This week has been phenomenal for our school. Not only did our KS 3 team of Zoe Bell, Maddie Hey and Arthur Moss become North East winners of the PixL Up for Debate competition and are now heading to Oxford University to compete in the national finals in July, but a huge number of other achievements have been recognised in our whole school end of term assembly. The atmosphere this morning was electric as we paid tribute to athletes, musicians, actors and charity fundraisers. The theme was ‘Start your impossible’ and it hinged on what might seem impossible at first glance, is achievable given dedication, support and hard work. I have been staggered at the level of parental, staff and community support and feel the only way to truly express how proud we are of our students is to share the achievements in this blog, as one email we received said “…the talent in the school is amazing.”
As we continually say, we are a Strong Community, with Big Ambitions.
I think this proves a point.
Happy Easter.
Area colours
Football – Henry Wiltshire, Michael Dent, Adam Morland,Tim Weatherill,Will Hewson, Lee Thompson,JHuitson
Area Hockey – Emily Avison , Megan Beswick
Area X Country – Alana Teasdale, Sinead Noon, Kyle Rabjohn, Isabella Jones, Vicky Smith, Matt Lambert, Sam Kettlewell, Jack Cloughton
Badminton – U14 boys Area champions – Josh Brown, Nathan Jackson, Jonny O’Keeffe, Jake Noon
Badminton -U16 boys and girls Area & County champions -Matt Readshaw, Matt Foxwell, Owen Pratt, Callum Rankine, Mia Percival, Katie Oliver, Chloe Johnson, Jess Johnson, Lucy Lightowler
County colours
X Country – Alana Teasdale, Kyle Rabjohn , Matt Lambert Hockey – Katie Oliver Football– Lee Thompson
Inter form sports
Y7 1st Hockey Basketball & Football 7McIntosh
Y8 1st Hockey 8 Moss 1st Basketball 8 Bradley
Y9 1st Hockey 9 Wood, 1st Football 9 Hadfield 1st Basketball 9 Hadfield
Y10 1st Hockey 10 Smith
Badminton Junior Boys winner Nathan Jackson Junior Girls winner Anya Mason
Senior Boys winner Matt Readshaw Senior Girls winner Katie Oliver
Debating Team
Team 1
Zoe Bell, Arthur Moss, Maddie Hey
Team 2
James Thompson, Aidan Simpson, Emma Haresign,
Student Judges and support:
Will Cope, Lily Rankine, Mollie Clarkson, Becca Kilker, Amy Neate, Sophie Neate, Kate Hudson.
Drama Achievements
Several students are members of Richmondshire Youth Theatre – look out for their next production, to be staged in Leyburn
Grace Crawford has been cast in the lead role of the Georgian Youth Theatre’s 2018 summer production
Millie Holden was in The Wizard of Oz at the Georgian Theatre Royal in 2017-18 – her third consecutive year in professional panto and will be dancing in The Mad Hatter in the Swaledale Festival in May and on the main stage at the Le Tour de Yorkshire in Leyburn
Contributions in the community
Cancer Bake Sale-Alfie Bilsborough, Koren Boddy, Lola Riley- £46.40!
Sophie Handley recently had her hair cut and has raised over £750 in aid of the Little Princess Trust.
Freya Robinson is doing the Ten Charity Challenge and has raised £649 for Children in Need!
Music performances from :
Brodie, Lauren, India, Cleo, Harvey, Holly, Chloe, Izzy, Callum, Sophie, Emma, Daniel, Roland, Jamie-Leigh, Anna, Oscar, Kara, Adam, Liam, Anya, Joe, Henry, Arthur, Elysa, Sophie, Amy, Lucy, Sinead, Maciej, Sarah, Bethany, Aimee, Annabelle, Jessica, Issy, Alana, Riley, Daniel, James, Katie, Elinor, Phoebe, Katie.
