A MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF YEAR 8
We have had a fantastic final week of the first half term and Year 8 continue to impress both myself and their teachers. Well done to all our Year 7/8 Football players this half term who have played 3 games so far and only been defeated once! We are looking forward to seeing the team develop as the year progresses. Well done also to our Year 8/9 Rugby squad for their amazing efforts in their first match of the season against Christs. It was a tough game but all our players remained determined and showed amazing teamwork and sportsmanship. Their hard work paid off as they went on to take the win, beating Christ’s by 4 points, with a final score of 12-8. I know there have been lots of students involved in the production of Annie. This will be such an amazing school event and I wanted to praise students who have been regularly attending rehearsals - we are all very much looking forward to watching the final production! This half term 8EMU have taken the top spot on the epraise leaderboard, following closely behind is 8EFR and then 8SGZ. Congratulations to those forms and all students who have achieved epraise points this half term. When we return to school on Wednesday 1 November, we encourage you to remind your children about the key expectations around uniform, lanyards and chrome books. It is essential that Year 8 students are putting their best foot forward and continuing in the same positive way that they have started the school year.
MRS MORTIMER, HEAD OF YEAR 8
SPORTS FIXTURES
Fixture
Result
Date
12.10.23
Year 9 Netball vs RPA
WON 12-7
12.10.23
Year 10/11 Netball vs RPA
WON 12-7
10.10.23
WON 12-8
Year 8/9 Rugby vs Christ’s
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Significant Black Figure of the Week
Meet Nicola Adams:
Trailblazer Nicola made history as the first woman to win the Olympic gold medal for boxing. She was also the first openly LGBT boxer to win a medal. Up until 2012, the Olympics didn’t allow women to compete in boxing, so Nicola was fighting stereotypes to earn her place in the ring. She went on to win the gold in London 2012 and Rio in 2016. Always a trailblazer, Nicola didn’t stop making history when she stopped boxing. She took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, breaking boundaries as the first same-sex couple to dance on the show. Biographical documentary ‘Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story’ examines Nicola’s life spent fighting fierce competitors, prejudice and adversity and her determination to never give up.
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