ID Cards If you haven’t got your college ID card yet please collect it from the Help Desk as soon as possible. Free Meal Entitlement If you have handed in the Finance Forms and are unsure whether you qualify for a meal in college please call at the Help Desk and Gill will be able to confirm your entitlement. USING ID CARDS TO MAKE PAYMENTS There is now the facility to pre-load your ID card with cash at the Help Desk or to check the balance on your card. It may then be used to purchase items in the canteen or make payments at the help desk. Staff will be available at the Help Desk before lessons, during breaks and lunch times receive top-ups and assist with queries. Staff/Students I have been approached by a local company, Hart Biologicals in Hartlepool, who are seeking our help. Hart Biological is a small company, but they are world leaders in their field. They are engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of "invitro" diagnostic products for use in the detection, prevention, and monitoring of a number of medical conditions related to haemostasis and platelet function. In other words, their work is vital to the control of haemophilia, a condition that prevents blood from clotting. However, every day, patients need blood transfusions, and clotting agents to help with the healing process following operations or accident trauma. These products are needed, for example, to help wounded soldiers injured in battlefield surgeries. Hart Biological need blood to continue their important research. They are asking if staff and students will volunteer to give blood for this purpose. It will be taken by qualified nurses and in small quantities only 90ml – they do not take as much blood as the transfusion service, for example. In order to volunteer, you must be 17 or older and there is a permission form which will need to be completed. If you are interested in participating in this scheme, please let me know and I will be in touch with further details. Best wishes Rick We will need as many cakes as possible all donations are welcome either homemade or store bought cakes. We are going to need your help to make the Macmillan coffee a success if you are willing to help with the Macmillan coffee morning then go see Jenny Wakefield in room 108. The Lessons from Auschwitz Project I AM STILL WAITING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROJECT PLEASE GET YOUR APPLICATIONS TO JENNY WAKEFIELD BY 12TH SEPTEMBER. How to apply for this opportunity.   There are only 2 places at this time. We did get an additional 2 places last year. There may or may not be a member of staff with you. You need to write an explanation of why you want this opportunity.      Approximately one side of A4 Good presentation is required Be persuasive. I want to see that you really want this. The deadline is Friday 12th September 2014. 4.10pm. Could the following student council members please attend a meeting with Rick at 1pm on Friday in room 111 AS President Bethany Robson KR A2 President Edward Wilkinson CSM AS Secretary Sharon Saji JB A2 Secretary Laura Jones GB AS Treasurer Katelyn Frost CK A2 Treasurer Liam Yates MF Enrichment Officer Emily Longster LY Next Student Council Meetings: A2 – Thursday 25th September AS – Tuesday 30th September Could the following students please call to reception to see Anne Aimee Stobbs –HP Alec Lightfoot – JB Amy Dawes –TC Amy Kane – LY Ashleigh Ferguson - SAW Ashley Taylor – SAW Bradley Jones – CK Connor Mendum – PP Danny Blackburn – GW Deanna Riall – PP Emily Longster – LY Hannah Scott – LY Hannah Vigilante – VJ Isaac Bayly – SAW Jack Archer Jack Riall – GW Jack Robinson – CSM Katelyn Frost Katherine Neeson – NJ Kenar Usman – PP Lucy Sumner – MF Michael Kelsey – CSM Olivia Preston – LY Philippa Neal – VJ Phoebe Millward – PP Rachael Scott – JE Rebecca Mooney – JE Sam Jones – HP Sophie McConnell – NJ Tia Wills – JE Please can the following students see Gill at the Help Desk Jack Archer Cori Beth Harper Starr Jackson Keira McCorkell Izzy Fawcett-Jones Harsimran Kaur Charlotte Devlin Katie McLoughlin Ryan Hutchinson August Gardner Supervised Study Guidelines  Please sign in on the register every week in the LRC, your supervised study makes up a percentage of your overall attendance. If you don’t sign in we won’t mark you in.  Please make sure you’re working for that hour, we might tell you to come back for another hour in the week if you’re wasting time online or just chatting with friends.  You only need to sign in for one hour per week. That hour can be whenever is most convenient for you, but please sign in!!!  Supervised study is a working hour. Make the most of it.  If you’re doing your supervised study with another member of staff please bring a note from them, or ask them to email the LRC team so you can log that hour properly. You’ll still need to sign in though.  If you think we can help you with anything please ask! Careers discussions. If you would like to discuss any aspect of course changes, your future career ideas or how you start thinking about all this, Kate will be in college on the following dates: Tuesday 16th September Thursday 18th Sept Monday 22nd Sept Tuesday 23rd Sept Thursday 2nd October Friday 3rd Oct Thursday 9th Oct Friday 10th Oct Wednesday 15th Oct Thurs 16th Oct Thurs 23rd Oct Friday 24th Oct Ask at reception to make an appointment. Medicine talk this Thursday 11.50 in room 129. Ben is starting his 2nd year of medicine at Manchester and will give you tips on preparing for application throughout this year, researching courses and what studying medicine is really like. Please leave your name at reception if you would like to attend to give Ben an idea of numbers. Subject conferences, December 2014, University of Nottingham. Workshop Conferences offers subject conferences designed to help students make successful applications to university. There is a cost to most of them, but for the first time one day of Medlink is FREE; this is a fantastic opportunity for those considering medical school. Students who have attended Workshop Conferences in the past have recommended them highly. Subjects are: Medicine Veterinary Science Psychology Law with Criminal Law Chemistry Forensics Physiotherapy Dentistry See Kate for details. Student Ambassadors Students have always been an important part of the liaison team at Bede. Ambassadors represent Bede at a range of events in college and at other venues. Typical events include: tours of college for prospective students and visitors parents’ evenings in college open evenings parents evenings and careers events in schools preview enrolment What do ambassadors do? You will be expected to welcome people to the college, talk to prospective students and their parents about college life, show people round, help to set up for events, help staff deliver activities. What sort of person are we looking for? You don’t have to be the bubbliest person around, but you should be confident in talking to people you don’t know be happy to approach people without being spoken to first feel positive about Bede and be able to portray this to others in an open and enthusiastic manner be reliable There will be some training to help with your knowledge of courses, entry requirements, special features of Bede and other important information. Please call at Reception to collect an application form. Pauline Y2 Extended Project Students There will be a taught session starting at 13:50 on Wednesday afternoon for all Extended Project students in room 129. If any student is unable to attend please inform Mark Harrison. Head Boy or Head Girl If you were a Head Boy or Girl at your former school, please can you make yourself known to me. Thanks Rick Badminton starts this week; 3pm to 5.15pm Friday evening. All welcome. Please have appropriate clothing and shoes. There are lockers in the Sports Centre to store your gear. The college can supply equipment needed. Come along and start your weekend with exercise; it is great fun and you may even beat a teacher! Preparation for and applications to medicine. Ben Ryan, an ex Bede student starting his second year of medical school, is coming in to talk about his experiences of application to medicine and what studying medicine has involved. AS students will find this useful to start looking at how they can prepare for applications next year and gain an understanding of what it’s all about. A2 will find it useful for application and interview tips. The session is on Thursday 18th September in room 129 starting at 11.50. Tutors – please takes names of those interested and pass to me. Kate. Sport and Enrichment Opportunities Update: Rugby training for both male and female students starts on Monday 15th September meeting in the sports centre at 4pm. All standards welcome, pop sown to see what it is all about. College football training for males on the astro starts at 4pm till 5pm on Tuesday 16th September. The college has two teams and selection will take place during the session. Women and Girls football coaching by Middlesborough Football Club at Bede also starts on Tuesday at 4pm, again all standards welcome pop down to give it a go! Netball training start this Tuesday 16th September in the Sports Centre at 4pm with the first match organised for Wednesday 17th. Turn up to train and get into the game! Lunchtime multi-sport activity will start on Monday 15th September, activities include Table Tennis Club, Badminton Club, Climbing and Futsal. Also watch this space for information on lunchtime fitness classes to include activities such as Zumba, Yoga, Boxercise etc. Further information on Mountain Biking, MMA and other activities will follow shortly. It’s all going on at Bede! So come one day and join in. See you next week!