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Broughton HallNewsEdition 24 JULY 2010CERTIFICATES AWARDEDFOR HIGH ATTAINMENTIN EXAMSBroughton Hall has been recognised nationally by the SSAT forits achievements in the 2009 examinations.The school has been praised for having met three importantbenchmarks gaining:-■ 60%or more 5+ A* - C results including English and Maths53.7% or more 2+ A*- C results in Science and 31.6% or more 1+A* - C results in MFL.■ A value added score of 10 points or more on the % of pupils gaining5 A* - C results by 15% or more since 2006.■ A year on year improvement in 5 A* - C by 15% or more since 2006.

Outgoing Lord Mayor Mike Storey visited the site tosee progress on the new innovative 21st centurybuilding design before the local election.

Year 8 students spoketo outgoing Lord MayorMike Storey about theOpening Minds &Enquiring Mindscurriculum on his visit toBroughton Hall before theelection in May.1,133,246 students and 56,082 schools from 235 countries united to set a new world record bycorrectly answering 479,732,613 mental arithmetic questions.Broughton Hall’s statistics335 students correctly answered 108,406 mental arithmetic answers across 5 levels of difficultywithin 48 hours. World Maths Day runs over 2 days to allow for the actual date to happen in all ofthe World’s time zones.Broughton Hall’s World Maths Day 2010 championParticular congratulations must go to Natalie Monaghan who managed to answer an incredible13,013 mental arithmetic questions correctly which thrashed last year’s top score of 3,904. Welldone, Natalie.

Dragon BoatingA group of pupils from years 9 and 10 have been taking part in Dragon Boating sessions this term.Accompanied by Mr Wilson, Mr Reid and Ms Crummey they have been learning skills and techniques toprepare them for a race against other Merseyside schools. The sessions have been held at the new watersports centre at Crosby Marina and have been a lot of hard work and fun. A group of pupils have been invitedto try out for a place on the Great Britain under 18 Dragon Boating team, this is a fantastic opportunity to bepart of a team that will compete in Amsterdam in August.The sessions will continue in September for as long as the weather allows as winter approaches.The pupils who are taking part are hoping to use the sessions to count towards their Duke of EdinburghAward, To help them prepare for the award a summer hike in North Wales was organised.On Tuesday the 6th of July members of the Dragon Boat team had trials for the GB team, fantastically fourwere selected, however, due to prior commitments they were unable to take part in a competition this Augustin Amsterdam. Nevertheless, the students have been really enjoying the experience of being 'out on the openwater', and are looking forward to competitions that will be held in September/October where they can takeon, for the first time, their arch rivals Holly Lodge.Liverpool Mercury and CardinalHeenan have combined theirefforts to give our pupils theopportunity to join a cyclingclub; in preparation spinningsessions will be offered afterschool and trips to Litherland touse the cycling track are planned.The circuit, approximately akilometre in length, has been builtat the cost of around £300,000with investment from SportEngland. There is still time forpupils to become part of the club,all equipment will be provided, thisincludes helmets, bikes andreflective bibs when they areneeded.Cycling Club

Vigor BoardingDuring the summer term someYear 8+9 classes have beenlucky enough to experienceusing the vigor boards with ourLSSP coach Daniel.The boards require teamwork(your partner is essential!)balance, skill andperseverance.The classes that took part had alot of fun with only a fewembarrassing moments!The consensus was that it is afun activity and a good way tokeep active.We hope to continue thesesessions with year 10 and 11next year.On Tuesday 22nd June a group of year 9 girls tookpart in the 'Year 9 Sports Challenge Day' atI.M.Marsh Campus, JMU.the aim of the day is to introduce the girls to sportsthat they may have not tried before, help them tolearn the skills and rules of each game and just enjoythe experience of participating.it is then hoped that the girls may choose to becomeinvolved in those new sports, or participate more inthe sports already being offered in their schools.our girls got to try volleyball, English baseball,handball, basketball, quad kids and so much more.the group really enjoyed their day.Year 9 Sports Challenge Day

OPENING MINDS / NOW AND THENYear 7’s “Opening Minds” module“Now and Then” involved year 7taking a trip to Conwy Castle in NorthWales. Studying different types ofcastles, their history, research andworking in groups to make models.A competition with a presentation wasjudged by Mr Stewart (history teacher)And the 3 winning castles can beseen below.1st Place 2nd Place 3rd

OPENING MINDSTHE PLAY’S THE THINGYear 7s this term have worked veryhard studying Macbeth. The pinnaclecame on Monday 19th July when allforms produced a scene from theplay, everyone one in the form wasincluded from lighting technicians,make up artists, actors etc and theyperformed to family and friends. Theywere judged by Year 9 Students, whogave out the “Oscars” the followingmorning for the different categories.

Liverpool InternationalTennis TournamentOn Thursday 17th June 2010 agroup of year 7 and 8 pupils visitedthe Liverpool internationaltennis tournament with the P.Edepartment. It was a an excitingday out and a chance for peopleto understand tennis properly, aswell as watching future professionalstennis players performfor us.The first match we watched wasbetween Englishman Neal Skupskiand Nicolas Massu of Chile.It was an interesting matchwhere a single mistake couldcost you the game. At the end ofthe nerve racking match, thegame went to Massu 7 6, 6 4.Another match we watched wasbetween Eugenie Bouchard(CAN) and Ana Bogdan (ROM)resulting in a score of 6 3, 6 4 toEugenie.We learned a lot from the experienceand the best part was wewere out in the sun with ourfriends and teachers.Article written byOlivia O’Neil - 7 McAuleyPhotographs taken byOlivia Graham7 NightingaleLiverpool International Tennis Tournament

AthleticsOur pupils competed in theLiverpool City AthleticChampionships, the EnglishS c h o o l s A t h l e t i cChampionships and theCatholic Schools AthleticChampionships.There were many 1st, 2ndand 3rd places in thesecompetitions.Outstanding performanceswere seen from Ellie Clarke,Chloe Parker, Elle Keegan,Keira Walker, Abbie Greyand Hannah King to namejust a few.The PE staff were very proudof all of the students whocompeted and the effort thatthey displayed in each event.

BadmintonThursday 1st July - 8 Students took part in the Liverpool Singles City Competition at Greenbank SportsAcademy. 4 Year 10s (Rachel Kilbride, Ellie Clarke, Caitlan Riley, Rachael Hindley) and 4 Year 7s (CharlotteBresweth, Mica Kinnear, Lydia Bright, Hollie Lloyd) took part. Girls played exceptionally well with Rachel Kilbridefinishing 4th in the City and Charlotte Bresweth winning the Year 7/8 Competition, making her City SinglesChampion.FootballBroughton Hall football team retain U14Merseyside CupBroughton Hall became U14 MerseysideChampions for the second year in a row.After comfortable wins in the early rounds,Broughton played and beat Savio HighSchool from Bootle, 1.0 in the semi-final.This meant a final against West KirkbyGrammar on 13 th May 2010. The matchwas very close but Broughton Hall playedvery well and deservedly won the final 3.2to retain their title!The players: Sarah Jackson, Ellie McDonough, Georgia Donnellan,Lauren Barrett, Charlie Millea, Beth Seasman, AlexO’Sullivan, Heather Welsh, Hannah Atherton, Paige Whitehead,Chelsea Arnold, Abbie Morgan and Georgia Hampson.The players: Ellie Clarke, Georgia Hampson, Georgia Donnellan,Charlie Millea, Danielle Kerrigan, Rachel Kilbride,Paige Williams, Sarah Jackson, Lauren Barrett, AmbarVillanueva-Brackley, Abbie Morgan and Lauren Whitehead.U15 football team reach the last 16in the country.The U15 football team entered the EnglishSchools Cup for the first time this year. They hadmany excellent results including beatingShuttleworth College, Burnley 20.0, St Anthony’sCollege, Manchester, 7.1 , Fallibroome HighSchool, Cheshire, 3.2 and Wath Comprehensive,Clitherow in Yorkshire 12.0. We were drawn inround 7 of the cup to play St. Julies and althoughwe played well and created enough chances towin, we lost 4.2 in that match. However, gettingto the last 16 teams in the country was afantastic achievement and the girls can be veryproud of themselves!

Broughton Hall finish 5 th at the National PremierLeague FinalsBroughton Hall qualified for the National 6-a-side PremierLeague Finals for the 3 rd time in 4 years – an extraordinaryachievement!They did this by beating St John Bosco to again representEverton in the competition.They then won the Northwest round of the competitionon 21 st April 2010 by beating Blackburn Rovers1.0, Manchester City 3.1 and Manchester United 4.0.Their winning medals were presented by PremierLeague player Jason Roberts.The players: Mica Kinnear, Beth Seasman, Chelsea Arnold, Thus they gained their place in the National FinalsHeather Welsh, Ellie McDonough, Paige Whitehead, Lydia which were held at Blackburn Rovers on 5 th May 2010.Bright and Hannah AthertonThe Premier League paid for the players to stay in ahotel the night before the competition, and also paidfor a coach load of spectators to come to the finals to watch – they were brilliant and loud and this made theoccasion even more special.Unfortunately, although we played very well and had more shots on goal than any other team, with a win, adraw and a loss we failed to reach the semi-finals. Finishing joint 5 th was a disappointment for the players butthey can be very proud of what they achieved.Broughton Hall runners-up in the U13 Matrix ShieldBroughton Hall finished runners-up in the Matrix Shieldat Goodison Park on 21 st May 2010.Having claimed their place in the semi-final by toppingtheir group in the qualification tournament on 19 thMarch 2010, without conceding a single goal,Broughton Hall were drawn against St Julies and wouldhave to overcome them to get a place in the final andretain the trophy.The semi-final was an exciting game and Broughtonmade several good chances. After hitting the barand going wide twice, Broughton Hall won the game1.0 with an excellent strike inside the far post.The players: Heather Welsh, Lydia Bright, Beth Seasman,Alex O’Sullivan, Hannah Atherton, Chelsea Arnold, EllieMcDonough, Mica Kinnear, Holly Lloyd, CharlotteBresweth, Holly Greenbank and Kate McKenzieThe final was against Calderstones High School.The match was played on the full pitch at Goodison Park. The match was very close with Calderstonesmissing a good chance in the 1 st half, and Broughton Hall missing 2 good chances in the 2 nd half. Thematch was decided when Calderstones converted a corner into the far post and took the title 1.0. Again thegirls from Broughton can be extremely proud of al that they achieved in the competition. They werepresented with their runners-up awards by the Chief Constable of Merseyside.Year 7 City Champions 2010 Year 8 City Champions 2010

The can cook will cookcompetition was a really fun andinteresting event to be involvedin, we made complex threecourse meals and had to platethem up in a professional way.We had to present the dishes toa panel of judges and await theirverdict. We worked alongsideprofessional chefs throughout thecompetition and they taught us alot of new skills such as platingup food up and making it lookprofessional. All the differentskills that I have learnt I will use alot in the future. The competitionhelped all of us involved learnhow to successfully work as ateam, it has been a greatopportunity for me and I amgrateful that I got the chance totake part.Hannah Titchen 6th FormJulie King, Hannah Titchen, Izabella Feld, Elle Howard, Mrs Pantlin,Lauren McVeigh, Rebecca Cain, Emily Furby, Lois WilliamsA little more about Can Cook Will Cook schools session 2009/2010:Sixteen schools across the city were competing for the title of‘Can Cook Winners 2009/2010’.A group of Year 11 and Sixth form pupils from Broughton Halltook part in the competition for schools.The session offers a cookery and food skills training programmeembedded in the format of a knockout competition.So how did Broughton Hall get on?Broughton Hall competed in three rounds.Round one: Cardinal Heenan. Result: WinnersRound Two: Holly Lodge Results: winnersRound Three: Archbishop Beck Result: runners up.So Broughton Hall’s journey ended at the semi final stages, but the girlsachieved so much and did themselves and the school proud.Broughton Hall had such a successful run in the competition and as a resultwere invited to the Gala meal in the Bluecoat Restaurant on Sunday 9 th May,where the 2009/2010 winners Parklands High School will prepare and servea 140 guests a three course meal to restaurant standards.Hopefully next year Broughton Hall can have even more success.Michelle Pevie past pupil from Broughton Hall’s work is ondisplay in Liverpool One, she was 1 out of 8 chosen from about23. Their work is in a window display and on big boards. Theyhad a fashion show in Liverpool One in Kirsty Doyle's shop,which was great. Below are some images for you to see, havea look when you are in town next . Michelle has graduated thisyear from Liverpool John Moores University.

Year 9 Aim Higher Keele University VisitThe people who went to Keele University were:Olivia ClarkeKate EdgerHannah LockettSophie WilliamsonNikky PaulMichelle RobertEva RodrigoKatrina HopleyAnd the teachers who came with uswere:Miss Hewitt & Miss TickleAccommodation All nine of us were allocated a room to ourselves. Our roomsconsisted of a bed, a desk, a sink, a wardrobe and a mirror. It was simple andminimalistic, however it catered to our needs and we were able to sleep well andwe did not have any complaints.Activities We did many activities such as:•Forensic Science – We learned about the different types of fingerprints and sawwhat ours looked like.•Earthquakes and Tsunamis – We learned how tsunamis and earthquakes occursand how we can prepare for them.•Team Building- We worked with other schools and built a protective shell withstraws and tape for an egg. Then we did a quiz together.•Mathematical Trickery - We learned some magic which was connected to maths.•High Schools in America – We understood that there were many differencesbetween schools in UK and America.•Sports – We played various games e.g.. rounders, tennis and stuck-in-the-mud.•Disco – It was a great opportunity to socialize and we had a great time.•Ghost Tour- At about 10.30pm, we went ghost touring. It was really scary!EvaluationOur trip was a insightful trip. We experienced university to a certain extent.We went to lectures and we got involved with many activities. University is muchmore complex than what we experienced but just to have a taste of it helps us tounderstand what it may be like in our future. We made friends, had fun, andenjoyed ourselves. The teachers played a large role in our enjoyment by gettinginvolved and ‘commentating’ as we did the different things, helping us tounderstand what it would really be like. The mentors also did this however theywere students there or postgraduates whereas Miss Hewitt and Miss Tickle werefully experienced. Overall, the trip was very good and not only did we learn from thelectures we sat in, we also learned from the activities in which we participated.7Bi have been working with Professor Rosie Sage on her COGS model forcommunication. COGS (Communication Opportunity Group Scheme)helps pupils think and solve problems and creates challenges usingnarrative levels. The class had great fun presenting work on the AsianTsunami (in groups) to each other. Their tasks were to record, recite,refer, replay, recount, report, relate and reflect.Broughton Hall has been linking up with other countries through the IDIALproject and visits from these countries have been recorded on theCOMMENIUS section of the Broughton Hall website. Professor Sage hasplans to return to Broughton and work with more classes in year 7 & 8next year.

Spanish Trip to Barcelonato go to Figueras, a small town about an hour anda half away. In Figueras we visited the SalvadorDalí museum, it was really interesting. In the afternoonwe went to Gerona where we visited thecathedral which was a very moving for many aswe lit candles for those precious to us. We thenwent on a tour of the town and had some freetime to eat before returning to the hotel for ournightly swim in the pool.7 th – 11 th June 2010 On Monday 7 th June at 7 o’clock inthe morning 35 bleary eyed Year 9 students met MrsDavies, Mrs Guy and Mrs Tyrer at Liverpool John Lennonairport for the start of their 5 day trip to Barcelona.The flight went well and we arrived at Barcelona airportwhere we caught our coach to our hotel in Tossa deMar. Immediately we had to speak Spanish as the repfrom the company spoke to everyone on the coach inSpanish explaining about our trip and the hotel.O nWednesday we went to Barcelona. Unfortunatelyit rained so we did a coach tour of the city pastthe famous sights such as the Gaudi house andthe Sagrada Familia. In the afternoon we visitedthe Nou Camp where we had our picture takenwith the European cup; it was a great afternoonand everyone loved it. After the stadium we wentinto the city where we went to a shopping centreat the end of Las Ramblas. It was filled with theshops we all knew so well so lots of us boughtgifts for family, friends and ourselves. That eveningwe returned too late for a swim but we had aquiz after dinner and then went into town for ourtraditional evening walk and ice cream.We arrived at the hotel and were allocated our roomswhich were all on the same floor and next to eachother. All girls were in 3 or 4 bedded rooms with a bathroomand a balcony.Once we had unpacked we went into the town wherewe had some spare time to explore and have lunch andthen we all met up and went on the tourist train aroundthe town, it was the perfect way to start our visit. In theevening we were able to go for a swim in the hotel beforedinner and then we went back into the town for icecream.On Thursday we spent the whole day at the waterpark in Lloret de Mar. Everyone had a fabuloustime and the rides and slides were great. We returnedto the hotel about 4 o’clock so that wecould go into the town one last time and buy ourlast minute presents before returning for our finalswim in the hotel pool. After dinner we finished bygoing into town where the teachers treated us toice cream to finish off our trip.On Friday morning we had to leave early to catchour plane back to England. We arrived back atschool at 2 o’clock and our families were there tocollect us.On Tuesday we caught our coach early in the morningWe all had a great time and would love to go backnext year!!

Liverdelphia 2010Hollywood Bowling15 students and 3 teacherscame over from the ScienceLeadership Academy inPhiladelphia and stayed withBroughton’s Year 12 pupilsas part of an exchange visit.On the trip the group visitedChester, went bowling, wentto London, the Trafford Centrehad a meal in school withtheir host families providedby our school cooks Michelle& Vera, went on a tour ofLiverpool on the magicalmystery bus and watched afootball match at Anfieldwhere Liverpool beat Sunderland.Great friendshipswere made and ourYear 12 are looking forwardto making the returntrip to Philadelphia inOctober.ChesterMagical Mystery BusThe London EyeAnfield

AmsterdamI got the opportunity to go to Amsterdam with history. As therewere only two students going from our school, we went with 15students from St Benedicts, two of their teachers and JeffreyDunn.On the first day we arrived early in the morning and got the train and tram to our hostel, as wehad nothing planned for the first day we had the opportunity to walk around the city. Catherineand I were taken on a guided tour by one of the boys from St Benedicts who had been toAmsterdam several times before. The city is a lovely place to visit with narrow streets alongcanals, although it was very cold and rained almost every day; it was really nice to see the city.On the second day we were taken to the Anne Frank House Museum where we took part in aconference called “Coming to Justice”. We all learnt new things and got to know each otherbetter as we were now joined by three Dutch boys. At the end of the conference we were takenround the Anne Frank House, this was an amazing opportunity as you get to see exactly wherethe Frank family spent those years in hiding, There were also some objects in the house thatwere from the time, such as Otto Frank’s assistant’s desk.The third day we went back to the conference where we met Jayne, the lady who organised theconference and we did more activities with her including presentations on topics we had learnedthrough the day such as to formation of Yugoslavia.The next day we visited The Hague, the capital of Holland, to go to see the InternationalCriminal Court. We spent more time going through security than actually in the Court. However,we saw part of a trial where a man was being convicted of genocide. Afterwards we spent theafternoon in The Hague, which is another beautiful city.On the last day we spent another day in the Anne Frank House. We were lucky enough to beable to hear the experiences of a concentration camp survivor and a soldier from the Bosnianwar. Both stories were very interesting, but personally, the survivor of Bergen-Belsen wasfascinating as I have studied that era for 3 years.The trip as a whole was enjoyable and truly an experience I will never forget. The students fromSt Benedicts were really easy to get along with and both Catherine and I hope to keep in touchwith them. Sarah Corley & Catherine HunterYear 13Students involved in the Commenius project visited Prague.They performed in a production of Snow White and the SevenDwarfs and a Mid Summers’ Night Dream. More information canbe found on our website about the Commenius projects theschool is involved in.Trebic

Archbishop Patrick Kelly was the celebrant when over 1,500 pupils from 40 schools fromLiverpool, Wigan, Warrington and other parts of the region gathered at the Cathedral forNugent Care’s Good Shepherd Mass. Archbishop Kelly who is chairman of the trustees forthe charity took time before the start of the mass to meet representatives from variousschools, who presented cheques for the funds. Which they had collected on behalf ofNugent. The pupils of Year 7 at Broughton Hall turned out in force to present theArchbishop with a cheque for £1,000 which they had raised over the past year.A Mass of thanksgiving and celebration in memory of Louise Holywell was held.Louise a year 7 pupil died after a short illness.Louise’s mum and family attended the mass, itwas a sad occasion but also uplifting as itcelebrated Louise’s short life.A rose with a plaque was planted inthe school’s memorial garden and theschool also named a star after Louise;a certificate was presented to hermum.

Return To The Forbidden Planet was this years very successful schoolproduction. It was performed for 3 nights to packed audiences andincluded “golden oldie ”rock ‘n’ roll music.Anuenue The A-level dancestudents organised the production;it showed many talents fromdancing to singing from all yeargroups. It was a very enjoyableevening.The last Summer Concert to be stagedin the old school hall featured musicaltalents from all year groups. The informalsetting with sixth form students providingwaiter style drinks organised bythe P.T.A. was a very pleasant evening.

Broughton Hall has adopted an acre of Bolivian rainforest.We are part of a conservation programme that raises funds for the preservation of threatenedand endangered rainforests habitats around the world. This wasmade possible by our participation in the Generation Green project.We have a certificate of adoption which identifies the factthat we have adopted an acre in a rainforest of 1.6 million acres,so there are plenty to go around.Representatives from the School Council took part in THE BIG TIDY UP.The aim of the event was to tidy up a corner of their Community. The girls spent the first hour of theTidy Up around the school premises. The second hour cleaning up the areas along Yew Tree Laneand the surrounding streets opposite the school.The girls worked very hard in preparing for this. They have met, designed posters for school, leafletsto go out to the community to let them know how they are helping and some girls have even askedfor sponsorship from family and friends to raise money for future projects for the School Council.The girls sorted themselves into groups in order to help with collecting and recycling.The Big Tidy Up

Jayne Murray Year 12 was voted Good Citizen 2010 by the students of Broughton Hall. Jayne Murraypictured here with David Alton and Michael Waffer ( Wafer Phillips Solicitors & Liverpool John MooresUniversity sponsor the award) received the award at a ceremony at John Moores University in July.As a reward for the hard work put into their GCSE year at Broughton Hall, Year 11attended a very glamorous evening with friends, staff and PTA members.