Bellemoor School | Southampton

This week on Wednesday and Thursday we welcome Dr Anne Feltham (+ 2) Ofsted inspection team. Letters to parents will be coming by hand with the students on Monday evening.

We entered 51 students from 7a1 and 8a1 to the UKMT Junior Challenge. Congratulations to the following who were awarded certificates:

Best results                 Daniel Ward (7a1)

Gold award                  Daniel Ward, Lennon Craig (8a1)

Silver award                Harry Day, Ben Burge, Maaz Naeem (8a1) and Max Wrigley (7a1)

Bronze award             Ben Stockley, Hashim Chowdhary (8a1) and Akash Beri (7a1).

We have just received this information from 2ticks. Out of 52 schools across the country we have reduced our carbon footprint the most - and that’s out of the schools that use 2ticks. Many of those that don’t will be even higher!

 

On 4^th June the Humanities department took boys from 7a2 and 7a4 to Gurdwara Nanaksar, a Sikh temple in Southampton. This visit complemented the work they have been doing about Sikhism and gave them the opportunity to ask questions and see religion as a real thing rather than something they read about in a textbook.   These kinds of visits are an opportunity to break down barriers and foster mutual understanding, which really sums up what Religious Studies is about. The boys were able to taste some prashad, a ceremonial sweet and then, much to their delight, the people from the Gurdwara provided them with lunch in the langar, a kitchen where vegetarian food is provided free for all people in order to uphold the principle of equality. The boys enjoyed lentil dhal, chapattis and rice pudding. Here are a selection of the thank you notes written by the boys: “Thank you for one of the best experiences of my life, you have made your religion a lot clearer to understand….my favourite part was everything; “Thanks for inviting us to your Gurdwara and sharing your food with us, despite us having different beliefs about God…; “Thank you for the lovely food!

Once again the students were a credit to our school, showing maturity and enthusiasm. Thank you also to Gurdwara Nanaksar for making us feel so welcome.

 

The Year 8 cricket team beat Grove Park, bowling them out for 37 (Ed Moore 3 wickets for 0 runs, Will Moore 3 wickets for 1 run) and then scoring 40-1 off 5 overs (Sukbir Gill 34 not out). Well done!

There was more success for the cricket team who beat Cantell by 9 wickets, getting them all out for only 27 runs!

The U15 tennis team played the school’s first ever match in the Nestle BSTA Inter-Schools team competition and beat Mountbatten by 38 games to 32 in an excellent match.    Well played to Jordan Fallows, Luke Thaxter, Arshad Ibrahim and Liam Finlay.

 

From Wednesday 18^th June Mrs Coombs and Mrs Kelly will be running a Reporters Club to give the students the opportunity to produce their own magazine every half term. We hope to cover articles on music, sport, fashion, film and game reviews and funny jokes. If your son is interested please ask him to see Mrs Kelly in the General Office.

Miss Jones, our PGCE student from Chichester, leaves us on Friday. We would like to thank her for all her hard work and wish her good luck in her future career.

This event is coming to Southampton Guildhall on Thursday 19^th June, 7.30 pm. The evening will encourage you; make you smile; give you practical insights and let you know that you’re not alone! Tickets are available at £6 per person by telephoning 029 2081 0800 or online at www.careforthefamily.org.uk/mum.

 

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