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ST AUGUSTINE’S RC SCHOOL
Newsletter
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S C H O O L
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
Happy New Year
1
Money for Guide
Dog Puppies
2
Pope Idol 2014
2
Art Work on
Display
2
Austrian Ski Trip
2
Auditions For
Bugsy
3
Origins of St
Valentine
3
Free Computers
3
Music Events
3
Orpheus the
Mariner
4
Year 8 Retreat
Day
4
Support for
Connor
4
Emmie Takes To
The Stage
5
PE Successes
5
Prayers for
Confirmands
5
special menu of Chicken Chow
Mein, Beef in Black Bean Sauce,
Sweet and Sour Vegetables and
Banana Fritters.
Welcome to the first edition of
the St Augustine’s School
Newsletter for 2014.
For students from China,
including Ying-Yi Mei (Andy) this
is also the first edition since the
start of the Chinese New Year.
On 31st January.
Andy and fellow students from
tutor group 8M celebrated the
Chinese New Year - the year of
the horse, with Fortune
Cookies and Red Envelopes
containing well wishes and
gestures written by the
students.
The canteen also celebrated the
Chinese New Year with a
The canteen and school
reception were decorated with
flags and Chinese banners and
even special guest Moo Shoo
the Chinese dragon, made last
year by 17 year old Abbi Vasey,
as part of her A* GCSE Art
work.
Chinese New Year is a time to
remember the family and wish
everyone peace and prosperity
for the coming year, Each year is
named after an animal, Use the
wheel opposite to see if you can
work out which animal was
year was when
Tutor group 8M
you were born.
celebrate (above)
2014 is the Year
and Dragon Moo
of the Horse.
Shoo watches over
the biscuits in the
canteen (left).
Dates for the Diary
14th February - 22nd February
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Ski Trip to Austria
14th February - 24th February
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HALF TERM
Tuesday 25th February
-
Year 7 Retreat Day
Wednesday 26th February
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Year 9 Retreat Day
Tuesday 4th March
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Staff Training Day
Thursday 13th March
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Eskdale Festival (Whitby)
Friday 14th March
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Music For Youth Festival (Hull)
Thursday 27th March
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BBC News School Report Day
Tuesday 1st April
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Easter Concert
4th April - 23rd April
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Easter Holidays
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Twitter
@St_Augs
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£300 Raised For Guide Dog Puppies
Students from St Augustine’s
School have recently donated
a cheque for £300.00 to the
Guide Association, as part of
the adoption of two guide dog
puppies.
The money was raised during
a free dress day held at the
end of term in December
2013.
Guide Dogs Fleck
and Quentin with
students from Years
7 and 8
Guide dogs Fleck and
Quentin, and their owners,
visited school in December to
deliver an assembly to years 7
and 8 who fell in love with the
puppies.
They then revisited in January
to collect the cheque and
present us with a framed
Thank you to acknowledge
our involvement in the cause.
We will receive information
on our own adopted puppies
in due course, which will be
updated by year 7’s Monica,
Caitlin, Anaina and Sky.
Thank you to everyone for
your kind donations.
Pope Idol 2014
The annual Middlesbrough
Diocesan
Youth Talent Show
‘Pope Idol’ will take
place at 7.30pm on
Saturday 1st March at
the Middlesbrough
Theatre.
The event is an XFactor style talent
show where contestants perform in front of a live
audience and a panel of
The artwork on
display at
Scarborough Hospital
Emmie Beckitt and a group of
Chloé Moran, Helen Inasu
St Augustine’s School has
taken home the trophy for
the past three years with
winning performances from
David Echevarria (2013),
Alanis Beckitt (2012) and
Holly Walker, Emma Button
and Beth Christlow (2011).
and Bernadette Davey who
will all be singing.
This year we have three acts
entering the competition,
they are Jemima Whyte,
Art Work On Display
A number of photographs of
art work, produced by
students currently in Year 11,
have been put on public
display at Scarborough
Hospital.
The work was produced by
the students last year with the
help of artist Sue Lawty,
whose work can also be seen
on display.
ST
judges to be crowned Pope
Idol Winner.
AUGUSTINE’S
SCHOO L
Tickets for the evening are
£7.50 for adults and £6.00 for
children and there will be a
coach running from
Br id li ngto n/ S car bo r oug h.
Please see Sara or Mr Barron
for more information or to
buy tickets.
Ski Trip To Austria
Anyone visiting Scarborough
Hospital can see the
photographs which are
situated just off the main
corridor, near the entrance.
A grand total of 30 students
from years 8 - 11, along with
3 members of staff will be
setting off on the school Ski
Trip to Austria on Friday.
Well done to all involved and
especially Mrs Braida and Miss
Yates.
They will be receiving ski
lessons in the Lungau region
of Austria, also known as
Austria’s coldest valley!
NEWSLETTER
You can follow their trip by
following our school twitter
account @St_Augs.
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Auditions For ‘Bugsy Malone’
Following the success of recent
school productions including A
Christmas Carol, Oliver! (2012),
Treasure Island (2011), Little Shop
of Horrors (2010), A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (2009) and The
Wiz (2008), the Drama, Music and
Art departments are now planning
for the 2014 production of Bugsy
Malone.
Auditions have taken place this
term for actors, singers and
dancers to be part of the musical
which tells the story set in New
York 1929, of two rival gangsters,
Fat Sam and Dandy Dan, and Dan
is in possession of a new weapon,
the ‘splurge gun’!
Mr Barron and Mr Edwards now have the
very difficult job of casting the play. Well
done to everyone that
came and performed for
us.”
As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone,
an all round nice guy, falls for Blousey
Brown, a singer at Fat Sam’s speakeasy, but his plans to woo Blousey
are spoilt by seductive songstress
Tallulah, who wants Bugsy for herself.
The musical is a family classic and
features the songs ‘Fat Sam’s Grand
Slam’, ‘So You Wanna Be A Boxer?’,
‘My Name Is Tallulah’ and many
more.
Mrs Braida in the Art
department has also
been busy planning the
scenery
for
the
production, along with
members of the Art
Club.
“We have been very impressed with
the standard of auditions this year,”,
said Miss Price “with students from
all years coming a have a go. Myself,
The production will take
place from 14th - 16th
July at the Lisvane Hall,
Scarborough College.
The Origins Of St Valentine
St Valentine is
the
patron
saint of lovers
and tradition
has it that on
his feast day,
14th February,
people
send
anonymous
cards
or
presents to the ones they love.
But who was the real St Valentine?
He was put into prison for helping
some Christians who were going
to be executed by Emperor
Claudius. While Valentine was in
prison, he healed the chief
warder’s daughter, who was blind,
and the warder and all his family
became Christians.
That is a question with many
possible answers.
When Emperor Claudius heard of
this, he said Valentine should be
executed and so, on February 269,
Valentine was clubbed to death,
before having his head chopped
off, just to make sure!
One Valentine was a priest who
lived in Rome in the third century.
In the same year, another man
named Valentine who was a
Free Computers!
Bishop about 60 miles from Rome,
who was also put to death by
Emperor Claudius for being a
Christian.
Neither Saint seems to have
anything to do with young lovers
therefore it is thought by some
that the tradition of cards for
loved ones comes from the fact
that on this day of the year, birds
in the northern hemisphere begin
to pair up and start mating.
Others say the day is linked to the
pagan Roman festival named
Lupercalia when young men took
part in a lottery to find a partner.
Music Events
The school has some used PC
Towers which are available for
pupils to have to use at home.
The Music Department has a very with individuals also performing
busy few weeks ahead with a that week in various instrument
classes.
number of events taking place.
Similarly, students can now also
have Microsoft Office free as a
download for use on school work.
This year the Music Department
have again entered the Eskdale
Festival which is an excellent
experience for the students. The
Choir, Orchestra and SAJO will all
compete on Thursday 13th March,
Please contact Mr Welch at
school for more info on either of
these offers.
SAJO are also taking part in the
National Music For Youth Competition in Hull Friday 14th March.
Spectators are invited to watch this
event which starts at 3pm in the
Albermale Music Centre.
Prayer to
St. Valentine
O St. Valentine,
lover of Christ and of
the Church, we ask
your intercession
that we may learn
how to love God
above all things, and
to selflessly love one
another. O glorious
St. Valentine, pray
for us, that we too
may have the
steadfast faith of the
martyrs.
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Orpheus The Mariner
Orpheus the Mariner is a
large scale performance event
taking place in Scarborough
on 14th and 15th February
2014.
It features a community cast
of over 750 performers from
across the region, including
past GCSE Drama students
Flynn O’Connell, Keagan
Jones and Karl Rowe, among
others. The performances will
involve giant puppets, live
music, lantern processions
and are set to be a stunning
spectacle on a giant scale.
The performance will start at
5.30pm on 14th February at
the Spa Complex in
Scarborough, It will then
move along the foreshore
towards the harbour. More
details on the exact timings of
the route can be found on the
website.
This is a free theatrical event,
organized by local production
company ‘Animated Objects’.
Many of the puppets have
been built by schools and
local community groups in
workshops held throughout
One of the giant
puppets that will be
used in the
performances
Audience members are
encouraged to bring lanterns/
glow sticks along with them
to light the route of the
procession. To find out more
at visit the Orpheus website:
www.orpheusthemariner.co.uk
Past students
Keagan Jones
(right) and
Flynn O’Connell (left)
rehearse for
their parts as
lobsters
Year 8 Retreat Day
run by the Middlesbrough
Diocesan Youth Mission
Team (MYMission), with
Years 7 and 9 taking part
later this month.
MYMission work with over
20,000 young people in
schools and parishes every
year.
Connor and his Dad
receive a cheque on
behalf of the school
from Mr Taylor and
his Form Tutor Mrs
Gomersall
Students from Years 8 have
taken part in a Retreat Day
this term, held at
Scarborough Rugby Club and
The theme of the Retreat
Day, which was a great
success, was ‘Heroes’ and
there were lots of different
Support For Connor
Year 8 student Connor
Gillian is over half way to
his fundraising target of
£3000 thanks to a
generous donation from
the school.
As reported in our
Christmas Newsletter,
Co n no r ha s b e en
selected to join the North
Yorkshire and Cleveland
ST
the year.
AUGUSTINE’S
SCHOO L
Scout Contingent at the 23rd
World Scout Jamboree in
Japan in 2015.
Connor has been busy
fundraising in all sorts of ways
and plans to organize even
more events in the near
future. If anyone would like to
support Connor in his
fundraising efforts then speak
to him or Mrs Fox.
NEWSLETTER
activities throughout the day.
“I learnt that we can be
heroes in everyday life” Lauren Parrott.
“Overall it was a great day,
the activities were fun and I
learned a lot!” - Winifred
Bushell.
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Emmie To Take To The Stage
Year 9 student Emmie Beckitt is
set to appear at the Bluebell Hotel
Culture Classic event in May as
one of the support acts for Global
Superstar Katherine Jenkins OBE.
Emmie currently sings with the
school Junior, Senior and Chamber
Choirs and has also performed solo
soprano at a number of concerts
including X-Factor and Pope Idol.
Katherine, the fastest-selling
mezzo-soprano ever has
performed at the most prestigious
British events including the
Queen’s Coronation Festival at
Buckingham Palace.
In 2013 Emmie was given the chance
to audition for Britain’s Got Talent
after being scouted by the production
team who had seen clips of her on
youtube singing Nessum Dorma.
Emmie was described at the time as
“the next Katherine Jenkins” by judge
David Walliams.
Katherine will perform with the
National Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Anthony Inglis at the
event in Burton Agnes, near
Bridlington on 31st May 2014.
Emmie had to audition for her slot in
the concert and was chosen by
Katherine Jenkins over many other
already established singers.
Tickets to see Emmie at the
Katherine Jenkins concert are
a v a i l a b l e
f r o m
www.bluebellhotel.net
Emmie pictured with
Ant and Dec at her
Britain’s Got Talent
Audition in 2013
PE Successes Prayers for Confirmation Candidates
Congratulations
to year 9 student
Hope Chamberlain who has been
made Captain of
the Scarborough
Ryedale District
Team.
Well done also to the Year 9 girls
who came 3rd in the 5-a-side
football competition, and Year 10
and 11 girls who made it through
to the football final.
Over twenty students from Years
9, 10 and 11 are taking part in the
2014 Catholic Confirmation
Programme and will receive the
Sacrament later this year.
Confirmation is a sacrament which
deepens Baptism and in which the
Holy Spirit gives us the strength to
live Christian lives.
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
are wisdom, understanding,
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conusel, fortitude (courage),
knowledge, piety and fear of the
Lord. Confirmands also receive
the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit
which are charity, joy, peace,
patience, benignity, goodness, long
-suffering, mildness, faith, modesty,
continency and chastity - human
qualities that can be activated by
the Holy Spirit.
Please keep them all in your
prayers.