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26 Nov

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Outstanding academic achievement and progress marked with new Honours boards
11 Jul

In readiness for the new academic year, we are proud to unveil our new Honours Boards. As part of Bournside's aspirational culture, we wanted to bring honours boards back into the school to acknowledge both the outstanding academic achievement and the outstanding academic progress of our Year 11 and Year 13 pupils, as well as to recognise the excellent leadership qualities of our 12 senior house captains. Mr Jefferies, Headteacher said, "Being proud of our accomplishments is one of our key values at Bournside. These honours boards are a celebration of one of the things we are most proud of: the outstanding academic progress and achievement of our students." Mr Taylor, Associate Assistant Headteacher said, "It was wonderful to be able to celebrate the unveiling of our new honours boards and to present awards to our inaugural Year 11 award winners, Laura and Suzanne, who are both in their first year of A level studies at the Cheltenham Bournside School; and to welcome back Samah and Connor from their first year of university study at the University of Bristol and the University of Southampton.
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Sport Awards 2022
01 Jul

More than 100 students were recognised in the much-anticipated return of our annual Student Sport s Awa rds, where the sport ing effort, talent and achievement of our students was celebrated in front of a packed and proud audience. Mr Winterbottom, Head of Physical Education said, "Our Sports Awards shine a light on our finest sportspeople, and the dedication of everyone involved in sport at our school. A real highlight of the academic year, the whole team are incredibly proud of tonight's winners. Congratulations to you all, and to everyone who has supported you.
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World of Work Fortnight
13 Jun

Today marks the first day of our World of Work (WoW) Fortnight. During the first week, departments across the school will be delivering career-focused sessions in order to shine a light on the wide range of career opportunities available to our students. Year 8 students in Geography are exploring the United Nations, whilst students across the science department are reflecting on their fantastic experiences at this year’s Cheltenham Science Festival. Week 2 is Work Experience Week with over 100 students in Year 10 and 12 out on live work experience placements.
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Cheltenham Science Festival 2022
10 Jun

Year 9 and Year 10 students enjoyed visiting the Cheltenham Science Festival this term and were given the chance to explore the impressive displays and interactive opportunities, which featured everything from robots, assistance technology, renewable and nuclear energy to arcade games, botanicals, health care and more. Mr Saundry, Head of Science, said: "We're so lucky to have the fantastic Cheltenham Science Festival on our doorstep - t he Festival is renowned internationally and it is superb to be able to take our students down to experience such an inspiring event . We were able to hear first-hand from professionals, many of them young graduates themselves, about the huge range of opportunities and possible future careers available to them after studying STEM subjects. The students were brilliant and great ambassadors for the school.
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Junior Mathematical Challenge success
27 May

Over 250,000 students across the UK sat the Junior Maths Challenge on Wednesday 27th April. The 60-minute multiple-choice challenge is designed to stimulate mathematical problem solving, encouraging students to use mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency. To recognise the highest performers the top 50% of participants receive Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates in the ratio 3:2:1. Over 50 Year 7 and 8 students from Cheltenham Bournside School took part in the challenge, achieving Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates.
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Young Enterprise Team scoop award for Best Company
11 May

Students (L-R): Rhys, Josh, Amy, Hope (Managing Director), Alfie and Matiss, pictured with the star of their award winning book, our school dog, Lottie. Cheltenham Bournside School’s Sixth Form Young Enterprise Team, B-WELL – the creators of the inspirational children's book ‘ Molly and Lottie’s Forest Adventures ’ – are celebrating after winning ‘ Best Company ’ in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire in the Young Enterprise County Competition. Bringing home the trophy for the first time, the entrepreneurial student team beat off competition from a wide range of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire state and independent schools and will now go on to compete in the Regional Southwest Final on Thursday 19th May. Their product, a book aimed at children aged 2-8, was written, illustrated and published by the students and is a story about Cheltenham Bournside School’s two black Labrador retrievers; Molly a qualified therapy dog, and her little sister Lottie, a puppy in training.
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Whole school fundraising sees more than £3,000 sent to support victims of the Ukrainian crisis
05 Apr

Students put their best foot forward during March, to raise money for Ukraine. A week of awareness activities culminated in a ‘Ukraine Awareness Day’ on Friday 25 th March, where students supplemented their uniform with blue and yellow items. Every student had the opportunity to ‘run a mile for Ukraine’ during PE lessons, with the miles adding up to 1708 (the distance to Ukraine from Cheltenham). Other activities included making ribbons and learning about the conflict during tutor time, and sharing messages of support and solidarity on an online comment wall. Mike Stratford, Deputy Headteacher, said; "Thank you to the students, parents, carers and staff who supported our recent Ukraine Fundraising Day; together we raised a fantastic £1670.49.
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Chapel Arts lunchtime recital
30 Mar

Our talented music students delivered their second lunchtime recital of the academic year at Chapel Arts in the town centre, in collaboration with Chapel Arts and the Cheltenham Music Festival Society during March. Our Senior Singers opened the concert with Enya’s May It Be , followed by other fabulous vocal solo performances of Franck’s Panis Angelicus , sung by Jaydee, and Torn by Natalie Imbruglia , sung by Abby. Show numbers included Chicago’s All That Jazz , sung by Mia, There’s a Fine, Fine Line from Avenue Q , sung by Daisy and Giants in the Sky from Into The Woods , sung by Thomas. Instrument performances included Ashim’s piano solo of Mazurka in Gm by Chopin , and Sean’s Scherzo in Bb by Schubert .
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Chelsea's Choice
23 Mar

Year 8 students have watched the production of ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ this term, as part of their PSHE curriculum. The drama production, delivered by the AlterEgo Theatre Company , is innovative and powerful, highlighting the very serious and emotional issue of child sexual exploitation (CSE), and exploring further issues including grooming, peer-pressure, the inappropriate use of social media, domestic abuse and self-esteem. Following the performance, actors facilitate a question-and-answer session to explore and discuss the issues raised. Hosting this production provides an opportunity to encourage open discussion around difficult topics and helps to keep young people safe.
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Cast and crew 'blow audiences away' with outstanding production of Joseph
17 Mar

We're still smiling following the outstanding performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat last weekend. Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your support of the students taking part. This year's production was the retelling of the biblical story about Joseph. Joseph is his father's favourite child, able to interpret dreams and the bearer of an amazing coat.
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