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Dates for your diary

10th

Feb End of Term 3

18th

Feb Ski Party Returns

20th

Feb Start of Term 4

22nd

Feb Ash Wednesday

28th

Feb Study Skills Evening Y11

29th

Feb Sixth Form Parents Evening

Head Boy Selected for West of England TeamBen Gompels, the Head Boy of St Bedes has been

selected to play for the South West of England under

16s Rugby team. Ben, who is the only boy from this

region on the team, plays his first game this weekend

and we wish him well.

Joe Joyce Playing Rugby for England

Joe Joyce who left St Bedes in 2010 has been selected

to play for the under 18 England Rugby Squad. Joe

who is currently studying at Filton College is an

exceptional player who brought great credit to St

Bedes in his time here. We are sure he will now dothe same in the England team.

REMINDER TO CLEVEDON PUPILS

If you are in Year 8 and above and would like to be

prepared for the sacrament of Confirmation in year 8

and above, please contact Fr Reg via the parish office.

Bin Bag Catwalk

On Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime, pupils took part

in our chaplaincy Bin Bag Catwalk. As it was poverty

and homelessness action week, the catwalk outfits

were a creative way of using rubbish, to help us think

differently about people who have nothing and have

to sleep on the streets. It was an amazing success and

lots of fun. The range of different outfits created was

incredible. Thank you to everyone who came along to

design, model and support the event and for making it

such a great success!

OFF TO A FLYING START

Since October 14 keen pupils have been putting their

aviation skills to the test. With the help of engineers from

Airbus coming into school weekly, our children built

hand-gliders and the target was to fly the glider as far as

possible with no mechanical assistance, just the power in

your arm.

The Flying Start Challenge, a competition supported by

businesses was held between other schools in the area.

We had a fantastic day at the Final this week. All planes

flew really well

and one of the

groups came

second in the

presentation part

for the gliders. All

in all, a very good

experience.

CLASS REUNION

If you were in the class of 1986 you are invited to the

reunion which is being held at St Bedes on 28th

April

2012. There will be a buffet, bar and 80s disco. For further

information please email Sheridan Newman at

sheridannewman@googlemail.com by 30th March. The

tickets are only available to pupils who attended St Bedes

between 1981-86 and the cost will be 15.00 (to cover the

cost of the disco and buffet.

Ski Party Depart for USA

This morning 52 children and 5 staff left the snow in theWest to find deeper snow in Killington USA for the annual

week long ski trip. There was huge excitement as the

coaches were loaded in the freezing cold of the morning.

Pupils will spend 5 days on the slopes and the last day in

New York before flying home next Saturday. We pray

they will have a wonderful and safe holiday.

St Bedes Catholic CollegeLong Cross, Bristol BS11 OSU

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201E-mail: stbedes@bristol.gov.uk Visit our Website:www.stbedescatholiccollege.org

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os am es ee e an you e p

Host families are urgently needed for children

affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. The

Chernobyl Childrens Life Line charity arranges for

groups of children to spend 4 weeks in this country,

away from the suffering and radioactive pollution in

Belarus. Flights, leaders/interpreters for the visit, as

well as all the organisation for their stay are all

arranged. Host families are sought who could look

after 2 children aged 10-12 for 2 or 4 weeks during

the summer. To find out more, come to one of the

meetings as listed below or call Clive Brett on 0117

932 7650 or Ann Coales on 0117 949 8496 or visit

www.ccll.org.uk/bristol Thank you.

All meetings start at 7.30 pm

Monday 13 February at Amberley Baptist Church,

Patchway BS34 6BUWednesday 15

thFebruary at The Key Centre, High

Street, Keynsham BS31 2AJ

Friday 17th

February at Emersons Green Village Hall,

Emersons Way BS16 7AP

Stages

A group of Year 9 pupils represented St Bedes on Saturday

at the Colston Hall. After practicing hard for the past few

weeks, they got the opportunity to perform in front of a

large audience. The girls loved sorting their make-up and

costumes and performed exceptionally well on the day.

Well Done Girls!

Back row: Maddie Colston, Vicky Stutt, Elsa McGwire, GabbyTanaka, Emily Phillis, Sydney Bradshaw

Front row: Beth Daniels, Lucy Parsons, Eloise Howells, Rebecca

Gormley

Pay Day Loans

I was astonished to find out the other day that some TV

publicised money lenders charge as much as 125.48

interest on 400 for 30 days. This is just a staggering rate

of interest. Below you will find details of the credit unions

in Bristol, for your information.

Bristol Credit Union: www.bristolcreditunion.org

Severn Four Credit Union:

www.severnfourcreditunion.org

E-SAFETY TIP

Keep an eye on the material your children are looking at

online, regularly check the computer history folder and

you should certainly question your child if it has been

emptied. If they know they could be checked up on at any

time, they will think more responsibly about how they use

the internet.

BRAINTEASER

Though dark, cold and black, I have billions of burning

lights. What am I?

WISE WORDS!

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard

thing makes it impossible.

George Lorimer

LAST BRAINTEASER ANSWER

3 socks

SPORT RESULTS

Girls Junior Basketball Reach County Finals

Having come 2nd

in the Bristol Finals the week before, theYear 8/9 girls basketball team went to the county finals.

In the group stages they overcame John Cabot 36-21 and

Backwell 32-13. In the final they faced Ashton Park for

the second time. With some excellent basketball played,

it came down to the last few seconds. Unfortunately, it

did not go their way and they lost 32-34. Well done girls.

Team: Natasha Nussbaum, Juliette Corr, Alice Gompels,

Caitlin Murphy, Megan Souness, Casey Dolan, Sydney

Bradshaw.

Sportshall Athletics

Year 7 boys 4th

Year 7 girls 7th

Year 8 boys COUNTY CHAMPIONS

Netball

County Finals Year 9 v Norton Hill, 6-21 loss

Year 9 v Castle 21-15 win

Football

Year 7 v Fairfield 4-1 win

Year 9 v Fairfield 1-2 loss

Year 10 v Fairfield 3-1 in

Year 10 v Redland Green 5-1 win