As we enter the last week of the term we have a lot of very positive experiences to look back on and many great things to look forward to in the new year.

Last week we held our Winter Concert which was teamed with the Craft Fair to raise funds for our partner school in Rwanda, I would like to congratulate Mrs Drew Batty and her musicians for a wonderful evening of Music, you can forget X – Factor we certainly have the B- factor here at Bungay High. I look forward to hearing some of the pieces played again at the Presentation Evening on Monday 12th December, which celebrates all the student success of the past year and also celebrates the 5oth anniversary of the school on its current site. There has been a school in Bungay for 446 years, we are maintaining the fine traditions first established in the St Marys’s church porch all those years ago. We welcome Lorna Charlish as our Guest of Honour, Lorna has had a successful career since leaving school and university, she is now the Head of Marketing at Emap Connect, one of the leading Media Houses in Europe.

Tremendous news for one of our year 9 students. Sam Hills, has been selected to be an Olympic Torch Bearer when the torch reaches Lowestoft on 4th July 2012. Extremely well done Sam, we are very proud that you have achieved this accolade.

Congratulations go to Ashley Block in Year 10 on achieving his Gold Chief Scout Award, the highest honour in the Scouting movement. He completed it with flying colours, demonstrating a high level of commitment, and producing an outstanding computer based presentation of his achievements in Scouts.

Congratulations to Mrs Ballard our Art Teacher who gave birth to a son on 25th November, we welcome Huckleberry Chance Ballard into the Bungay Family.

Many thanks to Mrs Crowley for organising the Cambridge University lectures on Monday for 30 of our students, I know they will enjoy the experince and be ispired to go for Gold.

It was a privilege to attend the Bungay Town Dinner last Friday evening. I was asked to propose the toast to the Town, which I did by giving a talk about the past 446 years of the school and the exciting plans for the future. I would like to thank the Town Reeve, Roger Allen and his Wife Sue for making my wife and I so welcome. We have this week been very busy interviewing new staff for the school in September 2012. We have made 9 appointments of Halesworth and Bungay Middle School staff. I also congratulate Mr C Gillett on becoming the new Assistant Headteacher (Teaching and Learning), Mr M Considine the new Head of House and Mrs S. Armour – Chelou on becoming the new Assistant SENCO.

Sporting events have continued , many thanks to Miss Mullenger for the following match report from the U16 Girls football match against the Denes this week.

Having previously lost in a closely contested cup match vs Denes High school, the team were out for revenge. Bungay got off to  flying start with Rosie Cook chasing a 50/50 ball, she managed to squeeze the ball into the bottom corner whilst being tackled to the floor by the Denes goalkeeper. Rosie went onto score 3 more goals it her best performance to date and finished top scorer.

Denes were never out of contention with their star player continuously keeping them within one goal of Bungay. It was evident that Bungay were the more cohesive and united side linking up with one another and moving to support each other, showing true desire  and teamwork to ensure they came out on top of what was becoming a nail biting match.

Bungay kept on piling on the pressure with Sarah Kett chasing up the pitch to force a well timed header into the back of the net before then pouncing on a loose ball to bring her  goal tally in the match to two.

Never to be left off the score sheet captain Ellie Fewkes-Woodrow, she curled a sweetly struck shot into the top corner. Brooke Osborne, having hit practically every part of the goal finally hit the back of the net when she rifled the winning goal. The final score was 8-6 to Bungay High.

Great support was also provided by; Emily Walsh, Megan Vincent, Ella Taylor, Lucy Watson, Lauren Broadley and Jess Harvey who all played their part in what was a fantastic display of grit, determination and teamwork. Well done girls.