Student’s art work to feature on restaurant menu

Grace (9A) spends a lot of time doing art work out of school, it's her passion and she has recently been asked by the head chef of a 2 rosette restaurant to produce some art work for his house and restaurant. The hotel is The Station Hotel in Rothes. Grace has produced some water colours of food that he uses in the restaurant that is foraged within 60 miles of the restaurant. One of the pieces is now used on the reverse of their lunch menu, see below. 

She will be producing another two watercolours for the restaurant, one that will be of the foraged fruit and the other will be of the menu that won the hotel their rosettes. 

Keep up the good work Grace!

Mr P Letchworth

Subject Leader - Art

The PTA continue to support school projects and we are in the process of purchasing waterproof picnic blankets for students to sit on outside. We have recently donated money to the school gardening club, the Drama department and have purchased 10 new keyboards for the Music Department.

We are busy planning several future events for which your support would be greatly appreciated.

A Virtual Duck Race will be taking place in the summer term, concluding on Tuesday18 July, which is the school sports day, this is something for the whole family to take part in – compete against your friends and family to win prizes. First prize £50 Amazon voucher with several runners-up prizes to be won.

In the next school year on Thursday 12 October we are hosting a Lincs Fashion event. Women’s clothing from many high street retail brands are available to buy at discount prices. Tickets need to be bought before the event so look out for information at the beginning of the school year.

2023 Leavers please think about donating clean items of school uniform to our Pre-loved uniform online shop, which are in good condition – these can be left in the collection basket in M2.

Our PTA uniform shop remains open throughout the school year. We have lots of fantastic pre-loved and new items in stock to help with those inevitable last minute uniform needs. Many thanks to all those who have supported our online shop so far, either through buying uniform or donating quality pre-loved items via school. All the money raised goes towards PTA funds, which in turn are used to support our students in a variety of different ways.

Browse our shop here: https://padlet.com/Uniform/Uniformlink

We would like to do more but need help from parents/carers and staff in order to do so. We desperately need new members to join our committee, it only involves one meeting each term and helping with school events when needed.

Please consider joining us and help to make the school a better place for all our students.

Our next meeting is on Monday 10 July at 7pm in the school conference room – please come and join us.

Future dates – AGM 2023: 25 September; 20 November 20; 2024: 15 January; 26 February; 29 April; 10 June.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs B Fleming

PTA Chair

Sophie, Year 7 - County Athletics

On the 13 May I competed in a county championship at Hull. Because it was a very competitive event, I had to race twice in heats and finals. I was very happy after winning my heat with a time of 14.5 seconds, but I knew I had to run even more quickly in the finals. I was very nervous on the start line but thankfully I ran very well placing 1^st in my race and achieving a time of 13.9 seconds. So, I am now under 13 hurdles county champion and the fastest under 13 girl hurdler in Lincolnshire and Humberside!

Sophie, Year 11 – County Golf

Well done to Sophie who represented Lincolnshire in Golf for her first time.

On Sunday 2 April, Sophie represented Lincolnshire against Leicestershire away at Kirby Muxloe Golf Club. Sophie won her match and Lincolnshire won overall.

Missy, Year 8 – Football

Well done to Missy and her football team, Bottesford U13 Girls, who had a very productive and successful Plate match last Sunday. They were up against Edwalton Cavaliers, a team a division above and at the top of it no less, the girls came away with a 5-1 win.

Staff are invited to nominate students who have demonstrated a Growth Mindset in the past few weeks. This might have been in lessons, in clubs, in tutor time or simply around school. Please note we already award bi-annual subject badges and merits for good academic work, effort and improvement. These Growth Mindset nominations recognise those who show resilience (academic or otherwise); who aren’t afraid to get things wrong and learn from it; those who have a go, take themselves out of their comfort zone or show that even if a task is tough they will persevere.

Do you know what your child is doing online?

Ask Dan Anything for Parents/Carers - 14 June 2023 6-7pm FREE TEAMS event - sign up required

Over two thirds of students surveyed in the LSCP 2022 Keeping Safe Online Survey indicated that they access their devices once they have gone to bed, and that many parents and carers don’t know anything about what they do online. The survey also showed when parents talked openly to their children about their activity online, those students were less likely to experience cyberbullying and more likely to access support.

We want to give you the information and tools to help you feel confident enough to protect your children and young people from online harm. Dan Hawbrook our resident Online Guru will chat you through different apps, online trends, parental controls and any other burning questions you may have!

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