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Chess Champions

Steeple Morden and Bassingbourn Primary Schools joined our Year 7 chess players for the annual BVC Primary Liaison Chess Tournament. Six students from each school played three games each with the scores added to reveal the winning teams. Adjudicator Fraser Clapham, a year 9 BVC student, was on hand to iron out any quibbles. Despite a very close-run tournament, Steeple Morden retained their winning title - by just 1 point. All competitors enjoyed some of our legendary BVC cookies and juice before being presented with their certificates. The BVC team comprised: Alex Cheeseright, Iris Forde, Sam Haley, Tom Makower, Emma Rosevear and Cameron Sims.

GCSE Heron Awards

Our summer leavers returned for their last BVC event - the annual GCSE Heron Awards evening. Former Year 11 students, along with family and friends, attended the evening event which saw awards being presented for overall attainment and progress, alongside individual subject achievement. Three students were also honoured with Principal's Awards for their overall contribution to school life during their 5 years at the college. Prizewinners were: Principal's Award: Holly Derrett, Aiden Free, Sophie Perumalla. Principal's Award for Attainment: Grace Anderson, Adam Castle, Beatrice Cornwell, Lucas Hockley, Iain Lynn, Callum, Sargeant, Imogen Sole. Principal's Award for Progress: Amelie Anderton, Hayden Byles, Holly Derrett, Jasmine Ho, Jessica Sams, Keira Sibbons. Principal's Award for Services as College Captain: Adam Castle, Beatrice Cornwell, Lydia Cornwell, Holly Derrett, Aidan Free, Ethan Phillips, Billy Reader, Imogen Sole. Subject awards: English Language Grace Anderson Dance Grace Anderson Health & Social Care Charlotte Beck Hospitality & Catering Ruben Beukes GCSE PE Thomas Bolt Sociology Hayden Byles Drama Nathaniel Campbell Geography Adam Castle BTEC Media Freddie Chamberlain Joint Linguist Beatrice Cornwell French Holly Derrett Leisure & Tourism Ellienne Groom History Joseph Heavey Further Additional Science Lucas Hockley BTEC Construction Cormac Hosie Maths Jake Kimberley Synergy Science Daniel Lamberton Religious Education Ethan Phillips VCERT Craft Joshua Richardson-Game Art Jessica Sams Computing Oliver Sharpe English Literature Keira Sibbons Latin Keira Sibbons Spanish Libby Taylor Music Technology Reece Turnbull ECDL Christopher Turrell  

BVC Remembers

BVC students marked Remembrance Day 2018 in a variety of ways, with everyone agreeing that the effects of war will never be forgotten. Staff and students alike contributed to the college's various remembrance projects, from making poppies and writing poems to painting stones and researching local war records. Tutor groups worked collectively to make individual poppies and to choose their favourite war poem. Those who wished to could write their own. The BVC History Club looked at the individual WW1 solders from local villages who had died during the war, along with creating a box of typical artifacts from the period. GCSE History students visited the WW1 battlefields last month in the lead up to the Armistice celebrations. Where possible they visited the memorials and searched for the names of Bassingbourn men who had lost their lives during the First World War, along with any men known personally to them. Their photographs and personal accounts were formed a thought-provoking display. The individual stories of Bassingbourn and Kneesworth men who died during the fighting 100 years ago were researched and displayed alongside photographs of the memorials in France and Belgium. Researching personal details of the men was particularly poignant for many students who recognised local family names and locations of where the men had grown up. The BVC Craft for Mindfulness group also produced individual pebbles with hand-painted poppies and the names of each of the fallen painted on them as an everlasting keepsake. The display of remembered soldiers and the battlefields trip were displayed in…

Cambridge award for William

Year 10 student William Pack has been praised for his work on women's suffrage as part of a competition run by a Cambridge college. William was one of a small group of BVC students chosen to attend the inaugural Millicent Fawcett Humanities & Social Sciences workshop hosted by Newnham College, Cambridge, during the summer. The workshop explored suffrage through a range of humanities and social sciences subjects, and gave students the opportunity to practice researching, writing and presenting their own project. Following the workshop, students were invited to create their own research project based on the theme(s) they found most interesting. Students were then invited to attend a Project Exhibition showcasing all entries which took place last Friday in Newnham College. William's project - an in-depth essay looking at the illustrated propaganda used by the suffragettes, such as postcards, banners and posters - earned him a Highly Commended award plus a runner's-up prize of book tokens and a signed book by Newnham Fellow and classicist Mary Beard. Organiser Sophie Parry said: "We designed the Millicent Fawcett workshop not only to commemorate Vote 100, but also with the aim of introducing young people to the interdisciplinary world of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. "As a college, we think it is incredibly important to work closely with pupils and schools in our local community, and it is amazing to see the outstanding levels of hard work and creativity that can come from this work. "William’s research project on the impact of art in achieving suffrage was…

BVC Bookworms compete in national competition

Some of our young bookworms showed off their literacy skills at the annual Kids’ Lit competition. The Year 8 students – Emma Jones, Robert Kendrick, Amelia Peace and Iona Scott – came top in the school competition held before half term. Their win meant they went forward to represent Bassingbourn Village College at the Central England heat held at Comberton Village College. 24 teams took part from across the country and although the BVC team didn’t win a place in the national final, they were delighted when their team mate Emma won an individual prize. Those taking part not only pitted their knowledge against other schools, but also a team of local authors including Chris Priestley, Julian Sedgwick, Katie Dale, Inbali Inserles, Helen Moss and Andy Briggs. The BVC students took the opportunity to speak to the authors and even get some autographs. The Kids' Lit Quiz is an annual literature quiz for students aged 10 - 13 years. Quizzes are held in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and USA. Teams of four students are asked to answer 100 questions on children’s literature divided into ten categories, which vary each year.

Careers Carousel

Senior students were able to get up close to an assortment of professionals at our annual Careers Carousel. Year 10 students received short talks on a range of diverse occupations including accountancy, photography, science and the Army. Our thanks to Trina Hill from BCS Accounting, Irene Zaccari and Jemma Allan from CDTL, Lucinda Price from Lucinda Price Photography and Emma Williams from EJW Solutions. The event was organised by Mariana Soberon of Form the Future who said: "The morning went really well - the workshops were great, the professionals volunteers did amazingly and the feedback forms from the student show that they got a lot out of it."    

Creative Arts Evening

Creative Arts Showcase Bassingbourn Village College 7pm Thursday 13th December 2018 Tickets £6 (adults) & £4 (concessions) available through Wise Pay or school Reception.    

Twins compete in first debating competition.

Year 10 students Jon and Katie Cheeseright have had their first experience of a debating competition - and declared the event to be 'nerve wracking'! The twins were chosen to represent BVC at the Cambridge heat of the English Speaking Union's Mace debating competition which was held at the Perse School earlier this week. BVC was competing alongside teams from Bishop's Stortford High, Culford School, the Perse, the Heritage school and County Upper School. Motions included: This house would ban the sale and consumption of meat, This house would build homes on the green belt and This house would weight votes such that the younger the voter, the more powerful their vote. The BVC team were supported by other Year 10 members of the school's senior debating club along with Mrs Boxall and Mrs Lynn. Next up for the BVC debaters is the Rotary Youth Speaks competition later this month.

Conflict, Culture & Chocolate

Year 11 History students have recently returned from a trip to the WW1 Battlefields. Rebecca Day & Max Bacon describe the trip: Our Battlefields trip featured many rewarding experiences and helped us all to gain an important perspective on WWI, especially as it was the centenary of the ending of the First World War. We visited many cemeteries whilst we were there which were not only atmospheric but also incredibly interesting since we learnt lots about the people themselves and what each individual grave meant. On top of this, we also ventured out to many museums which helped us to gain some visual understanding of the history; the Passchendaele Memorial Museum was my personal favourite because not only did we get to experience what walking through the trenches felt like but we also got to go underground where we saw figures which represented soldiers from WWI which was very interesting. One of the most shocking parts of the trip was going through the trenches and seeing the craters because it was so crazy how much earth was destroyed due to shells; it was also all extremely emotional because it was sad to see how many people died and were injured while protecting their country. The trip was enjoyed by everyone and it was also beneficial in regards to our learning as well; there was lots to do (and buy) but also lots to learn from our tour guide Tom. We went to Last Post Cemetery where we paid our respect to the soldiers by joining in with…

Spanish Trip a Sunny Success

The Spanish Exchange trip has run for a very successful second time to Albacete, in the sunny south-east of Spain. Under clear blue skies, our students visited the beach and Science museum in Valencia before travelling to the city of Albacete to meet their exchange partners and host families. The students wasted no time in getting to know their new friends through completing a treasure hunt of Albacete, visiting the famous penknife museum and eating ‘churros con chocolate’. They also had a brilliant experience learning some traditional Spanish dances, games and songs, as well as enjoying all of the delicious local food. Well done to all of the pupils involved, who showed great resilience and enthusiasm in communicating with their partners and immersing themselves in Spanish culture. We look forward to welcoming the staff and students from Escolapios school back to BVC next February. You can see more photographs and video on our BVC Flickr page.

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