Issue 24 - St James` Catholic High School

Issue 24 – 17 March 2014
Dear Parents/Carers
The KS4 Options Evening last week was really well attended, and the parents that I spoke to commented on how useful and
informative the whole event was. As parents, we have tried to provide you with lots of relevant information to help you make
an informed choice, including the comprehensive ‘Options Booklet’ which is also available electronically via our website.
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Completed options forms should be returned between Monday 24 and Friday 28 March. In the meantime, though, if you
have any questions or concerns about the options process, please do not hesitate to contact our Deputy Headteacher, Mr
Brophy at [email protected].
This week is National Science Week, a chance to celebrate anything related to science. We will be marking this occasion
across school with special science-related quizzes and competitions, and there will be prizes distributed in assemblies next
week. The PE Faculty are also organising a ‘Sport Relief Mile’ this week, and pupils are participating by running/walking during
their Core PE lessons and donating a £1 voluntary contribution. Pupils are expected to wear their PE kit as usual, as lessons
will continue once they have completed the mile, but they are allowed to wear red accessories, e.g. a red t-shirt, red socks,
red hair accessories. This is only to be worn during the lesson, and no face painting is allowed.
Well done to all Year 8 pupils who really entered into the spirit of their day retreats at Animate in St Helen’s last week, and
congratulations again to all those students who were awarded their RTL stars for last half-term. As this is such a short halfterm it is a real opportunity for any students who have not yet achieved a star to keep all their RTL points.
Thank you for your continued support - 28 school days left until GCSE exams begin. If you ever wish to contact me about any
issue, please do not hesitate to email me at [email protected].
Tim Beesley – Headteacher
YEAR 10 SCIENCE GCSE EXAMINER'S TIP
Remember 'Metabolic Rate' refers to the CHEMICAL REACTIONS which take place in CELLS. This varies from person to person and
can be affected by your gender, (men generally have a higher metabolic rate) and the amount of activity you do. It can also be
INHERITED from our parents.
YEAR 11 SCIENCE GCSE EXAMINER'S TIP
Make sure you know the word equation for aerobic respiration (glucose + oxygen -> carbon dioxide + water + ENERGY).
Remember that this takes place in the mitochondria of cells.
Mrs Brown – Director of Faculty
PRAYER
Dear Lord,
Help me to see more clearly what I should do with my life.
Give me the courage so that I may not fear what other people think of me,
nor be anxious about success. Let me find the true joy and satisfaction,
which comes to those who live their lives according to your will.
ADVANCE NOTICE
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PTA meeting Tuesday 18 March at 7pm - Election
of new chairperson
Year 7 Geography Manchester field trips:
7E and 7M Monday 24th March
7S and 7C Tuesday 25th March
7J and 7A Wednesday 26th March
NB: Please return permission letter to Mr Wilby or
Mr Cawley
Year 8 HPV vaccinations – Monday 24th March
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ENGLISH FACULTY
“We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.”
(Inspector Goole – An Inspector Calls)
Years 10 and 11 are currently busy preparing for their GCSE in English Literature. As part of their revision-programme, the students
have had the pleasure of watching a visiting theatre company performing a version of the play. As a staff we have been extremely
impressed with the depth and maturity of questions asked by the students in the post-show question and answer sessions.
The central theme of J.B. Priestley’s landmark play is responsibility, personal responsibility for our own actions and our collective
responsibility to society.
On May 20th our Year 10 and 11 students will have to answer a question on the play and will be given a mark across six mark bands
for their efforts. To achieve marks in each of these bands, students MUST use quotations directly from the play. They will be
provided with copies in the exam. For now, they all have access to a copy to help with their revision.
QUOTATIONS MEAN MARKS!
Mr Travers – English Teacher
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
GCSE ICT UNIT 2 DEADLINES
For any Year 10 pupils who study ICT with Mrs Rarity, please note the following deadlines for your Unit 2 controlled assessment:
Task 2
Screenshots & Final Printout - Thursday 3rd April 2014
Self-Evaluation -Friday 9th May 2014
Evaluation of Others - Friday 23rd May 2014
Testing Plan & Final Testing- Friday 2nd May 2014
Report -Friday 16th May 2014
Finance Task -Friday 6th June 2014
Mrs Rarity – Director of Creative Technology
GCSE REVISION BOOK COST PRICE SALES IN SCHOOL
We have sold out of some revision guides in school, and others are selling fast. Unfortunately, we cannot restock until May. If a student
requires a revision book that is currently sold out, you may wish to source your own copy in the meantime. The best discounts we can
find for you are on www.amazon.co.uk .
These are 2 popular books we have currently sold out of. We will be pleased to supply ISBNs of others as they sell out too.
An Inspector Calls Revision Guide (English Literature GCSE)
We normally sell this in school at full discount price of £2.75. The best discount we can find to the public is on www.amazon.co.uk ,
who are selling at £4.76 at the time of writing this.
ISBN 9781841461151 RRP £5.95
D&T Food Technology GCSE
We normally sell this in school for £2.50,
www.amazon.co.uk are again the best discount
here at £4.49 at time of writing.
ISBN 9781906415464 RRP £5.99
Mrs Smith
Learning Resource Centre
REWARDS
328 pupils have kept their 10 points in half term 3. This was an increase of 32 pupils from the last half term 2!!
Congratulations to all those pupils listed below and thank you to all parents and carers for supporting this new system.
Dr S Guscott - Assistant Head Teaching & Learning
Dr Guscott
Assistant Head Teaching & Learning
10 RTL POINTS
YEAR 7
7J
Nina Blinow
Freya Chapman
Taylor Curran
Connor Edge
Josie Jones
Lucy Lawrence
Jodie Pearson
Victoria Santo
7A
Harry Berry
Mia Gibson
Keisi Halili
Olivia Irwin
Ellie Jones
Ellie Powell
Aleigha Smith
James Wheeldon
Robert Wheeldon
Robert Wigfield
Ryand Yandoc
7M
Sophie Millington
Jessica Steer
Charlie Welch
Callum Yuille
7E
Emily Bohan
Heather Brookfield
Lucy Brown
Ethan Crampton
Natalie Dalton
Molly Gibson
Lucy Hogg
Kaitlyn Law
Alicia Longden-King
Casey-Jade Lyne
Katie McMenamin
Paige Sherrett
7S
Louis Affen-Warwood
Jessica Brodigan
Amelia Evans
Anthony Fox
Paige Harney
Alice Humphries
Sean Lavelle
Halli-Jade Lockett
India Marin
Keely Reynolds
Sarah Royle
Alicia Vernon
Chloe Walker
7C
Claire Allwright
Isobel Boyle
Natasha Deeney
Maria Ferry
Thomas Keating
Mia Luconi
Joshua Manuel
Olivia Ring
Abigail Sheldon
Annabel Thorlby- Wilson
Anna Walsh
Charlotte Williams
10 RTL POINTS
YEAR 8
8J
Oscar Cameron
Sarah Connor
Emily Douglas
Serena Eckersall
Heather Edwards
Ellen Hanna
David Hughes
Sally Mulholland
Freya Thomas
Alice Woods
8A
Adonis Ahmadi
Alexandra Baguley
Molly Blain
Dylan Doran
Mia Egan
Aine Egan-Savage
Caroline Featherstone
Olivia Hulme
Emily Kenny
Joshua Murphy
Alex Nash
Eleanor Roberts
Niamh Sanquest-Jones
Alex Shiel
Daniel Worsley
8M
Harry Bloor
Daniel Brooks
Daniel Carr
Holly Hamnett
James Holland
Holly Holmes
Charlotte Hughes
Sophie Hurleston
Sarah Hutchence
Niall Kelly
Rose Leach
Kayla Man
Lorenzo Nery
Maisie Reeder
Athira Reji
Nikola Sankowska
Gabrielle Santos
Chloe Thomas
Rhys Wardrop
8E
Sophie Fox
Freya Garvin
Charley Gibbs
Niamh Grady
Victoria Holland
Daniel Lynch
Eleanor McCreesh
Michael Mills
Rebecca Mulligan
Lydia Nugent
James Standing
8S
Aaliyah Anderson
Alex Bashforth
Melissa Calderon
Philippa Carroll
Daniel Davies
Kiera Foley
Bryce Hemsley
Olivia Grace
Emily Kelly
Penny Lodder
Patrick McDermott
Maisie McGhee
Harriet Mottershead
Ella Quiligotti
Emily Taylor
8C
Anastasia Briscall-Bowker
Jessica Burton
Tara Delahoyde
Holly Ellison
Alexandra Flanagan
Adam Geddes
Thomas Grannigan
Chloe Jenkins
Connor Longworth
Martha McKnight
Niamh McManus
Ruby-Anne Ruane
Natalie Whitehead
10 RTL POINTS
YEAR 9
9J
Lewis Beswick
Rosa Dwyer
Daniel Everett
Amy Hall-Murphy
Sarah Hall-Murphy
Rosie Hollins-Subirats
Charlotte Kiessi
Ewan Lawson
Katie Marsh
Josie Simms
Elsa Vaccari
Megan Ward
9A
Catherine Armitage
Jonathan Barton
Rebecca Chantler
Jessica Fahy-Grant
Maisie-Jane Garvin
Molly Gilronan
Harriet Hassall
Kieran Hughes
Benjamin Kirkman
Joshua Knights
Alexandra Langdon
James Lowe
Shannon Mannering
Thomas Mercer
Alex Millington
Robert Santo
Thomas Small
Shaun Varley
Megan Waldron-Green
9M
Kimberley Beesley
Abbey Conlan
Lydia Farnell
Sam Healey
Ellie Jones
Tiffany Man
Ellie O'Brien
Olivia Wheeldon
9E
James Breckell
Bethany Chadwick
Francesca Denny
Joshua Finucane
Bethan Gillespie
Marcus Hopwood
Jayne Jewsbury
Charlotte Laing
Erica Lau
Mary Sweeney
Chloe Thomas
Isobel Thurston
9S
Elizabeth Brierley
Catherine Goreham
Patrick Gormley
Niamh Hibbert
Hannah McLoughlin
John Mediavillo
Anna Pullar
Asha Turner
9C
Alicia Barlow
Hannah Crone
Jasmine Hannon
Leah Howard
Joseph Kay
Georgia Maguire
Charlotte O'Gara
Ella Wild
10 RTL POINTS
YEAR 10
10J
Alicia Blythe
Mimi Brook
Ryan Burgess
Megan Carr
Lucy Chetwynd
Charlie Elder
Olivia Lavelle
Daniel Mulhall
Naomi Neale
Frances Tole
Alex Westby
10A
Charlie Abernethy
Megan Bermingham
Ann Connor
Laura Mimnagh
Millicent O'Hara
Maisy-Lou Taylor
10M
Jack Cowgill
Charlotte Edwards
Michael Hannon
Abigail Howard
Emily Jefferies
Harry Johnson
Charlotte King
Rachel Mayo
Ciara McGrath
Libby Neary
Joe O'Mullane
Liam Rowan
Emily Walsh
Elizabeth Welsh
10E
Rory Brown
Grace Crosthwaite
Niamh Crowley
Caleb Hall
Curtis Moorehouse
Jacob Riley
Ashna Sailus
10S
Cathlynne-Joy Banda
Katie Deegan
Michael Eachus
Ellie Hutchins
George Ravenscroft
Nicolas Roe
Cameron Wallis
Elizabeth White
Jodie Worsley
Sean Young
10C
Heather Curran
Niamh Doherty
Rowan Frain
Victoria Holland
Shona Hutton
Grace Kozij
Jaida Madathilethu
Karmen Man
Ella Mullin
Rafael Nery
Alexander Porter
Olivia Salmon
Neave Speight
Thomas Wroe
10 RTL POINTS
YEAR 11
11J
Abigail Dalton
Louis Gilchrist
Danielle Idehen
Lewis Igali
Kieran Kelly
Francesca Taylor
11A
Megan Ashworth
Cerys Bloor
Connoll Egan-Savage
Thomas Gately
Matthew Jones
Talulla Kane
Alexander Lapi
Holly McManus
Mark Pili
Liam Walsh
11M
Emily Bohan
Patrick Bolam
Lucy Clews-Jones
Hannah Daniels
Matthew Fox
Kristina Frain
Sophie Greenwood
Isobel Mack
Donnacha Maguire
Olivia Thorley
Christopher Wigfield
11E
Paisley Collins
Jamie-Lee Donnelly
Jack Grady
Melissa Kelly
Cynthia Lau
Euan Malpas
James Sweeney
Jessica Thurston
11S
Jordan Hannon
Thomas Harrop
Jade Jackson
James Johnson
Jennifer Kelly
Holly Lax
Helen O'Brien
David Roddy
Molly Turgoose
11C
Ellen Griffiths
Alexander Jones
Isabella Lowrey
Megan O'Callaghan
Joseph Robinson
Sebastian Sharples
Rebekah Taylor
Charlotte Wood
Joe Wood
Hannah Wyness
YEAR 7/8 GIRLS’ RUGBY DEVELOPMENT DAY FRIDAY 7TH MARCH
On Friday afternoon 14 of our Year 7 and 8 girls went over to Manchester Rugby Club to participate in a girl’s rugby
development coaching session. Leading the session were some coaches from the RFU but also some of the ladies who play for
the club assisted the coaches. They were taught how to tackle, how to pass and taught the basic rules of the game. The girls
thoroughly enjoyed the session and they have a follow-up coaching session in April to look forward to. Below you can see the
girls in action. Well done to Mia Gibbons, Jess Burton, Tara Delahoyde, Jess Davies, Jess Harris, Maisie McGhee, Alex Flanagan,
Chloe Ackroyd, Freya Garvin, Molly Booth, Ellie McCreesh, Niamh Grady, Holly Ellison and Natalie Whitehead
KS4 PE FITNESS PROGRAMME
The KS4 PE programme is starting to begin to come to an end. This year the Year 10 & 11 boys and girls have attended Fit 4 Less
gym on Stanley Green Retail Park and also participated in fitness sessions lead by instructors in school. Some of the sessions they
have endured have been Zumba, Boxercise, Body Combat and Yoga. Once again the programme has been very successful and has
achieved the aims of being enjoyed by all and educating our young people on ‘lifestyle’ based activities with the intention of
encouraging them to keep fit and healthy once they leave St. James’. Below you can see photos of four of our Year 10 pupils Jaida
Madathilethu, Cathlynne Banda, Katherine Newsome and Amber Kelly leading a Zumba class.
GIRLS’ PE EXTRA CURRICULAR INFORMATION
Week commencing Monday 17th March
Monday (lunch)- Hockey practice Year 7
BOYS’ PE EXTRA CURRICULAR
INFORMATION
Week commencing Monday 17th March
Tuesday (lunch)- Netball practice Years 7 & 8
Tuesday (after school)- Year 8/9 Girls Football Greater
Monday to Friday lunch Badminton in
Sports Hall
Manchester Catholic Cup at Newman College, Broadway, Oldham
Wednesday
Football Yrs 7,9,10 V St
Annes (away) Return
5:30pm
Thursday
Football Yr 7 V CHHS
(away) Make way home
from CHHS. Year 11 V
Priestnall (away) Return
6pm
Friday
Yr11 GCSE Football
Group 1- astro turf Finish 5pm
Wednesday (morning)- GCSE 12 MINUTE RUN 8AM prompt start
Wednesday (lunch)- Year 8 inter-form rounders
Wednesday (after school)- Year 7-10 Netball vs Bramhall at home
Thursday (lunch)- Netball practice Year7 & 8
Thursday (lunch) - Year 8 inter-form rounders
Thursday (after school)- Year 7 Girls Football Greater
Manchester Catholic Cup at Newman College, Broadway, Oldham
Thursday (after school)- GCSE PE Year 10 & 11 Netball exam
Girls’ PE
Boys’ PE