BORLASE NEWS 2nd May 2014
Issue 14
WHAT’S ON PA Murder Mystery Saturday 10th May Borlase Golf Day Wednesday 4th June Marlow Sports Club Ball Saturday 21st June Bags 2 School Tuesday 24th June
2014/15 Hockey Registration Evening 12th September
HOMEWORK CLUB Monday-Friday 3.40-5.00 pm in the Learning Resource Centre Supervised by: Mon: Miss Irving (Yr 10) Tues: Mrs Davis (Yr 7) Wed: Miss Barrett (Yr 9) Thu: Miss Maffey (Yr 11) Fri: Mr Ng (Yr 8)
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Welcome & Goodbye Welcome to Joe Gleeson & Marisse Smail who have joined the PE Dept. this term, Brian Mcloskey who will be joining technology and Michelle Smith as the Literacy Administrator. Best wishes to Jenny Stephenson, Jos Dean and Nabeel Ali, who are onto pastures new.
Bags 2 School Another Bags2 School Collection on behalf of SWBGS Parents Association will be held on 24th June. We would like to give parents and children the opportunity to look out any unwanted textiles and shoes (not duvets or pillows) and keep them aside for the collection. There will be bags handed to the pupils during their tutor groups from 12th May and so this will give everyone plenty of time to fill their bags. The heavier our collection, the more money is donated to the PA charity. The textiles all go to developing countries. SWBGS Parents Association.
Articles Please Thank you to everyone who contributes to this newsletter. For the next issue please send all articles and notices by Wednesday 14th May to
KFarquhar@SWBGS.com 6th Form Notices Year 13 - Celebratory Garden Party - Tuesday 13th May 2014
We are delighted that so many parents will be joining us for this special occasion. If you have not yet replied please could you do so by Monday 5th May 2014 at the latest because we need to confirm numbers for catering. Please RSVP to Miss Kettlewell by email: skettlewell@swbgs.com Year 12 and 10 Masterclass Day Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th June 2014 Thank you to those of you who have already offered to help on our years 12 and 10 Masterclass Days. We will be contacting you this week with further details. Meanwhile if any other parents could offer your time we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Sarah Kettlewell on 01628-816572 or skettlewell@swbgs.com Miss. S. Kettlewell
Cashless Catering Many thanks to all of parents who reacted to the change announcements over the last half-term and used ParentPay to top-up their child's catering accounts over Easter. Generally there was a smooth transition from the sQuid service. Please note that although ParentPay does not currently operate an 'auto top-up' facility, a prompting text alert can be sent to you when funds are low and you can now top-up the catering accounts when paying for trips and activities. You can also combine your children under one log-on account, in order to ease your usage of the facility. We have noted that pupils who use the cashless catering payment system do transit through the tills a great deal quicker than those who continue to use cash. In order to take advantage of this faster throughput, we will experiment with a 'cashless only' service for the first 15 minutes of each break from 12 May 14. This scheme has been adopted successfully in other local schools with a marked reduction in queue times. If you still need to initiate your ParentPay accounts, please contact finance@swbgs.com Mr J Clegg
Sports Report Alicia Povey & Robbie Stewart
Rowing News Borlase athletes travelled up to Nottingham last weekend to attend the GB Team Trials and there were some outstanding performances: Chris Lawrie 2nd Fraser Russell 6th Rufus Biggs 10th Hugo Coussens 15th Cam Murray 20th Georgia Mulraine 16th This leaves all of our athletes with the opportunity to be selected for a World championship or European squad place for the summer. In addition, Chris Lawrie has been short listed for selection for the Youth Olympic Team which are in China in August.
Summer Sports Clubs 2014 After school clubs from 4pm-5:30pm unless otherwise stated by teacher in charge of activity. Monday ATHLETICS: All years (CAR, SDH) CRICKET: Year 8 (KMC, JG) ROWING: Year 10 boys ROWING: Year 9 girls ROWING: 11-13 Tuesday ATHLETICS league: Alternating years (CAR, MI) CRICKET: Year 9 and 10 (KMC, JG) SOFTBALL: Years 9-11 (RT) ROWING: Year 10 girls ROWING: Year 9 boys ROWING: 11-13 TENNIS: Year 7 and 8 girls (Student leaders) Wednesday ROUNDERS: Year 10 (CAR) ROUNDERS: Year 7 (RT) CRICKET: 1st XI (KMC and JG) ROWING: Year 10 boys ROWING: Year 9 girls ROWING: 11-13 Thursday ROUNDERS: Year 8 (RT) ROUNDERS: Year 9 (MS) CRICKET: Year 7 (KMC, JG and MI) ROWING: Year 10 girls ROWING: Year 9 boys ROWING: 11-13 TOUCH RUGBY: Year 7 and 8 girls (EH) Friday ROWING: Year 10 boys ROWING: Year 10 girls ROWING: 11-13
Girls Rowing Congratulations to Georgia Mulraine who came 16th in the GB trials in Nottingham. This has put Georgia in a great position as she may have the opportunity to represent at the World Championship, or gain a place in the European Squad for the summer. Congratulations Georgia!
Tennis Another great result against a major private school as our Senior girls tennis team beat Headington School 102 in the Aegon National Championships. They will play either Wycombe Abbey or Claire's Court in the next round. Players were Beth Marriott, Holly Russell, Sophie Lane and Matilda Crowfoot. Well done girls!
Cheerleading Congratulations to the girls cheerleading squad, who did brilliantly at the beginning of April at the Bucks District Cheerleading Competition. The whole squad did brilliantly in the Level 2 Cheerleading competition but were unfortunate to be beaten by a very competent Great Marlow squad. The Stunt team held off 4 Wycombe High Stunt squads to win their category. Well done to all the girls and all the parents for their support.
Win for Mums’ Netball Team On Sunday 27th April, the Borlase Mums’ netball team triumphed in the Mums’ Netball Tournament at Great Marlow School. We fought against driving rain and stiff competition. By the semifinals we had only lost one game by one goal. We then pressed on to win the semis and ultimately won the grand final, beating the team we lost to earlier (Great Marlow) 5-2. In total we beat 12 local schools from Marlow, Flackwell Heath and Bourne End to storm off with the shield and gold medals all round, a step up from our bronze victory last year. I am blown away by our team and know the extra training they put in paid off to do Borlase proud! Team players were Lucinda Gale, Sally Casale, Annette Allanson, Wanda McKie-Smith, Taisa Lane, Tracy Harris, Sarah Owen and Melanie Moreton. Wanda McKie-Smith
Who Killed the Headmaster? Tickets are selling fast and there are now less than 20 tickets available for the PA Murder Mystery Night on the 10th May. If you would like to see the “Borlase-allteacher” cast treading the boards, then book your place now via www.positickets.com. If you haven’t been able to book tickets on a table with friends, don’t worry we are more than happy to re-shuffle a few chairs on the night. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie.Brockwell@sky.com
Athletics
National Success in English Two Year 12 English Literature students have recently enjoyed success in national competitions. Ross Macrae has reached the shortlist for the Lancaster University Writing Awards with an analysis of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. His essay, which is a combination of recreative writing and textual analysis, will now be judged against other shortlisted entries from sixth formers across the UK by Professor Terry Eagleton. Ella Capel-Smith's entry for the prestigious Tower Poetry Prize, an annual poetry competition for sixth formers run by Christchurch College, Oxford, has been commended and long-listed by the judges and will shortly appear on the Tower Poetry website. Ella is also studying Creative Writing AS level this year. Look out for both of these students' work in this year's Borlasian magazine. Mrs L Forrest
The Year 9 and 10 Tuesday night league got off to a good start this week with some dominant performances both on the track and in the field. This event puts us against Wycombe High, Pipers Corner, St Michaels, John Hampden, Wye Valley, Great Marlow and Sir William Ramsay in various events over a three week competition. GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS 100m: 1st Ellie Bilsland (12.60secs) and 2nd Freya Bull 1500m: 1st Natasha Taylor (5min42), 2nd Grace Oliver Shot Putt: 3rd Alex Lane Triple Jump: 1st Freya Bull (9m23) BOYS HIGHLIGHTS 100m: 5th Nick Sanger 1500m: 3rd Oliver Cooke, 5th Elliott Killington Javelin: 1st Robbie Tuckermann (37m57) New School Record beating Josh Rollet's 3 year record. 3rd Ronan Halpin. Overall the girls and boys are currently top of their leagues with two weeks to go. (NOTE: Next Weds 7th May is year 9-11 District Athletics Champs at Hillingdon Athletics Track) Mr C Robertson
Senior Sports Dinner Awards 2014 Thursday 1st May 2014 was the date for our annual senior sports dinner held at Harleyford Golf club. It is a chance to celebrate the top end of sport at the school. The event was attended by over 120 guests. Below is a list of the major awards given out on the night.
Award
Given for
Winner
Team of the Year
Team of the Year
Girls Indoor Hockey
Robin Graham trophy
Character and Sporting Integrity
Daniel Roblin
Patterson trophy
Outstanding Sporting Endeavour
Jack Clee
Philip McIntyre
Outstanding Sporting Achievement
Livvy Paige
Sports Leaders
Sports Leader of the Year
Abbey Griffiths
Boys Rowing
Rower of the Season
Chris Lawrie
Girls Rowing
Rower of the Season
Megan Barry
Audrey Moore Cup
Commitment to Rowing
Cameron Murray
Athletics
Athlete of the Season
Imogen Brown
Cross-Country
Athlete of the Season
Rosie Street
Football
Player of the Season
Charlie Bull
Netball
Player of the Season
Ellie Jackson
Girls Hockey
Player of the Season
Elise McDonald
Boys Indoor Hockey
Player of the Season
James Veitch
Girls Indoor Hockey
Player of the Season
Imogen Brown
Boys Hockey
Player of the Season
Harry Ratcliffe
Rugby
Player of the Season
Adam Murphy
Equestrian
Rider of the year
Kate Wallace Mr C Robertson
BBC Radio 2’s 500 Word Story Success In March over 50 students from Borlase entered the BBC Radio 2’s 500 Word Story Competition. With over 118,000 entries, competition is fierce and students have to go above and beyond the standard for their age group in order to be shortlisted. JJ Jones (S1) is a year 8 student who achieved just this. She has been shortlisted from the 118,000 entries to proceed to the second round of the competition. JJ’s story entitled ‘Real Friendship’ questions what it really means to call someone your friend and evokes a real sense of empathy from the reader. The next round of the competition takes place in early May and we wish JJ the best of luck! Miss Stephenson
Above and Beyond Fund 2013/14. Investing in your children's future A communication has been sent via your daughter/son inviting you to support the Above and Beyond Fund. Thank you to those already donating. To find out more contact Celia or Kate in the Development Office on 01628 816519 or celiabp@swbgs.com
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Reg Charity No: 1096750
Would you like to advertise? If you would like to advertise in the Autumn Concert programme or the annual Borlasian magazine, please contact: Celia Blakeway-Phillips, Development Director celiabp@swbgs.com /01628 816519
Volunteers Needed! If anyone has research skills or design skills and has some spare time, the Development Office would love to hear from you. Please contact Celia Blakeway-Phillips to discuss either possibility. Both projects can be short-term, depending on your availability. Proof-Reader required. Could you spare around one hour each week to proof-read for the Development Office? If so, please contact Celia Blakeway-Phillips on CeliaBP@SWBGS.com or 01628-816519 Thank you.