PSHCE
Events
Details about World
Mental Health Day and World
Aids Day can be found here on the website, together with the
Newsletter archive and Daily
Bulletin.
Special mention should be made of the efforts of Year 9 students
Sam Cunningham, Mukesh Samplay, Navdeep Khaira and Ashley Parker
who contributed to a display for Worlds Aids Day, and sold red ribbons
as a symbol of support as part of the campaign to raise awareness.
£40 was raised for the National Aids Trust.
Joanna McKay 9S and Sonia Sanghar 9M have been selected as the new
school representatives for the city-wide 'Youth on Health' project.
We look forward to receiving their feedback.
Doing Well
The Toy Appeal for Radio Aire: A helicopter arrived on Friday lunchtime
to collect all the toys and games. Thank you to all contributors.
"Stars in Their Eyes". Mrs Graydon persuaded staff to
'strut their stuff' as The Beatles, Oasis, the cast of Grease and
others in order to raise money for Children In Need. Well done to
all those brave staff!
Ms Cowan
PASTORAL MATTERS
YEAR 8 RESIDENTIALS
As usual, pupils in Year 8 will experience a short Residential in
July. Deposits have now been paid and plans are well on the way
as to destinations and staffing. All pupils will receive more information
in the next few months as to where they will be going and with whom.
Ms Nicholas
WORK EXPERIENCE
Many Year 10 students have tried hard to find their own placements,
although this gets harder each year as more and more employers
are finding the Health & Safety and Insurance requirements
an insurmountable hurdle. After Christmas, students who have not
found their own placement will be allocated one from the database,
overseen by Mrs Bentley. Allocation will be made on the basis
of information supplied to Mrs Bentley on forms issued to students
in Sept/Oct. Hopefully, this will mean all students will end up
on a placement that is suitable for them. All placements have
to be in place by March 2006 in order to leave sufficient time
for any Health and Safety checks to be completed.
Mr McCutcheon
NAME IT…….. Claim it
Every week we collect a wide range of lost property, much of which
cannot be returned as items are unnamed. Please ensure that all
items of clothing carry your child's name, as very little is actually
reclaimed. Unfortunately every year we have to dispose of sacks
full of clothing, which in total must have cost you, as parents,
thousands of pounds.
HOLIDAYS
Please try to avoid booking holidays in school time. Research
continually indicates the detrimental effect an extended absence
has on your child's learning and progress in school. In Year 10
and 11 when students are studying towards vital GCSE examinations
it is absolutely imperative that all absence should be avoided
Mr Hardaker
STUDENT SUCCESSES
We are having lots of success with our Student
Of The Month scheme. The December winners are:- Lisa McKenzie
10Be, Lucy Maude 8L, Kim Burrow 9M, Ryan Richardson 7J, Roisin
Corey-Jones 9S, Tom Banford 8L Jacob Chouai 7Gi, Alicia Gooden
8G, Daniel Cannan 9Gr, Elizabeth Armstrong 7Wa.
Ms Nicholas
ANTI-BULLYING WEEK
During November we celebrated Anti-Bullying
Week. Our aim was to make all pupils aware of issues
regarding bullying including:
- Consequences of bullying (to both the bully and the victim)
- What to do if you are bullied
- Effects of bullying
Pupils were involved in the week in a number of ways and were
asked to support the Anti-bullying message by wearing a blue wristband;
this was allocated on request so that the wearer showed some commitment
to the cause. Pupils in Year 7 were asked to complete a questionnaire
about their experiences of bullying (if any) and these along with
those completed previously by other year groups will help to formulate
our Bullying Policy.
In addition, assemblies targeted Bullying Issues and posters were
displayed in classrooms to use as discussion tools and the Open
Learning Centre had visitors to further explore the theme:
- Youth workers provided games and activities to promote Anti-Bullying
- Lynn Kitchman, Police Youth Liaison Officer listened to any
concerns students may have had submitted through a temporary
Post Box.
Ms Nicholas / Ms Cowan
POEMS ABOUT RACISM & BULLYING WRITTEN
FOR PSHCE
Tell Me Why You Bully Me
Why do you bully me?
It isn't good
I feel lonely
You wouldn't like to be where I'm stood.
Why do you bully me?
I am emotionally scarred
I feel sad
Only because you want to look hard.
Why do you bully me?
Now I don't want to go to school
Nervous and defenceless
From where I'm stood it doesn't look cool.
Why do you bully me?
I feel hurt inside
Sobbing into my pillow
If you knew how I feel you'd have cried.
Why do you bully me?
Now I'm seething
Anger boiling inside me
I can't stop heavily breathing.
Why do you bully me?
It's driving me to the edge
Give me an explanation
To stop it you must pledge …….
By Ranbir Singh 7S
The Colour Of My Skin
You lot walking in gangs cracking your hands
Think you're not racist by wearing those bands?
Looking out of my window, reminiscing when you put me in the bin
Just because you bully me, cos of the colour of me skin
I sometimes sit on my bed and cry
Because I'm as black as the night sky
I'm suffering and falling
Just because you want to give me a good mauling
I'm always going to lose
Because of your racist views
I see racist groups like the
Klu Klux Klan
And then I know you're a fan
You see racist attacks
Like the one with the axe
Horrific murders I see on the news
Just because the skin is different than your crew's
I'll try and keep strong
But I'm wishing the day isn't as long
Because I have a different skin colour from you
By Ranbir Singh 7S
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