As we come to the end of a busy Autumn Term, everyone in the Evers community is looking forward to a well-earned rest.  All Evers students have worked tremendously hard in and out of the classroom.  We have had lots of successful sports fixtures, Year 7 Activity Days, House Music, Staff Dodgeball, Children in Need fundraising and lots and lots of bake sales!

The Evers Office continues to thrive this year with Mr Edens, Mr Turner and Mrs Willcox.  We are thankful for the positive atmosphere provided when Evers students pop in to see us.  We are particularly pleased to see so many of our Evers students being rewarded for 100% attendance this term!

The Evers House Captains – Megan, Alex, Grace, Aadi and Morgan – have been SUPERB in leading our students in lots of different activities and initiatives this term.  Megan continues to find ways of leading students in raising money for our House Charity, West Berks Mencap. So far this year, we have raised £780! Most recently the tutees of 9E2 held a cake sale raising nearly £60. Well done Oli, Rose, Isabella, Isambard, Aiden, Emily, Rayan, and Luke.

And Megan has raised nearly £200 with her raffle for this delicious-looking chocolate hamper!

Thank you all for your superb efforts in continuing to raise money for West Berks MENCAP J

Grace led our Evers House Music contributions, which was brilliant.  It was so good to see so many Evers students involved in this – something we look forward to every year.  Morgan and Alex have been pivotal in developing sports teams for our House competitions, while Aadi helped to take the lead in organising entertainment with other House Captains for the annual Year 7 Christmas Party.

We wish everyone in Evers a happy end of term and hope that you all have a great holiday!  We look forward to a bright shiny New Year in 2024!

The annual KS5 Awards Evening was held on Monday 18 December. The awards evening was opened by our Headteacher, Dr Fitter. We were lucky enough to have Dr Robert Conway, Emergency Medicine Physician, as our guest speaker, who attended St Bart’s from 2006-2013. Dr Conway gave an informative, insightful and inspirational speech reflecting on his time at St. Barts and his career so far.

During the evening, over 80 prizes were awarded to last year’s Year 13 students to celebrate their fantastic achievements. Subject Prizes were given, as well as 19 Major Awards for contributions to many aspects of school life outside the classroom. We celebrated the success of 27 students who received Special Prizes for academic achievement at A Level. It was wonderful to welcome back prize winners, nominees and their parents to celebrate an outstanding group of students.

Last week saw the return of our much loved whole school production. The Drama Department chose to perform Oliver! The Musical and entertain audiences with this much loved tale. This truly was a whole school production in every sense of the word. Not only did students from every year take to the stage but they were accompanied by our wonderful School Band, directed Mrs Robertson and conducted by student, Edward Tyler. The production was supported by student stage hands and by a student tech team. Costumes and handkerchiefs were ably made by our textiles students and the art department supported on securing and creating the back drops and props that set this Dickensian Scene. The school would also like to thank to Camp Hobson Funeral Directors, Didcot Girls School and National Animal Welfare Trust for their additional support with props and costumes.

In order to offer as much opportunity to our students as possible, the drama department chose to run and rehearse with two casts. The ‘Twist Cast’ took centre stage for the Friday Matinee, especially performed for Year 6s from John Rankin Junior School, Falkland Primary and St Nicolas Junior School, as well as the Monday evening performance, whilst the ‘Oliver Cast’ took centre stage for the Tuesday and Wednesday evening performances. The school hall was sold out for all performances and feedback form the audiences was wonderful.

Mrs Parkington, Drama Teacher and Director, said: “I feel hugely proud of all the students who have thrown so much energy and enthusiasm into this production. It has been a real joy to direct them.â€

Congratulations to all the students involved. Thank you also to Mrs Parkington (Director), Mrs Howe (Producer) and Mrs Hoult (Choreographer) for their commitment to offering our students this wonderful opportunity and for supporting them in delivering a fantastic show.

Congratulations to Sophie Lystor (10D3) who has won our Christmas Card competition. The judges were impressed by her bold use of colours and shapes to create this cheerful, vibrant design.

Well done and thank you to our other entrants.

Guaravi Deegwal (9C1)

Aimee Hutton (8C2)

Chloe Johnson (9C2)

Eve MacLeod (12E7)

Sai Gramya Bayyana (9C3)

Dotty Dolinski (7P1)

Emmeline Lloyd (8D2)

Ollie Manton (9E2)

Abi Marshall (8P3)

Ben Maskell (8D2)

Alice Rumens (7E1)

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