Toon Times

On Friday 23rd November, Year 9 students from All Saints college went on a journey into Newcastle United's history. The students sorted artefacts from the clubs archives into a living timeline of the club's past. It was an amazing opportunity to get hands on with the past. From wooden studs that were nailed to boots, to a Premiership shirt worn by Les Ferdinand, it was interesting to see how much has changed in the game. However, as we excitedly enjoyed our tour around the stadium, it became clear that young people's passion for the Magpies is one thing that has not changed.

Big Ideas

 Yr 9 Students spent two days with Big Ideas at Sunderland last week.

The task was to create a new brand of chocolate bar which would be sold over the Christmas period.

Students worked in small teams over two days on a number of tasks which ended in a professional sales pitch.

After a gruelling two days of competiton the winners were Laighton Charlton, Paul Todd, David Gregg & Lee Telfer.

Well done to all students involved.

Determination Awards for October

A massive well done to the below students who have all been nominated by Subject areas & Yr teams for the determination they have shown throughout October.

 

D&T	Chloe Gregson Yr 10
English	Tiffany Alder
MATHS	Jay Rowntree Yr 8
World Studies	Amber Wilson Yr 10
Business	Gavin Harris Yr 12
ICT	Shanie Wills Yr 11
C.L.T	Paul Todd Yr 9
Life skills	Robert Cooper
Expressive Arts	Mickile Geleta Yr 8
Yr 9	Lewis Ruddick
Yr 10	Nathan Nicholson
Yr 11	Jermaine Havrey
Sixth Form	Daniel Wright

ASC Christmas Fair

Christmas starts early at All Saints and with the introduction of the ASC Fair on Tuesday 18th December, this year is going to be a little extra special.

Students, parents, careers & the public will be given the opportunity to visit our stalls and pick up any last minute Christmas bargains or even just a mince pie! We will also be holding a raffle with fantastic prize's on offer with guests also being treated to live singing throughout the day by the college choir.

All proceeds from the day will go the the UK Bubble Foundation:

http://www.bubblefoundation.org.uk

Olympic Star visits College

Please find attached a few pictures of Nick Gilligham and his Silver and Bronze medals. Nick was fantastic with our 6th form students and has also very kindly provided ASC with:

A special offer you have been granted a month long free trial license. This will give you full access to all the facilities of the site so you can create your own Race Analyses and even your own Technique analyses. So start taking videos of yourself, load them into your C:\SwimOptimumVideos folder, and learn more about the way you swim!

Any students interested must see Mr. Monaghan for login details.

Nick Gillingham - The SwimOptimum Team

Premier League Challenge

"Not a bad view from our Private Box"

A massive well done to Courtney, Chris, Lee, Ellie & Ryan who were selected to represent NUFC in the recent Premier League Enterprise Challenge. Not only did the group beat off competition for fellow ASC students, they beat entrants from ALL schools in Newcastle.

The students spent time with the NUFC foundation at college to prepare for the final and arrived at St James Park (yes I am allowed to call it that) yesterday hoping to win an all expenses paid trip to London for the final of the Premier League Challenge.

 

"Photo opportunity with Local MP Catherine McKinnell"



The challenge tackled by the students was to suggest ways to improve the match day experience for fans at St James Park.

 

Unfortunately only 3 teams out of 10 could be chosen for the final and on the day, the group just missed out to students from Man City, Middlesbrough & Liverpool. The commitment and energy shown throughout the day by the students was outstanding and they represented the college fantastically well throughout the day.



"New signings get a grilling from the Press"

On the day students, had to give a 5 minute presentation in front of approximately 200 guests and also fielded questions from the judging panel which included Premier League & NUFC directors. Students were commended for their presentation with the judges reserving special praise for their attention to detail and creativity. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the students for their efforts and attitude throughout the challenge.



"The group pictured with NUFC Legend Bobby Moncour"



"Pitch side"



 





 









All Saints Pop Up Restaurant

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Our students will be running their own pop up restaurant in the week commencing the 15th October 2012.

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The aim is to give students the chance to experience working in a kitchen environment. The service will be available to all staff and 6th form.

What's available?

1. Homemade broccoli and stilton soup with homemade bread
2. Selection of omelettes cooked to order served with salad & new potatoes
3. Selection of mezzalunas & begels
4. Homemade scones and light cakes
5. Selection of Panini's

To make the week a great success, It would be greatly appreciated if all staff could pop into Lorenzo's during the week and make a purchase.

Communication Awards for September

Well done to the below students, who were nominated by Curriculum and Yr Teams for displaying excellent communication skills throughout September.

 

D&T	James Wilkinson
English	Chloe Black
Maths	Victoria Mccoy
World Studies	Francesca Townsley
Business	Jessica Sisson
ICT	Terry King
C.L.T	Shannon Watts
P.E	Lewis Ruddick
Life skills	Courtney Robson
Expressive Arts	Ricky McCoy
Science	Nathan Henry
Alternative	Chloe Mccoy
Yr 7	Rudolf Pompa
Yr 8	Tegan Mills
Yr 9	Tom Walton
Yr 10	Aftab Ahmed
Yr 11	Kane Selkirk
Sixth Form	Asfeen Akthar

Jump in the Pool!

6th Form Sport students will soon be working with Nick Gillingham (MBE) as part of their BTEC Course. Nick is a former Team GB swimmer, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, winning Silver at Seoul 1988 & Bronze at Barcelona 1992 in the 200 metre Breaststroke.

Nick who now runs a Swim Academy, will be delivering a session on Friday 5th Oct. During the session, students will complete a race & technique analysis which directly links to Unit 9 of the Yr 13 BTEC Course.

Newcastle Boys Football

"Pardew looking at Youth Players"

Boys from Yr 8& 9 have been selected to attend the Newcastle City Boys Trails on Wednesday 19th September.

With the ASC Football Trails taking place soon, lets hope its a good year for our Boys on the pitch!

Year 8

Charlie Squibbs

Ryan Musgrave

Mohammed Alfajam

Year 9

Chritopher Bain

Owen Patten

Stephen Stuart

Rahul Mohammed

Olympic Ball Boys

Feedback email from NUFC regarding the Olympic Ball Boys

The 10 boys who represented All Saints College at the Olympic game football matches as ball boys over the summer were fantastic.

They were punctual, polite, very co-operative and were an absolute credit to their school. As a thank you for all their hard work they are each getting 2 FREE tickets for NUFC v Aston Villa.

St Nicholas Cathedral Flower Festival Competition

As part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, St. Nicholas Cathedral invited all students across Newcastle to enter an exciting and innovative fashion competition titled “Rationing to Recession”. Our students were set the task to purchase an outfit from a charity shop, jumble sale or similar and the outfit had to be altered and accessorised as creatively as they liked. Students outfits would be entered under one of four categories; Vintage (representing one of the decades of the Queen’s reign), Everyday, Evening Wear and Bridal.

Our entire GCSE student’s entered into the competition with seven of seventeen students making it through to the final fashion show held in the beautiful Cathedral as part of the Flower Festival. Alisha Tannahill one of our very creative and innovative GCSE students who entered won her category section of “Vintage”, creating an embellished bodice top with layered skirt. Not only did Alisha win her category she also won the overall competition, winning £50 cash and a specially sculptured ornament pictured right.

Let’s Get Cooking!

Let’s Get Cooking is a National network of cooking clubs for children, families and their communities across England. Let’s Get Cooking is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and led by the School Food Trust in Partnership with the Princes Trust, Business in the Community and Magic Outcomes. Our club meets once a week on a Thursday from 3pm to 4pm.

We are very privileged to have our College’s professional chef working with us each week to share his knowledge and talents of food preparation and production.

To find out more about Let’s Get Cooking please visit the website below.

http://www.letsgetcooking.org.uk/

Olympade grab the Silver!

The Enterprise 500 competition concluded this week, with All Saints finishing runners up to St Mary's school in a close fought competition.

Students from across the region were invited to submit a business plan and advert to promote their product / service with finalists today showcasing their recent efforts.

 

Feedback on the Olympade products was very positive throughout with many customers asking if they could actually purchase the Olympic Smoothies on the day.

Watch this space for more Olympade developments over the next few months.

Olympade Team

Rachel Curry – Marketing Director

Sarah Ormston - Finance & Sales Director

Thomas Scrivens – Creative Director

Jermaine Havrey – Managing Director

Daniel Rodden – Technical Director

Chris Wake – Marketing Director

Shannon Allman – R&D Director

"Be the best, drink the best!"

Olympade are in the Final!!

The Olympade team, have been announced as one of three finalists at the upcoming Enterprise 500 final at Excelsior Academy on Wednesday 4th July. The brief was to create a product / service that would create a legacy after the London 2012 Olympics. After much deliberation students opted for an energy drink with flavours representing the major competitors at the games.

Students have been working hard over the past term to come up with a business and marketing plan for the business and have even started production on the range of drinks with the help of the college chef Mr Dalton. 

Students will take completed products, along with a merchandise table to the final on the 4th July and stand a good chance of winning the £200 first prize. Stay tuned for future blog updates about the Enterprise 500 competition.

The next Mike Ashley?

NUFC supporting the next crop of ASC Entrepreneurs.

This acedemic year has seen the link with NUFC blossom and become a major succss story for both parties. 

Over 200 students from Yr 7 - 10 have been invovled in numerous projects throughout the year.

Yr 7&8 The Launch of Enterprise

Day at St James Park to take part in a range of Enterprise Activities. Students took part in an activity called Magpie Market which gave students the opportunity to work in teams designing and selling shirts in the style of a market trader. Students also took part in an activity called "Buying a club" where students studied in depth the pros and cons of buying a local football club and had to give a presentation highlighting reasons for their decisions.

Yr 9 & 10 Enterprise Challenge

North East Challenge for schools across the region to compete against each other on a range of activities. Students had to design an APP and market their idea giving presentations and selling ideas to judges.

Yr 7 Maths Enterprise Day

Students spent the day at NUFC working on a number of Maths problems. Activities included creating a cash flow for a Premiership footballer and also helping the manager of the team balance the books during the transfer market.

OCR Entry Level Qualification in Enterprise

Over 50 students from Yr 7 - 9 have undertaken a 10 week programme which focuses on the key elements of Enterprise.

Laugh in the Face of Exams

Tree of Knowledge 

Students from Yr 11 - 13, were recently involved in something a bit different when visited by Tree of Knowledge. Over 200 students spent the day working closely with the company with the aim of imporving motivation and belief before the important exam season.

Yr 12 & 13 - Intruguing Futures Project

Students participated in an interactive workshop which aims to help pupils:  

• Develop a greater understanding of leadership and leadership styles
• Learn to adapt within every type of situation the may find themselves in

Actively use leadership skills and styles within their environment and learning Increase focus on positive opportunities

Take responsibility to lead themselves and others to greater success

Yr 11 - Laugh in the Face of Exams

Students participated in an interactive workshop which aims to help pulpils: adopt a more positive attitude

• Learn to deal with stress

Aim high to improve results

Understand the importance of emotions in learning

Set goals for the future

For more information on the courses offered by Tok, please visit: http://www.treeof.com/education



John Lewis Project

New Links with John Lewis

Students from Yr 13 BTEC Business have recently completed a 6 week placement with John Lewis as part of their coursework portfolio. The link is the start of an exciting relationship between the retailer and the college which will provide students with the opportunity to gain valuable experience of the retail industry whilst completing their studies.

For more information about the Retail Gold programme please visit the following links:

Retail Gold

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