Bishopsgate NewsFriday, 13th October 2017

Forthcoming EventsHoliday Camp - HypeHalf Term - Monday 16th October - Friday 27th October. Please contact 360 Sports Education - 01252 918888

Parent Family Swim SessionsThursday 19th October 1pm - 2pmSunday 22nd October 11am - 12.30pmThursday 26th October 1pm - 2pmSunday 29th October 11am - 12.30pm

Bishopsgate Fireworks DisplaySaturday, 4th NovemberThe Bishopsgate Fireworks Night is a spectacular event not tobe missed! Bring your family and friends and come for a nightof fun, food, drinks and an incredible display of fireworks.

Tickets (£12 for adults, £10 for children) include a cup of soupand your choice of sausage or burger. Mulled wine, beer, wine,soft drinks, coffee, tea and hot chocolate will be available topurchase. Children under 3 are free! Food will be served from5.00pm and the fireworks display will start at 7.00pm.

Don’t miss out - purchase your tickets now atwww.buytickets.at/bishopsgateschoolsocialcommittee

Remembrance ServiceFriday, 10th November - The service will commence at 10.30amin the Vickers Hall and all parents are welcome to attend.

Pantomine Tickets - Robin Hood@WokingWednesday, 13th December - tickets £25 for fabulous RoyalCircle seats. Flyers are in the School Office.

MannersGood manners will open doors that even the best educationcannot and this message is displayed throughout our DiningRoom for all to see. Our focus for the second half of term is thecorrect use of cutlery and general dining etiquette. Please spendsome time with your child over half term reinforcing their tablemanners.

Library Drop-inParents are welcome to come into the library with their childrenfrom 8.15 - 8.30am on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s tohelp select and borrow books.

Medical InformationFlu Immunisation for Reception to Year 4 children inclusive -Please complete the form and return it to the office whether youwould like your child to receive the vaccination or not.

Carol Concert Programme Competition!Miss Cheetham, our Director of Music would like to invite pupilsto design a cover for this year's Carol Service programme. Thedesign should be drawn in full colour on A4 portrait paper. Pleasedo not include text as part of the design.

Completed entries should be handed to Miss Cheetham withyour child's full name clearly written on the reverse byWednesday 1st November. Judging will take place next half termand the winning entry will have their design printed on the frontcover of the Carol Service programme. Good Luck.

Social Committee Christmas Cards ProjectA great opportunity for your child to have their own pictureprinted on greeting cards, mugs, wrapping paper, magnets oreven as thank you notes! Templates for your child’s designhave been sent home in school bags this week. Simply followthe instructions and return the completed template to the SocialCommittee office by Tuesday 31st October. Orders will bedelivered before end of November.

Link to Hope - Shoe BoxAppealThe Annual Christmas Shoe BoxAppeal is upon us once again. Moredetails will follow after half term butwe will continue to support ‘Link toHope’ as our charity, who provide"Family" or "Elderly" boxes to those in

greatest need in Eastern Europe. They are a small charity soour contribution will again make a real difference to theChristmas of so many people.Information leaflets were sent home with every child this week.Please refer to these leaflets or the visit ‘Link to Hope’ websiteto ensure that the correct items are included. Cardboard ShoeBoxes are on sale in the Main Office at a price of £1. Collectionday for these boxes is Friday, 10th November - Why not spenda little time with your child over the holidays choosing a fewinexpensive gifts for someone in need? Your generosity wouldbe really appreciated.

NurseryDuring Lower School Book Week, the children looked fabulousdressed as Traditional and Fairy Tale characters. The boys andgirls enjoyed a range of activities throughout the week andexperienced their first group activities working as part of a teamwith children from Lower School. It was lovely to see thechildren working together and the older children supporting theyounger children.

This week the Nursery children have been finding out moreabout the Festival of Light - Diwali. Mrs Khosla, a nursery parentcame in to talk to the children about the celebrations. Thechildren then used clay and moulded it to create their own diya’s.They waited patiently for the clay to dry before painting themwith vibrant colours.

Year 2 Year 2 children have created angle eaters and also decoratedthem in Maths this week. They help us discover right angles –angles that are 90 degrees.

Once they were finished the children had great fun using themto eat some right angles in the classroom - munch munch!

Year 3Year 3 children have enjoyed a 'Field to Fork' Workshop at Tescothis week. Some of the highlights were making their own healthycereal, touching a mackerel, investigating different fruit andvegetables and where they have come from, tasting prunes,tzatziki and crackers and going into the massive freezer at -18.9degrees!

It was great fun and perfect for their healthy eating topic inScience.

Year 3 children have also been learning about 3D shapes. Wehave been revising the names of 3D shapes and learning todescribe 3D shapes using mathematical vocabulary (faces,vertices and edges).

Some of the children played a matching game and had to workin small groups to take turns and discuss their ideas. Why nothave a 3D shape search at home over the holidays?

Years 6, 7 & 8 Verse Recital CompetitionCongratulations to all of the children who performed theirpoems so excellently in the Verse Recital Competition Finalslast week. To make the job of selecting winners extremelydifficult. It was a very enjoyable morning. Special mentiongoes to the following children whose recitals were consideredto be particularly outstanding:

Highly Commended: Maribel Harvey, Olivia Wilson, EmilyGreensmith, Joseph Pym, Jessica Schofield, Oscar LawsonYear 6 Winner: Helena SydenhamYear 7 Winner: Arthur JacobsYear 8 and Overall Senior Winner: Scarlett GognaThe Year Group winners, Helena Sydenham, Arthur Jacobs andScarlett Gogna will represent Bishopsgate and perform theirpoems again at the forthcoming Holme Grange PerformancePoetry Competition.

World Mental Health Awareness Day

This week our Year 7 & 8 students recognised World MentalHealth Awareness Day by wearing yellow #HelloYellow.For those that were not able to make our forum last week, MrBoorman talked about Bishopsgate's strategy on Mental Health.Part one was about educating our staff, Part two was aboutraising awareness among the pupil body which is well underwayand Part 3 is making you, the parent, up to speed. We would urge you, as parents, to create a culture at home inwhich your child feels comfortable discussing feelings andemotions. Do not be afraid to ask difficult questions and do notbe afraid to contact the school to seek advice. A child that is able to express emotion and share problems hasthe foundations to maintain positive mental health. Recently, MrsSchofield (School Nurse) and Mr Boorman completed the MentalHealth First Aid qualification and Mrs Schofield now takes thelead in this area. There will be lots more to come on this criticaltopic as we continue to raise awareness throughout theBishopsgate community, but in the meantime, please do gettalking to your children about this and encourage opendiscussion around mental health!

Dick Moore’s Top Tips!Following the inspirational talk given by Mr Dick Moore lastweek, he was keen to remind you of his top tips!- Talk to your children and listen to them even if they don’treceiprocate!- Communicate with school and those that know your childrenwhom they have positive relationships with- Don’t hesitate to contact your GP should you have anyconcerns - Avoid imposing your own aspirations on your children- Avoid negativity- Take a deep breath and don’t insist on the last word.

House Spelling Bee 2017Forty-eight children from Years 5, 6, 7 & 8 competed in thisyear’s Individual and House Spelling Bee today. After eightrounds of words of increasing difficulty, with one spelling errorresulting in a child’s elimination from the tense and pulsatingcontest, the results were as follows:

Winner with winning word ‘reservoir’Oscar Lawson (7/8 & Magellan)

Joint Runners-UpBlake Cooke (6T & Shackleton)Olivia Massidda (7/8WP & Magellan) Riya Khosla (7/8A & Livingstone)

House Competition 1st: Magellan 2nd: Shackleton3rd: Livingstone 4th: Frobisher

Sports RoundupFootball

Holme Grange1xt XI Lost 2 - 52nd XI Drew 2 - 23rd XI Won 7 - 0

Colts A Won 2 - 1Colts B Lost 2 - 0Colts C Lost 6 - 2Colts D Drew 2 - 2Colts E Won 5 - 1Colts F Won 2 - 0

U9A Lost 4 - 2U9B Won 2 - 1U9C Drew 1 - 1U8A Won 5 - 3U8B Won 3 - 0U8C Lost 2 - 0

St George’s 7 a-side Football TournamentTwo U10 Bishopsgate teams took part in the St George's Annual7 a-side Football Tournament in the grounds of Windsor Castlelast week. As summer clung on with its fingernails, the twoteams enjoyed favourable conditions on a very enjoyablemorning of football, with both the A and B teams faring well intheir respective competitions.

The As, under the tutelage of Mr Wood, improved upon adisappointing outing at the Twickenham Prep Tournament toensure that they made it to the semi-finals of the plate wherethey cruelly lost to the last kick of the game in extra time. MrPerry's charges, however, continued their rich vein of form andwent one better than last time out - winning the B team RoundRobin Tournament outright.

They have now had two full tournaments without losing a game(13 matches in case you were wondering), and brought homesilverware both times. Impressive performances all round meantthat it was a real team effort and the eight boys involved can bethoroughly delighted with their victory. Captained by goalkeeperSam Golding (pictured), the team were delighted to bring thecup back to Bishopsgate and will hope that next year's Year 5'swill build upon this in 2018.

St Neot’s 6 a-side TournamentThe Bishopsgate 1st VI team attended the annual St Neot's 6a-side tournament. The tournament usually falls just after theIAPS regional qualifying round which the team attended at theweekend and so felt very prepared. The preparation reallyshowed with the team looking very organised and getting somegreat early wins to establish themselves in 2nd place within thegroup and qualify for the semi finals where they faced HolmeGrange.

A very dominant performance not allowing Holme Grange anyshots on target resulted in a convincing 2-0 win. The bestperformance of the season so far! Unfortunately theperformance could not be replicated in the final which wasnarrowly lost 2-0. Mr Baumgart is thrilled with the progress theboys have made since the beginning of the year and looksforward to finish the season strongly after half term.

Netball

Twickenham PrepU9A Won 7 - 0U9B Won 5 - 0U8A Won 8 - 0U8B Won 12 - 0

St Peters1st VII Won 30 - 0

Staines PrepU11A Won 13 - 1U11B Won 15 - 1U8A Won 3 - 1U8B Won 3 - 0

HighfieldU10A Won 17 - 0U10B Won 14 - 0U11/10C Won 8 - 1

St AndrewsU9A Won 11 - 0U9B Won 8 - 0U8A Won 6 - 0U9/8B Won 2 - 0

Heathfield1st VII Won 21 - 0

Notre DameU11A Won 11 - 6U11B Drew 6 - 6U10A Won 18 - 1U10B Drew 5 - 5

Newland House U10 Netball TournamentThe U10 Netball team were in dazzling form at the NewlandHouse Netball Tournament on Saturday. Playing against thetoughest schools in the West London area, the girls played someoutstanding Netball with each girl working their very best.

The team won all of their matches in the round robin stage toset up an exciting final against Bute House. In the final it was adraw at the end of full time but the girls held their nerve andcame away eventual winners. The girls were great ambassadorsfor Bishopsgate with many coaches complimenting their Netballbut also their fantastic team spirit.

Ripley Cross CountryThe Cross Country team were in action early this year at theannual Ripley Court Cross Country. This was a new event forour calendar and with 15 schools entered it was going to betough. In the U9 and U11 races there were nearly 90competitors! There were some excellent results across theteams - highlights were:

Max Bland 7th (U11 boys)Ambali Oberai 5th (U11 girls)Freya Whitson Dawe 4th (U9 girls)Zahra Ahmed 3rd (U13 girls)Oscar Sampson 2nd (U11 boys)Emily Greensmith 2nd (U11 girls)

Congratulations to the U9 girls team comprising of FreyaWhitson Dawe, Sophia Robinson, Lexie Cooke, Emily Kondo,Lucy Golding and Ilona O'Brien who came 3rd in the team event.

Rowing @BishopsgateOur rowers have enjoyed another half term on the river, blessedwith some perfect rowing conditions our rowers have madeexcellent technical progress and now look forward to a term anda half honing their fitness and technique indoors on the RowingMachines.

Pupil HighlightsLast week, Runnymede MP and Chancellor of the ExchequerPhilip Hammond officially opened the new floodlit courts atCoopers Hill Tennis Club in Englefield Green.

Monty Seager, Joshua Colman, Alice Bright and Tom Peppinwere lucky enough to meet the Chancellor and play Tennis infront of him under the floodlights. Mr Hammond commented thathe was very impressed by the children's standard of play. Welldone to all!

Judo British ChampionCongratulations to Imogen Austenwho recently competed in the JudoBritish Championships for Minors inCardiff. Imogen showed greatresilience in all her fights often havingto fight back from being a scoredown.

She saw off a particularly strongcompetitor from Wales and herdetermination paid off as she wascrowned British Champion for U28kg.

Well done Imogen!

Have a lovely half term break!