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A NEWS UPDATE FROM
OSWALD HOUSE! 12 JULY 2021
Sports’ Leaders - Page 5
to get involved in lots of different events for Oswald to
help us achieve great things. It was also so lovely to see
the environment that was created to support all students
competing in events, with a special mention to 7 Stevens
for their amazing home made signs to support Oswald.
It would like to thank all parents and carers for their
support throughout this year. There have been more
challenges this year than I have ever come across in my
entire teaching career but you have been with us every
step of the way, trusting in what we do in order to do the
absolute best for our students. Hopefully September will
see us return to a more normal environment.
We are looking forward to welcoming our new Year 7
students in September and I know our older students
will make them feel welcome and help them to settle
in quickly. It is important to reflect that we were all
new to Bede Academy once and our students always
Ozzy Comment; What a wonderful year demonstrate excellent compassion and character in
we have had. I am SO PROUD to be the supporting new and younger students. I hope our new
mascot for Oswald House and could not be year 7 students know what a fantastic house they will
prouder of our students. You really have gone be joining and we look forward to seeing them represent
above and beyond this year and fully deserve Oswald in lots of different events.
your break when it arrives next Friday. Enjoy and Dear Parents, Carers and Students
It has been great to see the buzz around the academy for
have fun. Ozzy.
I cannot believe the end of the academic year has the Euro competition and I hope students are enjoying
come around so quickly. Whilst our year may have been watching the games. With Wimbledon also underway
disrupted, it has been filled with some really special and the summer Olympics in Tokyo ahead, it’s a fabulous
moments of joy, perseverance, empathy and compassion. time for sport and I hope it will inspire many of our
Visit us on twitter to find out what our It has been wonderful to have our academy back students to get involved with the many great sporting
staff, parents and students are doing! together and whole again and our students, as always, opportunities available to them both inside and outside
have done us proud and achieved some amazing things. the academy. I have felt myself being drawn into the Euro
buzz and as I write this, I am hopefully wondering... is
In terms of Oswald House, we have had a really successful football really coming home again?
year. We have performed strongly in sporting events,
with House Rounders, Dodgeball and Football all being I wish you all a wonderful restful summer holiday when
stand out events where we achieved victories. We also it arrives next week and I look forward to seeing you all
had success in the Masterchef competition, where it was in September.
apparent we have some budding chefs within our House.
Take care and, as always, stay safe.
My favourite part of the year has been students rising
to the challenge and really getting on board with
their house allegiance. Our house system is growing in Miss Lee
@BedeAcademy strength year by year and really helps to create a sense Head of Oswald House
of belonging. This was apparent on sports’ day this year,
where our Oswald students really stepped up to the mark
© D Sword 2020-2021
Dear Oswald House,
Well… here we are nearing the end of the summer term, reflecting on what we have done well this year and
what we can improve on. I feel that we have all done well in being resilient during this pandemic and we
have worked together, being flexible about our learning and asking for support when necessary. What I have
enjoyed most this year is seeing students develop skills and engage in all the academy has to offer. Sports’
Day was a good example of this, particularly seeing how eager students were to participate and how much
they enjoyed the event. I can’t wait for the start of next term! And before I forget what I need to improve
on... going to the gym! See you all after the summer holidays; enjoy.
Mrs Peake
STAR STUDENTS
NAME TUTOR TEACHER REASON
Jack 7 McMurchie Mrs Allan Excellent effort in Geography
Ryan 9 Clarkson Mrs J Taylor Excellent effort in coding
David 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Ella 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Lucy 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Jayden 7 Sutton Mr Fantastic participation in reading out loud during a cover lesson - great changes in tone and
Shackleton emphasis!
Lily 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Ryan 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Joel 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Rhys 8 Broadway Miss Greeted sports’ day with much enthusiam and partook in several events.
Broadway
Tilly 7 Sutton Mrs Park Supportive to friends and demonstrating resilience
Sienna 7 McMurchie Miss Peake Courage to face fears and overcome them
Jodi 7 Stevens Mr S Harris Exemplary attitude in PTE and research out of lessons
Xander 10 Dawson- Miss Tubby Excellent effort and attitude in PTE.
Rogers
Bryce 10 Charlton Miss Tubby Making excellent contributions in PTE.
Joshua 7 Sutton Ms Excellent S&L performance.
Stonebanks
Tilly 7 Sutton Ms Excellent S&L performance.
Stonebanks
Devyn 10 Webster Miss Butler Great work on her English Language exam
Kiera 9 Clarkson Mrs Helpful in the classroom
Richardson
Adam VI Sams Miss Street Fabulous sports Leader at sports’ day
Joseph VI Sith miss Street Fabulous sports Leader at sports’ day
Mya VI Sams Miss Street Fabulous sports Leader at sports’ day
Tom VI Sams Miss Street Fabulous sports Leader at sports’ day
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
What is your name? Miss Peake
What is your role at Bede Academy? Pastoral Support
HOUSE POINTS HOUSE POINTS HOUSE POINTS
What subject do you teach? History
13784 13608 13874 Which University did you attend and
what did you study?
Sunderland/ Northumberland PCGE (functional skills)
HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE What are your favourite hobbies? DIY
COMPETITION COMPETITION COMPETITION
What is your favourite meal from the all of them
Refectory?
364.5 369 364.5 What is your one piece of advice to
others?
If you can't think of something postive to say don't say anything
ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE Where is your favourite destination? Canary Islands
What is your favourite TV Game of Thrones
Programme?
89% 91% 89% What is your favourite Sports Team? Newcastle United FC
When you were younger what did Police Officer
you want to do for a job?
HOUSE EVENTS
DATE HOUSE EVENT
Term 3 attendance totals
Term 3 individual house points
12 July 2021
Summer holiday house challenge;
photo competition
Appointment of Senior Prefects for 2021-2022
On Tuesday 6th July, our newly appointed Head Boy and Head Girl undertook their first official engagement. David and Alexis accompanied Mrs Normanton to
Grace College, where they interviewed the Principal, Mr Hall. This was part of a collaborative assembly project which was viewed by all students at Bede North
in their assembly on Monday 12th July. David and Alexis were fabulous ambassadors for Bede, and enjoyed a tour of the college with Grace College’s Head Girl
and another sixth form leader. We look forward to increasing our collaborative working with other
trust schools in this way.
We are also delighted to appoint and announce the Sixth Form senior prefect roles. The
following students have been appointed to senior roles following the application and
interview process. We congratulate them in their success and look forward to seeing them
fulfil their role next academic year. They will be involved in many aspects of Academy life
and are role models to our younger students. Congratulations to our senior prefects!
Head boy-DAVID OLIVE
Head Girl-ALEXIS WAITE
Deputy Head Boy-ETHAN ALIA
Deputy Head Girl-SERENA CHAHAL
Aidan House Captains-LEWIS JOHNSON AND ELLIE MCGUIGAN
Oswald House Captains-ADAM BEAVIS AND RACHEL JACKSON
Cuthbert House Captains-CAMERON CRAWLEY AND ABBIE ROSS
Charity ambassador- JOSIE TODD
Community and Ethos lead-ANDREW COOKE
Deputy House Captains Aidan-BEN ANDERSON AND JOSH HEWITSON
Deputy House Captains Cuthbert-OLIVIA BARKER AND REUBEN COOK
Deputy House Captains OSWALD-KERENA COOK AND JASMIN COLE
Primary links-BRITNEY KNOX, DEMI STEWART, BETHANY WALLACE, JASON
GOODFELLOW, LAUREN GRAHAM.
Senior prefect Duty lead-MEGAN RUSSELL
Publications editors-ALYSSIA CUNNINGHAM AND HALLUM NESBITT
BE(DE) KIND TO YOURSELF
Get Breathing: Take a social media break every day. Put your
phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’ or leave it in a different room.
Studies show that spending too much time scrolling can
increase feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression. Prioritize
your own self-care with other activities you enjoy such as
reading, gaming, playing a sport or visiting a friend.
RECOMMENDED READING
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Mitch Johnson Octavia E. Butler Stephen King
THIS WEEKS STAR IN THE COMMUNITY COMES FROM CUTHBERT
Stars in the Community! All About... Motocross
What is your name? Leo
What Tutor and House are you in? 7 Kale
What club are you involved in outside of Motocross - I ride for the RMJ Academy
Bede?
How long have you been attending this club? 5 years
Do you have a specific role/position at this No - just a participant
club?
What has been the biggest event you have The master kids motocross event
been involved in?
What do you like about this club? Because we like to go fast and have fun - adrenline rush!
Can anyone attend this club? Yes
What days and times is this club on? Mainly a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Is there a website or a page where we can find Facebook - RMJ Academy
out more info?
On Thursday 1st July and Friday 2nd July, 48 year 10 students embarked on their long awaited Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award
expedition. Having been postponed several times over the last year and also modified to keep everyone safe during the additional
restrictions, it was fantastic to see the students working together in their teams outside of the academy and we had fantastic
weather for it. Even though some of their navigation skills were a little rusty and some groups managed to veer off track before
leaving Blyth, they all walked routes that took them from the academy as far as Low Horton Farm and Lysdon Farm, although some
students did take a detour via New Hartley! On the Thursday evening students also demonstrated their camp craft skills by cooking
some food on the stoves and putting up a tent. Students showed tremendous determination to complete their routes and great
compassion to help each other through the whole expedition and we are incredibly proud of all of them. We look forward to those
that missed out on this expedition being able to complete it early in the new academic year.
Y12 Raku Workshop with John Scott
On Friday 12th July Y12 Art students at Bede Academy were lucky enough to take part in a Raku Firing
experience, led by the local Ceramic Artist John Scott.
This workshop was in line with Leach 100: Celebrating A Centenary of Inspiration & Exchange. In 2020
the Leach Pottery celebrated 100 years. Established by friends and colleagues Bernard Leach and Shoji
Hamada in 1920, the Leach Pottery was built with an experimental and progressive spirit and has since
forged the shape of studio pottery around the world. As an Academy Bede won a bid to become a partner
venue within the Leach 100 and as a result got to host our very own Raku Party. Prior to the workshop
students attended extracurricular ceramic sessions whereby they were able to make clay vessels via hand
building and throwing on the potters’ wheel.
The Raku workshop was extremely well received by both the Y12 students and the wider staff at Bede
Academy and will most definitely be a highlight of this academic year.
One pot which was chosen by the students will be put forward to Leach Pottery to be part of the final exhibition of this 100 yrs.
celebration. The Art and Engineering department continues to work very closely with John Scott to arrange on site facilities to Raku
Fire more regularly. This will open up more opportunities to students lower down the Academy
VI Form Sports Leaders
It has been a pleasure to work with the Year 12 and Year 10 Sports Leaders this summer, as they organised and facilitated 8 different sports days across the whole
Academy. From the outset it was obvious that this group would be going above and beyond to ensure the events were a great success and a source of much
joy for all students. As the week progressed it was fantastic to see the Leaders grow in confidence and develop so many positive attributes that they will be
able to call upon in their future careers. I know they were exhausted by Friday! But I also know how much they enjoyed the experience and suddenly have so
much more respect for their regular PE teachers!! An amazing week, with wonderful ambassadors for sport and the Academy.
WEEKLY MENU
Summer Holiday Reading
With the summer holidays almost upon us, I would
like to encourage our students to continue reading for
pleasure over the holiday period. All students will have
the opportunity to borrow books from the academy
library to take home and enjoy over the summer, as well
MONDAY as having 24/7 online access to the fantastic selection
of ebooks and audiobooks supplied to us by ‘ePlatform
Soup of the day by Wheelers’. The site has thousands of books ranging
Sausage U Boat from the classics to up to date contemporary fiction,
including all of the popular titles our students love to
Toad in the hole but boat shaped read. The site is easy to navigate and can be used on a
Chicken Goujons PC and laptop on the desktop version, or via the app for
mobile or tablet devices. Here is a STEP BY STEP GUIDE
Tossed in a salt and pepper Chinese seasoning for students to follow, showing how to log onto the
Vegetable Sausage U Boat ePlatform, search, borrow and reserve books. There is
also a SHORT VIDEO attached showing how to navigate
Steamed Vegetables/Creamed Potatoes the site.
At Bede Academy we constantly strive to help our
TUESDAY students foster a love of reading that will stay with them
Soup of the day for the rest of their lives. Developing strong reading
skills is not only important for academic success, it
Chilli Cheese Wedges has also been proven that it helps children develop a
Chilli beef and cheese smothered over spiced wedges greater understanding of the world we live in, improve
relationships with others, reduce symptoms of stress and
Macaroni Chicken anxiety and improve wellbeing throughout their lives.
Macaroni cheese with BBQ chicken This feels even more important this summer having come
through an academic year which has been far from the
Veggie Chilli and Cheese Wedges norm, so we encourage our students to take time to relax
Steamed Vegetables/ Potato Wedges and unwind with a great book.
If you’re stuck for ideas about what to read next, why
WEDNESDAY not take a look at the library home page on the academy
website https://www.bedeacademy.org.uk/library/,
Soup of the day there’s something for all ages and tastes! There are
Traditional roast also many great websites out there with lots of reading
inspiration on, so why not take a look at the following
With Yorkshire pudding sites:
Chinese Chicken Curry
Love Reading 4 Kids
Chinese style curry with chunky onions Blue Peter Book Awards
Chinese Vegetable Curry Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Carnegie Book Awards
Steamed Vegetables/Roast Potatoes or Rice Book Trust
Costa Children’s Book Award
THURSDAY Some of our Year 7 students may be interested in joining
Soup of the day the Summer Reading Challenge at their local public
library https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/news/
Chicken and Bacon Burger general/wild-world-heroes-intro
Breaded chicken wrapped in bacon
Whatever your book choice this summer, I wish many
Corned Beef Pastie happy hours of chilled reading!
Wrapped in flaky pastry
Mrs Watson
Cauliflower Mac and Cheese
Steamed vegetables/potato wedges
FRIDAY
Soup of the day
Battered Fish Fillet
Crispy fish fillets served with lemon and homemade tartare
sauce
Southern Fried Chicken
Chicken fillet in a spicy crumb
Battered Halloumi
Peas /baked beans/chips
Alternative pizza pasta bar/selection of savoury bakes/baked
potatoes/salad bar
Bede Academy (Secondary) Sixth Avenue, Blyth, NE24 2SY
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