Prayer Theme: Be More

Prayer Dear Lord, thank you for this world of beauty, diversity and creation. We are sorry that we

damage it with pollution, isolation and destruction. Sometimes we wound the world with our conflict, greed and hate. Please help us to heal it with peace, kindness and love. Amen.

Chaplaincy Lectionary Readings : 32nd Week of Ordinary Time Monday: Year 8 Harcourt Morning Prayers (Chapel 8.55 am) Wednesday: St. Alfred the Great Year 10 Harcourt Morning Prayers (Chapel 8.55 am) Thursday: St. Gertrude Friday: St. Hilda Year 7 Harcourt Morning Prayers (Chapel 8.55 am) Key Events and Activities Monday SVP Team D planning meeting for 27/11 visit (Chapel 12.30 am) SVP Visit Team C to register (Chaplaincy office at 3.15 pm) Tuesday Fairtrade Meeting - BEC 12.30 pm Wednesday Weekday Mass reader practice (Chapel 12.50 pm) Luke Standing, Josh Chirinos, Archie Dickson, Maria Walsh, Nathan Radford, Niamh Holliday, Phoebe Stevenson, Ella Marsden, Ben Woods, Max Metcalfe. Thursday Film Club (hall 12.30 pm)

Chaplaincy Notices 15 Minutes Peace (Wednesdays in the Chapel 12.30 - 12.45 pm) Join Paula and Fr. David for a brief reading of the Gospel of the Day and open discussion for 10-15 minutes. Queue jump passes are available for meals from the Qube and reward stamps will be given for attendance and contribution.

Pupil Bulletin 13th - 17th November (Week B)

Sport – Fixtures & Practices Monday: Table tennis (hall 8.00 am) Volleyball all years (lunchtime) Indoor athletics Year 7 and 8 (lunchtime) Dance (lunchtime and after school) Football Year 8 English School Cup (h) Year 7 netball v AKS (h) Tuesday: Table tennis (hall 8.00 am) Badminton (8.00 am) Netball Year 7 practice (after school) Wednesday: Table tennis (hall 8.00 am) Handball - all years (lunchtime) Dance (lunchtime and after school) Thursday: Table tennis (hall 8.00 am) Year 7 trampolining (lunchtime) Girls’ football competition at Pool Foot farm Years 7 and 8 Handball Year 10 at Carr Hill Friday: Table tennis (hall 8.00 am) Clubs and practices finish between 4.15 and 4.30pm. All welcome

Chaplaincy Notices Christmas Hamper Collections - Reverse Advent Calendars Over the next 19 days, we will be collecting long-life food and toiletries to fill Christmas hampers which will be sent to hostels for homeless young people in our communities and to local disadvantaged families through the SVP conferences network. The aim is for all pupils in your tutor groups to sign up to a day on which they will bring in one or two items to fill your hamper. Sign-up sheets will be taken round forms with a list of suggestions. Hampers will be delivered to Harbour House, Streetlife, Vincent House, Fylde Foodbank, St. Cuthbert’s Family Centre after our Parcel Liturgies on Friday 8th December

Numeracy Challenge 7 The Numeracy Challenge is back with a bang!

Firewords are fireworks that display words in the night sky. You can buy firewords to make any word but the cost depends on the letters in a word. A costs 1p, B costs 2p and so on until Z costs 26p. What word would cost £1? To enter the Weekly Numeracy Challenge, fill in an entry slip, and place into one of the Numeracy Challenge boxes, in Mr Binns’ classroom or the SLC.

diligent Adjective having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties Synonyms: industrous, hardworking, assiduous; conscientious, particular, punctilious, Meticulous, careful, thorough Antonyms: lazy, casual, careless, idle Example: The teacher praised the boy's diligent approach to his work.

Your challenge: Create the most interesting, lively and imaginative sentence you can using this word. Submit your entry in the box in the SLC. Well done to the 361 pupils who submitted entries for the competition for the week before the half-term break. Congratulations to the winner, Isla Martin of 7CO on her winning entry:

'Viciously, the wind howled down the streets and, being a callous master,

whipped the poor child while screaming with bloodthirsty rage.'

Year Notices All years: Monday Citizenship (P5) Year 7: Monday Year 7 Safety Afternoon (P4/5): You will be attending the Safety Afternoon in the hall in which you will learn to be active, responsible citizens developing a good understanding of fire safety in the home and internet safety. At the end of lunch, you are to enter the hall in silence via the door to the yard adjacent to the sound desk. You will sit in your usual assembly places and be registered by your form tutor before the presentations begin. Year 11: Tuesday Representatives from both Blackpool & the Fylde College and Lytham Sixth Form College will be hosting a lunchtime drop-in session in the BEC. Friday Bus Prefects’ meeting (Room 1 breaktime)

Clubs and Activities Monday Numeracy drop-in for all years (Room 9 lunchtime) Tuesday Chess Club (Room 18 lunchtime) Allotment Club (meet Mrs Elston in reception at 12.40 pm unless it’s raining) Thursday Allotment Club (meet Mrs Elston in reception at 12.40 pm unless it’s raining)

This revision timetable can run alongside other sessions but the listed sessions take priority for the pupils who are requested to attend. For example History can still run sessions every Tuesday but pupils who are off target in maths will need to attend the maths session in week A.

Week A Revision Rota

Week B

Revision Rota

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

AM

12.25

Geography – SBO History

Geography – JHY History

Business Studies PE – L3

3.20

Electronic Products

History RE

RE Food Product Design Computer Science

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Science Higher 3.20 Physics - CHA

Maths Higher 3.20 – 11x1 - EBI, 11x2 - MSH, 11x3 - HPE

Science Higher 3.20 Chemistry – VWA

English Lunch – 11x1 – STA 11x2 – SJO 11x3 – SBL 11y2 – SBE 11y3 - HHO 11y4 – ABA 3.20 – 11x2 – SJO 11x3 – SBL 11y1 – NRO 11y2 – SBE 11y3 - HHO

Science Higher 3.20 Biology – KSH

Science Foundation 3.20 Chemistry – BMA

Maths Foundation 8.20 – 11y1 - PJA Lunch – 11y2 - DYO 3.20 – 11y3 - CRO

Science Foundation 3.20 Biology – CCO

Science Foundation 3.20 Physics - GSM

General Notices Blackpool Transport and Stagecoach services 7,11 and 68 As you may be aware, there are diversions in place in Blackpool affecting a number of bus routes. To ensure that you arrive at school on time, please catch an earlier bus than the one you normally catch. It is advisable to be at your stop 15 minutes earlier than you normally would. Early closure of school: School will close at 12.25pm on Friday, 17th November. No lunches will be served. In the event of 'wet buses' (Monday 12th): The Year 7 Settling-in meeting takes place during the afternoon of Monday, 13th November and the dining room is used for this event. If we get rain at the end of the afternoon, the pupils who normally line up in the dining room (passengers for the 916/570 and 598) are to line up at the back of the hall as directed by Mr Barnett. They should enter the hall via the door onto the yard by the sound desk. All other pupils should report to the classrooms as usual - 649 (room 1) and 688 (room 5).

Mr. Grice Thank you to everyone who was involved in preparing such a moving, dignified and prayerful Mass of Remembrance. The conduct of Year 9 was impeccable and our guests were very impressed by the respect shown to them and to all those who have served in the armed forces and sacrificed so much for our freedom.