Form 3 Bulletin

Laptops and Chargers

A significant number of students have failed to return chargers and laptops to the ICT office
They should NEVER be kept over night by any student
Please can they be returned

We will not be able to provide loans while we are missing so many!

Posted on Tue 16th Sep 25 by Mr Smith

No more early lunch

You will no longer be leaving period 4 early for 'early lunch'.

· You should join the queue no earlier than the times indicated below:

DAY	1pm (1.10pm Wednesday)	Not before 1.15pm (1.25 Wednesday)
Monday	L4th and 3rd form	6th form, U5th, L5th, U4th
Tuesday	L5th and U4th	6th form, U5th, L5th, L4th, 3rd form
Wednesday	6th form and U5th	L5th, U4th, L4th, 3rd form
Thursday	L4th and 3rd form	6th form, U5th, L5th, U4th
Friday	6th form, U5th and L5th	U4th, L4th, 3rd form

Posted on Mon 15th Sep 25 by Mr Donegan

Library News

Word of the Week

Hypocrisy (noun)

Definition: the practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.

Origin: comes from ancient Greek word hypokrisis, which meant "play-acting" or "dissembling" and referred to an actor on stage.

Sentence: He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.

Chosen by: F3B

Book of the Week - Happyhead, by Josh Silver

We are in an epidemic. An epidemic of unhappiness. Friends, here is the good news: HappyHead has the answer.

When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it’s clear there may be no escape...

FOR FANS OF: dystopia, thriller, fantasy, LGBT fiction

Article of the Week

Energy drink ban for under-16s planned

Is the nanny state going too far? The UK government plans to protect teenagers from drinking too much caffeine. Some say there are already too many rules. Prime. Boost. Monster. Rockstar. Relentless. The names are alarming enough. But, when you look at the ingredients, things get more worrying. Red Bull, the most popular energy drink in Britain, contains 80mg of caffeine per can. Monster, the next most popular, contains roughly twice that amount — as much as two double espressos.

Too much caffeine can cause headaches, heart palpitations and sleep problems. Extreme side effects include seizures and even death. Up to a third of children in the UK consume energy drinks each week. But young people have smaller bodies and developing brains, which makes them more vulnerable to excess caffeine. Now the government will ban shops from selling them to under-16s. “You can see the impact on health, concentration and learning”, claims health secretary Wes Streeting. Meanwhile, Professor Amelia Lake has studied the effect of energy drinks on young people, and argues that they have “no place” in the diets of children.

https://theday.co.uk/energy-drink-ban-for-under-16s-planned/

The Day log in details:

Username: librarian@stbenedicts.org.uk

Password: Bennies2021

Posted on Fri 12th Sep 25 by Senior School Library

Friday Lunchtime Talk

Friday 19 September 2025, 1.20pm in the Helikon Centre

Computing

Introducing Vex Robotics and the 'Push Back' game

Dr Curtis and students

(note change of talk for this Friday)

Everyone welcome.
If you need an early lunch pass, collect one from the Helikon Centre

Posted on Mon 15th Sep 25 by Mr S Scicinski

Monday Faculty Cafe: Research poster presentations

Monday 22 Sept 2025; 1.05pm in the Helikon Centre

U4 Research Poster Presentations:

European Stadiums – Max Owen

Three of the biggest cheating scandals in sport – Lucas Donegan-Huertas

Cockroaches – Alejandro Smith-Verona

Music through the ages – Becky Ramsden

Everyone from all year groups welcome. Pizza, Ki-kat, juice

NOTE: due to large numbers, entry is by token and limited to 40 places – pick up a pass on the Monday either before school or at breaktime.

Posted on Mon 15th Sep 25 by Mr S Scicinski

L4/Third Form Basketball Club

Basketball for L4 and Third Form takes place every Tuesday lunchtime. All welcome, whatever your level of experience. Please come straight from Period 4 and have lunch afterwards.