Picture Perfect
It has been a popular activity and many students have been enjoying learning the art of photography. Some of the pictures in our Bulletin and this news section of the website have been supplied by the club, so thank you to them for their creativity.
With Merit
Back row from left to right:
Kei Kato, Jennifer Lau, Rachelle Ting, Harry Huang, Mikhail Kupriyanov.
Front row from left to right:
Xiya Liu, Noeru Someya, Bianca Chen, Victoria Diogo, Radika Patel and Lei Xia.
Students Emily Fung, Shobo Shobo and Pei Hung Tan not pictured were also part of the Merit group.
Festive Fun
Christmas Concert
At the end of the Autumn term students celebrate by throwing an end of term performance. The celebrations include; singing, dancing, video clips, rock school performance, the choir, piano and guitar performances along with members of staff doing a surprise song for the students. It was a great way to end the term.
GCSE Results and Scholarship Test
In September 2010 we introduced a two year GCSE scholarship for gifted students. Simran Patel and Emma-Jane Faulkner were part of this cohort and at the end of their first year at GCSE; both students sat module exams in English Language, History and Science. Simran achieved two "a*" grades and one "a" grade, Emma-Jane achieved 1 "a*" grade and two "a" grades, a real success for each student at the end of their first year with us.
Adrian Thacker (GCSE Course Director) is extremely happy with this year’s GCSE results, particularly those from the two-year programme:
It is testimony to Emma-Jane and Simran’s hard work last year. In fact, all of the two year GCSE students worked very hard and deserved what they achieved and I am very confident they will go on to achieve equally excellent final grades next Summer."
Both girls will continue this year with a mixture of the following GCSE subjects: Chemistry, English Language & Literature, French, Geography, History, Mathematics and Physics.
Our aim at Bosworth is to offer gifted students a two year GCSE scholarship and then retain this scholarship across another two years for A Level study. By doing this our hope is for the student to achieve the best advice on their future pathway and to gain a place at a top 50 university. With the current competitiveness for university places; both A Level and GCSE results will become increasingly important in the application process.
Bosworth will hold a GCSE scholarship test on the 14th February 2012 if your child is currently in Year 9 and would like to sit the test, please contact us on 01604 235 090.
Pictured here: students: Simran Patel and Emma-Jane Faulkner with Mr Adrian Thacker (GCSE Course Director)
Children in Need 2011
This year students ran various events for the charity "Children in Need". The charity helps to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. The fundraising events this year included: everyone wearing spots or they were fined, selling cupcakes and sweets (which the students and staff made) placing coins on Pudsey bear and the Bush Tucker trials.
The Bush Tucker trials were taken as an idea from a TV programme "I’m a celebrity get me out of Here" set in Australia, it involves celebrities who take part in gruesome trials in the jungle. A collection of our GCSE students came up with 4 trials for our teachers: Mr Tatar, Mr Thacker and Mrs Robbins. Drinking flavoured milkshakes and guessing what they were made up of (ingredients such as spinach and sweet corn were included) picking eggs and cracking them on their heads (some were hard boiled some were raw) eating 4 donuts (whoever was the quickest won) and finally picking stars out of baked beans using only their mouths. It was a very messy but fun event and a big thank you to the teachers for being such good sports and taking part.
In total £750 was raised from Bosworth students for this charity, a very worthwhile donation!
