee,
Boys & Girls Football, Boys & Girls
Basketball and Boys Rugby.
Ultimate Frisbee:
The PE department took two groups of
students to Wolverhampton to compete in
the U17 Junior National Ultimate Frisbee
tournament.
Both
teams
played
exceptionally well across the two day
competition. For some students it was their
first taste of a National competition, for
other more experienced students they were
playing in their sixth tournament.
Some students have
gone on to trial for
the U17 Great Britain
team.
Shaan
Pettafor,
James
Brindley,
Jake
Fazackerley
and
Jack Hazzard have
all made it through
to the second stage
of trails.
Well done boys!
Football, Basketball and Rugby:
Students have competed against other
local Gosport and Fareham schools in
Basketball, Football and Rugby. We are
seeing improved performances across all
three sports and
some Year 11
students
have
been
helping
officiate and lead
younger
years
within
training
sessions
and
competitions.
A
real team effort!
Sky Sports Living for Sport Team:
A group of fifteen students have been
selected to participate in a Sky Sports
Living for Sport team that ultilises sports
to develop personal skills and qualities.
Students have been fortunate enough to
work with two Olympic athletes so far.
Peter Waterfield, Diver and Olympic Slver
medalist
delive red
an
exciting
trampolining session with the group.
Jonathan Boyton, Kayaker in training for
Rio 2016 Olympics visited and led a
session that develop team work and
communication skills.
The group have demonstrated superb
attitude and effort so far and we will
continue to develop physical, emotional
and social skills through participating in a
variety of sports.
Gene bank debate
The whole of year 7 took part in a debate about whether we
should save animals and plants from extinction. Students were
given a topic ranging from bringing dinosaurs back from
extinction, saving all plant seeds in seed banks to religious
viewpoints.
After two lessons of planning students went to the main hall and
had to be brave and stand in front of their peers to put their
point of view forward and also take questions from the floor.
The students proved to be excellent debaters and were a credit
to themselves with the thought and effort they had put in.
Reece Myatt gained a special award for his in-depth questioning
to the groups. They are looking forward to the next big debate.
STEAM – Science Technology Engineering Art & Maths
We have launched our first STEAM event at Bridgemary School! The students
have been selected from their houses to compete in ‘The Squashed Tomato’
House Challenge.
The challenge is based on many farmers in Nepal who grow their crops on the
mountainside where the soil is fertile. The problem the farmers’ experience
was getting their crops to the markets at the bottom of the mountain where
they could sell their produce for a fair price.
It is a hard three hour walk down steep and dangerous
pathways and the produce often gets squashed on the
journey. Our students have to work as a team to create a
pulley system that will transport as many tomatoes as
possible down their pulley to their base within 2 minutes.
In the next Newsletter we will share with you the winning
house of the STEAM challenge!
Film Studies
Rock Challenge Danceathon
The Film Studies year eleven students found
themselves with a lot of catching up to do
after year ten. However, some have worked
hard to turn their grade prospects around,
coming in after school to consolidate their
knowledge from lessons and gain skills in
order for them to meet their potential in
assessments.
On Wednesday 16th December, the cast,
stage crew and some staff took part in
an 8 hour Danceathon in order to raise
money for our Rock Challenge piece.
Some very high-quality work has been
submitted, with students showing a pride in
their work and creating some professionallooking artefacts. Jessica Smith produced a
fictional film magazine cover for the
preproduction unit, featuring an original film
idea that she herself had devised as part of
her film pitch assignment.
All students showed amazing enthusiasm
and energy throughout the day and were
an absolute pleasure to be around. We
raised a whopping £947.25!
A special mention to Brooke Attwood
who managed to raise the highest
amount of money. Also, congratulations
to George Buckham who won spirit of
the day as well as Owen Jones for
winning best Christmas themed fancy
dress.
Well done to all involved!
Mrs Hayward.
Miss Hampton, the SEND Coordinator in
the Inclusion team, has recently
qualified on an ELKLAN accredited
training course which supports speech,
language and communication difficulties.
This experience adds greater breadth to
the provision offered to Bridgemary
students and allows tailored intervention
sessions to be delivered.
The interventions will promote
vocabulary development, expressive
language skills, effective communication
and social skills, and assist students with
unclear speech. This is fantastic news
for the Inclusion department and will
benefit specific students in the future.
We would like to congratulate former
student Flo Harms for her recent success
in her A level results she gained whilst
attending Bay House Sixth Form.
Flo achieved the following grades:
A Level English Literature – B
A Level Sociology – C
A Level Psychology – D
AS Level History – C
Flo is now studying English Literature at
the University of Brighton.
‘Flo was an asset to the Sixth From and
contributed wholeheartedly to the wider
life of the School’
Bay House Sixth Form currently has 5
former Bridgemary students.
Aisha Bartholomew
Liam Capper
Megan Jones
Victoria Osborne
Jack Woods
We would like to wish them luck in their
upcoming exams.
Spring into Religious Education
At the end of last term Key Stage 3 and
lots of fun learning about how different
countries around the world celebrate
Christmas, the class challenge was to
prepare a presentation in a fun and
creative way.
Over the past few months Year 8 have
been looking at Crime and Punishment
and there has been a few lively debates
around the concept of Capital
Punishment. Students have come up
with some very persuasive arguments
both for and against.
Year 7 have been investigating into
inspirational people, and many of them
have written about how parents and
grandparents, aunts and uncles are their
inspiration, due to all the hard work,
they have then begun to compare people
like Martin Luther King, Gandhi and
Mother Theresa to those who offer
inspiration in their lives.
Exciting times ahead as many are
beginning to realise that they can make
a difference. Who inspires you? Share
with us on twitter @bridgemaryRE
Year 9’s have been looking at the tricky
subject of Relationships and what makes
the m wor k, they have had an
opportunity to consider ideas about
commitment and trust as well as look at
marriages.
Recently they have been discussing the
concept of an arranged marriage and what
this must be like for someone to have
their parents arrange the marriage for
them, one student commented “it might
not be that bad, at least I know I would
get married, it would take the hassle out
of having to do all that dating!”
Embedding learning is an important skill
and for students in Key Stage 4 it is
fundamental to their future success at
GCSE. With Year 11 we have been looking
at embedding learning through the
creation of mind maps to support with
revision around key concepts and year 10s
have had the chance to play ‘Questjenga’
in which each block removed has a
question that must be answered. So far
the Year 10 boys have proven themselves
to be very knowledgeable, come on girls
you can catch up!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish
the Year 11 Philosophy and Ethics Students
the very best of luck for their forthcoming
exams; they have been working hard for
the duration of the course and are really
focusing and showing resilience as we enter
the final phase and the lead up to the
exams. I believe that each one will do their
best, achieve results that they will be proud
of and I look forward to seeing great
results in the summer.
Have a wonderful Easter everyone, enjoy
the Easter Eggs and renewed hope that the
season brings
Miss McClarnon
On Wednesday 24th February we welcomed
education specialists Learning Performance into
Bridgemary School to work with our Year 11
students.
The focus of the day was improving memory skills,
working on resilience and growth mindset and
looking at different revision techniques.
At the start of the day, each student received their
own personalised Resource Pack, which contained
all the equipment they needed for the day ahead;
pens, highlighters, paper and also a ‘Strategies to
Success’ booklet.
The Learning Performance presenters helped
students to understand how best to remember lots
of information, how to recall it, and then use it
when required, and hopefully students can utilise
this skill during their exams.
The A-Map was a
revision strategy
was introduced to
year group and
went down a storm.
key
that
the
this
This allowed students to be creative when exploring information and making it
memorable too.
Denzel Browne and Joe Turner are sharing their version, along a
group effort led by Harry Wilkes.
We had 3 groups of students, one below having a debate with Rob.
The second group worked with the multi-skilled Emily.
Our third group worked with the ‘the man in the orange tie’ Steve.
The day was very successful and the students have come away feeling more confident
and comfortable about revision techniques, as well as using their improved memory
skills to help them achieve their potential.
Well done Year 11!
Mr Brooks
LEAP: Creative Writing.
Are you the person who thinks art can
only be created in an art class? That art is
a painting or a drawing? You’re wrong,
writing is an art! Your handwriting on the
paper is art. The way each letter connects
to the next. Each full stop, comma and
exclamation mark creates a picture.
The way you manipulate your language
devices and sentence structures can show
case your creative side. The words you
write come to life and provoke feelings.
Writing can have the power to change
things. When you put your pen to paper
you could create the best motivational
speech, the most emotional-driven story
or it could just be you on a page;
unedited! Feelings, thoughts and dreams.
The best picture doesn’t have to be made
through the stroke of a paintbrush or the
shading in from pencils. It could simply be
the art of the English language!
During the spring term a group of students
took part in a creative writing course for
LEAP. The work completed was directly
linking to the new curriculum and GCSE
English language exam.
The Girl on the Beach
Have you ever wondered where the
perfect place to die is? I mean, I have.
Life’s full of adventures, heartbreaks, true
love and so much more. Nowadays, people
don’t really think about the big ending,
death. For me it’s hard not to! When your
terminally ill, life is a puzzle, but some of
the pieces are missing or don’t fit.
I’ve dreamt of places I want to travel for
my sixteenth, I want to make it reality.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to travel to a place
where the rippled waves ride up your bare
skin on the beach? All your senses alive.
Breathing in the fresh salty air.
Having the beaming sunlight gently
kissing your pale skin. Being able to run
your hands over the sculpted caves. To
feel as if your living not surviving.
I spend days in hospital. Sometimes
weeks. Medication. Test. Observations.
Appointments. This isn’t living, it’s
surviving. I don’t want to survive each
day. I want to live each day. I want to
live them. I don’t know how many I
have left. A day, a month or a year. I
want to cherish them all.
So persuading your parents and the
doctors that you’re well enough to travel
to the destination you thought about in
your dreams isn’t too easy, but
somehow I’ve managed. It comes as a
shock to me! The doctors say I’m doing
well and my body is responding well to
the medication, I know my body better
than anyone and something tells me the
end is near.
I no longer have golden brown skin,
brown dreamy glistening eyes. I no
longer have my soft brown hair with
tight ringlets. No! I have pale skin
drained of colour, eyes which are tired
looking at the same four walls and hair
well, I don’t own any…
So, I’ve reached my final destination.
The beach is exquisite. The vibrant sun
shone bright upon the tranquil sea
water, sculpted caves bordered the
walkway of the beach, and the golden
crusts of sand glowed as the sun gently
kissed them. The view is absolutely
picturesque! The clouds smudge across
the soft blue sky, I truly feel like I’m
living.
Not many people think about the end
and being ready. I am. I’m buzzing; this
moment in time is the moment I’ve been
waiting to live for. I’m alive, truly alive!
I get to leave the world behind and
maybe, just maybe when I leave I’ll
travel to a place like this and stay.
Forever!
Do you think that happens? Are we
happy in afterlife? Is there afterlife?
I’ve realised life is full of unanswered
questions and mysterious.
If I was to live again I’d love to answer
them…
Darkness fills outside the small hut I’m
staying in. Beautiful fireflies’ fly
through the sky like a reflection of
stars which are captured in a jar.
Others chose to use classic stopmotion staple Nuplast, a modelling
clay used by the likes of Aardman
Animations (Wallace & Gromit etc.), to
craft models which could then be
moved tiny amounts in sequence. One
group of students is using mobile
game phenomenon Flappy Bird as
inspiration for their work, while others
have original concepts of their own.
The scenery still seems to capture my
attention. I know the end is to come. I
embrace the coldness which down my
spine. I breathe in the salty air. I lay
on the bed, gazing up.
I embrace everything one last time. I
close my eyes. And I am at peace. I
don’t know whether I’m going to travel
to the places I’ve dreamt of, but that’s
the end of my story, so goodbye
Thanks to Crystal Frampton for putting together this
piece for the newsletter and for also sharing this
amazing piece of creative writing
Students are working to create short
animations using stop-motion, in which
objects, pictures etc. are changed or moved
across multiple frames to create the illusion of
movement.
There is a wide variety of media being used to
create their work, as well as a diverse set of
inspirations. Some groups chose to animate
using a basic method, drawing and redrawing
frames with incremental progressions.
When setting up Lego Club I honestly didn’t think that it would be as big as it
has turned out to be. Over the last term the students have been very
enthusiastic and have been able to show their creative side and show how they
are able to work independently as well as working within small groups.
During the first week of Lego club the students worked in groups to create a four
wheeled vehicle in which at the end of the session would be used to race against
the others.
Since the first week the Lego Club have created bridges, created a safe means of
transport for a Lego character to move down a zip line and have created a two
storey building of their choice.
The students within Lego Club have a very exciting
opportunity coming up within the next two leap
sessions where we have three ambassadors from
STEM on the 10th and 24th of March coming in to
assist within our sessions.
If you feel that you are a potential Lego blockhead
like we currently have within Leap then please do
not hesitate to sign up for next term and Lego
Leap Club.
Heads of House are very proud to announce that we have 5 newly trained anti
bullying ambassadors, Jake Fazakerley, Emma Medhurst, Jade Norn, Brittany
Davidson and Shannon Green.
The students attended a whole days training on the 3rd December 2015 at
Croften School, at the end of the day they enthusiastically planned lots of
exciting things that we can do to make Bridgemary an even better school for
all our students.
Watch out for lots of new ideas coming soon including ‘Feel Good Friday’,
‘Pass on the Smile J’ ‘Safe Space’ and much more.
Towards the end of the session students had to elect one representative that
would be the School Leader and take charge of the Anti Bullying Team, after a
long deliberation in which students put across why they would be an ideal
candidate for the Role, Shannon Green was duly elected to the position and
put Miss McClarnon to work straight away in booking venue for their first
meeting.
These students were fantastic ambassadors for their school and their house
but a special mention goes to Jake Fazakerley, staff from the Diana Award
singled out Jake and 6 other students as deserving special mention for their
commitment, dedication and enthusiasm throughout the day.
A new catering service has been introduced to our students and staff.
Our new Catering provider, Chartwells, is the leading provider of contract
catering and support services to the education sector in the UK. They will
provide our school meals; hospitality services and will be investing in a
dining room refurbishment and cashless till system.
Our new cashless system works using biometrics. We expect this system to
improve the services we are able to offer the students significantly, with
benefits including:

Improved security – students will no longer need to bring cash to school

Reduction in queuing time for students as the system does not require
transfer of monies or checking of cards for those receiving free school
meals

Children will not have to collect Free School Meals cards each day
Cashless systems are widely used in schools across the country, and have
been successfully so, for some years. If you wish to know more about the
system please read the Information booklet enclosed, and refer to the school
website:
http://www.bridgemary-tkat.org/uploads/asset_file/3_0_biometrics-faqs.pdf
In addition to the day to day service for students and staff we are also
pleased to introduce a new kiosk (pictured below which will offer a range of
hot and cold refreshments for our community users. The kiosk will be open
Monday - Friday between 5pm and 9pm and on Saturdays between 8am and
2pm