The MFG Newsletter November 2012

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Year 11s are taking their leadership very

seriously this year to help others. The

majority of Year 11 are Young School

Leaders (YSL) who are not only

concentrating on their academic studies,

but also on supporting charities,

organising events and helping within

school.

The Charity Young School Leaders

committee decided that they would like

to support a charity that helps

disadvantaged children in Romania. An

ex-student, Lois Rowling, is helping torun a project and she went back to

Romania at the end of October to

provide children with warm clothing

before the winter freeze. The committee

wanted to support Lois and the charity

by collecting warm, suitable clothing for

the children she will be visiting.

The charity Lois is working with is Aid for

Romanian Children (ARC). For more

information, visit them at

http://www.arccharity.org.

Staff and students were encouraged to

look in their familys wardrobes and

approach friends to find unwanted

clothing that they no longer needed to

help Romanian children from ages 2-16.

Clothes donated included hats, scarves,

gloves, tops, coats and jumpers etc.

We are delighted that when Lois visited

Romania, she was able to help clothe

442 orphaned children using clothes

donated from The MFG and other

sources - 5 suitcases were from The

MFG!

Pictured is Lois, with two Year 11 Young

School Leaders, Ellen Bowers and

Georgia Mitchell, as she collects the

large amount of donated clothes!

Charity begins at The MFGYear 11 support children in Romania

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Clothes to

Romania

Former

student, Lois

Rowling, visited

Romania

recently, taking

with her winter

clothing

collected by

Year 11 Young

School

Leaders.
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Dylan Hughes in Year 10 has

been nominated and accepted

on a nationwide programme run

by the Dame Kelly Holmes

Legacy Trust. He is one of only

20 young people in the country

to be accepted onto this

programme and is privileged tobe working with athlete Paul

Broadbent. As part of his

community project, Dylan

organised a charity sponsored

swim-a-thon on Sunday 23rd

September at 3.00pm at

Spenborough Pool to raise

awareness of the lack of access

for disabled swimmers.

Dylan said, Having successfullybeen selected for a mentorship

with the Dame Kelly Holmes

Legacy Trust, I have decided,

together with the support of

some fabulous school friends,

teachers and my mentor, to do a

sponsored swim to highlight the

lack of disabled swimming

lessons/clubs within our area. All

monies raised will go to the

Hollybank Trust, along with

donations made on our website.Hollybank Trust is an

inspirational organisation that

cares for children, young people

and adults with complex

disabilities. Hollybank provides

intensive medical care, therapy

and living support a quality of

life . . . for life.

I attended disabled swimming

lessons for numerous years andachieved my 2 miles swimming

target. Unfortunately lessons are

no longer available at my local

pool. Swimming is a fabulous

way of getting fit and having fun

and should be easily accessible

to ALL. Thank you for you

support, Dylan and Team.

We are extremely proud of

Dylan, and being post-Olympics

and Paralympics, Dylans work isabout making sure the legacy

continues into the future.

Dylans swim-a-thon went very

well. He raised a total of

2,650.62 with a huge 480

coming from students at The

MFG.

Well done to Dylan, and

everybody who supported him inthis terrific and worthwhile

venture.

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THEMFGNEWSLETTERNovember2012 Inspiration for Sixth Form

Royal Armouries provide backdrop fordesign

A group of Year 12 Fashion students visited the Royal

Armouries in Leeds as part of their course.

They spent a number of hours taking part in observational

drawings which they can used in their work back at The

MFG. In particular, they created drawings which will be

used to inspire Surface Decorations and Repeat Patterns.

Experience is theteacher of all thingsShakespeares JuliusCaesar

A group of students certainly

gained an experience of

Shakespeare by visiting

Bradford Alhambra earlier this

term.

The students from Years 9 and

11 all of whom are studying

Shakespeare at the moment. In

addition and Year 12 English

Literature students joined them.

The objective of the visit was to

broaden their cultural knowledge

and awareness. It was a unique

opportunity to see the Royal

Shakespeare Company in Bradford. This visit came hot on the heels of the huge success of theMacbeth trip earlier in September.

The students really enjoyed the play, it retained the use of Shakespeares language but was set in

contemporary Africa, which was really interesting. The Year 9 students (some of whom are currently

studying Julius Caesar) felt that it enabled them to understand Shakespeares language and use of

dramatic technique more fully.

It was the opening night of the production and the Mayor welcomed some special guests, but he also

took time to speak to our students before the performance about the theatre, the play, Shakespeare

and The MFG.


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Dates for your Diary

Thursday 8th November Year 7 Parents/Tutors Evening4.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 8th November Year 11 Parents Information Evening5.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 29th November Year 9 Parents Consultation Evening4.00 - 7.00pm

Thursday 6th December Sixth Form Open Evening6.15 - 9.00pm

Friday 7th December Training Day - closed to students
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