25/07/2010
Congratulations to Ben Eames who took the Silver medal in both J16 and J18 (2 years above Ben's age) in the double sculls event at the GB National Rowing Championships.
11/07/2010
Congratulations and good luck to Ben Eames in year 11. He has been called up to represent Great Britain in the Anglo-French Rowing Match in Nantes.
Ben is a product of the Abbot Beyne and Trent Rowing Club school link. He started rowing in year 8 at the Wednesday after school club and his success continues to grow.
Abbot Beyne and Trent Rowing club takes place on Wednesdays at 3pm, see Mr Alcock for more details.
09/07/2010
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2010 Sports Day Champions:
TURNER!!!!!
2nd Place - Picasso
3rd Place - Monet
4th Place - Van Gogh
The PE Department would just like to thank both students and staff for making this years Sports Day the best ever!
08/07/2010
Field Results
1st Place - TURNER - 256
2nd Place - PICASSO - 215
3rd Place - MONET - 203
4th Place - VAN GOGH - 171
Thanks to those who took part.
The PE Department
29/06/2010
Our year 7/8 rounders team came 2nd out of 8 schools at the area rounders tournament last week. They beat Paget and De Ferrers to gain a place in the final where they were eventually defeated by John Taylor High School 9 and a half to 5 rounders.
A fantastic sporting achievement for our girls, Well done!!!
Melita Astle (Captain), Eloise Aisthorpe, Charlotte Catlin, Ellie Mae O'Mahoney, Anna Longman, Mary Austin, Tyia Henningham, Renay Park, Shannon Spiby Wood, Beth Taylor, Amy Eccleshall and Jenny Kelsey.
25/03/2010
Our Sixth Form debate team have won the Burton Civic Society Debate Challenge again this year. Well done to Vikram, Amie, Jonny and Madeeha!
23/11/2009
Congratulations to all staff and students who were inspected by OFSTED on the 11th and 12th of November. OFSTED agree with us that we are a GOOD school and for many judgements we were rated as OUTSTANDING. More information and a full report to follow very soon.
15/10/2009
Spanish lessons will start after school on Thursdays in E25. All welcome!
12/10/2009
Year 13 Geographers and Biologists enjoyed a successful field trip to Ainsdale Sand Dunes on Monday 12th October. The weather was glorious and the flora was in bloom allowing all to see spatial vegetation succession in action. Students collected a range of data by practicing their sampling strategies and geographical field skills, as well as experiencing the mobile nature of this fragile psammosere ecosystem. Searching for the rare natterjack toads and sand lizards proved as elusive as the black sheep this year, however community spirit was in abundance as 'the boys' leapt to the defence of a beached vehicle - well done and many thanks to all who came!
Mrs Russell and Mr Hall
07/10/2009
Abbot Beyne vs Robert Sutton
Year 7 ~ Well done to the girls on their first game as a team! They showed some fantastic team work even though they were defeated by Robert Sutton. We are looking forward to their next match against John Taylor.
Girl of the Game: Tyia Henningham
Year 8 ~ Wow!! Another win for the year 8 netball team. Well done to all the girls that played, they showed brilliant team work and skills. A well deserved win! The final score was 10 - 3.
Girl of the Game: Niamh Carpenter
Year 9 ~ Well played girls, what a close game!! The year 9 team always show great commitment to their team and demonstrate a range of skills and tactical play. Final score 12 - 14 to Robert Sutton. Good Luck in your next game girls!
Girl of the Game: Amy Steer
Year 11 ~ Well done to the year 11 girls in their first game of the season. Even though the girls were defeated they kept their heads up and kept trying to win every ball! Good Luck in your next game. Final score 7 - 24.
Girl of the Game: Danielle Taylor
29/09/2009
Year 12 and 13 Geographers were inspired in a lecture by Professor Iain Stewart (of TV fame!) and Katherine Donovan (PhD student) held by the Geographical Association in Birmingham on Tuesday evening. Students were challenged to consider the cultural geography of risk in areas of natural hazards. Katherine spoke of her fascinating research on Mt Merapi (an active volcano) in Java, Indonesia where local people believe in the volcano gods. Iain provided a range of contemporary case study material about hazardous areas, including hurricanes, earthquakes, landslides and tsunami. Iain discussed how and why people live in these areas, whether it can be accounted for through poverty (people having little choice as to where they live), or, at the other end of the spectrum, prosperity (having such financial means that loss or damage to property is insignificant). Thought provoking Geography for all!
Many thanks to all Geographers who came.
Mrs Russell and Mr Hall
23/09/2009
A huge well done to the year 8 netball team who beat Granville in their first game of the season 4 - 3! Keep it up girls!
Girls of the Game - Niamh Carpenter, Emma Monkhouse, Mikaela Colebrook, Chloe Gould, Hannah Timson, Lhea Ordinario, Bethany Taylor and Jennifer Kelsey.
16/09/2009
Artist in Residence and Art Technician Alistair Kennedy will be Exhibiting a selection of contemporary landscape paintings at Burton upon Trent Central Library. The exhibition runs from Monday 21st September to Monday 5th October. There will be an opportunity to meet the artist and discuss the work being shown on the evening of Thursday 24th September between 6pm and 8pm. The exhibition is part of Staffordshire Open Studios 2009, an artist lead event showcasing creative talent across the county.
06/09/2009
The PE Department would like to congratulate Amy Steer for her attendance and brilliant performance at the Staffordshire County Netball Trials on the 6th September 2009.
22/08/2009
Abbot Beyne have received a brand new Y7 & Y8 cricket bag full of kit from the Lord Taverners Charity.
We will look very smart using the new kit in the new nets next season. Good luck next year.
Mr Williams
01/07/2009
Abbot Beyne won the overall prize at this year's Staffordshire Media Challenge, competing against other schools from all over Staffordshire. Congratulations to Year 9 students, Tom Horton, Tom James, Dillon Richardson, Adnan Khan, George Dummons and Joe Hayes.
On the day, the judges and organisers commented on how well the group worked as a team and were pleased with their high standard of work in all three elements; creating a newspaper front page, a radio broadcast and a television news report.
The group enjoyed reporting on the car chase, explosion and accident scene which had been created at Pirehill Fire and Rescue Headquarters in Stone with the co-operation and organisation of the MoD, Police, Fire Brigade and St John's Ambulance Service.
17/06/2009
Artist In Residence and Art Technician Alistair Kennedy, has been selected to show two of his paintings at two separate London Underground stations. The Exhibition, called Art Below, gives selected artists, from all over the world, a chance to show their work to thousands of commuters daily. The two works will be situated at Baker Street Station (Metropolitan Line, Platform 1) and Paddington Station (District Line, Platform 1 Westbound). The Exhibition runs from 29th June to 17th July 2009.
A Sheffield Hallam University trained artist, Alistair currently has a solo exhibition of his work at Derby City Hospital and another solo show is planned for the Ashby Arts Festival and Burton Library later this year.
04/06/2009
Match Update!
Year 7 played Pingle on Wednesday with the final score at 15 and a half to 9 and a half to Pingle. All girls enjoyed the game and played brilliantly as a team.
Girl of the game goes to Chloe Gould
Year 8 played Abbots Bromley tonight. They played really well together and it was a close first innings. The final score was 18 to 12 and a half to Abbots Bromley. The girls are looking forward to their next game together.
Girl of the game goes to Ellen Moody.
13/05/2009
The PE Department would like to congratulate the following 6 successful students:
Henryk Sabakowski
Carl Hurmson
Shannon Hardwick-Clarke
Letitia King
Abbie Jones
Becci Hugo
Burton Canoe Club are now in a position to invite these successful students to take part in the second round of Talent Identification testing, where they will be competing against athletes from all the schools involved. If our 6 successfully complete the second round, Burton canoe Club will be offering the best opportunities to join the club with the aim of developing them into top class racers.
Good Luck to all of you in the second round.
10/05/2009
Good luck to Ben Eames in year 10 who is competing in the single skull race at the Rowing National Schools event in Nottingham.
08/05/2009
So far we have collected 2886 Sainsburys sports vouchers and 3107 Tescos, school computers and sports vouchers. This is a great start.
Keep bringing in all the vouchers you can, so we can expand the opportunities available to you in PE.
07/05/2009
An excellent start to the rounders season for the year 7 girls team! They played against Paget School and beat them 17 rounders to 13.
Well done to all the girls who played, they worked brilliantly as a team. We are looking forward to their next game!
Special mention to the girl of the match, Shannon Spiby-Wood.
07/05/2009
Well done to the year 10 rounders team in their first match of the season.
They had a brilliant first innings against Paget and took the lead, however we were defeated in the second with the overall score at 26.5 rounders to 12.5.
We are preparing for their next game against Granville!
Good Luck girls.
06/05/2009
Yr 8 students from Abbot Beyne and Ryecroft participated in the first inter school cycle cross race to be held at Abbot Beyne. The riders competed over a short but challenging course which contained a tough climb and a fast descent. Dry conditions resulted in fast lap times from the students. The individual race was close with a group of 3 riders from Ryecroft breaking away from the main group in the later stages of the race to take the podium places. The highest placed rider from Abbot Beyne finishing fourth. The team event (four riders per team) was also closely contested. Ryecroft held off a challenge from Abbot Beyne to cross the line first with Abbot Beyne finshing second. Well done to all the students taking part. Due to the success of the event both schools are keen to hold a return fixture at Ryecroft in July.
01/05/2009
Congratulations to the Abbot Beyne Year 10 boys quad (Callum Campbell, Simon Clarke, Ben Eames and Jake Wheeler) who finished the competition in 4th place. The Abbot Beyne year 8 girls squad (Holly Burton, Natasha Skillicorn, Jessica Dickinson, Amy Steer) finished in 5th place. I am sure that these pupils will go onto represent the school in the final round of the tournament (date to be confirmed).
24/04/2009
Congratulations to Connie Dunn, Lauren Skillicorn, Josh Downing and Theo Walker on representing the school as members of the combined Kielder Challenge Team. Throughout the competition they have worked alongside students from The Fountains School in a thoughtful and compassionate manner. Their positive approach to working together ensured that on the day the two schools worked hard as one team. The team came 3rd overall. Congratulations to everybody involved!
21/04/2009
Following its launch in October 2007, Derby Hospitals Arts Programme AIR (Arts to Aid Well-being) goes from strength to strength. Alistair will be exhibiting his artwork during Spring and Summer 2009. Alistair's paintings can be seen on the 3rd floor corridors of the Main Hospital Building.
The Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust vision is to create a unique patient and family friendly environment in the new Derby Hospital. The aim is to aid the creation of a therapeutic environment that supports the healing process and provides positive distraction and engagement.
For further information on the program or to locate Alistair's artwork please contact the Arts Coordinator on cooper@hcp.co.uk or telephone 01332 343816.
03/04/2009
The Sixth Form debate team won the series of debates against Stapenhill Sixth Form Centre. Well done to Callum Low, Kezia Rudge and Jason Tunnicliffe!
01/04/2009
The PE department have uploaded a useful revision booklet covering all the topics on the GCSE course and also a revision help booklet onto MOODLE.
You can access MOODLE through the Abbot Beyne homepage and signing into the PE area.
27/03/2009
Well done to the year 8 netballers who raised a whopping £194.24 in aid of Comic Relief. They played netball matches in crazy fancy dress costumes after school on Friday 13th March. It was also great to see the English Department there in their pink ladies outfits!!
19/03/2009
The next session of Creative Digital Photography evening classes will resume after Easter if there is enough interest. The course would run on Tuesday evenings for 7 weeks, starting on Tuesday the 21st of April 6.30pm - 8.30pm. This is a complete beginners course and no prior knowledge is needed. The emphasis is on creating fun and exciting artworks out of your digital photographs, as well as learning how to take better pictures with your camera.
Basic technical issues like; What do all those buttons do? or, How do I upload my pictures to a computer? - are also covered. The course is run by Artist in Residence Alistair Kennedy. If you are interested, please contact Alistair at the school.
18/03/2009
Congratulations to Abbot Beyne Juniors for coming 3rd in the Burton District Community Junior Netball League! The PE Department are extremely proud of your hard work and commitment. Well done!!
18/03/2009
Congratulations to the Year 10 Netball Team for coming 5th at the Year 10 Netball Tournament held at deFerrers school.
18/03/2009
Abbot Beyne Juniors played King Edwards, Lichfield on Wednesday night. However, the score did not reflect the spirit and commitment the team showed.
Abbot Beyne Juniors 3, King Edwards 22
Girl of the Match: Jazmine Greenaway
PE Department
11/03/2009
Quick Update!!!
Abbot Beyne Juniors have just convincingly beaten Hilton NC.
Congratulations to all the Netball Team and bring on King Edwards NC next week! Good Luck!
Abbot Beyne Juniors 19 - Hilton NC 16
Girl of the Match: Ellie Catlin
PE Department
05/03/2009
The PE department organised a trip to the YONEX All England Badminton tournament at the NIA in Birmingham. The GCSE year 10 pupils had an enjoyable and useful day. They had the opportunity to receive technical coaching from a top class coach, which they all made the most of. A number of students really stood out and were selected to join an elite performance club to develop their skills further. Well done to all that attended but a special mention goes to:
Jerry Baldwin
Charlie Easdown
Ben Hancox
Katie Bell
Abigail Jones
04/03/2009
The PE Department would like to congratulate the Year 8 Netball Team for participating in the first League Match against Belvedere Netball Club on the 4/3/09. The team played extremely well with good movement and insight within the centre court. Unfortunately the final score does not reflect the excellent standard displayed by both teams.
Abbot Beyne Juniors 6 - Belvedere NC 22
Girl of the Match Jazmine Greenaway
We would also like to wish the girls good luck for their next game against John Port Girls NC.
25/02/2009
The PE Department just want to wish the Year 8 girls lots of luck and success in the forth coming Netball League. Their first match is against Belvedere NC on the 4th March 2009. Results to follow! Come on Team AB!!!
21/02/2009
A group of Year 8 Gifted and Talented students represented Abbot Beyne in a National engineering competition at De Ferrers on February 12th. The team of 6 worked hard all day to design and produce a Table Tennis Practice Machine. Unfortunately the group missed out on the top spot but were commended by the organisers for their valiant effort in what had been one the most closely fought competitions across the whole of the UK. A huge well done to our representatives; Jess Dickinson, Shaun Bean, Megan Sylvester, Nabeel Khawaja, Zara Latif and Daniel Chester.
18/01/2009
Congratulations to Abbot Beyne cycling team who finished 2nd overall in the East Staffs school events and a special mention for Liam Dickson in year 8 who finish 3rd in the individual race.
17/12/2008
Schools Indoor Rowing Championship.
3rd Round Results.
Yr 7 Boys 34th.
Yr 7 Girls 20th.
Yr8 Boys 11th.
Yr 8 Girls 6th.
Yr10 Boys 10th.
There were 170 teams in each year group! Congratulations to all pupils who took part!
09/12/2008
Congratulations to both Basketball teams on the good start they have made to the year.
The Y9 side beat Robert Sutton 10 - 2 and also gave an extremely spirited performance against John Taylor
Well done also to the Y11 Basketball team. Although they lost to Robert Sutton by 2pts we saw some real promise in what was, for the majority of them, their first ever match.
Well done lads an excellent start, keep it going
22/10/2008
REMINDER
The Bag2School bag with all your second hand clothing/ bedding/ shoes/ handbags/ belts and soft toys needs to to back to school before 10.30 am on Tuesday, 4th November.
There will be a designated drop off point in the Evershed car park for the bags.
16/10/2008
The Tournament is an annual event which takes place at De Ferrers School. A team must consist of 3 Year 11, 2 Year 10 and 2 Year 9. Each team played 4 games against different opposition and points were awarded for the outcome.
Abbot Beyne vs De Ferrers A Lost 7-2.
Abbot Beyne vs John Taylor Lost 4-2.
Abbot Beyne vs John Port Won 4-3.
Abbot Beyne vs De Ferrers B Won 4-2 .
From the outcome of the games played Abbot Beyne came joint 2nd however due to goal difference were awarded 3rd place.
Final Results.
1st De Ferrers A.
2nd John Port.
3rd Abbot Beyne.
4th John Taylor.
5th De Ferrers B.
15/10/2008
Abbot Beyne V's Robert Sutton
Yr 7 Lost 12-2
Yr 8 Lost 17-16
Yr 10 Lost 21-4
Yr 11 Won 18-10
All teams played really well and are looking forward to their next fixtures.
14/10/2008
Thanks to all the pupils and staff at Abbot Beyne wearing their Jeans to school on 03/10/08 , we raised a grand total of £757 for the Jeans for Genes charity and should be very proud of ourselves. Well done everyone.
09/10/2008
Abbot Beyne V's William Allit
Year 7
Lost 9-0
Year 8
Lost 15-5
Both teams played played extremely well and are looking forward to their next game against Robert Sutton.
08/10/2008
Schools Indoor Rowing Championship
1st Round Results
Yr 7 Boys 71st
Yr 7 Girls 57th
Yr8 Boys 18th
Yr 8 Girls 9th
Yr10 Boys 15th
There are 170 teams in each year group! Congratulations to all pupils who took part!
07/10/2008
Won 12-7 against William Allitt.
04/10/2008
Following the European Day of Languages, the winners of the 'Guess the French person' are Adam Holders in Year 8 and Mr. Peat, who were presented with a box of Belgian chocolates and a bottle of French wine respectively! The winning answers were Minnie Mouse, William the Conqueror, Samir Nasri (plays for Marseille and France), Napoleon, Joan of Arc, Gustave Eiffel, Claude Monet and Marie Antoinette. Well done to Adam and Mr. Peat and thanks to all who entered.
26/09/2008
The day was launched with a Spanish taster session. Spanish lessons begin after school next Wednesday. We celebrated mainly with Year 7 but started with a wonderful assembly, given to Years 7, 8 and 9 by Mr. Richards. He greeted us all in several languages and gave some fascinating facts about different countries. 7X1 and 7Y3 enjoyed a French breakfast in their lessons and many Year 7 pupils visited the French cafe at breaktime. There was even a French Diamond robbery in Drama! Many pupils and staff attempted the Quiz, guessing the identity of the masks. The Winner will be announced soon!
25/09/2008
Students at Abbot Beyne will be wearing their jeans to school to GENErate lots of money on Jeans for Genes Day, Friday 3rd October 2008!
Jeans for Genes aims to change the world for children living with genetic disorders. The money they raise each year funds care and support for children and their families, as well as research into the causes and cures of these conditions.
Genetic disorders affect 1 in 33 children born in the UK, the equivalent of around one in every class of schoolchildren. Many of these have no current treatment and more than half of all childhood deaths in the UK are linked to a genetic condition.
The theme for Jeans for Genes Day this year is GENErations and the charity is celebrating the way genes can filter down through families, influencing a child's appearance, personality, career choices and even sense of humour!
Liz Chapman, Jeans for Genes organiser said, 'We have run the event for about 5 years now and our pupils enjoy the opportunity to get out of their uniforms as well as raise money for so many charities.'
14/09/2008
This summer Abbot Beyne students have successfully completed a trip to Dubasen school in Namibia. After a year of fund raising the £20,000 needed for the project, 14 sixth formers and 3 teachers spent a week renovating the school's building and making the classrooms usable. Their hard work was rewarded with a ceremony from the local village chief and the students exchanged gifts and donated equipment to the school. Following this the team then went to camp on safari in Etosha National Park where they were lucky enough to see all the large game. The trip then ended with a visit to the Namib desert where all the team participated in an exhilarating dune boarding experience. Following the healthy return of all the team, they intend to share their experiences with the school and the wider community that made this trip possible.
02/07/2008
Abbot Beyne are the proud owners of a Bronze Award from the Eco-Schools Campaign. The majority of the work for this was completed during Year 9's Learning for life lessons and a more effective system for recycling waste paper has been developed. We believe that we are the first Secondary school in Burton to achieve this title. It is hoped that next year's Year 9 will continue the good work and will be working for the silver award in September and October's Learning for Life lessons.
01/07/2008
Congratulations to Thomas Powell, Abbie Jones, Charlie Whiteley, Amardeep Singh Dhadwal, Kayleigh Carter and Beth Fryer, Year 9 pupils who represented Abbot Beyne at the Staffordshire Media Challenge, organised by Staffordshire Partnership, on 1st July 2008. The team won a place with their work creating a newspaper and storyboard in the preliminary round and then won the award for best TV news bulletin on the day in competition with 12 schools from around the county.
The judges commented on the excellent behaviour of all of the pupils and their hard work and team spirit.
This was the first time Abbot Beyne had entered the competition and we look forward to next year.
06/06/2008
Evershed Hall June 26th 2008 doors 6:45pm for 7:15pm. Adults £3, Concessions £1 (includes glass of wine/squash). Take this chance to try on and buy top quality branded items at greatly reduced prices, no obligation to buy but you will find it hard to resist such bargains.
Tickets available from both offices.
Evershed 01283 239800
Linnell 01283 239835
02/04/2008
Students, parents and staff at Abbot Beyne now have access to student attendance detail on a session by session (am/pm) basis. This will prove useful in monitoring and improving attendance and hence lead to even greater achievement than OFSTED noted in our "Good" July 2007 inspection. Students can also see how their attendance compares with their peers in an anonymous pictogram format.
27/02/2008
Congratulations to the Year 8 boys football team who won the Burton District 7 aside tournament, beating Pingle School in the final by 1 - 0.
10/10/2007
Year 7:
Lost to De Ferrers
Lost to Paulet.
Year 8:
Won against De Ferrers 6-2.
Won against Paulet 8-0.
Won against John Taylor 3-2.
Year 9:
Lost to De Ferrers 6-2.
Lost to Granville 3-2 (cup)
Lost to John Taylor 3-0.
Year 10:
Won against De Ferrers 1-0.
Year 11:
Won De Ferrers 3-1 (cup).
10/10/2007
League results
Won v Pingle 14-1.
Won v Granville 16-3.
23/08/2007
Abbot Beyne celebrated a good set of results today when Year 11 came to collect their GCSE results. 46.11% of students gained a grade C or above in 5 or more subjects and there were some exceptional achievements. All but two students gained a GCSE pass in at least one subject and 94% gained five or more passes.
Many students gained their passes at the higher grades (25% at B or above) but special mention must go to the girl who gained 12 passes at an A* grade, something to be very proud of.
16/08/2007
Students and Staff alike enjoyed a pleasing set of A level results today with many students realising their dream of going to University.
43% of results were the top two grades A or B and 96% of results were passes (E or above). Across the whole of Year 13, students exceeded their nationally set Alis targets by a tenth of a grade keeping the trend for excellent A Level results at Abbot Beyne.
Congratulations to all those students involved.
11/07/2007
Year 10 Students took part in an extremely successful event based around the process of designing and selling cars to dealerships run by staff. The event was run as a competition and the response from the external organisers was astounding; We had a super day today with your Year 10 students. They were all a credit to the school and especially themselves, We have visited many schools around Staffordshire and it must be said that your Year 10's are some of the best we have worked with. They went on to mention; Smart appearance, Good manners and behaviour, Excellent teamwork, Good listening, Positive attitude, Commitment to tasks, Reliable timekeeping, Good use of enterprise skills. They were also very impressed with the help and support from all the teachers, along with the school's hospitality.
It was very positive to receive these comments about a successful event that will become a regular feature towards the end of year 10.
11/07/2007
OFSTED recently visited the school and were very positive about the huge improvements that we have made since the last inspection. In almost all areas the school was graded as good or better.
A full report will follow.
04/05/2007
An amazing evening was had by all when they attended the annual Abbot Beyne Dance extravaganza. Audiences were enthralled by the dancing through the ages from the Lindy Hop right through to modern street dancing.
The sell out audience of pupils, parents and staff were treated to over an hour of dancing and the pupils were rewarded for their efforts with the obvious enthusiasm of the audience and a double page spread in the Burton Mail.
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