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 Thank you for your interest in Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. We trust that you will find our school to be a lively forward looking and dynamic institution, which leads all who live and work here to a new vision of their potential. Our beliefs, principles and values are central to the culture of our school; and to what has become known as the 'Vesey Experience'. Through the information in this website, we hope to give you a glimpse of the nature of life at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. Read more  Headteacher
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Launching Team Vesey 2010! Calling All Runners (and potential runners)!! On your marks! Get set!...............
Our aim is to have a team of at least 100 participants (parents, teachers, students, governors and friends of the school) to run(or jog or walk!) in this year’s Sutton Fun Run with the ultimate target of raising £5,000+ through individual sponsorship, for school investment funds: funds that will help to support the school’s and parents’ aspirations for student achievement in academic, sports and cultural activities. Of course we won’t leave it all to you! Bishop Vesey’s is the
Arlo is a “Natural” and Usha is a “Gemini” slave, and both are on the run from the authorities…will they ever be safe? |
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 BHANGRA DANCING WORKSHOP Bhangra dancing workshop for Year 9 and 10 at Bishop Vesey's continues on Wednesdays, 3.25pm to 4.30pm Places still available We will be continuing Bhangra training, led by Nachda-Sansaar who are an award winning, international Bhangra group. This will build up to a performance piece for the easter concert! INTERESTED? Collect a letter from Mrs Pryor in the Language Office and get your reply back quickly
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"Six of the Best" An Oxbridge Success  L-R: Oliver Bently, Shane McIntyre, Peter Whiting, Naomi Zainuddin, Ryan Felton, Junaid Qasim Congratulations to six students who have been offered places at Oxford or Cambridge for entry in Autumn 2010. This represents a magnificent achievement for the individual students who have been chosen following a rigorous selection process and increasingly tough competition with, on average, only one place offered for every five applicants. Urgent! English Revision Classes
Sessions will take place between 3.30pm. and 4.30pm. every Friday in Room 4.
The sessions are open to all Year 11 students and any new additions will be very welcome. Free refreshments will also be available.
This week's session will be: English Literature poetry.
Birmingham University Big Physics Quiz.
Three Year 9 teams were entered to the Birmingham Big Physics Quiz. This was attended by about 70 other teams from all over Birmingham. An excellent team came second to King Edwards VI High School for girls. BVGS and King Edwards occupied the top 5 places and we also had one team at 19th place.
 Our thanks go to Julie Wadeson and Phil Coulson who made the participation possible.
The teams were; Alexi Stepanenko (9W), Josh Williams (9W), Harry Marriot (9G), Dominic O'Neil (9B) who came 2nd; Joseph Davies (9W), Callum Riley (9R), Chris Nowek (9G), Bradley Perham (9G) who came 4th and George Payne (9W), Joseph Dunne (9G), Toby Lambeth (9G), Charlie White (9G), who came 19th. Nathaniel Coxon (9B) was an excellent reserve.
Music Parents Evening
Wednesday 24th February
There will also be some short music performances.
GCSE Mathematics
Outstanding Results One of the Year 11 Mathematics groups taught by Peter Cragg was entered in November for this examination; 29 students achieved an A* with one grade A. An exceptional performance all round, one which reflects the hard work of the students, Mr Cragg and the Mathematics Department. It reflects upon the potential of our Year 11 students and of the fact that consistent effort pays off in the long run. Well done to all involved. GCSE Physics Great Achievements Great achievements by the Vesey students who sat the November GCSE Physics Exam. All target grades were reached and in the majority of cases exceeded. With the A*/A grades now standing at 81%, the students have put themselves in a strong position for overall success this summer. Year 10 Work Experience There will be an introductory Work Experience Day at school on Tuesday 9th February for this year group. Stuart Hutchieson, Teacher i/c Work Experience, reminds students and their parents to make contact with him if there are any outstanding issues with this summer's placements. Language College Evening Classes Language evening classes will continue on Wednesday Evenings, starting at 7.00pm as normal.
Visiting Author - Mark Walden Mark Walden, the author of the popular H.I.V.E. series came into school on 24 November. Mark spoke to students in Years 7.8 and 9. |
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Hockey Champions
U18 Warwickshire County Champions at Hockey. On Tuesday 2 February BVGS emerged with the County Champions Trophy following victories over Rugby School 1 - 0 in the semi final and KES, Birmingham 1 - 0 in the final. This is a tremendous result and was last achieved by the school back in 1986. congratulations to all team members and coaches Chris Howell, Head of Hockey and James Rostron. CROSS COUNTRY
At the water-logged West Midlands Championship meeting in the War Memorial park, Coventry there were two superb performances from Vesey runners.  British Judo Association National Championships On Saturday 10 October Daniel Powell 7BLW took part in the British Judo Association National Championships in Sheffield. We are delighted to report that Daniel won Gold in his weight group for under 14 year olds. Overall he won 5 fights and has now been invited to join the British National Judo Squad for boys and girls. This is the third year running that Daniel has won the event.
Cross Country Reiss Mckenzie 7LO won Gold Medal at the Birchfield Harriers Schools’ Open Cross-Country Championships in Perry Park, this half-term. |
