Year 10 Fundraising Year 10 launched their fundraising for Charity Zoe's Place about three weeks ago, so far the boys have been collecting in form period, but are also thinking of ideas how to go beyond this. Mr Farrington is hoping to take a group to visit very soon so that they can report back to the year group. Ms Cain.
Y9 Badminton Chris Evans, Connor Bowan, and Owen Sharp recently represented the school in the Liverpool South Sports Partnership Badminton Competition at Greenbank Sports Centre. The tournament was played in great spirit yet fiercely contested by each school involved, which made for excellent entertainment. As each game went by Chris, Connor and Owen produced a growing level of quality and performance. Considering this was the first time any of them had played badminton in a competitive situation the team work, effort and skill shown by the boys in a new sport was beyond expectation. As a result of the tournament, a partnership has been established with Woolton High School. This will enable our boys to use their fantastic new sports hall to train. We now all look forward to the next tournament and hope it can be as enjoyable and competitive as the first. Mr Murphy
The New IT Diploma The new IT Diploma began in September 2009 and is being delivered in a brand new purpose built classroom in the Sunflower Centre in Woolton Village. This qualification is delivered as part of collaboration with other South Liverpool schools and currently provides for both SFX and Gateacre students. So far, the pupils have been learning about the potential of technology and have been exploring organisations. This course is related to real-life businesses and pupils recently visited Bibby Distribution to find out all about the technology they use as an organisation and to have lunch with some members of the management team. Another visit took place in December and the students visited the QVC call centre in Knowsley to see how this large company operates and how technology features in the different areas of the business.
A Diploma student, Michael Manville says: “This course has been great so far and is in a pleasant learning environment. The trip to Bibby Distribution was very useful and relevant to the course and we were given some free gifts as well!” Mrs Holmes
Bronze Award Year 11
Heartstart
Congratulations to six Year 11 pupils who have achieved their ASDAN Bronze Award this term, moderators were extremely impressed with the quality of their folders.
Heartstart UK is an initiative coordinated by the British Heart Foundation to teach members of the public what to do in a life-threatening emergency: simple skills that can save lives.
Mark Deveraux Ian Brumskill Nicholas Hadley Nicolas McDonald Jordan Fearns Rian Patino
It provides opportunities for people to learn the vital skills of Emergency Life Support. Through Heartstart UK the BHF aims to strengthen the chain of survival by promoting and supporting ELS training in the community.
Athletics Results
The benefit of CPR performed by a bystander in an out-ofhospital cardiac arrest is significant.
Congratulations to Owen Sharp - Year 9 on his results over the summer term in the 1500m:
The most important factor determining survival after a cardiac arrest is the time from collapse of the casualty to defibrillation performing CPR buys time and more than doubles the chances of survival.
South District Meeting – 3rd place (5minutes 3 seconds). Liverpool City Individual Championships – 2nd place (4 minutes 58 seconds). Merseyside Catholic Schools (Division 1 Meeting) – 2nd place (5 minutes 1 second).
Congratulations to the following Year 10 students who have completed the British Heart Foundations Heartstart award: James Burrows Levi Dowridge Lewis Fay Stuart I’Anson Matthew Kirby Michael Leamey Gary Mills
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