Welcome to Year 7
Each girl starting in year 7 will receive a letter from a previous Year 7, welcoming them to Bellerive. They soon make friends! Here are some photos of the girls with our play equipment. Their treat day for the boards is Friday! Soon we will have a new landscaped area adjacent to our playground.
Our theme for the academic year is “What can you do to make the world a better place”
Notice Board
Our year group notice board on the ground floor of the Elmfield building is kept up-to-date with notices and other essential information, including details of clubs, the school’s fortnightly mission and seasonal events. Each form has a notice board in their registration base too. There is another board on the same level where the focus for this is attendance.
Weekly Routines
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Monday |
Newsround |
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Tuesday |
Journals, plus marks |
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Wednesday |
Reading |
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Thursday |
Maths Quiz |
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Friday |
Assembly |
Year 7 Responsibilities
Each form votes for their Form Captain, Vice Captain, Numeracy Coordinator and Events Coordinator at the start of each term. Each role carries a lot of responsibility; for example, liaising with the Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year each morning to collect messages and relay them to their respective forms, organising the form charity fundraising events and attending the whole school council meetings.
Rewards
The girls are rewarded for their effort and Excellence in many different ways, including:
- Student of the Month: each Form Teacher awards a certificate and goodie bag to a girl who has embodied one or more of our FCJ Values.
- Pupil of the Term
- Plus marks: each term, there is a prize for the highest and second highest totals in each form; we also select 3 girls each fortnight for achieving the highest in the year, with no minus marks – they get a certificate, prize and a phone call home from Mrs Ford.
Charity fundraising
The girls are keen to raise lots of money for charity, living out our FCJ Values of Hope and Dignity by choosing to support a range of causes.
The girls have delivered cake sales and raffles, with enthusiastic responses from the rest of Year 7! Collecting change and donating a £1 for Christmas jumpers on Feast Day raised a considerable sum for CAFOD World Gifts; each form chose which gifts to purchase, ranging from teaching children to write to trees for life.
Feast Day Fun!
The photos show some of our Christmas jumpers! On Feast Day, we also had fun playing bingo and making Christmas cards.
Environment
We are ever conscious of our impact on the planet and need for showing Companionship to those affected by our actions in far-away places; we believe that many small changes will make a huge difference. Miss Barton and Mrs McCarthy delivered an environmental assembly with the help of two enthusiastic Year 7 girls, helping to raise awareness and understand what we can do to care for the planet.
We also collect crisp packets; these are posted to charities making sleeping bags for the homeless. We collect ring pulls for charity too.
World Book Day
We had some fantastic characters on World Book Day last year! The Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year also joined in the fun, dressing as the Queen of Hearts and Alice in Wonderland.
Extra-curricular
There are many different clubs for the girls to get involved in and therefore help them strive for Excellence, including languages, sporting clubs, Geography and FCJ Club.
In Geography Club we play geographical games, make dioramas of biomes, experiment with cave paintings and other aspects of traditional South African culture. The photo shows our Christmas party, assisted by the A Level Geographers.
FCJ Club is wonderful way to make friends and celebrate our Values – everyone is welcome to join! We might sing, make crafts, play games or reflect and pray.