24 october 2014

Headline 24 October 2014

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24 October 2014 Keep in touch!

Good luck to our Year 8 thespians who are in the final week of rehearsal for their inaugural Purple Tie Production of ‘Gangs ‘n’ Gals’. They have all been working extremely hard over the last few months and everyone with a ticket is looking forward to the show. In fact 2 people our actors know quite well have a message for them!

The last few tickets are still available but are selling fast. There are 2 shows: Tuesday 4th November and Wednesday the 5th November. Curtain up is at 7pm.

Break a Leg!

Click here for the good luck message!

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FRb-d0ccY8&feature=youtu.be





Gangs ’n’ Gals has been written by two Year 11 Drama GCSE students Charlotte Armitage and Rose Blackburne with the supervision and support of Miss Watson. Songs from the 1920s era and other well-known musicals have been combined with the original script and Charleston choreography to produce a super-hot show! With fun characters, interlinked storylines and toe-tapping songs ...it’s a show not to miss!

Charlotte Armitage (11ACD) and Rose Blackburne (11VEB) – Writers The real ideas for Gangs and Gals were formed when it was still referred to by us as 'The Purple Tie Production’. The script itself took shape during lunchtimes and was passed back and forth for weeks across email, with new scenes being added and dialogue and characters appearing and disappearing with every edit. The final scenes weren't actually written until rehearsals were well underway! It has been a fantastic but rather surreal experience to watch a story that was nothing but a figment of our imagination take shape - to watch the characters that were once referred to as 'girl 4' or 'rival gang member 2' be brought to life by students. We’ve also been involved in directing as well. Working with Year 8, the 6th Formers, and Miss Watson has meant that 'Gangs and Gals' has become a much bigger project than scribbles on the back of a worksheet. I’m sure on show nights we will feel rather like proud parents watching their child enter the big wide world. Remember us when our next show hits the West End!

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There’s no business like show business...watch Thursday’s

flashmob here!

Daniel Burgess and India Sahota

Star of the Speakeasy

Beatrice Riley and new

waiter Donald

Trouble Causer

Velma

Sophie Tarring


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Belgium Battlefield Visit Good luck to 80 of our Year 9 students who set off on their Great War battlefields visit of Ypres and the surrounding region on Friday. The visit is jam-packed full of history and aims to cover the British and German military cemeteries of Tyne Cot and Langemarck, the Diksmunde Museum, the remnants of the Death trench at Diksmunde, and also Talbot House where troops could relax behind the lines.

While there, they will attend and participate in the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate at Ypres and have the opportunity to pay respects to Ilkley Grammar School old boys and, perhaps, family members, who died during the conflict. A wreath will be laid at this ceremony. The visit will also take in the Canadian monument at Vimy Ridge and the French National Memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette near Arras and then on to see Thiepval, Morlancourt Ridge and the Newfoundland Memorial park on the Somme.

Poppy Appeal Each year the nation expresses its unequivocal support for The Royal British Legion's work through the Poppy Appeal. The 2013 Poppy Appeal raised an amazing £39 million. The target for the 2014 Appeal is £40 million. Students can help this year and show their support by buying a poppy from their Key Stage Hub after half term.

On a timely note we received a letter this week from one of our ‘Old Boys’ , Ian Shaw who attended IGS in the mid nineteen forties, he is now 86 years old. It’s lovely to hear ex students memories of life at IGS and just how much as changed over the years.

‘What prompted this letter was an old photograph I came across going through my archives. It is of the I.G.S. 1st. X1. 1944. Mr Ernie Sparham is on the extreme left, I am third from the left back row. Scorer, Rummelsberg is on the extreme right. Captain, Desmond Marks with the bat.

Mr Newby was Head Master, who took over from Mr Evans (known as Chuff) acting Head I believe. At that time Mr Evans taught Mathematics.

I also remember Mr Silk (History and Rugby), Mr Sparham (Physics and Cricket), Mr Leadbetter (Art and Gym), Miss Atkinson and Mr Bartel. About ten years ago my wife and I were visiting Ilkley and I took time to walk in (the still imposing front entrance) and have a look around. Vast changes have taken place. Much to my parents chagrin, I was not a very good student. and left school at an early age and went to work at Scott's Garage, Ilkley for, if I remember correctly, "fifteen bob a week". The Shaw family lived at the bottom of Wheatley Lane, very near the Leeds Road and I remember clearly all the military traffic, moving south as D-day was approaching.’

Ian Shaw




Year 8 Writing Workshops The acclaimed writer, Alan Gibbons, is coming in to host a Year 8 writing Workshop on Tuesday 4th November. The day will begin with a presentation to all Year 8 students in B Hall and then each band will experience a workshop session also in B Hall. Morning Registration: Year 8 should register as usual in tutor base, and will be escorted up to B Hall by their tutor to enable a prompt start in B Hall at the start of Period 1. Each Band will then experience an hour workshop with Alan Gibbons.

Period 2 Workshop in B Hall with I band Period 3 Workshop in B Hall with G band Period 4 Workshop in B Hall with S band

Alan Gibbons

The Gift of Giving Year 8 students are taking part in Operation Christmas Child; they will be putting together a Christmas present in a wrapped shoe box which goes to a child who would otherwise not receive a Christmas gift. We are hoping to receive more than 100 boxes. The deadline for bringing Christmas boxes to the Key Stage 3 Hub is Tuesday 11th November.

2 places have become

available on the 2015

Ski Trip to Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in

New England, USA on 30th

March– 7th

April 2015.

These places are open to any students in Year 10, 11,or Post 16.

For further information please contact Ms Haigh, Head of Post 16

or Mr Peltier, PE Department.

Ski Trip 2015...urgent...Ski Trip 2015...urgent...Ski Trip 2015...urgent

IOS 8 Upgrade - Urgent It is essential that all students update their iPad to IOS 8 and then continue to update all apps. It is becoming more frequent that students cannot open the documents they require during lessons because a large number of iPads have not been updated.




Calling all Dancers! A contemporary dance workshop run by Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) has been planned for December. The workshop is free of charge and will take place in school on Monday 8th December 3-5pm (in the Gym). NSCD are a Centre for Advance Training in Dance and run the Yorkshire Young Dancers (YYD) scheme. The YYD and NSCD aims to provide 13-17 year olds access to high quality dance training whilst developing creative potential as dancers. The workshop at Ilkley Grammar School offers an opportunity for students to experience contemporary dance and to consider if the YYD scheme would be suitable for them. A dance artist from NSCD will deliver a 2 hour workshop based on contemporary technique and choreography. This workshop also acts as a preliminary audition onto the YYD scheme. If students would like to take part, letters are available from Miss Watson and should be signed and returned by parents/carers. The deadline to confirm a workshop place is 27th November.

Work Experience Well done to Year 11 who have spent this week out in the workplace for their work experience week. We have had a real mix of businesses involved, from restaurants to engineering firms, museums, newspapers and sporting organisations.

Whether they stayed local or travel further afield, we know it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming leaving school, friends and familiar surroundings for a week, but they all rose to the challenge! The feedback already received, as you would expect, has been super and we look forward to welcoming them back into school on Monday 3rd November.

From this year we are moving the work experience week to the week commencing 13th July, to coincide with the school’s Challenge and Celebration week. This brings new challenges to the students as they will be in Year 10 and competition for placements is keen at this time. Local businesses can expect to be contacted by our students requesting placements for this week within the next few weeks.

However, if any parents feel they are in a position to offer a placement please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Cowley the work experience coordinator, [email protected].

Bullying UK Survey To mark their 15th year anniversary, Bullying UK is running three surveys to look at bullying in more depth.

The purpose of the surveys are to provide them with in-depth information on bullying and how it affects children, young people, parent, carers and teachers. They are running the surveys for a few months so they can get as many responses as they can and get a picture of how bullying truly affects our society and the people in it. The survey is anonymous, confidential and should only take about five minutes to complete. They aim to have the results of the survey in time for anti-bullying week 2014. Click here to take the survey.



http://www.bullying.co.uk/

http://www.bullying.co.uk/anti-bullying-week/anti-bullying-week-2014/

http://www.bullying.co.uk/anti-bullying-week/bullying-uk-national-survey-2014/



PTA Update You know it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas! Get the following date in your diary and join us for a night of Christmas song!

Ilkley Grammar School Christmas Carol

Concert

Wednesday 10th December All Saints' Church,

Ilkley 6.30pm

Traditional congregational carols,

Christmas songs and music from the school

choir, readings and performance.

Followed by mince pies/mulled wine provided

by the PTA.

You can follow the PTA on twitter @IGSPTA

B Hall Lunchtime Rota

Use a Tree...Plant a Tree Update

Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch Year Time

Sitting 1 Year 8 N4 12pm

Sitting 2 Year 7 N3 and N6 From 12.10pm

Sitting 3 Year 9 Social Area D Floor Not before 12.15pm

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Congratulations to Maisie Liptrot (7ELC). Maisie competes in artistic gymnastics which includes performances on 4 pieces - bars, beam, floor and the vault for Harrogate Gymnastics Club and is in their Elite National Squad. Maisie competes in regional and nationwide competitions and was recently placed 6th in Yorkshire in a Level 5 competition against some very tough competition. Her success is a true testament to just how hard she works - training for 16+ hours a week which includes going to the gym for 4 hours practice straight from school.

Well Done to our Year 7 and 8 hockey team who played fantastically well on Thursday against South Craven School. The matches finished: Year 7 IGS 3-1 South Craven Year 8 IGS 6-0 South Craven

Congratulations to our U15 netball team who competed against Skipton Girls’ School on Wednesday. They played very well with a final score of 27-9 to IGS

Football Roundup Well done to our Year 8 footballers who were in action on Wednesday night. They played at Abbey Grange and the results were:

IGS 0– 0 Horsforth IGS 3—0 Abbey Grange Goal scorers were Morgan Grimshaw (8DSF)and Adam Haw (8PDH).

Congratulations to our Year 10 football team who secured a draw against St Mary’s on Tuesday. The final score was a very close 1-1. Well played to our Year 9 footballers who were in action in Central Venue Football at Horsforth on Tuesday. We saw some fantastic goals in two tight matches. The scores were:

IGS 1-3 Horsforth, goal by Adam Hayes (9CW) IGS 1-0 Prince Henry’s , goal by Matthew Spencer (9JP)

Well done to our Year 7 football team who put on an impressive display on Thursday night. Final scores were: IGS 1-0 Benton Park IGS 4-0 Horsforth




MONDAY

3rd Nov

Netball U15 @IGS (SMB)

TUESDAY

4th Nov

Girls’ Football Year 9 @Oakbank (LV)

Senior Hockey Training (Years 9/10/11/12/13) (JH)

WEDNESDAY

5th Nov

Netball U15 Emerging Schools League @UAK

THURSDAY

6th Nov

Hockey Training Year 7 and 8 (AJK)

Basketball Year 9 @Samuel Lister (MWC) 3pm

FRIDAY

7th Nov




In the News

Good luck to all our students who are performing in Bugsy Malone with the Ilkley Amateur Operat ic Society.




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Year 8

Our Year 8 assembly this week was taken over by The Great Year 8 Bake Off! Over the last few weeks, cakes have been baked and tasted, with finalists gaining a place from each tutor group for Thursday’s final.

The cakes looked...and tasted...delicious.

The judges poked, prodded and tasted their way through the fine array of baked goodies, and named both a student tutor group and tutor winner!

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Student Tutor Group Winners

Tutor Winners

Mrs

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Mr

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Mrs

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TICKETS NOW ON SALE




Available daily…

There is also a range of cold meals, sandwiches and pizzas available every day and remember the meal deal is still only £2.15. This includes a hot meal and a pudding or drink. The same price covers a choice from the cold selection and a juice and a small dessert.

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AUTUMN TERM 2015

Thursday 3 September Training Day

(School closed to

students)

Friday 4 September Years 7, 12, 13 start

Monday 7 September School opens fully to

all students

Friday 23 October Close

Half term holiday: Monday 26th – Friday 30th October

Monday 2 November Re-open

Friday 18 December Close (1.15pm)

Christmas holiday: Monday 21st December – Friday 1st January

SPRING TERM 2016

Monday 4 January Re-open

Friday 12 February Close

Half term holiday: Monday 15th – Friday 19th February

Monday 22 February Re-open

Thursday 24 March Close

Easter holiday: Friday 25th March – Friday 8th April

SUMMER TERM 2016

Monday 11 April Re-open

Monday 2 May May Day

(school closed)

Friday 27 May Close

Half term holiday: Monday 30th May – Friday 3rd June

Monday 6 June Re-open

Wednesday 20 July Close (1.15pm)

School Term and Holiday Dates 2015-16 Our term dates for the next academic year have been agreed and published. There are still 2 training days to factor in. This information alongside the school calendar can be viewed on our website here.


http://www.ilkleygrammarschool.com/calendar/



WB Autumn term Week

Year 10 Year 11

03-Nov En - Extended reading Sc - ISA 8B

10-Nov En - Extended reading 9A

17-Nov Fr - orals 10B

24-Nov Review Day (28.11.14) Review Day (28.11.14) 11A

01-Dec

Sp - orals

H&S - Deadline 1 (4.12.14)

Dr - Drama in the making 2

Mu - performance 1

12B

08-Dec En - Spoken language Mu - performance 2 13A

15-Dec En - Spoken language 14B

GCSE Overview

Year 11 PE Options Each year, as part of the Key Stage 4 curriculum, we offer students the opportunity to participate in an extended range of sporting and recreational activities during their PE lessons on Friday afternoons. This has proved to be a very successful and popular aspect of the Year 11 programme in PE and we are therefore delighted to be able to offer the following options again this year:

Zumba Ice-Skating Ten Pin Bowling Aireborough Gym ILTSC Gym Squash Football School Activities

To enable us to provide such a varied programme, we use external agencies and qualified instructors/coaches. However, this does mean that for certain activities we must ask students to contribute towards the cost of facilities, tuition and any travelling expenses incurred (£3 per session, unless students are a member of the club, where we ask for 0.50p per session). All instructors/coaches are fully CRB checked and possess the current qualification in the activity. For activities which are not on the school site, the following arrangements will apply:

Squash + ILTSC Gym - students make their own way down to ILTSC during their lunchtime to arrive at 1.15pm. A member of the PE staff will meet them at the club and be present throughout the session. A squash coach will also be available to us for coaching during the afternoon. Students using the Fitness Suite will be given an initial induction session then supervised for subsequent sessions. All students will be dismissed from the Club at 2.30pm.

Ten Pin Bowling - travel by school minibus to Skipton Bowling Alley. We return to school for 3pm. School PE staff present throughout the afternoon.

Aireborough Gym - travel by school minibus to Aireborough Sports Centre. Return to school for 3pm. The Sport Centre’s fitness instructors give induction sessions to tall students at their first session, then supervise and assist as necessary at subsequent sessions. School PE staff present throughout the afternoon.

Ice Skating - travel by school minibus to Bradford Ice Rink. Approx. 1 hour 'free' skating then return to school for 3pm. Tuition from a qualified instructor for half the session, then time for ‘free’ skating. School PE staff present throughout the afternoon.

Zumba (on site in school Gym) – taught by a qualified instructor. Member of PE staff will register group at the start and be available if needed in the Sports Hall.

During the year, students are allocated 3 options according to their preferences. Each option block is for 3 sessions. This service has been uploaded to parent pay with a payment date of Friday 28th November. If you have any queries or concerns regarding the Year 11 options programme in PE, please contact [email protected]




Most, if not all of you have seen Grumpy Cat one of the

many meme stars on the internet. Are you creative, fun and

have a sense of humour? Think you can up with a better

meme than this one? Then the KS3 iPad meme Competition

is for you.

The IGS Save our iPad campaign 2014 needs your help.

What we want is for you to create a fun, creative meme that

will help us to spread the message about looking after your

iPad and the dangers of breaking them. Send your entries

and any queries to [email protected] by Friday

November 14th

.

Include your name and Year group on the

entry. The winning entries, one each from Year 7, 8 and 9

will be posted on Realsmart, and on posters around the

school Each winner will receive a prize.

Get Memeing and good luck…

KS3 iPad MEME COMPETITION


mailto:[email protected]?subject=Meme%20Competition



Please help contribute to our iCentre – any tips, apps or pitfalls that you have come across as a parent can be shared with others – positive and negative! You can email [email protected] or

[email protected]

Tweet Tips Our official school twitter account @ilkleygrammar is a fantastic way to keep in touch with parents, interact with the local community and share events and success with a wider community. There are some very useful tips on Bullying UK’s website, informing parents and students alike on how to remain safe on twitter.

Advice on staying safe on Twitter from Bullying UK—Tweet Sensibly Twitter is a very popular social network used by many different age groups, and especially used by many celebrities to keep in touch with fans and by citizens all over the world to break news stories or just say what they are up to at any given moment. While Twitter has been great at helping people communicate quickly and in a very open manner, it's not without its problems. Always follow the usual rules of cyber safety and in addition here are some Twitter specific safety tips.

Twitter safety tips Never give out your real address, or any personal details - remember on Twitter everything you say can

be open to the world

Never give out your password - also be extra careful when you sign into Twitter through other websites. (Some are scams trying to find out your log-in details!)

Think before you Tweet! - anyone can see what you say unless you make your profile private. Don't Follow Back people you don't know, this can help protect you against Direct Message spam. You can still talk publicly using @replies.

Go private If you don't want the world to see everything you say on Twitter make your profile private, the option is in your settings on Twitter.com. That way only people you follow back will be able to see your updates, your tweets will also be hidden from the public search as well.

Pictures and other media As with any internet service be careful what you post on Twitter, it's really easy to post pictures or video onto Twitter but you must take care not to post anything that could embarrass you later or get you or anyone else into trouble.

Twitter and your location One of Twitter's more advanced features is being location aware. That means if you turn the feature on people will be able to see where you posted a tweet from, using your exact location. Stay clear of this feature if you want to remain private.

Prevent your Twitter account from being hacked or stolen Sometimes people will try to take over Twitter accounts so they can send private messages or spam to a person's followers but there are lots of ways you can guard against it. Don't click links in Direct Messages unless you were expecting a link from that user. Most hacks happen when you put your Twitter log-in details into a compromised or fake website. Be careful of sites that look like Twitter.com but aren't. Only log-in to Twitter.com if you typed the link in directly or accessed through a link you know is safe (Bookmark). If a link is not a Bit.ly link be extra careful. Bit.ly is the most popular link shortening service and does a good job at fighting these nasty links. If you think your account has been hacked change your password immediately. If you can't log-in you can use the password reset tool on the Twitter support site to generate a new random password to your email address.




Ilkley Grammar School Post 16 Open Evening

Our Post 16 Open Evening gives students a chance to investigate the opportunities available to them at Ilkley Grammar School. The evening involves a programme of subject seminars. Students are asked to look at the schedule in advance and consider the sessions that they would like to attend. There will also be a presentation in F Hall with Miss Haigh, Head of Post 16, to get an overview of provision and expectations at Ilkley Grammar School.

The first sessions commence promptly at 6.30pm. Entry and registration are at Main Reception from 6.00pm. There will be an opportunity to see the facilities of our Post 16 prior to commencement of the evening. This evening is the first of our Post 16 events to help students focus on their future, and especially to help them decide whether Ilkley Grammar School’s Post 16 is the most suitable option for them.

Thursday 6th November 6-8pm




Well done to everyone in Post16 who wore pink on Friday...they all looked a picture! The Post 16 Café baked and sold pink cakes and students paid to wear pink all in the name of cancer awareness. The money raised by wear it pink last year has enabled the Breast Cancer Campaign to continue funding pioneering research across the UK. This work directly benefits the 50,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK. In 2013, the nation came together to raise a whopping £2.1 million.

IT Apprenticeship Opportunity: Estio Training are looking for an IT Technical Services Apprentice at their Ilkley Office. Applicants must have 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C or equivalent (including English Language and Maths). More details available from the Post 16 Office or email [email protected]

How do I get a place at the university of my choice?: Villiers Park Educational Trust runs subject specific five-day Inspiring Excellence Programme A Level Courses. For information on all courses visit www.villierspark.org.uk

Duke of Edinburgh: Available to students up to the age of 19. Meetings at Queens Hall, Burley in Wharfedale, Mondays 6.30-8.30, For further information contact Helen on 07582109825

Your Voice You Influence: Could you be a community leader, would you like to get other young people to engage in community life, local decision making and improving services then become a Social Action Leader. If interested come along Thursdays 5.30-8.00pm, Shipley Youth Café or contact [email protected] or [email protected]



http://www.villierspark.org.uk





In or Out? On Wednesday 22nd October our Post 16 students hosted an EU debate for all Year 12 students during the general studies lesson. They invited David Bowe a pro EU speaker and former member of the European Parliament and Paul Latham a Eurosceptic speaker and prospective UKIP parliamentary candidate for the Keighley and Ilkley constituency. The Year 12 students who are studying general studies were given the opportunity to hear a full range of views on the EU, and to engage in genuine debate about its nature.

Civitas, in conjunction with the European Movement, organises debates on the EU and used their network of nation wide political speakers to offer David Bowe pro-EU and former MEP and Paul Latham EU-sceptic and prospective parliamentary candidate for the Keighley and Ilkley constituency. Students were involved first-hand in the arguments surrounding membership of the EU, this encourages students to become active members in society equipped with greater political awareness.

Students Lewis Abbey, Fiona Cram, Nathan Kett and Saffron Cockcroft led the debate. Their roles included introducing the speakers, providing a context of EU facts, inviting questions from the audience and asking their own questions. Although they were nervous about being sat in front of their peers (on the stage), they acted maturely and conducted themselves fantastically by shaking the speakers hands and encouraging Year 12 students to get involved and ask questions. Students and staff learnt a great deal about both sides of the argument. Presenting both sides of the debate encouraged the students to think critically about how they structure their writing to include a balanced argument and provide detailed evaluation.

Saffron Cockcroft (12JLI), Nathan Kett (12DXB), Fiona Cram (12PC) and Lewis Abbey (12DXB) led the debate




Monday Orchestra grade 4+ 12.25pm B8 Mrs Chapman

Training Orchestra. Grades 0 - 4 12.20pm A7 Miss Murray

Tuesday Flute/Keyboard and Piano lessons A6 Ms Salter

Senior choir year 9 + 12.20pm A7. Miss Murray

Junior Flute Group

Senior Flute Group

TBC A6a Mrs Salter

Wednesday Drums lessons A6 Mr Lewalski

Samba Band lessons 12.30pm A7 Mr Lewalski

KS3 choir 12.20pm B8 Mrs Chapman

Thursday Brass lessons A6 Mr Griffiths

Sax/Clarinet and Swing Band A6 Mrs Anderson

Violin/Viola lessons A6 Mrs Briggs

Swing band 12.30pm B8 Mrs Anderson

Friday Voice lessons A6 Miss Van Terheyden

Guitar lessons A6 Mr Wells

Rock Club 12.30pm B8 Mr Wells

(Student timetables are displayed outside A7—see Mrs Chapman B8 or B14

registration for further help)

Instruments, particularly large ones can be stored in B8. Ensure you put your




A Message from the Lady Mayoress Mrs Elizabeth M Sharp It is my cherished ambition to create a district-wide talent competition that crosses all boundaries of school age, is fully inclusive, totally cohesive, and free to enter. This, then, is the Lady Mayoress Festival of Talent, and is aimed at all primary, secondary and further education establishments throughout the Bradford Metropolitan District. I need you to get involved.

How? As I have visited schools since becoming Lady Mayoress, I have been struck by the number of children and young people who have huge amounts of talent in the sphere of performing arts. I wish to provide them with an opportunity to showcase their talent in a free-to-enter competition that will climax in as ‘showbiz’ a final as we can create, to take place in the Henry Mitchell Theatre in Bradford College in early March. There will be three winning age groups, as mentioned above. Each winner will take part in the Schools Proms at St George’s Hall on 25th and 26th March, 2015. They will receive a trophy, a certificate, an opportunity to perform at a Lord Mayor civic event, and afternoon tea for themselves and their families in City Hall with the Lady Mayoress. Performances must be to a maximum of three minutes, and can be in Singing, Dance, Instrumental Music playing, Drama, Comedy, etc. and can be solo, duos, trios, quartets, etc. groups, bands, choirs. The only stipulation is that the performances are student-led, created by the performers themselves. While their support and advice is encouraged, teachers should have no input in the creative process. I want your school in there! I already have a few, but I need so many more. I envisage this to be a high-profile event that in the later stages, i.e. semi-finals and finals, will raise money for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal as tickets will be sold to the general public and to all supporters. You may already know that the Lord Mayor’s Appeal this year is supporting Marie Curie and a community-based project of his devising called ‘Make It Happen’, in which small sums of money are donated to help people less well-advantaged to create something good for them, and to fulfil, if possible, cherished ambitions, such as leading the Bradford City Football Team on to the pitch at Valley Parade, etc. If you are interested in this exciting initiative, contact the Music and Arts Service at http://www.bradfordmusiconline.co.uk/site/lady-mayoress-festival-of-talent/ to register your involvement. The closing date for acceptance is 27th October and all acceptances must be received by that date. So please, what are you waiting for? It’s time to shine. With warmest wishes and grateful thanks,

Elizabeth M Sharp, Lady Mayoress, BMDC 2014/15


http://www.bradfordmusiconline.co.uk/site/lady-mayoress-festival-of-talent/

http://www.bradfordmusiconline.co.uk/site/lady-mayoress-festival-of-talent/



York City FC are holding trials for boys up to

15 years old. The trials take place on Friday

31st October. Contact 07974 020392 for

further details




We are seeking to appoint, as soon as possible, a suitably qualified Payroll Officer to support the finance

function in its payroll service to staff. The successful candidate will possess a good working knowledge of a

computerised pay system e.g. Sage, substantial administrative experience, a clear customer service focus and

attention to detail.

Pattern of hours – 20 hours per week. The suggested working pattern is 4 days per week 9.15am – 2.45pm with half an hour unpaid lunch break. The actual pattern of hours can be determined on appointment. Flexibility in this role will be critical in order to ensure that payment dates are met; this may mean that working days change dependent on deadlines. Term time only (plus 10 days)

Our most recent Ofsted inspection of October 2011 confirmed us as a good school with outstanding attainment and enjoyment of learning. These two posts are pivotal in continuing our momentum to transform learning and be an outstanding school.

Summary of the post:

To maintain salary records for all employees of Ilkley Grammar School

Accurate and efficient calculation and payment of all employees’ salaries within agreed payroll

deadlines

Comply with PAYE and maintenance of records to meet internal and external audit requirement

We offer: the opportunity to make a real difference students with ‘highly positive attitudes to learning’ a very calm and orderly school with high expectations and an ethos of trust and care very supportive parents and Governors

For further details, including our specific application requirements for this post, please visit our school website www.ilkleygrammarschool.com Closing date for applications: Tuesday 4th November 2014 Provisional interview date: Monday 10th November 2014

Position: Payroll Officer

Closing date: 4th November 2014

Salary: £9,542/£10,806 (dependent on

experience)

Benefits: Pension





http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/bradfordanimationfestival



Get your t

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early...the

y are

selling fast!

Burley Scouts and Guides Bonfire

Burley-in-Wharfedale

Burley Scouts and Guides bonfire will be

on Saturday 8th November, near to the

Scout Hut at the bottom of Peel Place.

It starts at 6pm and the bonfire will be

lit at 7pm, followed by fireworks at

7:30pm.




Get in touch and stay in touch! We would be interested in any feedback on these bulletins. Also, if you would like further information on anything within them or, wish to request other information items, please get in touch! It is really important we can stay in touch with you; if you need to change your contact details please email [email protected] or contact the school office.

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01943 608424

Website: www.ilkleygrammarschool.com

@ilkleygrammar

Dates for the Diary

October

Friday 24 Belgium Visit departs 10pm School closes for half term Monday 27 Belgium Visit returns 9.30pm

27nd — 31st October Half Term

November

Monday 3 School re-opens Gangs ‘n’ Gals Dress Rehearsal Tuesday 4 Gangs ‘n’ Gals Production Year 8 Novelist Workshop Wednesday 5 Gangs ‘n’ Gals Production Thursday 6 Post 16 Open Evening 6-8pm Senior Maths Challenge Thursday 13 Year 11 Presentation Evening Friday 14 Children in Need Year 8—Three Legged Walk P4 and 5 Wednesday 19 Year 13 Parents’ Meeting 6-8pm Primary Maths Quiz Year 13 Geography Fieldwork Trip departs Thursday 20 Year 13 Geography Fieldwork Trip Friday 21 Year 11 reports issued Year 13 Geography Fieldwork Trip Thursday 27 PTA Meeting 7pm: Lower Library Friday 28 Review Day Students in school for appointment

Term Dates

AUTUMN TERM 2014

Friday 24 Oct School closes

Half term: Monday 27th—Friday 31st October

Monday 3 Nov School re-opens

Friday 19 Dec School closes

1.15pm

Christmas Holiday: Monday 22nd December—Friday 2nd January

SPRING TERM 2015

Monday 5 Jan Training Day

(School closed to

students)

Tuesday 6 Jan School re-opens

Friday 13 Feb School closes

Half term: Monday 16th February —Friday 20th February

Tuesday 23 Feb School re-opens

Friday 27 Mar School closes

Easter Holidays:

30th March—Friday 10th April

SUMMER TERM 2015

Monday 13 Apr School re-opens

Monday 4 May May Day—School

closed

Friday 22 May School closes

Half term: Monday 25th May —Friday 29th May

Monday 1 Jun School re-opens

Wednesday 22 Jul School closes

1.15pm




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24 october 2014

Documents

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good luck message

rose blackburne

new scenes

fun characters

support of miss watson

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