Newsletter April 2015

BRIDGEMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2015
Parent Survey Feedback...
PARENT SURVEY
We were delighted that over 100 parents/carers took the
time to fill in our recent parental survey. We have taken
KEY DATES
careful note of specific feedback regarding individual
Wednesday 1st April:
Parent Forum 5.30-6.30 LRC
students and where possible we have contacted
Thursday 30th April:
Year 10 Parents' Evening
parents/carers directly to follow up any enquiries.
4.00 - 6.30
Thursday 7th May:
Below is a summary of the survey’s main findings, and
answers to general comments and enquiries made by
Year 8 Options
- presentation to parents 6.00-7.00 LRC
Thursday 14th May:
parents/carers.
Year 8 Parents' Evening (and Options)
4.00-6.30
Friday 22nd May:
Last day of term 5
Monday 1st June:
First day of term 6
and safe at Bridgemary. Most of you feel that Bridgemary
Thursday 4th June:
Year 7 Parents' Evening 4.00-6.30
is moving in the right direction and getting better,
Thursday 25th June:
Transition Evening 6.00-8.00
however, we are not complacent about this. We know
Friday 17th July:
Last day of term 6
Summary of main findings
The majority of you feel that your child is well looked after
much more has to be done to continue our journey
forward. For instance we have noted that most of you feel
students’ progress is good but is inconsistent in some
areas.
INSIDE...
Behaviour is still an area for development and you would
like us to deal further with a minority of students who are
• Jon Harley opens 3G Football pitch
causing disruption in lessons. You have also told us that
• Faith and football
we could be dealing more effectively with bullying. We are
• Find out about our Breakfast Club
working hard on both of these important issues and you
can find out more about what we have done and will do to
improve in these areas at our next Parent Forum.
• Success of former Bridgemary Students
• Celebrating Literacy across the curriculum
• Year 10’s perform ‘Confusions’
Frequently asked Questions (F.A.Q)
• Year 11 Art on show at Gosport Gallery
Q:
• Ultimate Frisbee players join GB squad
Why have there been so many timetable and
curriculum changes since September?
A:
We strive to provide the best possible learning
• Destination Data - 100% Success
• Soccer School at Bridgemary this Easter
experience for students. Due to staff leaving or long-term
absence, we have minimised the number of affected
lessons by reorganising the timetable. This has ensured
that Year 11 GCSE classes have been protected as much
...and much more!
as is possible. We have had to reduce the curriculum
Q: When I write/email/call the school I don’t get a
time of some subjects at Key Stage 3 to allow us to do
response
this.
A: This should not be the case. All teaching staff are
Q: Why is there so much staff absence and turnover?
A: We are constantly seeking to improve the quality of
our teaching and have high expectations of our staff.
Some have decided to move on. Where there is a long
term absence we have re-timetabled where possible
and recruited experienced members of staff to replace
long term absent or leaving staff. Lessons for long term
absentees are set by the Department Head to ensure
continuity of provision.
required to respond to parents within 48 hours of being
contacted by the parent. You are more than welcome
to contact them via email. All staff check their email
several times daily. If you are unhappy with how your
enquiry is dealt with please contact Mr J Philipsz
j.philipsz@bridgemary.net, Deputy Headteacher.
Q: Why doesn’t my child’s report tell me what they
need to improve on?
A: The report tells you what your child’s grade is most
Q: Disruptive behaviour is affecting my child in their
likely to be at the end of the key stage. The on track
lessons. What is being done about it?
score for the grade tells you how well they are doing
A: We restructured our rewards and sanctions system
in January. We feel it is starting to have an impact.
Whilst we no longer use stamps we still encourage
positive behaviour through awarding merits. There is
now more accountability for students that disrupt
lessons. Persistent poor behaviour now results in more
immediate and progressive sanctions. This includes
removal from lessons for a prolonged period of time
and having to work in school after hours.
according to their target. Specific advice on how to
improve can be clarified by contacting your child’s
teacher by phone, email or by booking a face to face
meeting. Parents of students that are causing concern
should be contacted by teachers before receiving their
report. There is guidance with the report to explain
how the on track score/comment number system works.
Further enquiries about progress should be made to
your child’s Head of House.
Eagle – Mr B Toone – b.toone@bridgemary.net
Q: My child feels they are being bullied. Whom do I
contact?
Falcon – Miss A McClarnon –
a.mcclarnon@bridgemary.net
A: Please contact Assistant Heads of House. They are:
Eagle House - Mr F O’Toole – f.otoole@bridgemary.net
Hawk – Mr J Brooks – j.brooks@bridgemary.net
Falcon House – Mr L Falloon – l.falloon@bridgemary.net
Parents Forum
Hawk House – Mr C Agar – c.agar@bridgemary.net
Finally, I am delighted to invite you to our next Parent
Forum. These events take place three times a year,
Q: Why isn’t my child being set homework?
once a term and are chaired by our Deputy
A: We are looking into this. All homework should be
recorded on www.showmyhomework.co.uk and valued
by the teacher when it is completed and handed in.
Q: The school is not accessible by phone after school
hours: Can this be changed?
Headteacher, Mr J Philipsz.
You will be able to give
valuable feedback to the school via this forum. Mr
Philipsz is keen talk to you all and listen to any concerns
you may have. The first of these forums will take place
on Wednesday 1st April at 5.30 pm. We look forward
to seeing you there.
A: We are looking into this. Reception is manned until
Headteacher: Mrs V. White
3.30 pm at present. Please note you can contact staff
Wych Lane, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0JN
via their work email address using the following format:
Telephone: 01329 319966
a.nother@bridgemary.net
www.bridgemary-tkat.org
school@bridgemary.net
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Last terms Literacy
Top Readers Word Count - YEAR 7
Student
Quizzes Passed
Word Count
Megan Vane
38
2,311,228
George Buckham
51
2,149,616
Serena Day
13
1,421,023
Briony Finn
12
683,114
Charlie Wyatt
13
586,825
Freya Kinlough
6
438,512
George Diaper
6
335,006
Owen Jones
8
321,136
Clarke Hare
9
307,265
Hannah Graham
3
301,583
Challenges
CONGRATULATIONS TO YEAR 9
Miss McClarnon’s Tutor Group
The tutor group with the most words read last term will
get to go on a trip of their choice (bowling or ice skating)
all paid for. The winning total of words read, was 7,257,826
KS4 Challenge...
• Read Hunger Games Mockingjay.
• Complete a book review to a
good standard (deadline 21st Nov).
Top Readers Word Count - YEAR 8
• Receive a cinema voucher
to see Hunger Games Mockingjay.
Student
Quizzes Passed
Word Count
• If enough interest we will run
Callie Moore
15
1,846,073
a trip in School time to see
Luke Tunstall
12
1,193,629
it in the cinema!
Millie Edney
15
1,193,371
Travis Stone
9
1,031,998
‘This book will keep you turning the
Jamie Barnes
8
498,622
pages right through to the very end,
Ryan Davidson
9
456,625
with twists and turns all the way
Olivia Peckham
11
442,682
throughout, you will never want to
Crystal Frampton
6
440,251
finish.’ By Jack Hazzard
Justin Mabey
15
432,294
Emily Long
12
382,976
Top Readers Word Count - YEAR 9
Student
Quizzes Passed
Word Count
Anastasia Birks
62
3,064,327
Ian Wilson
27
2,493,428
20 Year 8/9 students have been
Shannon Janes
39
2,473,403
given the opportunity to com-
Layla Payne
26
2,358,790
plete their Bronze Arts Award
Emma Medhurst
21
2,151,332
after school. They will be work-
Chloe Rolls
16
1,407,253
Tommy Patterson
26
1,037,070
Shaye Gould
17
1,032,017
work. Keep an eye out for their
Jake Fazackerley
11
869,147
Art work; it will be on display in
Benjamin Perrin
15
789,314
the summer term.
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ing with Jumpstart and using the
book ‘When the Guns Fall Silent’
as inspiration for creating art
FALCON HOUSE
A
warm
welcome
Jordan Payne, Jayne Lee-will, Amy Cooper,
from Miss McClarnon
Head
of
Amy-lea Clarke, Shaan Pettafor. Keep on flying
BR
Falcon
I D G E M A RY
House and Mr Fallon
BR
high Falcons….
I D G E M A RY
Since September Falcons have earned 25,431 House
Assistant Head of House.
Points
The House system was launched in January and I am
Merit / House Awards Awards – Over 40 students have
extremely proud to have been asked to take on the role
been awarded the Bronze Merit badge for collecting
of Head of House, and look forward to having many
over 200 House points. The following students have
positive conversations with students in Falcon House
B
been awarded their silver merit badges for collecting
over the coming Academic Year as well as winning lots
over 300 House Points; Jessica Coleman (Year11) Crystal
of House Competitions!
Frampton (Year8) and Sophie Jones and Sian Perkins
RID
GEMAR
Y
(Year7). Congratulations to you all keep earning those
In February we were very lucky to be able to welcome
Mr Falloon as Assistant Head of House, Mr Falloon will
be supporting Miss McClarnon in developing and
promoting the School Ethos, developing House
Competitions, tracking House Attendance and Specific
Intervention linked to Falcon House.
House points!
A House Ethos raffle was launched in February, Senior
staff have been on the lookout for students who are
demonstrating the House Ethos around school. Students
who receive a raffle ticket remember to put your name
on it and take it to the House office. We have some go-
It has most certainly been a busy term for high flying
karting vouchers to give away...
Falcons. Here is a round up of some of the things we
The following students all received a cinema voucher for
have been doing.
having attendance at 95% or above. We are aiming to
be the best House in relation to attendance -we can do
it!
House Charity - Falcons will be working to support the
work of Naomi House and Jack’s Place, a children’s
hospice in Winchester. They offer offer a full palliative
care service that includes respite, emergency and end of
9BHT have been showing their skills on the Ice during a
rewards trip for highest number of words read at KS3
last term (Pictured are Rebecca Hope, Ben Rosam and
Tommy Paterson)
life care for life-limited and life-threatened children and
young adults from birth and into their later years. Naomi
House are very excited about this new partnership with
Bridgemary and will be sending along a volunteer to talk
at one of the Falcon assemblies in the near future. Look
Spelling Bee – During the early rounds of the Spelling
Bee, Falcons have been leading the way, can they win
the overall competition, watch this space...
out for the House Charity week initiatives and all
fundraising ideas to your prefects Jessica Coleman,
Caprice Dawkins and Chloe Lyth.
The following Falcons represented Bridgemary at the
Twitter for all information about Falcon House including
National Indoor Frisbee tournament at Wolverhampton
exclusive competitions follow us @falconhouse15 Tweet
in January and February, Ryan Fazackerley, Kurtis
Tweet...
Cotterill, Dan Cuff, Bryce Kershaw, Finley Ferminger,
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BR
BR
I D G E M A RY
I D G E M A RY
encouraging and supporting each other, to ensure we all
Hello Hawks,
have a successful and happy time at Bridgemary School.
I hope you are all as excited as Mr
Agar and I are about the changes
that are happening to our school and
BR
I D G E M A RY
We are delighted to announce that after a vote by all Hawk
students and staff our House slogan is:
how important the House System is
Fortis – Fidus – Verum
to the changes.
The meaning is: Strong, Loyal and True.
Hawks are known for being fierce hunters and I do want
We believe this is a very fitting slogan for us. We are also
you all to be determined in your approach to everything
pleased to announce that as a House we have voted to
you do at school, but Hawks are also extremely loyal; in
support Rowan’s Hospice and we will be hosting some
the wild they mate for life and are strongly attached to
fundraising opportunities over the coming weeks.
their nesting area. I would like all the Hawks at Bridgemary
to build strong relationships with each other; within their
Let’s go HAWKS!
tutor groups and across the year groups.
Mr Brooks
Mr Agar
I would like our House to feel like an extended family,
Head of House
Assistant Head of House
Follow us on Twitter @HawkHouse15
The third and final trait of an eagle that we feel you
Dear Eagles,
Mr Toone and I are very excited to
start this new adventure with our
fellow Eagles and see the new
changes to the school as a very
BR
I D G E M A RY
positive step in the right direction.
Eagles have 7 mains traits and we
Pertinacior Visio Intrepidus
have taken three of these to describe
you as a House.
demonstrate in Eagle House is to be fearless; an eagle will
never surrender to the size or strength of its prey. It will
always give a fight to win its prey or regain its territory. You
as students show this through taking whatever piece of
work a teacher may give, whatever the size large or small,
you will attack this and fight until it is finished, aiming to
achieve the highest grade possible.
With this in mind our new House slogan is Pertinacior-Visio-
Eagles are tenacious, watch an eagle when a storm comes.
Intrepidus which is Latin for these three things. We would
When other birds fly away from the storm with fear, an
also like to take this opportunity to announce that the
eagle spreads its mighty wings and uses the current to soar
charity we have chosen to support as a House is Great
to greater heights. The eagle takes advantage of the very
Ormand Street Hospital Charity. This is an amazing charity
storm that lesser birds fear and head for cover. We believe
and since its formation in 1852, the hospital has been
that this describes you as a House brilliantly. When things
dedicated to children’s healthcare and to finding new and
get tough in school, which they inevitably will, especially
better ways to treat childhood illnesses. We are asking all
in Year 11 during GCSE time, this is your time to spread
Eagles for ideas for charity events to raise money to help
your wings and face the storm head on. Eagles will not
Great Ormand Street continue the amazing work they do.
duck for cover and will reach the targets and goals set by
Any ideas please come and see Mr O’Toole or Mr Toone.
yourselves and teachers.
The second trait we feel to describe you as a House is
vision Eagles have a keen vision. Their eyes are specially
designed for long distance focus and clarity. As students
Fly High Eagles
Mr Toone (Head of House)
Mr O’Toole (Assistant Head of House)
you need to be able to see long term goals and targets
and focus on them and not let unnecessary things distract
you from reaching these goals.
Follow Eagle House on Twitter: @Eaglehouse15
Follow Great Ormand Street @GreatOrmandSt
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Bridgemary Students in Science
There are many different enrichment activities which are
University of Southampton. Year 10 Challenge Day
continually developing within Science to challenge,
Nine Year 10 students were
extend, engage and inspire students of all abilities and
invited to the University of
Year groups. The activities relate to their learning in lessons
Southampton for a two day
and to real life situations in order to develop further depth
challenge event where they
of understanding in Science.
conducted research on the
outbreak of disease and
Paultons Park, Year 11
measure to control and
In
September
groups
of
two
Year
communicate
11
with
the
public.
students were taken to
Paultons Park for the
Students
day to learn about how
multidisciplinary research
Energy
working as a team to
and
Transfers
Energy
gather information from a number of lectures. This
different
information had to then be used to produce a 5 minute
systems, and have a classroom session to discuss and learn
presentation to judges, a research poster and a portfolio
about this in more detail. This gave the students an
of their two days at the University.
of
in
out
a
number
work
carried
opportunity to access a more relevant scientific approach
with a real life understanding of the uses of Science in
Students showed that they were able to use key skills such
some industries and apply it to what they were learning
as communication, teamwork, independent learning and
about in the classroom.
resilience.
LifeLab, Year 9
For the last two years, Year
9 students have visited an
innovative
Jess Coleman wins the
hospital
classroom/laboratory
Southampton
at
General
‘Visitor’s Choice’!
Hospital to engage with the
Science that explains how
Jess Coleman in Year 11
lifestyle choices at an early
won
age can drastically affect
Choice’ for her art work
their health and the health of their
‘St. John’s Cathedral’
future
hands-on
that was on display at
approach to learning makes Science
Gosport Gallery. Jess
more accessible and brings it to life.
has won herself a £50
Students were given the freedom to
Amazon voucher!
children.
This
use and explore the equipment
normally used in hospitals to assess
how healthy someone is.
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the
‘Visitor’s
Celebrating Literacy across
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the curriculum with AR
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Bridgemary school has embraced the Accelerated Reader
Scheme programme, and it has become part of the KS3
curriculum.
The Accelerated Reader scheme is a powerful tool for
monitoring and managing reading practice while
promoting reading for pleasure.
Last half term students in KS3 participated in Literacy
House Cup Challenges.
Literacy House Cup
• Get Caught Reading.
• Extreme Reading.
• Number of words read (KS3).
Each year group had 6 top readers achieving the highest
word counts. With the top boy and girl each receiving a
kindle, which were very kindly donated by Darren Fells
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( Literacy Governor) funded by, Pedal Power. Each student
in the top 6 also was also rewarded with a book voucher.
Call Stuart on 023 9252 8333
or email: s.sivier@bridgemary.net
In addition, students in each year group had the chance to
get into the word millionaire club, receiving a book and
certificate for their achievements.
Every student contributed in some way to gain literacy
House points, and enjoyed the friendly competition
Destination Data
- 100% Success!!!!
amongst their peers.
Every year the school is measured by Hampshire County
Well done to the following students who each received
Council on the amount of students that leave and their
a kindle for their achievements:
intended destinations. These destinations are reported to
ensure that none of the students are classed as NEET (Not
Year 7
in Employment, Education or Training). At the end of first
George Buckham and Megan Vane
term after students have left Bridgemary HCC check that
the students are still attending their chosen destination.
Year 8
Crystal Frampton and Luke Tunstall
We are really proud to let you know that Bridgemary
School’s 2014 leavers all went into Employment, Education
Year 9
Ian Wilson and Anastasia Birks
or Training giving the school a 100% success rate. This is
a fantastic achievement and in fact, the highest in the
Gosport area.
PAGE SEVEN
What has been going on in RE...
Year 7 students have been looking at the origins of
Year 10 have started the first unit within the ethics section
religion, and what would we do if we found ourselves
and there have been some heated debates about
stranded on a desert Island. If someone had a baby on the
Abortion, Euthanasia, Genetic Engineering and Animal
Island would we feel the need to have a naming ceremony/
Rights. Most recently we have been looking at poverty and
How does this compare to religious naming ceremonies?
concern for others. Inspired by the words of Mother Teresa
Would we need to have rules and what would be the
who said, ‘Let us more and more insist on raising funds of
consequences of living in a society with no rules? Classes
love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace’ Year 10’s
came up with their own naming ceremonies and some
have been challenged to carry out a Random Act of
great rules for example 'be kind to everyone living on the
Kindness or a Selfless good deed each week until Easter...
Island’ and ‘everyone must work to help each other’ Great
we will share how they got on in the next newsletter. You
to see rules that fit in with the new school ethos!
can join in the debate: Is there such a thing as a selfless
good deed?
Year 8 students have been enquiring into the concept of
suffering and evil and why we have so much in the world.
Finally Year 11, have completed their mock examinations
This generated some excellent philosophical discussions
and there have been some pleasing results, Miss
around how there could be an all caring God when there
McClarnon is looking forward to this being replicated and
is so much evil in the world...
improved in the summer. Students have been working hard
in every lesson and have enjoyed some different ways to
Year 9 Students have been studying Our World. They have
revise, including ask the expert, chain link, and keyword
looked at many different cultures and beliefs about how
articulate.
the world began and have been challenged to develop
arguments for and against the different theories. A
favourite lesson was when we looked at the beliefs of the
Incas, Aboriginals, and Navajo tribes
What has been going on in Science...
It has been six months since the
“The lessons challenge my ability and I have learnt a lot
Year 7’s arrived in Science lessons
about key stage 3 Science” - Liberty Kappa.
and they have been fully immersed
“It’s exciting the experiments are great” - Harry Bradshaw
in the world of Science. They have
“I liked dissecting a chicken wing as you can see inside it
become
experts
as you cut it open, I also liked it when the teacher set fire
Burners,
used
with
many
Bunsen
different
to Miss Winter’s hand!!” – Harvey Ayling.
chemicals, measured the length of
worms and some have even been
13th – 22nd March is British Science week. Years 7, 8, 9 &
on a hunt to find One Direction!
10 are taking part in a nationwide investigation into what
makes the perfect cuppa! Students will be investigating
There are only four months left of this exciting first year
everything from which is the best shape for your teabag to
and some of the students wanted to say how much they
which biscuit is the best for dunking. You can follow us
have enjoyed themselves so far:
@BridgemarySci or tell the nation what your idea of a
“I like all the fun experiments that we do in class” - Owen
perfect cuppa is @ScienceWeekUK. #perfectcuppa
Jones
PAGE EIGHT
MFL Year 5 Transition Sessions
Here are some comments from the sessions:
- December 2014
“I really liked the activities and games. I learnt lots too”. –
“All of it was really fun”. – Woodcot Student
Woodcot Student
As part of Bridgemary School’s Year
5 & 6 Transition programme for
“I enjoyed the dancing the most”. – Woodcot Student
2014/15 pupils from all 6 cluster
schools have been invited to attend
a series of subject workshops and
“The children all enjoyed today and wanted to take part.
There were some good incentives”. – Woodcot Teacher
activities throughout the academic
year.
“It was really cool. I thought I wouldn’t like the Spanish
sweets but they were really nice”. - Loui
The Modern Foreign Language sessions were delivered by
Miss Andueza and the schools had the opportunity to
participate in some fun Spanish Christmas activities and
“I thought it was going to be confusing but its easy now
because we played games to learn Spanish”. – Emily
games.
“The children have a lot of fun learning about Spanish
•
On Monday 15th December 2014 a class of 25 Year 5
pupils from Bedenham Primary attended
•
Christmas. It was a good experience”. – Bedenham
Teacher
On Tuesday 16th December 2014 a class of 28 Year 5
pupils from Woodcot Primary School attended
•
For
On Wednesday 17th December 2014 a class of 33
more
details
Bridgemary
Year 5 pupils from Holbrook Primary School attended.
on
Schools
transition programme and
information for starting
Pupils worked in five different groups; each group was
School at Bridgemary in
supported by a Bridgemary student. Each Bridgemary
September 2015 please
student had the responsibility of rewarding their group
with stickers for effort and participation in a variety of
contact Mr Sivier
s.sivier@bridgemary.net or 01329 319966
games; they were also responsible to give personalized
certificates to all students and help them with their
WOODCOT
Christmas cards in Spanish.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Year 11 Mock Exam
Year 11s completed their mock examination in January. As you can see there were some very creative and successful
outcomes.
Year 11s started their GCSE Art and 3D Art examination. We wish them the best of luck with their examination preparatory
work and look forward to seeing their final pieces!
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Transition for Year 6 students
that any questions or worries etc can be talked through
and we can hopefully dispel anxieties about the move to
On the 2nd March the email
‘big school’. Having a familiar face and point of contact can
accounts of year 6 parents
also be reassuring when the students start in September.
across
Hampshire
were
unusually active – confirmations
of secondary school places had
been sent! With over 100
students
allocated
to
Bridgemary School, our transition team got to work. We
believe that the earlier we are able to begin the transition
process, the smoother it will be; for the students
Although the vast majority of our new intake will be
coming from our feeder schools we will be welcoming
students from further afield. Moving up to secondary
school can be a worrying time, especially if you’re not
going to be coming with anyone from your primary school
and for this reason we will be supporting these students
with extra transition activities.
themselves, for parents/carers, and for us as a school. With
Our full transition days will take place in the summer term
this in mind we sent all of our allocated students an
when students will be given the opportunity to experience
invitation to our first transition event – a team-building day.
school life as a Bridgemary student. In the interim if you
do have any questions about transition please do not
The
place
team-building
shortly
took
afterwards
hesitate to contact Ms Winter on 01329 319966 or
h.winter@bridgemary.net
when on the 11th March we
welcomed over 100 year 6s
to the PE department. It was
Year 11 students have
the first chance for the
been leaping out of
students to meet and start to get to know each other, meet
their beds on Mon-
some of our staff, and engage in a number of exciting team
days and Thursdays to
building activities. From getting a whole group balancing
take part in our maths
on a tyre, to moving across the gym and back without
revision programme.
touching the floor, there was much fun and laughter as
Our students make an early start to do the day at 8am fu-
students began to make the friends they’d be with when
elled by bacon baps and mugs of tea. Each session has a
they start with us in September. Emily, a year 6 pupil from
theme to it such percentages or solving equations where
Brockhurst Junior School, commented; “It’s not as scary as
students get taught by Mr. Philipsz and then get lots of
I thought. Secondary School is actually quite fun!”
past paper questions to do on that topic. Attendance
has been growing since we started inviting students in
At Bridgemary, transition is an
February and we now have a regular number of 17+ stu-
ongoing process with events
dents to every session.
beginning
in
March
and
continuing right up until the
students have settled into the
school
September
community
onwards.
from
A
key
We also hold an open revision clinic on Mondays 3-4pm
for all year 11 students.
KS3
A number of KS3 students will be entering the UKMaths
aspect of what we do is building strong working
challenge this term. This challenge will be held nationally
relationships with our feeder schools, the students, and
on Thursday 30th April, and we are hoping to yet again,
their families. Mr Sivier and Ms Winter have already started
have students achieve results in the top 14% of the coun-
to visit primary schools and talk to year 6 in assemblies
try.
about the Bridgemary school ethos and a bit about what
students can expect. It is our aim this year to also give
every student coming to us the opportunity to talk to a
member of our staff on a 1:1 basis before September so
Maths Staffing
We would like to welcome Mrs Bright to the school, who
has been appointed as Head of Mathematics.
PAGE TEN
Success at Bay House School & Sixth Form
Solent Literature Quiz
For Former Bridgemary Students
Thursday 26th February 2015 7.00pm to 9pm
Venue: Bridgemary School LRC
Charley Barker achieved three A Levels and is now
Shannon
studying Nursing (Mental Health) at Cardiff University.
Barnes, Anatasia Birks and
Jamie
Jack McEwan Represented
Anna Jones achieved three A levels and one AS Level
our school in this year’s
and is now studying Psychology at Swansea University.
Courtney Lipsham achieved three A Levels and
Janes,
Solent
Literature
Quiz,
hosted at Bridgemary School in the LRC. There were seven
other local secondary schools taking part, so it was very
one AS Level and is studying Sociology and Social Policy
exciting for Bridgemary to have a team of very keen Key
at the University of Southampton.
Stage 3 students willing to compete for their school. The
Chloe McIroy achieved three A Levels and one AS
evening was fun and the
audience
was actively
encouraged to join in. All participants received a book
Level and is now studying English at Aberdeen University.
with the winning team receiving a shield and book tokens.
Recent Year 11 Leavers Jacob Edwards, Karl Eggar and
The event was supported by Hampshire Schools Library
Nicole Taylor have begun their studies at Bay House
Service.
Sixth Form and we wish them well for their future
Tracey Sweetenham
studies.
LRC Manager/Literacy Co-ordinator
Star Dancers
Year 10 students in English have been reading
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. They have been able to
discuss Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s language;
analysing the differences between then and now.
They have also begun to show some analytical skills. By
“tearing up” Shakespeare’s language choices they are
gaining a better understanding of why certain words were
used and the impact on the audience.
Year 10 Resistant Materials
The Year 10 Resistant Materials Class had the opportunity
of receiving from the James Dyson Foundation their Dyson
Cool, which we were able to compare against the
traditional bladed fan. The students got to learn about the
Design Engineer James Dyson, his products and his large
Design Engineer team based in Wiltshire. We looked at the
Design of the Dyson Cool and processes that went into
making it, from the design stage to prototyping to building
and then testing. It was a great lesson in being able to
compare actual products opposed to just looking at the
photos.
PAGE ELEVEN
Chelsea Soccer School Records Record Numbers
90 young people attended the course during the February
We had approximately 45 young people book onto the
half term. This is the highest number of participants we
Soccer School through two local football clubs, Gosport
have ever had on a Soccer School in the Hampshire area.
FC and Gosport Borough FC, who also use the facility for
The boys and girls all came from the Gosport and Fareham
their team training sessions on a weekly basis.
areas, with their ages ranging from 5 to 11 years.
We had seven coaches working on the Soccer School, who
During the 3 days of the course the participants developed
were all at least FA level 2 qualified, whilst holding up to
their skills in passing, dribbling, turning, attacking,
date Safeguarding and Emergency Aid certification. Every
defending and shooting through skill based sessions.
member of Chelsea FC Foundation staff is also fully vetted
Small sided matches and mini festivals were used to put
and holds an enhanced DBS background check.
newly developed skills into practice in a semi-competitive
environment.
Chelsea FC Foundations Hampshire Development Coach
Philip Moody said “This Soccer School went really well. It
The weather we had over the three days was very mixed.
was good to see so many young people attend. I was
On the first day we had a lot of rain, however having the
delighted to see that even when we had the bad weather
use of the 3G pitch at Bridgemary made sure that we were
we could still get on with playing football outside rather
still able to get outside as football can still be played on
than having to relocate to the hall”.
the 3G surface.
The aim of Bookbuzz is to inspire
excitement about reading and
Year 7
discovering new books and
authors. We hope your child
Your son/daughter has just received a book from Book-
enjoys their Bookbuzz book
buzz.
and that it encourages them to
continue reading.
Bookbuzz is a new reading programme which gives
schools the opportunity to offer their Year 7 students the
To find out more about this year’s titles, and other books
choice of book from a list of specially selected titles.
that your child might enjoy, do visit the website where
you can also find useful links about reading and writing,
and fun writing activities that you can do at home with
your child: www.bookbuzz.org.uk
Bridgemary School is also making a significant contribution to supporting this initiative as we continue to strive
to promote reading and literacy amongst our students.
Tracey Sweetenham Learning Resource Manager
PAGE TWELVE
Year 10 Careers Fair in the LRC
Monday 2nd March was the annual Year 10 Careers Fair in
the Learning Resources Centre.
Twenty providers
including Colleges, Apprenticeship and Traineeship
providers, local Employers, Universities and the Forces
Breakfast around the world
were all in to enable every Year 10 student to speak to
Bridgemary School offer the breakfast club to all our
feedback from the providers was that the students were
students Monday to Friday (7:15am – 8:25am). This service
very well informed on what their choices are and asked
is fully subsidised by the School and is FREE to all our
excellent questions that were very relevant. A massive well
students.
done Year 10!
them about their future career. It was a great event and
“Students will receive a Passport booklet
who take part in breakfasts around the
world each Friday next term.”
Students have activities and questions to answer
concerning the country we will be covering. Whoever takes
part will earn house points and there will be a prize for the
best passport completed.
There are five Fridays next term and we will cover the
following countries:
'It has opened my mind to a lot more things I may like
Friday April 24.
to do'
Canada.
Waffles Syrup and blueberries plus fruit
'It gave us opportunities to view different colleges for our
future career'
Friday May 1
Spain
'I found out lots of information I didn't know about
Toast with hot chocolate and sprinkles
Apprenticeships and it was good to be able to compare
(churros)
the different armed forces services and what they offer'
Friday May 8
Australia
Toast with Vegemite and marmalade
and yogurt
Friday May 15
France
French sticks cheese and butter
Friday May 22
United States of America
Doughnuts bagels and fruit
PAGE THIRTEEN
Food Technology
Year 8
Students have been using the basic skills learnt last year
to make a variety of products from toad in the hole to
pizza. All products made by the students are based on the
government guidelines for healthy eating (more fibre,
more water, less salt, less fat and less sugar). They have
learnt about the healthy alternatives they can use which
still adds flavour. The students have shown good higher
level skills including bread making and pastry making.
Year 7
Year 9
Students have been enjoying creating a variety of products
Year 9 students have been creating products suitable for a
based on the eatwell plate. They have had the opportunity
specific target group. They are completing a mini
to make products such as banana milkshakes and pasta in
coursework folder based on the AQA GCSE specification
homemade tomato sauces. For many students this is the
in preparation for the students picking their options later
first opportunity they have to cook independently. Year 7
this year. This has given the students an insight into what
students have shown enthusiasm and commitment to the
will be expected of them and also of the types of products
subject and are looking forward to completing more
they will be able to make.
practical products in the future.
“I like Food Tech because I get to make food and share it
with my family” - Hannah Burns (Year 9)
Year 10 and 11
The Year 10 and 11 students were given the exciting
opportunity to cater for the School Awards Evening on
11th December. The students completed a variety of
savoury and sweet products to a high and professional
standard. These were then served to students, staff and
parents at the main event.
“I like the cooking, because you learn new things”
- Callum Hamilton (Year 7)
GCSE PE
During GCSE PE lessons, two of our Year 10 classes have
had a fantastic opportunity to take part in climbing in light
of improving their practical grades at St Vincent College.
College Higher Sports Leaders, which include former
Bridgemary students, have been instructing and enabling
students to improve their confidence and experience when
climbing. This has been strengthening our links across our
local colleges and students have had exposure to the
fantastic facilities the college has to offer. We look forward
to our next trip
PAGE FOURTEEN
Bridgemary School would like to welcome two new staff, not only to
Bridgemary but also to England. Mr Darragh and Mr Jones have joined the
teaching staff from Australia. Mr Darragh and Mr Jones both joined Bridgemary
in January and have been teaching maths, PE and science. Please see some of
their comments and first impressions of Bridgemary School and England below:
Mr Josh Darragh
From
Bart Jones
From
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
Reasons for coming to England to Teach
Reasons for coming to England to Teach
I’ve come to Bridgemary thanks to Mr David Linsell and
his open mind, and I was looking for a new challenge,
something to shock the system, and Bridgemary School
After teaching in Queensland for 12 years, my wife and I
decided we wanted to challenge ourselves by moving
out of our comfort zone
Likes
Football, Inline Skating
perience a new life and try and help others...and try and
Dislikes
When people don’t respect themselves or
deal with new weather challenges.
the people around them
Likes
Basketball, football, travelling
Inspiration I got into teaching to stay young at heart
Dislikes
Rude people
and to play a role in developing the future.
is where I have landed, and what a fitting chance to ex-
Inspiration I have a calm natured teaching approach
First impressions of England Very alert to fraud (very
and my goal is to exude this throughout the classroom to
difficult to do simple things like open a bank account,
create a safe and supportive atmosphere where students
rent a house, access cash, insure a car)
First impressions of Bridgemary Has the potential to
feel both comfortable and confident to learn. This is
something that inspired me to become a teacher as I had
some good experiences with school, and I would like to
do great things if all students take responsibility for their
own learning.
share these with the youth of today and show them
school actually CAN be enjoyable.
First impressions of England
R U LOOKING AT ME?
COLD and GREY!!!!
Funny accents.
First impressions of Bridgemary
Small knit community that want to develop young adults
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Day of
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Homework
A
very
creative
homework from Spencer
Scollan in Year 7 who not
only produced a booklet
for his homework, but
also a fantastic 3D skull.
This
represented
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PAGE FIFTEEN
Call Stuart on 023 9252 8333
or email: s.sivier@bridgemary.net
Steve Brown visits Bridgemary School
build up to their GCSE Exams. Students have engaged
really well with the programme so far and fed back
positively to Steve’s influence:
“Really interesting and I enjoyed it”
“I had fun, it was nice meeting Steve, and I am looking
forward to the next session – how many more do we have
Friend of the school Steve Brown – GBR Wheelchair
with him?”
Captain – visited Bridgemary School on Monday 2nd
March to address our Year 11 students. Steve is an Athlete
Mr Brooks (Head of Learning) said, “Steve’s sessions are
Mentor and has been voted in the top 100 for “Most
pitched at the right level for our students, and the content
influential people in Britain with a disability or
is valuable. Students had the chance to self reflect, which
impairment”. He has visited Bridgemary School before
was great. The quiet personal touches to a selection of our
and was part of our School Awards Evening in the autumn
students was very powerful, this is just what our Year 11’s
of 2014.
require in preparation for their exams and next stage of
their lives”. We look forward to his return.
During his last visit he shared his life story including his
injury and his subsequent battle to train for and be
Steve also commented on the programme and relationship
involved in the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Most
he has with Bridgemary, “I've been fortunate to have
impressively, he spoke about the importance of focusing
worked with Bridgemary on numerous projects over the
on the positives in life, and how to keep your goal in sight
last few years. In that time the partnership has grown and
even through turbulent times.
my involvement covers everything from supporting sports
Awards evenings to mentoring students through their
Steve will be returning to Bridgemary to work in small
exams. It's a pleasure to support good students in such a
workshops and to help develop and inspire students in the
safe and forward thinking environment. “
World War in Art & Technology
Year 8 and Year 9 students have been looking at ‘World
War’ in their Art and Technology lessons. Students have
created a series of War Plane drawings and worked in
teams to create a research page on the different war
planes.
The students then looked at the Hampshire War artist Paul
Nash and created a research page on the artist. This led
them to create their own 3D final piece based around his
final piece. Students developed their skills in using the
coping saw and using acrylic paints.
PAGE SIXTEEN
On February the 5th 2015 the first ever
Harry Potter Book Night was celebrated
YEAR 11 ART WORK ON DISPLAY
after school in the LRC.
AT GOSPORT GALLERY
During the event, the wonder of J.K
Rowling’s unforgettable stories were shared, introducing
new readers to the magic of Harry Potter.
Here at our school LRC, young wizards,
witches and muggles were treated to
an evening of quizzes, activities and
magic. It all begun with the sorting hat
deciding who was in which House,
competing
for
House
points
A massive congratulations to the Year 11 students that
throughout the fiendish Harry Potter
had their work put up on display at Gosport Gallery.
Trivial quiz. Golden snitches and
Students, family and friends had the opportunity to
chocolate frogs were awarded to the
attend the Private View where the Mayor of Gosport
winning house.
declared the exhibition open. The work was in the
Snacks were served inspired by some of the scrumptious
wizard foods from the Harry Potter books.
The highlight of the Harry Potter event was the magic
show from Robert Warner Year 10.
public exhibition for 5 weeks. The public had the
opportunity to see the amazing work and vote for their
favourite artist. Well done to all involved and a big
thank you to all who went to see the students’ work.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
The 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the
most notorious of the Nazi death camps, was
commemorated in a number of ways ay Bridgemary
school.
Assemblies about these events were led by Mr.
Butterworth. All students were involved. The poems
written by survivors were a particular highlight. These
included the famous poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller
“First they came ...” and Primo Levi’s poem “If this is a
man ...”
He also told the much less famous story of the persecution
of Jehovah’s Witnesses at the hands of the Nazis.
In addition all staff wore badges representing the variety
of groups who suffered under Nazi rule because they were
considered subhuman. This led to much valuable dialogue
and deep learning throughout the week.
PAGE SEVENTEEN
27th January 2015
Year 7 - Explosive Fun!
In Geography, Year 7 students have been making volcano models
for homework, which we then peer assessed in class and then we
made them erupt! Students had used all sorts of materials to
create their work, such as paint, felt, polystyrene, cardboard and
even cereal! Well done to all the Year 7s who took part in this
creative challenge.
In Year 9 – Some Gifted and Talented students are off to St.
Vincent’s College on the 23rd March to solve a series of murders!
Students will get to use some professional detective equipment!
Watch this space for how we got on!
Mrs Leearn Whiteley
Head of Humanities
Bridgemary School
Ice Skating Trip
On Tuesday 16th December 2014, 30
students from Bridgemary School attended
and ice skating trip to Planet Ice in Gosport.
These students were selected to take part
in the trip to the ice skating rink because
they achieved 100% attendance over the
summer term 2013-2014.
Bridgemary School received this exclusive ice skating session because
the school had the most improved attendance for Summer term 201314 compared to any other School in the Gosport area. This was a
massive achievement for both the students and School.
Here some quotes from the students and staff that took part in the
session:
Mr Agar – “Bruising but fantastic experience”
Jack Sharp – “Really fun but easy experience”.
Jake Fazackerley – “It was amazing; my highlight was Mr Agar falling
over trying to pick up my hat”.
Louise Warner – “Amazing, great experience even though I fell over”
PAGE EIGHTEEN
Step into Sport Inclusive Leadership Training
Friday 16th January 2015
On Friday 16th January 2015 two Year 9 students attended the SIS Inclusive
Leadership training at Mountbatten Sports Centre, Portsmouth.
The training was organised by the county Inclusive Lead School Games
Organiser – Madeleine Campbell.
Kyra Creese and Rebecca Johns had the opportunity to meet an Olympic
Swimmer – Stacey Tadd & Paralympic Judo Player – Ian Rose at the event,
who provided an informative insight into their careers and the obstacles they
have had to overcome to get where they are now.
The day was split up into workshops led by students from Portsmouth
University. Each workshop focused on a particular leadership area; Leadership
skills & communication, high-quality inclusive activities and planning an event.
Kyra & Rebecca now have the skills and knowledge to be able to plan an
inclusive event back at Bridgemary School for Primary aged pupils to
participate in.
PAGE NINETEEN
Bridgemary supporting
young musicians
WOODCOT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
This term the Year 5’s
recorded their verses, students used the percussion
and 6’s have been hard
equipment to add a rhythmic component to their songs.
at work learning how to
This project was a ton of fun! Some very creative verses
better their singing and
came out of this, and I can’t wait for parents to hear the
percussion skills through
recordings their kids have made.
a variety of creative and
collaborative
projects.
In the whole school music
It’s gone by fast, but the
assembly
students
continuing on our journey of
sure
have
accomplished a lot.
we
have
been
learning songs with positive
messages about friendship,
community,
change,
and
The Year 6’s have been learning about the history of the
growing
20th century in their regular class, so what better way to
Changing’ is a great song with
add to their learning than to learn a song from each
a reggae beat that illustrates
decade? We’ve gone through four decades so far, with
some of the changes we
such greats as ‘Here Comes The Sun’ to help us get a little
might face as we grow older. ‘Ain’t No Mountain High’
context for the events of each decade. The students have
shows what lengths we would go to to help a friend or
astutely analysed and discussed the history and lyrical
loved one. ‘Lean On Me’ has taught us the value of having
content of each song – and they sound great singing them
a friend to count on, and being that friend for someone
too! When not singing, the Year 6’s are hard at work
else too. The school sounds especially good when they are
creating their own increasingly complex rhythms and
singing harmonies at the end of ‘Lean On Me’. You just
communicating these to each other using the musical
can’t help but feel moved.
older.
‘Forever
language.
I think that’s what sums up my experience at Woodcot so
When I learned that the Year 5’s were learning about plants
far. I am moved that I get to come in every week and work
and bugs, naturally I searched for some related songs to
with such enthusiastic students on fun and rewarding
learn. But when I couldn’t find any suitable ones – we just
projects. Hearing a couple of hundred students
made up our own! We used ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’
passionately singing such uplifting songs makes my job
as inspiration and I provided the music as the kids wrote
more of a privilege than work. I look forward to what we’ll
the lyrics. Careful attention was paid to rhyming words,
accomplish next term!
amounts of syllables, and syllabic stress. After they
Mr Lenk
Dominoes in Resistant Materials
Year 10 Resistant Materials Students had the opportunity to create their own
Dominoes game out of MDF.
In order to succeed students had to have the patience to cut the dominoes out to
the same size! Students built on their sawing skills and were able to take them
home over Christmas as presents.
PAGE TWENTY
Bridgemary School welcomes Holly Myers
This term Bridgemary School and the Gosport School
Sport Partnership has welcomed a new member of fulltime staff to the team. Holly Myers joined the partnership
as a netball/rugby coach in October, and has recently taken
on the role as Active 4 Life Coordinator. Holly has a very
varied sporting background. She has played netball to
county level; whilst she was at university Holly represented
England students in rugby league and rugby 7s in the
Nations cup; and then gained her first full senior
international cap in rugby league, against New Zealand in
the 2013 World Cup. She is currently playing rugby union
for premiership giants, Richmond and is hoping to be
capped across both codes. She will be working with
schools across Gosport and around the community in a
variety of projects to help increase physical activity levels
across the borough, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
GCSE Year 10 Production of ‘Confusions’ by Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn’s Confusions is actually five one-act plays,
Rehearsals are in full swing for the performance on the 8th
entitled ‘Mother Figure’, ‘Drinking Companion’, ‘Between
and 9th July 2015 Watch this space for more information
Mouthfuls’, ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ and ‘A Talk in the Park’, all of
about how rehearsals are going and how you can get your
which are loosely linked together. This play will be
ticket to see this fantastic show!
performed by the Year 10 Drama students from
Bridgemary School in the summer term.
In the first piece, a couple pay a visit to their neighbour,
who is going slightly crazy having only interacted with her
small children in weeks, thus treats her neighbours
correspondingly. Cut to the next piece, where we discover
her lecherous husband trying to chat up two women in a
hotel bar with little success. The next piece follows two
couples in a restaurant: one accusing her husband of
having an affair and the other admitting to her husband of
her affair. The comic highlight of the series is the next play,
a disastrous village fête where some unfortunate news is
accidentally broadcast on the loudspeaker. Finally, the play
wraps up with five strangers in park (some of which are
characters from the previous pieces), musing on life and
refusing to listen to each other.
PAGE TWENTY ONE
Nurture Group
Chelsea FC Foundation
Chelsea FC Foundation, who brings together football in
the Community and Education, Charitable and Community
activities, run Soccer Schools for students. Chelsea's
Soccer Schools are a fantastic introduction to the game,
our club and our unique coaching philosophies for boys
and girls of all abilities aged between four and 13 years
old. In February the Foundation offered Gosport School
Sport Partnership two places for the February half term
Soccer School.
We recently received funding to set up a Nurture Group
room for our vulnerable students. The funding was from a
These two places where given to Peel
successful bid through CABLE (Community Achievement
Common School. Due to only two places for
in Bridgemary through Learning and Enterprise). CABLE
the whole school they made this into a
aims to build a better Bridgemary and ensure our local
competition to decide on the winners. The children were
community has the best opportunities possible.
asked to work together to put in a joint application for the
competition. They had to write a short piece explaining
The Nurture Group room is a place where children can feel
why they would like the opportunity. Their applications
safe and learn social skills.
were then put into a draw. They gained more raffle tickets
in the draw according to the quality of their application.
Nurture allows students
to
understand
and
The two lucky winners for places
cope with feelings of
in the Soccer School were brother
themselves and others,
and sister.
develop
self-
named Joanna Street and a Year 4
esteem and positive
student named Aaron Street.
interactions
with
Carole Bishop the Head teacher
being
from Peel Common Juniors said
literate
“Jo and Aaron were worthy
helps children focus
winners as they had really thought
better on their learning.
about their reasons and written a
high
others,
emotionally
A Year 6 student
short, thoughtful and humorous
application. I know that they loved
Some of the areas that Nurture group may work on are;
it! Thanks for offering it to us.”
recognising emotions, self-esteem, social skills, anger
management and loss and bereavement.
After the enjoyable three days we asked Joanne and Aaron
to write about their experience from the soccer school.
Each session is for 60 minutes. The sessions are tailored to
This is what they said “We felt really shocked that we had
the child’s individual needs. They include time for students
won the tickets and we had a great three days. Not only
to talk. Sessions are fun and might include role-play,
did we develop new skills we met new people that became
puppets, board games, art and craft and stories. Student’s
friends. We all got split into groups depending on our age,
progress is reviewed on a termly basis.
so we weren’t in a group together. But all the activities
were really fun.
Our favourites were the cross bar
challenge and the matches.”
PAGE TWENTY TWO
Bridgemary School
Faith and Football Enterprise
Challenge. Year 9.
The Faith & Football Social Enterprise and Business
Challenge is run as an after school club. The Challenge is
for Year 9 secondary school students who create a
company made up of teams of 4-6. They then plan and
develop a trading business over a 4 month period.
Bridgemary School, Wych Lane, Gosport,
PO13 0JN
Phone: 07881 786556
We are open every Sunday
and Bank Holiday Monday
from 6am onwards
Students are required to demonstrate enterprise skills
including teamwork, communication, problem solving, risk
taking, sales and marketing, together with financial and
Pitches available inside and out:
economic literacy.
Cars £7 – Vans £9 upwards.
Faith and Football 2015 was launched at Fratton Park,
Public entry 30p, accompanied children free
Portsmouth on Monday 19th January. Bridgemary have 4
strong teams involved in the challenge for the second year
of charge.
running. These teams will be attending a trading day at
Cascades Shopping Centre, Portsmouth to sell their
Hot and cold refreshments available on site.
products to the general public. They will have a further
No dogs on site except assistance dogs.
opportunity to sell their products at the Meridian Centre
All proceeds towards Bridgemary School.
in Havant in April.
Added
to
this,
Keeley
Featherstone, a member from a
We are a friendly family
team last year, has been selected to
orientated boot sale, new
Ambassador
buyers and sellers always
and will support this year’s teams
welcome.
gained
be
a
Faith
Coach.
Football
She
has
undergone some intensive training
using the skills and experience she
from
challenge.
PAGE TWENTY THREE
and
completing
the
Bridgemary Football Academy Spring 2015 Newsletter
Crofton School on a Tuesday evening. The FA Skills
Programme works with 5-11 year olds of varying abilities,
giving them the chance to enjoy football and develop their
technical, physical, psychological and social aspects of the
game.
This has given the Football Academy students the
opportunity to observe highly experienced coaches and to
gain experience that would be of a great benefit were they
to go into coaching or teaching as a future career path.
Twenty five Year 10 Bridgemary students were successful
Previous and present students have really impressed the
in applying to participate in the Bridgemary Football
FA Skills Coaches, with David Rowland (lead coach for
Academy. The Football Academy uses football as a tool for
Fareham and Gosport area) stating, 'I was particularly
wider learning. Students have been introduced to a
impressed with the way they all engaged with the children
number of roles, including: leading football activity
and took the initiative to support the coaches within the
sessions, refereeing small-sided games, managing small-
session. I would be more than happy to have any of them
sided teams and contributing to the organisation and
return for a longer period of time to support the FA Skills
delivery of a football festival for younger people.
Programme'.
Upon completion, students will gain a 1st4sport Level 2
Follow @BridgemaryFA on twitter for regular
Award in Leadership through Football (QCF) equivalent to
updates on the Football Academy’s involvement in the
a full GCSE and Level 1 FA coaching award. The
community!
qualification is recognised as an excellent introduction for
those looking to progress within the voluntary or employed
world of sport and sport development.
Hampshire Schools Premier
It has been a busy but exciting term for the Bridgemary
League Tournament
Football Academy, asides from planning Bridgemary’s own
Football Festival for local primary schools football academy
The annual Premier League Tournament was back this
students have been helping coaches around the
month. This year each operating area within the Chelsea
community.
FC Foundation ran its own tournament,with the winners
attending a Finals Day at The Clubs Cobham Training
In February, Jon Harley and Chelsea in the Community
Ground. The winner from this Finals Day will go on to
were assisted by six Football Academy students to launch
represent Chelsea FC Foundation at the National Premier
Bridgemary’s new 3G synthetic pitch. Students helped
League Tournament, this year taking place at the home of
coach and officiate young aspiring footballers from six local
Tottenham Hotspurs, White Hart Lane.
primary schools. Another six football academy students
helped raise the profile of Women’s football in Gosport by
Bridgemary Community School played host of the
hosting a Girls’ football festival. The girl’s football festival
Hampshire area tournament on Monday 2nd March for the
welcomed four girls’ teams from surrounding primary
U11’s mixed school teams, of which 6 out of the 7 teams
schools and was enjoyed by all girls that took part.
came from the Gosport area.
Throughout the past term George Stanton and Tyler
All schools that attended did very well with fair play and
Squires have been working as 'young leaders' within the
football skills really shining through. Each of the schools
FA Skills Programme, supporting the FA Skills Centre at
that entered should be really proud of themselves.
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The format of the day saw a group stage complying of two
of luck and hopefully they will
groups progressing into Semi-finals and a final. Some great
progress to represent the
football was played through the group stages and at one
County at White Hart Lane in
point any team could have progressed.
May.
Following the group stages the top two teams from each
Chelsea
group contested the two Semi-Finals. After some more
Hampshire
brilliant sportsmanship and action the two finalists along
Coach, and organiser of the
with the 3rd and 4th place play off teams were found.
tournament, Philip Moody
FC
Foundations
Development
said “We were delighted to
The Final was contested between Gomer Junior School
be
and Grange Junior School. This game was very close and
opportunity to the schools in
had to go into extra time. With 10 seconds remaining and
Hampshire. The chance to play in a Premier League
a penalty shootout looming large, one of the Grange
Tournament is a special experience and one that hopefully
Junior players went through on goal, and showing great
will live long in the memories of those who attended. We
composure, scored the winner.
wish Grange Juniors the best of luck when they attend the
able
to
offer
this
tournament at Cobham. The facility at Bridgemary was
This means that Grange Junior School will be representing
fantastic and made the running of the tournament much
Hampshire in the Finals Day at Cobham on Friday 24 April
easier. All the players really seemed to enjoy playing on
2015. I’m sure you will all join us in wishing them the best
the 3G surface”.
Soccer School at Bridgemary School this Easter
Chelsea FC Foundation will be running our
extremely popular Soccer School at Bridgemary
School this Easter.
Whether you are the next Cesc Fabregas, Jodie
Brett, Diego Costa, or simply enjoying playing
football and making new friends, our courses are
perfect for you. Our fully trained and vetted
coaches will help you develop your skills in a fun
and safe environment through individual drills and
games, small sided matches and festivals.
All courses are open and inclusive, catering for boys
and girls aged between 5 – 12 years with prices
starting from £17.00 per day, so why not come and
join us this holiday period?
Monday 13 – Wednesday 15 April 2015 09:30 – 15:00
To book your place please visit our website www.chelseasoccerschools.co.uk or to request a PDF information flyer please
contact us at soccerschoolssouth@chelseafc.com We look forward to seeing you at Easter.
PAGE TWENTY FIVE
Former Chelsea player Jon Harley opens new 3G pitch
at Bridgemary School
and they are all strongly committed to encouraging
participation from both within their existing membership
and from the recruitment of new members.
Bridgemary School worked in partnership with the
Hampshire FA to secure a £355,397grant from the Premier
League & The FA Facilities Fund.
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund is funded by
the Premier League, The FA, and the Government, via
Sport England. It is delivered by the Football Foundation,
the country’s largest sports charity. Since it was launched
Opening ceremony at Bridgemary School
in 2000, the Foundation has awarded around 13,000 grants
Jon Harley (centre) joins pupils and staff from Bridgemary
worth more than £513m towards improving grassroots
School to open their new 3G pitch.
sport, which it has used to attract additional partnership
funding of over £730m – over £1.2bn of investment into
Former Chelsea player and current Chelsea Academy
the grassroots game.
coach, Jon Harley, was at Bridgemary School, Gosport,
recently to officially open their new third generation (3G)
Since 2000 the Football Foundation Funding Partners’
artificial grass pitch (AGP). The project was made possible
investment has provided 235 grants worth £10.4m towards
thanks to a £355,397 grant from the Premier League & The
grassroots sports projects worth over £24.3m across the
FA Facilities Fund, which provides grants towards
whole of Hampshire.
developing new or refurbished grassroots football
By providing more high-quality facilities, coupled with
facilities.
coaching at the appropriate age group, the Premier
Jon Harley, who made 41 appearances for Chelsea after
League & The FA Facilities Fund aims to improve the
graduating from the club’s youth system, cut the ribbon at
experience for regular players as well as attracting new
the new pitch. The new 3G AGP will enable Bridgemary
players to the game.
School to offer pupils, local grassroots clubs and the wider
community a first-class facility which can be used all-year
Many of the new state-of-the-art facilities will serve to
round. The pitch will also be used by the Chelsea FC
strengthen the connection between professional football
Foundation during school holidays.
clubs and their local communities, particularly in the most
deprived areas of the country, through the professional
The poor quality of the real grass pitches at the school had
clubs’ community trusts’ outreach work.
meant that, for large parts of the year, they were unable
to deliver PE lessons, host school fixtures or take bookings
In addition to a £100,000 investment from the school,
from local grassroots clubs.
Bridgemary also received £150,000 from Sport England’s
Inspired Facilities legacy fund towards the cost of the new
Strong partnerships are already in place with Gosport FC,
3G AGP. To date the fund has helped more than 1,600 local
Gosport Borough Youth FC and Spartan Colts FC, who will
sports projects across the country.
regularly use the new 3G AGP for training and matches
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Sport England Property Director, Charles Johnston, said:
“We know people have a better experience of sport when
they have good facilities in which to play. The investment
we have made both through the Football Foundation and
our Inspired Facilities fund will ensure the sports clubs and
local community of Gosport have access to a first-class
sport facility for many years to come.
Paul Thorogood, Chief Executive of the Football
Foundation,
added:
“The
Football
Foundation
is
responsible for managing and delivering the Premier
League & The FA Facilities Fund, which is funded by the
Jon Harley commented: “It was a privilege to open the
excellent new 3G pitch at Bridgemary School. The
investment provided by the Premier League and The FA
Facilities Fund, which is delivered by the Football
Foundation, has enabled the school to offer a stunning
facility for the local community to utilise all-year round.
“Chelsea will use this excellent new playing surface to
deliver coaching schemes. Close links between the
professional game and communities are crucial in helping
to promote the next generation of talent and helping
youngsters enjoy the benefits of physical activity and I’m
delighted that the Chelsea FC Foundation will be able to
Premier League, The FA and the Government, via Sport
England. This new 3G pitch is an example of the positive
impact that this funding is having on our grassroots game.
First-class facilities like this are crucial to creating more
opportunities for local people to enjoy regular sport.
“Aided by the Hampshire FA, Bridgemary School deserves
huge credit for taking a vision and turning it into a reality,
using funding provided by the Premier League & The FA
Facilities Fund. Sport has the power to make a positive
impact on the health of communities and this wonderful
new facility will improve the sporting experience of local
people and encourage them to be more active.”
carry out such work here in Gosport.”
Scott Sivier, Director of Business & Resources, Bridgemary
Year seven students in English have been study-
School, said: “I’d like to thank Chelsea FC Foundation for
ing William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It has been
kindly supporting our grand opening and agreeing to allow
a pleasure to see such hard work and dedication in les-
Jon Harley to officially open this fantastic new facility. I’d
sons; students are working to understand Shakespearian
also like to thank the Premier League & The FA Facilities
language and the time when it was written.
Fund, as without their support the wider community of
Gosport would not have this excellent facility. This state-
Below is a piece of fantastic homework created by Laila
of-the-art sports pitch will have a hugely positive impact
Pennicott. It depicts her favourite scene; the most fa-
on local grassroots sport and football development for
mous and romantic in all of Shakespeare’s plays.
many years to come.”
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Outstanding Performances
Boxing
Ultimate Frisbee
Amy Cooper in Year 10
Southern Tekkers Great Britain
continues to excel within
Success
Gosport’s Boxing Club
On the 7th March, 5 students; Jack
and has been competing
in
the
Hazzard, Reegan Winmill, James
ABA
Brindley and Amy Cooper trialled
Championships and now
for the U17 Open and Women’s
faces the finals. She has
won
her
matches
last
squads in Warwick.
two
through
The standard was incredibly high
technical knockouts in the first round. Her next steps
with 50 trialling for the Women’s
include competing in the School Girls’ Championships. We
squad and 70 for the Open squad.
wish her luck.
We are proud to announce that James Brindley, Chris
Cooledge and Amy Cooper will be joining GB’s quest for
Diving
Max Cott (Year 11) Leads the way for
Southampton Diving Academy who
dominated the boys 14/15 age group
with an excellent display to win 3
gold medals in the 1m and 3m
springboard,
and
the
platform
competitions. Max showcased new
dives from the 10m board, holding
his concentration and executing a
fantastic
handstand
double
somersault, impressing the judges
and attracting scores of 8s. Team
mate Brandon Foster joined Max on
the podium in the platform event
after winning the preliminary with a
gold in the European championships held in Germany this
summer. Their journey will begin with monthly training
sessions across the country as well as individual club
training.
Southern Tekkers U 14 and U17 National Junior
Championships.
In January we took 28 students to Wolverhampton to
compete alongside 45 different teams. The school entered
two teams in the U17s division with Tekkers 1st Team
finishing in 11th position nationally and Tekkers 2nd Team
finishing 15th out of 28 teams. For the Tekkers U14 team
we had some last minute editions to the team a week prior
to the tournament but despite this we finished 15th out of
17 teams.
personal best score with mainly 7.5s
All students played exceptionally well which led to an
and 8s, just slipping into silver place in the final. Brandon
invitation to Great Britain trials for the majority of our
also took the bronze on 3m springboard – both boys
eligible players. Below are the names of all of our students.
achieved several personal best scores with several new
dives.
His more recent endeavours include competing in the
Men’s Platform Preliminary on February 22 in Plymouth.
His opposition included the likes of Tom Daley which
increased the pressure. He has been dominating the Boys’
scene but wanted to gain more points so he has
challenged
himself
competitions.
in
higher
age
brackets
and
Southern Tekkers 1
•
Amy Lea Clarke
•
Chris Coolege
•
Amy Cooper
•
Shaan Petifor
•
Olivia Hillan
•
Jack Hazzard
•
James Brindley
•
Jake Fazackerley
•
Reegan Winmill
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Southern Tekkers 2
All four students really impressed the FA Skills Coaches,
•
Carl Lewry
with David Rowland (lead coach for Fareham and Gosport
•
Connor Summers
area) stating , 'I was particularly impressed with the way
•
Sam Smith
they all engaged with the children and took the initiative
•
Bryce Kershaw
to support the coaches within the session. I would be more
•
Jamie Lee Hull
than happy to have any of them return for a longer period
•
Connor Johnson
of time to support the FA Skills Programme'.
•
Dan Cuff
•
Jesse Cottrell
•
Jordan Payne
Bridgemary Football Academy Students run
School Games Level 2 Girls Football festival
Southern Tekkers U14
•
Ty Neville
•
Lee Gregory
•
Hayden Haines
•
Harvey Ayling
•
Lee Hammacott
•
Owen Jones
•
Josh Carr
•
Ryan Fazackerley
Bridgemary Football Academy Students
support Hampshire Skills Coaches
7 students from the Bridgemary Football Academy
supported the GSSP School Games (Level 2) Girls Football
Over the past term Chris, James, Riley and Kyle have each
competition on Tuesday 9th December 2014.
spent 6 weeks as 'young leaders' within the FA Skills
Programme, supporting the FA Skills Centre at Crofton
The competition was open to pupils in Years 5&6 from
School on a Tuesday evening. The FA Skills Programme
schools across Gosport and took place on the new state
works with 5-11 year olds of varying abilities, giving them
of the art 3G pitch at Bridgemary School.
the chance to enjoy football and develop their technical,
physical, psychological and social aspects of the game.
Six teams (46 pupils) played in a round robin tournament,
which was run by the Football Academy students.
This has given the Football Academy students the
opportunity to observe highly experienced coaches and to
This festival was the first of two pre-competitions prior to
gain experience that would be of a great benefit were they
the GSSP Girls Football final in April 2015.
to go into coaching or teaching as a future career path.
PAGE TWENTY NINE
Fareham and Gosport Dance Festival 2015
Fareham and Gosport Dance Festival 2015
On Tuesday 13th January thirty of our talented students performed in the
Fareham and Gosport Dance Festival at Brune Park Community College.
They showcased a number of dances which were choreographed by Mrs
Hayward and the students themselves. A range of students from Year 7
through to Year 11 worked collaboratively and tirelessly in preparation for
the show and once again our students did not fail to set the standard and
all performed with an impressive level of professionalism.
Well done to all the dancers involved!
Performing Arts Showcase
A number of our students will be sharing their talents with an audience in
the Performing Arts Showcase on Tuesday 31st March. The show will be
taking place in the Main Hall and will be starting at 7pm. This will be an
entertaining evening of dance, drama and music acts. Tickets are £2.00
each and can be purchased from reception. Half of the money raised from
ticket sales will be going to the Faith and Football charity which was the
idea of Rebecca Johns, Olivia Thomas and Chloe Rolls and the remaining
money will be going into the Rock Challenge fund in preparation for a new
entry. Good luck to all those performing!
Star Dancers
Congratulations to the following students for achieving star dancer awards
last term. All have shown an impressive level of effort, an excellent attitude
as well as high attainment in lessons. Well done and keep up the good
work!
Hayden Haines
Ervin Riji
Louis Martin
Milly Roberts
GCSE Dance Practical Exam/Moderation
The GCSE Dance practical exam and moderation will be taking place on
Friday 24th April (all day) in the Dance Studio. Please ensure you are as
quiet as possible when entering and exiting the area.
Good luck to all Year 11’s involved!
Mrs Hayward.
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Under 20s National Ultimate
Year 7 students go castle crazy!
Frisbee Tournament
A variety of previous and
current
Bridgemary
students represented the
school
and
Southern
Tekkers at the Under 20s
National Ultimate Frisbee
Tournament
in
Wolverhampton
in
February.
In history last term year 7 students were studying the
Middle Ages with a particular focus on who should be
King of England in 1066 and how William the conqueror
Southern Tekkers entered two teams and students enjoyed
an active, competitive and memorable weekend. Tekkers
1st Team finished in 10th position nationally (our highest
seeding yet) and Tekkers 2nd Team finished 19th.
strengthened his control over the land. Mr Winkles’
classes were set the challenge to create a presentation
based on the various style of castles studied in class, with
many choosing to base their homework on Rowner’s
Motte and Bailey style castle, or various Stone keep and
Concentric style of castles from around the country.
All ex-students and current students played extremely well
and a breakdown of MVP, MIP, top scores and assists are
below:
Tekkers 1st Team
Most Valuable Player – Connor Dodds
Most Improved – Reegan Winmill
Top Scores – James Brindley
Top Assists – Connor Dodds
Yet again the students produced some amazing models,
films, drawings and projects. A special mention goes to
Ellie Coleman and Serena Day as the class voted their
castle as the best in the class and the virtual tours cre-
Tekkers 2nd Team
ated by George Buckham, Patrick Underwood, Kian
Most Valuable Player – James Bucklar
Hillan and Jack Dwyer on Minecraft.
Most Improved – Carl Lewry
Top Scores – Charley Houghton
Well done everyone!
Top Assists – James Bucklar
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