The Friday Letter - Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy

Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
part of Saint Robert Lawrence Catholic Academy Trust
The Friday Letter
Edition No 126
Friday 13 November 2015
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Prayer for Refugees and Victims of War
Lord God, no one is a stranger to you and no one is ever far from your loving care. In your kindness, watch over
refugees and victims of war, those separated from their loved ones, young people who are lost, and those who have
left home or who have run away from home. Bring them back safely to the place where they long to be and help us
always to show your kindness to strangers and to all in need Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Important information for parents
Inset Day: Friday 20 November – school closed to students.
Parent Consultation Session: Thursday 26 November – early finish for all students at 2.15pm.
Lest we forget
Remembrance Sunday
Rachel, Mr Wain, Leah Edge, Elizabeth Ward and Annie Riley
gathered with members of the local community, including so
many past and present pupils to represent Saint John
Houghton at the annual service of Remembrance. They
walked to the Cenotaph, Ilkeston and laid a wreath to honour
all those who gave their lives for their country in the two
Great Wars and all conflicts since. The Mayor of the Borough
the right worshipful Councillor Val Custace invited our
representatives to a special reception in her
parlour. Thank you to everyone who attended and
took part in the service.
On Tuesday Mr McNally led us in a special Act of
Worship and we observed the two minutes silence
at eleven o’clock.
Saint John Houghton PTA
Thank you to those who attended our PTA meeting on Wednesday evening. Our new chair is Kate Kells and we look
forward to sharing more information with you in next week’s letter.
Year 11 News
It has been a busy week for our students in Year 11 this week. Our Music GCSE students have been busy recording
for their exams. Mr Quenby writes “A massive well done for the Music GCSE students who have recorded this
week. Your hard work has paid off as we have captured some amazing performances and compositions.”
Our Year 11 MFL students have been doing their speaking exams this week. Mr Riley and Mrs Cook are very
impressed with the hard work and dedication of their students.
On Thursday evening we held our successful Study Evening and students worked extremely hard in their study
session. Thank you to the parents who attended the Information Evening led by Mrs Bowley and Mr Warden.
Celebration afternoon
You should have received your child’s data snapshots last week and please remember you can access information
about your child’s progress via our G04Schools system. A large number of students received excellent or good marks
for all their subjects which is a great achievement. These students were rewarded with a special afternoon
screening in the hall this afternoon (Friday). Congratulations to the following students:
Year 11
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Adam Kavanagh
Addyson Brough
Alexander Cullingworth Adam Morley
Anna Fletton
Amelia
Burton
Amy Emmerson
Ashleigh Henshaw
Alex Price
Binita Baby
Amy Cullingworth
Anna Stevenson
Ben Kells
Amy Wren
Catherine Oliver
Anna Pancisi
Anouska Ekemere
Charleigh Derbyshire
Anica Taylor
Charlotte Ball
Charlotte Guest
Antonina Schofield
David Dunbavand
April Burke
Christopher Hodson
Cole
Hamer
Bridin Retallick
Eleanor Higgins
Bethia Hawley
Ellie Chadburn-Tennyson
Eleanor Godber
Caitlin Higgins
Ellie Scott
Ciara Harnett
Emily Gilhooly
Elizabeth Rimmer
Caitlin-Mae Allinson
Emily Cragg
Daisy Lee
Erin Nelson
Elizabeth Ward
Chloe Buda
Errin Checkley
Danielle Horsley Georgia Severn
Francesca
Dorn
Ciara Murphy
Freya Barry
Eireann Harnett Grace Law
Georgia Clarke
Eleanor Rhodes
Harrison Powell
Eoin Gilbert
Gracie Rex
Georgia Renshaw
Elizabeth Varley
Isabella Fravolini
Freya Lyons
Jude Cobb
Hayden Hefford
Erin Bowmar
Kate Roach
Jessica Doran
Kia Winfield
Jade-Akina
Charlton
Ethan Aldous
Katie Tolan
Julia Wodnicka
Lillia Grant
Jake Gaskin
Evie Taddeo
Kirsty Gregory
Lauren Robinson Lydia Arnold
Jane Biles
Finn Broderick
Malgorzata Motyka
Max Wildbore
Mia Marquis
Josef Fowkes
Freya Windridge
Marie Kryzbelle Estanda Oliver Jasper
Mia Topley
Joseph
Haley
George O'Neill
Matthew Mendonca
Olivia Cuomo
Molly Hinton
Louis Lee
George Rowell
Megan Harper
Olivia Henry
Natalie Jones
Lucy Motley
Grace Lee
Millie Green
Poppy Leask
Orla Gorman
Lucy Pavlou
Hannah Watling
Nora Rockett
Savannah Jackson Sarah Wolverson
Megan
Burroughs
Isabella Lee
Pretoria Stacey
Shannon Lambert Sophia Murphy
Megan Derrick
Isabelle Marchewka
Rebecca Wroe
Sofia Burns
Olivia Sharpe
Jack Kissane
Rosie Buss
Sophie Smith
Reagan Lane
Laura Sellers
Sophie Newton
Sophie
Morley
Lewis Siara
Zuzanna Leliwa
Thomas Kavanagh
Lilly Cawley
Matthew Shepherd
Megan Keily
Molly Griffiths
Molly Keyworth
Natalie Monk
Sophie Ingall
Stephanie Siara
Tara Hall
Thomas Flynn
Congratulations Mark
Congratulations to Mark Kells who has been awarded a 2015 Blue Peter Sports Award Badge. Mark received his
badge for valued contribution to football.
Year 7 Charity Challenge
Year 7 are working hard on the charity challenge that I set them a few weeks ago. They are raising money for
Teenage Cancer Trust and Street Child Africa.
7DC are having a bake sale next Thursday 19 November at lunchtime to raise money for charity. All cakes will be
50p so please come and support us.
7DC will also have a Celebrity Penalty Shoot-out competition in the gym on Thursday 26 November. Posters will be
put up next week with more information.
7DQ would like to thank everyone who has bought the charity single 'In this life'. If you haven't already got your
copy there are some still available at a cost of £1.50. Hurry though... they are selling fast! All proceeds go to Street
child Africa and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Mr Hope would like to congratulate 7CH on their fantastic achievement for raising money for Street Child Africa
and Teenage Cancer Trust through their cake sale. All of the cakes that were baked were sold out and I am delighted
to say that 7CH as a tutor group raised over £100. I am so proud of their commitment and determination to raise
this amount of money for two great charities. A special thanks to Mrs Davies who baked a cake herself and helped
the tutor group organise and sell the cakes.
Chaplaincy Department
2015 Year of prayer for Consecrated Life.
As announced by Pope Francis, this year is to be a year for those consecrated to religious life, both male and female,
'to wake up the world' with their witness of faith, holiness and hope, and for us to pray for vocations to the religious
life.
Thank you Neeve Dring and Robert Smith, Team Chaplaincy Year 9, for supporting me and praying for and
welcoming our priests.
On behalf of the staff and pupils of SJH Rachel would like to thank Father Peter Harvey for joining us in school and
celebrating a lunch time Mass on Wednesday. More thanks to the ladies in the kitchen for their delicious lunch.
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Eastwood.
Rachel would like to thank Canon John Berry and his parishioners
for providing the Memorial service for the Bereaved on Sunday
afternoon. This was a beautiful time to be together, to pray, to
remember, acknowledge and enjoy a cup of tea with friends
afterwards. Team Chaplaincy Year 8 and 9 will be leading our
Memorial Service on Tuesday 17 November at 12.30 - 1.00pm you
are all welcome to send in the name of a family member of friend
who has died in the last year and we shall light a candle and
remember them together. Please contact Rachel for more
information, thank you.
Rachel would like to thank Sarah Wolverson, Emily Sutton, Evie
Miller, Alex Hall, Donagh Devine, Michael Kelleher-Mee, Victor Kobus and Thomas Wyatt for their help this week
in school, well done and thank you.
Oasis Team stars
Martha Robinson, Poppy Wood and Lyka
Lorenzo, thank you for leading the way with
our Buddy Groups.
Thursday 19 November 2015 Bereavement
Retreat
Rachel will be running a retreat for pupils
who have lost a parent through
death. Please contact Rachel if you would
like your child to be included in this morning
retreat in SJH. Here at SJH we cannot say to
you every day, we know, we care, we
remember and you are doing brilliantly, we
love you and we are proud of you but in the
month of November we do stop, we do
say this is your morning for you to know
we care and that we have not
forgotten. This is not a time to cry and be
sad and to share our story, but it a time
to come together, to let Rachel spoil you
and to have time to enjoy the day. If you
are not certain if this is for you, then
pupils who have enjoyed the day in the
past are willing to share their thoughts
with you. Please contact Rachel.
What did you think of in the Two
Minutes silence?
Rachel is collecting your thoughts, which
Year 7 Team Chaplaincy will make into a
book for our Upper room. Please send
your thoughts to Rachel, please be honest, did you think of a shopping list? Did you think of the young men? One
person in particular? If you would like time with Rachel to discuss this
then her door is always open. Thank you to Charlie Manchester,
Thomas King, Luke Wilson and Pretoria Stacey for beginning this
book.
Rachel would like to thank 9ST for their fund
Rachel’s hero of the week: Mrs Rollinson
CROSS COUNTRY
This week’s leader board is as follows:
Year 7 boys
Matthew Mendonca - 8.36
Cianan O’Kane - 8.36
Caolan Dobney - 8.36
Year 7 girls
Sienna Grant
Shannon Parkins
Mary Estanda
Year 8 Boys
Oliver Jasper - 8.50
Connor Bonner - 9.17
Alex Price - 9.20
Year 8 Girls
Anya Barry - 10.30
Ellie Neads - 10.36
Annie Riley - 10.45
Year 9 Boys
Bradley Lathall - 8.42
Ryan Smith - 8.57
Benedict Marchewka - 8.58
Year 9 Girls
Taya Joslin - 8.20
Martyna Popek - 9.44
Amelia Dawes - 10.06
Another great week of running, not forgetting to mention all of those
students who have beat their time this week, a lot of commendations
were given out. Well done everyone.
DERBYSHIRE SCHOOLS NETBALL TOURNAMENT
TEAM:Grace Law, Mary Martin, Carly Mee, Erin
Nelson, Sarah Wolverson, Taya Joslin, Sophia Murphy, Mia Marquis, Kia Winfield
After winning the Erewash title the girls were entered into the Derbyshire Championships.
The results were as follows:
SJH v Trent College – draw 5-5
SJH v Lady Manners – lost 7-4
SJH v Chellaston – draw – 7-7
SJH v QEGS – draw – 5-5
SJH v Woodlands – lost 9-5
The team finished in 4th place in their section. The team played amazing against the best competition in the
county. Well done everyone Mrs Joslin and Mrs Davies
Year 8: St John Houghton vs Dukeries Academy
Last time out, the Year 8 football team beat Bramcote School on penalties to gain their place in the 2nd round of the
National Cup. This time round, they were faced with a difficult away tie against Dukeries Academy. After an hours
journey, the boys arrived in good spirit and were eagerly anticipating the fixture.
Almost immediately after kick off, St John Houghton attacked down the left side, with the ball falling to the feet of
Nick Bradley, with a lot still to do, he unleashed a ferocious strike which nestled straight in to the top right-hand
corner of the goal. St John 1-0 Dukeries. Pretty soon after, Nick Bradley doubled his tally for the afternoon. Theo
Shelton bombed down the left wing and found Nick Bradley in the middle, who was left with too much space and
tucked it away neatly. St John 2-0 Dukeries. Only ten minutes of the game had gone when Nick Bradley completed
his hat-trick. Again, great work from Theo Shelton down the left who found Nick Bradley in the middle unmarked,
who easily rolled it past the keeper and into the empty net. HT. St John 3-0 Dukeries.
Rather naively of them, some of the boys thought the game was already won. However, Dukeries fought back strong
and soon reduced the deficit to only one goal, with two quick-fire goals. St John 3-2 Dukeries. At this point, the boys
were defending for their lives. Chris Stratford had a terrific game in goal and kept the boys in front with a string of
fantastic saves. It was all one-way traffic in the second half. However, a free-kick 30 yards out was beautifully put
away from Theo Shelton who struck the ball magnificently over the helpless goalkeeper. FT. St John 4-2 Dukeries.
A tremendous effort from the boys yet again! Congratulations go to: Chris Stratford, Luke Gibbons, Oliver
Wheeldon, Rhys Windridge, Alex Keogh, James McElwee, Theo Shelton, Liam Hughes, Jorge Kitchen, Oliver
Jasper, Nick Bradley, Ryan Fee, Max Wildbore, Luke Wilson and Alex Leatherland. Onto the third round! Mr Harris
Mr Long would like to praise the following students:
Year 7 - Marie Estanda, Malgorzata Motyka, Nathan Hunt and Pretoria Stacey for
achieving their target grades in the recent assessment.
Year 9 - Oliver Holding, Natalie Jones, Louis Thompson and Jack Townsend for great
contributions to our Islam class discussion.
Year 10 - Jake Gaskin and Megan Burroughs for excellent arguments and presentation in our class debate.
A note of congratulations for Amelia Dawes and John Wildey for their utterly fabulous
work on solving fractional equations in 9M/Ma1 with Mrs Smith and also to the whole
group for their perseverance and excellent attitude towards a very tricky topic.
Mrs Finney would like to congratulate 10D3 on their amazing hard work this week in science. I
am proud of their achievements and they should be very proud of themselves.
Well done from Mrs Bowley to the following students who have met or beat their target in
recent assessments:
7DQ: Daniel Collings, Finn Elliott-Hufton, Kirsty Gregory, Aaron Lupton, Molly Parr, Harrison
Powell, Nora Rockett and Louise Villeza.
10D1: Olivia Bainbridge, Elliott Barlow, Georgia Clarke, Emelia Dorman, Cameron Gill, Ethan Harnett, Joseph
Horvath, Sean Keogh, Lucy Motley, Harry Scarisbrick-Dixon, William Tomkins and Kelsey Vernon.
10T: Alfie Arnold, Joshua Boott, Megan Burroughs, Jade-Akina Charlton, Josef Fowkes, Michael Hatton, Hayden
Hefford, Adam Kavanagh, Thomas Kavanagh, Jonathan Lee, Peter Murphy, Lucy Pavlou, George RawsonSensecall, Elizabeth Rimmer and Elizabeth Ward.
Art and Design news Year 7: Mrs Rees would like to thank Ben
Kells for his fantastic contribution this week in lesson. She would
also like to thank 7BP who have been a pleasure to teach this
week and have had a lovely attitude to learning.
Year 11 Product Design: Mr Price would like to say a huge well
done to Addyson Brough, Megan Keily, Olivia Radford, Laura
Sellers, Lydia De Gioia, Neilum-Rose Wilson, Joe Heath, Bridin
Retallick and Sam Morley for being focused and hardworking throughout the last few weeks. These students have
been in after school and at lunchtimes to make sure their work is completed to a high standard.
Learn on the move: Why not carry on your learning both in and outside of the classroom with this easy to use App.
Download for your android or IOS device to start preparing for an exam, assessment, project or career in Design
and Engineering.
The app has a huge amount of information related to Design and Engineering that is presented in a way that is
informative and interesting. It has tests, pictures, drawings and videos to explain key concepts.
GCSE Subject support sessions: If your son or daughter needs extra help with their GCSE work, they are more than
welcome to attend our subject’s surgeries where their Art/DT teacher will be available to help them with their
revision or controlled assessment.
Sessions run from 3.15 – 4.45pm in Room 7, 9 and 10. Students must remember to sign out at reception before
The English Department would like to praise the following students for:
Year
7
8
9
10
11
Excellent attitude towards learning
David Dunbavand, Malgorzata
Motyka and James Kelly.
Daisy Lee, Bluebell Richardson and
April Burke.
Donagh Devine, Binita Baby and
Mae Leek.
Connor Wagstaffe, Peter Murphy,
Billy Patton and Haydon Hefford.
Harrison Bramley and Sam Morley.
Improvement in English
Charles Brough and Ellie Scott.
Alfie McDaid and Julia Wodnicka.
Finlay Hayes and Danny Steel.
Lewis Wiltshire, Kelsey Vernon and
Harry Willshaw.
Ryan Whitehead and Lauren Amos.
Mr Curtis would like to praise his Year 11 class for their effort and hard work this week.
PTA and Student Council
New in 2015 here at SJH we will be selling our 50th anniversary Christmas Pudding made by The Ultimate Plum
Pudding Company. These are handmade in Cumbria and supplied to Fortnum & Mason, Harvey Nichols and
Lakeland. Look out for full details in next week’s Friday Letter.
Thank you for taking the time to read the Friday letter this week. I was very proud of the way our students
conducted themselves during our Remembrance services. Thankfully we did not have any fainting emergencies
similar to the ones in the school in Ripon this week.
Thank you to all the parents who came to the PTA meeting, the Study Evening and have been in touch with us here
at school this week. I believe that we are all members of the same team working together to ensure the best for
your child.
I hope you have a lovely week.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Joan McCarthy
*BIG NEWS*
7DQ are releasing a
Charity Single to raise money for
The song is called ‘In This Life’ and it was written
And performed by 7DQ. You can buy the CD from
Saint John Houghton School at a cost of £1.50
You will be helping people all over the world!