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CALDEW
AUTUMN
2012
Dear Parents & Carers
This Newsletter is about us as Caldew School, a thriving successful
community. We have 1000 students and no matter how hard we try to
recognise them all we do at times struggle. This is one of the methods
we use to highlight their experiences and the outstanding things of which
they are capable. It is by no means the only way we do recognise their
everyday achievements.
The annual awards evening for Year 12 and 13 will have been and gone
by the time you receive this Newsletter but I do want to congratulate all
those who received the prizes. In that vein I look forward to the new Year
7 and 8 prize giving ceremonies in the summer term as we start to
introduce traditional celebrations of annual success for those students
On my daily walks around the school I see students and staff enjoying
lessons, eager to try new things, working together. I see them
participating in sporting teams, lunchtime activities, after school clubs,
socialising harmoniously. I see them as they arrive back from trips,
glowing from their experiences, inspired to delve deeper and clearer in
their understanding of the things around them. The students are lucky to
have such a dedicated team of staff looking after them just as we are
fortunate to have them.
Everyday our students amaze me with their ability to learn and engage
actively in all they do. They are achieving ever greater academic success
as we all know, but they are doing so much more as well as I am sure
you’ll agree by the time you finish reading this newsletter. We are
constantly improving and I am driven to ensure that together we keep this
as our main priority. This will always remain the case but it is with pride
that I encourage you to take a quiet moment to read and reflect on what
is already been a hectic and richly fulfilling first half term for everyone at
Caldew School.
Regards
Mr Chris McAree
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I imagine that you may have already read about me, learnt much about
my philosophy of education from my own bulletins, the parish magazine
or just by talking to me. I would hope that much of what remains unwritten
is starting to become self-evident from the students themselves, whether
it is their sense of my expectations of them or their no doubt flattering
descriptions of me over dinner. (I am sure they are always favourable…!)
The rest, good or bad, will no doubt be revealed in other ways than this
in months and years to come.
who are excelling not only academically but in their attitude to their
learning. When taken alongside the Achievement certificates, Celebration
certificates, Celebration assemblies, Team Cup, Team Sports, Attendance
Cup as well as other rewards we are promoting a culture of aspiration and
healthy competition.
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I was reminded as the deadline for this Newsletter approached that this
is my first such front page. When I read the sentence in an email reminder
it gave me a bit of chill. A sense of trepidation no less as my first thought
was that this presented me with the chance to impress all and sundry
with my eloquence of prose, to convey a sense of my educational
philosophy and leave a lasting impression. In other words it had to be
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for Year 12 and 13 students. Awards were
handed out by Mr Abernethy who retired as
Head of Caldew School in the summer. Awards are
given for achievement in subject across the board and
for exceptional effort / progress. The awards are
decided by heads of departments.
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Geography D
uring late September, Year 11 Geographers were in
the upper Valley of the river Caldew gathering river
data for their GCSE coursework. Despite heavy
rain the tributaries were measurable and the weather
remained dry on the day.
Land & Environment
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finished and we are waiting
to stock them with various small
birds and mammals.
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New arrivals include 9 piglets which are all
doing very well and growing rapidly.
Our ewes are with the tup at the moment so
hopefully, we shall see a new crop of lambs
at the end of February. This current year’s
lambs are now ready and will be heading to
the auction mart soon.
Photograph is by Year 11 student
Natalie Pilmer.
Sixth Form
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Lancaster University as part of their induction
into sixth form life. The day was well received
by all who enjoyed the opportunity to visit a leading
Russell group university.
Year 13 are well on with their plans for post 18
university applications and employment. At the end of
September all students attended two workshops run by
staff and student ambassadors from Edgehill
University on writing personal statements. This was
followed up with the presentation to all of the Year 13
by Newcastle University on their “Partners Scheme”
which has run for several years with the school.
Careers Advice
Mr Quinn has just completed Key Stage 3 and 4
assemblies explaining the Cascaid on-line guidance
products our pupils have access to. We have a licence
for Launchpad and Kudos for Key Stage 3 and 4
students and Careerscape for Year12/13. Every pupil
is registered for these resources and they can be
accessed anywhere with an internet connection (this is
ideal for parents to have a look with students). Year 9,
10 and 11 have a structured programme of careers
guidance and will access these products during
General Studies lessons. If Year 12 and 13 students
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Design and technology
uring September we welcomed to Caldew School 100 Year 6 primary school pupils as part of our Design and Technology
Week. With the help of Mr Johnson the pupils have designed and made a wooden toy. Firstly, they designed their toy using
CAD/CAM before the CNC Router cut the shapes out of the plywood. Pupils went on to paint wheels, use pillar drills and
use traditional woodworking methods to perfect their toy. After assembling them they then got the opportunity to test them out
before heading back to school.
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n Food Technology we welcomed
into school Kerry McPhee, Marketing Manager
from Cumbrian Food Direct. Cumbrian Food Direct is based
in Maryport with a “sub hub” in Penrith and it aims to provide a
delivery service to customers throughout Cumbria. The project is
supported by The Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food Scheme, The
Rural Development Programme for England and Allerdale
Borough Council.
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Cumbrian Food Direct is already delivering on a weekly basis
to an increasing number of homes and offices and, this year
will extend its network to schools, holiday cottages, and
campsites/caravan parks throughout the county - especially in
the National Park. Deliveries can also be made to groups of
customers at centralised delivery points in order to reduce
food miles.
Year 11 GCSE pupils were particularly focussing on Farmers
Markets and Farm Shops as their topic for their coursework.
However, the talk also covered farm to consumer issues when
dealing with locally produced food, packaging and the law
relating to packaging, marketing as well as Food Miles and
how the company is developing its range of goods delivered
across Cumbria to combat our carbon footprint.
Cooking up
for Morocco!
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n conjunction with the Food Technology department pupils
fundraising for their trip next July to Morocco are working
on a Caldew Cookbook to help raise funds.
The book will contain recipes from the curriculum as well as
family favourites from pupils and staff. Some family secrets may
be included.
Some traditional Moroccan food will also be included as it is
becoming very popular cuisine.
There may well be an original recipe or two especially from the
GCSE group who are developing some exciting new dishes
for their coursework.
The book will be illustrated with the help of the Art
department and sold through school and hopefully
local shops and schools.
We hope to obtain sponsorship for the
printing costs.
Sponsored Silence in Skills for Life
Raises £530 to Save Lives
ll Year 7s complete a unit in Skills for Life to understand
what charities & voluntary groups are, how they promote
themselves, raise awareness and raise money for their
cause. The students then put their knowledge into action to
raise awareness or money for a chosen charity.
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At the end of the last academic year, three groups of year 7s
took part in a sponsored silence as part of a charity unit studies
taught by Mr Coulson-Lowes and Miss Cook. They teams
involved Borrowdale, Eskdale and Langdale. They all got very
competitive with each other to see how much money they could
raise during a one hour sponsored silence!
As a year group and department we chose to raise the money for
The British Heart Foundation - Heart Start, a charity whose
programmes in schools ensure emergency lifesaving skills are
taught to students throughout the country. We teach the unit in
Year 8 and we were trying to raise enough money to replace
some of the equipment that we use, as well as donate money to
the Heart Start programme. We are very grateful for the
continued support we have received from our local Heart Start
Co-ordinator Dave Miller in running the programme. In total we
have been able to raise over £530 which will all be donated.
The 7s who raised this money with the kind support of their
sponsors are now in year 8 and will be taking part in the First Aid
course we run this year. They can now actively learn how to
assess emergency situations, know who they need to contact in
an emergency, learn how to put a person into the recovery
position, learn how to give CPR, as well as dealing with other
situations like bleeding and choking.
Horse of the Year
ongratulations to Year 7 students Chloe McHattie and
Year 10 student Hannah Graves who both qualified
for the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham earlier
in October.
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Both have been riding most of their lives and were delighted to
have won through to the prestigious event.
Chloe said “ It was totally unexpected that I had qualified for the
Horse of the Year as I thought I was a bit young. The height of
the jumps at the qualification were 1m10, 1m15, 1m20 and 1m25.
I was really nervous when we arrived at the show and couldn’t
believe it when we got into the ring.”
Hannah trains every night after
school and at weekends works
on a yard near her home.
Hannah qualified on her
birthday and said it is the
biggest competition of her
life... so far.
Well done and
keep working hard.
Ghana Exchange Visit
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n 2011 Heather Cook and Anna Kirby as part of a Cumbrian
Primary and Secondary school cluster went to Aksomobo in
Ghana. The secondary schools from Cumbria that were involved
were Cockermouth (Lead School), Caldew and Beacon Hill. Whilst
we were there we observed and taught lessons at VRA in
Akosombo which is Caldew’s link school. The visit to Ghana
was a fantastic experience which allowed us to see life for
teachers and students in the secondary and primary schools
as well as visit the local Fair Trade Farm. It also allowed us
to plan joint curriculum projects in Skills for Life and Spiritual
and Moral Development in Year 7 and 8 with our link school
Akosombo VRA.
They have also continued to work
on the joint curriculum project we
started last summer. Some afterschool events took place throughout their visit including a cluster
meeting/meal in Cockermouth with all the schools in the partnership
as well as a ceilidh held by Beacon Hill School in Aspatria.
The Ghanaian teachers returned to Cumbria during late
September to some unfortunate cold weather! The two
teachers visiting were Catherine Doku (Headteacher)
background in Environmental Science and Nixon Siaw a
French Teacher VRA in Akosombo, Ghana. They have been
staying with Miss Kirby and Miss Cook. Throughout the
week they have been observing lessons mainly in SMD and
SFL as well as French and Science and Music. Catherine
and Nixon received a warm welcome from all the staff and
students at Caldew. They attended assemblies and have
met many students at Caldew that worked on our original
visit out to Ghana. They have been able to see what life is
like for teachers and students in Cumbria compared to over
in Akosombo.
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Performing Arts
n exciting new year has started
in Performing Arts. More new students are
signing up to have private instrumental/singing lessons from our
excellent peripatetic music staff. We are offering students the opportunity
to learn woodwind (clarinet, saxophone and flute) piano/keyboard,
drum kit, guitar and singing. If you would like more information about
instrumental lessons please contact Mrs Cooper.
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We have purchased more equipment for the music studio
enabling GCSE and A Level students to record and mix at a
very high standard.
Extracurricular music activities
takes place every lunch time:
Autumn Concert
Monday:
Orchestra
Tuesday:
Singing / Rock Club
Wednesday:
Chamber Choir / Flute group
Thursday:
Singing / Jazz group
Friday:
Singing
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uring these activities we have been preparing for the Autumn Concert that will take place
on the 25th October. The concert is an excellent way of showcasing our students superb
talents and will consist of music ranging from classical to pop as well as some excellent
drama performances.
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Tickets are available from student reception. Please contact Ms Brownlee /
Mrs Cooper for more information.
Drama
ear 11 GCSE Drama pupils have been learning a new style
of Drama called ‘Frantic Assembly’. It is physical theatre
and when you first see it you might think it is dance. The
movement represents the emotions of the characters and gives
the Drama a new energy and depth. The group were privileged
to work with an actor from the Frantic Assembly theatre company
and enjoyed a 2 hour workshop exploring new techniques. It is
an exciting project to be part of and the pupils have definitely
been challenged and tested by the work.
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Here is what some of the pupils think:
“The work pushes you and helps you develop new
skills further” - Kimberley Rogerson
“The work is quite mesmerising in the way stories can be told”
- Jack Lennon
“I really like the energetic quality of the work” - Robbie Tuer
GCSE pupils will get to see a Frantic Assembly production in
Newcastle in November, called ‘Beautiful Burnout’.
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What is really special is the
way some of the GCSE pupils
have worked with the Year 7
Drama club and taught them
some of the techniques so
that other pupils are introduced to
exciting new ways of working.
Some of the Drama club pupils shared their thoughts on what
they have experienced so far. “It is fun and energetic. Year 11 are
good role models and make us want to join in. We can’t wait to
put on a performance” Hollie, Amy, Alice, Abbie and Ellen.
Year 8 Drama club have been working with masks and are currently
putting together a piece of Drama based on the theme ‘end of the
world’. This will be performed at the Autumn concert. Fresh from
their street theatre project in July, they are ready to be creative!
The Year 9 Drama club were interested in looking at script work,
and have chosen some scenes for ‘The Demon Headmaster’ to
perform. This is a new challenge for them, after making up their
own plays last year both for a performance to St Michael’s and
the street theatre.
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English Homework
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e are always grateful for the parental support students
receive with their homework and wanted to make you
aware of some resources that are available on Moodle.
At Key Stage 3, pupils will be set occasional pieces of work
linked to the unit of work being done in class, but the main
homework is reading. Regular reading of challenging texts
supports the development of reading and writing skills. Students
are expected to read at home regularly and our ‘extended
project homework’ is to write a book report on one of the books
a student has read. There is a pdf ‘booklet’ on Moodle (in the
Homework section) for each year group, explaining what each
book report should contain. There are different writing frames for
different types of book reports for students to access.
At Key Stage 4, regular and substantial homework will also be
set to support the work being done in class. We would also
encourage students to continue with their regular reading,
ensuring a broad range of fiction and non-fiction. As the
English/English Language exam focuses on reading non-fiction,
we have developed some resources on Moodle
(English>GCSE>GCSE Homework
Unit 1) to allow students to practise
their exam skills regularly. We will
sometimes prescribe a particular
task as homework, but students
are equally as welcome to dip
into these resources as part of
their own revision programme.
Many of the tasks could be
applied to a text of a student’s own
choice, allowing them to practise
their exam skills whilst reading or writing
about something that is of immediate
interest to them. There are a few resources
for students to access now, but we will add to
them throughout the year.
As ever, if any student needs advice on what to read,
Mrs Bell will be happy to advise. She has a fantastic
collection of fiction and non-fiction in the library, as well as a
number of Kindles which students can borrow.
Foodbank Collection
ast year our Young Enterprise Team ‘Scranbition’ won the Cumbrian Young Enterprise Company Programme for Cumbria with their
innovative social enterprise, where they were pivotal in setting up the Carlisle Food Bank. Their efforts left them with a Golden Apple
nomination through the local press, but unfortunately they were pipped at the post for the “Community Award”.
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As a school we have committed to continue to support the Foodbank in Carlisle with its work and we are determined to help sustain
the food bank. We have contacted all of our local primary schools who have agreed to donate some of their Harvest Festival goods
and have set the whole of our school off collecting food. If you are asked by your child for a donation, please, if you can, contribute
something however small to the collection.
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School Council
T
he 2012/13 School Council has now been elected and the
new structure has been formed. This year the School
Council has four aims: Representation, Communication,
Primary and Community.
The students have proudly chosen a Student Chairperson;
Kathryn Routledge and a Head of House for each of the
School’s five Houses:
l Borrowdale: Kathryn Routledge
l Eskdale: Fred Lambert
l Langdale: Hollie Buttrum
l Mosedale: Alice Wilkinson
l Patterdale: Helen Brown
The Heads of House will be working hard to represent the views
of all students in their House and have begun working on a
community project each for our local area.
This year the School Council have voted in Heads of Year to
ensure even wider representation and communication.
l Year 11: Catherine Stobart and Duncan Butcher
l Year 10: Samantha Goddard
l Year 9: Lucas Robinson
l Year 8: Connor Murtagh
l Year 7: Hannah Allen
Unveiling the Mascot -
Clyde!
our lucky Year 8 students were given the opportunity last
week to unveil the 2014 Commonwealth Games Mascot
live on Radio Cumbria. Caitlin Cook, Heather Rhodes,
Ben Farrand and Laurie Eastburn were invited along to the
Radio Cumbria studios to take part in a live show with Radio
Scotland ahead of the unveiling of the Mascot.
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Radio Scotland hosted a commonwealth phone in and Carlisle
was chosen to represent England. Countries as far wide as
Australia, and India also took part with the DJ asking a number
of questions relating to Scotland and the Commonwealth
Games all which were answered correctly by our students.
The Mascot, named Clyde, was unveiled whilst they were in
the studio with none of the students guessing that it would be
a thistle, the national flower of Scotland!
The School Council have a representative from every form in the
school and the form representatives have been working with
their forms on School Council tasks and their Head of House on
a community project. Furthermore, each student on the School
Council has also joined a committee to help or develop our
school/ wider community. These committees are;
l Teaching and Learning
l Student Ambassadors
l Community
l Primary
l Sport
l Eco Group
l Joint School Council
l Carlisle Youth Council
For further information please have a
look at the updated School Council
section on the Caldew School website,
check out the weekly updates on the
TV screens around the school or
speak to any of your School Council
members!
Library Online!
W
e are very pleased to announce our subscription to
three new specialist online research resources,
specifically tailored to the GCSE and A-Level
curriculum. From September, Caldew students are able to
access History Study Centre, Science Reference Centre and
Living Language and Literature online databases for their
homework and independent research. These databases, plus
more useful online research resources, are available via the
Library pages on the school website.
In addition to these, the bank of 12 Kindles and the iPad3
acquired by the library last year are proving enduringly popular
with our pupils. With more than 70 books
titles on each Kindle available for pupils
to take home, and a wide variety of fun,
educational apps on the iPad for use at
break and lunchtimes, Caldew pupils
are reading their way into the future!
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Football
he season has got off to a slow start due to the
exceptionally wet weather with Years 8 and 10 only
getting in one league fixture so far. Both teams were
narrowly beaten by Trinity at home. In the National Cup Year 11
crashed out to William Howard School. Goals by Mamudo Fati,
and Liam Purdham had Caldew 2-1 up at half time but a late
equaliser ended up with Caldew losing 6-5 on penalties after
extra time finished all square. The 6th form team suffered a
similar fate at the hands of RRCA. Year 9 have however made it
through to round 3 after beating Nelson Thomlinson 6-4 in extra
time, Max Brown, Keeno English and Nicky Nanson Berridge
were among the scores and the boys now face a trip to
Newcastle in the next round. Good luck lads. A special mention
must go to the boys who have already gained their district
honours with the City team this season. They are Liam Purdham,
Mamudo Fati, Liam Studholme, Keeno English, Max Brown,
Keanan Foster, Robbie Miller and Roman Caig. These boys have
been identified by the PE staff and selected from a trial match
from the best players in the city’s schools. They play on Saturday
mornings against other districts from Cumbria, Northumberland,
Teesside, Tyneside, Wearside and North Yorkshire and are a real
credit to Caldew school.
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The 6th form football team
got off to a good start by
winning through to the City
Cup final where they met
arch rivals and last year’s
defeated opponents
QEGS of Penrith. The
Caldew Team came from a
goal down to win a fiercely
contested games against QEGS
2-1. Sam Routledge certainly
stamped his authority on the game
scoring both goals. The boys will be
at home to West Lakes Academy in
the next round.
Congratulations to the Girls Under15
football team’s first place, against
RRCA, Samuel Kings, William Howard
and QEGS in the girls development
football tournament. Well done to Caitlin Blacklock,
Christy Fulton, Natalie Bolton, Amy Robinson, Abbie Telford,
Catrina Ellams, Megan Bendle, Holly Walker & Leah Percival-Eals
Premier League Players Kit
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he 6th form team is proud to show off the new strip that the school has received from the Premier League players fund.
Caldew was one of only three schools in Cumbria to be successful with an application for the brand new Nike Strip, bag
and footballs. The scheme has been created by Premier League footballers donating money to the fund each year.
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Sports Leaders Shine
e have a group of committed and reliable Sports
Leaders who are actively involved in assisting and
running extra-curricular clubs and teams. It has
been great to see some of our older pupils committing
time to leading extra-curricular activities at lunch time and
after school. Dan Forrester has been running Badminton
on Mondays and Angus Fulton has been assisting at
Rugby club. Annie Coupland and Luke Jackman also volunteer at Football club
on Thursday evenings. The PE Department can assist pupils with the cost of leadership courses run by National Governing Bodies if
they are willing to commit some time to supporting or leading an extra curricular club. An example of this is the Badminton Officials
course to be held at Caldew School on the 25th October.
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The PE department are keen to get more pupils involved in volunteering at extra-curricular clubs and if any pupils are
interested please speak to a member of the PE department.
Why Volunteer in Sport?
ver the summer holidays Mr Butler was selected
to be a games maker at the London Olympics.
Mr Butler explains why volunteering can be a
great experience.
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Extra-curricular
sport
“I was lucky enough to work in the North Greenwich
Arena for the Gymnastics event at the London 2012
Olympic Games. It’s amazing to witness world class
athletes competing and the atmosphere in the arena
and London was an amazing thing to experience. My
role was to look after the International Judges during
the Games and it gave me the chance to speak to
some of the athletes you will have been watching on
the TV over the summer. Volunteering also allows you to
make new friends, improve your skills such as communication and leadership and
gives you a real feeling of doing something good. My advice to our pupils would be
commit your time to something you enjoy. This may be leading a drama club for
younger students or maybe volunteering at an extra-curricular sports club. Give it a
go, it could be the start of something that will benefit you your whole life.”
Quick Sticks Hockey
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n Monday 1st October we welcomed 150 pupils from our feeder primary schools to
Caldew and led them through a 2 hour hockey session. Pupils were put into
mixed groups and practised key skills such as dribbling, tackling
and passing. They also participated in small sided games
designed to allow pupils to apply the skills
they had learned in competitive situations.
18 Sports Leaders from Year 9 - 13 helped
lead the sessions and as usual showed
fantastic interpersonal, organisational and
communication skills. The girls leading the
event were brilliant ambassadors for
Caldew School.
his year we have introduced some
new exciting extra-curricular clubs
to the pupils at Caldew School.
Our dodgeball and zumba clubs seem
to be getting more and more popular by
the week. It is great to see so many
young people wanting to keep fit and
healthy in their own time!!
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Due to the increase in participation at
these clubs we are lucky enough to
have strong squads in each year group
for Hockey and Netball. We are well
under way with this year’s fixtures
and it is nice to see so many young
people competing!!
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Lord Taverners Cricket Fund
T
he Lord Taveners is a charity that aims to improve the quality of provision and achievement in cricket. The PE department were
successful in their application for a free Gunn and Moore bag with bats, helmets, pads and gloves. In the picture: Richard Woods,
Oliver Burberry, Lewis Green, Oliver Tongue, Matt McDonald and Grant Lylwood show of the new equipment.
Netball
e invited Meerkats Netball Club
to Caldew School to work with
some potential netballers who
are interested in playing netball more
often. We have created a club link with
Meerkats and hope to work with them
every half term to develop our netball
skills and to encourage more pupils to
play for local clubs.
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Hockey
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he Under 13 girl’s hockey
team have now played
several games and are
going from strength to strength,
Alex Reynolds, Lucy Gill and
Anna McDonald have recently
joined Wigton Hockey Club to
continue to develop their
potential and regularly attend
training and play games
outside of school, keep up the
good work.
We also have Charlotte Hartley (hockey player) visiting the
school again as part of the Sky Sports project, on Thursday 15th November.
She will be working with groups timetabled on PE that day, and also the Year 9
sports leaders we select for the project .
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Rugby @ Caldew
The mud, the blood and the good...
Year 8: Year 8 rugby players are preparing themselves for the RFU
Emerging Schools Festival at Penrith Rugby Club on 18 October.
This is a 12 a side competition for those players relatively new to the
game. There has been good attendance at the weekly break time
meeting where tactics, positional skills and plans for a trip to
Twickenham to see England play Fiji have been discussed.
Numbers at training on Wednesday is improving; all are welcome.
Games against other local schools will follow this season.
Year 10: The conditions at central fields suited the game plan
cunningly devised in advance. If we get the ball go that way. If they
get the ball, hit ‘em ...... hard.
Surprisingly the subtleties of our driving mauls and the
gazelle’esque movement in the back line cut wounds in the
opposition so deep and raw that props found themselves with
space and time and the ball. For the first time in years they were
not isolated. Team mates were supporting each other. Passes were
being caught. The ball was being held. Ground was being made.
Tries were being scored. Kicks were being kicked. It was glorious.
It was short lived.
The second half was a disaster. A try conceded within seconds,
accusations and vitriol spewed beneath the posts. More points
conceded. More love lost. Enemies found in friends.
From 33 - 7 at half time the scores from the rampant opposition went
unanswered. 33 - 24. Minutes to go. A line out assembled, that’s what
happens when the ball goes in to touch but the opposition and ref
were walking the other way. It was over. Caldew had won. Won away.
Won away at Central. Great.
Logan Arnot, Murray Dalgliesh, Mathew Cupac, James Callaghan,
Jack Cook, Adam Ruddick, Henry Heaney, Ben Clifford, Mamudo Fati,
Scott Watson, Andy Rickerby and Nathan O’Dowd.
Congratulations
Year 11: 12 boys on a 53 seater bus is a pitiful sight. Things had
certainly changed. What had happened to the days of competition for
places, enthusiasm in representing your school, the love of sport. Gone.
I cannot begin to imagine a bus turning up 25 years ago on a Saturday
morning to take us to play Sale Grammar School and only 12 players
being available. We were going to be taking on William Howard School.
Where was the thirst and the hunger to beat the enemy.
It’s a strange road the new bypass because stepping off the bus at the
other end there were no boys. They had grown, they were stoic, they
grunted, they stunk of deep heat, they wore yellow cycling shorts.
The rugby was magnificent. From a team performance that was
brutal, Angus was a colossus leading a rabid front five around the
quagmire leaving broken bodies and desperate hopes asunder. Ben
‘BJ’ Johnson hooked ball against the head for fun. The three quarters
of Liam Purdham and Sam Windess sliced through the mud and the
clasping fingers of flailing tackles to score tries, set up tries and not
convert tries. It is believed that tries cannot be converted without a ‘T’.
Time to show them the footage of Dusty Hare.
Harry Bolton. Animal. Pound for pound the heaviest hitter this side of
the A66. Andrew Rickerby playing a year a head, busted eye, solid.
Throughout the side there were performances of epic proportions.
The second half, downhill, flagging opponents. Barbarian stuff. I could
hear Cliff Morgan. ‘‘Kirkpatrick to Williams, Bennet covering, Alistair
Scowan . Brilliant!!. John Williams, Brian Williams, Pullen, John
Dawes, great dummy, Tom David, half way, Quinnell...... Gareth
Edwards, a dramatic start, what a score. Gareth Edwards, what can
stop a man like that’’
And what a score. WHS 25 - Caldew 56. Magnificent.
Tom Lancaster, Ben Moses, Mamudo Fati, Callum Smaile, Andrew
Rickerby, Angus Fulton, Harry Bolton, Logan Arnot, Liam Purdham,
Sam Windess, Ben Johnson, Philip Potts.
Huge congratulations to Josh Longworth who has been chosen to train with the Newcastle Eagles
School of Excellence. The basketball Club is the most successful club in the League’s history and
Josh will be training with the Under 15’s squad two nights a week. We wish you every success Josh.
Dates for the diary
29 October - 2 November - Half Term
7 January - INSET Day (School Closed)
7 November - Year 11 Parents’ Evening
8 January - Start of Spring Term
28 November - Open Minds Day
30 January - Sixth Form Open Evening
28 November - Year 11 Work Ready Day
6 February - Year 9 Options Evening
5 December - Year 9 Parents’ Evening
11 - 15 February - Half Term
21 December - End of Term