European Lunch for Yr 9

On Wednesday 29th June all the Year 9 pupils took part in a European Lunch. This meant that they had to get into groups, choose a country, and work on preparing some background information on that country, food and suitable table decorations.

The Languages Department were very impressed with the effort that most of the pupils had put in, and we had tables from many different European countries, including: England, Luxembourg, Spain, Norway, Italy, France, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Turkey.

Choosing winners was very difficult and we had several Highly Commended tables and winners for each of the 3 main categories. However, the " Italy" table of Tim Pickering, Toby Morris, Pietro Gribaudi, James Weatherly, Christian Francis and Matthew Claypole won the overall prize. Many congratulations to them for all their hard work!

Mrs C Pursey

Tewkesbury Abbey Visit

Two glorious June days happened to fall on each of the days for our walking pilgrimage to Tewkesbury Abbey. Monday was if anything too hot, Thursday was just right. After a coach journey from school to the Haw Bridge we began out walk along the banks of the River Severn, we were told about the significance of rivers for movement of people, armies and crops in ancient times. After about 40 minutes we arrived at Deerhurst village for our first break.

We visited the ancient Deerhurst Church and had talks about some of the architectural features of this wonderful building and then on to Odda’s Chapel. We started to walk again and eventually passed the scene of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. We continued to Tewkesbury Abbey for lunch and a tour of the building. It was fascinating to see the nave of the building upside down and it was really clearly shaped like the hull of a boat (navis in Latin) - see the deliberately upside down picture to the right.

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We carried on and Fr Basil gave us a wonderful talk about two modern stained glass windows and revealed to us the messages that were contained within them. After a short visit to the Lady Chapel we caught the bus back to school. It was a wonderful day, thank you Fr Basil.

Sports Day

Sports Day was held on Monday with the field events taking place in the morning and the track events in the afternoon. A record number of parents joined the School for the occasion and enjoyed sitting in the sun watching the competitors battle it out on the track.

House Results were:

Yr 8: 1st Fisher, 2nd Newman, 3rd More

Victor Ludorum

Yr 9: Doug Simpson

Yr 10: Tom Hage

Mr R Watson

James Hits the Target

Editor

Athletic Success

George Watson, Yr 7, has been enjoying great athletic success recently competing in the Cheltenham and District Schools Athletic Championships and the Independent Schools Association National Championships. George ran the 1500m and was placed 1st and 4th respectively. Congratulations George!

The Derek Williams Golf Event

This annual event was held at the Lilleybrook Golf Club on Tuesday, 28th June. The teams are made up of parents, staff and students and and there is also an individual prize.

The Parents were the overall Team winners and Harry Cavanagh, Yr 10, won the individual trophy, with a fantastic score of 43 (a record for the competition).

Don’t forget to visit the magnificent display of ‘A’ Level and GCSE Art work in The Performance Hall, Main Hall and Art Rooms

Happy Holidays

Autumn Term begins

Monday 5th September 2011