Newsletter: February 2012

Uppingham Community CollegeA Specialist Technology Academy

photo above: head of Modern foreign languages dale duffin, headteacher Juan José JiMenez gonzález, principal Jan turner [with a sculpture of the alhaMbra specially coMMissioned as a gift froM the spanish school to ucc] and lourdes soto paez - co-ordinator of the bilingual proJect

The New Year has begun in the same way as 2011 ended for UCC as it welcomed

more visitors from overseas into school this week with a visit from the Headteacher Juan José Jimenez González and other staff from its Spanish Exchange link school – IES Alba Longa in Armilla, Granada.

The Spanish staff spent two days visiting the College, attending lessons and meeting various staff and students. They were also treated to two days out in Cambridge and Stamford.

Señor González said he was delighted to be visiting the College, meeting so many staff and students after being twinned with UCC since October 2008. He also invited as many people as possible from the College to pay a return visit to IES Alba Longa in the near future.

English succEss!by Mrs speers

Congratulations to the following Year 9 students who are one of seven winners

of the Four Winds Olympic Festival poetry competition where pupils had to enter a poem entitled ‘Multum in Parvo’:

Jemima Oakey (9Bm)megan ThOmpsOn O’COnnOr (9Bm)

ryan Funnell (9Bm)

The festival will culminate in a concert on the weekend of March 3rd/4th 2012. The winning poem out of the seven selected will be set to music and then performed as a finale to the concert. Other good poems may also be included in the performance so we wish our three finalists good luck and congratulations on their achievement so far.

RotaRy club of Rutland cREativE WRiting compEtition

WinnERby Mrs speers

Congratulations to geOrgia harT (9em) who has been selected for the next

round of the Rotary Club creative writing competition. Pupils had to write a poem or piece of prose entitled ‘Olympic Dream’ or ‘Olympic Spirit’ and Georgia’s has been selected for the next round at district level. Huge congratulations to Georgia for her stunning poem and we wish her luck in the next round.

hpv vaccinationby Miss shelley

Year 8 Girls have HPV vaccinations on Tuesday 21st February. Please

contact Miss Shelley if you require further information.

UCC ContinUes to do its bit for viva

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lost pRopERtyiMportant notice

Students are asked to take all coats, bags, etc. home at the end of the week, or leave belongings in lockers.

Items left in cloakrooms and other areas of the College, are collected only on a Friday after school. Lost property will then be available for students who have misplaced items to check at the College Shop the following week. Students of un-named items of lost property are advised to enquire at the College Shop.

icg 2012by Mrs cartwright

Some very exciting news from one of our students. The

City of Leicester Swimming Club have selected Harry Hathaway, and several others, to represent Swimming at the International Children’s Games in South Korea 2012. This is an amazing acheivement and we all wish him the best of luck!

ballEt achiEvEmEntsby fiona willetts, 10slb

In November last year, I took my Grade 5 ballet exam. The

results came through and I got a merit. From here, I am going to go into Intermediate.I started ballet when I was 3 and since then I have taken 4 ballet exams. Ballet isn’t what you think it is! As I have been doing ballet for so long, it just comes naturally to me.

I am hoping to get a merit on my Intermediate exam and then go on to join the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

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by Mrs thoMas

We visited Wisteria House in Uppingham on the 2nd February. This is a lovely place where eldery

residents live. These people are retired and no longer live independantly. They just need a little extra help. We arranged to set up a few activities, which included; playing bingo, playing cards, bar skittles and dominoes. Sarah Smith and Ben Sharman made cakes while they visited and stayed for lunch. Everyone had an enjoyable time.

important term dates

Yr10 Spanish ExchangeYr11 Spanish GCSE Controlled SpeakingYr8 Trip to Chateau Beaumont, MayenneYr11 German GCSE Controlled SpeakingSki TripArmy Trip to St George’s BarracksGerman & Spanish Work Experience Parents MeetingYr8 Girls HPV ImmunisationsYr9 Parents’ EveningYr10 Dance Leaders TripYr10 Trip to TheatreTriangular Cross Country at UCC

Yr11 Science Objective Tests (resit)Yr10 German & Spanish Work Experience to UCCYr11 Maths : Unit 1 (pm) (resit)Yr11 Maths : Unit 2 (resit)Yr9 Choices EveningTheme DayYr7 Science Trip to TwycrossHouse AssembliesYr10 GCSE Drama : Frantic AssemblyGCSE Music Recording DayNewsletter DeadlineYr10 Dance Leaders TripAssociated Board Instrumental Exams This WeekCollege Council MeetingYr11 PhotosGCSE Creative Composing TaskSuccess Assembly

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