17th January 2014

Congratulations to all students in Year 7 for the fantastic efforts made to raise money for the Year group's selected charity.  A cheque for £500 was handed over to the Friends of Freemantles School on Tuesday.

Friends of Fremantles raises money for Freemantles School, in Mayford, which is a school for children and young people with Autism. 

The charity was highlighted by Amber Swinerd and students were provided with information about the work of this school before they developed their fund raising ideas.  It is important to note that the year group raised the money between themselves and not with the support of other Year groups.  Mrs Swinerd attended a special assembly to receive the cheques and promised to let the students know how it would be spent.

The Year 11 boy's football team maintain their winning ways with success in the third round of the County Cup. The team played Raynes Park and won 5 - 3, which included a hat trick from Harry Chew, although this was a whole squad effort. The score could have been even more impressive had two penalties not been missed.  They are through to the quarter finals.  

I wish the team success in their next challenged as one of the last 16 in the National Cup, the match is taking place on Tuesday 21st January.

The Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition was held on 15th January.  Unfortunately we did not win - we were competing in the seniors category -  however, the Year 10 team were a credit to the school. The team, pictured below consisted of Robert (Chairperson) Ruby (main speaker) Harry (Vote of Thanks)  It was a real team effort and the students enjoyed the experience, although found it very nerve-wracking!