BGLC have retained the Hinckley and Bosworth Schools Cross Country title after winning the inaugural competition last year.  It is awarded to the school with the most students running in each of the Leicestershire Schools Cross Country League races.  We share the trophy with Market Bosworth High School this year.  Well done to all our students that have represented the campus in cross-country this year, particularly as the conditions have been very challenging.

Pictured below, with the winning trophy, are some of the students
who took part and represented BGLC.

The Year 7 boys team were crowned Leicestershire School Cross-Country Champions for their age group. Louie Paddison, Riley Smith and Evan Wrightam ran in all the races, but they were joined by Macauley McGlinchey, Archie Darker and Harry Thurlow in the earlier races.  An excellent result for the boys in their first season running for the Brookvale Groby Campus. The Junior Boys team finished third in their respective league with Philip Chick, Joe Matthews, George McMorran and Arthur Wrightam our regular runners at this age group. Another excellent result!

The picture of the three boys above left is of
George McMorran, Arthur Wrightam and Joe Matthews from the Junior Boys team.

The above right picture is of
Evan Wrightam and Louie Paddison from the Year 7 team.

The picture below was kindly sent to the school Twitter account by Riley Smith’s mum.
It shows Evan Wrightam and Riley Smith at the end of a very muddy race!

The LeicesterLive Education Awards were hosted at the King Power on Thursday 12th December 2019.  Having 6 out of 36 finalists and 2 winners out of a possible 13 categories was a fantastic achievement!

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR FINALISTS AND WINNERS!

Please click on either a picture or heading below to view the videos of our WINNERS and FINALISTS:

 Will Alves – WINNER of the ‘Sporting Excellence’ Award
 Isaac Wiles – WINNER of the ‘Music Excellence’ Award
 Sam Collins – FINALIST for the ‘Sporting Excellence’ Award
   Peter Temperton – FINALIST for ‘Inspirational Teacher of the Year’ Award
 Helen Hawke – FINALIST for ‘Science and Maths’ Award
 Mel Coley – FINALIST for ‘Science and Maths’ Award

The picture below is of our 6 finalists from the Leicester Mercury Education Awards
hosted at the King Power on Thursday 12th December.
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR FINALISTS AND WINNERS!

Pictured below:
Will Alves who WON the ‘Sporting Excellence Award’
and Isaac Wiles who WON the ‘Music Excellence Award’
WELL DONE TO BOTH BOYS!

All students and staff were able to enjoy a full Christmas Dinner on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th December cooked by our fabulous Kitchen Team!

Last term Key Stage 3 and 4 students had the opportunity to take part in a National Writing competition.
Out of all the entries received, 43 students were chosen to have their short stories published.

4 of our wonderful students;
Jessica Saunders, Anya Parekh, Ella Wright and Jake Norton were among the chosen students!

Well done to all concerned.

Millen is pictured on the far right of the top picture and bottom right picture,
then second from the left in the bottom left picture.

WELL DONE MILLEN!
#BGLC_PE

Head student Kiera McCourt, has organised this years ‘Christmas fundraiser’ to help ‘Action Homeless’.  The poster has donation ideas, asking for the food items to be non-perishable and if you want to donate blankets/socks/hats etc. they are more than welcome to! There are boxes in the Library and also a box set up in the Post 16 common room.

Post 16 students have already started collecting, and Years 7-11 will start on Friday 22^nd November, with a letter sent to parents/guardians to inform them of how they can help support this fundraiser scheme!

The deadline for donations is Thursday 19th December, as the boxes/bags will all be collected on Friday 20th December.

Thank you in advance for your continued support!

   

Joe and Milkha told us how you have to be determined to get into medical school as it may not happen on the first, second or third attempt. They explained that medical schools are looking for extracurricular activities as part of your application and these do not necessarily have to be healthcare based. Both Joe and Milkha are rugby players.  Joe spent a year as a volunteer in a care home handing out tea and speaking to residents. For his medicine interview he was able to draw on his experiences and what he had learnt.

We found out that being smart about who you apply to for your four UCAS options can improve your chances of success. Milka suggested everyone looks at https://www.medschools.ac.uk/media/2357/msc-entry-requirements-for-uk-medical-schools.pdf  and apply to the universities which play to their strengths; whether it is you interview well or you are good at practical activities. They suggested that you keep up to date with current affairs as you are likely to be asked how a current story impacts your work. Lastly think about the question, ‘Why doctor and not a nurse?’

Remember you can only apply for 4 university places for medicine but you can add a 5 choice from Allied HealthCare. Rachel from Allied Healthcare Professionals will be in on Tuesday 26th November in the Brookvale Conference Room at lunchtime to deliver a presentation. All welcome.

For National Roast Dinner Day on Wednesday 13th November, BGLC arranged for a group of local senior citizens to come and have their lunch with some of our students. Students and guests chatted over a lovely roast chicken dinner followed by apple crumble and custard!

This is something we as a campus would love to continue to do, on a regular basis.