St. George's Bugle Vol 5

ST. GEORGE'S BUGLE IT'SINOURDNA

IN THIS ISSUE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MR BRIERLEY

ST GEORGE AN INTERVIEW WITH MRS WISEMAN

CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III

PARENTS EVENING

BOOK REVIEW OF MAZE RUNNER

BOOK REVIEW OF RUBY REDFORT BLINK AND YOU DIE

SPORTS ROUND UP

YOU SAID WE DID

St George is well known for slaying a Dragon and is the patron saint of England, the idea of a soldier battling a dragon remains a metaphor in Christian tradition for a powerful evocative symbol of faith. George offered to slay a dragon in a village as long as the fifteen thousand men there converted to Christianity. Our academy is named after the patron saint. It is interesting to note that Saint George was born in Turkey, had Greek heritage, had a Palestinian mother, was a soldier in the Roman army and is also the patron saint of Ethiopia, Palestine, England, Beirut and Georgia.

An Interview with Mr Brierley

Q. Did you always want to become a teacher? If not, what other career would you pursue?

A. Initially, I wanted to join the forces and become a police officer. I couldn't join until I was a specific age so I went to University and then joined the Lancaster Police.

Q. How long have you been a teacher for?

A. I have been a teacher for 24 years, since 1999.

Q. Was history always your favourite subject at school?

A. History was always my favourite subject, yes.

Q. What is your favourite part of the history curriculum?

A. This is a hard decision but I think that my favourite part of the curriculum is the Elizabethan era.

Q. What was St George’s like when you first joined and how has it changed?

A. I used to teach in a different classroom when I first started and the behaviour of the pupils wasn't as good, the standards were not as high as they are now.

Q. Do you have any advice for the GCSE students?

A. Most importantly, revising but also believing in yourself can help to achieve higher grades.

Q. Do you have any hobbies outside of school?

A. One of my hobbies is swimming competitively.

An Interview with Mrs Wiseman

Q. Why did you decide to become a teacher?

A. I decided to become a teacher as when I was younger I liked to play and imagine I was a teacher in a school. Also I decided to be a teacher, as in 1986, being a teacher was a highly respected career and I was and am proud to say I am a teacher.

Q. What was St Georges like when you first started? And how has it changed?

A. When I first started at St George’s it was very different, nothing like how it is now . There was only one computer in the school; we had chalk boards instead of interactive boards and also desks that had lids which pupils could store their work in. As well as this, half of the school building was not yet built and the amount of staff was much smaller.

Q. How long have you been a teacher?

A. I have been teaching for 37 years but have been at St Georges for 31 years While I have been here I have worked for 6 different head teachers.

Q. What is your favourite part about being a teacher?

A. My favourite part of being a teacher is to express my knowledge of business to the future generation and to also teach my students about life skills which they will need in their adult lives. Also another favourite part of being a teacher is to go out on school trips such as when I took a group of students down to London for a business trip.

Q. What would you have done if you were not a teacher? When I was younger I wanted to be a hairdresser as one of my aunties was one and I wanted to be like her. Although as I got older I either wanted to work in a bank or or to be a secretary in a corporate company.

Coronation by Eddie Hogg and Ruby Tobin

The Coronation took place on the 6th of May, Saturday, 2023 and will be considered memorable in British history. Our previous monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, was the longest to reign over the country, and was also the mother of our new king, King Charles III, who became the Prince of Wales at nine years old. This is the first coronation to occur after 70 years, which is a magnificent achievement.

During the coronation, the holy water that King Charles III will be blessed with was imported from Greece. This is because his father, Prince Phillip, was Greek himself Now that he has been crowned as king, the new heir to the throne is Prince William, as he is Charles’ eldest son. The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey in London, conducted by the archbishop of Canterbury and will be rooted with traditions and pageantry.

Interestingly, the anointing of a monarch is featured within our literature, Macbeth, which we study for our GCSEs The Divine Right of Kings, which means that monarchs were selected by God and were his representatives for Earth, is a theme within the play and King Duncan is described as an anointed temple, but the divine right of kings could also be attributed to The Coronation. As a Christian country, some individuals often believe in the divine appointment of kings, and The Coronation can fit into that

As a Church of England school, we are pleased to reflect on King Charles III and his current role, along with considering what the future may hold. We should look at the new king as a role model, doing much to contribute towards Britain as a whole, one of these examples being that he has founded nearly 20 charities. We should all aspire to obtain the qualities of an individual like him, and take pride in being under his rule. We look towards a bright future with King Charles III as our king.

Q. Do you have any advice for our year 10 and 11 pupils who will be sitting their exams in the upcoming weeks? Do everything your teacher tells you to d especially the things that you know are you piece of advice for the pupils is to try not to is much easier said than done but you jus especially for the build up to the exam.

St George’s Parents’ Evening information 2023

Recently, St George’s announced that they would be doing Parents’ Evening in person This is the first time we have had Parents’ Evening in person since Covid-19. In the past years, we have been using Zoom for meetings online due to the events of 2020. This meant that parents could only talk to teachers for 3 minutes. The Year 10 and 11 parents’ evenings were held online earlier this year, now the KS3 parents’ evenings are coming up! As a part of 'You said, We did', You asked for more face to face interactions, so we arranged for Year 7, 8 and 9 to have in-person meeting Dates .

DATES

YEAR 7 - 11TH OF MAY 2023.

YEAR 8 - 4TH OF MAY 2023

YEAR 9 - 13TH OF JULY 2023.

Book Review: Maze runner

The Maze Runner is a book written by James Dashner and it is based on a group of teenagers called ‘Gladers’ who have to learn how to survive with no knowledge of the outside world. However, little do they know that they are much worse things that are hiding behind the walls of the glade. The question they all wonder is who will make it out alive?

I think that this is a great book series as it shows us how a group of people come together when they are faced with death. It also intertwines a love story between two of the main protagonists and

how the issue that they face comes in the way of this.

I would recommend this book for people aged 12 and over and this is because it can be quite violent in some of the things that happen however, it is not violent enough to put them off the story and the story that runs throughout.

Overall, I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars because it is quite fast paced and has many different stories in it that are fun to follow

Ruby Redfort Blink and you diebook review:

The final instalment in the Ruby Redfort series is a daring adventure and it tells us the story of her going on the most dangerous mission yet as she faces all of her enemies at once. The biggest enemy of all, could be staring her right in the face. Apart from it being a daring novel, it also shows us a true story of the lengths that friends would be willing to go to to defend each other.

I would recommend this book to anyone 11 and over and although it could be read by people who are younger, you are more likely to appreciate the story and understand it better if they are a little bit older. I think that this is an appropriate age also because there is a little bit of violence in them and if you were a bit younger, it may scare them a bit.

Overall, I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars and this is because I think that it is a great adventure story that is a great ending to a wonderful series.

SPORTS ROUND UP

Congratulations to the St George's Year 8 football team on an incredible victory over Darwen Vale High Schoo, Blackburn in the quarterfinals of the Lancashire Schools Folsom Trophy competition! Despite being 3-1 down with 2 minutes to go, we scored the equaliser with the last touch of the ball! We knew we were the better team, and we eventually proved it on the pitch by winning 5-3 in extra time! Onto the semifinals!

CHESS SUCCESS! We are delighted to report another fantatstic success for our Chess Champions! Team SG were competing against AKS Independent School and won with an amazing score of 15.5 points to 1.5 points. To say they are pleased is an understatment! We'd like to thank AKS for hosting this event and our thanks also go to Mr Gohil for organising this as well as Mr Nield who also accompanied the children to this competition Our team members are as follows: Ben Fishwick CAPT

Vincent John

Kyle Raine Atkinson

Gavin Tsang

Kinura Jayokody

Sam Stacey

George Dawson

Daisy Fox

Et Tu, Brute?

Our epic night out at the theatre to watch the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar!

We were delighted to take almost 70 year 7 and year 8 pupils to The Grand Theatre in Blackpool last week to watch the outstanding performance of Julius Caesar by The RSC (The Royal Shakespeare Company). The pupils found the contemporary performance ‘electrifying,’ ‘fantastic,’ and ‘awesome!’

Ms. Shahsvar, who organised this educational trip said, ‘It was a really great opportunity to watch Julius Caesar as the Year 7 pupils will be reading this in class after half term. Our Year 8 pupils will have a good understanding of the play as they read it last year, so everybody would have really benefited from this visit.’

Mrs Tingey, who was also there, shared some wonderful comments from other theatre-goers about the St. George’s pupils. Several people approached her and other members of the English department during the interval to remark on the exceptional behaviour and manners of the pupils. Even the theatre staff remarked on how exemplary they all were. Well done to everybody who attended. You were an absolute credit to St. George’s.

Thanks to Ms Shahsvar for organising the trip. Also, thank you to Mrs Tingey, Miss Hines, Miss Lowe, Miss Frain and Mrs Colson for supporting the visit. We’d also like to thank our wonderful, supportive parents who dropped their children off and collected them extremely promptly.

YOU SAID, WE DID.

YOU WANTED MORE EVENTS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY WE DID.

YOU WANTED US TO HAVE A PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE DID.

YOU WANTED US TO BE MORE SOCIAL TOWARDS STUDENTS DURING TRANSITION. WE DID.

YOU WANTED MORE COMPETITIONS IN SCHOOL TO PRESENT YOUR TALENT. WE DID.

YOU WANTED A MORE ORGANISED LUNCH TIME SEATING PLAN WE DID.

What Does Humility Mean to us?

Theme: Humility.

The definition of humility is the quality of being humble and also being able to recognise mistakes.

Humility is the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance and acknowledging that there is still more to learn. It involves accepting advice and being able to see mistakes and act upon him. To Christians, humility is being humble and modest. In the Bible, from Ephesians ‘be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love’ demonstrates qualities that a good christian should possess.

As one of the values in our school, we appreciate that feeling humility is part of what helps a person grow as an individual so the academy tries to help our pupils to find the best versions of themselves. We also help our pupils recognise that it is important to celebrate their achievements and we do this through our character point system which encourages us to get as many character points and golden tickets as possible.