We’re heading towards Red Nose Day next Friday and the Student Council have been planning their fundraising. Year 7 students, Paige, Mikayla and Libbie shared in assembly that we’ll be having a non-uniform day, encouraging the wearing of a red item of clothing with a suggested donation of £1 payable through Parent Mail. There will also be a bake sale. Donations of baking are welcomed and if there’s a red nose theme that’s even better. Finally, they’ll be able to purchase red noses for £2 during form time. Thanks in advance for your support.
It was lovely to welcome so many parents, carers and students to our Year 9 Options Evening on Wednesday. This is an exciting time as our Year 9 students further personalise their curriculum. We enjoyed sharing our ambitious curriculum, based around the EBacc, and thinking through possible future routes, looking at destinations of past students as inspiration. There was then the opportunity for conversations with teachers about progress being made in Maths, English and Science and visits to different subject stalls to find out more information before making a decision. The deadline for completing the Options forms is Tuesday 18th March.
‘Positive Regard’ was the focus of our Professional Development Day yesterday with all staff participating in training. This complements our work with the Behaviour Hub, looking at how we can further develop our relational approach so that we can support our students, enabling them to maximise their learning opportunities. It will also form an important part of embedding our values, that we are ambitious, respectful and resilient.
In Sporting news, Mrs. Cheeseman reports, ‘Tuesday evening saw our Year 7 girl’s football team play King James’s School. Again, for a few this was their first fixture experience and some had purchased fresh boots especially for the game! Player of the match chosen by the other team was Rova, she must have run the length of the pitch 100 times over! I also want to mention Lily for her numerous saves in goal, a great demonstration of resilience, and also Charlotte who kept putting pressure on her player to gain some key interceptions. KJS won 4-0 but it wasn’t an easy win for them… much improved from the last game against RGS.’
Mr. Fields reports, ‘The Yr7 boys took on Ashville in the Quarter final of the district cup on Monday. The boys were excited for the game in the latter stages of the competition but unfortunately could not find the level of performance necessary to overcome an organised and unrelenting Ashville. The game was won by Ashville but valuable lessons were taken onboard by the Boroughbridge boys and ambitions have been reset for next year’s cup competitions.
Wednesday saw the Yr10 boys compete in the York City Knights school Rugby League tournament at Fulford. The group of players have shown great resilience over the past few months training after school to develop their gameplay. The boys were straight into action against the host school and lost narrowly 8 – 4. The much anticipated federation derby was next on the fixture list and the boys revelled in competing against KJS. Tries were exchanged early in the game as both teams showed attacking prowess and defensive frailties. Boroughbridge again narrowly lost the game 24-20 after a superbly contested match. The final game against Joseph Rowntree school allowed the boys to display the full range of techniques and tactics and a tremendous display of rugby was rewarded with a 20-8 victory over the York school. The boys showed excellent teamwork, discipline, respect and sportsmanship throughout, a true measure of their character.
Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel the Friends of Boroughbridge High School quiz and Chilli night due to disappointing ticket sales. The tickets that have been sold will be refunded early next week.
The second series of Progress Exams have finished today and Year 8 take their turn next week with their Exam week.
Have a lovely weekend!