The Awards - George Pindar School Scarborough

16 October 2014
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GEORGE PINDAR SCHOOL PRESENTATION EVENING 2014
Alice Cullen
Ethan Warburton
Chloe Caygill
Tuesday 30 September saw the Key Stage 4 Presentation Evening Awards for 2014 at The Spa. The guest speaker was
Dr Craig Gaskell, the Campus Principal of the University of Hull, Scarborough Campus, who gave an inspirational
speech on the theme of perseverance. The event was attended by over 200 students, parents and GPS staff. In
addition to the special awards listed below, certificates were presented to Year 10 and 11 students for 100% attendance,
Year 10 subject awards for achievement and Year 11 subject awards for attainment.
Michael Woodhouse Award for
Outstanding Academic
Attainment
Ethan Warburton
Alice Cullen
Fiona Norton Award for English
Literature
The Awards
The Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Community Sport
Alice Cullen
Headteacher's Award for
Outstanding Contribution to
School Life
Chloe Caygill
Nathan Steele
Christopher Dransfield Memorial
Award for Achievement
Nicole Prince
David Major
The Ashley Hawkins Memorial Award
for Service to the School
Abi England
Maria Clapham
Sam Cullen
Leeman Bloxsom
Wayne Keld Memorial Award for
Music
Gary Westwood Memorial Award
for PE
Chloe Caygill
Nathan Steele
The Elizabeth Curry Award for
Performance
Governors’ Award for the Highest
Achieving Student on a
Vocational Course
Bethany Cappleman
Ken Dale Citizenship Award
Kiera Pettitt
Jaydeene Douglas
Sportsman of the Year
Sportswoman of the Year
Macauley Moore
Jade Frank
Maria Clapham, Abi England and Sam Cullen
Service to the School – Year 11
Sally Deacon
Abi England
Kiera Pettitt
Chloe Caygill
Sam Cullen
Louis Westmoreland
Rachel Bamford
Nathan Steele
Caitlin Foster
Service to the School – Year 10
Emma Rowlands
Calum MacDonald
Megan Elvidge
Ryan Dean
Abi Booth
Ashleigh Meharry
Alescia Winton
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GEORGE PINDAR SCHOOL OPEN EVENING
George Pindar School held a very busy and successful
Open Evening last week. Nearly 400 prospective parents
and students attended to find out what the school had to
offer. They were able to meet a wide range of students
from every year group. They also listened to speeches
given by Year 7 students and our Head and Deputy Head
girls and boys and were entertained by our School Choir
and Orchestra performing 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams
and ‘Seasons of Love’ from the musical, Rent.
Comments from parents were very positive, not only
about the students but about the enthusiasm of the staff
whom they had met as they had toured the School. We
hope to see many of them again in September.
MAKING MONEY FOR MACMILLAN
On 26 September, Duke of Edinburgh students sold cakes
to raise money for
Macmillan. In the
space of 15 minutes,
during morning break,
they raised £90 to
donate to the charity.
This is a fabulous
result and everyone
can take pride in
being a part of it. Huge
thanks to everyone for
your generosity, be it
Lucy Ghorst, Claire Bamford, Head Boy
financial or with
Ryan Dean, Charlotte Lester and Chloe
donations of biscuits
Simmons ready to raise funds for the
and cakes.
charity.
SPORTS DIARY
16/10/2014
U14 Girls District Football Tournament @
Caedmon 1.30pm
21/10/14
Y10 & 11 Netball @ GPS 4pm
Y7, 8 & 9 Football @ GPS
FOLLOW THE SCHOOL ....
Reminder that you can now follow the
school on Twitter. Our account is
@georgepindar
For school sports news on Twitter
follow @gpschoolpe
22/10/14
Caedmon Cross Country 3.30pm
HELP WITH HOMEWORK
23/10/14
U16 Girls District Football Tournament
@ Norton 1.30pm
Just to let you know that the
school library is open every day
after school for students to do
homework, research or
revision. It is open until 4.30pm
Monday - Thursday and until
4pm on Friday. The library is
equipped with IT, internet and
printing facilities and help is
always on hand if you should get
stuck!
KEY DATES FOR PARENTS
Wednesday
22 - Oct
Scarborough Sixth Form College
Open Evening
Thursday
23 - Oct
Break Up for Half Term
Monday
03 - Nov
Return to School
Tuesday
04 - Nov
Start of November Exams
Thursday
06 - Nov
Achievement in Maths and English
Parents Evening
Wednesday
12 - Nov
End of November Exams
Thursday
13 - Nov
Next Steps Careers Evening
6 - 7.30pm
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
We have had a lot of illness this half term and, as a result,
our attendance is below the figure for this time last year.
We need a big effort to have everyone in every day to set
us back on track for our target of 95.5%.