Settle College Matters Feb 2015

Settle College Matters
BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Newsletter
February 2015
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Although this half-term is a short one we still have lots to report! As I write this the students are doing
their final rehearsal for Grease and we are all looking forward to another excellent school production.
The dedication of the students and staff involved is amazing. They have worked tirelessly since
September.
Students from Year 9 to Year 13 are busy preparing for their final examinations which are now only
ten school weeks away! There are lots of revision sessions going on to support the students to ensure
they achieve the very best grades in their summer examinations. We wish the students every success
and will continue to support them in any way we can.
I would like to congratulate last year's Year 11 students, current Year 12s, for achieving excellent GCSE
results in the summer. The League Tables, which were released on Thursday, 29th January, put us in
second place in North Craven and 6th out of 77 secondary schools in the whole of North Yorkshire
based on Value Added measures. As I reported in my last letter to parents this puts us in the top 8% of
schools nationally. This is down to the hard work and dedication of our students who are ably
supported by their teachers and their families. We are never complacent and we strive to improve
every year.
I am absolutely delighted that we now have a defibrillator in school (see article on page 11) . As you
will know Kate Beresford, one of our Year 13 students, has been working extremely hard to fundraise
for four defibrillators for the Settle area. I can't thank her enough for the dedication she has shown to
raising funds for such an important cause.
Just a reminder, it is mock exam week straight after the half-term holidays, therefore students should
be using next week as an opportunity to do some revision and preparation. They should also ensure
they have all the correct equipment so there is no delay to the start of their exams.
Have a lovely half term.
With all best wishes.
Ms M Costello
Principal
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SENIOR PRIZE GIVING
Senior Prizegiving takes place every year and the main focus is the success of the students at AS and A2,
along with presentation of A Level and GCSE certificates. It is held at St Alkelda’s Church in Giggleswick
and is a great evening celebrating the success of our students.
This year’s Senior Prizegiving was a great success
and included our fantastic guest speaker Rhiannon
Padley. Rhiannon, a former Settle College student,
went on to study at the University of Northumbria,
where she studied History and Politics. She now
works in the Houses of Parliament as
Parliamentary Assistant to Priti Patel MP, who is
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. Rhiannon
talked about her journey and how working hard
and getting the most out of every experience is very
important.
Rhiannon Padley
Our Principal, Ms Costello, and Chair of
Governors, Mrs Rees, gave speeches to the audience packed with parents, students and
staff. The audience were also entertained by
Thomas Oxley, Jamie Lewis, Jessica Bailey,
Courtney Townley and James Ryan who
performed their wonderful musical talents.
Students were awarded certificates and prizes
for their hard work and achievement at
A Level and students from last year’s Year 11
were awarded GCSE certificates. Previous
students who have just started University
returned to St Alkelda’s Church to receive
their awards and the evening was a great
success.
Jess Edwards receiving her awards and
certificates from Rhiannon Padley
Anna Marshall
Head Girl
Thomas Oxley sharing his musical talents
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LANDROVER 4X4 SCHOOLS’ TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE
We are very privileged to have Ribblesdale Land Rover supporting Settle College in their quest to
compete in the Land Rover 4x4 Schools’ Technology Challenge, against other regional teams.
Mr Scott’s STEM team have to work together to
manufacture their own vehicle body, the vehicle
electrics (light and tilt sensor) and have an
in-depth knowledge and understanding of the
vehicle’s suspension, drive train, chassis and
wheels. Each Team member will compete
against other teams and guide the remote
control vehicle across tracks, which emulate
terrain in real life, in the same way that a full
scale 4x4 vehicle would.
The STEM Team with Mr Scott and Mr Airey
The Team will visit Ribblesdale Land Rover to
gain an insight into the real workings of a 4x4
vehicle and its components. Ribblesdale’s
Service Manager, Brian Airey, said “It’s great to
see students enthusiastically taking up this
challenge and my team and I are happy to
support them along the way”.
Mr G Scott
Director of Technology Specialism
… with the designs and model
The model in operation!
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SETTLE COLLEGE WINTER SHOW
What a success! We held our Winter Show on
Tuesday, 16th December and were amazed
with the response. The number of entries was
far bigger than we expected and the quality of
entries was absolutely fantastic, similar to the
bigger shows at Malham and Kilnsey!
The whole morning was amazing; we each had
different categories to judge and spent time
looking through the entries and deciding who
to award the prizes to. It was very difficult so
we were pleased that Mrs Holgate, one of our
school Governors, was on hand to offer her
expert advice!
The show team!
Matthew Fawcett took a great deal of time in
cracking the eggs to examine the yolks in the
“cracking eggs” category, but Marcus Gait had one of
the best jobs judging the spectacular and delicious
cake section. Tom Panter and I had a really hard job
deciding on the best cattle photographs, there were
some fine photos out there! Many staff also entered
and won prizes and I heard the SEN team were
particularly competitive! The form with the most
winning categories was Mr Wiggan’s Year 7 form well done to them!
For our CoPE group, the Winter Show was about
working together and improving our organisational
skills. We can confidently say that we successfully
managed to do that. The whole point of the show
was to get everybody involved in an enjoyable whole
school event and many students rose to the
challenge. We have many talented students at Settle
College and I bet you will see their names at the local
agricultural shows in years to come. We all had fun
and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone
who entered. You were all stars and we only wish
we could have given everybody a prize.
Mya Priestley
Year 11
Top - Mrs Holgate and Will Simpson
Middle - The judge’s decision is final!
Above - The fantastic array of cakes
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SETTLE COLLEGE WINTER SHOW RESULTS
Thank you to everyone involved in the Settle Winter show on Tuesday, 16th December, and especially
to the entrants. The standard was unbelievable and the judges had an extremely hard job in making
their final decisions. Every single entry deserved a prize but after consultation with Chief Judge Mrs
“Revel Horwood” Holgate, the final winners were:
Best Kept Pet
1-Matthew Fawcett 11M
2-Emily Carpenter 8K
3-Freddie Howarth 9K
Best Pie
1-Paddy Capstick 9K
Tallest Weed
1-Mrs Lodge SEN Team
2-Mrs Parker SEN Team
Edible Necklace
1-Jeanneil Modar 11K
2-Mrs Lodge SEN Team
3-Abbie Richards 7W
Photograph of a Sheep
1-Kean Patrick 7W
2-Emily Panter 11K
3-Joe Wills 10M
Photograph of a Tractor
1-Charlie Metcalfe 7K
2-Eddie Holgate 11M
3-Chloe Handley 8W
Photograph of Dairy Cattle
1-Eddie Holgate 11M
2-Emily Panter 11K
3-Miss L McNamara SEN Team
Whole Cake
Standards were so high we had
to award some joint places.
1-Gemma Darwin 9R
2-Rosie Pettifer 7M /Jess Piper
10K
3-Leonie Dale 8K/Catherine
Sawyer 9K
Flapjack
1-Abi Fawcett 9M
2-Jack Garnett 9K
3-Ben Allan 7W special award for
gluten/wheat free!!
Special mention to Mrs Pursglove’s
daughter who made the most
exciting chocolate flapjacks, judges
thought hers were definitely worthy
of a prize despite not being a member
of the College and only 10 years old!
Brownies
1-Laura Murfin 9M
2-Isobel Clements 10W
3-Rebecca Chamberlain 11R
Decorated Welly
1-Catherine Sawyer 9W
Special prize for most spectacular/
tallest cake and “how the on earth
did she get it into school” award-
Millie Brennan 8W
Photograph of Beef Cattle
1-Mrs Nash SEN Team
2-James Beresford 8M
3-Gemma Darwin 9R
Drawing/Picture or Painting
1-Melanie Hallam 10W
2-Derek Palmer 11K
3-Rhys Watmough 7W
Matchbox Competition
1-Miss K Buckley SEN Team
2-Morgan Gilmore 7W
3-Freddie Howarth 9K
Arrangement of Flowers
1-Josh Capstick 9K
Decorated Buns
1-Chloe Handley 8W
2-Leonie Dale 8K
3-Jade Knights 11K
Butterfly Buns
1-Lauren Soames 7M
2-Claire Scaife 9K
3-Robert Johnson 9K
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Decorated Egg
1-Miss Parker SEN Team
2-Ben Allan 7W
3-Anna Ward 8W
Laid Egg Competition
1-Abbie Richards 7W
2-Jack Pinder 9K
3-Luke Harrison 8K
Cracking Egg Competition
1-Luke Harrison 8K
VISITING SPEAKERS
JULIAN BURKINSHAW
ROLLS ROYCE
Sixth Form students had the opportunity to listen
to a fellow student on Friday, 16th January. Julian
Burkinshaw came back for the morning to deliver
an assembly and later lead a lesson on his current
studies. Julian left Settle College in 2007 and went
to Salford University to study for a BSc in
Geography. He is currently studying for a PHD at
Leeds University in the field of Geography looking
at sustainable transport and networks. Students
thoroughly enjoyed his
presentation about his
experiences at University and his tips for life as a
student. His presentation to the Year 13 Geography
group took us global, providing an informative insight into his research, whilst fitting it alongside
our unit of study. These sessions proved to be very
powerful and our students thoroughly enjoy them.
Should you be interested in coming into school to
offer any sessions to main school or Sixth Form
students, then please do not hesitate to get in
touch.
On Tuesday, 10th February, we were joined
by David Fisher of Rolls-Royce, who held a
question and answer session in the library.
Twenty-six students from Years 8 to 13 attended the event which highlights again the
above
average number of students with
an interest in both STEM subjects and careers in this field.
David Fisher spoke about engineering in
general and the process of applying for
apprenticeships at the firm, and two current
apprentices talked about their experience in
the industry.
All the students found the session extremely
interesting and the feedback from students
was excellent.
David Fisher speaking to students
Mr G Whitaker
Director of Sixth Form
Two current Rolls Royce apprentices share
their experience of working for the
company
If you have any business or professional
experience you would like to share with our
students, please contact me at college.
([email protected] )
Mrs G Walker
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CELEBRITY CHEF VISITS SETTLE COLLEGE
On Friday, 23rd January GCSE Catering
students at Settle College were thrilled
to receive a visit from one of Yorkshire’s
Leading Chefs, Stephanie Moon.
Stephanie is a past student of Settle
College and Craven College and she
returned to talk to GCSE students who
are currently studying the theme of
International Cuisine as part of their
GCSE Catering assessment work.
Some of our Year 11 Catering students with Stephanie
Stephanie fascinated students discussing her work and experiences which included: London’s
renowned hotel, The Dorchester, St Moritz, Munich and Australia working in some of the finest hotels
and restaurants as well as various media appearances including; Street Market Chefs and The Great
British Menu.
Stephanie attended Buckingham Palace where she won the
‘National Young Achievers Award’ hosted by Her Majesty the Queen
and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. She has also won Yorkshire Life’s
Chef of the Year, Deliciouslyorkshire Champion and won a bronze
medal in the National British Culinary Federation Chef of the Year
competition.
Currently, Stephanie is working as a Consultant Chef at Rudding
Park Hotel in Harrogate which has recently won the accolade of
Best Hotel outside London. She also works as a Chef Tutor and in
her role as Deliciouslyorkshire Champion she continues her work
to promote Yorkshire food.
Ms Mason, Subject Leader, Catering said ‘Stephanie’s passion and
infectious enthusiasm for her work was a great inspiration to
students and she provided them with much “food for thought” with
regards to their GCSE projects. All students will write up the
session as part of their coursework research and we are looking
forward to reading their accounts of the fabulous visit’.
Ms R Mason
Catering Teacher
Stephanie demonstrating
her skills
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YOUNG BUTCHER IN THE MAKING…
During a Catering lesson a student came to say ‘Paddy’s
speech was brilliant last night.’, I was intrigued and
asked Paddy Capstick about his public speaking, he
promised to bring his notes in and tell us all about it. A
couple of days later, during lunch break, Paddy came and
told me he had won a Young Farmers’ Junior Public
Speaking competition, which put him through to the
Northern Area competition. He then read me his prize
winning speech, entitled ‘Decision Made’, which is all
about why he has chosen to be a butcher for his future
career. The speech is full of facts, information, funny
quips and is very well written.
Paddy Capstick
Paddy has a real passion for his chosen career as a butcher and this was obvious throughout his
speech. My personal favourite part of the speech read “Food fashions come and go. Successful,
independent butchers nowadays must provide much more convenient and prepared dishes and have
deli counters to cater for customers’ busy working lifestyles. I can’t image tripe and onions making a
really popular comeback! I recently found in an old recipe book a Sheep’s Head dish instructing the
cook to quarter the head, boil it then pound the brains!!!” As a teacher, I am grateful this dish is not
on the menu for GCSE Catering lessons! Paddy has agreed to be the guest speaker in Year 9 assembly
and I am sure the students will find the speech very interesting and inspiring.
Well done Paddy and good luck with the next round of the competition.
Mrs Lodge
Catering Teacher
LOOKING TOWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION
As the Year 12 students look towards their AS examinations they will also be going through the process of their future and next steps. As part of this we support our students through careers guidance, University applications and life beyond Settle College. We have events in June and July for the
Students looking towards higher education, both in school and out at Lancaster and Leeds Universities. We would urge all parents/careers to have discussions with their son/daughter. A
really
useful starting point is the UCAS website link below which provides practical advice about the
University process. We will be writing to all parents/carers later in the year about opportunities to
come into school to discuss this further and listen to the Universities talk about the process.
https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/getting-started/parents-and-guardians
Mr G Whitaker
Director of Sixth Form and Assistant Principal
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SIXTH FORM TASTER DAY
We held our Sixth Form Taster Day on Thursday, 15th January to enable our current Year 11 students,
along with some students from other schools, to come and experience Sixth Form teaching and
learning. All subjects were represented and students had the opportunity to sign up to as many
sessions as they wanted to experience. The day was a great success and students gave a lot of positive
feedback, leading to their application submission on Friday, 23rd January 2015. We look forward to
welcoming these students in September along with others coming to our Sixth Form from other
schools. Should you require details of Sixth Form options, then please visit our website
www.settlecollege.org.uk or contact me directly using the college telephone number, 01729 822451 or
via email: [email protected], to arrange a meeting.
Mr G Whitaker
Director of Sixth Form
Our core aim as a Sixth Form is to enable all students
to fulfil their potential and strive to be the best they
can be, this is underpinned by:
• Excellent academic provision at A level – 50% A+-B
(2014).
• Student centred learning.
• A supportive and caring environment in which every
student is known.
• A broad and balanced curriculum with strong
academic and vocational provision.
• Excellent enrichment and leadership opportunities.
• High standards of respect, courtesy and behaviour.
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SETTLE COLLEGE NOW HAVE A DEFIBRILLATOR!
‘Bringing the heart into Settle’ have fundraised enough money to be able to purchase a Public Access
Defibrillator (PAD) for Settle College!
Recently, I wrote an article for the December
2014 issue of Settle College Matters about
our campaign to fundraise enough money to
buy 4 defibrillators. This article was to inform parents, guardians, students and
friends of Settle College about the fabulous
work we have been doing over the past few
months; through cake sales, gaining support
from businesses from Settle and Skipton;
securing a bag packing event at Booths and
so much more.
Mrs Hart (School Business Manager) and Kate Beresford
with the college defibrillator
Since then, the campaign has continued to gain momentum with the generosity of various organisations and the strong support from those who live in the community of Settle and in the surrounding
areas.
Our bag packing event on Monday, 23rd December 2014 fundraised over £580, and we had a generous
donation from the Town Council of Settle too. Furthermore, Ribblesdale Rugby Club has started to
We are very proud to announce that we have raised enough money to purchase a defibrillator for
Settle College. The defibrillator will soon be placed in the reception of the School for easy access.
Initially we were going to place the defibrillator on the outside of the school, however we are
currently fundraising money for an external box to put the PAD owned by Settle Swimming Pool
outside, therefore we will have one PAD within the proximity of the school. Soon we will be holding
CPR evenings at Settle College to teach the students, parents and other members of the community
how to administer CPR as well as how to use the defibrillator.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kind donations and continued
support for our campaign, without you this would not have been possible. We hope that you will
continue to support us as our campaign isn’t over yet!
Coming up, we have a ‘Wear what you want day’ in school on Friday, 13th February, which should
hopefully raise in excess of £500. We also plan to hold more bake sales and co-operate with others to
raise further funds for the project. We are still yet to purchase a PAD for the centre of Settle, to be
placed on the Town Hall, and an external box for the PAD at Settle Swimming Pool. Booths are
currently in the process of buying a PAD and we should see it on the outside of their store soon.
Fundraising for this project has been a great opportunity to get to know people within the community
and to see the kindness of those who have supported us. I am much looking forward to seeing the
instalment of all four PADs and to see that all of our hard work has paid off.
Thank you.
Kate Beresford
Year 13
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TARGET MENTORING PROGRAMME
PARENT, TEACHER ASSOCIATION
The target mentoring programme run by Lancaster
University offers students in Year 12 the
opportunity to work with students from Lancaster
University, to understand more about university
life and to feel a little more confident about the
prospects of going to university. We are working
with current students from the University and have
already attended one session which ran on
Thursday, 22nd January 2015.
Our next event will be providing refreshments
for the College’s annual drama production,
“Grease”. Once again Lower School forms will
be producing hampers for the raffle, with a
prize being awarded to the form that produces
the best hamper. Tickets will be sold on each
night of the performance and winners will be
drawn on the last night, Thursday 12th
February. All winners will be announced in
the next edition of Settle College Matters.
The session introduced us to more about the
finances involved with university, but also helped
us to work out the cost of food and living whilst
there. We also talked about the jobs that are
available through the University itself and found
out more about the financial side. Overall, the first
session was really interesting and made me feel a
little more confident about what will be involved in
university life. I am really looking forward to seeing
how the programme turns out and feel that it will
be a great thing to take part in and will make us feel
more prepared for both applying and going to university in the future.
Ciara Parkinson – Jones
Year 12
We are already busy planning more events
and fundraisers for this year. Look out for
news on our PTA page or the calendar page of
the Settle College website for further details,
www.settlecollege.org.uk.
The PTA is a growing band of parents who
meet up once every half term to organise
either social or fundraising events (or both!)
in College. Our meeting dates are on our page
on Settle College’s website and usually take
place in either the conference room or the
library. All parents are very welcome to
attend meetings and offer ideas or their help
at events. Either just turn up or contact our
Secretary, Vicky Sawyer for more information.
Email [email protected] and
mark for the attention of the PTA.
Mrs V Sawyer
PTA Secretary
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YEAR 8 COASTAL POEMS
During their Geography lessons Year 8 students have been writing poems to describe the coast. There
has been some fantastic work completed and here is just a small selection of the poetry for you to
enjoy.
Life of a Sea Stack
Coastal Poem
I stand here solitary
Braving the forces of the waves
Gazing at the iridescent surface
Not stirred by what lies beneath
I look to either side, at my stony older brothers
An army of towering spires
The waves crash against the rocks,
As the boats rock around in the docks.
Seagulls screech very loud,
While the cliffs stand tall and proud.
Years have passed and I did last through each and
every one
Some friends stayed and some have gone
Lost to the inconsistent tide
I wear my battle scars with pride
But it hurts me more inside
More time has gone by
And it is just I
Who is still here, holding on
But if I was being frank
I would rather like my brethren, gone
Here it comes, the final assault
I collapse and rest my weary soul…
The caves created by a crack,
As the waves roll around the stack.
The waves won’t stop this merciless torture,
But if we want the coasts they better ought to
The climbers scrabble up the fragile sides,
While the sailors in the sea slip and slide.
The waves are taking away the precious land,
So next time you are at the beach don’t just appreciate the grainy sand.
The rock from the poor cliffs fall down,
Down into the sea where it will drown.
It rolls around under the waves,
It gets washed up into the caves.
By Emma Dunkley
By Cameron Ogilvie
Coast Poem
Haikus
The coast has lots of mysterious power,
For example the sea stack, the tall, rock tower.
The waves, the waves that lie on the coast,
Are the most powerful thing, almost.
Most Hawaii coasts have lots of colours,
Unlike it’s other vast, coastal brothers.
The sea can strike with a powerful whack,
Then it goes back in for another attack!
Coastline, all is good,
Then BOOM, CRASH, POW, BANG, KABOOM!
Another chunk gone…
Coastal erosion,
Can be very dangerous,
I hope you survive!
Both By Sam Wills
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The Great Jagged Coasts
Coastal Erosion Poem
The sea moves closer,
Getting stronger,
It seems by the day.
The great jagged coasts,
All along the cliff side,
Many homes destroyed,
By the highly ferocious waves.
The rock resists,
But the sea insists,
There seems no other way.
'We need to move!'
My mother cries,
Is she right or is it lies?
Many people surf them,
Gliding into shore,
But the can also be destructive
Not many people surf them
anymore.
Coastal Poem
But the landscape is reshaping,
Coasts are actually quite unlucky,
As our house is shaking,
As the sea crashes against them
We need to go!
mercilessly.
The waves never stop,
Over the cliff our house is
And the boats rock around unhanging,
controllably.
My tummy turning,
My head is banging.
Soon we'll be living in the sea,
A home for the fish,
But not for me!
We pack up our stuff,
And off we go,
To where? I don't know.
Our house is destroyed,
It's all gone,
Like it was never there all along.
By Lily Whittle
Caves created by a crack,
As the waves give them a smack.
It is one of nature’s wonders,
But the cliffs don’t agree
As their precious rock gets
washed away.
The sea also creates sea-stacks,
Which people try to climb.
They don’t always fare well,
and crash into the jagged sides.
So when you next go to the
beach,
Take a moment to appreciate,
The cliffs toils and pleas
To stop the crashing sea,
From eroding it’s smooth and
shiny rock.
By Rhianna Cockett
14
The waves are hitting harder,
They’re starting to erode,
But the cliffs have to put up with
weather too,
Because acid rain corrodes.
Most of your houses are inland,
So you’re pretty much saved,
But remember you’re never
safe,
From the crashing tidal waves.
By John-Jo Cummins
The Cliff that Became a Stack
I’m alive and full of peaceful joy,
As I watch the sea sail by.
A crash, a bang, a shhhh, a thump
Part of me is gone!
I don’t know why it happened
Or what will become of me
For now there is a great big hole
And I’m a stump, alone at sea
As the monster fills the gaping hole
I’m hurting deep inside
A crash, a bang, a shhhh, a thump
Will be me soon, anytime!
As I die a lonely death
The sun greats me with pride
And finally the waves depart
And I know I’m still alive
I can now see the tropical blue
As the beauty of the day
The winter storm has blown away
Lost in the springtime, summer
Haze
By Keaver Gilmore
STUDENT LED ASSEMBLIES
Continuing with our Student Led Assemblies, I am very proud of the interesting and thought
provoking assemblies which have taken place this half –term:
Many thanks to Form 9R, for their informative
assembly on World Aids Day.
Thanks also to 10K for their assembly
about the works of Martin Luther King.
Miss A Vickery
Year 9 and 10 Learning Manager
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“GREASE”
The run up to the performance...
Rehearsals, which started back in September, for
“Grease” are nearing the end and the curtain is
about to be raised for the final performance. The
show is now being polished off and finalised ready
for the audience to see. The performances will be
staged in the Settle College Upper School hall on
Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday
12th February. We look forward to seeing you
there.
Harry Garman and Edd Garland
Year 12
Perfecting the performance...
The Cast: Jan (Alice Taylor), Marty (Molly Summersgill-Smith), Danny (Tom Parkinson),
Roger (Andrew Huck), Sandy (Mary Davis), Sonny (Max Orrell), Eugene (Jake Tatham),
Kenickie (Tom Hollyhead), Frenchie (Karla Heppenstall)
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FORENSIC SCIENCE DAY
On Tuesday, 20th January, three teams of forensic
scientists from Year 13 were brought to a murder
scene. Witness statements were taken and the crime
scene was processed using various chemical,
physical and biological analytical techniques.
Analysis of the evidence is still ongoing but the
scene of crime officers have a preliminary theory
about the crime. It is thought that the victim was
shot from behind whilst working
overtime. At
present there is no clear motive and the police are
questioning five suspects in relation to the crime.
Once all the evidence has been
thoroughly analysed and collated
our forensic scientists will write an
expert witness statement and
present it at court.
The students used all the skills they
have learnt throughout their
Forensics course to analyse the
evidence and draw their conclusions.
Miss R Ronchetti
Science Teacher
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AS GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP TO BRADFORD
On Monday, 2nd February, the Year 12 Geography class went on a fieldtrip to Bradford, as part of our
changing population unit, to investigate what effects a changing population has had on a city.
When we arrived in Bradford, after having nearly
missed our train from Shipley, we began our
investigation at the top of Manningham Lane, near
the city centre. Here we noted down the types of
services that were there on maps of the area, and
continued doing this as we made our way down
Manningham Lane out of the city, stopping off at the
Bradford City ground on the way, causing many
conflicts of opinion amongst the football fans in the
group!
As it was a freezing cold day we tried to make our
journey through the city as efficient as possible,
stopping at various points to note down the
changing nature of the services and facilities as we
travelled out of the city, through the City,
Manningham and Heaton, the suburbs of the city.
Overall, it was a very informative and interesting
day which gave us all a better understanding of
how changing populations can affect the nature of
cities.
Aspen and Tala Pattinson
Year 12
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YOUNG SPORTS LEADERS
Fifteen of our students from Years 8, 9 and 10
supported the North Craven Primary School
Indoor Athletics Championship, which was held
in Giggleswick.
The students were separated into teams. They
then set up and managed different events, from
standing long jump to javelin. Some of the
students calculated the scores at the end of the
event.
All of the young sporting leaders
supported the primary students and
encouraged them to do their best.
Excellent coaching was evident from some
students, which was greatly appreciated by
the primary school staff. This was a
fantastic event and our students were
excellent
role
models
and
great
ambassadors for Settle College!
Mr G Paisley
Assistant Principal
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OPTIONS EVENINGS
PARENTS AS LEARNERS
Many thanks to those parents and students who
braved uninviting and snowy weather to attend
the GCSE Options Evenings held in January. The
process is now underway to ascertain demand
and feasibility for each subject and to assign
Year 10 and 11 subjects to Options blocks in
order that we can allocate as many top choices
as possible. We will write within the next few
weeks with your son/daughter’s allocated
subjects.
Around thirty parents and some of their
children attended a “Parents as Learners”
Maths Workshop in the library on Thursday,
5th February, hosted by the Maths team.
There was no “escape” from getting involved
and parents proved keen to get their hands on
various activities. They were beaten to find the
solution to the starter, a “catchphrase” puzzle,
by a student. After this, all took part in a
carousel of activities, starting with a treasure
hunt involving plans and elevations, as well as
tarsia puzzles on fractions, decimals and
percentages. One parent even discovered an
error in one of the “domino” matching activities
involved.
The powerpoints from the evenings are on the
Settle College website, www.settlecollge.org,uk.
In addition to outlining the Options subjects,
they also contain information about recent
Government changes to GCSE, in particular the
planned move away from GCSE grades to
numbers.
Most parents took the opportunity to log on to
MyMaths and check their child's progress in
their profile and they had to be prised off it at
the end of a buzzing and very constructive
event. The evening clearly illustrated that
co-operation between parents and teachers can
be very successful and there is a lot of scope to
develop this further through similar events.
Please do not hesitate to contact your son/
daughter’s Learning Manager should you have
any questions or concerns.
Miss S Doyle
Assistant Principal
Mr M Hulzebus
Subject Leader for Maths
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH
DECEMBER WINNERS
JANUARY WINNERS
Year 7
Olivia Robinson
Year 7
Henry Brown
Year 8
Anna Ward
Year 8
Ethan Clarke
Year 9
Laura Murfin
Year 9
Caitlin Walker
Year 10
Liam Johnson
Year 10
Jodie Lodge
Year 11
Samantha Ledger
Year 11
Sophie Marshall
Year 12
Alice Syms
Year 12
Amy Marshall
Year 13
Daniel Middleton
Year 13
Charlotte Whitaker
Community Award Winner:
Community Award Winners:
Isabel Schofield
Ben Ashcroft and Isobel Fawcett
Some of our January Winners (left to right):
Sophie Marshall, Jodie Lodge and Caitlin Walker
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! RIBBLESDALE RACER VICTORY!
On Wednesday, 11th February, ‘Ribblesdale Racer’ won the Land
Rover 4 by 4 Regional Challenge and qualified for the National
Championships.
Six students from Year 7 have been hard at work for the last ten
weeks researching, testing and making parts for their remote
controlled vehicle. The Regional Finals were held at the Land
Rover Plant at Halewood. The students showed some fantastic
control, presentation and knowledge to win their class and then
qualify for the National Finals.
The challenge involved six team members working together to
design and build a radio controlled 4-wheel-drive (4x4) vehicle,
to set specifications, that can successfully negotiate a specially
designed test track that emulates real life demonstrating what a
full scale 4x4 vehicle can do. The challenge is an excellent
opportunity for young people to work in teams and gain an
awareness and understanding of project management using key
skills.
The Year 7 team are: Charlie Hickson, William Armstrong, Thomas Darwin, Tilly Holt, Isobel Birrell and
Caitie Berkett-Bentley.
Mr G Scott
Subject Leader for Technology
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PRIMARY SWIMMING GALA
On Friday, 6th February, eight Settle College students ran the Primary Schools Swimming Gala held at
Settle Pool. The young leaders were responsible for positioning the competitors in the correct lanes,
instructing the swimmers on the rules of the competition, timing and recording results and
positions.
Settle College students ran the competition with confidence and it was a very successful event.
Many of the Primary teachers thanked our leaders once the competition ended and said “they are an
asset to the school and great role models for the Primary School students taking part in the event.”
A massive WELL DONE, you were all brilliant!
Mrs R Mercer
Teacher
Our Team of Young Leaders - outside Settle Pool
Left to Right: Emily Carpenter, Harvey Stroh, Amber Healing, Rosa Bryant, India Healing,
Hebe Shepherd, Emma Parkinson
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CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURE
A team of students from Years 7 to 10 competed in a Cross Country Competition at Aireville Park,
Skipton, on Monday, 2nd February . The students were fantastic, braving the bitterly cold weather and
winning numerous medals and trophies. We had some great results with Rhys Watmough being place
third in his race, Nathan Jeffs coming second in his and Ryan Watmough coming first. All the students
who took part performed well and should be very proud of their efforts.
Thomas Darwin Year 7
Rhys Watmough Year 7
Ryan Watmough Year 9
Nathan Jeffs Year 10,
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CROSS COUNTRY CONTINUED…
The Year 10 team won their team event with outstanding
effort from all.
Mrs L Thompson
Subject Leader for PE
Pictured left: The Year 10 Team; Nathan Jeffs, Rosie Laycock,
Jodie Lodge, Jess Davis
RUNNING FOR NORTH YORKSHIRE
Our journey began when we travelled to
Knaresborough where we both came second in our
races and qualified to run for Harrogate and Craven.
We then went through to race at Whitby as part the
Harrogate and Craven team, where we both came
4th and qualified to represent North Yorkshire.
On Saturday, 7th February we ran for North
Yorkshire at South Shields, running against all the
other Northern counties, including Durham,
Northumbria, Cumbria and Cleveland. We were
both really pleased to finish first for our county.
Over all Ryan came 5th and Rhys 8th in the Northern
counties of England, and for a change the sun was
shining!
Ryan has now qualified to represent North
Yorkshire again in March, for English Schools, but
unfortunately Rhys was too young this year to
qualify.
Rhys and Ryan Watmough (Pictured left)
Year 7 and Year 9
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GIRLS AT NORTH RIBBLESDALE RUFC
Every Monday at 7:00pm, girls between
the ages of 11 and 18 meet at North
Ribblesdale RUFC, Settle to train and
enhance their rugby skills.
Training takes place every Monday
evening - and it is free to attend! - with
Mark Throupe, one of the club’s Level 3
rugby union coaches, and Bex Mercer,
a local PE Teacher. The session begins
with drills, skill improvement and a
basic warm up, followed by a short
burst of fitness and ends with match/
game play and tactics.
I like it because I enjoy rugby a lot, and it’s an extra hour of training a week in a competitive, yet
friendly environment, with a really nice group of girls.
Emma Parkinson says: “I enjoy rugby at North Ribb because: it’s fun, keeps you fit and I’m learning
new things each time.”
Come down to North Ribblesdale on Monday evening at 7:00pm until 8:00pm for girls training and
fitness. It’s great fun, and remember, IT’S FREE!!!
Hebe Shepherd
Year 10
PE/SPORTS NEWS
Next half-term, as the evenings get lighter, we have more fixtures planned so we will have lots of news
to share in the next edition.
Mrs L Thompson
Subject Leader for PE
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