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Pinky Week by Allie Hill & Kimberley Clifton
12 November 2008
Pinky Week proved to be a thoroughly successful charity fundraiser. Everyone enjoyed taking part - whether it was participating in the games, doing a sponsored swim or silence, or baking cakes for the cake sale, we all had a part in helping. The whole school's enthusiasm for the whole week is reflected in the amazing amount of money that we managed to raise. The L5s had great fun organising (and taking part in!) a few "traditional" games such as Lucky Dip, and Guess the Name of the Bear, as well as selling cakes on the Friday. We were all very proud to raise much more money than originally expected! As well as that, half of Lower 4 took part in a Swimathon. The girls involved swam the amount of lengths they wanted to swim of the school pool and then got friends and family to sponsor them. The Swimathon was a big success and we raised more than £300.
GCSE Results
Girls have once again achieved some truly excellent results in their GCSE examinations this summer. 29% of all results were at A* grade, 57% A*-A and 80% A*-B.
Carla Barberio, Rebecca Murray, Hannah Short and Surina Taneja all achieved 10A* grades, Tessa Forbes and Chloe Scott 9A* grades, Connie Fan, Yasmin Jamil and Frances Whittaker-Wood 8A* and Emily Myrtle, Lauren Roberts and Georgia Austin Greenall 7 A* grades.
Eighteen girls were sitting their examinations having spent, in most cases, only 3 years studying in English, and yet between them they amassed results which closely mirrored the overall percentages: 21% A*, 54% A*-A and 76% A*-B.
Although I am sad that our boarders are unable to progress to Bedford Girls' School for their Sixth Form studies, I am delighted that most of our very top achievers will be going on to take A level or IB courses there.
I wish every girl who left Bedford High School at the end of Upper 5 the very best of luck for their future studies.
Julie Eldridge
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