Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Training Day successfully completed
Rugby season ends in triumph for Jake Oldaker and Jack Beazer
Jake Oldaker selected for the England U16 Rugby squad.
Jake will represent England in the forthcoming International matches at Easter. The England U16 rugby team will be embarking on a 12 day tour to Italy in April. The team will play the Italian U17 XV in Rome, and then play France U17 and Wales U16.
Jake Oldaker achieved his selection for the England U16 England squad following trials at Abingdon during February half term. Previously Jake had been part of the U16 South West RFU Division.
Mr Tidball, 1st XV Coach and Head of Rugby at King Edward’s School said: “The School are delighted and very proud to report that Jake has been selected for the England U16 Rugby squad. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish Jake all the best for the forthcoming matches in Italy.”
Jack Beazer selected for the U16 South West RFU
Congratulations are also due to Jack Beazer, who was selected to represent the U16 South West RFU at the Divisional Festival. Jack has been selected to play for the U16 South West RFU in the forthcoming matches against Munster and the Italian U16 National side.
Running for Help the Heroes
Rob Goodman, Year 12, will be running the Bath Half Marathon in full British army kit, including boots and backpack, to raise money for Help the Heroes.
Speaking about his decision, Rob Goodman commented:
“I have decided to run the Bath Half Marathon 2010 with my day in aid of Help for Heroes. It is a cause close to my heart due to my chosen career path into the military, as I was lucky enough to receive an Army scholarship in November 2009. As I am sure you will agree the news of British soldier fatalities is sadly becoming an ever increasing occurrence. For those soldiers who are lucky enough to escape death they are often left with life-changing injuries. Help for Heroes is a charity whose aim is to reduce the impact of these injuries to the solider and rehabilitate them. They are hugely successful already in helping all servicemen and women but money is still needed to continue and improve their work.”
For anyone who would like to support Rob’s efforts please follow the link:
http://www.justgiving.com/rob-goodman
Catering Success
Five members of the catering department at King Edward School, Bath are celebrating this month having successfully passed their National Vocational Qualifications Level 2 NVQ in Multi-Skilled Hospitality Services.
Richard Sampson from Hospitality Industry Training presented Margaret Thorpe, Mandy Russell, Helen Sullivan, Pat Appleby and Liz Wilkins with their City & Guilds award certificates.
Angela Barker, Catering Manager, said: “We pride ourselves on the high quality of our food service and the professionalism of our staff. The training programme has been beneficial for our staff and good for our department. It is always nice to see members of our dedicated team gain recognition for their hard work during training over the past year.”
Richard Sampson, who carries out training for many School Catering Departments in the area, commented: “I am delighted to present these dedicated members of the Catering team with their certificates. They are one of the most organised catering departments I have come across and the standard and quality of food preparation, food hygiene and service is outstanding. Well done and many congratulations.”
Learning anytime, anyplace, anywhere- Classics podcasts to the world
When Mr Seth Bolderow, Head of Classics at King Edward’s School, decided to create podcasts, it was to help his pupils to learn their vocabulary. He was surprised to find that not only were his students enjoying the podcasts, but he had an audience from around the world downloading them as well.
Since Mr Bolderow’s podcasts started at the beginning of February there have been over two hundred downloads from all over the UK, Europe and the United States.
Mr Seth Bolderow, commented:
“It started as a way of helping the younger pupils to learn their vocabulary. It has since expanded to help the older pupils learn their set texts for GCSE & A Level. I knew that our pupils found the podcasts useful, what surprised me was the number of people downloading them from around the world. We now have listeners not only in the UK, but in places as far afield as Oslo and Los Angeles.
Mr Bolderow believes the success of the podcasts is down to the portable audio format which is so easy for pupils to use as they travel to and from school. Mr Bolderow said: “The podcasts allow pupils to take their Latin and Greek vocabulary with them wherever they go on their MP3 players; anytime, anyplace, anywhere.”
To listen to the podcast please follow this link - http://kesclassics.podomatic.com/
The popularity of the podcast downloads has encouraged Mr Bolderow to plan the next generation of podcasts which will include recordings from the pupils themselves.