ASA TODAY, Issue 29, Term 2 2014

Children in Need

Barcelona 2014

Students take part in fundraising for charity

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See our two page pull out on the football tour

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We are a ‘good’ school with outstanding & exceptional features OFSTED December 2014

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Britain’s Got Talent look for fresh talent at ASA

By Miss Skelding

PR & Communications Manager On Thursday 11th December two producers from ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent brought the regional auditions to All Saints’ Academy!

Pupils, staff and the community were invited to book in for an audition

slot between 11 - 2pm. Due to popular demand the time was then extended to 3pm.

The producers were looking for talented performers of all ages from across Cheltenham.

We have had a fantastic response from the students and the public. My inbox has been inundated with people wanting to show off their talent to the production team of BGT.

Continued on page 5.

Took part in the auditions?

Email us with how you think it went at: kskelding@asachelt.org

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Editor’s comments

EDITORIAL

Congratulations

Miss Skelding

PR & Communications Manager Chief Editor for ASA Today I would like to say a big thank you to all of our staff and student reporters who continue to send in fantastic articles to the ASA TODAY newspaper.

This term has been filled with great achievements and events such as our fantastic Ofsted report, class of 2014 celebration evening, Britain’s Got Talent auditions and the success of our Sixth Form Celebration Evening.

We will be working with some local primary schools again in the new year to bring you pages written and designed by primary pupils. This is always exciting as we get to see what gifted writers we have at our local primary schools.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

If you are interested in writing for our newspaper then please send me an email: kskelding@asachelt.org

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twitter bites Left: Megan Roberts and Poppy Slack were promoted after the ASA Rememberance Service. Poppy Slack was promoted to Corporal and Megan Roberts was promoted to Lance Corporal.

Below (L to R): Mr Simcox presents Nick Davis and Josh Domm with their prizes for the Sixth Form Social Media Competition.

There names were chosen out of a prize draw.

Art Playground @ArtPlaygroundCh #FF @asachelt with @CheltBoroHomes & us, are working on a Christmas festive family film! Be at the premiere.

Katie Bond @bondgirl1999 Really enjoyed @asachelt open evening tonight! Think it’s gonna be one of my top choices!

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Department for Education: The ‘pupil premium’ gives schools extra funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils from reception to Year 11.

From April 2012, the Government extended ‘pupil premium’ funding to children eligible for free school meals at any point in the past 6 years. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, funding for the ‘pupil premium’ has increased to £2.545 billion.

Over the last four years All Saints’ Academy has worked hard to ensure every student achieves his/her potential and even exceeds their target grades. For those students who have had Free School Meals at some stage over

the last six years (Pupil Premium), we are “closing the gap” in terms of how many A*-C GCSE grades are achieved, including English and Mathematics.

Ofsted 2014 (11th/12th November) wrote: “The achievement of disadvantaged students has improved markedly to be in line with other students.”

Mr. S. Clarkson (Assistant Principal) spends time speaking with students, parents and teaching staff to ensure Pupil Premium students have additional support, resources and time to achieve their best. School trips are paid for; additional subject equipment and resources are bought; there are regular 1:1 conver-

sations looking at the progress grades in every subject; there are also individual mentors for Pupil Premium Students.

Whatever support is needed, whether to achieve a C grade or Pass, or to achieve an A* or Distinction*, All Saints’ Academy is focussed on ensuring each student is given individual care and focus.

If you would like to know more information about Free School Meals / Pupil Premium / or additional support within All Saints’ Academy please contact Mr. S. Clarkson on: sclarkson@ asachelt.org or ring: 01242 711244.

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By Mr McNiffe Principal

Students and staff are celebrating at All Saints’ Academy following a ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspection.

Since taking up my post as Principal at All Saints’ Academy, I have been impressed and proud of the way students and staff have harnessed each and every opportunity to drive through our vision to lead and promote an academy learning environment that sets the highest expectations and standards to provide an outstanding education for all our students.

Our Section 5 Ofsted Inspection, conducted on the 11th and 12th November, certainly confirmed the rapid progress we have made and the ambition that leaders and governors have in rapidly gaining outstanding recognition in the near future. I am extremely pleased with the glowing Oftsed report we have received and it is testament to the hard work of staff and students at the Academy.

Please visit the All Saints’ Academy website to read the Oftsed report in full at: http://asachelt.org/docs/ Ofsted/Final_Report_Nov_2014.pdf

“It was a proud moment for me when I read Ofsted’s recognition of all the hard-work and achievement within the English department this year.

The team has worked tirelessly to provide the highest quality of teaching and learning and I was overjoyed to see that.

I know that the best is yet to come and I trust that this news will spread far and wide.”

Mr Nicklin

Assistant Principal

Head of English “I am very proud that the hard work of the students and staff at All Saints’ has been recognised for the high quality that it is. I hope that our parents and families share in this feeling of pride and tell everyone they meet that we’re just getting better and better (especially in maths!).”

Mr Wilkinson

Assistant Principal

Head of Maths “I am happy with the outcome of the Ofsted report and I am proud to be part of a community that is as supportive as ours. It is a representation of the effort that is put into aiding students success.”

Nick Davis

Year 13 student

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Key quotes from Ofsted “The academy is improving rapidly because of the outstanding leadership provided by the new Principal. He is supported well by other key senior and subject leaders and by governors.”

“The extremely positive ethos in the academy leads to exceptionally good behaviour by students around the building and site.”

“This ethos permeates the school and contributes to students’ outstanding spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.”

“Students achieve well in English because of good teaching and strong subject leadership.”

“Students’ achievement in mathematics is improving rapidly as a result of outstanding subject leadership.”

“Achievement in science has improved significantly.” ““The sixth from provides four routes that cater exceptionally well for students from the academy and for those that join from other schools.”

“Students show extremely positive attitudes to their work.”

“The academy has good arrangements for marking students’ work and telling students what they need to do to improve.”

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SPIRITUALITY

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Remembrance Day

Left: Joshua Domm doing a reading for the service.

By Mrs Spence

Roman Catholic Lay Chaplain This year for Remembrance Day the whole Academy assembled in the Sports Hall for a Service of Remembrance led by the Chaplains. The opening prayer was God of hope and consolation, we hold before you all who have died as a result of war, and those who continue to carry the scars of injuries to body or mind.

Lord God of the nations, whose sovereign rule brings justice and peace, have mercy on our broken and divided world.

Pour out your peace into the hearts of all, that all races and peoples may learn to live as members of one family in obedience to your law, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Right: A Level students and Mrs Austin Welcoming students to the service This year has special significance as it marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. Mr M Pinless gave a brief talk about the horrors of war and an explanation of the use of the ‘Poppy’.

The service included; prayers and bible readings read by students, a poem about war read by Mr M Guilbert and a very poignant tribute video clip about the sacrifice of the men and women of

November - a month to remember

the armed services. The Academy Cadets were present and gave a salute.

A minute’s silence was kept, followed by the wreath laying which was led by Mr D McNiffe and two repre-

sentatives from each House who also laid a wreath at the foot of the Cross.

Rev K Samuel closed with a final prayer and blessing.

Prayer Garden

hours weeding it. We managed to fill 10 black bin liners with weeds and the results of lot of pruning and dead heading. Everyone commented on the improvement.

Their hard work paved the way for year to continue this good work. We have now planted a variety of spring bulbs including daffodils, narcissus, crocuses and anemones. 3 blue pots in an assortment of sizes have been filled with a Christmas Rose for colour this winter and some polyanthus, as well another pottery container with 4 small pots which have been filled miniature daffodils.

12 large bags of bark were then broken open and spread all over the weeded and newly planted sections. We now await the

By Mrs Scarfe

By Mrs Scarfe

Assistant Principal of Spirituality

Assistant Principal of Spirituality

It was my turn recently to deliver assemblies and I chose “November – a month to remember”.

November is traditionally a month when we remember many different events: interestingly they are all connected to religion or spirituality. November 1st- All Saints followed by November 2nd All Souls, where we pray for deceased members of our families. This is swiftly followed by us remembering Guy Fawkes, a Catholic who wanted to blow up Parliament on November 5th.

Remembrance Day is commemorated on November 11th and lastly we have St. Andrews day on November 30th.

But why is it important to remember events, places and people? It is all part of being human - we remember our past and background and make connections to who we are and where we are from.

Our memory is vital for us to learn, to

This year as part of Learning for Living day one of the themes is COMMUNITY. we have decided to tidy up the prayer garden so all the community at All Saints’ Academy can have a quiet space for reflection.

The area around Megan’s tree was a particular focal point. Year 8 students had 2 hours designing a prayer garden and coming up with ideas on how to improve it. They then spent a further 2

move on and improve. We need memories to help us have a common language and communicate. We need memories to learn how to walk and talk, to eat and sleep- basically to survive. Our memories are amazing and in my assembly I reminded everyone of this fact and how grateful we should be for having such an amazing gift. We thought about those in life who sadly, as they grow older lose this amazing gift and how then we realise how precious our memories actually are.

We thought about all of our photos and knick- knacks that we keep because they help to remember special events, places and people. We also realised that we can have bad memories but these are useful in helping us learn from our mistakes, to reconcile and forgive and move onto find and make happier memories.

I reminded everyone that as Christians we remember important dates and events that have formed our faith.

We remember the birth of Jesus at Christmas. We remember his death and resurrection at Easter. We remember his teachings and try to live them out .We remember that this life is a preparation for the next.

The Bible also asks us to remember cer-

tain things. It asks us to remember what the God has done for us and to give him thanks. As Christians we remember what Jesus did at the Last Supper and how he asked us to remember this when we receive the Eucharist. “Then he took a piece of bread, gave thanks to God, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

Finally I moved onto a proverb from the Bible where we are told that good people will always be remembered and asked the question of the students “What do you want to be remembered for ?“ I then left them considering

blooming of our hard work in the spring.

this question and ended with a prayer.

Lord , thank you for my amazing brain and the gift of memory. Memories for me to build on and learn from. Memories of my past that make me who I am. Memories that have enabled me to grow and develop over the years.

Help me to use my memory to be a better person and not to hold onto issues that may cause friction and anger. Help me to make happy memories that I will cherish and enjoy.

Let me be remembered for being a good person and not someone that people want to forget.

I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Do you kow what connection there is between the pictures in this article?

Masses at ASA

By Mrs Spence

Roman Catholic Lay Chaplain This term two Masses were celebrated.

Canon Bosco MacDonald celebrated our annual evening Mass for the dead on

Wednesday 12th November at 7.00pm.

Prayers were offered for all deceased students, parents, teachers, governors and staff of St. Benedict’s School, Christ College and All Saints’ Academy. Refreshments were served afterwards.

Fr Paul Brandon celebrated the voluntary day Mass for the dead on Thursday 13th November. Students and staff were invited to write the names of family and friends whom they wished to pray for on prayer cards which were carried up during the Offertory Procession.

BGT AUDITIONS ASA hosts Britain’s Got Talent for Cheltenham

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Above: Oliver Ray sang ‘When she loved me’

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Above: Hopeful Femi Loye sang ‘You raise me up’

Above: Mary Villaflor & Hazel Bernales performed a song they penned themselves.

Above: Two members of Nikki Coady Dance Crew and teacher Nikki

Above: Funny guy, Matt Keene

Above: School Sports Network Co-ordinator Matt Coldrey played one of his own songs

Above: Singer Claire Sen Above: Charlotte Sharpe from Winchcombe sang ‘Yours’

By Miss Skelding

PR & Communications Manager On 11th December we welcomed two producers from Britain’s Got Talent into All Saints’ Academy for a day of fun.

We had 41 acts booked in but did a have a few cancellations due to flu and colds. Between 11am – 12pm only All Saints’ Academy acts performed.

There was a range of talent including, singers, break-dancers and a beatboxer.

I was lucky enough to be sitting in the audition room with the producers and have to say the students all performed brilliantly! They were so confident and this really impressed the producers.

Above: Masked Emo- Above: Cheyenne Callard performed a tions sang Blank Space song from a musical

From 12 – 3pm we had a mixture of ASA students and the public.

The audition times had all been booked in beforehand. As an auditionee arrived they were welcomed by one of our ex-students Chelsea Craven or Demi Wheeler who came back to help for the day. They were then escorted by Jamie Burn, Community Director to the Green Room where Miss Smith ticked them off a list. In the green room each act had their photo taken and most acts also had a video interview. They then waited nervously for their name to be called out.

I then went to collect the act and took them into the room, the producers instantly put the acts at ease with their friendliness.

Acts were asked their name, age and where they came from, they then

started their act. All of the acts were recorded, this footage will be used to show executive producers of Britain’s Got Talent, it will then be decided if the act goes through to the next round. After each performance the acts were given a piece of paper that explained the next stage of the competition. It said ‘if you are selected for the next round you will receive a phone call from us by the end of February 2014. If you don’t hear from us by then, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. If you are selected for the next round then please remember that you will be performing in front of our judges. There will be a theatre audience and yes those buzzers will be back!’

Most acts came out of the audition room relatively happy with how they

A big thank you to Demi Wheeler & Chelsea Craven who returned to be runners for the day!

performed. Some of the acts were then interviewed by BBC Radio Gloucestershire and others the Gloucestershire Echo.

I would like to think some of the acts make it to the next stage, there were some really talented people auditioning; some fantastic dance troupes and singers’ of all ages. A special mention to comedy act ‘Gunther the Farmer’ (Matt Keene) who even brought the producers and myself some sprouts from his farm as a present.

Although the auditions were daunting especially for some of our younger acts they all took it in their stride and hopefully this will further their confidence to perform even more!

After auditioning singer Oliver Ray, 13 said “It went really well, they were

really nice in the audition room. I was really nervous at first because I didn’t know what to expect but I really enjoyed myself. When I started singing the producers started smiling which was encouraging.”

Chelsea Craven who graduated Sixth Form in July came back to help out with the day. “It was a fantastic experience and a lot of fun. It has been so busy but there has been a fantastic atmosphere in the green room with all the acts preparing.”

Another achievement of the day was Jamie Burn climbing 2250 stairs throughout the day as he was escorting external acts to the green room from reception and back. He worked this out to be more than climbing from the ground floor of the Empire State building to the 102nd floor, which would be 1860 steps!

DEPARTMENT NEWS

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Year 9 Beauty

By Miss Cox

Teacher of Beauty and Hair It has been an exciting term for the Hair and Beauty department.

We were very lucky to have Hannah White from MONU talk to our Year 9, 10’s and Sixth Formers about their skin care products. “We were able to test and smell the products and get to know the ingredients and what skin types they are suitable for”- Gabrielle Parsons.

She also provided us with testers we could take home and use. “My skin felt so soft after using them,” Chantal Palmer.

We are very lucky to have such a famous and high end company around the corner from us as their factory is on the Kingsditch Trading Estate.

We are now looking into visiting the factory to see how the products are made.

The Year 11s have also had an exciting term. As well as many of them completing their assignments, they were also interviewed by the Gloucestershire Echo about their course and their future career plans.

“ My skin felt so soft.”

- Chantal Palmer

“ We are very lucky to have such a famous and high end company around the corner from us.” - Miss Cox

Model Climate Conference What it’s about...

By Miss Worsley Teacher of Geography

The Conference was aimed at 13 to 18 year olds and was suitable for all curriculum subjects. It was a unique opportunity for students to research and participate together as countries were attending the Conferences to the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

As you might have seen in the news, 2014 is a vital year as the whole global community moves formal negotiations up several gears to ensure a new UN agreement is in place by 2015.

The Model Conference enthused and challenged students to think about the national and international implications of climate change. It also greatly enhanced their confidence to speak about complex issues and to negotiate with others.

This Climate Conference was timed to coincide with the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) being held in Lima, Peru (1 - 2 Dec. 2014)

Young people were supported whilst negotiating key aspects of the new agreement, modelling the actual COP processes. InterClimate Network provided all the materials and briefings in advance of the meet and there were Councillors and guest speakers invited to make it a dynamic and realis-

tic conference experience for students.

On Wednesday 3rd December, four Geography students took part in a mock Climate Conference held in the Cheltenham Council Chambers. The trip formed part of the Geography department’s extra-curricular strategy for gifted and talented pupils. The debate was replicating the current global climate conference taking place in Lima,

Peru, during the coming week. Alex Borowicz, Alex Regan, Megan Roberts (Year 11) and Curtis Mansfield (Year 13) were representing the United States of America and contributed outstanding questions and arguments to the debate despite tough opposition. All students were a credit to All Saints’ Academy.

Local Support for Youth Club

By Freya Mitchell Student Reporter

It all started when my friend and I found out there was a youth club on in Springbank Community Centre.

We were both very passionate about becoming a member of this unknown youth club, we decided when it first opens we want to be the first there.

Unfortunately, when we entered the community centre they told us that its not on yet, as they haven’t got funding from the council. My friend and I were gutted, but we didn’t step back, we more or less stepped forward and helped the youth workers get the money they needed to get the club running and just really gave them support they needed.

We helped them out by buy-

ing some resources, board games etc and then we baked cakes for the council and had a meeting with them explaining why they should give us the money to get the youth club up and running.

After all the hard work and effort we put in the council finally gave us £5,000 to go towards the youth club. My friends and I were so thrilled and over the moon, we just couldn’t wait to get started.

Some people might wonder why we went through all that hassle just to get the club running. It is quite simple, my friends and I wanted a youth club on because many kids our age are just hanging around the streets with nothing to do, there’s not many things to do around Cheltenham in the evenings. So we thought we could change that, not just for us, but for anyone else who feels the same way.

It feels good knowing we can go out somewhere where we know we’re not going to be bored and knowing that our parents won’t be worrying about us, as they know we’re in safe hands.

We would love many more people to join, as it’s just a great laugh and it just gets you out of the house.

Come along and see for yourself!

CHILDREN IN NEED

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By Dawid Zyra

Student Reporter

On the 14th November, All Saints’ Academy took part in the Children in Need charity event to raise money. Year 7 to 11 had the chance to wear their own clothes with a small donation of £1. The Sixth Form were to dress up as a character of their choice and also donate £1.

A big thank you to the Sixth Form students that took part in the organised fancy dress day and furthermore Emily Towle the idea for these charity events.

Emily said “I thought that it was very well received by all of the school. The majority of the school were either in nonuniform or fancy dress which was great to see! I was very impressed, that people especially in sixth form who did not wear fancy dress still donated money.”

We have managed to raise a whopping £871.63. ‘Pie the Teacher’ was a popular event that was held at All Saints’ on Friday 21st November open to all students at break time. Students paid 20p for 1 shot and 50p for 3 shots. The teachers that participated were Mr Kelly, Mrs Crawford, Mr Neeley Mrs Austin, Mr Griffin, Mr Bagnell, Mr Chapman and our Principal Mr McNiffe; an additional event for the day was ‘Leg Wax’ which was suggested by 11 Canterbury House. It was a voluntary event and any sixth form student had the chance to participate. The tutor managed to raise £22.55. 9 Westminster House organised a cake sale which helped the school to raise £5.04 to add towards the grand total. Cody Keyte in 3DH did a sponsored swim and raised £79.50!

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All Saints’ Academy enjoyed an incredible football experience as they travelled to Barcelona in October half term. Two coaches took the sixty seven students and seven staff members on the twenty four hour voyage across Europe, clocking up a total of 1033 miles.

The pupils made up five teams across years 8-13 and they each played two local teams at outstanding facilities.

The pupils also enjoyed an all you can eat buffet three times a day at the impressive Comtat St Jordi Hotel, an outdoor swimming pool, a tour of the Camp Nou, a day at the beach and a day out on the world famous Las Ramblas.

Mr Rollason PE Teacher

By Emilie Atkins Student Reporter

For the duration of Sunday 26th October and most of Monday we were on the coach travelling to Spain. After a long day’s travelling we arrived at our destination on Monday at around 2pm. After settling into our rooms and unpacking our luggage, we headed down to the restaurant for tea.

On Tuesday 28th at 10am we went for our first training session in Spain, on a local pitch around 20 minutes from our hotel. It was tiring. Later on that day we went out to play our first match as a team in Barcelona. As a team we all played well and worked together, however we did lose 6 – 1.

The opposing team played really well.

Wednesday, we went for our second training session at a different pitch to Tuesday. The pitch was only 5 minutes away. But again training was tiring in the heat of the sun. Later on in the afternoon after going in the swimming pool we went out to have a friendly game of bowling, which we enjoyed.

On the Thursday we visited Nou Camp and had a look around the stadium.

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FOOTBALL TOUR

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Sixth Form Results

ASA Vs EFSFG Won 2-1 (Carbin, Newman) Two wins from two games left this year group unbeaten over their two tours in the footballing and cultural capital of Spain.

Building on the win and draw recorded in 2011, the team looked to attack from the start against their new opponents…..

The first game proved to be a very difficult hurdle, the hosts kept the ball well and it proved very difficult for All Saints’ to gain possession. Employing a new 4-3-3 formation in attack left Babbage alone in a 4-5-1. When defending, he tirelessly ran the line making the hosts play out from the back. When All Saints’ got the ball they looked dangerous, Woodman, Mitchinson and Godwin really showed the way and Paterson provided some useful width. Defensively solid with Newman, Fletcher and Rayson holding a tight central partnership and Carbin and Poulson giving cover down the flanks.

Two goals from set plays really expressed the dedication to training with Carbin latching onto a great delivery from Woodman at the back post and then Newman with a bullet header and well-timed run again from a vicious Woodman delivery. At 2-0 a little complacency set in and Sanchez raced in ahead of Hampson to poke the ball over Roberts as he raced out to clear the defensive mistake. With fresh legs from O’Connell charging forward and looking for a third, the hosts were never able to push for an equaliser and the game ended in a well-deserved 2-1 victory.

By Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal

Vs UD Cassa Won 1-0 (Paterson) The second game was a much tighter affair, the hosts were much more physical and technical than the previous side, but All Saints’ were themselves much more focussed. Once again the entire team could be mentioned for the creative and disciplined performance they displayed throughout. Woodman and Paterson both gave the width the team needed and Babbage ran himself into the ground. The highlight was the performance of Roberts in goal, he was quick off his line and pulled off the saves when called upon.

Once again a pin point Woodman delivery was smashed home, this time by Paterson as he arrived at the back post giving All Saints’ a deserved lead early in the second half. The hosts looked to equalise and in doing so left themselves open to the counter attack which Woodman, Mitchinson and Paterson used to great effect with the best chance falling to Godwin which he smashed marginally over the bar from all of six yards. This did not matter as the team kept their advantage and maintained their 100% record.

MAN OF THE MATCH:

MAN OF THE MATCH:

GODWIN

ROBERTS

LEARNING FOR LIVING

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Learning For Living: Year 9

By Laura Sobiegraj

Student Reporter

“Learning for living day was a big eye opener for me as it really helped me to realise what employers are looking for in applications and in the interview itself.

I feel although this has really helped me to gain confidence in applying for jobs. Also I feel that my interviewer really helped me to gain knowledge and has really helped show me the way I need to go to be able to take the right career path for me. I was able to get an idea of what I would need to do to be able to apply for my dream career. The day for me has been a great success and has really helped me to prepare for adulthood.” - Poppy Slack

As everyone knows, just near the end of term, the whole school takes part in Learning for Living. Learning for Living is a day where there are no normal classes and it’s more like a whole day learning about many important subjects like business, career’s, first aid, mental health and many more.

Year 9 were learning about mental health and how could exercise help with it. We learned about what mental health is, what it does to affect us and how we can have brighter days with exercise.

First of all, Mental Health is just as serious as any other illness you could possibly get. I learnt that men-

Student Reporter

By Oliver Ray

Student Reporter

On Tuesday 21st October, a lot of students went to Sainsburys to raise money for Age Concern (a charity that helps elderly people). In groups of two, we would stand at the end of the till and ask people if they would like some help with packing their bags. Some people said yes. However, some people said no. Altogether, we raised over £360. Other students who did this included Chantae Sellers, Jade Pearce and Ewan Kerby. The aim of this trip was not to get out of school but to be able to raise as much money as we can for Age Concern. I was in a group with Chantae and we raised over £24 for charity. We had two prizes, the best decorated bucket and the group who raised the most money.

The people that won the best decorated bucket prize were Becky Fear, Darci Beal and Jade Pearce. The people that won the

prize for the group who raised the most money were Leon Berry, Ewan Kerby and Adam Black. It was an amazing experience and I wish I could do it again.

First Aid

By Recce Attwood

Student Reporter First we learnt how to make a sling for someone’s arm and the process of finding out whether they are conscious, unconscious or dead.

Then we watched Mr Fautley put someone into the position, then we went into groups to put others into the recovery position. For the science section we found out how quickly fire could destroy your Christmas living room in 1 minute, and learnt what not to do if there is an oil or electrical fire. We watched a clip about fires and learnt that about 72% of our body is water so you can walk on 700 degree Celsius fire, but your feet can only touch it for one second as the wa-

ter absorbs the heat. We experimented this by putting an empty balloon over a flame and it burst straight away and then we put a balloon with water in it over a flame and it took longer to burst.

Mrs Hanlon then showed us a demonstration with a chip pan fire. We then discussed how to be prepared if a fire happens in our house, it was decided that checking our smoke alarm once a week was one of the most important things to do, we also discussed about everyones location of keys to the doors and windows are so if we need to escape at a late hour we know where to go. Then we made a bird’s eye view map of our houses so we could map our escape routes if we could escape. Also, we found out the safety precautions if you cannot escape. Block up any holes under or a round your door or any air vents open any windows and if you can jump out the window then dial 999 if you can only take refuge and not escape then just dial 999 and crouch low where the fresh air is. This is an essential guide that would help you when a fire does happen somewhere, it may not be at home but at work. Spread the steps on staying alive in big fires.

tal health is a serious issue to be looked into because many people suffering from mental illnesses consider or eventually commit suicide due to what it makes you think and do. Exercise helps you deal with the pressure and anxiety you get, whilst reducing your stress levels, calming your nerves and boosting your confidence. Reaching your ‘exercise’ goal helps you let go of the negative thoughts, which can be a result of mental illnesses.

Though this depends on the illness, for example, anorexia/bulimia, it can damage your physical body or OCD can make you very frustrated since you want everything in order, it also depends on the person.

It is important we learn about mental health, because this helps us to prepare for our future, for example, if we get very stressed out. In addition it can help us learn how to care for someone close to us that is suffering from a mental illness.

Perception

By Peter Etheredge

Bag packing at Sainsburys

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Bike safety is an element of perception and this is what we did in L4L. We did this in one of the IT rooms, as we had to do this on a power point. There were three games on this slide show, which were ‘Build a bike’, ‘Find a route’ and ‘Find the clues’.

The first of these, also the easiest, was the game by the name of ‘Build a bike’, where we had to build a bike and label the different parts of the bike, while doing so. We had to grab the correct piece of the equipment, indicated by a highlighted word on the left of the screen, which we then dragged to the correct place on the bike. The frame of the bike was put in place for us. The second part of this game we had to put the

repair equipment for the bike we made.

In the second game, we had to select a route for Millie, Ben or Joe to ride to various places, answering questions about bike safety on the way.

The first of the routes was to a friend’s house, while the second, third and fourth were to school, to the post office and to the house of their grandmas.

Third and last of these games, was a game where you had to discover thirteen clues on how an accident happened, involving a bike rider, a careless taxi passenger and an over-exited dog.

A girl had been riding innocently down the road, when a woman, talking to her husband on the phone, got out of a taxi on the wrong side, causing the rider to crash into the open door. Once we had done the clues, we had to ask three questions from a list and then write a newspaper report about the incident.

Year 10: Learning for Living – Cultural Learning

By Gabrielle Parsons

Student Reporter On Tuesday 21st October, Year 10 was learning about traditions that people do in other countries. This was a good topic because we got to do things we might never have the chance to experience.

The first place my group went to was racism and how it is tackled.

We learnt about different people in history that stood up to racism including; Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks.

We also realised how ASA sees racism.

Like how some staff and students are from different countries and have different cultures to people in Cheltenham.

The second station was food tasting. As you can guess from the title, we had the chance to taste different types of sauces from different countries. Also, we had to guess what

sauce it was and recall how it tasted.

Thirdly, we had to make a poster on a state in a different country. We researched things to do in that country, ways to get there and facilities.

Fourth period we played a game that originated in Asia. It is called Kabaddi. First we watched a video of how to play it, and then tried it ourselves. The defending team had to stop the attacking team stepping over the line. Whilst trying to get over the line, we had to say a word over and over until we ran out of breath.

Lastly, we learnt a bit on Myths and Legend in Ireland. We wrote about a legend or myth that we knew.

The second half of this period, we learnt about Haiku, which is a type of Japanese poem. We then wrote one ourselves.

I enjoyed this Learning for Living day because I experienced things I wouldn’t have known about.

It was exciting to taste sauces and guess what they were and play different games from different countries.

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Fine Art - Crucible 2 Exhibition Trip

By Mrs Bayliss Head of Deaprtment Art

At the end of last term AS Fine Art students had an exciting opportunity to see

a stunning collection of sculptures produced in a wide range of materials for Gloucester Cathedral’s ‘Crucible 2’ exhibition. The scale and placement of the sculptures, in and around the cathedral, added to the impact of the pieces. The students observed work by local and national

Artists, including the renowned Damien Hurst. During their visit they were able to learn about the Artists, techniques used to create several pieces and produce drawings of their favourite sculptures. It was an immensely inspiring trip that opened their eyes to Art outside of the classroom.

A Short story in Gothic tradition The concluding section from page 5 of Issue 28

By Aiesha Burge Student Reporter At first Annabelle thought she had severely hurt herself and was cursing her own stupidity for not charging her phone before leaving. However she knew something was happening when she notices a small, four legged creature slowly approaching her. Annabelle held her hand to her sore back as she watched the cat walk around her slowly and cautiously.

The cat stopped still in its tracks facing the vulnerable and fragile Annabelle.

She watched as the cat’s eyes turned completely black and then screamed when the black started dripping down the cat’s cheeks. The inky substance touched Annabelle’s hand she gasped again, it was like acid. Annabelle tried

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to stand up but she was overcome with dizziness and then her vision was stolen.

She could see nothing by a dark abyss.

Annabelle’s heavy breathing was accompanied by another person’s heavy breathing, but Annabelle could not see them. She could feel the prickles of the breathing on her neck and her limbs were set in place. She could not move.

Annabelle attempted to open her eyes and found she could. Her blindness was temporary but when she opened her eyes she could see nothing but the mist. She tried to run but once again she was overcome by a sharp shiver down her spine. By putting a naked hand to her back, she could feel nobody touching her. She could feel nothing but a warm liquid making its way down her back. One look at her hand she has concluded it was her own blood. In the shadow underneath a lamp post with a flickering light bulb stood a girl. She was wearing the same clothes as Annabelle. Her hair and skin was even the exact same shade and tone. She was Annabelle, but she had black, inky eyes like the cat standing beside her. One blink and the girl was gone. Another blink and a whisper later, Annabelle was nowhere to be found. “I’m you.” The girl whispered.

Open Evening Learning For Living

By Mrs Skelding PR & Communications

There was a great turn out for the ASA Sixth Form Open Evening on 20th November.

Year 11 students from Cheltenham were invited to take a look and find out what subjects and facilities we have on offer

here at All Saints’ Academy Sixth Form.

Students were given our new prospectus, student prospectus written by students (Demi Wheeler and Dominika Zyra) for students and a Sixth Form highlighter.

We had many students telling us how useful it had been and we had some wonderfully positive reviews from our surveys.

Make sure to give in your Sixth Form Application ASAP.

Opening of a Romance Novel

Sixth Former Katie has been writting the opening to a romance novel for part of her English Literature A-Level.

The following ASA TODAY editions will have the remainder of the opening in, so keep your eyes peeled for the next diary dates in ‘The romance novel’!

By Katie Cotton Betteridge Student Reporter

Friday.

It felt as though time were paused, as she raced towards the car. Nothing else seemed to be moving; nothing apart from the blood running down his face. He was slumped in his seat, neck bent at an odd angle toward his back.

She reached the car, shouting for help- to an empty street. She hauled the door open; grabbing him, pulling him from the car. It wouldn’t be too late. He had always said that. Nothing could ever be too late. Except for now.

By Mrs Parr Pastoral Manager Post 16

On 21st October, All Saints’ Academy held its first Apprenticeship awareness event as part of L4L Day. Students in Sixth Form were invited to explore the broad opportunities around Apprenticeships - gain insights into different careers and broaden their aspirations. Students gathered information about questions they might want to ask as the employer volunteers rotated around the room.

Employers with current and future Apprenticeships offered advice about courses relating to the different types of Apprenticeships.

This event was organised by Mrs Parr & Mrs Taylor, Careers advisors at All Saints’ Academy. “Students Careers Crowd Roadshow for Year have said that

they found the event really helpful, many students will consider applying for Apprenticeships after meeting the employers face to face.” Darren Stevens (Prestbury Marketing) regularly discusses local business news on BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s “Business Brief” his report on 22nd October included our event: “ASA pupils having been grilling local business people; I was one of them being grilled.

It’s great to see schools like ASA running innovative ways to try & prepare pupils for work. The best advice I gave was - “Don’t be pressured into jumping in to things to early and try and get practical experience as quickly as you can”.

Some of our employer volunteers were contacted through a free national programme, Inspiring the Future, which makes it quick and easy for people from across the working world to volunteer an hour a year talk to young people in local schools about jobs and careers, including Apprenticeships.

Year 11 students attended the Career Crowd tour, an exciting partnership between MyKindaCrowd, Not Going to Uni, National Careers Service and National Apprenticeship Service which will be rolled out into secondary schools and Sixth Form colleges across England. Apprenticeships, full time work, university or even starting your own business there are so many choices and NOW is the time for your students to find out about the many exciting ways they can get into their chosen career. Led by experienced rap and spoken word artists the Career Crowd workshop is an engaging and dynamic, laugh-out-loud concept to get students thinking about their options and considering a career path using the art of rap and spoken word. They will be guided through the pros and cons of different routes into their chosen role as well as learning how to form their own rap crew. And yes! These are then brought together for a spoken word or rap battle as an entertaining finale. The main aim of the tour is to get students talking about careers and give a memorable experience that will help them make an informed decision about life after school or college. Later, Year 11 students took part in a series of mock interviews to help them consider their pathways and prepare them for the world of work.

The students were dressed impeccably for their interviews. Most of them were a little nervous, but this subsided and they enjoyed the experience, which is good preparation for the future. “I very much enjoyed meeting up with your students. I wanted to highlight how impressed I was, students have clearly prepared for the meeting as answers came naturally, were of high quality and clearly demonstrated a high level of intelligence and emotion.” HSBC

CELEBRATIONS

Issue 29, Term 2, 2014 Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal Head of Year 11 It was pleasing to welcome the class of 2014 back to collect their GCSE and BTEC certificates.

The evening is a key event in the Academy calendar and in the lives of the students. It is the opportunity for them to receive their certificates as evidence of their qualifications and their efforts.

The evening was presided over by myself who awarded the students with their certificates and some rewards of special recognition. Mr Edward Gillespie, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, spoke eloquently and inspirationally to the students and parents after presenting the certificates, rewards and trophies.

Parents, students, staff and governors were treated to a video, put together by Miss Skelding, charting the five years of education, fun and effort of the year group. Photos showing the dramatic changes in the students really illustrated the journey they have undertaken.

Josh Domm and Rhiannon Watts presented Mr Gillespie with a token of our gratitude for being our guest speaker and congratulated the class of 2014 once again before inviting everyone to partake in some excellent refreshments after the event. It was a fantastic opportunity for students to relay stories of their time not only at the academy but of their post-16 exploits.

The evening was a well planned event which ran smoothly. It will be even more spectacular next year when all of the current Year 11 attend, smartly dressed and having achieved even greater results!

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CCF - Regionals Competition

By Megan Roberts Student Reporter On 30th November the All Saints’ cadets travelled to RAF Cosford for a Regional competition with eleven other schools.

The first event was a bleep test, Sandro, Gabriella, Alana and Ellie (from our partnering school, Dean Close) entered this competition, in which Ellie achieved the highest level, 8.

We then took part in uniform inspection and drill, in which we were shocked to learn we came 10th, after little preparation. Our uniforms, as always were pristine which we believe gave us those crucial marks.

Then we had a command task to do where we had to build a bridge which met our requirements, our collaborative skills, and Corporal Slack’s leadership skills allowed us to do well in this event.

After doing an aircraft recognition test we were feeling rather proud of ourselves by this point.

We then had our shooters, Corporal Poppy Slack, Jessica Harper, Ellie Gammon and Zea Cuciurean, with Jessica getting the highest score at the time, when competing against one of the other schools.

After doing a general knowledge test we then had our last event, first aid. This consisted of Corporal Poppy Slack, Lance Corporal Meg Roberts, Lauren O’Shea and Declan Austin having to analyse a scenario as a team and then analyse another scenario individually, where we were required to perform CPR. As a result of our medical expertise we came 9th, while not high ranking, it was an achievement for us.

Overall I think I can confidently say that we, all our higher ranking cadets and Pilot Officer Wellington, are so very proud of all the cadets and in general had great fun.

Respect, Integrity Service & Excellence

By Mitchell Lewis Student Reporter My drama class went to watch the Woman in Black at the Everyman Theatre in town.

We travelled there by the school minibus which is a ten minute drive. Whilst we were on the bus, I was expecting a dull but scary performance. Once we reached our destination it was cold but we made our way to the entrance which then became warm, I made it to my seat that was very comfy indeed, even though I acquired a booster seat because I have little legs! Anyway the performance had

“I would recommend the Woman in Black to any of my friends”

What is it about?

Bookbuzz is a reading programme for young kids, it supports kids at schools to encourage reading for pleasure independent choice and develop a school reading culture.

The scheme is run by a charity: Booktrust the charity helps kids and even teenagers to change their lives by deciding to read.

The schools participating give their students a chance to pick a book from a variety of 17 books for 11-13 year old boys and girls and the books are chosen by a panel of experts the programme is mainly aimed for Year 7 but older ages can get involved. There is adventure book and scary books there are even true books from olden times.

Ones about animals and even ice cream.

It was launched in 2012 where over 200,000 students had taken part from a variety of 1400 schools!

What do people think of the books?

A Boy Called Hope is about an 11 year old boy who is fighting to get his Dad back. Sophie picked this book and says: ‘It is a good book, it has adventure it is about a young boy who lost his dad I am enjoying it so far’.

Stories of WW1 is a book containing 12 stories about different lives in WW1.

Archie picked this book and says : ‘It’s a great read I can’t stop reading it, it gives a variety of what happened and what other people went through, I really like it!’

In conclusion, this is a good scheme for children as it can improve confidence and reading scores also you are reading something that have you chosen and like as everyone in our class seemed very excited to read Bookbuzz’s books!

“Once again I was supremely proud of the All Saints’ Academy cadets. They performed with heart and determination even though they have a lot less experience than the other teams there.

In the RAF they use the phrase RISE to sum up the core values. I believe that all of the team should be commended for living up to these values.”

started with a bright light and a man on stage. The man was Arthur Kips who had made contact with the Woman in Black in the past and that was what the book was about. At this moment in time a lot of thoughts were going through my head such as “why am I here” and “this is boring” but then the play got interesting when the two performers decided to act out Arthur’s story. The stage was bright but still a little dull at the same time but before I knew it we were halfway through the play. I loved the fact they were acting out Arthur’s story and I loved all the sound effects and the way the two performers used up the whole stage.

I would recommend the Woman in Black play to any of my friends and advise and encourage them to watch the performance because the amount of effort put into the play, was OUTSTANDING. Overall I think the play was amazing and deserves a 4 and a half star rating.

Bookbuzz

By Archie McAuley Student Reporter

By Miss Wellington CCF Lead Officer

Woman in Black Trip

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Missed this oppurtunity?

Watch it on DVD Starring Daniel Radcliffe!

Inf or mal Concert

By Adham Rahman Student Reporter On the 13th November 2014, the Music Department at All Saints’ Academy held their Informal Concert, showcasing a variety of musical talents within the school, from steel pans to choirs. The evening was kicked off by the ASA Staff Choir who sang a medley of James Bond themes.

This was followed by the Year 9 Steel Pan Band, who played “The Rivers of Babylon” and a great calypso. Next were two violinists. The first, Adham played two duets with Mr Aitchison, followed

by Lydia who played a solo. After that, pianists Callum and Ellie took their turn on the stage, both playing amazingly.

After the instruments, it was the turn of the vocalists, with Jose and Lewis both singing great solos and Megan and

Mrs Austin singing “Somewhere Only We Know”. It was then time for the ASA Student Choir accompanied by Mr Aitchison on the piano, who sang with great confidence. To round off the concert, Miss Smith and Miss Skelding returned to the theme of films, performing ‘I see Fire’ by Ed Sheeran (from the 2nd Hobbit film), with Miss Smith on guitar and both singing. Overall, the evening was a great success with all of the performers enjoying the chance to demonstrate their talents in music and the audience being treated to a varied and interesting repertoire. We look forward to the next informal concert that will take place in March.

Above: Student Choir

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Student Review Day

By Mr Carroll

Sixth Form Support

A big part of our Student Review day in November is our Higher Education Fair.

This year we had representatives from 18 Universities alongside UCAS and Student finance who were there to answer any questions about the whole process of applying to university. With well over half of our 6th form going off to university it is never too early to be thinking about what you will do when you leave school. If you know what you want to do after school, choosing options and working for the highest grades becomes so much easier.

Of course, university is not for everyone, but no one should feel that they cannot go because they cannot afford it. Everyone should be considering it as an option. A lot of people want to get into a job or an apprenticeship straight away but you need to remember that having a degree from University will make you more employable and with better earnings over your lifetime.

Our visitors from University on the day had a huge variety of courses to suit all tastes from academic subjects

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like English, Physics and Engineering at Exeter, Musicianship at BIMM and Land management at the Royal Agricultural University. And many of our visitors were students studying at university themselves, who were able to go beyond the academic and give a flavour of student life – which is a huge part of the whole experience.

Many young people find the whole idea of leaving school and home incredibly stressful, and because of this leave any decision making until the last moment – which ultimately becomes a stress time-bomb waiting to go off! To avoid this all students in Years 9 and above should start to actively plan for their future, by thinking what they would like to do after school, researching the opportunities and getting inspired and excited about the next stage of their lives.

There is plenty of help here in school.

Mrs Parr is on hand to keep you up to date with employment and apprenticeships that are available alongside general careers advice. If you need advice on applying to University our resident expert is Mr Carroll who has already sent over 80 students off to start new lives.

And just think how proud you will feel, as a parent or as a student, when you graduate from university!

Student Review Day Visitors

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Student of the term Canterbury Shannon Large

HAL Comment: I am delighted that Shannon is Canterbury’s Star Student for term 1. As a prefect she sets an excellent role model for the rest of the House in the manner she conducts herself. She is helpful, mature and completely reliable. She wants success and is keen to work towards it. I am proud to have her in Canterbury House.

Westminster Patryk Miasek

HAL Comment: We are very proud of Patryk and his achievements this term. He has grown into the role of prefect with a mature and confident attitude. He is always willing to help out with younger students and within Westminster house as a whole. Patryk helps out in briefings and lends a calm authority to proceedings. We would like to congratulate Patryk on a brilliant first term and are sure that this will continue into his brightest year at All Saints’ Academy.

Durham

University of South Wales Student Attendance

Term 1: 360 Students achieved 100% attendance and were rewarded wth an extended break, including a drink and a cake.

Term 2: 528 students on track to achieve 100% and rewards will be given out on Friday 19th December!

Joshua Domm

HAL Comment: I am absolutely delighted that Josh has been awarded student of the term. Josh has always been one of the best students in Durham House but we have now seen him grow into such a confident leader and role model. Josh has flourished in his new roles of House Captain and Prefect which I am truly grateful for. Not to mention his fantastic commitment to supporting the building work of a new school during the visit to Africa over the summer. Well done, Josh – you deserve this!

York

Johanna Kasongo HAL Comment: Johanna is an outstanding student in all aspects of Academy life. She is always polite, friendly and smiles for everyone.

She has an outstanding attitude to learning and although she does not always find things easy she always tries her best.

She is a great role model to other students and demonstrates that if you work hard and keep going you can achieve. Johanna is a caring and kind student who is willing to help others, she truly reflects the values of All Saints’ Academy in her day to day life.

Student Star Points Canterbury 1st - Oliver Ray

Durham 1st - James Long

Westminster 1st - Alex Stefanescu

York 1st - Arun Baiju

Student Interhouse Overall as of 03.12.2015

1st - Canterbury 2nd - Durham 3rd - Westminster 4th - York Next Interhouse

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ASA NEWS containing any of the “identified” allergens as per Food Information for Consumers Regs.

2014, then please contact our special Diet and Allergen help line on 01452 881708.

We have included some dates for your diary for the coming year 2015. Look out for the posters around the Academy, so you don’t miss these events and tastes from around the world.

The festive season is now in full swing, you have probably been to the Restaurant at All Saints’ Academy and sampled some of the fare on offer, from hot a meal of the day to baguettes, wraps and sandwiches.

The 13th December signals a huge change with regard to food allergens and new legislation. All Edwards and Ward staff have been fully trained on allergen awareness and will be able to help students and staff alike at All Saints’ with information at point of sale on all items on sale.

If you have been advised by your GP or Health Care Professional to either follow a special diet or to avoid certain foods

Coming soon

New offers to try, we think soup

maybe be a popular option, so, again

January 2015

Tuesday 13th Taste of the Caribbean Tuesday 27th Taste of India

February 2015 Week of 14th Valentines Tuesday 24th Taste of China

March 2015

Tuesday 17th March St Patricks Day

keep a watch

on the screens and posters around the Academy, speak to Jason, your Catering Manager with some suggestions of which soups you would like to try!

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There will be more special days to follow in the coming months

Chicken wrap, Mexican Wedges & Corn

Jason’s Recipe’s for you to try at home!

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2 peppers, chopped 1 onion, chopped 4 tomatoes, chopped 2 tablespoons mixed herbs 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tablespoon chopped chillies (optional) Salt & pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil 600ml (1pt) vegetable stock

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1. Add vegetables, herbs, garlic, chillies, salt and pepper to a roasting dish, drizzle over oil and roast for 1 hour, or until soft and squishy.

2. Transfer roasted vegetables to a saucepan, pour in the stock and bring to boil, simmer for 10 minutes 3. Allow to cool slightly before blending in a food processor or using hand blender, then heat to desired temperature and serve

Celebrity Wordsearch

1 tin sweetcorn, drained ½ red pepper, chopped ½ green pepper, chopped ½ yellow pepper, chopped ½ onion, chopped Pinch salt Pinch pepper Ready cooked chicken Wrap or pitta bread Tikka sauce Pinch paprika Pinch of chilli Small tub of soft cheese Wedges ( 3 x potatoes )

Method

1. Put splash of oil in a wok or frying pan, add the vegetables and gently cook until just soft. Add the cooked chicken pieces and then tikka sauce and carry on cooking until piping hot and really soft.

2. Place mixture on top of wrap and fold or slice the pitta bread and place mixture in that.

3. Cut potatoes into wedges, mix with a drizzle of oil, paprika, and chilli powder. Bake in the oven until tender to touch, just before getting out add cream cheese around the wedges and finish baking.

SONG ANALYSIS Fall Out Boy – Centuries

By Laura Sobiegraj

Student Reporter Recently a band named Fall Out Boy released a song named Centuries.

‘Some legends are told Some turn to dust or to gold’. This is Simply saying that many famous legends are remembered, but many that were famous in their time slowly started to die out and no one has learned about the specific legend. The song interprets that it’s just like what happens to people.

‘But you will remember me’.

The ‘will’ in this sentence shoes that he is determined they won’t forget him.

‘Remember me for centuries’, is referring to many famous mistakes and wars that have happened in our history of time which is now remembered and even taught in schools.

‘And just one mistake Is all it will take.

We'll go down in history’ My interpretation of this lyrics is that many people try to change the story and twist it round making it unreal and unoriginal.

‘Remember me for centuries Hey, hey, hey Remember me for centuries

Mummified my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong, The story's all off.

Heavy metal broke my heart’ Overall the song is really great and the lyrics above are just the smaller part of the song, check it out and it’s definately worth listening to.

Watch out for Laura’s next song analysis in the next ASA Today Issue 30!

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ASA SPORTS

Sitting Pretty!

Year 10 Barcelona

By Mr Ferguson

Spain 2 - 0 ASA

By Mr Pierce

Assistant Principal

The Sixth Form are sitting at the top of the South West National League after a thrilling start to the campaign with victories over Tewkesbury, Torquay Academy and Eggbuckland Community College (Plymouth) the squad travelled to Chippenham to face Abbeyfield School…………

A very wet day looked to put the dampeners on the progress made since our exit from the cup. The hosts were well organised and highly technical but seemed unable to cope with the pressure and tempo of the All Saints’ side. Time and time again the midfield quartet of Woodman, Godwin, Mitchinson and Patterson, carved holes in the opposition and created chance after chance. Our inability to capitalise on possession and take our chances looked set to cause potential problems.

With Sam Roberts making his excellent debut in goal and a tight defence limiting the opportunities of the hosts a goalless draw looked like the result, until Connor Paterson cut in from the right and blasted a clinical shot over the keeper and into the top far corner of the net from a full 25 yards out, a real worldie! The game looked set to be won by this fantastic and actually unbelievable goal until Richmond Duah latched on to a through ball and smashed in a true striker’s goal from 6 yards out, the 2-0 win reflected the effort and determination of the team – well done.

The next game saw West Somerset College travel to us. The game saw

Assistant Head of PE

The beautiful game took a turn for the worse as ASA’s Year 10 Barcelona Team could not rise to the challenges set upon them from the Spanish oppo-

two well matched teams compete strongly from the first whistle. Within seconds of kick off All Saints’ knew they were playing a well organised and talented team who deserved to be only separated at the top by goal difference. The game flowed well and was a real end to end affair with the visitors looking to hit on the counter attack and use their amazing pace to pull away. It was Richmond Duah who put All Saints’ ahead after 22 minutes with an excellent volley on the turn from the edge of

Vs Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire) Won 3-0 (Paterson, Duah, Woodman) Vs Torquay Aademy (Torquay) Won 3-0 (Mitchinson, Godwin, Babbage) Vs Eggbuckland (Plymouth) Won 3-0 (Boddy, Carbin, Fletcher) Vs Abbeyfield (Chippenham) Won 2-0 (Paterson, Duah) Vs West Somerset College Won 3-2 (Duah, Babbage, Boddy)

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WHEN & WHERE Monday and Wednesday after school 3.10 - 4.10pm Astroturf

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Year 7 & Year 8 Rugby

By Mr Pierce

Assistant Head of PE

For the next few weeks specialist rugby coaches will be offering a Tuesdays and Thursdays lunch time TAG rugby session for Year 7 and Year 8 boys and girls. It will be on the Astroturf. Students must have trainers and must eat lunch before attending.

Monday night RFU rugby coaches attending.

Results so far

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sition. The Spanish team played a very simple and effective passing game with pin point accuracy and slick movement on and off the ball. With no linesmen and a whistle happy referee ASA Year 10 struggled to focus on their own game.

As play settled Captain Dylan Fletcher lead his team in creating several chances that ASA could not capitalise on. The game finished with a disappointing result for ASA Year 10s but offered a great insight to how Span-

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the box. All Saints’ failed to build on this lead despite some great possession with Woodman, Godwin and Patterson all going close but failing to trouble the keeper, Babbage looked to have added to the tally but saw his swerving drive fly back off the post. West Somerset flew down the right wing and centred well fro the flying centre forward who slotted calmly past Carbin to equalise on the stroke of half time.

The visitors came out strong after half time and scored after only 8 minutes with a carbon copy goal of their first. The team had to adjust and up the tempo of their game as they looked to get themselves back into the match. After 20 minutes of the half gone Mr Ferguson decided enough was enough and changed the formation to 3-4-3 as All Saints’ went everything or bust! It looked set not to pay off as Nigel Chiwetu fell over the ball not once but three times and then missed from a yard! Switching Nigel to right midfield and Connor Paterson to the third striker failed to work as Conor now seemed to be jinxed as he too fell over on the greasy surface. It was a Jordan Babbage strike from a Woodman centre which drew us level after 72 minutes.

Ferguson stuck with the formation as he looked to win the game. Boddy was introduced to the game just before the Babbage equaliser and he rose salmon like 12 yards out to head in a pin point cross from Woodman with only 2 minutes left on the clock, the call was sent out to drop back into a basic 4-4-2 formation. The visitors still had time to have three strikes on goal but Carbin was more than a match for them pulling off some excellent saves throughout the game. A late corner was punched weakly by Carbin but fortunately fell to the always alert Dan Whelan who sensibly cleared the ball to safety.

A thoroughly enjoyable game which could have gone either way.

Well done to both sets of boys.

With 5 games played, 5 games left and 15 points in the bank, the team look good but need to remain focussed and determined to maintain the 100% record.

All Saints’ Armadillos hit winning run!

By Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal

The Year 11 Basketball squad travelled to face the Maidenhill Monsters and demonstrated the promise and determination they have been showing over the last three seasons.

Excellent team play and some commanding individual performances gave All Saints’ a commanding lead early on. Defensively we were rock solid with Danby and Marks both rejecting the ball with previously unseen power and aggression.

Great post play from O’Shea and Dix created opportunities for Danby and Marks to drive the basket and excellent ball work from Berisha, Lewis and Lluisima created opportunities for others. Attwood

once again worked hard and this time was rewarded with solid scoring figures.

All Saints’ never lost the lead and constantly remained in control keeping the scoreboard regularly ticking over.

The team celebrated their 48 – 36 win and looked forward to the next match.

The team were able to celebrate a well deserved win!

A second victory soon followed with a disciplined and flowing performance against the Bournside Bulldogs. Once again the team really stepped up and were positive and aggressive in their rebounding both offensively and defensively.

Marks, O’Shea and Danby returned favourable scoring rates and sensible ball work. Bournside looked to steady the ship and threatened to pull themselves back into the game at times. Fantastic screening from O’Shea allowed Lluisima to drive the basket and take the layup.

The team were once again able to celebrate a well-deserved win 36-20.