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Y8 History The BiG Challenge 2016 has been a great BiG Challenge
success with “Funny but True” in Year 10
reaching the finals again at the Royal Victoria

Hotel Sheffield. They took home the award

for the Best Returning Business and were runners up in their

Key Stage 4 category. Congratulations to Lucy, Anna, Rhian and Jorja

(pictured below).

This is a fantastic achievement as the competition was fierce - well

done to every team that entered The BiG Challenge this year in

particular the Highly Commended team “Bag-ettes” (Charlotte

Middleton and Emily Axe - Y8). Each member of “Loving Cooking”

(Maddy Sanders, Evie Cook and Milly Salmon - Y8) and “Rainbow

Bandz” (Grace Rennie, Becky Knight, Hannah Davies - Y8) will be

rewarded with

a £10

Meadowhall

Gift Voucher

for submitting

an excellent

final report.

Once again a
big well done
to everyone
that took part
this year and
thank you to all
who supported the teams as mentors and to Mrs Silverwood and
Harvey Morton for their invaluable support. Mr Muneer

Y8 students enjoyed bringing history Thursday 3rd March saw staff and World
to life as part of their studies on the Sixth Formers emptying out their Book Day
English Civil War this term. A big wardrobes to dress as their
thank you to Mrs Webb for delivering favourite literary character for World
the workshops and costumes. Book Day! Amongst the range of
characters lurked a terrifying Ms
THE RUCKSACK PROJECT Gallacher as the Mad Hatter,
Charlotte Bates (Y11) and her smooth Mr Sheppard as Gatsby and
friends collected sleeping bags, the fantastic Ms Key scared a few
warm clothes, toiletries and food students with her excellent
for the homeless project at demonstration of the grieving bride
Sheffield Cathedral in January. who was abandoned at the altar,
Charlotte sorted through Miss Havisham.
everything before going on to the Students also
streets of Sheffield with one of her took part in
friends to invite homeless people creating their
back to the Cathedral for warm own ‘Book
food and to be given a new ruck Hero’, to help
sack full of the items the girls had everyone
collected. They did a fantastic job recognise and
and are looking forward to celebrate the
helping out again in many different
September. ways in which
books can help
us. Ms Dale
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