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Within Range
Spring Edition 2016
A Busy Place
It is always a pleasure, as
Headteacher, to see our pupils
develop academically, and as a
Year 11 Form Tutor I know our
Year 11 pupils have received
an amazing amount of support
for their GCSE preparation,
which I know they and their
families will continue over the
Easter holiday. My weekly
meetings with Sixth Form
students allow me to see how
their intellectual curiosity and
independence is developing,
and how they are preparing for
the next stage in their
education.
We get equal delight when we
witness our pupils growing in
other ways, such as through
the Learning for Living
Within Range
Issue No. 79
Spring 2016
Special points of
interest:
 Media Trip to
Comic Con, Liverpool
 Bully Ambassador
Programme
 Learning for Living
Competition
 Library News
competition,
the
Spring
Concert (see photo above), the
German Exchange and the host
of sporting success.
Our school is a busy place, and
I hope you enjoy reading about
this term’s activities.
Enjoy the Spring holiday (and
work hard on revision if you’re
in Year 11, 12 or 13!)
Mr Aldridge
Headteacher
 Sefton EBP Visit
Range
 Taylor Shaw Reasons to Celebrate
Inside this issue
A Wonderland
Experience
3
Maths
Challenge
6
The German
Exchange
7
Fishy Artwork at 9
Woodlands
Sports Pages
10 16
Dates for your
Diary
Back
Page
In an Exhibition Centre
Far, Far Away ...
On Saturday 12th
March 33 young
pop culture fans
from Years 7 to 10
ventured to the Liverpool Echo Exhibition Centre to attend
Liverpool’s very first MCM Comic Con. Comic Con is a place
for fans of all ages and backgrounds to meet together, with
or without costumes, to share stories, ideas or tips on
where to find the coolest collectables or how to make the
perfect cosplay.
The trip was a great way for likeminded students to get
together and enjoy a day immersed in all things pop
culture. Everywhere you turned there were people in
extraordinary cosplay giving students opportunities to get
their photographs taken with their heroes. There was also
the opportunity for them to meet real life Sci Fi, Anime and
gaming stars such as Hannah Spearritt and Andrew Lee
Potts from Primeval, Victoria Atkin and Paul Amos from
Assasins Creed Syndicate and even Haldir the Elf from The
Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Students were also able to build up their own collections of
merchandise from the hundreds of vendors selling very
detailed replicas of film props. Some embraced the concept
of cosplay with a Vault Dweller, Erin Yager from Attack on
Titan, and Grell and Ciel from Black Butler joining us on the
coach. We even ended up taking home two spider men!
All students were immaculately behaved and some even
threw themselves right into the spirit with some amazing
cosplay. A fantastic day out for all...even the teachers who
could relive their youth and sit in a DeLorean. Here’s to next
year’s Comic Con.
Miss Walsh, Head of Media Studies
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Past Students make
a Welcome Return
We were delighted to welcome back former Year 13
students to our Sixth Form Presentation Evening at the very
end of last term. We presented certificates for achievement
and awards for service. It was great to hear about their
experiences in the first term of university.
Pictured are Ben Heap (L) and Josh Jenkins (R) - both exDeputy Head Boys, with Mr Aldridge.
Bully Ambassador Programme
The Anti-Bullying Ambassador Programme is a scheme that has been set up to
combat bullying in Range, but it isn’t just for people who are being bullied. It is
for anyone who is feeling isolated, vulnerable or uncomfortable in school.
We are a team of students who anyone can speak to about any problems they
are having and we will do our best to help and give advice. If you want to speak
to any of us, you can find out where we will be throughout the week by visiting
the notice board opposite Pupil Reception.
Thank you
The Anti-Bully Ambassador team
‘A Wonderful Wonderland
Experience’
On 8th and 9th March, Year 10 GCSE Drama
students treated local primary school children to
a performance of 'Alice - The Pantomime'.
The Drama students wrote their own play as well
as designing the set and costumes. They also
choreographed Year 7 students, who performed
three dances for the piece. Year 7 students also
operated the stage lights for the performance.
Mrs Grace, Head of Drama said "I am really
proud of all the students. This was entirely their
own work and they have done an excellent job!"
This was a lovely opportunity for teachers and
staff from the local primary schools - St Luke's,
Woodlands and St Jerome's - to see former pupils
on stage.
The primary school children were very well
behaved and were a credit to their schools.
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Learning for Living
In October, students in Year 8 were given the
opportunity to enter the Learning for Living
Competition. It is a competition which involves all the
cluster of Formby schools, both Primary and Secondary.
It is run by the John Templeton Foundation which is a
worldwide organisation.
During an RE lesson the students were asked to write a
short essay about something they have experienced and
learnt a valuable lesson from. Out of their experience
they had to derive a universal moral principle, that if
this principle was adopted by everybody, the world
would be a more positive, just and peaceful place to
live.
The presentation evening was held at Range High
School on Thursday 17th March 2016 and hosted by Mr
Aldridge. The following winners from RHS were
presented with a certificate and a cash award:
1st Emily Jordan (8AU)
2nd Connie Gabriel (8CL) / Bethan Hawkins (8PC)
In her essay Emily wrote how everyday life can easily
get us down, particularly when the media reports so
many negative stories. She reflected on how sometimes
it is easy to forget that there are many more good
things in our lives than bad things. She wrote about how
small things can make a big difference, like the time her
Dad wrote her a note and hid it in her Maths book. The
note listed all her talents and referred to her as being
the best daughter any Dad could wish for.
She then goes on to write about how she isn’t a
‘morning person’ but simple things like the lollipop man
smiling at her and saying, ‘hello’ makes her feel so much
better.
She concludes her essay by writing,
“I thought that the world was a horrible place. But
actually, if everybody gave a little gift or note to
someone if they were feeling down, or just even smiled
and said hello, everybody would be so much happier.
Imagine a world where everyone would always walk
around smiling, nodding their heads and greeting
people. Imagine that! Would you like that kind of
world? We can make it happen!”
Well done to all participants.
Mrs Bridge, Head of RE
Student treads the
Boards!
Congratulations to Year 10 student Eden Birch (10EK), who has
successfully auditioned for a part in a musical production of
‘Around the World in 80 Days’.
Eden is a member of SONG, an award winning Youth Theatre
Group based in Southport. SONG will be performing this
production, which is based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, at
The Atkinson, Southport from 7th to 9th April.
Tickets are available from the Box office and is hoped that as
many people as possible from Range can get along to support
her.
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Library News ...
World Book Day, in March, is always a celebration of the
wide variety of books that are now available to us. The
£1 book tokens were handed out and students had the
opportunity to participate in a literary quiz at lunchtime,
proving their knowledge of both the old favourites such
as Winnie the Pooh and Mrs Tiggy Winkle and the newer
characters who have been introduced to them such as
the Dogzombies, Baudelaires and Greg Heffley. Our Year
8 boys, Oscar Holloway (8AU), Matthew Hough (8MST)
and Tom Porter (8AU), proved to be literary whizzes,
scoring full points and winning first prize. Runners up
were Nic Abbott (7AS) and Harvey Cartwright (7AS)
with Hannah McNamara (9JP) coming third. Thank you
to all who entered.
Students participating in the Sefton Super Reads Award
are voraciously devouring the chosen titles. As yet there
isn’t a single title that stands out as a favourite so we
shall be waiting with bated breath for the awards
ceremony, to be held in Crosby, in June.
Two of the World Book Day Quiz Winners
Mrs Hawkins, Learning Resources Manager
‘Get a Life’ at Range
Sefton EBP (Education Business
Partnership) spent an enjoyable
morning at Range with Year 11
students recently. They were working on ‘Get a Life’ Sefton EBP’s fast paced Enterprise activity focussed on
financial literacy
The students worked in small groups and tackled
numerous tasks solving problems around money and
finance. We ended the session by looking at their plans for
the future - what sort of life do they want to lead and how
will they match this to their likely future income?
One of the tasks which flummoxed most of the students
(and their teachers!) was the anagram section - can you
solve this anagram? It’s a term to do with managing your
money (and it’s relevant to young people, but also to most
adults!)
Our anagram was: TOPNOTCH CRANE
Well done to students from Range, who all participated
enthusiastically, and also learned financial terminology
and skills around managing their money.
Taken from the Sefton EBP Newletter
(Answer to anagram on back page)
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Maths Challenge Results
89 pupils took part in this year's UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. Our pupils achieved 6 golds, 17 silvers and
19 bronzes. Congratulations!
Over 200,000 pupils from across the UK sat the Intermediate Maths Challenge, and nationally, the top 6% were
awarded a gold certificate, the next 13% silver, and the next 21% bronze.
A further 10,000 are invited to sit a follow-on multiple-choice world-wide Kangaroo round.
Joe Gallen (11TM), Elliot Hobbs (11TM), Tom Partington (11EF)) and Shiwaanan Dharmasena (10NM) have
qualified for the Pink Kangaroo round. James Connaughton (9CRG) has qualified for the Grey Kangaroo round.
Well done and good luck in the next round, which will be held on Thursday 17th March.
Certificates are also awarded for the best score in each year and overall best score in the school.
Best in each year: Joe Gallen (Y11), Shiwaanan Dharmasena (Y10) and James Connaughton (Y9)
Best in school: James Connaughton
GOLD
Year 11
Year 10
Year 9
Joseph Gallen
BRONZE
Year 11
Elliot Hobbs
Eleanor Kershaw
Thomas Partington
Joseph Wignall
Shiwaanan Dharmasena
Michael Grove
Alexandra Walls
Matthew Hunter
James Connaughton
Reece Gilfoyle
Year 10
SILVER
Year 11
Freya Millar
Matthew Coyle
Yameen Al-Dahiri
Nisha Kumari-Webster
Amelia Cassell
Edward Lowe
Hannah Redfern
Joseph Mulhall
Lewis Grimshaw
Kieran Brookes
Dylan Walsh
Zak Richmond
Year 10
Joshua Sime
Year 9
Abigail Towle
Niamh Rooney
James Hughes
Ruby Thompson
George Hanson
James Polglase
Joshua Andrew-Pieles
Ethan Byrne
Zac Cook
Will Miller
Holly Steiger
Jonty Bunn
Kai Fessey
Matthew Flynn
Emma Rackham
Year 9
Daniel Haines
Luke Taylor
Lucy Williamson
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German Exchange
Celebrates 20 Years!
Unfortunately there was no French exchange this year, but the German
Exchange programme continues to flourish and took place this year for
the 20th time. To mark these special occasion most of the Range High
School staff who have ever taken part in the exchange had a celebratory
meal, which was also attended by Helene Büschel who started the exchange all those years ago with her good
friend Maria McKean, formerly Head of German at Range.
We hosted a group of 23 German pupils from our partner school in Bavaria, the Realschule Neutraubling,
accompanied by their teachers Frau Marianne Nicklas and for the last time, having visited our school on no fewer
than 7 previous occasions, Honorat Hefele. The visit was a great success and our pupils, Mrs Nunn, Mr Aldridge and
I are looking forward to our return visit from 13th to 20th July. Look out for a full account of our trip in the Christmas
edition of ‘Within Range’.
Here is an account of the English leg of the German exchange from Anna Ferguson (9AM) and friends.
Mr Mackenzie, German Exchange Co-ordinator
On 1st of March 2016, 23 German pupils arrived at Range High School, to be greeted by 23 excited
English pupils all holding 1 letter of the ‘Welcome to Range High School’ banner. After eating a buffet
lunch Mr Aldridge officially welcomed the 23 German pupils and their 2 teachers to our school. We then
did fun ice breaker activities and played bench ball and took our partners home. We introduced our
partners to our families. We had a great talk and found out a lot about each other.
The next day at the end of break all 46 pupils hopped on a train to Southport. We had free time in
Southport then we had a mayoral reception at the Town Hall.
On Thursday and Friday our partners went on day trips. On Thursday they went to Chester and on Friday
they went to the Albert Dock.
We then spent the weekend with our partners and our families.
On Monday we all went to Anfield for a guided tour of the stadium then to the Anglican cathedral for a
guided tour. Then at seven o’clock everyone came with their family to school for a party.
Then in the morning, sadly, it was time to say goodbye. We waved them off as the train slowly departed.
We would highly recommend taking part in the German exchange as it is a fun-filled experience and a
great way to make new friends!
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Taylor Shaw - Reasons to Celebrate!
This term we have several reasons to celebrate:
Haggis Neeps and Tatties
on Burns Day
Monday 25th January
Chinese Stir Fry, Sweet and Sour Chicken/Vegetable Spring Rolls
for Chinese New Year - Year of the Monkey
Monday 8th February
Hot Pancakes with Lemon and Sugar
Heart Shaped Iced Biscuits
on Pancake Day - Tuesday 9th February
on Valentine’s Day - 14th February
Lamb Cawl (Welsh Lamb Stew)
and Welsh Rarebit for St David’s
Day - Monday 1st March
Plus lots of Easter inspired treats
are on sale right now!
We entertained
our German Exchange
visitors during their visit in
March
Coming Up … watch out for our European inspired dishes to
coincide with the European Referendum in June
We would like to wish you a lovely
Spring break - from Mrs Merrony
and the Catering Team
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Something Fishy is Going on at
Woodlands!
To develop our links with local primary schools, several Year 12 students, along with Mrs Gilbert and Mrs Swift,
have started a project with the Year 3 children at Woodlands Primary School.
The children decided that they would like to brighten up a corner outside their dinner hall with an underwater
theme and our resident mermaid, previously on display here, has taken a little holiday down the road!
Faye Gilfoyle (12JMU), Lucy Sudlow (12JMU) and Emma Ryan (12NS) have been helping one class to develop their
relief printing techniques by making fish prints. The other group have been busy with 3D design, making cardboard
fish in the style of artist Jason Scarpace, currently a project undertaken by our Year 9 students.
“I really enjoy going to Woodlands, I like helping the children to learn about new things , like making the fish.”
Emma Ryan
“I really enjoy going to Woodlands because I love helping the children with their artwork.” Faye Gilfoyle
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Sports Leaders @ Range
pupils. To become a Sports Leader pupils had to
apply and we were delighted that over 28 pupils
handed in a letter of application. The quality of
written communication was excellent and as a
result we have lots of excellent leaders enrolled on
the course.
The leaders are involved in the running of a cross
country event for local primary schools in aid of
sports relief; we hope the event will be a raging
success. In addition to this the Leaders will start to
go into local primary schools and deliver their
planned sporting sessions over the next few
weeks.
The Sports Leaders Level 1 Award started in
January 2016, when is was offered to year 10
Well done for all the hard work, keep it up.
Miss Seagraves, PE Department
First Taste of Tournament for
Year 7 Hockey Girls
The Year 7 girls’ hockey team
attended their first hockey
tournament on 17th March.
They were a delight to take and
all enjoyed their first hockey
experience. Range came 5th in
the 'A' tournament, after
playing schools that have been
playing competitive fixtures all
season.
We played 5 games & although
we didn't win any we played
well and put up a good
fight. The results were:
Bluecoat 0-0, St Edwards 3-0,
Liverpool
College
3-0,
Merchant
Taylors
1-0,
Greenbank 1-0.
Sophie Hall was my player of the tournament and Alice Nevin played
well in defence. The girls are looking forward to playing a bit more
hockey in Year 8.
The team: Olivia Dowling (c) (7DG), Liberty Murphy (7CT),
Emily Porter (7MCM), Libby Glenning (7CT), Alice Nevin (7CT), Lizzie
McCoy (7MCM), Jess Mordaunt (7CT), Sophie Hall (7KS).
Miss Burns, Girls’ Hockey Coach
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Girls’ Rugby Festival
In the recent Merseyside County round of the RFU
Girls' Rugby Festival the under 13 team played
really well to reach the semi-final stage, winning 3
games and losing 1. They still qualified for the latter
stages of the event due to their try scoring but they
lost out to a strong Rainford High School team in
the semi-final who will go on to represent
Merseyside at the Regional finals later in the
season.
Our under 13 squad is made up of girls from Years 7
& 8:
Rachel Robinson (8AMM), Olivia Mulvey (8MST),
Beatrice Beckett (8PP), Molly Graham (8AMM),
Jemima Swift (8MST), Hannah Gallimore (8AU),
Rebecca Cain (8CL), Liberty Murphy (7CT),
Ella Pruden (7KS).
inter-play and 4 spectacular tries. Scorers
were Jemima Swift and Beatrice Beckett
with one each, and a brace of tries for
Molly Graham saw us finish the pool
games on a high.
Our first game was against Wade Deacon from
Widnes and we won a close game 2-1. Beatrice
Beckett scored both of our tries from long range.
We then went on to beat Bluecoat School 4-0 with
tries from Beatrice Beckett, Jemima Swift, Olivia
Mulvey and Ella Pruden. Both Ella and Liberty, our
two year 7s, were experiencing their first taste of
full contact rugby and both played really well
throughout.
We lost our third game to Haydock High School 2-1
due to some silly mistakes. We forced some passes
and ran off the pitch twice which gave possession
back to this bigger team who weren't really as
skilful as the Range players.
This year there were 12 teams in the
Merseyside Tournament and almost 300
schools entered nationally. This is a bigger
number of schools entering than there are
in some of the traditional girls' games
competitions like hockey and netball.
All nine girls were a credit to the school. They play
hard and train hard and show all the qualities that
make up rugby's core values: Teamwork, Respect,
Enjoyment, Discipline, Sports(wo)manship.
Full contact rugby continues on a Monday evening
after school up to Easter and after the spring break
Touch Rugby will start on a Monday lunchtime for
all girls in Key Stage 3.
Miss Burns
Girls’ Rugby Coach
Not ones to lower their heads, our squad went
positively into their final pool game against OCR
and played really well with some fantastic team
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Y8 Merseyside Hockey Tournament
Range Hockey teams entered the Year 8
Merseyside Schools' Tournament recently. There
were two separate competitions for the A and B
teams and we are pleased to announce that the A
team came 4th overall and the B team won!
Other schools taking part included Merchant
Taylors, Liverpool College, St Edwards, Greenbank
and Bluecoat.
The A team top scorer was Isobel Evans (8AU) and
the B team top scorer was Charlotte Whitelaw
(8AU).
The B team Player of the Tournament as voted for
by the organiser was Hannah Gallimore (8AU).
The girls have been committed to pre-school
training sessions every week and their hard work
paid off. They were a pleasure to take to the
tournament as they are always well behaved, they
give of their best and are consequently a credit to
Range High School.
(8AMM), Abbie Hobbs (8AMM), Emma Holden
(8PC), Isobel Evans (8AU).
A team - Esme Steiger (c) (8MST), Niamh Millar
(8MST), Rebecca Cain (8CL), Mollie Graham
Ms G Burns, Girls’ Hockey Coach
B team - Hannah Gallimore (c) (8AU), Evie Wright
(8AU), Rachel Robinson (8AMM), Olivia Mulvey
(8MST), Charlotte Whitelaw (8AU), Jemima Swift
(8MST), Naomi Harrison (8JCW).
Year 9 Rugby Team Retain Title!
Range High School retained their North West
Emerging Schools title with a thrilling, closely
fought encounter with Standish High School
recently.
The winning score, 20-17 was achieved in the
dying moments of the game when Louis Vidamour
gathered the ball 30 metres out and out paced the
defence to touch down.
Earlier tries from Captain Alex Buck, Keir Gordon
and Chris Seitis had nudged Range ahead before
Standish struck back with three well taken tries,
one garnished with an all important conversion.
Time seemed to be running out for Range but
champions never accept defeat and they
continued to push, looking for the decisive score
which came just before the referee’s whistle
signalled time to celebrate!
Earlier in the season, the Year 9 team lost in the
Lancashire Cup in the quarter finals to Rossall
School and in the Plate Competition at the same
stage to Bolton School. Both defeats , against fee
paying schools with regular Saturday fixtures were
very close and so the boys can be very proud of
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their performances this year.
Mr Cropper, Boys’ Rugby Coach
Team: Josh Pieles (9HDB), James Connaughton
(9CRG), Liam Doherty (9CRG), Chis Seitis (9JP),
Alex Buck (9HDB), Sam Neary (9JLL), Keir Gordon
(9HDB), Ethan Esgin (9JP), Jack Terry (9AM),
Alex McCoy (9CDA), Joe Jones (9JEM), Tom
Kwissa (9AM), Sam Nourish (9JEM), Alex
Harcombe (9KHU), Finn Gordon (9HDB), Louis
Vidamour (9HDB).
Boys who played in earlier rounds but missed the
final: Gabe Ellis (9JEM), Joe Fleming (9JEM),
Dylan Wordley (9CDA), Kyle Parr (9HDB).
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Netball Success!
There have been many successes in netball this
season. The Year 7 and 8 teams have made steady
progress with notable achievements in the
Southport and Formby tournament. 7A won the
'Fair Play' award, which is given to the teams who
respect the rules and their opponents throughout
the competition. 7B played a fantastic tournament
and placed 3rd, 8A placed 4th and the 8B team
were runners up! Well done girls - keep up the
good work next season.
The Year 9/U14 netball team have seen fantastic
successes this year. They made it through the
regional round of the National Schools Netball
competition to the regional finals, and went
through to the County Finals in first place and
finished overall County runners up!
The U14 Netball Team
The Year 10 netball team have had a mixed
season, they started the year well but also
suffered some losses. They placed 3rd in the
Southport and Formby tournament and also
entered
the
County
tournament.
The U18 netball team have had a hugely successful
season and remain unbeaten outside of the
tournaments that they have entered. The U18's
also progressed through to National Schools
Regional finals and went through to the County
finals in first place. They had a fantastic
tournament, winning every game and finishing as
County Champions! Well done, ladies!
Miss Singleton
Netball Coach
The U18 Netball Team
Year 11 Boys’ Football Update
The boys unfortunately were knocked out of the Sefton cup in an entertaining though tough game
against Deyes High. The game was played at the neutral venue of Formby Football Club and was evenly
contested with the weather playing a part.
This is the last competition the Year 11s were involved in as a team before the pupils move into sixth
form and whatever lies ahead after Range.
At this point I would like to say that it has been a joy to be the teacher in charge of the team from Year 7.
Winning the Sefton Cup in Year 7 feels like yesterday! One of my favourite memories is of our trip to
Ajax.
Well done to all Year 11s who have ever represented the school over the past 5 years - it has been a joy
and pleasure.
Mr Dougherty, Head of PE
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Boys and Girls at the Double!
It was another busy and ultimately
very successful term for the school’s
cross country runners, as both the
boys and girls were overall winners
of the Sefton Trophy, and two of our
runners went on to represent
Merseyside at national level.
SEFTON TROPHY FINAL POSITIONS
AFTER 3 RACES
Y7 Girls
6th
Y8/9 Girls
2nd
Y10/11 Girls
3rd
Girls: Range were overall winners
performances in both races from
Leo Christian (7JDS), Conor Lloyd
(7AS) Lawrence Smith (7ABO)
Caolan Clements (7MCM) and
James Lowcock (7ABO).
Only 4 Year 7 girls ran on home soil
(or should that be sand!) in January,
and Jasmin Spence (7MCM) was our
first runner home in 19th place.
There was a much better turnout at
Birkdale Common, and Lucy O’Brien
(7JDS) did well to finish also in 19th
place, as the team finished 6th
overall.
In January on a beautiful clear sunny
Y7 Boys
4th
day, Range High School was the
perfect venue for the second Sefton
Y8/9 Boys
1st
Trophy fixture of the season.
Y10/11 Boys 1st
Although we had no individual
Boys: Range were overall winners
winners, a number of our teams
used local knowledge to their
advantage. Chief among them was the Senior Boys’ team The Year 8/9 girls would have been disappointed not to
who emerged as the winners thanks to superb runs from take advantage of local knowledge in the January race
Joe Niven (10NJJ) in 3rd place, and Joe Mulhall, but they made up for it by finishing second in the Birkdale
Elliot Hobbs (both 11TM) and Conor Dykes (10JAR) in 8th, Common event. Ellie Priestner (8JCW) and Freya Walsh
9th and 10th positions respectively. There were 12 runners (8PP) were our best performers, and they were backed
from Range out of a total of 38, another brilliant turnout up by good runs from Nina Macy (9JP) Abigail Priestner
from the Year 10 and 11 boys. In the third and final race (8JCW), Esme Steiger (8MST) and Hannah Burton (8SD).
of the season at Birkdale Common, our lads put in an Apart from Nina, all these girls are in Year 8 so to finish
even better performance and ran out comfortable 2nd in the 3 races overall is a superb achievement, and
winners thanks to a stunning 2nd place for the fast they should be aiming to finish 1st overall next year as
improving Joe Mulhall 2nd, Joe Niven, who was again 3rd, they will still be in the same age group.
and Elliot Hobbs 5th, and thus secured overall victory over
Finally the Year 10/11 talented trio of Hollie Dodds,
the three races. Such is the strength in depth at this level
Jenny Williams (both 10JM), and Abigail Dykes (10JAR)
that our ‘B’ team finished 3rd overall.
ran well in both their races finishing 4 th and 3rd, in spite of
There was similar success for the Year 8/9 Boys’ team, as wearing coats for the first lap of the final race at Birkdale
they came out on top by a very narrow margin against a common. It’s a good job Mr Dougherty was on had to
talented Sacred Heart team. Having won the first race of relieve them of their excess clothing on the second lap.
the season, the boys came under pressure as Sacred To win the Sefton Trophy each school has to field a team
Heart won the next two races. As both teams were then in every race and in the past this has not always been the
tied on 5 points, the count back rule came into force and case at this age group. But thanks to the persistence of
our boys pipped their Crosby rivals by a mere two points. these three girls Range was able to claim the overall girls’
The stand out performers in the team were Harry Pike title.
(9AM), Josh Pieles, - taking a break from sprinting To round off a fine season we were pleased to see that
Finn Gordon (both 9HDB), Freddie Price (9KHU) and
Harry Pike, Freya Walsh, Sam Coupland, Ellie Priestner
David Jump (9CDA). If any of those boys had finished
and Joe Mulhall all went on to represent Sefton in the
two places lower in any of their 3 races we would not
Merseyside Schools championships. Harry, Sam and Freya
have emerged victorious. Harry was the stand out
all received medals for finishing in the top 4 for Sefton;
performer with a 4th and 3rd place in this term’s two
Harry then went on to represent Merseyside in the
races, well supported by Josh (7th and 10th), Finn (6th and
English Schools Cross Country Championships and Freya
th
th
nd
th
8 ), David 9 in the 2 race and Freddie 13 in the final
also represented her region in the UK Inter-Counties
race. There will be fierce competition between these lads
Championships.
and the likes of Keir Gordon (9HDB) and George
Mordaunt (9AM) when it comes to the English Schools In the next academic year we will be the proud host of
the English Schools Cross Country Cup Final on Saturday 3
competition in the Autumn term 2016.
December. Let’s hope at least one of our teams will be
th
The Year 7 boys finished 5 in both their races, even
representing the school at this prestigious event, as we
though they could not count on the services of star
look forward to more success in the next academic year.
rd
runner Sam Coupland (7MCM) in the 3 race. Sam had
Mr Mackenzie, Cross Country Coach
finished 3rd in the race at Range, and there were good
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Within Range
Sports Relief Mile
Sports Relief week saw all Range pupils complete a mile
for the charity during their PE lessons and donate £1.
The funds raised have reached over £400. Thank you to
all who donated.
During Sports Relief week
Year 5 and 6 pupils from St
Luke's Primary School also
visited Range to run 1 mile
cross country. Our Year 10
sports leaders did a great job
of running the event.
Well done St Luke's runners
and our sports leaders.
Basketball @ Range
The Year 7 team have played 3 fixtures
this term, with matches against Christ the
King, Formby High and Birkdale High.
The enthusiasm and dedication of the
team has been fantastic! Alex Maher
(7ABO) has been pivotal in the success
of the team, in particular, by driving them
forward. Joe Jones (9JEM) has been
excellent at giving coaching advice and
setting up drills that the boys have
benefitted from.
A forthcoming trip to see the Harlem
Globetrotters will hopefully give the boys
lots of tips on how to become the best!
Well done boys and remember ‘practice
makes perfect’.
Mr Dougherty, Head of PE
Issue No. 79
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Dates for your Diary ...
Summer Term
See school website for term dates 2016-2017
Monday 18th April 2016
Inset Day
Tuesday 19th April 2016
Term starts
Monday 2nd May 2016
Bank Holiday (May Day)
Monday 30th May - Friday 3rd June 2016
Half Term
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 12.45pm
Term ends
Great Season for Hockey Girls
The Under 14 girls' hockey team have had a
fabulous season. They won the county round of the
national schools' tournament at the start of the
season, reached the regional finals in Lytham and
finally they won the senior county tournament on
Friday 18th March. This team, led by Hannah Fraser
have been county champions for 3 years which is
remarkable as they enter the senior competition
against all schools from the state and private
sector. In the tournament last week we played
some great hockey, despite being without one of
our key players, Nina Macy, who is out injured.
Several other players stepped up the mark to
maintain our 100% win rate in county competitions.
We played six games, won 5 and drew 1:
Win - Bluecoat 4-0
Hannah Fraser 2, Sophie Cooke 2
Win - Liverpool College 4-0 Sophie Cooke 4
Win - St.Mary's 6-0
Rebecca Warne 1, Sophie Cooke 5
Draw - Greenbank 0-0
Win - St Edwards 2-0
Esme Steiger 1, Sophie Cooke 1
Win - Merchants 2-0
Charlotte Armstrong 1, Holly Stainton 1
The squad that won the Merseyside Tournament
on 18/03/16: Olivia Mulvey (8MST), Niamh Millar
(8MST), Hannah Fraser (c) (9CDA), Beth Carney
(9AM), Katie Thomas-Lee (9HDB), Esme Steiger
(8MST), Abbie Hobbs (8AMM), Holly Stainton
(9AM), Charlotte Armstrong (9CDA), Holly Steiger
(9HDB), Molly Graham (9AMM), Sophie Cooke
(9KHU), Rebecca Warne (9HDB).
Congratulations to all the girls who have played for
the under 14 squad this season. Particularly to
the girls above. However we mustn't forget
the others who have played; Nina Macy (9JP),
Lauren Smith (9AM), Niamh O'Brien (9HDB), Jess
Bain (9JP) and Alice Rennie (9CRG).
Enjoy your summer break girls!
Miss Burns, Girls’ Hockey Coach
Range High School Stapleton Road Formby L37 2YN • Tel: 01704 879315 • E-mail: [email protected]
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