This term has seen us celebrate many
successes with our students, some of which have already been shared through the
Headteacher Blog. Our Performing Arts
students have brought a wealth of talent and technical skills to the Year 13
performance of ‘Shakers’; Year 10 Access to Music students have been collaborating
with younger students to showcase their musical skills in a series of ‘open
mics’ workshops; and we are eagerly anticipating exam performances from Year
12’s The Importance of Being Earnest’ (Oscar
Wilde) and Year 11’s Private Peaceful! (Michael
Morpurgo). Two of our Year 13 students took part in ARTiculate – a prestigious
public speaking event at the Arnolifini – and were complimented by the judges
on their passion for their chosen subjects and an exemplary delivery.
Our Year 11 and Year 10 Rubgy teams
have continued to represent the school with enthusiasm and determination; our
Year 9s and Year 10s saw success in the South Gloucestershire Rowing Challenge,
and congratulations go to Joe Leather (Year 9), who is representing Avon in the
County U18 Tennis Competition.
Congratulations also to Jessica
Chalkley (Year 10) who has won her semi-final heat of the Rotary Young Chef
Competition. We wish her every success in the District Finals in February.
It is always pleasing to
share good press with our parents - for those of you who didn’t catch the news
in the Gazette “Castle and Marlwood schools buck the national trend and named amongst
best in South Gloucestershire” click below for the whole article.