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Outstanding Ofsted Inspection, 2015 During January 2015, Belvedere Academy underwent an Ofsted inspection.

After a thorough two day process, the inspectors awarded Belvedere an ‘oustanding’ status in all six categories. Below are some of the highlights of the Ofsted report.

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They are extremely well prepa red for their next phase in higher education or traini ng.”

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The Belvedere Academy Mock Election 2015 Thursday May 7th 2015 is General Election Day after five years of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition.

In Belvedere we will be staging our own Mock Election in May, just before examinations begin. The Year 12 Mock Election Enrichment Group has been busy working to prepare for this event.

On Tuesday March 10th, Dr Rob Busby, Senior Lecturer in Politics from Liverpool Hope University came into school to interview our own prospective candidates for Riverside. The prospective candidates were asked about why they wished to take part and to outline the central policy

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area of the Economy, as well as Education.

The main parties in our Mock Election represent the key parties nationally: Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, The Greens, United Kingdom Independence Party and Scottish National Party.

have taken on the role in order to educate others about the political process.

Our candidates are Amy Mc Donald and Laura Jones in Year 10, Georgia Reilly, Olivia Hayes, Erin Chamberlain, and Dominique Harper in Year 12.

We decided to include the Scottish National Party from the point of view that the SNP may have a significant impact on the number of seats that Labour win in Scotland, and therefore will impact on the overall result.

On Thursday 23rd April the prospective candidates for Riverside will be visiting Belvedere to discuss their policies with our Sixth Formers, some of whom will be voting for the first time.

The girls representing the parties are not necessarily supporters but from the point of view of a democratic exercise they

Dr Rob Busby has kindly offered to chair this debate which will be held at lunchtime in the Drama Studio.

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Mock Election Debate 2015: Prospective candidates for Riverside.

UKIP CANDIDATE Joseph Chiffers

LABOUR CANDIDATE Louise Ellman

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE Jackson Ng

GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE Martin Dobson

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE Paul Childs

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Yr 7 Residential Trip to Lockerbie Manor On 9th February, Year 7 went on a three day residential trip to Lockerbie Manor, Scotland. Excitement filled the air as we arrived at school that morning. We had all been looking forward to the trip for weeks and it was finally here.

As we gathered in the sports hall shortly before departure, we anxiously waited to find out the rooming arrangements and which activity groups we were in. We didn’t need to worry, however, as we were all sharing a room with at least one friend.

The coach journey went by very quickly and we entertained ourselves by playing games and eating sweets. There were many interesting things to see on the way: at one point we passed somewhere that looked like Balamory and a bridge that looked like the one in the Harry Potter films. There was a big cheer as we arrived in Scotland.

We could see Lockerbie Manor in the distance; it was a huge building, with acres of land and a giant pond stretching out before us. We waited desperately to get off the coach. We couldn’t wait to get in to explore. We received a warm greeting from the Lockerbie staff; they helped us

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with our bags and took us straight to our neat and cosy rooms. Once inside, the Manor didn’t disappoint and we were given a quick tour of the main areas.

Noisily we headed straight to our first activity which was different for each group. We got to try a wide variety of activities over the three days including zip-wire, low ropes, rock climbing and fencing. The activities were great fun but each one was also challenging in its own way. Abseiling in particular was very daunting as you had to step off the wall backwards to start your descent; there was a great sense of achievement when you reached the bottom.

Orienteering was a particularly popular activity as it allowed us to explore the manor further and develop our team work and communication skills. During the blind-trail we had to really trust our team members to guide us through the tricky obstacles whilst blindfolded.

By the end of the trip, we had all made new friends and had challenged ourselves to try new things and overcome our fears.

Overall, it was a positive and valuable experience and one that we would

wholeheartedly recommend for future Year 7s!

Niamh McArdle and Macey Irwin, Year 7.

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The next big thing?

Budding authors express their creativity Creative Writing Enrichment is held in G80 on Wednesdays after school. The group are given a different exercise to inspire their creativity each week. Examples of our work can be found on our blog at belvederecreativewriters.blogspot.co.uk.

If you are interested in attending the Enrichment, please speak with Miss Murphy.

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Congratulations to our

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Year 7 Deputy Head Girls

Year 7 Head Girls

Year 8 Deputy Head Girls

Year 8 Head Girls

Year 9 Deputy Head Girls

Year 9 Head Girls

A Head Girl’s duty is to represent her form and to contribute ideas that may help them and other people in and around school.

They need to be someone who is confident enough to speak up and give ideas, and also represent all members of the form and their differing opinions.

Younger children often look up to the Academy Head Girl team and use them as role models. It’s important to have the right person as Head Girl.

At the start of the term, every girl from Years 7 to 12 voted in a secret ballot for a Head Girl for their form. The votes were counted up and the Head and Deputy Head Girls were chosen.

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new Head Girl teams!

Year 10 Deputy Head Girls

Year 10 Head Girls

Year 11 Deputy Head Girls

Year 11 Head Girls

Year 12 Deputy Head Girls

Year 12 Head Girls

Mr Kennedy announced the Head and Deputy Head Girls for each form during a whole Academy assembly. Each girl’s name was announced, and they were given a badge. The Head Girl’s badge is yellow and the Deputy Head Girl’s badge is green. The Academy Head Girl Team’s badges are white.

involves lots of different duties and is a highly respected position throughout the Academy.

The role of Head Girl is a very important responsibility. The job

Ellie Jones, Year 7.

Well done to all girls who were elected as Head and Deputy Head Girls!

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On 29th January, The Belvedere Academy opened its doors for the annual Sixth Form Open Evening.

The whole of the Sixth Form came together to lend a hand to ensure the Academy was ready for present and future Belvedere girls hoping to gain a place in this fantastic Sixth Form. The other members of the Head Girl Team and I welcomed all internal and external girls and handed them an application form. From here, other Sixth Formers took them on a tour of the Academy’s departments.

Many internal girls stated that they could not wait to move into the Sixth Form and from this event now know which A Level options they wish to take. External girls, along with their parents, commented on the Academy’s fantastic facilities with one parent commenting, ‘We have been to

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look around other Sixth Forms, but not one of them provides the number of facilities and the selection of subject choices this one does.’

The evening finished with a talk from the Principal Mr Kennedy, members of the Sixth Form Team and a speech from the Deputy Head Girl to ensure that girls were informed about what this Sixth Form provides for different girls with different interests and abilities.

Evening remind me just what a great Sixth Form we have here at Belvedere.

The students, as always, are the best ambassadors for the Academy and, yet again, stepped up to the mark by welcoming parents and their daughters with friendly smiles and offering to act as tour guides for the evening.

Mr. Jamieson, Assistant Principal and Director of Sixth Form, was also quick to reflect on the successful evening.

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank all of the students who helped out at the Open Evening and also all of those Year 11 girls who attended with their parents. Belvedere Sixth Form is again proving to be a popular choice for students in 2015 and it is no surprise given the ethos that has been established throughout through the hard work of both the students and the staff.’

‘Events such as our Sixth Form Open

Alex Jones, Deputy Head Girl.

It was a very busy and successful night and it looks like there is going to be a full and exciting Sixth Form next year.

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Awarded OUTSTANDING in all six Ofsted categories, January 2015.

The Belvedere Academy Year 7 Open Evening Thursday, 25th June 2015, 4.00pm – 7.00pm The Belvedere Academy, 17 Belvidere Road, Princes Park, Liverpool L8 3TF. www.belvedereacademy.net 0151 727 1284

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Anticipation grew as the classical music rang out from the speakers around the darkened gym and drama studio.

Three hundred members of the audience were eagerly awaiting Belvedere Academy’s Awakening.

With their usual precision and finesse, led

by Mr Deakin, the choir, chamber choir and orchestra filed in followed by Mr O’Keeffe.

Over one hundred and twenty students, joined by the Belvedere Preparatory School, took part in the Spring Music Concert.

Whetting the audience’s appetite even further, Mr Lamb produced a Hollywood style movie trailer, displaying moody musicians, sullen soloists and intimidating conductors. If the standard of the trailer was anything to go by, this was going to be good!

First up was the massive show opener, Gary Barlow’s Sing and the girls did not disappoint.

It was quite a squash to fit all of the chamber choir, choir, orchestra and even the Prep School’s chamber

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choir onto the stage but they managed it and got the concert off to a lively start.

Newly crowned Wirral Music Festival champions, the chamber choir simply delighted us. It is hard to believe that they are a school choir with some singers as young as eleven years old.

Under the direction of Mr O’Keeffe, one minute they had the audience in awe at their dulcet tones and the next the audience were tapping their feet and clapping their hands along with the gospel style Hail Holy Queen.

Accompanying every performance was the orchestra which has doubled in size since last September. The newly formed chamber orchestra, conducted by Mr Deakin, played a number of pieces that showcased the immense talent of the musicians.

Not only did the Belvlings have the cute factor but they can sing too and this was shown in Real Love and the fun When I

Grow Up from Matilda. This is only their second performance as a choir and already they are confident performers and crowd pleasers.

For those animal lovers, there was also Duetto buffo di due gatti (humorous duet for two cats) and it’s hard to imagine that a song that contains only one word, ‘miau’ (meow) could be so entertaining but Darci Shaw and Olivia Reynolds brought laughter to the audience.

Unfazed by the large audience, the Belvedere Preparatory chamber choir took to the stage and sang with gusto.

Alex Jones performed a wonderful rendition of Popular from the hit musical Wicked whilst Georgia MaestriBanks sang a haunting version of Ella Henderson’s Yours.

As Mr Hill lifted the lights, there were shouts of ‘Encore!’ and we were treated once more to the Lion King classic Circle of Life.

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H A R RY P O T T E R B O O K N I G H T On Thursday, 5th February, in libraries and book shops up and down the country, fans of JK Rowling celebrated the first ever Harry Potter Book Night.

Belvedere hosted its own party in the library at lunch time. The shelves were festooned with decorations – golden snitches, floating candles, owl balloons – and each corner of the room was dressed up to represent the Hogwarts houses - Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. Girls who attended first enjoyed a butterbeer and chocolate frog

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before being sorted by the Sorting Hat. Then there were games to be played which tested their knowledge of all things magical and allowed them to pick up points for their house.

The party concluded with a Harry Potter trivia quiz. The house points were totted up and Gryffindor declared the winners of the house cup!

A great time was had by everyone and Harry Potter Book Night will definitely be back next year.

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Belvedere Academy ICT and Computing pupils are tech champions In February, eight pupils from across Key Stage 3 and 4 travelled to London to take part in the first Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) Digital Leaders’ Conference.

The event, attended by nearly 200 girls from schools across the GDST network, involved teams competing to develop an idea for a new digital technology product or service.

Our eight students, along with Miss Foster and Miss Cosgrove, had to come up with a digital technology that could be marketed to industry experts. The idea behind Team Belvedere’s mobile app centred around saving the NHS money. It involved sending messages to patients reminding them to take their medication; aptly named ‘Forget Me Not’ after the Academy’s logo.

Supported by industry mentors from companies including Accenture, Atos, BT, Discovery Education and Morgan Stanley, each team produced a webpage, drafted a financial plan and delivered an elevator pitch to promote their idea.

Also speaking at the event was Ian Livingstone CBE, co-founder of Games Workshop and co-creator of the Fighting

Fantasy gamebook series. When Executive Chairman of Eidos, he also launched global video games franchises including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and is now the government’s digital skills champion.

Miss Foster hopes that the event will inspire a lifelong passion for technology.

She said, “Software development starts in the classroom with an idea, and ideas spiral into business ventures. The global opportunities for women in Computing are endless and Miss Cosgrove and I were very impressed with our girls and enjoyed looking at the other teams’ ideas as well.

A fantastic day was had by all. Our girls felt inspired as they consider their future career paths.”

event I had always wanted to do games programming which is why it is great I take GCSE Computing, but now I want to think of a career in Robotics too.”

Beth Roberts Y10 summarises her feelings on the day. “For me, the highlight of the trip had to be the ‘fun stuff’ section that we were given the chance to visit- not only was it great fun to try out some of the virtual reality equipment, but it was brilliant to see how a small robot could be controlled by a smartphone device. Admittedly, we spent a lot of time attempting to get it to jump onto surfaces of varying heights.

The girls have been treated to a video created by Miss Foster of the day’s events which began at Liverpool Lime Street Station at 06:45am.

Learning about how advertisers use computer technology to make their businesses stand out was quite eyeopening as to how much effort can go into an advertisement and how much is considered.

The girls have described it as, “Amazing.

It was a great opportunity to work with girls from other year groups and represent Belvedere as best we could. We all loved creating the app idea and were proud of what we produced in the short time.”

Nicole Sullivan Y10 said, “Before the

The talks we attended on universities that host Computing courses were an encouragement to continue Computer Sciences to a higher level and I believe anybody who is interested in Computing or even other entrepreneurial vocations would find it to be interesting.”

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Gifted and Talented Student Conference On Friday 6th March, The Belvedere Academy was delighted to host the annual North West Gifted and Talented Student Conference.

Nearly 200 students from fifteen different secondary schools across the area attended the event and were treated to a wide array of different lectures on topics such as, ‘Do you believe that statues can move?’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence.’

The guest speakers included Dr. Julie Arliss, a senior lecturer at Kings College, London and Professor Tom Greggs from The University of Aberdeen. Tom is the youngest professor in the country and to attract someone of his calibre was a real coup for the Academy.

During the morning, there was a debate on whether personal preference should form the basis of morality and it was pleasing to see students from Belvedere actively participating in the question and answer session afterwards with some articulate and germane comments.

The final lecture of the day involved the teaching of Quantum Physics using an electric guitar which, baffling as it may

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have appeared, actually was a thoroughly interesting and slightly humorous way to end the conference. The feedback from the 30 or so Belvedere students who attended was extremely positive.

One such comment from Ellen Ganley in Year 11 was, ‘When we attended the Gifted and Talented conference we all found it highly beneficial. As it was based around the Sciences it helped within our subjects.

However, it went into more depth than we would usually go into within lessons.

It was also a good chance to mix with other schools and find out their views on subjects similar to ours. By giving us these understandings, it could help in the future with a variety of options we have, such as A-levels and universities as we also had a lecture on an Oxbridge question: ‘Do you believe statues can move, and how do you justify this belief?’ Overall, we found the day really useful.”

It is testament to Belvedere’s national reputation that we were chosen to host the conference and all left feeling suitably enriched by what they had learnt.

Mr. Jamieson, Assistant Principal

we all found it highly beneficial.

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Author of the bestselling ‘Geek Girl’ series, Holly Smale, visited Belvedere this half term to talk about her books with Years 7 and 8.

Holly was very funny and entertaining, making everyone laugh with her stories about how geeky she was a child and teenager. But there was a serious side to her talk as well as she shared how bullies made her life miserable at school.

Despite being teased and called ugly she was scouted by a model agency when she was fifteen and modelled for the next two years – something she tried, and failed, to keep secret. She told the girls how she hoped modelling would turn her into a ‘proper girl’ – one who could be normal, pretty and fit in - and how it didn’t work out like that all.

Her bullies were as mean as ever and she remained the same person she was before – geeky!

Holly gave up modelling, went to university, worked other jobs and travelled for several years before writing what would become Geek Girl – a modern fairy tale, inspired by her experiences. Unlike other fairy tales, which she has a problem with due to them having passive female characters who sit around waiting to be rescued, her books star a girl who is the one having all the adventures.

The girls had lots of questions for Holly, with the most unusual (would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100

duck-sized horses?) winning a pair of Geek Girl pink sparkly glasses. Holly was asked how she managed to progress from shy child to someone who had the confidence to speak on stage in front of a large audience. She said that self-belief comes with time, practice and believing that what you are is good enough.

Her four books were on sale and over 100 girls bought one and had it signed by Holly at the end of what was a very inspiring morning.

‘She is really nice and has a great personality. I really liked how she made her life into a book but changed it. I will really like reading her books.’

Yvonne Speed, 8OM ‘She had a bubbly personality. She was really nice and I will enjoy reading her books.’ Laura Attick, 7P ‘She was inspiring and made us want to read more.’ Megan Little, 7P Miss L. Murphy, Librarian

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Mrs Garlick arranged for Rosie Renal-Wells, a former LIPA student, to come into school and teach us how to paint faces for Dia de los Muertos, commonly known as the Day of the Dead. We are studying this for our Year 9 Art project.

vibrant and exciting, illuminating the faces of the students who chose to have their faces painted. It was also great fun practising all the techniques Rosie showed us. Mrs Garlick took photos of us at each stage and then of us all together.

During the session, Rosie gave us a sheet with various patterns we could copy or use for inspiration.

She started by talking about our Art project and then Rosie demonstrated how to paint a face. She showed us each stage to go through and gave us tips on which colours worked best together. Rosie then encouraged us to have a go painting each other’s faces. We loved having our faces painted; it was very relaxing and they looked amazing! The colours were

At the end of the session we went to show our painted faces to Mr Kennedy and Mrs Jones. They thought we looked amazing too! They were really impressed by the quality of the face painting we had learnt.

We all had a brilliant time and really enjoyed ourselves, we wish we could do it again!

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Sociology visit to watch ‘Selma’ On Tuesday 10th February, a group of Year 12 and Year 13 Sociology students went to the cinema in Liverpool One to watch the recently released film ‘Selma’.

A major topic of study in Sociology is the Sociology of Religion; we learn about the role of religion in society and explore ways in which religion can act as a conservative force or a force for social change.

Religion is often linked to conflict but can also facilitate positive social change.

Selma told the story of Dr Martin Luther King Jr and the struggle for equality for black people in America during the 1950s and 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr was an inspirational leader and campaigner for civil rights in America.

He supported the Civil Rights Movement in many ways, such as holding meetings in churches, planning peaceful protests and restoring faith when morale was low.

Martin Luther King Jr was not just an inspirational leader and campaigner for

civil rights but he was also a sociologist. He spoke out against discrimination, injustice and inequality. He was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39.

The trip was both educational and fun and everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Thank you to Ms Cavanagh and Miss Sagar for organising the trip and giving us the opportunity to extend our sociological knowledge.

Elle Hill, Year 13.

Another busy term for the Drama Department!

Oliver!

Oliver! rehearsals are well underway and the work the girls are creating is very impressive.

A student production team of almost 50 are working tirelessly on the acting, dancing, and music as well as the technical requirements for the show. We are already confident that this will be the best production Belvedere has ever done!

Staff and students from other departments have already started getting involved with Mrs Calderbank and her students working hard creating costumes. It’s this whole school effort that makes these productions such a success.

GCSE Drama This term the GCSE Drama students put on a performance for their friends and parents based on the idea of ‘The Last

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Resort’ where a mix of young and old, rich and poor all enjoy a sunny day at a seaside resort. Through twists and turns the day doesn’t turn out so well for some of the characters. The 40 strong cast performed to an audience of over 90 who laughed from start to finish.

The Drama Department are extremely proud of the performance that the two amalgamated classes put together in just a few weeks.

GSCE Performing Arts Performing Arts have devised their own performance in answer to their second brief – A Celebration of Performing Arts in Education.

They wanted to create a performance in answer to the recent governmental decision to omit Performing Arts as a GCSE as of next year – something they

of course felt very passionately about.

They decided to take the story line of ‘A Christmas Carol’, and insert political figures such as Michael Gove and David Laws whilst taking a satirical view on Gove’s upbringing to explore his dislike of the multi-disciplinary Arts GCSE, the current state of Performing Arts in Education and looking into a dystopian future without the subject.

This, being a Performing Arts production, also included songs and influences from ‘Billy Elliot’, ‘Matilda the Musical’, and ‘We Will Rock You’ as well as live music and dance.

Twitter Want to know more and keep up to date with Drama’s successes and events? Feel free to follow @BelvedereDrama where you will find regular updates about our department and students.

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Belvedere students celebrate World book Day in style.

World Book Day is a national event celebrated in schools and libraries across the country; on Thursday 5th March, Belvedere was no exception.

This year we took inspiration from popular vlogger Zoella, whose YouTube videos are watched by millions.

The internet teen sensation posts on many topics, including her own novel and love of reading.

Mrs Leyland, Literacy Co-ordinator, made a film of staff talking about their favourite books with the English teachers deliberately not giving the names of their books away. A competition was held to correctly identify the books and Ellie Rogers (8M) was the winner.

reviews. Many pupils took part, taking turns to sit on the couch, talk about books and drink pink lemonade.

Around school, teachers participated in spontaneous reading events throughout the day. Regardless of age or interest, everyone joined together to share a love of reading and celebrate World Book Day. Staff and students alike, were able to enjoy a story during their lessons and for some, this provoked some interesting discussions.

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Using Zoella as inspiration, the girls were invited to come to the library at lunch time to film their own

The Readathon, which is our annual sponsored read, came to an end, raising money for charity and earning free books for the library. And at break time, hundreds of excited pupils exchanged their ÂŁ1 World Book Day token for a free book.

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Netball League and City Champions!

Every year netball teams from across Liverpool compete against each other in a highly anticipated and competitive City Tournament.

Each age group can see up to 20 teams all fighting for the title. So far Belvedere has seen great success with the Senior, Year 10, Year 9 and Year 7 Netball teams being crowned City Champions.

The Senior and Year 9 teams have also been crowned Liverpool League Netball Champions which is a fantastic accomplishment. A special mention goes to the Year 9 team who have won every netball game they have played since Year 7 which is an outstanding achievement.

superb netball and great teamwork and etiquette throughout all games. They have been a real credit to The Belvedere Academy and should be very proud of their excellent achievements.

The girls have been committed to practices since September and have demonstrated

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Well done girls!

The Senior Team: Ellie Wilson, Issra Bulgasim, Samira Abdo, Nasra Guield, Rhiannon Capel-Moodley, Eleanor Walker, Sophie Williams, Eloise Morris and Holly Furlong.

Year 10 Team: Phoebe Rhodes, Katie Russell, Jasmin Mooney, Martha Potter, Tia Morris, Lia Sung, Louise McDonald, Ebony Judge, Samantha Greggory, Olivia Johnson and Rebecca Prayle.

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Follow The Belvedere Academy PE twitter page (@BelvePE) we will continue to update our teams results and successes.

YEAR 9 TEAM Year 9 Team: Anisha Singh, Grace Murphy, Lauren Evans, Hannah Yates, Amelia CorrieFairhurst, Alex McCaldon, Claudia Wong, Jessica Wood.

Year 7 Team: Amy Thurgood, Sara Ahmed, Amaka Eltringham Onuora, Amaia Hemmings, Abbi Spicer, Hannah Hagan, Olivia Isama, Caitlin Christie, Rahaf AlShibani, Amera EL-Beshri.

Follow The Belvedere Academy PE Twitter page (@BelvePE). We will continue to update our teams’ results and successes.

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