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INSIGHT
INTO
OUR
SCHOOL
FEBRUARY 2015
HEADTEACHER’S MESSAGE
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the school. It is a momentous year where we hope to celebrate
not only the achievement of our current students
but also commemorate the school’s history. Such
a rich history is quite unique and we are looking
forward to celebrating it. To do this we are in the
process of organising a number of different events
for students. The ideas currently include burying
a time capsule (as well as making it!), planting a
tree, creating a film about the school and its history,
running a competition to create a commemorative
plaque and we are in the process of planning a
summer concert which will celebrate the event. There are lots of other ideas currently being
discussed too so we will let you all know in the next
few weeks.
UPCOMING EVENTS
As we work our way into the second half of the
academic year, it is fantastic to see our students
involved in so many varied activities. I was
particularly pleased to present the winning Book
Mastermind award to Oliver Righton in Year 7
and delighted that there were 28 entrants! I
also really enjoyed reading the poem written by
Amber Goldsworthy. It is difficult to mention all
of the events in this short introduction but please
do have a read; this edition is full of the excellent
extracurricular things that happen here at Bungay
to support the academic and social progress our
students make.
Angelo Goduti
Headteacher
OPPORTUNITY,
ASPIRATION & EXCELLENCE
FOR ALL.
4th February - 7pm
Higher Education Funding information
event
(Sixth Form Centre)
5th-6th February - 7pm
Archie Dobson’s War Production
12th February - 4.30pm
Year 9 Parents’ Evening
4th March - 4.30pm
Year 8 Parents’ Evening
ART AMBASSADORS
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Art Ambassadors Sally Aspinall, Isabella Gonzales, Emily
Chapman and Ruby Todd have been working hard on their
Arts Award portfolios. Over thirty pupils from Years 7 -9
are participating in the Arts Award and showing a huge
commitment to art and design.
Cherry Cockerton
Art Teacher
FUTURE CHEF 2015
On Friday 16th January, both Henry Matthews and
Rebekah Aust represented the school at the local
Future Chef Finals, held at Norwich City College.
There were nine school/college entrants and after
much deliberation Henry was awarded the RunnerUp position and Rebekah was placed 3rd. The
students produced some excellent dishes.
Rebekah’s menu:
• Cod with Tarragon Sauce Vierge, served on a bed
of roasted tomatoes, green beans and anchovies
• Fondant potatoes.
• Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce and a
Quenelle of Cream
Henry’s Menu:
• Pork Tenderloin, stuffed with apple sauce and
black pudding
• Beetroot tower with Calvados cream foam sauce
• Dauphinoise style potatoes with elephant garlic
and onion,
• Stir fried cabbage,
• Beetroot and Suffolk Apple Juice Vodka Shot
• Individual Black Forest Baked Alaska.
ARCHIE DOBSON’S WAR
PRODUCTION
SCHOOL REPORTERS
NEEDED
On 5th and 6th February, we will present our Key
Stage 3 Production, ‘Archie Dobson’s War’. With
a script by Rob John, it tells the story of a young
boy’s experiences of World War I and its effect
on his family and community. The play contains
some original songs by Barry Gibson and also
some well-known songs from the time of the First
World War. A cast of students from Years 7, 8
and 9 will be accompanied by Year 10 musicians.
Tickets will be available from the school office or
on the door, 7pm in Hall 1.
Fran Drew-Batty
Head of Music
SCHOOL COUNCIL
This is a miniature insight into the works of the
school council. You may think the House Captains
and council members of each house are pretty
useless when it comes to doing things. Well, that
isn’t the case! Behind everyone’s backs the school
council commits to meetings that take place in
the Library/Bill Jenner Room, and look to tackle
important issues regarding everyones’ school
life. The House Captains then feed back to their
respective Form Reps, so that the messages get
sent to all students. School council members give
up their time to highlight issues in the school, so
that all students get the best possible education and
school life.
Recently, the school council has been engaged in
a number of debates. There was a large discussion
about earphones in school. Two members, Ben and
Scarlet went to go and talk to Mr Goduti about the
issue, however there were no changes. Another
important discussion was regarding the non-uniform
Nicky Goring
Head of Food Technology
We are looking for three enthusiastic writers. You
will write articles about our link with our partner
school in Senegal. It will involve liaising with staff
and students. There will be the opportunity to
correspond with staff and students from Senegal
too. A great addition to your C.V. and UCAS form.
If you are interested in being part of a great team
contact Mrs Roffey [email protected] for
an application form. Closing date 27th February
2015.
Olivia Roffey
Science Teacher
day, and which charities the money should go to.
We eventually decided after discussion with Mr
Betts, that we gave £500 to Pathways from Poverty
and £500 to Walking with the Wounded. These were
two small but very important charities looking at
building schools in Africa (Pathways from Poverty)
and helping disabled war veterans (Walking with
the Wounded). Further small issues are also being
sorted.
But remember, the school council is for the
students. We are always on the lookout for more
improvements in the school. Don’t hesitate to tell
a House Captain or School Council member if you
have an idea or question to raise. Equally, you can
post your suggestion in the suggestions box, near to
the school office.
George Barham
Wyvern House
STEM CLUB
6 students from STEM Club have started work on
a GO4SET project in which they are designing an
eco-classroom. This project is in conjunction with
Adnams and is funded by the Dulverton Trust. The
project will run for 10 weeks and will result in a
Bronze Crest Award. In addition to this, students
will get to visit Adnams and have training on report
writing, CV writing and other employment skills.
We thank Chris Williams and the Engineering
Development Trust for enabling this and Sadie
Lofthouse and Benedict Orchard from Adnams for
working with us.
Olympiad and we look forward to finding out how
well they have done.
Our chosen scientist for Science Week has
changed to Galileo to fit in with the school’s 450th
anniversary celebrations as it is also the 450th
anniversary of Galileo’s birth. Science Week will run
from 16-20 March.
Nick Thomas
Science Teacher
We continue to get in excess of 15 students from
Year 7 to 9 every week to look at various aspects
of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Recently we have looked at Smart materials and
used photoluminescent and thermochromic
pigments as well as shape memory alloys. Using
materials from GSK we learnt about the role of
STEM in sports science and we watched one of
the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures to introduce
engineering and programming. Our latest session
involved a competition using Scratch to produce a
version of “snake”. Oliver Righton won this. Our next
project uses LEGO MINDstorms to combine simple
programming with built design.
Other Science News:
3 students from Year 12 and 13 completed the
Chemistry Olympiad and 2 completed the Physics
SNAPE TRIP
The show started with a biologist who was the head
of the ugly animal society. Why is it that nobody
loves and fights to protect ugly animals? It’s always
the cute, cuddly ones that people give money to
protect. Well, now there is a champion for the ugly
animal! He talked to us about some really ugly
animals and then showed us pictures of how these
animals protect themselves. His favourite was the
blob fish - officially the ugliest animal in the world.
Here is a taste of some of the things that these
animals did to protect themselves: shooting blood
out of their eyes, shooting goo that he described
as snot to trap their prey so that they can’t get
away or the poisonous protection some frogs have.
Why shouldn’t these amazing creatures enjoy the
same protection as the cuddly, pretty ones in all the
adverts? Ed Dibley helped on stage with one of his
presentations.
The second speaker was a woman from the Imperial
College in London who was a material scientist. She
talked to us a little bit about how much impact the
science of materials has on everyday life. Everything
we use has been designed by materials scientists
in order to work as well as possible. She also left
us with an interesting question at the end. Which
would you rather have: a glass diet coke bottle, a
plastic diet coke bottle or a diet coke can?
Ben Sadler
Wyvern House
YEAR 10 MATHS IN ACTION
On Friday 12th December, 15 Year 10 students made
the long trip to the University of London, Institute of
Education for a set of 5 Maths lectures about different
topic areas in maths. The lectures were varied and
included a lot of audience participation. The talks
involved a mathematical magician showing us how
he used maths in his magic acts and an applied
mathematician showed how the maths of group
behaviour was used in the natural world and in her city
planning job. However the most popular lecture was the final one, where a talk about the maths of music
was followed by an exciting guitar performance using different wavelengths of guitar string.
After the lectures, the group headed across London, via a slight detour, to Covent Garden where they were
allowed to explore, in groups, the shops and sights of Covent Garden at Christmas. All in all an educational
and enjoyable day was had by all, where students learnt about how maths was used in different careers
and also had a broadening experience of London at its busiest!
6th FORM MATHS IN ACTION
Tuesday 2nd December saw eleven Y12 and Y13
6th formers go on the annual event of the A-level
mathematical calendar that is the Maths in Action
Lecture trip to London. A dark, early start and a
long bus drive did not dampen the spirits of the
motivated group, who remained keen throughout
the day. The 5 lecturers we saw were from all
different works of life, from university professors
giving talks on pure mathematical subjects such as
the importance of rigor in proof and the dimensions
of fractals to people who use maths in their
everyday jobs including authors discussing how
statistics and psychology play a part in how people
choose their favourite numbers (and what Bitcoin
is and how it is playing a larger role as internet
currency).
Mathematical discussion amongst the students
followed, talking about which parts of the lectures
were enjoyed most and how useful each subject
area was. It was pleasing to hear that different
students enjoyed different topics. Hopefully there
was something that everyone had learnt and
enjoyed on the day, inspiring them for ideas about
where they could further study mathematics and
how they could potentially use maths in future
careers.
CAMBRIDGE MATHS INSPIRATION TALKS
Cambridge Maths Inspiration Talks, started on
Monday 8th December with Maths on the back of
an envelope being the first talk; it showed that with
the “tools of the trade”: a pencil, drink and back of
the envelope, it was possible to calculate answers
for many different real life problems. This included
the Drake equation, calculating the number of
different possible alien life forms.
The second talk was Maths On Trial showing
mathematics has been used in courts incorrectly,
resulting in people going to prison and then having
to be released. It also included numerous ways in
which mathematics is being used to make money
including ways which are illegal.
The third and final talk was about Things To
Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, showing
representations and shadows of 4-D shapes in 3-D
and 2-D perspectives.
The talks showed that a degree in mathematics
would be applicable in nearly every field – it’s more
about learning to solve problems than it is about
memorising equations and algorithms. They also
showed us how important mathematics can be in
our day to day lives and how much fun it can be.
The whole day ranged from real life mathematics to
the less applicable, “heads in the clouds” maths.
Ashley Warnes
6th Form Student
BOOK MASTERMIND
Book Mastermind is played with great enthusiasm at Bungay
High School every year in the last few weeks of term leading up
to Christmas. Participating students answer 20 questions in a
two minute time frame on a fiction book of their choice sat in the
Associate Head’s Mastermind black leather chair. We had a record
number of twenty eight entrants this year which was whittled
down through three heats to eight finalists. The winner of the
competition, Oliver Righton (Year 7), answered questions on The
Vampire’s Assistant by Darren Shan and scored a magnificent 18
out of 20 with only one pass. The runner up was Amelia FrostWarwick who played well scoring 18 out of 20 also but made two
passes, thus losing by the slenderest of margins, one pass!
Ann Marriott
Librarian
6th FORM MATHS IN ACTION
Accompanied by Mr Lewis, two Bungay teams
went to the Eastern Mathematics Championship
in Lowestoft on Wednesday 26th November. The
teams covered Key Stages 2 to 5 and comprised
of Ashley Warnes, Ruth Denham, James Verrall,
Charlotte Matthews from Bungay High Sixth Form
Centre; Jimmy Hunt, Olivia Payne Thompson, Beau
Brousson, Eleanor Cullen, Emily Ray, Jordan Alger,
Eliza Stammers and Holly Waklin from Bungay
High School; also Audley Baynes and Kaylan Taylor
from Bungay Primary School. The nature of the
competition meant we only had a limited awareness
of the tasks and problems that would be set. The
rounds included: a weakest link round for each
key stage; a timed question round with questions
for each key stage; a practical round; and a final
challenge involving times written in binary. The
questions throughout the day tested a whole
spectrum of mathematics including geometry and
algebra.
The event was organised by Mrs G. Larkin (Learning
and Improvement Adviser) and the Eastern Maths
Confederation and ran very smoothly from the
perspective of the students and accompanying staff.
The day brought together students from Year 5 all
the way up to Year 13; joining together students
from Colleges/Sixth Forms, High Schools and
Primary Schools. The main skills of the day being
teamwork and problem solving, both of which are
vital in the world of mathematics.
Ashley Warnes
6th Form Student
THE NATIONAL CIPHER CHALLENGE
The National Cipher Challenge is a competition for
those aged 13-18 and created by the University of
Southampton. The aim is to be the first individual
or team to crack a weekly cipher, which can range
between simple Caesar shifts to harder Vigenere or
ADFGEX ciphers. You gain points depending on how
quickly you can solve each cipher and these points
place you on a leader board. The winning team and
individual at the end of the competition win £1000.
There is also a £25 prize after each challenge for the
8 teams who have cracked the cipher first.
There is a different theme every year, which is
released prior to the competition and you and your
team of code-crackers can then register on-line from
September and the competition kicks off in October.
This year’s back-story was about a band of Somali
pirates who had taken a ship that had been found
containing computers full of encrypted files about a
world-wide hacking group. Our job was to decrypt
two ciphers a week, one from our team and one
from the pirates, and hopefully find out what they
are planning.
Good luck to those who take part in future
competitions.
Samantha Bonner and Katie Brown
Note: What the girls are too modest to say for
themselves is that they won one of the £25 prizes
for being first to crack a code! Since this is a
national competition and lots of people take part,
the Maths Faculty are very proud of them.
More information about the final results can be
found at: http://www.cipher.maths.soton.ac.uk/
and information about next year’s challenge will be
available at this address in mid-September.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR FYTG!
The Fisher Theatre Youth Group transported their audience back to
the dark days of WW2 last November in a thrilling performance of ‘Just
Another Bloomin Day’. The cast included many Bungay High School
students who were truly outstanding in a range of singing and acting
roles.
The play enabled performers to experience what life was like on the
‘Home Front’ with wonderfully authentic staging and songs from the
era. Jean May who wrote the original script and watched the final
performance called it “an absolute triumph”.
Well done to all who took part!
Carol Kingston
English
POEM - “EFFULGENT”
The Christmas tree is effulgent
Just like the starry night
The mendacious devil has been locked away
And angels are singing their prayers.
The loquacious day awaits.
The Christmas crackers lay ever so bare
Waiting to spread their bad jocular,
Whooping cushions and pillows on the cupboard
door
Waiting to be baleful!
I await my bed,
It’s 6 O’clock and obtuse.
The panoply in the shops
Looked so scintillating Lissom up my eyes.
The shoes looked so ostentatious
But when I get a bad present
I am petulant,
Trying to show a little zealousness,
It is not time to be adamant.
Just to be happy
And goodnight everyone.
Amber Goldsworthy
Wyvern House
BUNGAY SOCIETY PRIZE
ESSAY COMPETITION
Following the visit to Bungay that was made by all Year 7 students on 2nd October last year, the Bungay
Society donated a prize to the school for the best essay written by one of the participants. All Year 7
students were given the opportunity of writing an essay on the theme of ‘My Look Round Bungay’ and
more than thirty entries were received. Entries were judged by Maureen Davies and Terry Reeve of the
Bungay Society who were very impressed with the high quality of the entries. Although the competition
was tough there had to be a single winner, and after much hard deliberation the prize was won by
Olivia Addison-Carter of Phoenix House for her outstanding essay which is reproduced on this page.
Congratulations to her and to all the other participants.
An educational visit to Bungay has become something of an annual event for the Year 7 students since it
was first undertaken in 2012 to familiarise new students with the town as part of the Humanities course.
We hope to repeat the exercise again later this year, taking in the castle, churches and other sites of
interest. The prize has become established too as the Bungay Society has kindly offered to sponsor another
essay competition in 2015.
Andy Barker
“MY LOOK ROUND BUNGAY”
When we went into Bungay, we walked a route that
brought us from one historical building to another.
These enchanting churches are filled with magic
and elegance, whereas the castle is a landmark
in Bungay’s history. They have affected the way
we live today. I remember that I enjoyed the trip
thoroughly, and learnt a lot too! I remember that
we, firstly, made our way to Bungay Castle…
Built by Hugh Bigod in the early 1100’s, Bungay
castle would have been a thing of great intimidation
and beauty in its day. Since then it has been blown
up, pillaged and used as a tourist attraction, so it
has slowly fallen into disrepair, but most of its front
wall still remains. It was a fort, so not inhabited
by royals, but it had a panoramic view over the
almost adjacent valley. This helped it to successfully
defend Bungay for several years. We spoke to a local
historian about it and he told us lots of interesting
dates for our research booklets which Mrs Wiltshire
had given us to make notes in. We also went on
to a bridge to look at the low land that the castle
defended.
Next, we went to St Mary’s church. We were
allowed to go up the tower! I recall feeling rather
unwell as I have a phobia of heights. Although I felt
Ill, we had a bird’s eye view of Bungay. The stairs
leading up to the top were scary. They were uneven
and about three quarters of the journey was in pitch
black. Once we had got up there, we were there for
about 15 minutes per group. The view was amazing.
Most of my friends that live in Bungay spotted
parents or relatives and I even saw my mum!
Once we had come down from the tower, we had
to spot and draw things in the church (i.e. carvings,
quotes etc.). When we got to the research booklet,
one of the questions was to draw four of the
carvings. I chose, in my opinion, the prettiest four to
draw.
Once we had been to St. Mary’s, we went to Holy
Trinity. It was smaller and more unique than St.
Mary’s. We had a list in our research booklets of
things to spot. I spotted everything in the church
apart from one date that was hidden by a window.
Once we had been inside, we went outside to spot
more things. We had to spot tombstone designs and
sketch some ruins of a long gone wing of the church.
Once we had been to all the places, we went to
the bank to vote for a new park in Bungay. The
sponsors needed some young people to vote for the
park so that they know that it will be a worthwhile
investment. Once we had voted, we then returned
to school.
Olivia Addison-Carter
Phoenix House
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING VISIT RAF MARHAM
On Monday 24th November, Year 10
Aeronautical Engineering students
from the NSSA visited RAF Marham.
Students were shown Hanger Systems
Health and Safety. They were shown
around by SAC (T) David Jones and
SAC (T) James Prach, RAF Tornado
Engineers where they described how
they maintain the Tornado Aircraft
for sustained current and future
operations. Students were shown
the importance of health and safety in an aeronautical environment with the management of fuel and
hazardous waste and the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) that is required to be worn. The visit
was concluded by a talk by Sian Davenport BAE Systems Health and Safety Coordinator.
Karen Hurdle
NSSA Manager
NSSA VISIT HAMMOND MOTOR GROUP
Around 15 students aged 16 and above from Bungay
High School visited the Nissan site of the Hammond
Motor Group, which employs 245 people, mostly in
Halesworth. The company offers a range of services
related to the motor industry including repairs,
recovery, Ford, Nissan and Subaru franchises, car
rental and tyre care.
During the visit, the students learnt about the
history of the company and the types of jobs it
offers and also had a chance to speak to former
Bungay High School pupils who have gone on to
work for the firm.
According to group HR manager, Victor Maycock,
the visit was designed to give the students “an idea
of what the world of work looks like”.
He said: “By talking to former pupils from Bungay
who are now employees at the Hammond Group
the students can get a much better idea of the
journey they have taken into the workplace. They
can ask: ‘What is it like?’ and ask questions about
what it was like at interview. First-hand experiences
like this tend to be more real than the careers
advice pupils usually get.”
Mr Maycock said the Hammond Group has taken
on eight apprentices this year in roles such as
vehicle technicians, body shop painters and
service advisors. The company also works closely
with schools to offer two-week work experience
placements for pupils nearing school-leaving
age. A total of six former pupils of Bungay High
School, who originally attended work experience
at the Hammond Group, are now working for the
business full-time either as apprentices or qualified
employees.
“Ensuring we have young people from the
community who want to work for us is key to our
business,” added Mr Maycock. “It’s about ensuring
we have people for the future. Investment in
training is a big part of what we are about.
6th FORM MIXED HOCKEY MATCH
A small squad of 13 travelled to Langley School as
definite underdogs and were greeted at the Langley
School astroturf pitch by a large crowd of home
supporters to cheer on their large squad to what
they hoped would be a comfortable victory. Bungay,
however, had different ideas. A high tempo start
saw Bungay pressing high up the pitch, attempting
to turnover in the Langley half and attack where
possible. Strong, powerful forward work by Annie
Howland and Cameron Robson forced a short
corner, which was struck home by May Bowden,
giving Bungay a 1-0 lead and quietening the Langley
crowd. Langley responded strongly, with their
England U18 player starting to control the game,
winning multiple short corners, one of which was
converted to make the score 1-1. Bungay continued
to attack though, with Jack Frere-Smith and Sonny
Molloy being constant threats. This spell of Bungay
pressure led to Cameron Robson taking advantage
of a Langley defensive mistake, leaving him in on
goal where he calmly slotted past the onrushing
Langley keeper. Langley once again responded
through their talismanic midfielder. He showed his
class by scoring a great individual goal which made
the score 2-2 at half time, much to the excitement
of the crowd.
The half time team talk asked our central players
to be very aware of the obvious Langley threats,
and to distribute the ball wide to avoid having to
play through the strong Langley centre. This was
instantly recognisable, with Ellen Fewkes-Woodrow
and Amy Lockwood getting much more of the
ball in the second half. The game was becoming
very stretched with both teams appearing intent
on claiming the lead. A much improved defensive
performance saw Sonny Molly and Jack FrereSmith deal with the Langley danger man effectively,
forcing him deeper and deeper into less dangerous
positions. The defensive back 4, led by May Bowden,
saw more strong tackles being made, stopping
Langley from getting into the circle frequently, only
having to rely occasionally on the good saves of Jess
Harvey and once from a heroic goal line clearance
from May. Having weathered the Langley storm,
the last 5 minutes were all Bungay. Jack breaking
through from midfield took the opportunity for a
difficult reverse stick strike which unfortunately did
not go in, meaning that the final score finished in a
fair 2-2 draw, with the crowd having long since left.
The Bungay team showed great energy and
enthusiasm as a team throughout the match and
thoroughly deserved their draw against a school
with multiple talented individuals. Hopefully in the
New Year more fixtures and outstanding results will
follow. The bar though has been set high for the
Bungay Mixed hockey team, as surely this result
must go down as one of the best results of the
season and any of our sports teams (bearing in mind
the strength of the opposition) and arguably is the
best result in the sporting history of the Bungay
Sixth Form Centre.
Richard Larkin
KURLING CHALLENGE
Granola!! The Year 13 dreamteam of Lee Mortier, Connor Peck and Ben Bradshaw overcame a valiant Kurly
Wurly team 7-5 after 7 tense, high quality ends.
We had a raucous capacity crowd that cheered every stone and turned out in their droves in top notch
festive woollies.
As expected the world’s press were sniffing around all day but we restricted entry only to reporters from
BBC Radio Suffolk to minimise interference in the Kurling Arena. Coverage on Radio Suffolk was really
pleasing!
Watch out for news of a regular Kurling Klub coming to the sixth form in the new year. Many thanks to the
committee and all of the players, Kurl on.
Chris Webster
INDOOR ATHLETICS
Students recently attended the after school, Indoor
Athletics Club. This was run by Gary Howe and John
White.
Photos of the Under 13 Girls and Under 13 Boys
Indoor Athletics teams with their Gold medals
(right).
Both Bungay Under 13 Indoor Athletics teams were
successful in the High Suffolk Sports Partnership
Event.
The atmosphere was great with six schools
competing in track and field events. The Bungay girls
team won their event and so qualify for the County
finals later in the month. The Bungay boys team
tied for first place with Thomas Mills and we await
a decision from the organisers to see if the lads will
join the girls in the County finals.
Girls: Emma Rusted, Madeline Mackenzie-David,
Suzie Millward, Masie Howes, Elizabeth Curtis, Neve
Watson, Anya Clarke, Alice Collyer.
Boys: Liam Hall, Tobias Scriven, Oliver Coe, George
Curtis, Hayden Ling, Beau Brousson, Darryl Taplin,
Aidan Squire.
We also had 22 volunteers from Year 10 & 11 who
helped set up, run and officiate. They were superb!
Nick Bennett
PE Teacher
U13 FOOTBALL
On Monday 17th November the U13 football team
hosted Hartismere in a county cup match. In difficult
conditions the team managed to come from behind
to triumph 5-1. Goals were scored by George Curtis
2, Reece Ling, Hayden Ling and Jordan Tubby. Credit
must also go to the formidable central defensive
partnership of Toby Chenery and Eddie Jackson who
limited Hartismere to very few chances. The team
now progress to the quarter finals of the county
cup.
The U13 boys football marched through to the
semi-finals of the county cup in convincing fashion
beating Westley School 6-1 away. Goals were scored
by Eddie Jackson 2, Jordan Tubby 2, Harvey Sayer
and Hayden Ling. Man of the match was Eddie
Jackson who was outstanding.
Steve Middleton
PE Teacher
SWIMMING GALA
On the 12th of December, 8 Bungay swimmers
attended a competitive swimming gala at St Felix
school. The team was made up of 4 boys and 4
girls. Max Ashken put in a strong performance
in the 50 backstroke competing against older
year group boys. Max reached the final and came
fourth, only one second off third place. The next
event was the girls 50 backstroke. Daisy Armstrong
represented Bungay but was up against some
tough competition so did not reach the final.
Jude Ashken and Kirsten Howe swum next in the
50m Breaststroke, both reached the finals and
both posted the time of 43 seconds. In the finals
Kirsten came third and Jude came fourth. The
last individual races to take place were the girls
and boys 50 freestyle. Josh Thurston-Woolnough
swam for the boys and posted a time of 34. Grace
Madsen raced for the girls and stormed her way
into the final. The final was an incredibly close race
with nothing between her and a swimmer from St
Felix, sadely Grace was pipped at the finish by just
5 hundredths of a second.
Last up were the relays, Bungay reached the final in
both the boys and the girls relay. The boy’s team,
which consisted of: Jude Ashken, Max Ashken,
Josh Thurston and Alfie Armstrong finished in a
strong fourth. The girl’s team, which consisted of:
Grace Madsen, Daisy Armstrong, Kirsten Howe and
Lauren Rogers finished in a respectable 5th. These
8 swimmers represented Bungay outstandingly and
finished joint 5th at they end of the event.
Jude Ashken
Gryffin House
U15 INDOOR ATHLETICS
On Tuesday 20th January Bungay hosted an U15
indoor athletics event with Alde Valley Academy,
Hartismere HS, Thomas Mills HS and Debenham HS
competing. The event was hugely successful with
the boys team winning the completion and the girls
team finishing second. The boys team consisted of
James Catchpole, Leo Lavender, Louie Holmes, Sam
Casbolt, Will Binder, Jack Smith, Bruno Brown and
Josh Kirk. The girls team consisted of Maisie Baldry,
Daisy Armstrong, Cara Howe, Kirsten Howe and
Jess Sparkes.
Steve Middleton
PE Teacher
U14 BADMINTON
Our Under 14 Badminton performed really well at
Suffolk Inspire to clinch third place in the County
Finals. In the group matches the girls started
strongly defeating Samuel Ward School 5-0. A
tough encounter followed with the girls losing
3-2 to East Bergholt, who had a County Under 14
player in their team. The girls then clinched second
place in the group after defeating County Upper
5-0.
The girls then played against St Felix School,
Southwold, who had finished second in their
group. Our girls, three of whom were a year under
age, put up another terrific display to clinch overall
third place with another 5-0 win.
Photo - Sophie Johnston, Phoebe Mortlock, Cara
Howe and Suzie Millward.
The girls are determined to reach this stage again
next year and hopefully come back with the gold
medals.
Nick Bennett
PE Teacher
BADMINTON COUNTY FINALS
Both the U16 Girls and U16 boys having qualified for
the badminton county finals travelled to Ipswich to
compete.
opening games. Bungay managed to win one of the
remaining two games, but it wasn’t enough to take
the victory overall.
The Girls team were up first against King Edwards.
Bungay got off to a flying start winning all their
matches convincingly.
Bungay’s next opponents were Newmarket. Bungay
fared better against this school winning 4 out of the
five matches. They really needed to win their final
match to have any chance of reaching the first place
play off.
Their second round match was against Castle Manor.
Up first was Bungay’s number one seed Patricia
Kou. She made quick work of her opponent winning
21-11. The doubles team, Sophie Webb and Hollie
Sewell followed suit winning 21-5. Chloe Snowling,
Bungay’s second seed continued the winning streak
with a 21-5 victory. Bungay won their final two
matches against Castle Manor to take the match 5-0.
Bungay’s final match in their pool was against
East Bergholt. The girls held strong to take all five
matches yet again.
Bungay were through to the 1st place play off with
the strongest record out of any team competing.
Bungay were drawn against Thurston High School.
Patricia Kou breezed past their top seed winning
21-4. Holly Sewell and Sophie Webb had a tougher
time in their first match going behind early on
2-10. They battled on clawing their way back level
and eventually emerged victorious winning 21-15.
Bungay went on to win their final two games to
become County champions. Even more impressively
they didn’t lose a single game!
Congratulations to Patricia Kou, Chloe Snowling,
Sophie Webb and Hollie Sewell. They now go on to
compete in their regional finals on March 18th.
The boys were up next with a tough task to follow.
Their first opponents were Felixstowe.
Henry Caplin opened Bungay’s campaign with a win
against his Felixstowe opponent. The doubles pair
of Duane Racho and Henry Barnes and second seed
James Temple, didn’t fair quite so well losing their
Bungay’s final match of the pool stage was against
Samuel Ward High School. Henry Caplin continued
his winning ways with another impressive win 21-8.
Duane and Henrys game was a close contest. They
had battled back from being behind to draw the
score level at 19-19, only to lose out on the last
point. James played possibly his best match yet, but
sadly his opponent was too strong and he lost 18-21.
With one win and one loss in the final two games of
the match Bungay ended the pool stage in 3rd place,
meaning they would playoff for 5th or 6th place out
of 8 teams.
The opponents were Hadleigh. The boys finished the
tournament with a convincing 4-1 finish ending the
tournament in 5th place overall.
Cheryl Mullenger
PE Teacher
U10 FOOTBALL
The Year 10 Football team had a fine win in the quarter final of the Suffolk County Cup. After a long trip to
Castle Manor, Haverhill, the boys started brightly and took a well deserved lead when Ben Snowling’s cross
deceived the keeper. A super free kick from Jimmy Morrissey doubled our lead, but on the stroke of half
time Castle Manor got a goal back after the award of a soft penalty.
The second half started more evenly and we adjusted our formation with Callum Reed dropping into a back
four. Ben’s pressure and delightful pass put Jimmy in for his second and soon after Adam Chenery’s through
ball saw Jimmy complete a fine hat trick. This fine 4-1 win takes the lads into a home semi final when they
will play either East Bergholt or Newmarket.
Team: Max Stacey, Adam Chenery, James Catchpole, Charlie Canham, Callum Read, Jake Sewell, Henry
Caplin, Leo Lavender, Ben Snowling, Bruno Brown, Jimmy Morrissey & Charlie Delaney.
Nick Thomas
BECCLES & BUNGAY
WINTER GRADING AND SEMINAR
Students at Beccles and Bungay Taekwondo Clubs gathered just before Christmas for a winter grading and
seminar hosted at Bungay High School where 50 students took their next examination in order to move
up to the next belt in this Olympic martial art. Seven students passed their provisional black belt meaning
they can now get ready to take the full black belt examination in May. All students demonstrated great
enthusiasm and endurance during the four hour seminar where a range of techniques, patterns, selfdefence, sparring and destruction were all tested alongside Korean terminology.
Mr Steve King (Sixth Degree) said that standards were excellent and they were all a credit to the region and
their instructors whilst Mr Darren Twelvetree (Fourth Degree) commented on how eager students were to
listen and respond to advice and guidance.
It is now a perfect time to start getting fit following on from the excesses of Christmas and the sport is an
excellent and fun way of losing weight, gaining fitness and suppleness as well as developing self-confidence
alongside real self defence capabilities. Community clubs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm in
Hall 1 are family orientated with many parents training alongside their children in order to gain new skills
and a sense of wellbeing, whilst High School students can train for free on a Wednesday from 4pm.
Please find further details on www.bungay-taekwondo.co.uk .
Clinton Gillett
AFTER SCHOOL
(3:45pm – 4:45pm)
Fixtures
Fixtures
Taekwondo Club Hall 1 (4-5pm)
Fixtures
Fixtures
LUNCHTIME
(1:10pm - 1:40pm)
Yr10 Football Club
Boys Dodgeball
Social Badminton
Yr10&11 Fitness Suite
Yr9,10 & 11 Girls Hockey
Yr7&8 Netball
Yr9,10 & 11 Boys Football
Yr10&11 Rugby
Yr9 Netball
All Year’s Table-Tennis
Yr7, 8 & 9 Girls Basketball
All years Come Play–You choose your sport!
Yr10&11 Netball
Yr7&8 Rugby
Yr7-8 Girls Hockey
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Bungay High School
Key Stage 3 Production
Archie Dobson’s
War
Thursday 5th and
Friday 6th February
7pm
Admission (£3 adults, children free) on the
door
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