Week Starting Monday 04/05/14 Weekly Bulletin

ST. MARYLEBONE C.E. SCHOOL

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Y8 PSHE Interaction and Communication, Theatre, p1-4. 6th Form Committee Interviews for 2015-2016, BG1, 12:40-1:30pm.

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AS Theatre Monologue Exam, Theatre, all day. 6th Form Committee Interviews for 2015-2016, BG1, 12:40-1:30pm.

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Y7-9 Choral Evensong, p5 & 6.

AS Theatre Monologue preview, Theatre 6:00pm.

Choral Evensong, 7:00pm.

TUE

Coursework deadline for GCSE

School Council: Annual Picnic, 12:50-1:25pm.

AS Theatre Monologue preview, Theatre 6:00pm.

MON

Bank Holiday

Coming Up... Key Stage Three Exam Weeks Year Seven - week beginning 18th May

Year Eight - week beginning 1st June

Friday 15th May - Y11 Study Leave Starts

Whole School

The theme of the week is FINDING SOLUTIONS and our poem of the week is ‘An Advancement of Learning’ by

Seamus Heaney (1939 - 2013).

I took the embankment path

(As always, deferring

The bridge). The river nosed past,

Pliable, oil-skinned, wearing

A transfer of gables and sky.

Hunched over the railing,

Well away from the road now, I

Considered the dirty-keeled swans.

Something slobbered curtly, close,

Smudging the silence: a rat

Slimed out of the water and

My throat sickened so quickly that

I turned down the path in cold sweat

But God, another was nimbling

Up the far bank, tracing its wet

Arcs on the stones. Incredibly then

I established a dreaded

Bridgehead. I turned to stare

With deliberate, thrilled care

At my hitherto snubbed rodent.

He clockworked aimlessly a while,

Stopped, back bunched and glistening,

Ears plastered down on his knobbed skull,

Insidiously listening.

The tapered tail that followed him,

The raindrop eye, the old snout:

One by one I took all in.

He trained on me. I stared him out

Forgetting how I used to panic

When his grey brothers scraped and fed

Behind the hen-coop in our yard,

On ceiling boards above my bed.

This terror, cold, wet-furred, small-clawed,

Retreated up a pipe for sewage.

I stared a minute after him.

Then I walked on and crossed the bridge.

What problem does Heaney face in this poem and how does he find a SOLUTION?

Whole School

The theme of the week is FINDING SOLUTIONS and our book of the week is

‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ by J.K. Rowling (1965 -).

How do the characters FIND SOLUTIONS in

this book, and what strategies do they use to

make them work?

Whole School

You are warmly invited to attend

The St Marylebone CE School

Choral Evensong

St Marylebone Parish Church

Wednesday 6th May 2015 6.00pm

Whole School

Volunteer – Alumni Service

We need a volunteer who will give time, ideas and energy to:

- maintaining contact and develop relationships with Marylebone alumni

- promoting school events to them

- arranging social and fundraising alumni events

- developing valuable careers opportunities for students through our alumni

- developing and run other useful alumni-related initiatives

This post could be one or two days a week - mornings or afternoons. Times, days

and hours to be discussed.

If you're interested, please write to the Head teacher explaining your interest and

ideas for the post (one side of A4) and submit a CV showing contact details,

relevant qualifications and experience and at least one referee to

info@stmaryleboneschool.com

Whole School

Dear Students and Staff,

We are looking for pieces for the summer edition of the St Marylebone Messenger. Please

email me any of the following: write-ups of recent trips or enrichment activities; reviews of

books, plays or films; stories; poems or pieces of non-fiction by Friday 22nd May.

Meanwhile, due to overwhelming demand, we have reprinted the Spring edition. This is on sale

for the bargain price of £3 from the English office at main site. HURRY WHILE STOCKS

LAST!

CALLING ENTRIES FOR SUMMER

MAGAZINE!

Whole School Whole School Whole School

St Marylebone are taking part in Sainsbury’s Active Kids 2015 again this year

to collect for an exciting range of equipment and experiences and help

children to eat well, move well and live well.

In 2014, we collected 12 411 Active Kids vouchers.

This year we’re hoping to collect 18 000. Together we can make this happen.

Active Kids vouchers can be collected from 28 January until 5 May

at all Sainsbury’s stores, petrol stations and when ordering

groceries online.

Most importantly, please remember to donate your vouchers to us. We’ll

need them by early May so we can count them and send them off to get our

new equipment.

Let’s make this our most successful year yet!

To find out more visit Sainsburys.co.uk/ActiveKids

Ms. Ashton.

Whole School Whole School Whole School

Whole School Whole School Whole School

Cabbages & Frocks market CHILDREN’S DANCE DAY

W1U 5BA opp. Conran shop

Sat 16th May 2015 11 am – 5 pm

Sat 20TH June 2015 11 am – 5 pm

Funky moves dance show

+ FREE children dance workshop

11am + 2pm on both dates

Learn some cool dance moves presented by the Funky moves team at our eclectic

market with fashion & food

St Marylebone Parish Church grounds, Marylebone High Street W1U 5BA

07956 282 532 - www.cabbagesandfrocks.co.uk

twitter @cabbagesfrocks / facebook: cabbages and frocks market

Key Stage 3

On Tuesday 21st April, 61 KS3 pupils took part in the CREST Celebration Evening. The evening showcased

the work of pupils taking part in the Bronze and Silver levels of the STEM awards, called CREST awards.

The evening began with the three Silver CREST teams presenting their projects, titled

‘Stations of the Future’, ahead of their final assessment day. Following the presentations, the Bronze CREST

students exhibit their work in a science fair. The diversity of the 26 projects on show was huge, from

questions such as ‘How did the Universe begin?’ to ‘Is all drinking water the same’. Below you can read

accounts of the Bronze CREST award from Year 7 pupils

My Bronze CREST Award Experience

By Maryana Akhtar 7h

The Bronze Crest Award Project Celebration Evening took place on the 21st April 2015. It was a phenomenal

opportunity to discover the other different and unique there were. We presented our project on a coloured board

which was filled with pictures and information for the parents, teachers and all the people that were there to celebrate

this achievement. During the course of 10 weeks we had to decide on a question that we had to answer and produced

a research project on it. I think that this helped us be organised and manage our time well because we had to do this

by a deadline. Some of us worked in groups, others worked in pair and the rest of us worked by ourselves. In

addition, the Bronze Crest Award developed some of our qualities like teamwork, determination and resilience, so

that we kept going and did not give up. Taking part in the Bronze Crest Award Project and sharing our achievements

was fantastic. I am defiantly looking forward to carrying on this opportunity by taking part in the Silver Crest Award.

My Bronze CREST Award Experience

By Eliona S.

The Bronze Crest Awards were a great opportunity to really explore a theory in detail and invent our own

experiments to test the theory out. We could choose our own topic, I chose to analyse the differences between Coke

and Coke zero. I invented some fun experiments so that I could test the sugar content of both and how this affected

taste and how much energy they gave you. Doing it yourself really helped you understand the experiment.

The celebration evening was brilliant because you got to see all of the other interesting experiments other students

had prepared and had a go at them as well as enjoying all the interest in your work. I felt very proud.

CREST Celebration Evening

Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4

Year 10 RS Key Dates

Key Stage 4

Y 10 Mentoring Drop-In Sessions

Key Stage 4

Y 10 Food Technology

What a week in DT Food this week. Year 10s completed their

controlled assessment on Tuesday and the results were

amazing! Well done to all the students that completed the

practical. It did taste as good as it looks!

Careers

This Week’s Opportunities

Key Stage 5

Dance Exam Showcase and A Level Dance Exams

A huge well done to all A Level Dance students for

performing beautifully in the Exam Showcase before Easter,

and for doing really well in your exams last week. A big

thank you to the dancers who performed in the group

pieces.

The Dance Department

Careers

This Week’s Opportunities

Careers (6th form)

Sixth Form Opportunities

Y12 SUMMER

SCHOOL

PROPERTY is a £9billion sector with over 100,000 employees. World renowned Henley Business School (University Reading) run a fantastic free course that gives you an excellent in-sight into the wide range of possibilities. 27-30 July.

http://www.henley.ac.uk/rref/rref-what-we-do/rref_pathways_to_property.aspx

Y12 UNI

TASTER DAY

A-Level Chemistry? Find out what it's like to be an undergraduate in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College. Hands-on practical followed by a tour of the Department, talk by the Admissions Tutor and current students as well as a lecture on current research.

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/administration/outreach/eventssummary/event_8-1-2013-13-33-18

Y12

WORK EXPERIENCE

SUMMER

CHEMISTRY/ENGINEERING - Great opportunity to work in research labs alongside three different scientists or engineers within the Departments of Chemistry and Materials at Imperial College - for a week.20-24 July

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/administration/outreach/eventssummary/event_14-4-2015-12-8-48

Y12-13 ENRICHMENT

Interested in LAW - attend the London School of Economics conference 'Law & breaking news' on Sat 27th June. Limited places so book soon.

www.lse.ac.uk/alisonwetherfieldlaw

Y12 UNI TASTER

DAY

Thinking of OXBRIDGE? To do ENGLISH or LANGUAGES? Then why not attend the Cambridge taster day organised by Pure Potential on 27th June or 6th July.

http://purepotential-mail.org/_act/link.php?mId=P923433988976018746414946493218&tId=54505504

Y12 SUMMER

SCHOOL

Thinking of becoming an ARCHITECT? 3 x 10-day sessions on offer over the summer break by The Bartlett School UCL (one of the world's most exciting architecture schools). Check it out.

http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/programmes/short-courses/summer-school

Y12 SUMMER

SCHOOL

Interested in LANGUAGES and/or LAW and their relationship to each other? A really interesting series of work-shops covering Human Rights, Law & Urban Space, Public Service Interpreting & Forest Voices (working with indigenous people). Dates: 29 June- 2 July. Application deadline 10th May.

https://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/london/activity/4176

Y12-13 HIGHER

APPRENTICESHIP

You have to TAKE A LOOK at this - the BBC is offering an honours degree in BUSINESS Management AND a Higher Apprenticeship in Leadership and Management all in one package and you get paid - you'd be mad not to have a look - really appealing requirements. Applications in by 11th May. If thinking of applying let Careers know and we'll help you.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/trainee-schemes-and-apprenticeships/business-support/business-apprenticeship

Y12-13 INDUSTRY

INSIGHT

Take a journey into DESIGN SECTOR and discover possibilities and opportunities through the indispensible Creative Choices web-site

http://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/article/journey-into-the-design-industry?utm_source=newsletter%20235&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ourney%20into%20the%20design%20indus-try&utm_campaign=newsletter

Y13 UNI BURSARY

If you are planning to study a BEng degree in Electronics or Electronic Engineering at a recognised UK university, then why not apply for Sonardyne Foundation University Fees Grant that will pay for all your tuition fees.

http://www.sonardyne.com/our-company/the-sonardyne-foundation.html

Careers

This Week’s Opportunities

Careers (6th form)

Sixth Form Opportunities Continued...

Y13

SCHOOL LEAVER

PROGRAMME

Liberty Markets is a global Risk Insurance company based in the City of London (the Walkie Talkie building) They are offering a fantastic start to a city career. 280+ UCAS points in any subjects. They are looking for great communicators and quick learners. Apply by May 1st.

http://www.discoverrisk.co.uk/news/965/new-schoolleaver-scheme-in-the-city-of-london/

Y12 UNI INSIGHT

There are still places on HEADSTART courses in the summer. These are 4-5 day insights into uni level study in STEM subjects. Bursaries are available. Apply asap

http://www.etrust.org.uk/files/etrust/course_programme_2015.pdf

Y12 SUMMER

SCHOOL

UCL Applied Medical Sciences 27 July 2015 - 31 July 2015. Apply by 8 may.

http://www.accessprofessions.com/opportunities/university-college-london/ucl-applied-medical-sciences-summer-school

Y13

WORK EXPERIENCE

SUMMER

Passion for SPORT and JOURNALISM then check out BBC Kick Off Trainee Sports Reporter Scheme

http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/trainee-schemes-and-apprenticeships/journalism/kick-off-scheme

Careers

This Week’s Opportunities Continued

Careers (Whole School)

Whole School Opportunities

Y7 - 11 PARENTS

Take your daughter to Imperial College and explore the unexpected side of science with a week-end full of hands on research activities, talks, music & dance etc. Sat & Sunday 9-10 May.

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/festival/

Y11 SUMMER

SCHOOL

Thinking of becoming an ARCHITECT? 3 x 10-day sessions on offer over the summer break by The Bartlett School UCL (one of the world's most exciting architecture schools). Check it out.

http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/programmes/short-courses/summer-school

Y10 SUMMER

SCHOOL

Love LANGUAGES? Then why not spend 5 days visiting language Departments at 5 London based Unis + a trip to Paris. Free. Application deadline 13th May 2015

https://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/london/activity/1740

Y10 ENRICHMENT

HEALTHCARE Science - a one week insight into the vast range of opportunities available in the Care sector. The NHS with the 3 big London University colleges (Imperial, Kings & UCL) offer 22-26 June, 29 June-3 july and 6-10 July.

https://www.exscitec.com/courses/

Y7 - 11 ENRICHMENT

London College of Music - offers a wide range of courses in Music Performance, Theory, Drama and Musical Theatre through its Junior College.

http://www.accessprofessions.com/opportunities/university-of-west-london/taster-lessons-with-london-college-of-music

Y10 &

Y11

WORK

EXPERIENCE

Passionate about PHYSICS and ASTROPHYSICS? Queen Mary's College is offering a 1-week work experience July 27-31.

http://ph.qmul.ac.uk/engagement/work-experience

Y11 INSIGHT LAW TASTER DAY - Sat 28th March at Kings College London University. NB fees apply

https://www.exscitec.com//index.asp

Y11 SUMMER

SCHOOL

Really outstanding 1-week course in EARTH or MARINE SCIENCES at Southampton Uni. Fully Funded .Should not be missed. 16th - 20th July 2015

https://www.exscitec.com//courses/course_description.asp?CourseID=119