A Year of Success and Achievement

This year has seen many successes for Somervale School.  We were listed by the Government in the top ten most improved schools for in the country for GCSE results including English and Maths and we have won a number of awards including one of the prestigious Teaching Awards for our work on sustainability.  Half of the students in Years 7 to 11 represent the school in at least one sport and we have won several B&NES sporting championships including Year 11 boys’ football, junior indoor athletics and girls’ badminton as well as becoming the south west regional golf champions.  Uptake for arts activities in the school is well above the national average and we are the only school in the UK – as far as we know – to have a community radio station on the site.  We were the first secondary school in the UK to be awarded the Children’s Society Charter for Children’s and Young People’s Rights. 

 

We have been informed by Bath & North East Somerset LEA that Somervale will be one of the 11 schools rebuilt under the Governments’ Building Schools for the Future Scheme.  Whilst this is not scheduled until 2015, we are now looking to our future with excitement and resolve. 

 

Michael Gorman – Headteacher

Chamber Business Breakfast at Somervale School Offered Sneak Preview of Somer Valley FM’s New Radio Station

Somervale School played host to the Chamber of Commerce network breakfast meeting last week to celebrate the completion the new Somer Valley FM facility.

 

Business leaders of Norton Radstock were given a behind the scene look at the new state of the art radio facilities in the new broadcast centre at the school.

 

David Evans, chairperson of the Chamber of Commerce, remarked after viewing the centre, ‘this is a fantastic facility for the whole community, it offers a real opportunity for all local businesses to support the new station to make it a success.’

 

Chris Watt, one of the Somer Valley FM directors, explained, ‘we are planning to start broadcasting in the first instance from Monday to Friday starting with a Breakfast Show and Drive Time. The service will then roll out as more and more people become involved in creating shows. The service will provide local news, offer a discussion forum for local issues and publicise local events. The station will be run by the community of the Somer Valley for the local community.’

 

Mike Gorman, headteacher of Somervale School, is delighted with the new station.  ‘This station will give a distinctive voice to the whole of its community and will offer a creative outlet to children and adults throughout Norton Radstock. We really do want as many people as possible to be involved in making programmes.’

 

Somer Valley FM is holding an Open Day on 21^st July in the school Music block. This will give the public an opportunity to look around the station from 7:00 to 7:30 P.M. followed by a meeting to discuss how the community can get involved in the new enterprise.

Open Evening 2008 Date Confirmed

It has been confirmed that Somervale School’s Open Evening this year will take place on Wednesday 17th September. Guided tours  of the school and its facilities are available from 6.00 pm. This will be followed by the Headteachers Address in the Main Hall at 8.00 pm. Come and find out what makes the school so special! 

  

Following the Open Evening, Somervale will be holding Open Days from the 18th to the 24th September inclusive. Please contact the school for more details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somervale School Record of Achievement Day and Prom

Somervale’s Year 11 enjoyed a wonderful leavers’ day on June 27^th, the school’s traditional Record of Achievement day.  Students arrived in a variety of modes of transport from limousines and fire engines to motor bikes and horses.  They enjoyed a breakfast together and were interviewed by visiting VIPs who were very impress with their plans and ambitions.  The day ended with the showing of a DVD of the arrival procession and the presentation of awards and the distribution of the year book. 

 

The students later turned out in style once again to enjoy their Prom which was held at the Centurion Hotel in Midsomer Norton.