No. 012 My name is David Jeffries and I am the present Chairman of Bishop Bell Governors. I spent most of my working life in the Fire Service working in Eastbourne, Horsham and, finally, London. This was followed by a spell in the Health Authority as a Fire Safety Advisor. I am married, have a son and daughter and four grandchildren (one of whom is still at Bishop Bell School), all living in Eastbourne. As well as being interested in education my other main interest is singing. I am a member of the Church Choir at St Mary’s, Old Town; I sing with Eastbourne Choral Society and other local choirs when time permits. My experience as a Governor goes back over 40 years. As a young parent I became a Governor at Motcombe Infant School and Ocklynge Junior School. Whilst at Ocklynge I was Chairman for eight years serving as a Governor there for 34 years. I have been on the Governing Body of Bishop Bell for 19 years, serving on a number of committees, and held the position of Vice Chairman until I became the Chairman exactly one year ago. I find the challenge of governing exciting and interesting. Over the years there have been many changes, so to see a school like Bishop Bell flourish and move forward is very satisfying. With the new Head Teacher, Mark Talbot, it is our vision to take the School forward from good to outstanding. This is a big ask, and we shall need everybody’s help and cooperation to make this possible. Working together we believe that Bishop Bell School has a great future. I attended the Awards Evening last week...what a fantastic evening, full to capacity and a great atmosphere. To see the pupils collect their awards made all of us feel so proud. So well done to everybody and I am looking forward to attending the School’s Christmas events. 05 December 2014 WHY ARE WE RAISING MONEY FOR KABUBBU? A report from Mrs Nikdel: As the only Church of England secondary school in East Sussex, it is vitally important that we uphold and teach those values that are so important to Christians in the world today: values such as service, charity, forgiveness, love and compassion. With this in mind, we work very closely with Hailsham-based Christian charity, The Quicken Trust. The charity is transforming the lives of people living in poverty in the Ugandan village of Kabubbu. 25 Bishop Bell students and four members of staff are each working hard to raise the £1200 needed to get them to Uganda next July and to pay for their accommodation and food whilst there. However, a further £10,000 needs to be raised in order to pay for the project they will be working on. The School is putting all of its fund-raising to this very worthy cause this year including money raised on our mufti days. Please dig deep and make our Christmas Celebration Day the most successful mufti for Kabubbu. In the words of a certain song, we all have a responsibility to ‘feed the world.’ We will also be holding a Christmas raffle. Tickets will be on sale next week, during break and lunch times, at a cost of £1 for a strip. Prizes include ideal stocking fillers, pampered gifts, gift vouchers and pantomime tickets. The draw will be carried out on the 17 December, so don’t delay! HOMEWORK (CICS) A report from Mrs Thomas: Our teachers have been working hard to set good quality, regular homework which is published for both parents and pupils to view on Show my Homework. Our aim is to always set homework that will extend your child’s learning and that will support the progress that she/he makes. However, we know that there are always ways in which we can improve what we do. David Jeffries, Chair of Governors CAROL SERVICE Please join us for our Christmas Carol Service on Tuesday 16 December, commencing 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s Church in Seaside. This is the Christian highlight of our school calendar and a really wonderful celebration, not just of Christ’s birth, but of the talent of our pupils and staff. Please come along! We are currently reviewing our homework setting procedures and would like to gather the views of parents and pupils to help us to make homework even better. It would, therefore, be really helpful if you, as a parent, could drop me a line to tell me what you think of homework at Bishop Bell. You might like to comment on the amount of work that is set, the quality of the work that is set, the feedback that your child gets on his/her homework, the way in which we publish our homework or anything else you think might be helpful relating to this topic. IMPORTANT EVENTS COMING SOON December 10-12 School Production 12 Christmas Lunch Celebration Day 16 Carol Service, St Andrew’s Church, 7.30pm 18 Y10 Parents’ Evening 19 End of Term 2. School closes at 1.40pm January 5 Start of Term 3 14 Meningitis C Vaccination - Year 10 Pupils 22 Y11 Parents’ Evening UNDER 16 BOYS BASKETBALL A report from Mr Watts: Congratulations to the Under 16 Boys Basketball Team who recently won a very important game against The Eastbourne Academy. The final score was 48-10, with the team finishing very strong in the 4th Quarter. This was the first game of the season and the boys are looking good to qualify for the County Finals for the fourth consecutive year. Player of the Match went to Enoch Quarcoo. KICKBOXING CHAMPIONS NETBALL NEWS A huge well done to Aswen Nash, Year 7 pupil, and Amy Bannister, Year 10 pupil, who recently competed in the National Kickboxing and Kata championships. Aswen achieved second in the Kata and third in the Points Fighting with Amy coming second in her fight. Well done! EASTBOURNE YOUTH RADIO A report from Rebecca Morley, Year 10 pupil: On Wednesday 19 November, myself, along with four other Media students, hosted The Eastbourne Youth Radio Show at Sussex Downs College. We left school at 12 noon and, to ease our nerves, we practised our scripts on the way there. However, we were quite sure that Mrs Stoner and Mr Grimes were more nervous than us! Mr Talbot joined us at the college just before we went live at 1.00pm and gave us an encouraging and comforting talk. As well as hosting the show and having lots of fun, we also gained some valuable experience. A report from Mrs Newnham-Reeve: This week, the Year 7 Netball Team played away against Cavendish. The girls, captained by Mia O'Hara, played superbly, winning 7-0! There was some amazing defending from Nellie Hannam and Lily Kitcher and some great shooting from Mia O'Hara, Bronte Stevens and Charys Baxter. The ball was played beautifully around the court using the wings, Millie Vieweg and Emmie Bell, whilst Ashlyn Weekes, centre, controlled the game from the start. Player of the Game goes to Lily Kitcher, nominated by the Captain, for her endless defensive skills. The Year 8 Netball team, captained by Hannah Frais, played against a strong Cavendish team this week. The girls had an amazing attitude and showed such improvement working as a team throughout. The Cavendish team nominated Katie Hunt as the Player of the Game; congratulations Katie! We had a great day and enjoyed everything about hosting Eastbourne Youth Radio. It was a lot of fun! FOOTBALL 4 PEACE Get your application in now; interviews for all our courses start in December. A report from Evie Loose, Year 7 Pupil: On Extended Learning Day, some Year 7 pupils took part in a ‘Football 4 Peace’ event, run by Brighton University students. ‘Football 4 Peace’ helps encourage children from all around the world to take part in teamwork exercises and sporting events, each representing one of five values: Respect; Inclusion; Equality; Trust; and Responsibility. Courses include: Business Administration; ICT and Computing; Early Years Studies All-in-all it was a fantastic day full of smiles, laughter and friendship and one that we will all remember. To enrol on the best Post-16 opportunity in Sussex! You will be in a class of no more than 12 students with subject specialist teachers. Outstanding results every year! BISHOP BELL’S AWARDS EVENING A report from Mrs Nikdel: “Wow! … The best yet! … The evening was brilliant!” Just some of the superlatives used by those who attended last week’s Annual Awards Evening of Bishop Bell School. Councillor Warner tweeted that he was ‘immensely proud to attend’ and praised the ‘inspirational speech’ given by the evening’s guest of honour, Steve Brown. Steve was captain of the London 2012 Paralympic Rugby Team. Although a great sportsman in his youth, Steve thought his sporting days were over after falling from a balcony in Germany in 2005. A gifted and natural public speaker, Steve spoke of how he owed his success to so many people and told our pupils that, where he had coaches to guide him, they have teachers “teachers who will do anything to help you succeed” - and where he had team mates, they have class mates. His inspiring, humorous and optimistic speech was delivered in a laid-back Jack-the-lad style that captivated everyone; this man has charisma by the bucket-load. He shared his experiences in a matter-of-fact manner that displayed absolutely no self-pity. “When I asked the doctor if I would die, he said I might.” The emotions of the hushed audience were palpable yet released in peals of laughter when he added, “Don’t worry! I didn’t die!” This is the measure of the man. He shared how important it is to be determined to succeed and to realise that we can all do anything we set our minds to. At the end of his speech, the whole audience were on their feet applauding the person who, despite personal highs and lows, has reached the pinnacle of success when many of us would simply have given up. The event, which is held at The Winter Garden, hosted 900 guests as they cheered and applauded the 340 plus pupils who were awarded subject and Gold Awards. The Gold Award is no mean achievement as pupils need to demonstrate excellence, not only in academic progress but, also, with 100% attendance and making a major contribution to the School. Headteacher, Mark Talbot, is rightly proud of the pupils at his school. His speech outlined how important “listening, accepting differences, developing trust [and] self-worth” is to him and how these values will all be explored throughout the year “within the Christian framework of the School.” Pictured below: Dancing and Drama acts at Awards Evening. SUBJECT PRIZE WINNERS YEAR 7 Art Dance Drama English Food Technology French Geography History ICT Mandarin Mathematics Music Physical Education Religious Education Science Technology Jack Hilton Emily Wood McKenzie Lumley Umme Bashir Katie Hunt Imogen Constable Samuel Lawrence Anna Wilmoth Olivia Bretherton Zach Boelema Charlie Pugh Emily Wood Kerri MacGregor Poppy Morgan Loic Fennesey Maizy Newman YEAR 8 Art Dance Drama English Food Technology French Geography History ICT Mathematics Music Physical Education Religious Education Science Technology Emily Coates Kira St John Samuel Knight Farman Orla Kirby Ellis Lambert Russell Megan Gallini Mia Moreno Nathan le Poidevin Luke Herring Warren Burchmore Charlotte Gilbert Ethan Drury Oonagh Cox-Milne Mohammed Akbar Jade Hatcher YEAR 9 Art Connor Platel Arno Trophy for Athletics Millie O'Hara Business Finley Levell Cambridge Nationals Paige Mansbridge Computing Brandon Relph Dance Chloe Chatenoud Drama Jessica Maynard Early Years Jessica Foot English Joe Mouncer Food Technology Georgia Morris French Lizzie Howell Geography Sophie Lucas History Jake Bush ICT Clarisse Arrozal Mathematics Madeline Wheelwright Media Charlotte Parkinson Motor Vehicle Martyn Gallagher Music Jonah Jupp Physical Education Elliott McWilton Religious Education Connor Darling Resistant Materials Chloe Wait Science Daniel-James Thomas Spanish Jake Bush YEAR 10 Art Elisha Stretton-Driver Bertwhistle Trophy for Basketball - Enoch Quarcoo Business Cambridge Nationals Dance Drama Early Years English Food Technology French Geography History Horse Care ICT Mathematics Media Motor Vehicle Music Physical Education Preston Cup for Languages Religious Education Resistant Materials Science Spanish Mortimer Ridley Katy Hannah Nicole Thomas Georgia Bellett Hannah Clarke Aaron Loose Luke Smith Tegan Inch Jack Chaffin Norbert Kuczma Ryan Oliver Tanvir Alam Patsy Agrela-Cornwall Kane Medhurst Alfie Haines Jonathan Finn Elliott Powell Cullingford Shannon Crean Francesca Scott Tayla de Liefde-Foote Georgia Bellett Jess Greenfield YEAR 11 Art Freya Collins Biology Callum Nattress Bishop Mark Award Helen Wood Business Harry Bannister Chemistry Maisie Chalk Dance Ellis Holman Drama Candice Quarcoo Early Years Lauren McGowan English Jonathan Collett Food Technology Reuben Scott French Luke Pannett Geography Anna Harris History Tom Taylor Horse Care Kyle Laurence ICT Helen Wood Mathematics Lucy Hyde Media Jade Dale Motor Vehicle Ben Ashworth Music Callum Nattress OCR Nationals Gemma Sharp Outstanding GCSE Results Girls - Freya Collins Outstanding GCSE Results Girls - Anna Harris Outstanding GCSE Results Boys - Daniel Roberts Outstanding GCSE Results Boys - Callum Nattress Physical Education Reuben Scott Physics Reuben Scott Product Design Matthew Tyler Religious Education Honor Munro Resistant Materials George Robinson Spanish Ela Moreno St Cecelia Music Cup Helen Wood Stephen Nice Award Lily Avis Stephen Nice Award Ben Ashworth The Pinter Shield for Excellence in Drama - Ben da Silva GOLD AWARD WINNERS YEAR 7 Joshua Allaway, Olivia Bretherton, Milly Brown, Daniel Budd, Zachary Burrage, Bronwen Claridge, Imogen Constable, Thomas Coomber, Eloise Creswell, Milly Dahmoune, William Daniels, Crispin Digby-Clarke, Halima Dob, Thomas Dowding, Tanya Down, Loic Fennesy, Chloe Forward, Hannah Frais, Tyler Harper, Brendan Harris, Jack Hilton, Jack Hobden, Willow Hosie-Martin, Katie Hunt, Aisha Janneh, Moriah Langley, Samuel Lawrance, Mackenzie Lumley, Ellie Mallen, Mollie Martin, Aaron Mckee, Amy McWilliams, Louie Meeks, Poppy Morgan, Jessica Neesam, Maizy Newman, Elyess Niwa, Bethany O'Connell, Ryan O'Dwyer, Katy Pollard, Amy Relph, Amy Robinson, Molly Ruane, Piya Sanglai, Jacob Sargeant, Thomas Schrikker, Oliver Warner, Thomas Wells, Bernard Weston, Holly Weston, Ben Whiteley, Nina Williams, Samuel Williams, Anna Willmoth, Toby Wixon-Boyd, Emily Wood, Jade Wright and Laura York. YEAR 8 Holly Aitkenhead, Rayyan Amin, Josh Bigwood, Taliesin Bourne, Warren Burchmore, Rebecca Campbell, Georgina Cloake, Emily Coates, Niamh Collins, Harvey Conely, Oonagh Cox-Milne, Lydia Dixon, Conner Dunstall, Samuel Fielder, Amy Gibson, Charlotte Gilbert, Jade Hatcher, Luke Herring, Naomi Jervis, Alice Kaye, Samuel Knight-Farman, Erin Lake, Archie Lindsay, Mia Moreno, Milli Moreno, Megan Pacey, Sean Parks, Paul Pedley, Tiegan Roberts, Ilias Romnakis, Joshua Scullion, Lauren Seagrief, Olivia St Claire, Alice Tomlin, Harry Venour, Ella Vieweg-Avery and Jordan Williams. YEAR 9 Joshua Alden, Fraser Bell, Ryan Bennett, Grace Bentley, Kaitlin Booker, Holly Brooker, Chloe Chatenoud, Hannah Churchyard, George Collett, Rebekah Coomber, Henry Cox, Connor Darling, Eric Davis, Nicola Deans, Esther Elliston, Jack Fenton, Callum Fielding, Heather Fitchett, Tobias Foster, Stan Garbett, Harrison Gausden, Hannah Gorham, Daniel Griffiths, Caitlin Hagan, Phoebe Hepburn, Alex Hilton, Eliza Jobbins, Lewis Lambert, Demi Mallard, Julia Mathew, Jessica Maynard, Joshua Meeks, Georgina Morris, Elaina Mowle, Leanne Murrell, Tierney Nash, Charlotte Parkinson, Demini Penn, Matthew Prior, Leah Pudsey, Brandon Relph, Nieve Stenton, Daniel-James Thomas, Lily Thompson, Madeline Wheelwright, Paige Whybrow, Harriet Willmoth, Emily Wood, Jessica Wood and Jack Wright. YEAR 10 Patsy Agrela Cornwall, Zachary Ashford, Stephanie Barden, Bethany Beesley, Georgia Bellett, Tommie-Lee Brown, Ben Browne, Jasmine Burfield, Keara Camacho, Cameron West, Megan Capon, Jack Chaffin, Alice Chatterton, Jordan Choi, Ryan Coates, Nathaniel Cox-Milne, Hannah Davis, Rachel Denney, Johnathan Down, Jonathan Finn, Imogen Freeborn, Emma Fuller, Rebecca Godding, Aiden Goodsell, Imogen Goodstone, Katy Hannah, Amy Hilder, Benjamin Holford-Blantern, Liam Hollands, Imogen Hood, Rhiannon Hooker, Stuart Hope, Hannah Huggett, Ricky Hyde, Tegan Inch, Abigail Jervis, Jay Kendall, Norbert Kuczma, Adam Lovatt, Sydney Lumley, Xiao-Han Ma, Harriet Miles, Louie Miller, Zachary Moon, Mia Morgan, Liam Parks, Charlotte Parrett, Elliott PowellCullingford, Britney Privett, Enoch Quarcoo, Matthew Robertson, Charlotte Robinson, Rasa Sadoughi, Francesca Scott, Shinginrayi Shoniwa, Marcus Sim, Ciaran Smedley, Luke Smith, Katie Trotter, Eden Venour, Louis Weeks, Sam Westlake, Jack Weston, Daniel Whiteley, Oscar Williams, Claire Yates and Kate Young. YEAR 11 Danielle Anderson, Emily Astridge, Harry Bannister, Jack Brown, Samuel Brown, Eve Chatfield, Oliver Chequers, Edward Chrusciel, George Clarke, Molly Clarke, Freya Collins, Alex Colwell, Emily-Rose Cordingley, Katherine Curtis, Ben da Silva, Tilly Dodd, Matthew Edkins, Hayley Erridge, Eleanor Griffiths, Louise Grooms, Sophie Hillman, Lewis Hobden, Ellis-Mae Holman, Finn Howard, April Hunt, Lucy Hyde, Lucy Jobbins, Jake Kidd, James Kirk, Zach Lambert, Kyle Laurence, Emily Love, Honor Munro, Callum Natress, Hannah Osborn, Luke Pannett, Chelsie Peters, Candice Quarcoo, Nathaniel Roadway, Daniel Roberts, Reuben Scott, Zoe Shapcott, Michael Stoner, Sian Thomas, Harriet Tomlin, Matthew Tyler, Alexander Wexler, Serena Wignarajah, Emily Willmoth, Sophie Witts and Helen Wood.
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