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Eyes on the Prize

Year 9 students travelled to Cambridge to participate in an event  designed to promote forward thinking for everything from GCSE choices to career ideas. The Eyes on the Prize experience attracted almost 2,000 students from across the region, with a careers and education fair, tour of the campus and talk on student life. For the Bassingbourn students it was a chance to learn more about apprenticeships, post 16 colleges and university. BVC students agreed that the day had been a great success, commenting: "It was interesting to learn how much I could earn when I leave school if I work hard and get the right job," Hadyn. "The trip was fun and a very good experience. We learnt a lot about handling money and saving for university." James. "The best thing was the opportunity to find out all the things I can do in the future." Connor.

Termly Heron

Our termly Heron magazine has been published and is available to view here.  

Feeling Festive @BVC

Merry Christmas from everyone at BVC - staff and students alike have celebrated the last day of term by wearing Christmas jumpers and raising funds for Save the Children Fund.

Creative Arts Show

Dancing snowmen certainly set the scene for a festive celebration at this term's Creative Arts Showcase. Students from years 7-11 entertained a full house with their drama, singing, dancing, musical excerpts and self-composed monologues. College Captains introduced the acts along with updates on the many and varied activites that students have enjoyed throughout this term. Organiser Ms Shortt said: "From performers and tech crew to the College Captains who presented, they were all fabulous."

BVC treat for Over60s

Students from BVC played host to a group of local senior citizens for what is hoped will become an annual celebration. Members of the Bassingbourn Over60s club were treated to a festive afternoon tea - all made by the Year 9 catering students. College Captains organised and hosted the event which was supported by a £100 grant from South Cambs County Council's Community Reach Fund. The students welcomed and chatted to their guests, with entertainment provided by Max Bowen and Freya Jackson. GCSE catering students, under the guidance of Ms Taylor, made a generous spread including sausage rolls, scones, lemon cake and ginger biscuits. Daisy Deller, organiser of the Bassingbourn Over60s said:"Thank you to everyone involved. It was a lovely afternoon and the food was smashing. It was a real treat to be invited into the college." The event was held in the main hall and also featured a display of archive photographs which sparked many memories of schooldays and friendships from the early days of BVC.

King’s College Carols

Christmas came early for a group of young BVC students in the shape of a festive carol service at the world-famous King's College chapel. The Year 7 students travelled to Cambridge to take part in the annual Cambridgeshire Schools Carol Service. The service features the choir of King's College and follows a similar format to the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols which is broadcast across the world on Christmas Eve.  

Youth Speaks Debut

A group of BVC students found their voice on Wednesday evening as they competed in their first ever Rotary public speaking competition. The national Youth Speaks competition is run every year by Rotarians as an initiative to encourage teenagers to speak out and find their voice. As a keen advocate of student voice, Bassingbourn Viullage College was keen to accept the invitation to take part and had no trouble forming two teams of Year 10 students who were keen to compete. Bea Makower, Katie Cheeseright and Ciara Free spoke on the topic Why feminism is something to be celebrated. While Jon Cheeseright, Josh Ding and James Clark spoke on the topic Is the modern state education system fit for purpose? The competition was held at Sawston Village College and attracted teams from The Perse, Bottisham and Sawston Village Colleges with The Perse winning through to the next round which will be held in Cambridge in February. Organiser Hugh Paton said: "Your teams certainly performed well, especially as this was their first effort at this event. I thought all the presentations were good with some interesting topics explored." Update: due to the disqualification of the Perse team, Bassingbourn A are now the winners of this heat and will go through to the Cambridge finals in February. Well done girls!

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…

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