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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)
B Hall Packed Lunch
Sitting 1 Year 7 Year 7 D1 and D3
Sitting 2 Year 9 & 8 Year 8 B Hall and D2
Year 9 Social Area D Floor
Rotating lunchtime sittings will be for Years 7, 8 and 9 only. Years 10 and 11 have optional sittings. Bags must not be taken
into B Hall/The Courtyard Cafe at lunchtime unless you have essential medication (i.e. Epipen or Diabetic equipment).
School Nurse Drop-in Session: Tuesday 10th December – Medical Room No appointments required – they are here to listen not to tell!
iPad drop in session: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3
Review Day
Review Day is always a very important day in the school calendar, and it was wonderful to see so many of you
put your all into it. I hope you enjoyed presenting your MyLearning, as well as the dialogue with your tutor.
You should all now have your SMART targets – don’t let your tutor or yourself down – aim high and reach for
your goals!
Friday 6th December is a Training Day – school is closed this Friday. We welcome you back on Monday 9th
December.
It’s easy to get distracted at this time of year with only 2 weeks to go until the Christmas break – please come
back on Monday refreshed: it needs to be heads down and make the most of the final part of the term, until
we break up for Christmas on the 20th December.
Enjoy the Long Weekend!
9th – 13
th December
in-form
A @ilkleygrammar
Well done to 9 of our students who recorded with Stray FM’s James Stanley
show on Wednesday 4th December. Saffron Cockcroft, Beth Dicken-Jones,
Stuart Macgregor, Harry Watson, Emily Field, Eleanor Dear, Jonathan Kelly,
Imogen Parton and Lucy Hunter-Rowe all sounded wonderful.
They recorded segments for the show (to be broadcast on Friday 6th
December – it’s a training day so no excuse not to listen!) on Student Council,
Year 8’s three legged walk, Year 7 and Children in Need and even had the
chance to read the showbiz news and the weather!
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Christmas Jumper Day - Jump to it!
We don’t usually hold two non-uniform days in a half term, but following the Philippines Typhoon Haigan we
want you to dig deep and give £1 minimum to this appeal via Save the Children – and wear a Christmas Jumper
on Friday 13th December. If you can’t get your hands on a jumper, then wear a Santa hat, some reindeer
antlers, a bauble badge, tinsel…you must wear something Christmassy or we’ll expect you to donate more!
Friday 13th is also Christmas Dinner day, so it’s a really good opportunity to eat and be merry for a very good
purpose.
You have a week to get sorted – and an extra shopping day tomorrow! Let’s show what we’re made of and
give generously to those who face a very traumatic Christmas time.
Well done and thank you to all of you who bought a poppy this year from your Key Stage Hub – all
together you raised nearly £200.
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A 2 week trail has started for year 10 to take their bags with them into the Courtyard Café at lunchtime.-form.
Success Noticeboard!
Well done to our intermediate girls’ cross country team who competed in the ESAA National Finals on
Saturday in Southend. The flat course of Southend provided a different challenge to our girls who are more
used to the hilly terrain of Ilkley Moor, but without exception, all the girls 'ran their socks off' and really did us
proud! A creditable 11th position overall out of 24 schools…that's 11th in the country. Well done Sarah
Pickering (10ACD), Lucy Haines (10VEB), Jemima Elgood (10VEB), Lucy Jacques (10AJH), Zoe Judkowski
(10VEB) and Abbie White (10BB).
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Well done to our U13 hockey team who travelled to Silcoates on Tuesday for the National Mini Hockey
Tournament. Being the only state school entered they beat Ackworth 3-0, drew with Rishworth 0-0, beat
Gateways 5-0 and finished the group fixtures with a thrilling last game against The Grammar School at Leeds,
drawing 0-0.
Having not conceded a goal in their group games they went through to the play offs to face the winners of
Group 2, Wakefield Girls’ High School. They narrowly lost 2-1 to miss out on a place in the final!
In the 3rd/4th place play off they beat Silcoates 3-0 to finish 3rd overall in the whole tournament behind
Wakefield Girls’ High School and The Grammar School at Leeds.
Well done girls, a fantastic achievement!
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Next Week’s Menu: Christmas Cheer!
Fuel for the body is fuel for the mind – get your tank topped up at lunch time. Remember the meal deal is only
£2.15.
Challenge and Celebration Week
Friday 20th December is an important deadline day for the second payment for Challenge and Celebration
Week. If you are participating in any of the activities and visits it is vital that you make this deadline as the
school has payment deadlines of its own to make. Please make sure that all monies are uploaded to ParentPay
for this date.
Mr Washington
GCSE Overview
Mr Swain
Christmas Lunch Menu
Roast turkey, sage & onion stuffing, pigs in
blankets
Honey glazed parsnips, crisp roast
potatoes & cranberry gravy
Leek, goat’s cheese & sun blushed tomato
filo parcel with basil
dressing
Traditional Christmas pudding with vanilla
custard
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Spanish Exchange
The Spanish exchange students now have their partners and are getting to know one another prior to their
visit in February. Some very lucky students already know that they will be going to see Real Madrid play in the
Bernabeu Stadium while they are in Madrid. How lucky are they?!
Mrs Kitchen
The Hour of Code is coming!
Our world is surrounded by technology. Information, commerce, communication and entertainment all rely on computers. But only a tiny fraction of us learn computer science, the basics of how computers
work, or how to create software, apps, or websites. This year, to celebrate Computer Science Education
Week (Dec 9-15), we’re joining a massive campaign to prepare our population for the 21st century: the
Hour of Code. It’s a campaign that has an ambitious goal: to help 10 million students try one hour of
computer science. See http://hourofcode.org/ for details. Are you ready to face the challenge IGS?
Coming to your ICT and Computer Science lessons soon…
Miss Brides
Welcome to GCHQ
You're about to enter a world of possibilities - somewhere you
can explore a variety of new experiences, new ways of working,
and new ways to grow your expertise.
Apprenticeships – There is a joint technical programme with
the Security Service (MI5) and Secret Intelligence service
(MI6).This is an apprenticeship like no other. You'll be learning
about, and working with, some of Europe's best and most
cutting-edge technology. And because our work is constantly
evolving, it's always challenging - giving you plenty of development
opportunities to explore. Not only that, but you'll be earning a salary - and gaining a unique insight into the
world that you won't find on any university course. You'll help the UK's intelligence agencies to build, develop
and further advance our technical capability and by doing so, play a vital role in our mission to tackle terrorism,
organised crime and cyber threats. To apply, you'll need three A levels (or equivalent qualification) at Grade
A-C, two of which must be in a STEM related subject. We're currently open for applications until the 9th
December. Find out more at www.careersinbritishintelligence.co.uk
Career of the Week: Horticulturalist
The Work: As a horticulturalist worker you will be involved in growing plants for one of
the following purposes:
production horticulture – producing and selling plants for either food or
decoration
garden centres – producing plants for sale to the public
parks and gardens – looking after areas such as private or public historic or
botanic parks, gardens and green spaces.
Entry Qualifications: No specific entry qualifications but you will need to be able to
work alone or in a team. If you worked in a garden centre you would also need customer
service skills. There are college courses in horticulture where you can learn some of the
skills you will need. You may be able to get into this job through an Apprenticeship.
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Training and Development: Once you start work you will receive on-the-job training from experienced
workers and supervisors. You may also be able to work towards qualifications such as Level 2/3
Certificate/Diploma in work based horticulture.
Pay: Horticultural workers can earn from £12,000 to around £19,000 per year. (These figures are intended as
a guideline only).
Further Information:
www.rhs.org.uk www.growcareers.info www.nationalcaeersservice.direct.gov.uk
For an electronic copy of this please see Mrs Mitchell, Careers Coordinator, KS4 Hub or Mr Cole,
Independent Careers Adviser
Mrs Mitchell Calling all Swimmers!
Ilkley Swimming Club is on the lookout for new members who are interested in synchronised swimming –
please see the details below.
The 2013 theme for Human Rights Day is ‘20 Years Working for Your Rights’. The UN General Assembly
proclaimed December 10th as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring attention to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all nations. The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights is proclaimed as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations", towards which
individuals and societies should "strive by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their
universal and effective recognition and observance". Although the Declaration with its broad range of political,
civil, social, cultural and economic rights is not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human rights
instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights. Today the general consent of
all United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights laid down in the Declaration makes it even
stronger and emphasizes the relevance of Human Rights in our daily lives.