House play tickets are on sale from Evers and Patterson House Heads at Luker at Activity Time. Cost £4.00 adults, £3.00 concessions. Four comedies in two nights.
Wednesday 10 February: Curnock and Davis
Thursday 11 February: Evers and Patterson
Patterson will be performing a comedy version of Henry VIII and Evers are performing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Support your House and have a laugh.
The area cross country results for the St Bart’s teams have been received and there are some excellent placings.
The girls’ teams placings are U13 - 1st, U15 - 1st, U17 - 2nd, U20 - 1st.
The boys’ teams placings are U13 - 5th, U15 - 1st, U17 - 4th, U20 - 2nd.
Read the full report in BartholoNews on 9 February 2010.
The redevelopment project reached a major milestone on Friday 29 January when the new buildings were topped out. This was a traditional ceremony which marked structural completion and involved placing oil, corn, wine and salt in the ground on the second floor of the Curnock block which helped bless the building with good luck.
Students representing each year group took part in the ceremony and were among 80 guests. Mark Tant, Managing Director, Willmott Dixon welcomed everyone to the ceremony and speeches were given by Barbara Alexander, West Berkshire’s Executive Member for Children and Young People; Christina Haddrell, Headteacher; Ian Campbell, St Bart’s Chair of Governors and Paul Millard, Trustee of the school’s Charitable Foundation.
This milestone brings us closer to being able to work in an innovative building fit for education in the 21st century.
Pictured are the students involved in the ceremony together with representatives from Willmott Dixon, West Berkshire Council, St Bart’s and the Charitable Foundation.
The redevelopment project will reach a major milestone on Friday 29 January when the building is ‘topped out’ . Students will play a part in the topping out ceremony and each year group has one representative attending. Guests from West Berkshire Council, the school’s Charitable Foundation, staff and governors will also be present.
Topping out is a traditional ceremony to mark structural completion and involves the placing of oil, corn, wine and salt in the ground which helps bless the building with good luck. It is also a sign that the project, being built by contractor Willmott Dixon, is on the home straight towards completion at the end of October 2010.
Seven students from St Bart’s have been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge University for entry in October 2010. The school congratulates these students on their outstanding success. This is a great achievement and reflects the hard work they have put into their studies throughout their schooling and to the support given by staff and families.
The students are Ellie Bridger-Wilkinson, Joe Prentice, Heather West, Ben Brown, George Mayes, Joseph Minchin who are all in Year 13 and are pictured with Mrs Haddrell and Mr Davis. The seventh successful student is Becky Hunter who left St Bart’s in 2008 and is currently working before going to university.
A reminder that the nomination forms for the Parent Governor vacancy need to be returned by 4.00pm on Monday 25 January. The letter and relevant forms can be found on the website www.stbarts.co.uk under Governors. Please contact Mrs Glover on 01635 576317 for any further information.
The Parents’ Education Forum takes place this evening, Monday 18 January 2010 from 7.00pm - 8.00pm in the Lifelong Learning Centre at St Bart’s. Agenda items are Ad Lucem Project and the Ofsted Inspection.
All parents/carers are invited.
The Y7/8 PA disco calendared for Friday 15 January 2010 has been cancelled. There are forthcoming House charity discos which all Year 7 and 8 students are welcome to attend. Davis House is on Friday 29 January in Luker Hall from 7-9pm and Curnock House is on Friday 26 February in Luker Hall from 7-9pm.
The rearranged Year 10 Ski Trip Parents Information Evening will take place on Thursday 21 January 2010 at 6.30pm in Luker Hall. There will be full details of the itinerary, expectations, clothing and an opportunity for questions.
In addition there will be a representative from the ski wear company Ski3Up who will have a wide range of items available for hire/purchase at reasonable prices - socks, gloves, goggles etc as well as ski jackets and ski trousers. Vouchers from First Choice Travel will also be available for you to collect on the evening should you wish them to arrange currency for you.
School will be open as normal on Thursday 14 January 2010. Registration for all year groups is at 8.40am.
School Disco Years 7 and 8
The school disco for Years 7 and 8 on Friday 15 January has been cancelled.