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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 8 Year 7 P2 and P3

Sitting 2 Year 7 & 9 Year 8 B Hall and P5

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 21st January – Medical Room No appointments required – they are here to listen not to tell!

iPad drop in session: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3

Independent Learning

Independent Learning is an important part of your education. Did you know a 5 minute quality conversation

each day between yourself and a parent/carer about learning can increase exam performance by a grade?

Why Homework?

encourages you to develop skills, confidence and

motivation to become an adaptable lifelong learner

consolidates, reinforces and extends skills developed

in lessons

develops extended study skills, organisational skills

and establishes a culture of meeting deadlines

Increases your responsibility for your own learning

and time management.

Whose responsibility?

Independent learning is a shared responsibility between all

interested parties and includes:

you

your class teachers

your parents/carers

your Key Stage Leaders

your Subject Leaders

The Independent Learning sheets covering the first spring half term have now been uploaded to the school

website. Click here for the link. They can also be viewed in the notice boards on the Library corridor.

Please take some time to review your subjects and ensure you know what is expected of you this half term.

20th – 24

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@ilkleygrammar

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Earrings

From Monday we will be taking a very firm line on students wearing larger or multiple earrings and particularly

on students wearing larger, button-style expanding earrings. Persistent offenders will face Isolation, so make

sure you avoid the challenge on Monday and sort your ear-wear out over the weekend. We will be watching

you!

Mrs James

Run Mr Milburn Run!

What do all these greats have in common: Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich, Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba, Kenya’s

Abel Kirui…and Ilkley’s Mr Milburn? They are all competing in this year’s London Marathon on April 13th.

You may have seen Mr Milburn limbering up and running around the school. His training regime is well

underway but he still needs your encouragement. So, why not help him reach his fundraising target by guessing

his finish time at guessmyfinishtime.com or following Mr Milburn on Twitter @GetTimGoing or sponsor him

at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com.

Alan Turing Cryptography Competition

Do you like breaking codes and solving ciphers?

Can you, and your friends, discover the secret of the Lovell Legacy?

Would you like the chance to use your mathematical skills to win some great prizes?

Last year some of our Year 9 students did; this year it could be you! Registration for

the 2014 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition is open and the competition starts

on Monday 27th January. Now in its third year, and organised by the University of

Manchester School of Mathematics, this successful competition is open to secondary

school children up to Year 11.

It is a great way for students to make use of their mathematical and problem-solving skills whilst having fun. In

addition, there is the opportunity to win some great prizes, which have been sponsored by the flight search

company, Skyscanner. Skyscanner was set up by two former computer scientists from the University of

Manchester, two people who directly benefitted from Turing's contributions to Manchester and computing.

The competition follows the story of two young cipher sleuths, Mike and Ellie, as they get caught up in an

adventure to discover the Lovell Legacy. Every week or two weeks a new chapter of the story is released,

each with a cryptographic puzzle to solve. There are six chapters in total (plus an epilogue and just-for-fun

code to conclude the story). Points can be earned by cracking each code and submitting the answer. The leader

board enables the teams to keep track of how well they are doing. Further information and registration details

can be found at: http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/cryptography_competition. Good luck!

Mrs Caven

School Council

This week our school council meeting was very interesting, involving pizza and an architect! We met up with an

architect who is designing the shelter by the new building. All of the school council met with him and discussed

colours, designs and where the shelter would go, then we all had pizza. Next week, there should be a

completed design drawn up that we can see and then hopefully the building work can start!

Yasmin Coffey 9CT

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Success Noticeboard!

Well done to all our Year 7 swimmers who took part in Tuesday’s Year 7 Swimming Gala. I band

started the competition in true style with amazing team spirit and healthy competition. 7SP were

the winning tutor group and will compete in the February final. There were some impressive times

to beat, notably 1minute 18 seconds for the girls' relay.

Are you up for the challenge G and S band, to do better?

Congratulations U13B Netball team who played in the Netball Emerging League at University College

Keighley.

It was a mixed bag of results. The team lost their match against Thornton A team 4-6 but won the

match against South Craven B 4-1.

Player of the match went to the captain of the team Livia Hammond (8GPS).

Congratulations to Georgia Coates (10ACD), Charlie Swinford (10ACD), Kate Bacon (10PPB),

Faye Bowles (10PPB) and Eve Silson (10PPB) who are the first Year 10 students to receive their

bronze certificates.

Georgia Coates Charlie Swinford Kate Bacon

Faye Bowles Eve Silson

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Well done to all our 38 cross country runners who took part in the Bradford Schools’ Cross Country at

Northcliffe on Wednesday. The Year 8, 9, 10 and 11s were all racing through the mud for a top 12

finishing position to qualify to represent Bradford in the West Yorkshire Championships. The Year 7s

were racing in a combined team event and to gain valuable experience for their chance to qualify for

Bradford next year. The following results show the strength of the Ilkley Grammar School Cross Country

team and make a big statement to surrounding schools who wish to race against us in the near future.

Year 7

Boys: 1st Dominic Coy (7SP), 3rd Robbie Matthews (7PB), 5th Arran Burnet (7HED/KE), 8th Ethan

Whiteside (7PDH), 12th Charlie Robinson (8HM), and 16th Lewis Mawson (7HED/KE).

Girls: 1st Bethan Morley (7PDH) who won the year 7 girls’ race by a considerable margin!

Year 8/9

Boys: seven IGS pupils finished in the top 12: 2nd Ben Thompson (9LO), 3rd George Hardesty (9BJS), 4th

George Dey (8MWC) , 6th Cameron Reilly (8ADM), 8th Jacob Hellewell (9BJS), 9th Henry Ackroyd

(8ALC) and 12th Oscar Stapleton (8CW/SF). Girls: 2 finished in the top 12: Alessandra Ricci (8KL) and

Jess Burgess (9DMM)

Year 10/11

Girls- All qualified! Following their appearance at the National Cross Country Finals in November and

with regular training sessions with Mrs Knowles we ran away with all 7 entries finishing in the top 12:

Jemima Elgood (10VEB) was 3rd with Sarah Pickering (10ACD), Lucy Haines (10VEB), Lucy Williamson

(11PO), Lucy Jacques (10AJH), Jo Williamson (11LSL) and Abi White (10BB) all finishing in the top 12.

(Some of the places are still to be finalised.)

Well done to all of you – team IGS at its very best!

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Just for a change it was your Headteacher

making the front page this week!

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Next Week’s Menu: Eat, Learn, Live

There is also a range of cold meals, sandwhiches and pizzas available every day and remember the meal deal is

still only £2.15. This inlcudes a hot meal and a pudding or drink. The same price covers a choice from the cold

selection and a juice and a small dessert.

Order, Order! Year 7 Run the Town!

4 tutor groups 7PDH, 7PB, 7HED and 7DSF have already

enjoyed the Town Hall experience this week. The trips started

with 7PDH visiting the council chambers on Monday morning.

After nominating a council leader for the session the group went

on to debate the pros and cons of the Tour de France and the

Grand Depart. I wonder if we have any budding politicians

following the experience?

Mr Stonehouse

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GCSE Overview

Mr Swain

Locations: Belfast, Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle,

Norwich, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton

You may be thinking more broadly about your options after you finish school or college. You’ll be pleased to

hear you can jump straight into the world of work if you have some good A levels behind you (or equivalent).

Vocational and work based learning is a real option if you’re interested in earning a wage and gaining some

professional qualifications. Our Higher Apprenticeship programme is a real alternative for talented individuals

who are interested in a career in Assurance, Consulting, Deals and Tax. Our programme is designed to

help develop your business skills whilst undertaking formal training and qualifications. You’ll take an accredited

route to a highly skilled career at PwC within a nationally recognised framework.

Keep in touch

If you’d like to know a little more about our opportunities, send an email to

schoolsrecruitment@uk.pwc.com providing your school, name and contact details. We’ll also add you to

our email list to receive newsletters each term, so you can keep up-to-date on our news, events and vacancies.

Career of the week: IT Software Developer (Programmer)

The Work: if you are keen on computing and enjoy design and development, this job could be ideal for you.

Software developers (also known as programmers) design and build computer programs that help organisations

and equipment work effectively. Your work could involve:

Designing computer controls for industrial and manufacturing machinery.

Building administrative and financial databases.

Developing software for home entertainment equipment.

Entry Requirements: to become a software developer you will need to have a creative approach to problem

solving, to be able to follow technical plans and have excellent communication and customer care skills. You

will normally need a degree or foundation degree (so will need good GCSE and A’ Level qualifications). There

are a variety of useful degree courses e.g. Computer Science/Studies, Information Technology, Software

Development, Software Engineering, Business Information Systems. See www.ucas.com – do a course search.

Training: once you are working you could develop your career by taking professional qualifications such as e-

skills UK Professional Programme or you could take training courses offered by software development

companies e.g. Microsoft, Sun Microsystems or Oracle.

Pay: starting salaries for graduates can be between £20K and £26K a year. Experienced developers can earn

between £28K and £40K a year and with management responsibilities over £50K a year.

Further Information: www.oracle .com, www.microsoft.com.uk, www.nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk.

For an electronic copy of this see Mrs Mitchell, Careers Coordinator in KS4 Hub or Mr Cole, Independent

Careers Adviser

Mrs Mitchell

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Martin Luther King Day – January 20th

Martin Luther King was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). His father was a Baptist minister,

his mother, Alberta Williams King, was a schoolteacher. In 1954, he became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist

Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where Rosa Parks was famously arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a

white man on a bus.

The city of Birmingham in 1963 was dubbed ‘Bombingham’, due to the frequency of attacks on black homes and

activists. Imprisoned and held in solitary confinement after defying an injunction against the protests, Martin

Luther King wrote his ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’. In response to criticism from local white clergymen, he set

out his reasons for action in Birmingham and elsewhere; ‘For years now,’ he wrote, ’I have heard the word

‘Wait!’ This ‘Wait’ has almost always meant ‘Never’.’

After his release, in May, the Children’s Crusade was launched. Thousands of school children and students

staged marches in Birmingham. Television images of police using batons, dogs and high-pressure fire hoses

against the young protesters sparked global outrage and won public support for King’s cause. Success in

Birmingham provided further impetus to the movement culminating in the massive March on Washington for

Jobs and Freedom on 28 August 1963. More than 200,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln Memorial

when King delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, predicting a day when the promise of freedom and

equality for all would become a reality in America.

In 1964, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On 3 April 1968, he arrived in Memphis, Tennessee to

prepare for a march in support of striking sanitation workers; a day later King was shot dead on his hotel

balcony.

Did you know?

It was the iPad that was launched in January 2010 – just 4 years ago and Steve Jobs was the man behind the

quote, ‘We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?’

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U14 Water Polo Team

Ilkley Swimming Club is on

the lookout for new

members to join their U14

Water Polo Team.

They already have a number

of IGS students in the team.

If you think it’s for you

please see the contact

details the Swimming Club.

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