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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 9 Year 7 D1 and D3

Sitting 2 Year 8 & 7 Year 8 B Hall and D2

Year 9 Social Area D Floor

Follow us on twitter @ilkleygrammar

Heading off! Twelve years on, this is my last in-form to you. Headship is a stressful challenge but also a huge joy. It is a privilege to have been trusted to lead you for the last 12 years. Thank you for all your support and encouragement. The future is always uncertain, but IGS is a really impressive place to be, with a proud record and a confident future. I wish Ms Williams, and all of you, if not plain, then very happy, sailing. It’s a big ship, but it has QE2 ambitions and deserves the very best!

Mrs James

21– 24 July 2014 in-form

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Final day: Thursday 24th July Lessons as normal in the morning Early lunch: 11.45 Warning Bell: 12.25 Registration in tutor rooms: 12.30 Released by the Leadership Team from 12.40 School buses will be available for 12.45

Happy holidays and thank you for another outstanding year!

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Celebration Assemblies

Year 10 Tuesday Period 1

Year 8 Tuesday Period 5

Year 7 Wednesday Period 5

Year 9 Wednesday Period 1

Attendance Measure Coming Up…

Monday 21 July

Super Tutor Group winners’ outing!

Tuesday 22 July Year 10 Celebration Assembly P1

Year 8 Celebration Assembly P5

Wednesday 23 July

Year 9 Celebration Assembly P1

Year 7 Celebration Assembly P5

Thursday 24 July School closes 12.45pm

Lost Property Ties, socks, blazers, hoodies, full PE kits and shoes...all are currently lurking in the bottom of the lost property

box in the Key Stage 3 Hub and all will be cleared out by 22nd July.

Super Tutor Group Winners

Well done to :

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You were our winners of this year’s Super Tutor Group—enjoy your day at the Lido or Shipley Bowl

7LAM 7PDH 8CW/SF 9LO 10GS

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Blooming Lovely We welcomed the Ilkley in Bloom judges this week to view our gardens and what a difference a year makes? We were able to show them the willow arch, vegetable plots and fruit trees (planted to offset our carbon footprint) alongside the flowers still in bloom. Thanks to the Gardening Club our garden is now something to shout about!

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Community Sports Day 2014 Well done to all of you who took part in last week’s Community Sports Day. Whether you chose traditional sports, the golf tournament, creative activities (the catapult challenge, egg drop, origami were just some of the choices) or fun sports (Gladiator, obstacle course and tug of war) you all did your school, and community proud. The activities certainly brought out the competitive nature in you, pitting communities against each other to secure Learning Community points.

Matthew Spencer (8JP) Anne Hindle Golf Competition

winner

Post 16 Tennis tournament: Tom Knapton (12LMS) and

Matt Newell (12TG). Final score finished 6-3 to Tom.

Nerves of steel required for mega buzz

Gladiators...are you ready?

Catapult Challenge

Cycling the TDF route...just missing the crowds!

Photo finish!

Marshmallow Challenge

The obstacle course

Zumba

Final Community Scores I- 2167 G- 2019 S- 2208

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They came, they saw and they conquered!

Our Year 8 cricketers sealed their second Yorkshire Post Schools Challenge win in three years with this week’s thrilling success at Headingley Carnegie. Tuesday’s Under-13s final was a repeat of the Yorkshire Schools indoor final that Ilkley edged in the winter, Richmond again settling for silver. Marked as favourites we started a little shaky with Matthew Revis (7SP) out for just seven after being clean bowled by Richmond to leave his side on 13-1. That left Oliver Burton (8ALC) and Matthew Spencer (8JP) at the crease and the duo proved rather fluent with the willow themselves, especially Burton who carried his bat for an unbeaten 42. With opener Spencer weighing in with 29 before being caught, we amassed a respectable 117-7. With the game seemingly in the balance, in went Richmond openers who had their side ticking along nicely at 30-0. Matthew Revis proved his effectiveness with the ball by clean bowling Richmond batters for 10 and adding another for a duck next ball. From there on the pendulum swayed one way then the other with Richmond edging closer to their target only for Oliver Burton, Dan Rowe (8ADM) and Sam McKinnon-Evans (8ADM) to take key wickets for Ilkley. Richmond surely sensed victory when 92-7 – just 25 runs short – with five overs remaining and also when they were 106-7, just 12 shy of victory, with three overs remaining. Particularly tight bowling from McKinnon-Evans suddenly left Richmond needing nine from the final over. Rowe took over for the final over and more hostile bowling left Richmond needing seven from the last two balls for victory, only two boundaries would do it and Richmond’s first bold attempt for a four was stopped for a single on the boundary leaving them on 15, needing a six to win. But as he sought lift off, the ball whizzed past his bat before sending the bails flying – out on the final ball!

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There’s no news like good

news...what a week of celebrating!

Well done to GU16 Yorkshire Fell bronze medallist Jemima Elgood (10VEB) and silver medallist Lucy Haines (10VEB) silver. They both competed at Kettlewell on 13th July.

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Year 7—The Big Top

The circus came to town for Year 7 for their Challenge and Celebration Week; with sessions in diablo, juggling, tightrope walking, tumbling, samba band, trapeze and clowning alongside an insight into circus art and history, they all became entertainers for the week. The show under the big top on Thursday was fantastic...you all deserved the day at Lightwater Valley on the Friday! To view the week’s pictures in full via storify click here.

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Year 8—London What a week Year 8 had...Wicked, the London Eye, the Natural History Museum, The Globe, Chessington World of Adventure, the Science Museum and a Thames boat trip...all squashed into 4 days in London! Not only did you enjoy yourselves but your behaviour was impeccable. To view the week’s pictures in full via storify click here.

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Year 9—The Big Outdoors Year 9 braved the elements this week in the Lakes, experiencing a Lakeland journey day, Hill Navigation day, orienteering, creative community challenges, whaler rowing, wacky games and all that the Brathay site could offer it was an action packed week! To view the week’s pictures in full via storify click here.

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Year 10—The Big Mix Where didn’t Year 10 go this week? Walking the Wharfe, Aerial Extreme, National Coal Mining Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, an afternoon on Enterprise Challenge and to top it off a day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach! You have all really worked very well together. The guides from the mining museum said lovely things about you, as did the staff at Aerial Xtreme. You really listened to Mr Swain’s words on Monday morning when he said you only get out what you put in. To view the week’s pictures in full via storify click here.

Fantastic Fundraising Following the non-uniform day on Friday 11th July you raised the grand total of £684.93. Mr Goodbold presented St John’s Ambulance with a cheque for £284.93 (two members of St John’s Ambulance accompanied the Year 10s on ‘Walking the Wharfe’.)

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Take Care! As the summer holiday approaches, please remember to take the same care of you iPad at home and on holiday as you do at school. Any damage must be reported as soon as it happens: click here for the form to complete in the holidays if any damage occurs. Remember you are always responsible for your iPad, be sensible and respectful of it’s use.

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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 7 Year 7 P3 and P5

Sitting 2 Year 9 & 8 Year 8 B Hall and P2

Year 9 Social Area D Floor

Rotating lunchtime sittings will be for Years 7, 8 and 9 only. Years 10 and 11 have optional sittings. Bags must not be taken into B Hall/The Courtyard Cafe at lunchtime unless you have essential medication (i.e. Epipen or Diabetic equipment).

A 8– 12 September 2014 in-form

Welcome Back! It will be an absolute privilege to be your new Headteacher, taking over from Mrs James in September. I am really looking forward to meeting you all in the first few days back, when I will be conducting your first assembly of the new academic year.

I will talk to you about my expectations of you and what I hope we can all achieve at Ilkley Grammar School over the coming years, but my main aim will be to support and challenge you all to ensure that you achieve everything you are capable of whilst at IGS. I want you not only to work hard and always give of your best, but also to enjoy your time here, and to make the most of the many opportunities on offer to you whilst at school. I am keen to hear your views, and want to build more opportunities for student leadership and input across the school.

For now, I hope you have a lovely summer holiday, and I will see you at the start of the new term, when we shall all set about doing the best we can, together!

Ms Williams

While September and a new school year may be over 7 weeks away, do make a note of your return: Friday and Monday September 5th and 8th: Training Days, no students in school Tuesday 9th September: Years 7, 12 and 13 only in school Wednesday 10th September: all years in school

In September we look forward to welcoming our new Headteacher, Ms Williams, as well as 18 new teachers and 2 other staff.

School Nurse drop-in Session:

Tuesday 16th September, Medical Room. No appointments required, they are here to listen not to tell!

iPad drop in session:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3

Independent Learning :

(click here for the link)

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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.

SCHOOL MENU What a choice! Lasagne or Bean burger, curry or pasta bake...decisions, decisions!

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