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Issue 31St John Plessington Catholic College

Newsletter

Healthy Eating Week 2015 at SJP

w/c 15th June 2015

Healthy Eating Week is great way to support the health and wellbeing of pupils. It also helps us to raise the profile of healthy eating across the school and wider community.

To celebrate Healthy Eating Week 2015 at SJP, both pupils and staff were encouraged to take up five challenges both during AR, in food lessons and in the Dining Hall. To boost take up of challenge number 5 ‘Try Something New’, everyone had an opportunity to taste some interesting foods, including Green Pea Pâté and Beetroot and Dill Dip, in the canteen on Friday. The mystery smoothie was also a real hit and congratulations to Stephen Russell 8BH and Aaron Elliot 8VP for guessing the secret ingredient - rhubarb! Please see Mrs Jackson for your prize.

A big thank you to all who supported and took part in activities.

SJP will be holding Open Mornings on Tuesday 23rd June 2015 and Monday 29th June 2015

9.00am - 11.30am

Parent Governors

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Attendance 01/09/14 - 12/06/15

15 June Year 7, 8 and 9 Exam Week 2

17 June Year 7 County Football Finals

18 June Psychology trip to see Derren Brown

19-20 June Bronze DofE Expedition

19 June Year 10 Geography Field Trip

22 June Year 10 Geography Field Trip

22 June Year 10 BMA Medical Convention

Coming Up

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The Year 9 Rugby Team made it to the Wirral Cup Final for the second year running.

They beat Bebington 55-5 in the semi-final with a fantastic performance against a strong Year 9 Bebington team.

Led by captain George Burrows (pictured) they are looking to regain their title this year.

Good luck SJP!

Year 9 RugbyNOMINATIONS FOR PARENT GOVERNORS

The term of office for Mr Q Neal, Parent Governor, will end on 31st August 2015. On behalf of the College community, we thank him for the extra work he has undertaken in this role for the good of everyone.

Parents play a very important role on our Governing Body and are a vital part of our team, helping the College to meet the needs of the children and the community we serve.

Parent Governors are elected by all parents/guardians of registered pupils in the College and it is now necessary to elect one Parent Governor for our College Governing Body to fill this vacancy. Mr Neal has indicated his willingness to stand for re-election. The term of office for Parent Governors is usually four years. Parents/guardians of registered pupils at the College are eligible to stand for election for parent governorship at the College.

Attached is a nomination form. If you would like to stand as a candidate, please complete the attached nomination form, including the details of a proposer and seconder, and return it to Helen Caul, Clerk to the Governors, at the College, no later than end of school day on Friday, 26th June 2015. If you return a form, Helen Caul will issue a receipt for it. Should two parents/guardians living in the same household wish to make separate nominations, a further form can be obtained from Helen Caul.

If there are more nominations than vacancies on the Governing Body it will be necessary to hold an election. In that case, candidates will be asked to supply, in not more than 75 words, a statement on their background and interests and return this form to Helen Caul. In the event of an election being necessary, this information will be available to all parents who are eligible to vote. If you would like further advice, please do not hesitate to contact Helen Caul.

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Ski Trip April 2016 Literacy Corner

SJP Fixtures

Results Last Week

Yr 7 Rugby vs Calday at SJPYr 9 Rugby Final

Fixtures This Week

Tuesday 16 June - Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Rounders against Bebington (Home)Wednesday 17 June - Year 7 Football County Finals at Finch FarmFriday - 19 June - Yr 7 & 8 Touch Rugby Wirral Championship

Answer to last week’s Maths Corner

Can you solve the following riddles?

• I have an eye but no face. What am I?• I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?• Milly’s father has 5 children called Ne Ne, Na Na, No No and Ni Ni. What is the fifth child called?• Without fingers, I point, without arms, I strike,without feet, I run. What am I?• Thirty men and only two women, but they hold the most power. Dressed in black and white, they could fight for hours. Who are they?

See Mrs Connolly or your answers and win a prize!

Nine o’clock.

Since there are 12 hours between the 2 times and half of that time is six, then the halfway mark would have to be 7 o’clock.

If it were 7 o’clock two hours ago, the time would now be 9 o’clock.

After a successful ski trip in 2014, the PE department are organising another trip for April 2016. Next year’s ski trip will be to Alpe D’Huez in France and will take place between Saturday 9th April 2016 and Saturday 16th April 2016.

Please see Mr Nunnery for a letter regarding the details and the cost of this brilliant trip.

There are some of the pictures from Tignes 2014.

Maths Corner

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Language Corner

Weekly Theme - God’s KingdomMark 4:26-34

Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows - he has no idea how it hap-pens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps - harvest time!

“How can we picture God’s kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It’s like a mustard seed. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge pine tree with thick branches. Eagles nest in it.”

With many stories like these, he presented his message to them, fitting the stories to their experience and maturity. He was never without a story when he spoke. When he was alone with his disciples, he went over everything, sort-ing out the tangles, untying the knots.

Jesus was a big threat to people with power, all because he told simple stories like the one in this week’s Gospel. The mustard seed is a small seed that spreads quickly and stubbornly. It can take over an entire garden. According to Jesus, God’s Kingdom can grow in the same way. It can spread quickly through all areas and relationships in our lives. Quickly and stubbornly, Jesus says, God can inspire his disciples to spread through society working for those in need and this is really bad news for the people whose power and profits are based on keeping others poor and powerless.

So it’s not hard to see why powerful people wanted Jesus dead. The message of Jesus is still explosive and threatening to people who abuse power and profits today. That’s why Christians are still being martyred throughout the world. The more God’s Kingdom spreads, the more we as Christians may face resistance from people who say that Jesus’ words are unrealistic or idealistic. We may be called names for being followers of Jesus. But the more we get to know Jesus the more we won’t feel right unless we let his Kingdom spread, because we can provide shade for so many people who need it.

PrayerOur Father, Who art in heaven hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen

Can you find four consecutive prime numbers that add up to 220?

Improve your Spanish vocabulary of the environment through this word search!

Correct answers to Miss Gaffney for Vivos!

NOMINATION FORM – PARENT GOVERNOR ON GOVERNING BODY

Name of Candidate ____________________________________________

Address of Candidate ___________________________________________

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Class(es) of Child(ren) in College__________________________________

I hereby declare that I am prepared to offer myself as a candidate for election as Parent Governor on the Governing Body of St John Plessington Catholic College. I declare that I am not disqualified on any of the grounds mentioned in the attached Qualifications and Disqualifications – Constitution of the Governing Body.

Signature _______________________ Date ___________________

Name of Proposer _____________________________________________

Address of Proposer ____________________________________________

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Name(s) & Year Group(s) of Child(ren) in SJP :

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Signature _________________________________

Name of Seconder _____________________________________________

Address of Seconder ____________________________________________

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Name(s) & Year Group(s) of Child(ren) in SJP :_____________________________________________________________

Signature ________________________________

This form must be returned to Helen Caul, Clerk to the Governors by end of school day on Friday, 26th June 2015

NOMINATION FORM – PARENT GOVERNOR ON GOVERNING BODY - page 2

A person is disqualified from holding or continuing to hold office if that person:

• is the subject of a bankruptcy restrictions order or an interim order, debt relief restrictions order, an interim debt relief restrictions order or their estate has been sequestrated and the sequestration has not been discharged, annulled or reduced

• is subject to a disqualification order or disqualification undertaking under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, a disqualification order under Part 2 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, a disqualification undertaking accepted under the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, or an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under county court administration order)

• has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by the Charity Commission or Commissioners or High Court on grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement, or under section 34 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from being concerned in the management or control of any body

• is included in the list of teachers or workers considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children or young people

• is barred from any regulated activity relating to children

• is disqualified from working with children or from registering for childminding or providing day care

• is disqualified from being an independent school proprietor, teacher or employee by the Secretary of State

• has been sentenced to three months or more in prison (without the option of a fine) in the five years before becoming a governor or since becoming a governor

• has received a prison sentence of two years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor

• has at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more

• has been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to or since appointment or election as a governor

• refuses a request by the clerk to make an application to the Criminal Records Bureau for a criminal records certificate.

• has been removed from the office of charity trustee or trustee for a charity by the Charity Commission or Commissioners or High Court on grounds of any misconduct or mismanagement, or under section 34 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 from being concerned in the management or control of any body

• is included in the list of teachers or workers considered by the Secretary of State as unsuitable to work with children or young people

• is barred from any regulated activity relating to children

• is disqualified from working with children or from registering for childminding or providing day care

• is disqualified from being an independent school proprietor, teacher or employee by the Secretary of State

• has been sentenced to three months or more in prison (without the option of a fine) in the five years before becoming a governor or since becoming a governor

• has received a prison sentence of two years or more in the 20 years before becoming a governor

• has at any time received a prison sentence of five years or more

• has been fined for causing a nuisance or disturbance on school premises during the five years prior to or since appointment or election as a governor

• refuses a request by the clerk to make an application to the Criminal Records Bureau for a criminal records certificate.