It was great to see over 1000 visitors at our Open Evening, our chance to show parents and members of the community all that is good about the school.

Mrs McKenzie and I gave talks at both Middle schools after the open evening about the transition arrangements for 2012, it was a real pleasure to be so warmly received. Mrs McKenzie has produced a follow up letter with answers to the most frequently asked questions. We aim to have all the booklets, policies and letters relating to middle school parents on our website, then there is no need to ‘scrabble about’ in the bottom of PE bags!

Last week saw an exceptional Careers week. We had 25 visiting speakers. This is a really tough time to be making career choices but through the talks we hope the students are able to gain some inspiration and direction for their future studies and employment opportunities. The feedback from the visiting speakers was very positive about both our students and the atmosphere around the school, all visitors were keen to do repeat performances. Many thanks to Mrs Crowley for organising the events.

We continue to show parents around the school from out of catchment, they, like our visiting speakers are pleased with what they see and are keen to send thier children to Bungay High. Our current position is that 33% of our students are from out of catchment.

We continue to excel at sport, two recent football reports from Mr Middleton:

‘U14′s beat Denes High School 4-1. Goals from Matt Vettesse, Aaron Goffin, Sam Hills and an o.g. A good performance in a strong wind in that they were 2-0 at half time with the wind. Against the wind in the second half they were excellent and played some really good passing and counter attacking football. After conceding an early goal they began to dominate possession and Sam Hills scored an excellent individual goal, picking up the ball at half way, beating two players and then calmly slotting past the keeper’.

U15′s beat Thomas Mills High School 6-5. This game was an epic in which Bungay never found themselves behind but were pushed very hard by a spirited TMHS team.

A great start to the season for both teams.

We entered the National School Netball Championships last week. Our first match was against a very strong Framlingham College side. Court play was even between the two teams unforunately we lost 9-4. However the team still had a chance of getting to the semi finals if they won all their remaining games. With this goal in mind they set out to claim their place. It was hard work and we did not play some of our best netball, but we did scrape wins in all our matches. Thomas Mills were our next opponents, we drew up a new game plan and went out to become finalists. We played our best netball in this match. Well done to everyone who played and congratulations on believing in yourselves and not giving up.

We also entered the Suffolk Schools Golf competition. We had three representatives playing at Felixstowe Golf Club. The team found it hard in difficult conditions but all put in good performances. Well played to Charlie Holmes, Rob Read and Michael Manser.

Congratulations to Holly Abell in Year 11, you may recall Holly is our top Hunter trials rider. This weekend she rode in the Beccles and Bungay Riding Club competition at Geldeston.

Holly was up against 25 other riders, the course was very demanding, and with a lovely clear round she came 3rd overall and FIRST Beccles and Bungay member.

Well done to both Holly and her wonderful horse.

 

We look forward to seeing parents again this week at the Pathways evening where you will see the launch of the new online 6th Form prospectus. The 6th Form team, Mr Attenburrow and the design team at Mustard have done a fantastic job.