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T M B S S
A Word From the Head of Service
It’s amazing that there is so much to fill this newsletter when you consider how much time
and effort has been put into the examinations. The RoAs were often emotional times, as
centres said goodbye to their Year 11 pupils. We’re pleased that several of these pupils
have been back to see us since leaving, particularly for Careers support. We’ve also seen
pupils from the year before, demonstrating that you’ll always be part of the TMBSS family.
New pupils are being welcomed and I hope that this newsletter will show them what we as a
service have to offer. Staff work hard to provide something for everyone. I think that you’ll agree that there is a
great range of activities but in each one serious learning, whether academic or social, is taking place. The quali-
ty of the work and participation is astonishingly high and in keeping with the expectations that we have of our
pupils.
I think everyone needs a well-earned rest now. Therefore all there is for me to do is
wish you a very happy holiday. I look forward to working with you all again in Septem-
ber. Kay Redknap- Head of Service
July, 2016
Issue 3
Amazing Achievement in Arts Award Abby Morris (Y11 Bridgnorth) is the only TMBSS pupil to achieve silver level Arts
Award this year.
My Arts Challenge was inspired by Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the visual art
movement known as Pop Art and I did my version of Wonder Woman using different
media. For example I used black beads to create the 3d eyelashes. When I first thought of the idea ,
I felt I may not be able to get it to a standard I was happy with or even complete it. At one point, I
felt like giving up on the whole thing when I was sticking each dot on by hand but I got there in
the end. My work has been displayed in the hall of my school
and lots of children and teachers have had the opportunity to
view it and give their opinions, which have all been positive.
For my Arts Leadership, we had a trip to Harlescott Centre to make masks
with the children, allowing them to explore their own artistic ability . I was a
bit worried about what I was doing and I was a bit shy as it was my first time
working with a class of younger children but they were very well behaved
and enthusiastic about what they had to do. The final masks were lovely
and the students wanted to take them home. I really enjoyed the experience
once I got over my initial nerves!
I really don’t think I would change anything about my Arts
Award. I love it!
The Arts Award moderator was full of compliments for Abby’s
finished folder too, saying “ What a rich journey Abby has had
with her Silver Arts Award and what a rich portfolio. Her unit one
was particularly strong ...excellent art work...well done!”
Arts Award is an accredited frame-
work for students to develop in the
arts. Their mission is to encourage any
individual to enjoy the arts, develop
creative and leadership skills, and
achieve a national qualification.
It reflects many different interests
and ambitions, respects individual
development and helps young peo-
ple define their creative futures.
On Tuesday it was the first taster day for the
Year Sixes. We went to Park Hall near Oswestry
and to visit the WW1 trenches because it was
the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. The
trenches were very narrow and had sand bags
and walls. We saw the medical bay, gunner look
out and the listening post, we also looked
through periscopes to see over the high walls.
We looked at some old photos and read some
old letters who were fighting in the war.
Aiden Owen Year 6
TRENCH STEW
In our History lessons we have been
learning
about World
War 1.
This week we had a go at
making Trench Stew with
army biscuits.
The stew was very easy to
make, using carrots, turnip,
potato, stock cube, corned
beef and water.
The biscuits were made
with flour, sugar, milk pow-
der, salt and water,
so that in the war
they lasted for a long time.
I really liked the stew and had two bowls
of it, but the biscuits were rock hard and
I didn’t like them.
I think in the trenches the soldiers mixed
the biscuits into the stew to soften them.
Shay Hastings—Ludlow
Students from across the service
have been learning about trench
warfare in remembrance of the
Battle of the Somme which
happened 100 years ago on the
1st July
At Forest School we decided to
commemorate the Centenary
of The Battle of the Somme by
cooking something which the
First World War soldiers would
have eaten: Trench Stew.
The soldiers in the trenches
didn't have a lot of food and
Trench Stew was a quick and
easy meal to make.
Sometimes they would use a turnip
instead of an onion. Stale biscuits
could also be added in the stew.
How to make Trench Stew:
The First thing Mr Parkinson and I
did was we peeled the onion and
then the carrots and chopped
them both up. We then put them
in a pan of boiling
water and added a
stock cube. We put
this pan on the
camp fire and let it
cook for about ten
minutes. After ten
minutes we took it
off the fire using
the gauntlets so
we didn’t burn our-
selves. Next we
poured the stew
into cups ready for
tasting. Some peo-
ple said that it
looked disgusting and that they
wouldn’t try it but it was really nice. I
had two lots.
Chloe Dovaston—Oswestry
Battle of the Somme Centenary
Our campfire at Forest School ready for
cooking Trench Stew
Shay sampling Trench Stew
Ingredients
2 carrots
1/2 onion
1 pint of hot water
1 stock cube
Small tin of corned
beef
Whole Service Art Show 2016
This year we decided that instead of just celebrating the year 11’s GCSE Art work,
we would include work from all pupils within the service, from KS1 right up to KS4.
“Thank you for sharing your
fantastic work. Very inspiring.”
“An incredible show of outstanding
work. Thanks to the teachers who
take such time to bring out stu-
dents’ talents.”
Staff, pupils and the public were really com-
plimentary of the event and wrote wonderful
comments in the visitors book.
It was lovely for us to celebrate the fantastic
work that all of our pupils do within the art
department. I hope this is the start of more
whole service events.
Big thank you to all staff and pupils who
helped put this together and made it look
so fantastic!
We also wanted to make it an interactive
exhibition so for this we invited back
some of our year 11 art students to lead
workshops throughout the day. Janelle
and Frankie did an amazing job with this,
and the Harlescott pupils in particular re-
ally enjoyed the printing!
It was really fantastic to see all of this year’s art
work displayed all together, interspersed with
slide shows and video of pupil work in progress,
trips out, Arts Award work and crafts. By selling
crafts and cakes we made just over £37.00 to
help Art Refuge UK. Well done!
“We didn’t know what to
expect! Bowled over, amazed
by the quality of work. So glad
we came”.
TMBSS Service Council received a
suggestion from the Harlescott repre-
sentatives that the service should
support the Harry Johnson Trust and
this was agreed by the TMBSS Service
Council.
As part of this support Harlescott Cen-
tre decided to support the
Harry Johnson Day on the
16th June by telling jokes
at 50p each raising an
amazing £35. Well done
Harry Johnson was diag-
nosed with cancer and died
aged 7, two years ago. Whilst
in hospital Harry had his ed-
ucation with TMBSS.
Harry’s family have set up
The Harry Johnson Trust in
Harry’s memory to provide
care and support to patients
and their families who re-
ceive treatment at The Prin-
cess Royal Hospital.
Harry was a very special boy,
always full of fun, loved a
joke and cheered everyone
up on the ward.
Doctor Doctor, I feel like an orange ... I'll try and squeeze you in later! Part of the service TMBSS provides is education for children and teenagers who are aged
4 -16 and in hospital.
One of the wards we teach on is the Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Ward at Princess Royal Hospital
in Telford. This is a ward where children and teenagers with blood disorders and cancer are treated. Most
make a full recovery but sadly and very occasionally, children become very unwell and do not survive.
Bryn help-
ing to pass
the long
hours on
the ward
with one of
the Lego
Technic
kits.
A small selection of
the fantastic games,
Lego, and Airfix kits
that the Harry John-
son Trust has recent-
ly purchased for the
ward.
If anyone would like to organise any fundraising in their centre for this charity it would be very
warmly welcomed.
www.theharryjohnsontrust.co.uk
Bridgnorth Pupil, Kurt Riley, designed
and created a ‘Best Bad Jokes’ joke
book to honour the memory of Harry
and his love of jokes.
It’s A Dog’s Life Oswestry pupil, Melissa Ball, talks about her love of all things canine...
I have walked several dogs but I have to earn the treat by behaving in and out of
school. One of them is called Paddy, he is an old English sheep dog he is seven
years old. Sasha is a greyhound and she is four years old whereas the other dog is
called Ebony who is nine years old and she is a black Labrador. The last dog I walk
is called Dora, she is a Labrador cross who now is nine years old.
I walk them on Monday and Fridays if the weather is decent and
we do it during the morning or at lunch time.
I walk them at Henley park and in the woods. They
like me throwing the ball for them and they seem
to like sniffing and running around. They can do
a lot of tricks like sit, beg and paw.
I love walking the dogs be-
cause it makes me happy when
I’m down and sad. They are
cute and cuddly and the very
first time I met them, I fell in
love although I do think they
are a bit smelly L.O.L!!! Melissa Ball - Oswestry
Perhaps Britain’s Got Talent
might see a new dog trainer
next year?
A Passion for Paddling...
I go canoeing every Tuesday.
It’s quite fun to do and you also soaking wet.
I go canoeing on the river seven for 3 hours aka until lunch!
I go canoeing with some people from Sundorne Centre and
Mister Rudge.
Ben Robson - Oswestry
Paddy asking for a biscuit.
This term we have been kayaking on Tuesdays .We went to Frank-
well to use the river Severn and went for 1 hour 30 min session.
We have been with Ben, Jamie, Keeley, Mr Rudge, Mr Newell and
Bev. I wore a helmet, life jacket, trackie bottoms and t-shirt. My
kayak was red and yellow and had a grey spray deck.
We learned how to paddle, turn, entering the river from ramps and
we had to practise capsizing. It was good to learn something new
and I liked going by myself best of all.
Josh Lloyd - Hook-a-gate
First we went into town to the weir where we all got the canoes off the trailer and put the kit ready by the
bank, ready to put in the canoe.
There were 3 students in each canoe, then we paddled down the river. The weather was good and we
had a laugh in the canoe, but it was very hard work.
When we reached the campsite at Atcham, we took all the kit up to where we were camping. Then we got
all the sleeping bags and tents out of the minibus.
We all set up our tents then made a hot drink, then
we built a fire ready to cook the food. After tea we
had a game of cricket and a football match, then we
all sat around the fire toasting marshmallows, then
we went to sleep.
When we woke up we had some breakfast, then
took the tents down and then got back on the river.
Overall I really enjoyed the camping trip and I would
really like to go again.
Leon Wragg - Sundorne
We went to town to start the canoe trip just
past the weir. We have been planning the
trip all year. There were 8 people in the ca-
noes.
What we did was get two canoes, attach
them together to create a raft. We then had
two rafts. We would make the rafts by tying
two canoes together by using two logs and
attaching the canoes to the logs.
The weather was clear and humid, even
though we thought we were going to boil to
death we enjoyed every single bit of it.
Later that day we reached the campsite, then
we put up our tents as a team, also , once we
did that we started the food by taking the food
out of the teacher’s car and then brought it up
to the campsite.
We then had burgers and hot dogs for dinner,
they tasted very nice, but that was because I
was cooking the food. We played Football and
Rounders, and later we had marshmallows.
We then went to sleep. When we got up we put
our tents down, had breakfast and put the fire
out and went back on the canoe from Atcham
all the way to Ironbridge. The trip was about 6
hours long.
Overall, I enjoyed the canoe trip and would love
to go again. Sam Davies Sundorne
Lazing on a sunny after- A group of staff and students from Sundorne Centre planned a
less conventional ‘field trip’ to Ironbridge, taking the scenic route.
The Building Blocks of Success... Lego Construction- now running in two centres
This car is a Lego Technic model and explores the mechanisms in a
car. This model took us from September to March and it was chal-
lenging. There were a lot mistakes and we had to go over them in
the instructions, which annoyed us so much.
We had help from the amaz-
ing Kirsty Griffin and we had
a little help from the maths
teacher Mrs Mac.
The pieces to build the car
didn’t all fit on the tray.
Three of us built this car, Flora Harris, Aaron Butler and Ivan Jehu-
Oldershaw.
Overall the car was the most challenging Lego model we have ever done,
but it was much better than maths!
Flying Visit to RAF Cosford A group of students from Bridgnorth
Centre visited RAF Cosford as part
of their end of term activites.
A year six transition pupil said that ‘
We looked at different planes that
were used in WW1, WW2 and now.
My favourite part at the museum
was when I sat in the plane. I liked
it because it was fun to control the wings. It was in-
teresting to see what planes were like in the olden
days.’ Gareth Owen Y6 Other News…
End of term: Friday 22nd July
Start of autumn term: Tuesday 6th Sep-
tember
Half term: 24th—28th October
Exam results day: Thursday 25th August
Results day!
So what happens now? Good luck with your plans for September and re-
member to check your emails/post/phones for
any messages from the colleges or training pro-
viders.
You will be receiving information
about your start date, when to
enrol etc.
If your plans change at all – don’t
panic!
Not sure what you want to do? If you are thinking about your future over the summer – there are lots of online resources that you can use to help you.
One of the resources that we use in school is a programme called ‘Kudos’.
To use the program please visit www.cascaid.co.uk/login and click on the ‘Login or Register’ button. This will take you to the main log
in page.
You will need to register if it’s the first time you are using it . You’ll need an email address and school
licence code which is: quizyear82
Congratulations to all the students who sat their exams this
May/June - it’s a tough time of year, and everyone coped admirably with
the pressures. Some might say that was the easy part… the waiting for results is
even tougher!
Some things to think about... Have you applied for your bus/train pass?
If not, talk to the college or training organisation about
how to do this.
Do you qualify for the
student bursary?
If you are not sure –
ring the college or
training organisa-
tion and ask.
Colleges Here are some of the main colleges in our
area and their telephone numbers to remind
you:
Shrewsbury College (of Arts and Technology)
01743 342342
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College 01743 235491
North Shropshire College (including Walford, As-
pire, and Shipley) 01691 688000
Ludlow and Herefordshire College(including Lud-
low College, and Holme Lacy) 08000321986
Nova Training (Bridgnorth) 07951744292
County Training (centres throughout Shropshire)
03456789023
If you are really worried about your plans, and think that you
need to talk to someone over the summer, then Shropshire
Youth have careers advisers that can provide some telephone
advice. You can contact them at the Shropshire Youth hub on:
01743 258850. They can offer independent advice
about all of the different options.
There will be school staff available
around results time to help with any
difficulties or questions. The details
about this will be included with your
results letter which you should re-
ceive shortly after 25th August 2016.
Results day is 25th August
and you should receive your
results via post shortly after.
Useful websites
There are lots of other websites you can use.
www.plotr.co.uk - Explore Career worlds, find
out about careers you never knew existed…
www.icould.com - Watch short video clips
about real people doing real jobs.
National Careers Service - Google ‘National Careers Service Job
profiles’ to find detailed information about hundreds of different
careers.
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk careers in the NHS
www.autocity.org.uk careers in the motor vehicle industry
www.futuremorph.org careers in maths and science
www.bigambition.co.uk careers in IT
www.lantra.co.uk careers in land-based industries