geography news - St Thomas More Catholic Academy

October 2014
STM
ST THOMAS MORE
CATHOLIC ACADEMY
School
closes for
the half
term
holidays on
Friday 24th
October
and
Re—opens
on Tuesday
4th
November
2014
Inside this issue:
Headteachers News
2
Geography news
4
History News
6
PE News
8
College Year 2013-14
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YEAR 10 MUNICH TRIP IN JULY
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ACTING PRINCIPAL’S news
Dear Parents,
This half term has rattled by at an amazing rate and pupils deserve their one-week break for all of their
hard work. It is difficult to believe that on 1st November, it will be 12 months since our school became
an Academy as a part of All Saints’ Catholic Collegiate. The Directors have been unstinting in their
work on behalf of us all and I thank them for their efforts. We will be celebrating our first anniversary
with a joint training day here at St Thomas More where we will be joined by colleagues from the 4
Primary Schools in our MAC; Our Lady’s (Fenton), St Augustine’s (Meir), St Gregory’s (Longton) and
St Maria Goretti (Bentilee). We will spend much of the day concentrating on the important issue of
Literacy. The day will end with Bishop McGough celebrating Holy Mass.
I would like to add my congratulations to our Year 9 football team for winning the Stoke-on-Trent
Schools’ Cup. This is a great achievement and their 7-0 victory away at Blythe Bridge High school in
the final shows that the team has great potential. With the season only just underway, we have great
hopes for all of our football teams. It was a privilege to present the team with the cup and their medals
during assembly.
These last few days have seen a large number of Year 10 pupils on retreat at the new Soli Centre at
Alton. It was an honour for us to be invited as this is a newly opened facility and we are the first school
from the Archdiocese to attend. Pupils engaged in a range of activities that all included an element of
reflection and discussion and prayer, and it was through these activities that every child was challenged
and encouraged to find hidden strength, learn new skills, and experience achievement as part of a team
and as an individual. It is our aim that pupils in all year groups will have an opportunity this year to
attend a similar event.
Our 6th Form Open evening is rapidly approaching on Thursday 13th November. This provides an
opportunity for Year 11 pupils and their parents to research the best subjects for further study. As I
have mentioned before, I fervently believe that our own Sixth Form provides the very best option for
our students, as they are able to continue their studies in familiar surroundings taught by teachers who
already know their strengths and weaknesses. Our school’s ethos of caring for the individual can often
be taken for granted but it adds that extra dimension that makes St Thomas More Sixth Form that bit
special. I would urge all Year 11 families to attend to find out more about the subjects on offer not just
at our school but also within the wider Trinity Sixth Form. Within our own school, we are looking at
broadening our offer to capitalise on the new Sociology course by also offering A-levels in Psychology
and Health & Social Care.
I am delighted to confirm that our guest at this year’s Prize Evening is former pupil Bernie O’Reilly.
Bernie is now Assistant Chief Constable for Staffordshire Police Force and it will be good to see him
again. The last time I met him was on his last day as a pupil. That must be about 25 years ago. We are
hoping to organise a 2nd Prize Event just before Easter for pupils who are currently in Years 7 to 11.
We will let you know more about this as the event approaches.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. You can be confident of our best efforts at all times.
Mr A Wootton
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HEADTEACHERS AWARD PHOTO
Students having their photo taken with Mr
Wootton for the Headteachers Award
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geography news
NEWS from Geography: U6 Fieldwork to Cornwall
As 20% of their A2 level, our U6 Geographer’s undergo an exam in January which tests
their knowledge and understanding of a wide range of fieldwork techniques, methodologies,
data representation, hypothesis testing, analysis/conclusions/ evaluations and much more...
We ventured to Cornwall in September to prepare for this exam. The focus of the
fieldwork was on coastal processes and sustainable tourism... here is the report from the
students…
“Well after a long 5 hour car drive we arrived in Looe, Cornwall! We started our fieldwork at Port
Looe beach with doing a sediment analysis, swingometer, wave period and swash. In site 1 we
had Mrs Adams & Mr Millington site 2 Holly & Chloe and site 3 Taylor & Ben, the weather was on
our side not a spot of rain in site. We then ventured into the town of Looe and had a game of
cricket and made our way back to 'The Bridgeside Hotel'. Once we arrived back at the hotel we
started getting straight to work, looking at the data and presenting our results to one another.
Once we finished that we did a bit of Spearman’s Rank which took a lot of math skills crossed
with Geography to complete. The next day we went to the 'Eden Project'. It was amazing we
asked one of the team at the Eden project a few questions then went around to collect our data.
We did a pedestrian count and a bipolar chart. It was very interesting while asking people where
they were from to see if the Eden project was international or just national. We discovered that
Eden project was in fact an international place with people from Germany there! When we had
finished all collecting of data we went on the 'Skywire' Mr Millington was first up and with an
awkward and nervous laugh he was up. As we went over the Eden project people stopped to look
at us, it was like we were flying! Then all of the of a sudden all the everyone could hear was a
sound like an owl only to look and see Taylor coming down the Skywire! After we had all finished
at least the Skywire we went back to the hotel. When we got back we did Man Whitney U Test
and again looked at our result from the Eden project to see if it was a sustainable place and if it
was a myth or reality and represented what we had discovered. We worked together to figure out
Man Whitney U and then showed the result we had collected. On our last day of work we
travelled down to Newquay to look at two beaches and collect data. The first beach was Lusty
Glaze, the waves were massive when we did the swingometer and then did the sediment
analysis and wave period. Once we finished at Lust Glaze we drove over to Fistral Beach and did
the same. The waves weren't as big there but the surfers were amazing, the swingometer was
easier here because the waves wouldn't knock us over! Then we made our way back to Looe
and went for some tea and to buy a few gifts and then had a game of cricket on the beach again!
Team 1 being Taylor, Mr Millington & Chloe and Team 2 being Ben Mrs Adams & Holly! Team 2
won by the win of only one point. We made our way back to the hotel and looked at all the data
we had and looked for any significant results! Once finished we had a pool tournament.
Unfortunately that was the last night in Looe and it was a good one! The results we found showed
things we didn't think would have been found! It was an amazing fieldwork trip that I'm sure
everyone would enjoy!
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HISTORY NEWS
MUNICH TRIP JULY 2014
"We
had a lot of great experiences on the Munich trip. In particular the Biergarten, the historical
tour of Munich and of course , the shopping!
The tour of Dachau Concentration Camp was a moving experience that I am sure none of us will
forget. On our finaL full day we went to the Olympic Park and Tower where we had a panoramic
view of Munich and left our mark by writing our names. Throughout the trip we all bonded as a
group, had a great time and are left with happy memories. A great end to the school year"
By Rhiannon Pugh and Rebecca Highland
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PE NEWS
Under 16 City Netball Festival at Fenton Manor Halls on Thursday 9th October
The following year 9 & 11 girls represented the school at the above festival:
Stacey Collett (Captain), Hollie Lawrence, Chloe Goodwin, Lucie Pepper (Vice Captain),
Sarah Masterson, Alia Knight, Ellie Mace, Chloe Woodcock and Megan Inch.
Despite the vast majority of the team playing against girls who were 2 academic years older
than them, the St Thomas More girls put in a valiant effort and finished second out of nine
teams!
The results:
V Thistley Hough won 4 – 2
V St Peter’s
won 6 – 3
V Biddulph A
won 10 – 1
C Trentham
won 11 – 2
V Biddulph B
lost 3 – 0
V St Joseph’s
lost 11 – 3
V Blythe
won 5 – 3
Well done to all the girls involved and I look forward to taking you to the City Tournament
after half term! The year 9 girls will also have two city competitions to take part in this
year.
Mrs Staton
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS AND
RESULTS
Badminton:
U16 girls City badminton.
V Trentham lost 0-9,
V Biddulph A won 6-3,
V St Joseph's won 6-3,
V Biddulph B won 4-0.
Unfortunately only four girls attended this doubles tournament but I was impressed with their efforts. Despite conceding
three games in each match the girls managed to finish runners up, well done.
The four were: Stacey Collete, Emily Brennan, Megan Stevenson and Bianca Santiago.
Friday 'Smash Up'
Jeff our coach has now completed his sessions at school and we are all grateful for his time and effort. More than 50
students attended at least one session. Students can still play every Friday 3.10-4.30pm. ALL welcome.
City cross country:
A small squad of girls recently ran at Haywood High including: Y7 Freya Mitchell 31, Millie Grattage 34, Lucia Dawson
40. Y8 Holly Dykes 3 and Y9 Ellie Mace 2. Well done to all the girls.
The boys also ran at Trentham in very wet conditions and I didn't have my coat!! Y7 Ashton Millward 4, Elliot Barwise
45, Arsalaan Rangzeb 47, Raheem Saghir 48, Joshua Foster 49 and Cameron Rehman 50. Y8 Nathan Tomlinson 30
and Niall Donnan 31. Y11 Aaron Bates 4. Well done boys, the next race is at Sir Stanley Matthews next week.
Fitness suite:
This facility is available after school on Thursday and Friday to Y 9, 10 and 11 students. ALL welcome.
Indoor tennis:
We have a coach coming into school on Tuesdays 3.10-4.15pm, again ALL welcome.
Table tennis:
Students can play every Friday 3.10-4.15pm.
Sportsday results:
Summer seems along time ago but I hope our students still have good memories of a great day at the end of term??
Students in Y 7, 8 and 9 were placed into one of six countries who were playing in the World Cup. They included: The
Netherlands, Nigeria, Argentina, Republic of Korea, Brazil and Spain. Students competed in a range of sports and
each year group had their results collated to give gold, silver and bronze winners.
Athletics: Team result:
GOLD: Netherlands.
SILVER: Spain.
BRONZE:Nigeria.
Rounders:
GOLD: Korea, Aamna Razzaq, Danielle Finney, Zara Akbar, Katherine McLaren, Noora Mahmood, Jeserie
Scott, Callum Sutton, Emma Williams, Ebony Shaw, Georgia Harding, Ellie Ketteringham and Amber Goodall.
SILVER: Argentina, Molly Bryan, Sumiyya Qayum, Chenesai Mashanga, Jessica Osborne, Ethan Poole, Laetitia
Efori, Leah Mountford, Travis Barker, Bethany Pearson-Berry, Georgia Wood, Charlie Luckhurst, Megan McDonagh
and Shannon Guest.
BRONZE: Nigeria, Nazia Najam, Sohail Mohammed, Shaun Huson, Aesha Mohd, Fiza Sheraz, Laetitia Efori, Abby
Deaville, Olivia Moore, Molly Barnett, Findly Macphail, Chloe Taylor, Kyra Barnett and Poppy Kerr.
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AND RESULTS
Events: Individual results,
Long jump:
GOLD:
Y7: Nuala Miszkiel Argentina,
Y8: Scott Nixon Korea,
Y9: Ockay Mudumo Korea.
SILVER:
Y7: Ewan Howles Spain,
Y8: Lucas Brennan Brazil,
Y9: Karl Silvester Netherlands.
BRONZE:
Y7: Jeslin Thomas Netherlands,
Y9: Jacob Saville Brazil.
Shot Putt:
GOLD:
Y7: Ellie Gooding Netherlands,
Y8: Shaun Sakupwanya Brazil,
Y9: Billy Silvester Netherlands.
SILVER:
Y7: Leam Simms Korea,
Y8: Jack O'Driscoll Nigeria,
Y9: Tom Spooner Spain.
BRONZE:
Y8: Olivia Gibson Argentina,
Y9: Ellena Rowley Nigeria.
100m:
GOLD:
Y7:Danielle Nield Brazil,
Y8:Alex Ibrahim Spain,
Y9: Zoe Taylor Nigeria.
SILVER:
Y7: Megan Pearce Netherlands,
Y8: Justin Thomas Netherlands,
Y9: Georgia Bowden Brazil.
BRONZE:
Y7: Kelsey Kyle Nigeria,
Y8: Noora Mahmood Korea,
Y9: Lauren Fletcher Spain.
800m:
GOLD:
Y7: Holly Dykes Netherlands,
Y8: Ellie Mace Spain,
Y9: Oliver Marsh Brazil.
SILVER:
Y7: Jak Anstey Argentina,
Y8: Josh Ledgar Korea,
Y9: Liam Cash Netherlands.
BRONZE:
Y7: Morgan Hewitt Korea,
Y8: Megan Inch Netherlands,
Y9: James Brennan Nigeria.
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Badminton:
GOLD: Nigeria, Rehaan Mohammed, Nathan Wiliamson,
Jess Davenport, Amy Foulkes, Joel Burdett, Charlotte
Yorke and Zainab Kapasi.
SILVER: Brazil, Tia Rathbone, Sana Shah, Emily Pickett,
Gemma Ball and Janeeta Thomas.
BRONZE: Korea, Hope Hejnowicz, Serish Fariq, Hannah
Baggley, Callum and Maisy Dowding.
Basketball:
GOLD: Nigeria, Akaash Jeganath, James Shenton, Emma
Marshall, Kinza Nazar, Jodie Green, Dylan Lloyd, Scott
Grummett.
SILVER: Spain, Kourtney Fallows, Lori Camm, James
Jackson, Sam Norcup, Rukshan Withana and Liberty
Goodwin.
BRONZE: Brazil, Aaron Fallows, Ben Doyle, Chloe
Cartwright, Umm Kulhum, Mathew Clarkson and Bradlee
Bowers.
Cricket:
GOLD: Nigeria, Zeeshan Hussain, Amaan
Mohammed, Danyael Mohammed, Adeel Hussain, Irslan
Mohammed, Kamil Wasowski, Emil Galczynski, Zain
Ahmed, Zoheb Ishfaq and Khurram Ishfaq.
SILVER: Korea, Visoth Sivagnanam, Marcus Hewitt, Josh
Thorley, Sameer Iqbal, Scott Nixon, Matthew Trevor, Aqil
Basharat, Ockay Mudumo.
BRONZE: Netherlands, Hasan Hashmi, Jai Mohan, Jeslin
Thomas, Luke Holmes, Chloe Bould, Megan Inch, Maria
Lane, Billy Silvester and Sam Stubbs.
Football:
GOLD: Netherlands, Y7: Niall Donnan, Jawaad Ali, Humza
Ayaz, Josh Goodwin, Olivia Machnik, Sophie Lane, Adam
Badenjiki and Eden Hazard.
Y8: Justin Thomas, Toby Wall, Luke Mountford, Reece
Shaw, Ben Wright, Cole Slater, Aryan Hussain and Diego
Costa.
Y9: Billy Silvester, Sam Stubbs, Owen Ratcliffe, Jack
Smith, Liam Cash, Ryan Brennan, Karl Silvester and
Didier Drogba.
SILVER: Spain, Y7: Rayaan Mohammed, Abeel
Mohammed, Morgan Cooper, Owen Jewess, Mitchell
Bourne, Toby Brown and Riley Tomkinson.
Y8: Manreece Bains, Ismael Ali, Patrick Walton, James
Melhado, Ndenge Ndenge, Will White and Alex Ibrahim.
Y9: Josh Grice, Rukshan Withana, Joe Pace, Jamie
Grooms, Danny Henshall, Isaac Boulton and Harry
Jeffries,
BRONZE: Korea Y7: Alex Baranowski, Dagmara Dudziak,
Marcus Hewitt, Cameron Jebson, Jake Biddulph, Jake
Wilbraham and Josh Thorley.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS
AND RESULTS
Softball:
GOLD: Brazil, Abaid Rehman, Sana Sham, Bilal Hussain, Tia Rathbone, Mathew Mayer, Dario, Shaun Sakipwonya,
Kieran Powell and Bradlee Bowers.
SILVER: Nigeria, Kirean Perry, Abby Bryan, Emma Marshall, Jay Mountford, John Scott Fagin, Edmore Dzagon, Findley McPhail, Connor Gratton and Bradley Eenkhoorn.
BRONZE: Argentina, Guiseppi Henshall, Tom Evans, Scarlett Locket, Charlotte Cooper, Declan Davies, Cameron
Cleghorn, Oliver Colclough, Abdul Kalam, Liam McMahon and Megan Colclough.
Tennis:
GOLD: Netherlands, Andre Stevenson, Safwan Rahman, Joseph Larkin, Zora Mohd, Imbra Aktar, Jack Smith and Sam
Stubbs.
SILVER: Argentina, Ethan Barlow, Nathan Wheat, Jessica Knowles, Charlotte Parry, Dominic Burkett and Adil Qurban.
BRONZE: Nigeria, Aeisha Mohd, Alisa Akmal, Leah Dunn, Jodie Green, Zain AHmed and Zoheb Ishfaq.
Ultimate Frizbee:
GOLD: Netherlands, Matthew Riley, Lewis Smallman, Tamsin Bullock, Chloe Lindop, Saffina Giblin, Alicia Stencel and
Edyta Lapinska.
SILVER: Nigeria, David Sabramowicz, Eliot Hallam, Logan Jackson, Janis Hanif, Rebecca Williams, Tayla Stevenson,
Roksana Walkowiak and Poppy Kerr.
BRONZE: Brazil, Bilal Hussain, Alisa Sharaz,Sami-Ullah Akhter, Jessica Thorne, Elysia Foster, Chloe Cartwright, Caitlin
Stott, Rebecca Ellerton and Adele Ridgeway.
Volleyball:
GOLD: Republic of Korea, Charlene Higginson, Connor James, Grace Hurst, Chloe Amos, Bethany Ratcliffe and
Lucy Hayes.
SILVER: Spain, Alex Lindop, Toby Brown, Alana Williamson, Georgia Keeling, Olivia Smith and Lauren Fletcher.
BRONZE: Argentina, Simra Khalid, Nuzeth Fatima, Aleishya Dawson, Sheanne Colambo, Emma Morton and Amber
Young
FINAL SPORTSDAY TABLE:
NETHERLANDS 162 POINTS,
NIGERIA 144,
SPAIN 126,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 125,
BRAZIL 105,
ARGENTINA 96.
During the day staff were asked to vote for any student who made that extra effort to help their team or demonstrated a
positive attitude. Each year group had their own award and this year the following athletes were presented with that
award to keep:
Y7: Kieran Perry, Most determined athlete
Y8: Georgia Keeling, most respectful athlete
Y9: Zen Ahmen, most inspirational athlete
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR STUDENTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THANKS ALSO TO ALL
THE STAFF WHO HELPED TO MAKE IT A FANTASTIC EVENT.
Enjoy half term, N. Halliday.
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Part of the All Saints Catholic Collegiate
COLLEGE YEAR 2014-2015
2014/2015
TEACHERS’ YEAR
STUDENTS’ YEAR
AUTUMN TERM 2014
College opens
Monday 1 September
(INSET Day)
Half-term
Monday, 27 October
Monday, 3 November (inclusive)
Monday, 3 November
Tuesday 2 September
(Year 7 & L6 enrolment)
Wednesday 3 September
(Whole School)
Monday, 27 October
Friday 31 October (inclusive)
Monday, 3 November
Friday 19 December
Friday 19 December
College opens
Monday 5 January
Monday 5 January
Staff INSET Day
(School closed to pupils)
Half-term
Wednesday, 28 January
Wednesday, 28 January
Monday 16 February
to Friday 20 February (inclusive)
Thursday 2 April
Monday 16 February to
Friday 20 February (inclusive)
Thursday 2 April
College opens
Monday 20 April
Monday 20 April
May Day
Monday 4 May
Monday 4 May
Half-term
Monday 25 May
Friday 29 May (inclusive)
Friday 17 July
Monday 25 May
Friday 29 May (inclusive)
Friday 17 July
Staff INSET Day
(School closed to pupils)
College closes
SPRING TERM 2015
College closes
SUMMER TERM 2015
College closes
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