10/01/12 – Girls Only Trampoline @ Hanson
11/01/12 – U11 Girls Basketball @ Grange TC
11/01/12 – U13 Girls Netball (2/3) 3.30pm @ Bradford College
12/01/12 – U11 Sports Hall Athletics Final @ Richard Dunns
17/01/12 – Key Stage 3 Girls Basketball Cup Competition @ Tong
17/01/12 – U14 & U16 Badminton Bradford Finals
18/01/12 – U13 Girls Netball (3/3) 3.30pm @ Bradford College
18/01/12 – U9 Open Football Festival 1pm @ Tong
19/01/12 – Year 7 & Year 8 Sports Hall Athletics @ Richard Dunns
Bradford Schools Sport Enterprise – Carnegie Schools Rugby Tournament – Round 2
Castleford Academy vs Tong High School
Year 7
On Thursday 15th December Tong High School’s Year 7 Rugby Team made the trip down the M62 to take on an experienced side Castleford Academy in the 2nd round of the Carnegie Schools Tournament.
Tong started the game well with some powerful running from Daniel, Jordan and Cameron who all tested the Castleford defence. Callum’s excellent defence ensured some early runs from Castleford didn’t gain many metres.
With Tong looking strong Luke took advantage of an unaware Castleford defence and made a darting run from dummy half, unfortunately Luke was the victim of a big tackle from the Castleford team resulting in him having to leave the field, from this point Tong seemed to lose their direction and momentum which allowed Castleford’s experience and skill to push them forward.
A series of tries followed from the Castleford side but Tong kept positive and Tong Full Back Ben ensured a number of Castleford breaks were short lived with a range of superb try saving tackles. Tong trailed at the break 20-0.
The second half didn’t start well for Tong with a testing Castleford kick off that lead to a Tong error; a Castleford player reacted quickly pouncing on the loose ball and followed this up with a powerful run to see Castleford raise the score. Unfortunately Tong saw very little of the ball with Castleford showing their class and following up their strong start with some well-orchestrated tries. Tong’s Captain Sam lead by example throughout the game never giving up with his strong defence and testing runs.
A Castleford knock on saw Tong have their first real opportunity of the second half which allowed them to push up field and receive a penalty for a Castleford high tackle. A tremendous run from Daniel saw him push through the opposing defence and taking over several players for what appeared to be a well-deserved consolation try, unfortunately for Tong the referee ruled a knock on.
The game finished 46-0 in favour of a well deserving Castleford side.
Tong’s man of the match was Sam followed closely by Ben , Daniel and Cameron .
Friday 6 Praise – 7th January 2012
Headteachers Blog 16th December 2011
Charity
Over the last two weeks, students from the Writers community at Tong High School have been in charge of our lastest charity drive for the Teenage Cancer Trust. They managed to raise an amazing £1600 through their events.
Tong Factor
As part of our end of term celebrations, Tong High School Teachers hosted “Tong Factor” and the students (and staff) enjoyed it so much we thought we would share it.
All we ask is if you enjoy the performances, please leave a comment, or even better you can donate to the Teenage Cancer Trust through the just giving link at http://www.justgiving.com/Tong-High-School
SLT as Santa’s Little Helpers with Merry Christmas Everybody
Science as First Aid with Feed The World
Maths as Take Away That with Don’t You Want Me Baby
English as Oliver’s Army with Merry Christmas Everyone
Humanities – Girls are Loud – Valerie
PE as Tong Direction with That’s What Makes You Beautiful
Please note any advertisements in the above videos are due to YouTube and their terms and condition regarding use of copy-write materials in videos.
A Special Request
We also had one of our 6th form students, Olivia, partake in this event and she has given permission for her footage to be use to help raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Thanks Olivia!
Friday 6 Praise – 9th December 2011
Winter Celebrations
This week the Perfoming Arts Department are showcasing some of their work as part of Tong High School’s Winter Celebrations.
Attention all Key Stage 3 Students
From Monday (7th November) and running for every week until the Christmas Holidays, the English Department will be running a Student of the Week competition. All students will be entered automatically and the winner will be the student that produces an outstanding piece of work; be it Speaking and Listening, Reading or Writing. The winning student will receive a Mystery Prize, kindly donated by Tong High’s Love 2 Learn Centre.
Bonfire Night – Descriptive Writing – English
Are you in year 7 or 8?
Are you planning on going to some Bonfire Night celebrations?
Pay particular attention and come to your English lesson on Monday with the following…
- What could you smell?
- What could you see?
- What could you hear?
- What could you taste?
- What could you touch?
Re-visit our website next week for some ‘cracking’ examples of Bonfire Night descriptive writing!
And as always Stay Safe!
November Exam Timetable
| Day | Date | Start | AB | Qual | Title | Code | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue am | 08-Nov-11 | 8.30 | AQA | GCSE | English Paper 1 Found’n | 3702/1F | 1h 45m |
| Tue am | 08-Nov-11 | 8.30 | AQA | GCSE | English Paper 1 Higher | 3702/1H | 1h 45m |
| Wed pm | 09-Nov-11 | 1.00 | EDEX | GCSE | Maths Linear F NO CALC | 1380/1F | 1h 30m |
| Wed pm | 09-Nov-11 | 2.30 | AQA | GCSE | Maths Module 5 | 43055F | 1h 15m |
| Fri pm | 11-Nov-11 | 1.00 | AQA | GCSE | English Paper 2 Found’n | 3702/2F | 1h 30m |
| Fri pm | 11-Nov-11 | 1.00 | AQA | GCSE | English Paper 2 Higher | 3702/2H | 1h 30m |
| Mon am | 14-Nov-11 | 8.30 | EDEX | GCSE | Maths Linear F CALC | 1380/2F | 1h 30m |
| Mon am | 14-Nov-11 | 10.00 | AQA | GCSE | Maths Module 5 | 43055F | 1h 15m |
U9 New Age Kurling
Wednesday 19th October 2011
9.30am @ Tong High School
16 Primary school teams from around Bradford descended on Tong High School recently, for the highly competitive U9 New Age Kurling competition. With 8 courts dominating the school’s Sports Hall, the teams battled it out to reach the finals to ultimately win the title.
The game, which has been adapted to be an all-inclusive game for students of all abilities and including disabilities, challenges the young people to score as many points as they can aiming for their targets to contribute to the team score.
Pupils from Bankfoot, St Matthews CE, Ryecroft, All Saints, Hollingwood, Lower Fields, Knowleswood, Newhall Park, Carrwood, Woodside and Horton Park showed an excellent level of skill, with many competitions with close scores between the teams.
After a tense final round, Bankfoot Primary School were named the overall winners. Newhall Park came in second place and St Matthews CE B Team came in third place.
We would like to thank all young people who attended the event for their professionalism and sportsmanship. The bar was set that little bit higher this year—well done!
A special thanks go to all of the Tong leaders who assisted at the event, particularly Kyle and Dominic whose leadership skills were exceptional!