I can, I do and I will be! -

Hopes & Dreams Week Award winner - Carl Fallon

Medal Winner - Lucy Clarke

95% of pupils at Beamont Collegiate

Academy have achieved 5+ A* - C

grades, including a whopping 20% of the

Year 11 pupils achieving 3 or more top

grades of A* / A. The “Class of 2013” has

lots to celebrate with lots of pupils going

into further education at Warrington

Collegiate, Priestley College and

Winstanley College to name just a few.

Year 7 meet the Samoans

Congratulations to all of our “class of

2013” on your GCSE results!

I can, I do and I will be!

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It has been an extremely busy first term for staff and students at Beamont Collegiate academy and I am pleased to say it has been a really positive and productive term. We have achieved a lot in a short time and, collectively, we can be proud of our achievements. Staff, students and parents have made me feel really welcome and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the school and its community over the last few weeks.

The introduction of a ‘Staff and Student charter’ was one of the first changes we brought in from September. This charter sets out clear expectations regarding how we conduct ourselves at the academy and we

have spent the first term embedding these expectations for staff and students. Many visitors have commented on the appearance, politeness and general good behaviour of our students and we are proud of how well they have adopted this approach.

This year, we have a major focus on making teaching & learning more interactive and student centred which the students are now starting to see the impact of in the classroom. One example of this is the staff training we have held on using Kagan cooperative learning structures which encourage students to work together and get fully involved in lessons. As a consequence of this training students are telling us that lessons are more fun and, most importantly, their learning has improved. We have also invested quite heavily in iPads at the academy which are again enhancing the learning experience for students. The use of Apps such as Edmodo are ensuring that learning can take place beyond the classroom which is vital to students’ progress and development.

The introduction of an extensive ‘enrichment programme’ at the academy has been another key development. Alongside academic support and the whole range of sporting clubs and teams we offer over 50 activities for students to get involved in beyond the school day ranging from Lego robotics and Young Scientists to Computer programming, Choir and Duke of Edinburgh. This is a brilliant opportunity for students to develop their interests and try new things.

Finally I would like to celebrate some of the many remarkable achievements of our students to date this year, some of which you can read more about in this publication.

One group of our young scientists enjoyed fantastic success at Daresbury laboratories beating the other local schools to win a Discovery Scholarship challenge event.

Lucy Clarke, our budding Karate World Champion has won both bronze and gold medals already this year; an amazing achievement.

Carl Fallon was one of only three young people to be nominated for the prestigious title of CIMA

Educational Achiever of the Year for which he should be extremely proud.

Several of our students were selected as flag bearers for a Rugby World Cup match at the

Halliwell Jones stadium.

Finally, several of our sporting teams are progressing well with our Year 7 girls winning a football

tournament which now sees them representing Warrington; the Year 8 boys’ rugby team who are

unbeaten so far in the National cup and Year 10 boys’ football team who are now in the 3rd round

of the Cheshire cup.

As you can see we have a lot to be proud of this year and we are looking forward to plenty more achievements from our amazing young people in 2014. All that remains is for me to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Best wishes

Mr A Moorcroft

Principal

A great first term at Beamont in 2013

Beamont Collegiate Academy Long Lane Warrington WA2 9PX

Tel: 01925 579500

www.bca.warrington.ac.uk

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Meet the Senior Leadership Team at Beamont Collegiate Academy

A Gaunt - Assistant Principal

I have worked at Beamont Collegiate Academy since 1990. Teaching here has always been a

pleasure. My teaching subject is ICT. My current job role involves me being responsible for the

performance management of teachers. The key area of my work is working with pupils and parents,

and my job role ranges from organising parents’ evenings to making sure all assessment and

reporting systems are fully utilised to ensure pupils’ achieve the best possible results.

H Clifford - Vice Principal

I have worked at Beamont Collegiate Academy for 11 years. I joined the school as a Deputy

Headteacher, who also had the role of Director of pupil services. I am currently responsible for

pupil progress and attainment.

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C Rixham - Assistant Principal

I joined Beamont Collegiate Academy in 1997 and have never looked back. My current role on the

Leadership team is to develop the curriculum on offer to our students and ensure that the timetable

is in place.

L Gannon - Business Manager

I have worked at Beamont since December 1999. My job has changed considerably during those

years. I currently work alongside the Leadership team and have involvement in aspects of safety &

behaviour, HR, finance and facilities management, with a current focus on the new school build.

C Milburn - Associate Assistant Principal Culture & Ethos

I am now in my 19th year at Beamont Collegiate Academy and have loved every minute of it. My previous roles at the Academy have been as Head of PE and Director of Sports specialism. My current role is to develop culture and ethos across the Academy.

A McMillan - Associate Assistant Principal Teaching & Learning

I have been at Beamont Collegiate Academy since 2005 and have really enjoyed teaching here.

My responsibility on the Leadership team is to try and develop ‘Teaching and Learning’ across the

Academy.

M Reynolds - Director of Pupil Services

I have now worked at Beamont Collegiate Academy for 9 Years and really enjoy working in the

Warrington area. My responsibility is to ensure that all students in the academy receive enough

care and support to reach their potential.

C Hillidge - Head of Science & Technology

I have taught at Beamont Collegiate Academy for 12 years. I have also been Head of Year 11 as

well as Head of the Science and Technology departments. I also run the Duke of Edinburgh

Award which is the favourite part of my job! My role on the Leadership team is to make sure all

students get an opportunity to succeed in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Maths).

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It’s Saturday Morning and It’s Maths!

It is Saturday, eight in the morning and alarm clocks are going off in many households across Orford and beyond! Pupils who would normally be turning over to sleep another 4 hours in their beds, were dragging themselves, reluctantly, out to get dressed and why? to attend a two hour Maths lesson at the Academy.

During September 2013, Miss Haycock, Mrs Judson and Miss Whyte ran a Maths Saturday Revision School for Year 11. Attendance increased over the weeks as word got round the school, then 26 pupils attended the final session before half term. Pupils attending said that they enjoyed the experience and were proud of themselves for getting up to work on Maths problems for two hours!

Beth Walker of 11DVI and Molly Johnson of 11CHI found the sessions so useful that they have requested that they run again as have other pupils. The Maths Saturday Revision School will resume after Christmas in preparation for the final GCSE in Summer 2014. So watch this space!

The old saying that “theatre is the place

where words come to life” is one that will

certainly be shared by Beamont Collegiate

Academy Year 10 pupils after watching the

ManACTco’ theatre company’s production of

‘Of Mice And Men’ in late October.

Students were enthralled as the visiting

quartet of actors used minimum props but

maximum talent, in bringing John Steinbeck’s timeless story of the Great

Depression to life, in our West Hall.

The members of the company seamlessly adapted their roles to display fresh

perspectives of the characters that students already knew well. George, many said,

was a little more aggressive than he had seemed on the written page, whilst Lennie

appeared less intimidating. The tragic character of Curley’s Wife – the key focus of

Year 10 GCSE assessment work – split opinions with pupils later arguing spiritedly

about the amount of sympathy she deserved.

Clearly, the levels of ensuing debate suggested that the performance had, in turn,

both ignited new ideas and confirmed existing ones. If the object of drama is to both

entertain and stimulate discussion then this production scored high on both counts.

From the unanimously positive feedback, it certainly seemed to give students a

taste for live theatre which the English department hopes to develop in the future.

Mrs Burns

Of Mice and Men Production

Mrs Judson & Miss Haycock

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Congratulations to European Karate Medal Winner - Lucy Year 10 student at Beamont Collegiate Academy, Lucy Clarke, 14

returned triumphant from the recent WUKF European Karate

Championships held in Sheffield with a bronze medal from the 13 – 14

year old girls category.

Lucy, who trains at least 5 times a week between her two clubs in

Warrington, Woolston Karate Centre and Cheshire Martial Arts Club

after being head hunted for the SKA England Squad for her talents took

to the karate floor within the Kata discipline which involves attacking and

defence moves in a sequence.

The event attracts thousands of competitors from across Europe every

two years. So Lucy was up against competitors from Romania,

Denmark and Italy within her category. After being whittled down from

40 entrants within the 13 – 14 year old girls class to 12 and then to 6 in

the final, Lucy was judged by 5 judges who each awarded the

competitors a score based on her sequence of moves which was in turn

totalled up to award the podium places.

On her bronze medal experience Lucy said “I was quite overwhelmed when it happened

because I wasn’t expecting to place. It’s the biggest achievement of my life so far”.

Lucy who has only been training since the age of 10 hopes to open her own Dojo

(training club) in the future with her fellow team mate and bronze medal winner Jessica

Bates who competed in the 16 – 17 female category.

European Day of Languages On 26th September Beamont Collegiate Academy celebrated

the European Day of Languages. The day is a celebration of

culture and language and is celebrated across Europe.

At the start of the day pupils were greeted by staff in different

languages and each year group had an assembly showing

the importance of language learning as well as watching clips

of celebrities speaking in a foreign

language.

At break time pupils were able to try a

variety of European foods such as

croissants and pain aux raisins at break and moussaka and

bratwurst as well as delicious cakes at lunch time!

Mrs Dixon

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Year 11 field trip to Bowness-on-Windermere The Year 11 geography class

recently enjoyed a fantastic day in

the beautiful surroundings of the

Lake District. For many of the

pupils it was their first visit to the area. Every geographer left with great

memories and even more importantly, an abundance of data for their impending

coursework; we were also blessed with stunning sunshine for the whole day!

On our arrival the students, armed with their questionnaires, were assembled into

different groups; each pupil had a specific role and it has to be said each participant

carried out their role with real enthusiasm and authority. It is not easy approaching

complete strangers, but the students initial reticence was soon overcome as they

began to relish the challenge.

Elliot Bridge and Amy Bibby were first off the mark as they strode confidently along

the promenade towards the first tourists of the day. Mr Grant and I were

hugely impressed with how they dealt with the visitors as they asked them questions

and engaged them in conversation; they were extremely polite and respectful and

this inspired others to follow.

The day continued to progress positively as tourists from all corners of the globe

were greeted by the increasingly confident Beamont Collegiate Academy students.

Travellers from Japan, China, Australia and the USA all had a story to tell and it was

apparent that the pupils were thriving in this unfamiliar environment; even when

language was a barrier it did not deter the students as they endeavoured to learn

about the different cultures and customs of their visitors.

One of the most memorable highlights of the day was the lunchtime spent with the

local lakeside swans. We were all surprised by the tameness and bravado of these

majestic white creatures as they attempted to delve into the pupils’ sandwiches,

biscuits and pies. The generosity of the pupils was predictable as they willingly

surrendered their offerings to these charming fowl. One greedy bird took a bit of a

shine to Loren Owen and needless to say this resulted in her sandwiches being

shared out without much resistance!

Sadly, the day finally had to come to an end and as the large coaches carried the

Chinese tourists away towards their next landmark, Blackpool Lights, there was a

real sense of achievement within the group. Not only had they gained invaluable

research for their GCSE assessment, they had also broadened their horizons and

learnt so much about themselves.

Miss Gorman

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WW1 Project The BCA

History

department

has been

successful

in our

application

for £13,000

from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry

out a WW1 project. With the centenary

of WW1’s outbreak next year we

understood the importance of

remembering those who served and

pay tribute to their efforts. We are

particularly looking at Warringtonians

who fought in the Somme – the most

bloody battle in British history – and we

are looking to discover the conditions

they fought in (if you have any

ancestors who did participate we would

love to hear from you).

The money will be used to create

dramatic videos based on research

and a WW1 iBook available for

general release. Selected gifted and

talented Historians will be leading the

project, developing a range of highly

important skills such as teamwork,

production, public relations and public

speaking. We will also be taking as

many pupils as possible to different

museum’s in an effort to discover as

much as possible. The final showpiece

will be an exhibition for the local

community on remembrance Sunday

2014, which will be free to all.

If you would like to be involved with the

project and feel that you have

something to offer then please contact

Mr Andain at BCA. Mr Andain

Students have a new voice at Beamont Collegiate Academy

The student council at BCA has a new feel and a

new membership this Academic year. Two

council members were nominated from each

year group by their progress leaders because of

their excellent communication skills, their desire

to voice the opinions of their peers and their

aspiration to help lead their school into a new

and exciting era.

Caitlyn Gwilliam 7JTH

Connor Hutchinson 7JTH

Lauren Gallop 7EED

Tom Purslow 8SCH

Megan Marigold 8JAS

Reece Forrester 9SMO

Shakiera Darbyshire 9CTH

Rose Warburton 10CHL

India Taylor 10CHL

Oliver Jinks 11SCS Head Boy

Sophie Daniels 11CHI Head Girl

The council will meet every Friday morning in

DT5 at 8.30.

Miss Grounds, Miss Bentley and Miss Ivins are

all helping Mr Thursfield to run the school council

this year and we are all committed to ensuring

that we contribute positively to school life and our

wider community. Other exciting news is that Mr

Milburn and Mr McMillan will be undertaking key

roles and initiatives that will help to raise the

profile of the council and ensure that all our

students have a clear and effective student voice.

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Local children came together at our school to share their hopes and dreams. The pupils and staff from St Anns, Dallam, Meadowside and Beamont Primary schools all met at BCA to evaluate

the events of hopes and dreams week. The children discussed the highlights of their week and talked about what

they had learnt during their time spent in local businesses, schools and colleges.

After the evaluation all the pupils and staff enjoyed a street dance session led by the Sarah Royale School Of

Dance.

Heather Clifford, our Vice Principal, said, “ The children have had a wonderful day and the evaluation shows how

much they have enjoyed the Hopes And Dreams week. It also shows how much it helped them think about the

future.”

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Local children came together at our school to share their hopes and dreams. The pupils and staff from St Anns, Dallam, Meadowside and Beamont Primary schools all met at BCA to evaluate

the events of hopes and dreams week. The children discussed the highlights of their week and talked about what

they had learnt during their time spent in local businesses, schools and colleges.

After the evaluation all the pupils and staff enjoyed a street dance session led by the Sarah Royale School Of

Dance.

Heather Clifford, our Vice Principal, said, “ The children have had a wonderful day and the evaluation shows how

much they have enjoyed the Hopes And Dreams week. It also shows how much it helped them think about the

future.”

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STEM: Discovery Scholarship

On Thursday 14th November, ten Year 8

pupils were selected to take part in the

Discovery Scholarship as part of the STEM

project; Science, Technology, Engineering

and Maths. The workshop took place at the

Orford Jubilee Hub and we represented one of

eight schools within Warrington Borough.

The objective of the workshop was to inspire and

encourage young pupils to be ambitious, stretch themselves

and to achieve a career within one of the STEM

industries. As part of the ongoing discovery project this lucky

group of students may have the opportunity to join as full

' Discovery Scholars' when they start Year 9.

Activities were centred around providing learners with

challenging team work projects. Working together to build mega structures using

Knex; Towers, Cranes and a Trebuchet. Students from Beamont Collegiate

Academy were ambassadors for the School and contributed their in depth

knowledge and understanding of STEM, when feeding back to other Schools.

"I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at the Discovery

Scholarship, as it has inspired me to become an

Aerospace Engineer. This is my dream job and I now

have a detailed knowledge of my future job and the path I

need to take to enable me to reach my goal. In addition to

this, I feel this day was a good opportunity and has had a

massive impact on my life due to the knowledge I have

received from this amazing day". Molly Carey Year 8.

"I enjoyed this day a great deal, it was a unique

experience and it gave me chance to improve my group work

skills being with new people. I want to be a Nuclear

Physicist to improve energy efficiency and reduce the threat of

Global Warming". Cameron Rutter Year 8.

Students who took part are; Molly Carey, Rebecca Clarke,

Megan Marigold, Lucy Rose, Abigail Fraser, Luke Corbishley,

Thomas Hewitson, Cameron Rutter, James Spiers and Ben

Thwaites.

Well done for representing your school at such an

inspiring event! Miss Mellor

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Programming Club September 2013 saw the launch of

the ICT departments computer

programming club. The club runs

every Thursday from 3pm until 4pm

and pupils can try out and develop

skills in a range of computer

programming "coding" activities.

Pupils who have attended the club so

far have developed new skills in two

software applications; Scratch and

Python. Scratch is a 'building block'

style programming software that

pupils can use to create scenes and

make simple games. The club has

also benefited from the

purchase of 5 x Raspberry Pi's

("Designed with education in mind,

this credit card sized computer can be

programmed to teach the basics, with

the capabilities to connect to the

internet, run a robot and more!")

Mr Norbury said: “Pupils have been

using Raspberry Pi computers to

develop their skills using

Python. This is a real hands on

approach, pupils learn how to safely

set up the simple computers and load

the operating system. Pupils have

explored simple programmes and

games that can be created with the

software and have begun to

create their own. The aim of the

“coding” club is to give pupils at

Beamont Collegiate Academy a real

understanding of how successful

programmers start their careers and

give them an insight and

appreciation of the work that goes into

creating real games”.

Meet the teacher

I was inspired

to become a

teacher after

spending three

months working

at a summer

camp for

Autistic children

in America a

few years ago

after finishing

university. The

experience taught me that having the

opportunity to make a positive influence

on the lives of young people is one of the

most rewarding things to do with your life.

I grew up in Flint, North Wales and have

been fortunate enough to travel to lots of

different places during my childhood. I

have always had a keen interest in

learning about different parts of the world

and this sparked off my desire to teach

geography. The best part of being a

geography teacher is opening the pupils’

eyes to the world around them and

sparking their curiosity to learn more

about the ever changing planet we live on.

In my short time at Beamont Collegiate

Academy I have already been made to

feel extremely welcome by both staff and

pupils and I am enjoying all aspects of

school life, especially the lessons in which

I have enjoyed getting to know the pupils

and seeing them work with each other in a

positive way.

In my spare time I love participating sports

and am a keen follower of Liverpool FC

and St. Helens RLFC (controversial, I

know!). Mr Norbury Mr Green

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Blood Brothers The Year 10 and 11 GCSE Drama groups have

recently been to the Liverpool Empire Theatre to

watch Blood Brothers. As part of their GCSE course

the pupils are required to watch a live performance at

the theatre and review the show. The pupils

thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the experience of

watching actors and actresses performing live. As

always the pupils were a pleasure to be with and

behaved exceptionally throughout the trip giving a

great impression of our school.

Some of the comments made from the pupils were:

‘I loved every part of it.’

‘I loved seeing how much expression the actors

put into their performance.’

‘The characters were very believable.’

‘Can we go and watch another show.’

The students now have the task of completing a 2000

word exam review. It’s not all fun!!!!

Year 9 Art Students Steam Ahead with Memories Project.

Year 9 are currently working on a Memories Project

in preparation for a Warrington Schools Art Exhibition

at the Warrington Town Museum. The project is

supported by Mr Andain in History, who is planning a

visit to the Imperial War Museum with some of the

students to extend their experience of War and its

effects on society.

Students are relating family memories and

experiences into their collage work. Some have

Mrs Aspey

Miss Devine

Food for Thought! Food technology have

been very busy this term,

we spent a lovely

afternoon with Year 4

pupils. The theme was

Hopes and Dreams and the

pupils made their own

“star” biscuits. Since

September we have been

running a cookery club

after school on a

Wednesday evening, it has

been well attended and

pupils have cooked some

lovely dishes. Everyone is

welcome the more the

merrier! We are hopefully

going to do some more

work with the primary

schools in the future and

we are getting ready to

cook hundreds of mince

pies for Christmas. Mrs Mitchell/Miss Wild

memories passed on through the generations of grandfathers in the World Wars;

for others it’s a current memory of travelling to Wembley to watch Warrington

Wolves or recent holiday experience.

Some fantastic ideas and a great start to the project Year 9, well done!

And a big thank you to all those parents for helping students with their ideas and collecting images to support this work.

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A man with a dark imagination - Jon Mayhew Successful author Jon Mayhew, ‘a man with a dark imagination’,

visited Beamont Collegiate Academy to work with our Year 7

students. The day long event started with an assembly where Jon

told us about his love of books. He immediately engaged us all with

his friendly delivery and fantastic humour.

Each Year 7 student then participated in an interactive workshop where we learnt all

about his exciting novels including Mortlock and The Demon Collector. Students

had the opportunity to ask Jon questions from where he gets his inspiration to who

decides on the design of the book cover.

The workshops took place in the newly refurbished library. The complete collection

of Jon’s books can be found on our shelves ready to be enjoyed. Jon will also be

returning to school to tell us more about his new creations and work with our

students to develop their own writing. We will also be inviting parents in to meet Jon

and learn about ways to develop our teenager’s love of reading!

Problem Solving with Lego Lego education has really taken off

following the delivery of a range of new

equipment to BCA.

The new Lego kits have given the technology

departments lessons the chance to explore

new ways in which to teach cross curricular

projects. With the subject areas of

Science, Technology, Maths, ICT

and Engineering all included.

The design technology department have planned a

series of creative, problem solving based lessons in

which students have the chance to research, design,

develop, test, present and evaluate their ideas against

a range of different design orientated challenges.

Projects planned include freewheeling speed based

buggies, cranes looking to lift the highest weight, an introduction to programming

making links with robotics and testing these ideas using a range of sensors.

The equipment is also used within the technology based enrichment activities that

run weekly every Tuesday and Wednesday from 3-4pm. This is an excellent

opportunity for students of all years to come to use the equipment and experience a

fantastic opportunity. Mr Ingman

Mrs Rixham

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A group of lucky Year 7 students from Beamont

Collegiate Academy had the fantastic opportunity of

meeting the Samoan Rugby team during one of

their training sessions at the University of Chester

facilities off Crab Lane, Cinnamon Brow.

It was a once in a lifetime experience for the boys

who thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the power and

the speed of these elite athletes.

The boys had an opportunity to video the training

session and have their pictures taken with the

squad. Mr Thursfield said “A big thank must go to

the Samoan players and staff who made the boys

feel welcome and are superb ambassadors and

role models for the game.”

Students featured in the photo are:

Alex Bennett, Kylem Cross, Connor Dakan, Max

Disley, Joshua Gregory, Billy Pope, Stanley

Rathmill, Harry Scargill, Lewis Stanway, Sami

Wright.

Beamont Collegiate Academy Congratulations Carl!

Carl Fallon was one of

three young

people from across

the North West to be

shortlisted for the

CIMA Educational

Achiever of the Year

Award. Carl said: “I

never thought I would

ever be nominated for an award like

this. I am so proud of myself and how

far I’ve come.”

Carl was named as runner-up at the

“Prince’s Trust and Samsung

Celebrates Success Awards” at the

Comedy Store in Manchester in

November. This is an award that

recognises young people who have

been on the Prince’s Trust xl

programmes, and have overcome

significant personal barriers to develop

new skills which enabled them to

re-engage with education.

Once in a lifetime opportunity for

Congratulations Carl on your

achievements!

Year 7 students

The object of Sudoku is to fill the

remaining squares so that every

row, every column and every

3 x 3 box contains each of the

numbers from 1 to 9 once only. Sudoku

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Boys Football The Year 10 football team

have made a good start in the

Cheshire Cup winning their

first 2 games beating

Weaverham 3-1 in the first

round and The Grange 3 -1 in

the second round.

The poor weather in

September and early October

has meant that only one

Warrington schools fixture

has been played so far this

year against Penketh High

school.

Year 7 beat Penketh 4-2

Year 8 beat Penketh 3-0

Year 9 lost to Penketh 4-1

Year 10 lost to Penketh 3-2

Primary Athletics festival at BCA

The following Year 10

Students did a fantastic job

demonstrating excellent

leadership qualities when

supervising and coordinating a

variety of events in BCA Sport

Hall for the Primary

Athletics Festival in early

November. The students were:

Jordan Paget

Danny Walker

Isaac Everson

Liam Leicester

Jordan Edge

Casey Brown

Jack Griffiths

Lewis Turner

Lucas Barnes

Hasnat Mahmood

James Graham

Antonio Sylvester

Cross Country The following students have

represented the school at the

Warrington Schools Cross

Country at Walton Gardens .

Antonia Anderson Year 7

Emma Brown Year 7

Megan Grainger Year 7

Matthew Foxall Year 9

Nathan Dowdall Year 8

Nikita Milman Year 9

Dylan Healey Year 8

Jack Connor Year 8

Netball The Year 7 team have been doing exceptionally well with some talented players emerging. Year 10 have been committed as always and have played well with a mixture of wins and some narrow defeats.

Girls Football Year 7 girls beat Lymm 5-0 in their first game and have some very talented players.

Table Tennis Mr Conway’s table tennis club is also growing in numbers and will continue to grow as more students ‘pit their wits’ against Mr Conway and beat him! Unsurprisingly, Mr Conway has now stopped issuing prizes to those students who beat him! Keep practicing Sir!

Rugby Results Year 7 Lost to Penketh and beat Great Sankey.

Year 8 have lost to St Peters Wigan, narrowly, they are the best team in the country. Score 24 - 16

The Year 9 rugby team lost to St Peters. The game was plagued by injuries. Regardless of this the team battled on, unfortunately los-ing 34-12

Year 10 lost to St Edmund Arrowsmith away.

Score 42-12.

All the teams played are the best in the country at their respective age groups.

More games will follow throughout the year.

Tag Rugby The Friday night Tag Rugby is very popular with Mr Thursfield rolling back the years showing the pupils how a professional does it!!!

MUSS Training

Football on a Tuesday for Year 7 and 8 with Manchester United soccer School coaches is going well with 20+ students attending each week.