The lacrosse senior 1st team won Division Two of the National Schools Lacrosse Championships 2010 held at Imperial College, London on 5 and 6 March. They have brought home an impressive trophy and have been ranked 29th out of 50 top lacrosse playing schools in the country. This fantastic achievement reflects the hard work and commitment put in by the girls and PE staff throughout the season.
The Easter Concert will take place on Tuesday 16 March 2010 in Luker Hall at 7.00pm. Tickets will be available on the door at £4 for adults and £3 concessions.
Interest is growing in the Sport Relief Mile event to be staged on Fifth Road field on Sunday 21 March between 10am and 12 noon. The run is open to anyone in the wider school community and will embrace families and friends across all the year groups. The emphasis is on FUN and with this theme in mind fancy dress or relay teams are most welcome.
Entrance on the day is just £1 per person and further sponsorship forms are available through the PE department.
The New JIGSAW Partnership presents Sunshine Funtime on Saturday 27 March 2010 at Park House School from 9.30am - 1.30pm. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to juggle, do cheerleading, have a go at line dancing or samba drumming or learn more about birds of prey, here’s your chance.
All extended families of children from our partnership schools are welcome. There will be a small charge of 50p per item for arts and crafts activities but otherwise the event is FREE. Refreshments will be available to purchase. For more information visit www.newjigsaw.co.uk or ring 07879 118986.
Following the Parent Governor election the school is pleased to announce that Stephen Uden has been appointed as Parent Governor.
New links between St Bart’s and China have been established as around 20 teachers from Beijing Number 80 Middle School spent a day in school to observe British education in practice. The teachers were in the UK attending a three week course at Oxford University on British education.
The Chinese guests were welcomed by Mrs Haddrell and Mrs Wood. A group of students learning Chinese gave a short presentation in Mandarin Chinese about St Bart’s. The visitors spent the day meeting members of staff, touring the school and observing some of our lessons. They also found out about our Business and Enterprise specialism and expressed interest in the new buildings.
St Bart’s already has links with schools in Qingdao and Shanghai and this visit has created further opportunities to open new associations in Beijing.
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.