Congratulations goes to Izzy Bunn (Year 8) who in March was part of the Leeds City Swimming Team who won the Yorkshire Relay event and Izzy was also victorious in her individual event. 

In a recent Dance Workshop in April where 23 students took part, 10 of these were "talent spotted" and received an invitation to attend the next round of auditions for Yorkshire Young dancers. Helen Holmes who supported the students said "everyone who participated worked really hard and were a credit to the school".

Congratulations to everyone who took part, you are all fantastic dancers and Good Luck for the next round goes to:

Beth Coburn
Hazel Woolnough
Milly English
Emma Swearman
Natasha Lax
Laura Kitching
Bethany Town
Georgina Oakley
Eleanor Weeks
Mollie Land

GCSE Exams

GCSE Exams will be taking place between Monday 13th May 2013 & Tuesday 25th June 2013

For more information about the GCSE Exams please click here.

AS Exams

AS Exams will be taking place between Tuesday 7th May 2013 & Monday 10th June 2013

A2 Exams

A2 Exams will be taking place between Friday 17th May 2013 & Monday 21st June 2013

Please download the exam timetables below, which detail the room the exams are taking place, although they do not tell you your individual seat number.

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Science CREST Award

What is CREST? - CREST is Britain's largest national award scheme for project work in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

What is it all about? - It is all about enjoying working on something new.Young people get to discover or invent something that is of interest to them, without the restrictions of what they need to know for exams!
They work on projects (usually in groups) using methodology of real Scientists, making their own decisions and presenting their work to an appropriate audience upon completion. Provided all the criteria are fulfilled, pupils get a Bronze, Silver or Gold CREST award at the end of their projects.

 There is also the opportunity to attend the Big Bang Road show in July to showcase projects and compete with young people from across the Yorkshire and Humber region for a place at the National Science and Engineering Competition.

Click on the links to follow each team, see what the projects are about and get updates on progress or any new discoveries! If we end up on Dragon's Den or winning a Nobel Prize, you can say you saw it here first!

Use the link in the main menu to visit the CREST Awards area of the website or click here!

CREST Award Groups Here At Benton (Click on the name to go to the page!)

Artifical Lava Project

Breifcase

Chris & Sons

Eco Freaks

Fizzy Drinks

Mopomatic

Cheesegrater Challenge

Onions

Tutti Frutti

Thermals For Appendages

Ignis

The following students have all recently qualified to represent the Leeds Schools Cross Country Team:

Amy Francis, Leah Forey (Year 8) - Junior Girls
Matthew Walsh (Year 9) - Junior Boys
Will Tomlin (Year 11) - Intermediate Boys
Andrew Smith (Year 12) - Senior Boys

This is a fantastic achievement, recognising them as some of the best distance runners in the city. They will go on to compete against top athletes from other Authority areas in West Yorkshire.

On Monday, 11th February our Sports Co-ordinator, Claire Needham, arranged for ex-Paralympian Steve Greatorex to visit school and talk to students about the sport of Wheelchair Basketball.

Students from Westfield Junior School were then treated to an opportunity to try the sport, along with pupils in 7ER as a reward for being the tutor group with the highest number of VIVO awards, selected Year 8 pupils who all received 95%+ Grade 1 Attitude to Learning on their report and AS/A Level PE students. Everyone involved had a fantastic time. Steve and Claire then invited members of staff to 'have a go' after school.... harder than they thought!!

On Monday 4th February Elizabeth Wright visited Benton to talk 4 year groups about her past as a Paralympic Swimmer and to talk to students about motivation.

Elizabeth focused on her goal to swim in front of a home crowd at the 2000 Paralympic Games. After years of training and sacrifice, Elizabeth made the team to swim in the Paralympics and swam in front of family and friends on the biggest world stage for an elite athlete. Elizabeth came away from these games with a silver medal in the 400m Freestyle for the S6 Class and a bronze medal in the 4 x 50m freestyle relay for classes S1-S6. These games were to be her last, as at the ripe old age of 21 she retired from swimming to move onto the next phase of her life.

Elizabeth combined work and travel for the next few years before she decided to attend University where she gained a 1st Class degree in Fine Art. With these fantastic results, Elizabeth was offered a place in the Master of Philosophy program at Newcastle Uni with full scholarship. Elizabeth completed her Masters degree (having research the visual interpretation of disability with a particular focus on photography) in 2009.

At the end of 2009 Elizabeth moved to the UK to pursue a career. A natural speaker, Elizabeth is passionate about her work and about reaching as many students, business people, and laymen in the UK (and around the world) as she can. A firm believer in positive thinking, hardwork, and self belief, Elizabeth wants to help unlock the potential of all people; just as she has and can achieve in her own life, she knows she can help people achieve in theirs.

Benton Park Eco-Council have this year been awarded the Bronze Eco School Award for their hard work and commitment to making the school a more eco-friendly environment. Council members are been regularly checking that staff are turning lights off in classrooms and offices when not in use (even leaving them a polite reminder if lights are left on or receiving a prize if turned off!), planting a new tree and hedge within the school grounds, promoting information/updates on the 'Eco-Wall' and having an article published in a local newspaper (Wharfedale Observer Thursday, 24th May 2012).

This year the Council will be looking to improve the Award to Silver by involving more students in the scheme, particularly around Student Voice, creating a school 'Gardening Club', introducing a Comment Box and tackling issues around litter in school. The Council have already put a proposal forward to the Senior Leadership Team and Year 7 have completed a litter audit - with some quite shocking results! In addition the project around lights will continue and be extended to include projectors in classrooms.

As a way of obtaining alternative funding, the Council are participating in the Morrisons 'Lets Grow' project.

Massive congratulations and Good Luck this year goes to students:
Chris Coultas (Yr 11)
Josh Fryer (Yr 11)
Charlotte Hall (Yr 10)
Oliver Simpson (Yr 11)
Amy Armitage (Yr 12)
Georgina Lilley (Yr 12)
Amy Lightowler (Yr 12)
Emily Buchanan (Yr 12)

Keep checking the website for the latest updates throughout the year.

Litter around school can be a problem, teachers get you to pick it up and bin it if they see you throwing it on the floor; so save your self the time of having the same old lecture and just bin it first time around. Also look on the positive side of there been no litter on the floor, when doing PE or walking around you wont have to be either ankle deep in it or have to take a detour around the litter! Binning your litter will also keep the seagulls away and that can only be good news, as all you need is seagulls starting to leave you presents!

Do you want to be a reporter for the students website?

We are currently looking for some reporters for the students website, www.bentonparkschool.co.uk. Reporters can write about what happens in school such as: trips, sports, clubs, awards, fund raising and achievements, reporters can also keep their own year groups page up to date with the latest news for other students and any visitors to the site to see.

When writing articles for the site you can include many different kinds of media including pictures, films and PowerPoint’s and animations.

In return for every article that you write, you will receive a reward for your time and effort, and you will be able to come out of extended form to work on the website, and come to our website club which is on once a week at lunchtime.

So do you want to be a website reporter for the student’s site? If so then please use the contact us page on the website or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your details.

Benton is set to become an Eco School thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of students.

The eco council members are – Charlotte Hall, Josh Fryer, Chris Coultas, Oliver Simpson, Amy Armitage, Georgina Lilley, Amy Lightowler, Emily Buchanan, Adam Fryer and Matthew Wallis. Ten students from both the main school and the sixth form have led the way in encouraging staff and pupils to cut energy consumption and increase bio-diversity. Now the school is set to receive a bronze Eco Schools Award in recognition of its achievements. Speaking on behalf of the group Josh said their first task to qualify for the award had been to carry out a survey of the school’s energy consumption and ‘eco-friendliness.’ They then decided on ways of reducing energy loss and improving the local area – encouraging pupils and teachers to switch lights off and planting trees around the school grounds. They then carried out energy audits – followed by assemblies with fellow pupils and staff briefings with teachers to stress the importance of saving energy. Since the eco council has been set up in school there has been a massive reduction in the number of lights left on at lunchtime – with the figure dropping from 62 per cent to just 20 per cent. One of the leaders of the eco-council Mrs. Lindsay praised the work of the students. She said: “The eco council has been a huge success at Benton; Students from a variety of year groups have been keen to promote sustainability within the school."