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INTO OUR SCHOOL
THE MAGAZINE OF BUNGAY HIGH SCHOOL s i on
E -Ve Summer 2014
r
TRIP TO
ICELAND
A-Level Geography
X-FACTOR
VISIT
Brick City visit Bungay High
SIXTH FORM
LEAVERS
Year 13 leave in style!
Head’s Corner
We are now coming to the end of a packed students) to the World War I battlefields
Summer Term! As well as preparing for and in Belgium. Some students have had the
sitting examinations, students have been opportunity to go to Kingswood Activity
involved in a wide range of extra-curricular Centre for a residential experience. STEM
activities. All lower school year groups have Club members have been to the Space
had their Sports Days and there have been Centre in Leicester. Year 8 students visited
House Matches in the team sports. Our the Science Museum in London. The BTEC
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants Outdoor Education groups have explored
have been very busy! There have been a Scotland and Wales. All lower school
number of expeditions for Bronze, Silver and students were given the opportunity of a fun
Gold Awards, which have included trips to day out at Pleasurewood Hills.
Yorkshire and Wales as well as more local All our leavers celebrated in style. The Sixth
locations. Form held their Summer Ball at High Lodge,
There have been Geography fieldtrips to Hinton. Year 11 students held their Prom
Surrey and The Lake District. The History evening in a marquee on the school field.
department took two trips (with a total of 100 We wish all our leavers the very best for the
future and we look forward to receiving our
students’ examination results in August.
Catherine Wiltshire
Bungay High School Bungay High Sixth Form Centre North Suffolk Skills Academy
Queen’s Road Hillside Road East Harrisons Lane
Bungay Bungay Halesworth
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mail@bungayhigh.co.uk
Going Beyond
the Classroom
at Bungay Sixth
Form Centre
Students at Bungay High School Sixth Form Centre got On the second day, students got to see the ancient Book
a superb opportunity to expand their subject knowledge of Kells in Trinity College. These books are a must see.
and their understanding of the world on 2 recent visits Written in candle light these beautiful decorated books
linked to their A Level studies. are from around 800AD and are some of the oldest
pieces of writing in Ireland. After this we went to visit the
Mrs Hutchins and Mr Gunning took 10 A level History symbol of British power – Dublin Castle, the beautifully
students to Dublin to enrich their knowledge of Irish decorated rooms used to house the rich and wealthy
History. The first day was spent walking around the city which was a big contrast to the next stop, Kilmainham
which included O’Connell street named after the famous Goal –an infamous old prison which was used at the time
Daniel O’Connell who brought freedom to Catholics in of the Famine and has housed all the famous political
Ireland who before 1829 were restricted in their right to prisoners from all the Rebellions.
vote and take public office. The famous GPO which was
where the fighting of the Easter Rising took place in 1916
(a military failure but marked the beginning of the war of These trips are a fantastic way to bring what the students
independence against Britain and you can still see the had been studying to life and are inspiring for all who
bullet marks at the front of the building!). The Gardens take part. The sixth form centre at Bungay promotes as
of Remembrance to commemorate all those who have much extracurricular experience as possible as this helps
died in an attempt to get Irish freedom and finished with make the subjects capture student’s imaginations and
a ghost tour of the city that combined myth with reality consequently leads to examination success.
visiting the haunted places of Dublin which are rich with
History and was pretty terrifying!
Dublin Castle
Bungay Sixth Form Kurling Cup 2014
Many students were recently inspired by the coverage
of the Sochi winter Olympics and the idea of replicating
some of these events was discussed in February
within the Sixth Form. In March this year the decision
was made to invest in Kurling equipment – Kurling is Quotes:
basically an indoor version of the sport played on ice, Kurling president, Tractor Royals captain and year 12
and made famous by our recent successes of the Team student Lewis Wright commented on the event;
GB competitors. A Kurling committee was formed and “From what has started as a voyage into the
soon a plan to deliver a series of events at the sixth form unknown has resulted in a rollercoaster journey
was devised. Initially free practice sessions open to all of emotions during which a passion for the ‘art of
were held at lunchtimes in the sixth form hall, which kurling’ has been firmly established. As president
proved we had unearthed a hotbed of raw talent!! of the kurling committee I am hoping subsequent
competitions will further enhance the interest in the
Our first major event commenced on Tuesday 28th of game, and provide a platform for developing the
April. As a committee we requested teams to submit 3 sixth form community”
players and were overwhelmed when over 20 teams
applied. Subsequently over proceeding days the Kurling official and Head of Geography, Mr Chris Webster
inaugural Bungay Kurling Cup has been played out to stated;
mass audiences of increasingly captivated students.
This culminated in the grand finale today, of the cup “The introduction of kurling into sixth form life has
competition which pitched the Year 12 team of Tractor been a huge success. It’s greatest attribute is that
Royals versus the Year 13 team of Attenburrow and students of all sporting abilities are evenly matched
Sons. when they first take to kurling. Some students pick
up a stone for the first time and produce a match
The final: winning slide with lethargic ease whilst others
In a six end match, the team of Attenburrow and Sons overcook every attempt! We have had teams of
stormed out the blocks and took an early 4-0 lead after boys against girls, staff against students and mixed
2 ends! However, showing great resilience and buoyed groups all involved in the same competition. At
by a raucous crowd in the newly dubbed ‘Kurling Arena’ today’s final, over 100 students cheered on the
the team of Tractor Royals clawed back the deficit students and hopefully a long legacy of kurling will
by a single stone in each of the next 4 ends, leaving prevail.”
the match on a knife-point tied at 4 all. An extra final
deciding 7th end was required to determine the winner Secondary to the cup competition, such was the
and with nerves of steel and stones of accuracy the demand for teams to keep playing kurling once they
team of Attenburrow and Sons emerged victorious, to were eliminated we organised a plate competition for 12
claim the coveted Kurling cup trophy. teams, which was finally won by the team of Loader&Co.
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Year 13 Geography Trip to Iceland 20 A Level students travelled to Iceland, the land of fire and ice, in half term as an extra-curricular geography trip. In 4 days the students climbed into volcano craters, saw geysers spout into the air, walked down into a rift valley, relaxed in Geothermal hot springs, climbed into huge coastal caves, seen some remarkable waterfalls, and witnessed the most amazing northern lights which not many people get to see in their lifetime! Seeing geography come to life so spectacularly made the trip a once in a lifetime experience. Sophie Myers
Visit to
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Two students from Bungay High School Sixth Form centre
visited Poland recently in a trip organised by Holocaust
Education Trust (HET) Sophie Akerman (Year 13) and
Lewis Wright (Year 12) had the harrowing experience of
visiting one of the most notorious concentration camps
of the Second World War, Auschwitz-Birkenau. And
have written the following account in order to promote
remembrance.
After recently returning from the largest concentration
camp that the Nazis used during the Second World War
for the attempted mass genocide of whole groups of
people including; Jews, Soviet prisoners of war, Roman
and Sinti, Jehovah’s witnesses and Poles amongst
a diverse range of others, I have developed a further Unless you visit the camps in Poland, you don’t truly
understanding of the simply shocking life that these understand the extent to which the camps are horrific
people were forced to live. The saying “Hearing is not places to have stayed in. Even visiting the aftermath,
the same as seeing” has never been more exact than at it still doesn’t place you in the mind set that people in
a place of terror such as Auschwitz. Prior to my visit to the 1940’s would have been, fearing for their lives and
this place of evil, as I feel is the case with many others wondering when, or if, they were ever going to see their
we attempt to eradicate the belief that such events ever families again. The sheer size of Birkenau is the first thing
happened, and happened so recently. However this is a you have to contemplate when you enter through the
mistake that has been made ever since by the masses gates; then you see the nightmarish train track that has
and more of us learn about events such as the genocide become a well-known element where people’s futures
then such actions will never be able to commence in the were determined by officers. A picture shown to us at
present or future. Auschwitz from 1943 showed an SS officer judging a
woman. Their shadow showed their thumb pointing to the
We should ask ourselves, what in fact defines history? right. Her fate we can guess, whether or not she survived,
One minute ago? A year? A century? When does our we don’t know.
history truly become our history? Many people ask
why others think it necessary to remember the past, “I am often asked, ‘where was God?’, and I reply, the
especially the horrors that have taken place. In the words real question is, ‘where was man?’” A Rabbi spoke these
of George Santayana, “The one who does not remember words to us on the day of our trip after all the terrors we
history is bound to live through it again.” That is why had seen in the camps. The only way that justice will ever
‘HET’ continues to organise trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau, be reached is to never forget each individual who was
because the minute we forget the monstrosities that have tortured over this 5 year period, perhaps longer and to
surfaced in our past, the minute we are liable to repeat never allow such events to occur in the future.
them. Susan Pollack, a survivor of the holocaust and of
Auschwitz-Birkenau, spoke to us in gratitude, as even The students have already spoken to the rest of
our generation has not forgotten. It is sad to think that their colleagues at the sixth form centre and will be
our children will never have the experience of a survivor participating in further promotion around the area in order
speaking to them as we were able to as it reminds us of to keep alive the memory of this terrible occurrence and
just how much man-kind can prevail in man-kind’s age of keep it in the forefront of our future generation’s collective
cruelty. memory.
Leaving in
S t y l e !
On the 23rd May 130 staff and students attended the year
13 Leavers’ Ball at High Lodge in Darsham. The event
marked the end of 5 years of education for the students,
and is a highlight of the sixth form year.
The students enjoyed a meal, followed by a number
of presentations from Dr Metcalfe. Students were then
presented with awards by Jo Somerfield, ranging from the
more serious, “student of the year” to the more humorous,
“Postman Pat Award for Not Knowing Where You Live.”
Awards were also given by Nathan Brunsdon for various
sporting activities that have taken place during the year,
and included a “kurl off” awarding the best and worst
players. There were also some emotional speeches given
by head girl Hester McLean and head boy Wilf Berry. The
evening ended with a great amount of dancing including a
lot of cheese…
The evening is obviously tinged with sadness as we say
goodbye to a fantastic group of students, who have been
the first ones to complete their whole sixth form career at
the sixth form centre. It was lovely to spend the evening
with them, and they were a credit to themselves and the
school. We wish them well in their exams and whatever
they do next, whether that is university or the world of
work.
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Year 8 Inter-Schools
Maths Quiz
Four of our most promising young mathematicians;
Daniel Ayling, Millie Barbrook, Brindley O’Connell and
Sophie Marler, travelled to the UEA to battle against
teams from 15 other schools in the Year 8 Inter-Schools
Maths Quiz on Friday 13th June.
During the two team rounds they demonstrated
great communication and team work, with everybody
contributing ideas and opinions. The quiz also consisted
of four rounds of individual questions. Despite finding
these rounds intense, all team members kept their cool
and answered many questions correctly.
The Finance Team
Not over the hill and with hidden talents!
Whilst not keen to advertise their ages the school’s Finance Team are happily entering their senior years learning
new skills and rekindling past hobbies. Mrs Eldrett has returned to the world of equestrianism and is spending
most of her free time knee deep in horse muck! She has already attended local shows, displaying her diversity
competing in jumping, dressage and showing, and Yes, she did complete the forms first. The rosettes are
mounting up and the team hope they will soon have enough to decorate the finance office.
Other team members have hidden talents, not often made public – one is a former British Roller Dance
competitor, one has learnt to play the drums and performed with their band at a local music festival, whilst the
other regularly cooks and serves over 300 meals each weekend. Who does what?…that is the question!
S c i e n c e
Week
Students and staff enjoyed another excellent
science week in March.
This year the subject was Dmitri Mendeleev, a
Russian chemist who devised a table that is the
basis of the periodic table as we know it. Year
9 did group posters as a result of research and
these were displayed in the library. The year 10
drama group performed a wonderful assembly
highlighting his life in drama and song, the script
being written by Miss Doughty.
Mr Thomas ran a game that lasted the whole
week mimicking the decay of Uranium, with
students wearing stickers to show if they were
un-decayed or decayed. By the end of the week
very few students were un-decayed! Mr Bailey
devised a science quiz for each form which many
students eagerly took part in. Once again the
week was a great success.
Kevin MannionNSPCC Number Day
Year 7 Maths
Our Year 7 students recently took part in a variety of As a department we were very impressed with the
different activities in aid of the NSPCC during one enthusiasm students showed towards working in groups
of their Maths lessons. Students were given various to solve problems. The Year 7 students were asked to
challenges to solve and information to research about make a small donation to take part in the activities and
the NSPCC itself, all with a number theme. The activities they managed to raise an amazing £52.
raised awareness of the work of the NSPCC as well as
encouraging Team Building skills. Well done Year 7 and thank you for your hard work and
generosity.
The Maths Department
christian union
Once again we have had a good year where through discussion, drama, games and music we have explored
the bible and it`s relevance today, focusing on the work of Jesus when he was on earth.
The group continues to attract new people having as we do students from year 7 to year 11. We meet every
Friday at lunchtime in the Bill Jenner room and welcome any who want to join us. Students certainly do not
have to be Christians to come along.
Kevin MannionX-Factor finalists Brick City
come to town……
The 20th May saw Xfactor finalist Brick City come to The group delivered a very important message about the
Bungay High School. They were working in colaboration dangers of drugs and the importance of making the right
with DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), an anti- decisions with regards to life choices. The students were
drugs charity with programmes developed by Life Skills also lucky enough to hear the group perform a number
Education. of songs. The students had a very memorable afternoon
meeting Brick City as well as recieving this very valuble
Each session lasts one hour and Brick City perform and important message.
before leading on the drug education and life skills
presentation, followed by a question and answer session The group featured in the 2013 edition of the ITV show
about the presentation and about the artists. and received the backing of Leona Lewis.Aeronautical Engineering Update…..
NSSA Aeronautical Engineering students and RAF The RAF have also contributed a number of valuable
Mentors have been working together on parts of the and useful teaching aids the students have been using
Sherwood Ranger. The mentors have been instructing throughout their studies. We are running a BTEC L3
the students in bench work skills and aircraft engine qualification in Aero Engineering worth 2 A Levels
operating principles. commencing September 2014. For more information
contact Andy Stanley on 01986 834160.
NORTH SUFFOLK SKILLS ACADEMY (NSSA)
AWARDS CEREMONY YEAR 11
12th May 2014
After a very successful launch of the new North Suffolk
Skills Academy in Halesworth in October 2013, it was
to the delight of Mark Attenburrow, Director of the
NSSA to award students’ certificates and prizes and
congratulated them on their commitment to their course.
Mark commented that ‘it was a privilege for students to
use the fantastic facilities that had been built for them to
learn and achieve a vocational qualification. Students
take away with them lifelong skills which will enable
them to successfully integrate into the workplace, or for Student Achievers 2012 – 2014
some, to study the next level in September 2014 at the
centre’. Engineering – Matthew Perrin – Sir John Leman High
All students were congratulated on their high standards, School
hard work, improved confidence, enthusiasm and Construction – Thomas Howard – Alde Valley School
their excellent ability to learning by developing new Hairdressing – Jessie Shipley – Bungay High School
vocational skills. Motor Vehicle – Thea Taylor – Sir John Leman High SchoolIt’s a Revolution…
Whatsnews@theChefAcademy
Cooking skills used to be passed down through
generations of family but now millions of people lack the
most basic knowledge to make a simple meal. As part
of the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution campaign, the Chef
Academy team at NSSA is getting back to basics, helping
our young people to cook, eat fresh and stay healthy.
Students entered Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
competition; producing 2 dishes and 1 drink from scratch.
Beginning in April, the competition ran over a 4-week
period. The students were tasked to research the
produce, write their menus and cook the final dishes to be
submitted. One of the students cleverly created their own
website for their entry.
It’s non-stop for the Chef Academy team. The NSSA
Overseeing this competition was Stephen David, Chef- along with Bespoke are delighted to be sponsoring The
Director of Bespoke who, together with his team of chef’s Little Cookies Cookery Den at this year’s Henham Food
and catering specialists, are playing a key role in delivering Festival being held on June 7th & 8th.
the training at the NSSA’s kitchens; allowing students to
learn in a purpose-built commercial kitchen from qualified, Students from the Chef Academy/NSSA took part in
highly-skilled professionals while gaining a vocational the popular live cookery demonstrations as part of the
qualification. festival; showcasing their skills in kitchen as they prepare
exciting dishes, using local Suffolk ingredients.
Stephen was on hand to mentor the students and tasted all
of the final dishes. “The students worked really hard on this They also had the opportunity to work alongside Stephen
project and produced some outstanding menus. I’m proud as he hosts the hospitality in the VIP chef’s tent.
of them all. Jamie Oliver and his team will have a tough
job deciding on a winner as to me, they are all winners”
comments Stephen. Want to be a part of
this in 2014?
Applications for the new Post-16 Professional
Cookery Level 2 course is now being taken, to start at
the NSSA in September 2014.
Please call 01728 452176 and speak to Cathy May or
email hr@thorpeness.co.uk for more information.SPORT Paralympics Ten of our Year 9 students travelled to EPA for North Suffolk Paralympic event, which was designed to give students an awareness of ‘Disability Sport’. Chester Banner, Robin Honeywood, Jordan Hickling, Ruby Brookman, India Bell & Charmaine Eyers took part in the Goal-Ball. They received excellent coaching to take part in this ‘blindfolded’ event. They managed to clinch the runners up spot after a narrow and tense win over Sir John Leman. In the Wheelchair Basketball, Jacob Robbins, Anthony Moore, Harry Block & Kayleigh Smith adapted well to this very demanding sport. They performed with great enthusiasm and displayed super team work to clinch fifth place. With both results combined the team finished in third place out of the six participating schools. They were shattered at the end of the day and they now appreciate the demands and skills required to participate in these Paralympic events. Quote of the day, from Jacob- “I want a wheelchair” Nick Bennett
Tennis
On Thursday 22nd May 8 BHS students took part in a mixed doubles
tournament hosted by St Felix School. The pairings were seeds 1 -
Rueben Voogt and Sophie Webb, seed 2 - Josh Hart and Bea Flatt,
seed 3 - Joeper Cabagnot and Kirsten Howe and seed 4 - Joeree
Cabagnot and Cara Howe. After the initial group stages seeds 1 & 2
made it through to the semi-finals of the cup and seeds 3 & 4 came
runners up in their group so were placed in the plate competition. The
cup competition saw Bungay seed 2 knockout Bungay seed 1 in the
semi-final. The Bungay seed 2 pairing then played against St Felix
seed 1 in the final narrowly losing 7-5 and thus finishing runners up. In
the plate competition Bungay seed 3 met Bungay seed 4 in the semi-
finals with Bungay seed 4 being victorious. They then went onto to
beat St Felix seed 4 (6-2) in the final to win the plate.
Steve Middleton
Badminton Golf
The Bungay High Girls Under 16 Badminton team, who Five of our students represented the School in the
last month became county champions, qualified for Northern Area Section of the Suffolk Schools County Golf
the regional round of this national Competition at the Tournament
Cambridge University Sports Hall.
All 6 counties, boys and girls, were represented on the Six schools were entered and Bungay High finished in
day and it was clear that the standard was going to be second place in the team competition, just behind a very
high. strong Alde Valley team.
Bungay’s first match was against Queenswood, We also had pleasing success in the Individual
Hertfordshire, and right from the beginning it was clear competition with Oliver Lee, second best net score, and
the two sides were very closely matched. The scores Joe Eames-Bayton, best net score.
were level at two matches each and it all came down to
the final doubles match. The Bungay girls had 2 match Other students who represented the school were James
points against them but held on for a fabulous 21-20 Mitchell, Charlie Delaney and Owen Camp.
win.
Well done to all concerned.
The girls then and won all 5 rubbers relatively
comfortably against Cambridgeshire’s Witchford School
and looked much more relaxed and confident than they
had in the opening match.
In the semi-final the girls lost to a very impressive
Thorpe St Andrew team, the Norfolk champions. The
girls finished third overall and should be very proud as
three of this young team are eligible for this age group
again next year.
Team: Patricia Kou, Sophie Webb, Kate Racho and
Chloe Snowling.
Football
The Year 7 football team finished off their season with a convincing 5-1 win over Pakefield High School. Jordan Tubby
put in a man of the match performance scoring a hat trick and causing the oppositions defence problems all game.
The two other goals were scored by Braidon Nurse ,with a well directed shot outside the area and George Curtis with
an excellent team goal with Nurse, Squires and Tubby all combining to set up George in front of goal. James Mitchel
must also be commended for an outstanding performance in goal.
Steve MiddletonRugby
Bungay High School’s Year 7 Boys The boys knew that they were playing well and were
determined to put up a strong display against Kings
have had a wonderful first season of Lynn’s King Edward VII School. After conceding early
competitive rugby. tries Bungay fought back well with the forwards securing
possession and after four phases of play, the backs then
They became North Suffolk Tournament after a draw produced some scintillating play to send Beau Brousson
against Hartismere High and two impressive wins over Sir over in the corner. A superb individual effort from Renee
Thomas Mills, 20-0, and Alde Valley, 30-0. Ball saw the boys finish the tournament on a high. The
Kings Lynn School will now go through to the National
The boys then travelled to Woodbridge RFC for the Finals and their coaches and the tournament organisers
County Trophy Finals and the lads started well defeating were very complementary about the Bungay team.
Hartismere High 20-10. After a 5-5 draw with Hadleigh
High, the boys clinched their second win defeating The team were superbly led by inspirational captain
Farlingaye High 30-15. A disappointing first half saw the Renee Ball. Daniel Thurston-Woolnough, Jade Fairhead
boys trail at the interval to Hardwick Middle and despite and Charlie Woodruff also had outstanding seasons. The
a much improved second half they went down to a 20-5 whole squad contributed to this success and they should
defeat. The Bungay boys then won their final match 25- be delighted with the success they have achieved as
15 against Beyton Middle and so with three wins, a draw many were new to the sport this year.
and one loss they finished as the County Trophy Runners
Up. The rugby success for Bungay High continued with
the Under 14 team winning the County Shield Final.
After this success, the boys then qualified for Eastern They then followed this up by winning the North Suffolk
Counties Finals, hosted by Thetford RFC. Unfortunately Schools Games ‘Sevens’ tournament. The Under 13
they lost all three games, but all were close encounters Rugby boys are North Suffolk champions and also put
and in each game there were so many positives. Renee up a brave performance in the County Finals in their first
Ball scored a couple of tries in the defeats against season as a team.
Aylsham and Hardwick. In these games the Bungay High
team’s tackling and rucking reached another level and we
were unfortunate not to come away with at least one win.Top Sports Civic
Honours for Two
Members of Bungay
High School.
Two member of the school, one student and one member The Mayor presented Lauren with her award and said
of staff were honoured at the Mayor of Bungays Civic “She is the Suffolk under 17 cross country champion,
presentation evening recently and both were for services she won the Suffolk Schools County A race, was the
and success in sport. 1st girl in all 5 winter league races and won overall girl
Clinton Gillett (Assistant Headteacher) was presented for the series and captained the girls team which won
with the Bezant Cup as the Towns Sports Personality 1st prize.” Lauren was also Suffolk County and Schools
of the year and 16 year old Lauren Howe received 3000m champion and she broke the schools 1500m
the Trever Collyer Cup for the young person who has record by 25 seconds. She won the summer 10K series
excelled in sport during the last 12 months. in the 1st year she could enter and was chosen to run the
London Mini Marathon. A promising Tennis player she
Mayor Judy Cloke who presented the awards said it was also won Bungay Tennis Clubs mixed doubles and helps
lucky for Bungay that former world silver medallist Clinton with coaching. Lauren said she was very pleased to
Gillett was appointed as Head of Technology at the High have been awarded the cup and hopes to be even more
School and set up a club for members of the community successful this year. “I want to do better at national level,
in the Olympic martial art of Taekwondo. “In the 11 years particularly in cross country events as I enjoy these the
that he has been running the club over 20 students have most.
achieved a black belt and 2 of those (Susan and Nigel
Bedingfield) have opened a club in Beccles. There have The awards were presented at a sit down dinner with
been many British Champions and hundreds of members Peter Aldous MP and all the other Mayors of the region
but perhaps the greatest achievement of this modest man as well as Bungay Town Reeve and came as a surprise
has been the number of students with special educational to both Clinton and Lauren as they had no idea that they
needs who have enjoyed the sport and gained success,” had been even nominated for the town awards.
she said. “One of these an Autistic Spectrum youngster
has gained a black belt.” Clinton thanked his wife
Michaela who is treasurer of the club and his assistant
instructor Martin Sloan for helping keep the club running
and said he was delighted to receive the award which
is testament to the talent and enthusiasm of students in
the area. “I am enormously proud of the club and love
supporting the students many of which do not excel in
team sports but do really well in both local and national
tournaments, in deed several members of the school train
with the current national squad.”THE MAGAZINE OF BUNGAY HIGH SCHOOL s i on
E-Ve Summer 2014
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Bungay High School
Queen’s Road
Bungay
Suffolk
NR35 1RW
www.bungayhigh.co.uk
Tel: 01986 892140
Fax: 01986 895319
mail@bungayhigh.co.uk
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