The money will be used to

provide grants for new and

existing projects throughout

England and Wales as well as

overseas.

Other events taking place

during our season of Lent

include our Grand Easter Egg

Raffle (see page 2) and our

Stations of the Cross service

which took place at St. Peter’s

Church on Wednesday 29th

March.

Friday 7th April, 2pm - Break up for Easter Holidays

Monday 24th April - Staff training day

Tuesday 25th April - Summer term begins - week 2

Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday

Thursday 11th and Friday 12th May - Year 7 Geography Fieldtrips to Flamborough

Friday 12th May, 7pm - Music Department Auction of Promises

Monday 15th May - GCSE Exams begin

Friday 24th May, 7pm - X Factor Talent Competition

Friday 26th May - Monday 5th June - HALF TERM (Lourdes Pilgrimage)

Friday 21st July, 2pm - Break up for Summer Holidays

Thursday 24th August - GCSE Results Day

Newsletter

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Musical Concerts 2

Funds for the

Ladies of Mary

2

Rainbow Centre 2

Easter Raffle 2

Mock Interviews 2

Success at Youth

Speaks

3

Gymnastics

Success

4

Retreat Days 4

Attendance

Matters

4

Auction of

Promises

4

Active Kids 4

2018 Ski Trip 4

Microbiologist

Food Visit

5

Holocaust

Memorial

5

Year 10 GCSE

Geography Tour

5

Art Display 6

Justice and Peace

Group

6

Flame 3 6

Careers Updates 6

Faith Youth Day 6

PE News 7

Gold Award for

Musicians

7

Easter Mass

Times

8

Dates for the Diary

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S R C

S C H O O L Silence for a Million Minutes!

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S R C S C H O O L

Million Minutes is a charity

enabling youth action and

advocacy activities that give voice

and support to young people (aged

up to 25) to transform their lives

and their world. That's because

young people's energy and

vibrancy is astonishing. We have

faith in young people. We see a

world in which young people

enable the transformation needed

for everyone to live a life of

dignity.

By taking part in the sponsored

silence, our young people will be

joining others across the country

to create a million minutes of

silence as an expression of

solidarity and as a way to raise

money.

As part of a

Lenten challenge,

St Augustine’s

School will be

h o l d i n g a

s p o n s o r e d

silence on Friday 31st March 2017.

The silence will take place during

the 15 minutes of registration time

and will be quite a challenge for

some people! Students are being

asked to raise sponsorship by

doing the silence with money

raised going to the charity Million

Minutes.

The 40 day season of Lent is a

special time of prayer, penance,

sacrifice and good works in

preparation of Easter. We began

Lent in school with

Ash Wednesday

services led by Canon

Gubbins , dur ing

which staff and

students received the

sign of the cross on

their foreheads to

represent repentance.

P A G E 2

Funds for the Ladies of Mary

Easter Raffle

Musical Concerts

St. Augustine’s pupils again

wowed an audience of over

4 0 0 t o a p a c k e d

Westborough Methodist

church at their annual

Easter Concert.

Over 170 pupils took part

in one of the ensembles

rang ing from Choirs

(including a 40 strong Male

Voice Choir) to Orchestras

and Jazz Bands. The pupils

performed music from

Harry Potter, sang songs by

Adele and SAJO brought

the house down with a

finale of 3 songs; 'Living for

the City', 'Proud Mary' and

'That’s It' featuring the

whole band on solo

sections.

Mr Barron said “Another

memorable evening of

incredible talent. I am so

very proud of them all

performing to such a high

standard which left many

parents saying that it was

like being at a professional

concert.”

The Summer Concert will

take place on Wednesday

21st June, at 7pm. Like last

year it will include a Mixed

Voice Choir of pupils, ex-

pupils, staff and parents for

a s p e c i a l o n e o f f

per formance o f Les

Miserables Vocal medley.

Rehearsa l s st ar t on

Wednesday 26th April at

12.30pm prompt for half an

hour a week until the

concert.

If you would like to be part

of this potentially incredible

choir then please contact

Mr Barron at school or

simply turn up on the day.

Mock Interviews were held in

school on 22 March. This

annual event is now in its 12th

year and involves local

employers meeting with Year

10 students in an interview

situation.

Students had spent time

completing application forms

in PSHE, which the employers

received a week before.

Vanessa Rowbottom from

Lloyd Dowson has attended

for numerous years now and

said:

Staff have kindly donated

Easter eggs for our Easter Egg

Raffle to raise money for the

Rainbow Centre and Salvation

Army.

Tickets will be drawn during

the last week of the Easter

Term.

Thank you to all those

involved and especially the

Catholic Life Team pupils who

organised the event.

"The students that I spoke with

d e m o n s t r a t e d g o o d

communication skills and were

focused throughout the interview.

Well done to them all! We are

always pleased to support St.

Augustines 's School"

During their time here they

have lived in Queen Street,

South Cliff and Eastfield, and

ran the convent school, St

Peter's School and St

George's Nursery as well as

providing a great deal of

pastora l support to

parishioners and others.

M e m b e r s o f t h e

Scarborough parishes are

working to contribute to a

fund to thank them for their

contribution to the Catholic

life of the town and diocese,

which will be presented

during the farewell Mass at

St Peter's Church on

Sunday 26th March.

Thank you for your

contributions.

A free dress was held on

Friday 17th March to raise

money for the Ladies of

Mary.

The Ladies of Mary

(Daughters of Mary and

Joseph) are about to close

their final house in the

Diocese of Middlesbrough.

They f irst came to

Scarborough in the early

1880s.

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R

The Rainbow Centre are

currently supporting 6 Syrian

Families and are looking for

donations of clothing.

There are a couple of

teenagers aged around 13-14

and some younger children

aged 2,4,8 and 10 both Boys

and Girls clothing required.

Also any large/extra-large

male clothing would be

appreciated.

Any donations please bring to

the Hub at St Augustine's or

drop off at the Rainbow

Centre on Castle Road. You

can also contact Trish at the

centre on 01723 500663.

Mock Interviews

Year 10 Interviews in the hall

P A G E 3

Success at Youth Speaking Event Students in Year 9 and 10

have recently competed

in the Youth Speaks

I n te r - s choo l Pub l i c

Speaking Competition at

Lady Lumley's school in

Pickering - and both

teams triumphed!

The teams consisted of

Harry Jaconelli, Zuzanna

Ozon and Esmee Eva in

Year 10 and Tobias

Cooper, Murray

Robinson and Saad Yousaf

in Year 9.

They beat teams from Lady

Lumley's, Malton, Ryedale,

Selby and Scarborough

College and made it

through to the District

Round, in York which is a

real achievement.

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R

The Junior team (above)

and the Intermediate

team (left)

T h e e v e n i n g o f t h e

competition approached and I

was pleased to see how well

the students controlled the

butterflies in their stomachs!

Students from six local

schools were in attendance,

vying for the win and the one

spot that would take them to

the next (District) round in

York. Malton School’s sixth

formers won the Senior

competition, Ryedale School

had past champions, as did

Lady Lumley’s, the hosts.

Scarborough College and

Selby School have also

enjoyed past success.

I a c c o m p a n i e d t h e

Intermediate team who were

slotted to speak first. Harry

Jaconelli’s speech was fluently

and passionately expressed; he

exhorted the listeners not to

blindly conform to the media’s

Idea of the Ideal, that is, the

unrealistic standards of body

image and appearance that

cause so many children and

adults alike to feel anxious

about their looks. His six

minute speech, and response

to a question from the chair

of the judges, was maturely

structured, thoughtful and

sensitively humorous. Esmée

Eva, as the Chairperson,

introduced the team with her

u s u a l w i d e , w i n n i n g ,

welcoming smile and both she

and Proposer of the Vote of

Thanks Zuzanna Ozon (who

shared a very moving personal

testimony) charmed the

j u d g e s a n d a u d i e n c e

throughout.

Having enjoyed the Year 10

performance immensely, I

arrived at the Hall just as the

three Juniors were taking the

podium in front of a huge

crowd of Rotarians, parents,

teachers and participating

students. Murray Robinson

warmed up the crown with a

very witty metaphor and by

wishing his embarrassed mum

happy birthday, then Tobias

Cooper impressed everyone

with his challenging speech

about the Refugee Crisis. His

personal experience of

refugee camps gave him highly

unusual insights into the plight

of people in such camps as the

Calais Jungle and he exhorted

the audience to “choose love”

– a very brave, touching and

impressive conclusion. Saad

Y o u s a f r o u n d e d o f f

proceedings by summing up

what a great event the Rotary

Club’s annual competition is;

for affording young people the

opportunity to shine and to be

heard.

I am always so impressed by

all the students at these

events. It is just a bonus to be

able to say that you have won

the competition; they are all

winners anyway. The judges

said just that as they gave

their feedback to the

participants and awarded the

very generous prizes and

certificates. It is amazing that

the St. Augustine’s students

won in their very first

competition (not so amazing

when you consider the time

they put into writing their

speeches and then rehearsing

and develop ing them) .

Congratu la t ions to a l l

involved.

Breakfast Club runs each

morning from 8.00 - 8.45.

An informal chance to

socialise and to eat.

Studies show that

breakfast has a positive

impact on concentration,

attainment and behaviour.

Homework Club runs

Monday to Thursday,

3.20pm to 4.30pm in A5.

It is open to all pupils and

help is available if needed,

or just a quiet place to get

some work done.

A Reflection from Mr Brindle

Breakfast Club

Homework Club

P A G E 4

W e a r e c o l l e c t i n g

Sainsbury’s Active Kids

vouchers. There is a box in

the main entrance for you

put your vouchers in.

Find out more about Active

Kids Vouchers online.

2018 Ski Trip

Attendance Matters Please remember to make all

medical and dental appointments

outside of school hours

whenever possible. We have a

lot of students currently leaving

school for appointments. This

not only interrupts their learning

but is also disruptive for other

students and staff.

When the school receives

evidence of appointments and

genuine illness, marks are

authorised but these still

negatively affect a student’s

overall attendance figure.

At Saint Augustine’s School we

expect all students to aim for

100% attendance and to

achieve a minimum of 96%

Every Day Counts!

It’s that time of year again

when large numbers of

students are stricken by

recurring coughs, colds and

feeling generally unwell!

If your child is just feeling a

little under the weather we

would expect you to send

them to school.

If your child is unwell during

the school day we will contact

you.

If your child has sickness and

diahorrea we ask that you

keep them away from school

for 48 hours from the last

episode to prevent the spread

of infection.

Holidays in term time

In line with the local authority

policy, holidays in term time will

not be authorised unless there

are exceptional circumstances. If

you choose to take your child

ou t o f schoo l w i thout

authorisation you may be issued

with a fine from the local

authority.

There will be an Auction of

Promises held in school on

Friday 12th May at 7pm

to raise money for the

Music Department to

fund the Croatia trip and to

build a new classroom for

the peri teachers.

If you are able to offer

anything - meal for two,

doggy walking, use of a

holiday home, private

tuition, dental treatment

etc. then please contact Mr

Barron or look on the

school website for more

information.

Auction of Promises

Gymnastics Success

Congratulations to the

gymnastics team for their

performance at the district

gymnastics competition in

February. They were brilliant

and have committed a lot of

time at lunch and after school

practicing. Team three came

in 5th, team one were 3rd

and team two 2nd.

Year 7 student Bevan Henry

came 3rd as an individual

across a l l the junior

competitors.

Active Kids Places are currently available

for the 2018 Ski Trip to

Andorra.

The trip will run during

February half term 2018

(10th - 17th) and is open to

all students.

For more information and to

book place on the trip,

please see Mrs Edwards.

Above - students enjoying the snow

on the 2016 Ski Trip to Italy.

Retreat Days have been held at St

George’s Church, Eastfield for Years

8, 9 and 10 this term.

The Middlesbrough Youth Mission

Team have led the days and ex-

plored the themes of ‘Go, Do Not Be

Afraid’, ‘Serve’, ‘Called to Be Saints’

and ‘Heroes’.

A year 7 day is planned for July.

Retreat Days 2017

The Gymnastics team (top left),

Year 9 students building bridges

(left) and year 8 students being

heroes on their retreat day (right)

This school year

215 school days have already

been lost to holidays in

term time!

P A G E 5

Justice and Peace Group

Careers Updates

Art Work on Display I was approached by Steve

Dickinson last summer in the

hope that some of our

students might be interested

in submitting art work for the

‘Edge of Never’ exhibition

running alongside the Sci-Fi

Convention at Scarborough

Spa in April.

I decided that my next

ceramic project with the year

9’s would be to research,

design and make a Sci-Fi

inspired clay teapot.

The students had loads of fun

making these and the results

were fantastic with lots of

original ideas and some

excellent making skills. In fact,

all the teapots that you can

see on display are functional

and capable of holding tea

without any leakage.

Also included are some other

pieces which we felt had a

sci-fi theme. They show the

diverse range of work taking

place at St Augustine’s and the

wealth of talent we continue

to nurture.

I would like to say a very big

thank you to Steve Dickinson

and Simon Heaton for the

opportunity to exhibit some

of our students work and of

course to all the students

who continue to make us all

very proud. Well done.

Mrs Adams, Art Teacher

The exhibition can be

seen until 18th April and

is free for students.

Year 9 update –Year 9

students have now chosen

their options. They have also

attended the ‘Engineering

Week’ event at the Spa to

enable them to look at the

variety of job and training

opportunit ies avai lable

within the industry.

On Wednesday 8 March,

Year 9 attended the

Successful Futures Careers

Event at the new Coventry

University where they had

the opportunity to talk to a

number of employers and

training providers.

Year 11 update – Year 11

students have all had their

1-2-1 interview with Mrs

Meade. A number of

students have also had a

second interview and are

welcome to drop in anytime.

They have also had visits

from Scarborough Sixth

Form College, Yorkshire

Coast College, and YH

Training. We have had a

number of other visitors and

interventions linked to the

world of work and post 16

education throughout the

year.

Coming soon there will be a

'Guess Who' board featuring

ch i ldhood p ictures of

members of staff!

A group of students in Year

10 have recently started a

Justice and Peace group and

would like to raise money for

the Cafod Refugee Crisis

Appeal as their first initiative.

Their first fundraiser was a

cake sale, in which they raised

£85.

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L

Work by Kirby Fenwick

(above) and Klaudiusz

Sobczyk (below) both

Year 11 Art GCSE

Twenty two staff and pupils

travelled to Wembley Arena on

Saturday 4th March to take part in

Flame 3, a national gathering of

young people involved in Catholic

Youth Ministry.

One of the young people

commented, “Flame 3 was an

experience I will never forget!

From the early wake up to the

late night; I enjoyed every second!

The idea of 10,000 people all

together, singing and shining a

light to the world! Brilliant!”

Flame 3

Year 9 Sci-Fi Tea Pots on Display

Careers Dates

Wednesday 5 April – High Five

Year 8 Raising Aspirations Trip to

York St John University

Monday 5 June – Year 9 Univer-

sity Campus Visits to York, York

St John and Hull Universities

Tuesday 6 June – High Five Year

10 Criminology Trip

Wednesday 7 June – Year 8

Workshops including interview

skills and apprenticeships

Thursday 29 June – Year 9 & 10

Careers Day

Wednesday 12 June – Year 10

Sixth Form Taster Day

Faith Youth Day A Faith Youth Day is being held

on Saturday 8th April from 10am -

4pm at St Augustine’s School.

Anyone interested in attending

the day should speak to Mr

Edwards in RE.

Microbiologist Food Visit The year 10 GCSE Food

Preparat ion & Nutr it ion

students enjoyed a visit from Dr.

Caroline Millman a food micro-

biologist from Manchester

University.

In the morning session with Dr.

Milman the year 10 students

learnt about different food

poisoning, various deadly food

micro-organisms such as

campylobacter and how to

destroy dangerous food micro-

organisms that may be on our

food.

The students discussed various

topical news articles about

recent food poisoning outbreaks

and situations that could pose a

threat to human health.

They got involved in various

activities that tested their

understanding of dangers when

they are preparing and storing food

as part of their GCSE. We ended

the session with a fun and

interactive game that involved

pupils identifying various micro-

organisms using facts they had

learnt about the food bugs!

In the afternoon Dr. Millman stayed

with us and the year 7 Food Tech

pupils were lucky enough to have a

lesson that involved a wide range of

activities.

They washed their hands and then

using a UV light we could see the

micro-organisms left on their hands

after washing in different condition

e.g. cold water, hot water or hot

soapy water.

We also played a game of Top

Trumps and used facts and figured

about the micro-organisms to get a

really good understanding of just

how deadly some can potentially

be. There was also interactive

computer sessions in which

pupils had to identify mistakes

being made in the kitchen

environment as well as an

opportunity to design their own

deadly micro-organism.

It was a really good opportunity

for the pupils to meet someone

involved in the food industry and

get a real life understanding of the

importance of food hygiene and its

relevance in everyday life.

Dr. Caroline Millman was brilliant

and entertaining! She brought the

microbiology of food bugs to life in

a fun and entertaining way, which

both key stages enjoyed and

greatly benefitted from!

to offer one gift that they would

like to give to a person who has

suffered persecution.

Our gifts are not material, a

blanket or food for example, but

gifts of personal healing that will

help people to move on with their

lives and have a future. This Gift

Tree is our whole school prayer

for those who suffer and an act of

Year 10 Geographers have

recently attended a GCSE study

tour to the Lake District and

Liverpool.

In the Lakes they identified

features in the landscape created

by glaciation and carried out

surveys assessing the impact of

tourism in an upland environment.

In Liverpool, students completed

environmental quality indexes to

contrast areas of regeneration

with areas of urban decay,

Our Holocaust Memorial Gift

Tree explained…

Assemblies were held each day on

the run up to Holocaust Memorial

Day on Friday 27th January.

Prayers for peace were said on

Friday lunchtime.

Throughout the week, everyone in

our school community was invited

Holocaust Memorial

Year 10 GCSE Geography Tour

remembrance for all those who

have died at the hands of cruel

oppressors. It is so important that

we remember, learn from the past

and try to change the world for

the better.

God, Our Father, have mercy on us

and on the whole world.

assessed the success of a variety of

regeneration projects, and evaluated

plans for future developments.

The tour was designed to meet the

demands of the new GCSE by

allowing students to conduct

fieldwork in environments different to

those in the Scarborough area.

Mrs Richards said “It was a great

couple of days and the students really

benefitted from being out of the

c l a s sroom and in d i f f e r en t

environments.”

P A G E 7

Gold Award for Musicians

PE News It is has been a brilliant year

so far in PE at St Augustine’s,

pup i l s h a v e e x ce l l ed

themselves not only in their

commitment to the different

sports but the way in which

they ha ve conduct ed

themselves at fixtures.

The way in which they have

represented the school at

d i f f erent events been

outstanding and a credit to

the school.

As well as attending all the

competitions in the area we

have also been successful with

teams going through to semi-

finals, finals and to

represent the district.

The following teams

had success across the

district –

Year 10 Netball

Year 11 Badminton (mixed)

Year 11 Basketball

Year 11 Rugby

Year 8 and 9 girls Football

Some pupils have suffered a

few injuries which has meant

other pupils stepping in last

minute which we have been

very grateful for and pleased

the team ethos is carried

across all the year groups.

With the summer sports

starting after Easter, we are

confident of more success

from our St Augustine’s

sports performers.

of the curriculum in this

school.

Music in itself brings huge

value and benefits to pupils –

it supports learning in other

s u b j e c t s , g e n e r a t e s

educational opportunities and

brings a sense of community

to school life.

As the professional body for

musicians and a subject

a ssoc ia t ion for mus ic

education, we are delighted to

recognise this high level of

achievement with this

certificate.’

The certificate is awarded by

the Incorporated Society of

Musicians (ISM), supported by

t h e I S M T r u s t

(www.ismtrust.org!

St Augustine’s School has

been awarded a Gold

c e r t i f i c a t e b y t h e

Incorporated Society of

Musicians (ISM).

The award certifies that more

than 20% of students taking

GCSE Music achieved A*- C

in the subject in 2016. This

puts the school in the top 76

schools across England.

Deborah Annetts, Chief

Executive of the Incorporated

Society of Musicians said:

‘We are delighted to honour

St Augustine’s School and

celebrate their high-standard

of music education.

Music is a hugely important

subject and we are pleased

that it is valued as a vital part

S T A U G U S T I N E ’ S S C H O O L N E W S L E T T E R

Football (above and

below)

Cross Country (above)

2017 GCSE Music Students

St Augustine’s RC School

Sandybed Lane

Scarborough

North Yorkshire

YO12 5LH

Phone: 01723 363280

Fax: 01723 500490

Email: admin@st-augs.org

Website: www.staugs.co.uk

Twitter: @St_Augs

Scarborough Catholic Parishes St Peter’s, Castle Road

St Joseph’s, Green Lane

St Edward’s, Avenue Victoria

Tel: 01723 360358

Email: scarboroughcatholicparishes@gmail.com

EASTER TRIDUUM HOLY THURSDAY 13 April The most solemn part of Holy Week begins today. It is the feast day of the Priesthood

and of the Eucharist. The washing of the feet will take place during the Mass.

4.00pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Edward’s

Watching at Altar of Repose until 5.45pm

6.30pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Joseph’s (Confessions 8.00pm approx.)

Watching at Altar of Repose until 11.00pm

7.30pm MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER at St Joseph’s (Confessions 9.00pm approx.)

Watching at Altar of Repose until 11.00pm

GOOD FRIDAY 14 April Today we hear the account of the Lord’s Passion. We pray for the needs of the

Church and the world. We venerate the Cross and Holy Communion is distributed.

(Today is a day of Day of Fasting and Abstinence for all those aged14-70)

10.00am WALK OF WITNESS

Assemble at Alma Square processing through town and up to the Castle.

3.00pm SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION at St Peter’s and St Joseph’s

4.15pm Confessions at St Peter’s and St Joseph’s

HOLY SATURDAY 15 April This is the night for the whole parish to come together to join its voice to that of

our brothers and sisters throughout the world. For it is on this night all Christians

declare to the world that Christ the Light of the World has RISEN FROM THE DEAD.

9:30 - 10:30 am Confessions at St Peter’s

7.00pm EASTER VIGIL at St Joseph’s

8.00pm EASTER VIGIL at St Peter’s

EASTER SUNDAY 16 April

8:30am EASTER MASS at St Edward’s

9.30am POLISH EASTER MASS at St Peter’s

10.00am EASTER MASS at St Joseph’s

11.30am EASTER MASS at St Peter’s