Aspire - Epiphany 2013

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One of my most enjoyable roles as Principal is that of taking visitors around our College. The comments we receive are always a source of great delight. It is wonderful to see the great sense of joy and purpose in our learning community. Mrs Gilberte Chung Kim Chung, Director of The Bureau of Catholic Education, Mauritius, had this to say following her visit on 29 January: ‘I have been much impressed by the way the students were self-assured and confident enough to talk about the values of All Hallows and their learning targets. The teachers we met were happy and there was a great sense of team work, community and innovation.’ We’ve had many comments like these and have decided to open a new Visitors Book on our website to share them and celebrate all that is good about our College.

Similarly it was an honour to welcome Diocesan Headteachers / Principals together with student representatives from their schools. Whilst the Headteachers met for their meeting, the students held their own meeting in the Chapel with Diocesan RE advisor Pat Barker for reflection and action on the Year of Faith. Ben Mock’s article describes this special event for us.

In addition to awarding and recognising the achievements of last years Year 11 and 13 students, college students and staff attended special awards events to collect a British Council Languages Award, and ICT Mark. This edition of Aspire records the special award winners and we hope they will keep a copy as a souvenir! Our specialist learning areas of Business, IT and Ethical Enterprise and Languages shine through lots of our stories in this edition, including some very entrepreneurial students who persuaded Macclesfield Treacle Market organisers that they were worthy of a pitch! Articles on Languages show the passion for languages learning at All Hallows. In the area of sport, it’s also great to see lots of activity despite the weather! The PE department has developed a wonderfully varied range of experiences for our students, which set them up well for lifelong sport and healthy living.

Finally, Epiphany Term 2013 will be especially remembered for a deeply moving moving College mission, held in the Catholic Year of Faith. This turned out to be deeply moving event for us all as we were presented with deeply thought provoking images, profound ideas about faith, and the personal testimonies of John Pridmore and the St Patrick’s team. Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament in the Monstrance, and two thirds of our students coming forward for sacramental confession were unexpected highlights.

With grateful thanks to everyone, who makes our College a great place in which to work and learn!

In the coming term we wish the very best for our students who are in Year 11 and 13 as they sit their examinations and undertake interviews for entrance to Sixth Form, continuing education, university or vocational training.

Mr Billings — Principal

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All Hallows Awards Evening…..…….p. 03 All Hallows Award Success…..…….p. 07

My Awards Ceremony Experience…..…….p. 09 ’La Nuit Blanche’…..…….p. 11 Art Residential Trip to Anglesey…..…….p. 13 Charity Riendeer Run Funds…..…….p. 15 John Malam Visits…..…….p. 17 All Hallows College Mission…..…….p. 19 Holocaust Survivor Visits…..…….p. 21 Mini DASH…..…….p. 23 Mr Hart Goes Pink…..…….p. 25 Ben’s Public Speaking Success…..…….p. 26 Chinese New Year…..…….p. 27 Students Visit Partner School in Málaga…..…….p. 30 Language Leaders Take The Lead…..…….p. 30 A Trip Down Memory Lane…..…….p. 31 Language Students Becoming the Teachers…..…….p. 33 Treacle Market Success for Students…..…….p. 35 Young Starship Enterprise Competition Up-date…..…….p. 38 Guru Lecture - John Franklin of Astra Zeneca …..…….p. 39 Recommended Reads…..…….p. 40 Sports: PE Awards…..…….p. 42 Sports: Year 11 GCSE PE Trip to High Adventure…..…….p. 42 Sports: Lacrosse…..…….p. 43 Sports: Results…..…….p. 43 Lent Prayer…..…….p. 46

Front Cover: Rebecca Meacham —Year 13 | Back Cover: Alistair Sidebotham —Year 12 03

Awards and Certificates Evening 2012 Each year we invite former Year 11 and Year 13 students and their families to join us for an evening in which we celebrate both individual and whole college achievements.

This year the Awards evening was held in College and as usual was really well attended. We were particularly proud to welcome back former All Hallows Student Mrs Nicola Astudillo-Jones as our Guest Speaker. Nicola attended All Hallows between 1998 and 2005 where she completed her A levels, before studying for her MA in Spanish at the University of St Andrews. Nicola was recently awarded her second MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, at the University of Manchester, where she is currently studying for her Phd. Cultural entertainment was provided by current students Hannah Bristow; Joshua Mock and Francesca Slater.

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Special Award Winners 2012 Art (Fine) - T. Price Art (Textiles) - H. Morrison Biology - B. Cumberland Level 2 Vocational Award - R. Tomko Business Studies Single Award - J. Wright Business Studies Single Award - J. Taylor Chemistry - B. Cumberland Dance - S. Coward Product Design - I. Hemy English Language - L. Rowley English Literature - S. Coward Geography - E. Curley General Studies - I. Prior History - S. Coward Information & Communication Technology - H. Jones Mathematics - B. Cumberland & J. Yaxley Further Mathematics - C. Wright Modern Foreign Languages - German - L. Moss Music Technology - M. Everett Nigel Alcock Award for Science (GCSE) - J. Taylor Physics (Nigel Allcock) - K. Grant Psychology - M. Clark Sociology - N. Thomas Sport & Exercise Science - J. Bettany Theatre Studies - S. Coward Philosophy & Ethics (The Bernard Price Award) - J. Weaver Sportsman of the Year - Catenian Shield - J. Pritchard Sportswoman of the Year - The Ladies Cup - K. O'Gara The Social Enterprise Award - I. Prior, M. Everett & T. Agar The Canon Dwyer Cup for Academic Achievement - B. Cumberland The William Blackledge Award for Endeavour - M Belfield & F. Pucher The Millennium House Cup - Newman

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All Hallows Awards Success All Hallows were privileged enough to be invited to The BETT show in London by Naace to receive the ICT Mark Award in the main events arena on Friday 1 February 2013.

For those unaware, the BETT show is the biggest annual educational based technology and software show of its type in Europe.

The ICT Mark is an accreditation scheme available across the UK which recognises schools / colleges achieving a good standard of mature and effective use of technology. Schools holding the ICT Mark have to demonstrate that they are committed to using technology to improve their overall effectiveness and efficiency.

Mrs Williams, Head of ICT and Mr Gostelow, E-Systems Manager travelled to ExCel Arena, London with 4 Sixth Form students to collect the award on behalf of the college.

The award was presented by two super heads; Sir Robin Bosher and Dame Sylvia Morris who both delivered really interesting

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keynote speeches about their work before presenting the awards.

Nine schools were receiving the award and All Hallows were announced first. Mrs Williams lead the 4 sixth students and Mr Gostelow onto the main stage where the award was presented and they had their photographs taken by the press.

The awards ceremony was followed by Professor Brian Cox who delivered a talk to the filled to capacity arena.

The staff and students then took advantage of investigating the new technologies available for education and of the course every stands freebies!

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My Awards Ceremony Experience in London

By Patrick Bescoby, Year 9 At the end of last term, Mrs Zheng, Mr Garcia, Nica Reyes Year 7 and I went to London to collect a prestigious award for the College‘s teaching of Mandarin from the British Academy. As a GCSE Mandarin student, it was a great opportunity to show off my Mandarin skills.

As we travelled to London on the early train, I felt so excited because we have all worked so hard to achieve this award.

We arrived at the British Academy at about 11 o‘clock to set up a stand for an exhibition to display the work we have been doing. Our stand was decorated with lots of Chinese characters and symbols.

We also showed a video of our Chinese New Year Celebration and lessons, so everybody could see the work we‘ve been doing over the past two years.

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―one of the most enjoyable days I‘ve ever experienced!‖

After lunch, we went onto the awards ceremony where we were presented with a certificate, a trophy and a cheque for £4,000! People from the BBC and Arsenal football club were presenting the awards and it was a really great moment.

After the ceremony, we went to China Town in London for a real ‗taste of China‘ to finish off a fantastic day.

All in all, it was one of the most enjoyable days I‘ve ever experienced!

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‘La Nuit Blanche’ ‗La Nuit Blanche‘ was an exciting exhibition of students work in Art, Textiles, Product Design, Graphics and Food held on the evening of December 19 2012 at All Hallows Catholic College. The displays of Art, Design & Technology were thematically linked by the colour White.

The colour White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, faith, angels and virginity.

These themes linked strongly with the season of Advent and reflected a professional standard to the overall exhibition. ‗La Nuit Blanche‘ was a celebration of the skilful and creative outcomes of students in the ADT Faculty. Students explored the theme using a variety of techniques resulting in outstanding outcomes.

Students in Modern Foreign languages reflected on the theme of peace to adorn the Tree of Peace. Luke Marley (Head Boy) provided a musical accompaniment on the piano.

Visitors included students and parents, staff, senior teachers and governors. Comments left in the Guest book included; 'An air of tranquillity and peace', 'Beautiful‘,

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Year 10 Gifted and Talented Residential Trip to Anglesey Workshops began as soon as we arrived on Friday night, when Year 10 students, chose from a number of disciplines and processes to develop their practical work and subject knowledge in Drawing, Painting, Textile and Three Dimensional work.

Under the guidance and direction of tutors, students used both contemporary and traditional techniques to create artefacts and pieces of work. Critical and contextual references were used to focus activities and ideas and all students were encouraged and supported in producing high quality individual work.

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An opportunity to work alongside nationally recognised subject specialists, practising artists, designers and subject leaders.

To enhance their understanding of techniques.

To allow students to work imaginatively and creatively in collaborative contexts generating, developing and communicating ideas.

To add a significant body of work to the students‘ coursework folders.

To promote confidence.

To encourage students to mix with other students and teachers from other schools.

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A massive £1905.40 for East Cheshire Hospice from the students of All Hallows Catholic College Well done to all the students who helped to raise a massive £1905.40 for the East Cheshire Hospice through the All Hallows Reindeer Run. This is a great achievement mainly by our Year 7 and 8, but thanks must also go to the rest of the college who bought antlers on the last day whilst watching All Hallows has Talent and of course to staff who bought antlers too!

The amount raised will go a long way to help care for patients at East Cheshire Hospice and will be gratefully received.

Photo: Liz Reynolds on behalf of ECH collecting the £1905.40 cheque from Sophie Thomason and students.

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John Malam Visits Year 8 Year 8 students had the chance to meet children‘s non-fiction author John Malam and experience the pressures of producing a book to a deadline.

John delivered two workshops during deeper learning week where students took on the roles of author, editor, illustrator and designer. In 18

teams they followed John‘s instructions to produce their own non-fiction book , following the exact procedure that John himself has to undertake.

Students were fascinated to learn about the different jobs involved in producing a book and many agreed that it had broadened their thoughts about careers. One student was very impressed that editors have to pay up to ÂŁ700 to use a font with a copyright (we may have some new font styles appearing on the market!).

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All Hallows College Mission As part of our celebrations in the 'Year of Faith';. All Hallows welcomed St. Patrick's Mission, Dublin, led by Catholic Evangelist Mr John Pridmore. Students across Years 7-10 experienced a retreat led by John and his team and supported by many of our priests from across the Deanery. The team shared testimonies, and an opportunity for our students to reflect on the love and forgiveness God offers them, through silent reflection prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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Holocaust Survivor Students at All Hallows were given a day that they will remember for a long time when they came together for poignant meeting with Holocaust Survivor, Jack.

Jack told the story of how his happy childhood in Poland was suddenly destroyed in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded.

The story was very upsetting especially when Jack told the students of the time when he lost his family and a German soldier took his last photograph of his little brother from him, knowing that if he protested, he would be killed.

Despite all the sadness, the thing the students will remember most from Jack's story is of his bravery and forgiveness. Writing a letter to Jack, Alex Needham a Year 8 student said, 'I will remember your story for the rest of my life and now I realise how lucky we are and the worst thing is that we take it for granted.'

Phoebe Geary said, 'Your story has taught me that we should all treat each other equally and how important it is to respect other people. I cannot begin to explain how grateful I am. Your story was really moving and I am sure I will never forget the experience of meeting you.'

Emily Taylor also said, 'Everything we take for granted today; family, school, food, someone to look after us - we have everything that you should have had if things had only turned out differently for you - and yet you coped. That takes courage.'

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Mini DASH You may be reading the title of this article with a look of confusion and thinking to yourself: ‗Mini what?‘ DASH is the Diocesan Association of Secondary Headteachers, which essentially is a meeting of all the headteachers of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Shrewsbury every half term. A few years ago during one of these DASH meetings, the headteacher decided that what was needed was a student voice aspect to the proceedings and thus, mini DASH was born.

So what is mini DASH? Firstly, it is an opportunity to promote friendships between students in schools that don‘t necessarily interact regularly but secondly, it helps give a student‘s touch to the proceedings of DASH, allowing students interests and needs to be voiced. Usually, the underlying theme of once-a-term meetings is the specific papal year.

In 2010, it was education and this year, the focus, as announced in the papal letter, Porta Fidei (meaning door of faith), was to be faith.

This year the two representatives from All Hallows are Ben Mock and Rachel Hemy,, Year 12. The first meeting they attended was last October at Harrytown High School and the second was in January of this year, right here at All Hallows. At their first meeting, Ben and Rachel were briefed about the Year of Faith, given some ideas to spread its awareness around the College and they took part in decorating their 24

own door of faith. They came away full of ideas and buzzing about what they could do. However, the exam period took its toll and when the January meeting rolled around; their ideas were still ‗work in progress‘. After some casual icebreakers (mainly Pictionary and biscuits), Diocesan Youth Officer Pat Barker introduced the topic for the day as holding onto your faith. The six teams were each given a New Testament story in which faith is prevalent and set about retelling it to the other groups through rap, rhyme and drama. After the somewhat unorthodox performances, Pat recapped ideas to promote a Year of Faith and the meeting ended with a hot lunch provided by at Innovate.

Ben and Rachel came away with a plan to conduct a Year of Faith Day for Key Stage 2 of the feeder primary schools and with a little imagination and a lot of hard work; we know they can make it happen.

Mini DASH will meet again in July for the DASH annual worship and workshop session. By then, Ben and Rachel will have completed their task, set by Pat, to have held at least one event for the local community.— Ben Mock, Year 12

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Mr Hart Goes Pink!

On Wednesday 19th December, keen-eyed students of All Hallows caught a glimpse of a very rare creature roaming the corridors of the English department…the lesser-spotted pink-haired Mr Hart. Word spread quickly, and soon enough, students were flocking to classroom C1 to see for themselves.

His embarrassment was all for a good cause – as some already know, Mr Hart‘s mother in law recently passed away in The Good Shepherd Hospice in Chester. This is a fantastic place: the staff are brilliant and the care that they provide is simply the best. The Hart family wanted to give something back to those people who work so hard to make others‘ lives more comfortable.

The suggestion of pink hair was raised, and as this seemed to be the most humiliating option possible, Mr Hart spent the final day before the Christmas holidays with cerise coloured locks that were truly a sight to behold.

The Hart family were very touched by the generous donations from students and staff on the day. Further donations would be gratefully received – to contribute visit the family‘s Just Giving page at http:// www.justgiving.com/TinaHart

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Catenian Public Speaking Competition Congratulations to All Hallows Catholic College Student Ben Mock (Year 12) who scooped 2nd prize in the Northwest Regional Catenian Public Speaking contest, held at The Manchester Conference Centre in February. Ben delivered a thought provoking and entertaining speech 'Eccentricity is a Quality to be Valued'. Our thanks and congratulations also goes to Year 13 student Kester Leek who spoke on 'The Innocent and the Beautiful have no Enemy but Time'. Assistant Principal Michelle Garvey said "We are very proud of our students and admire their ability and confidence to be able to present to such a discerning audience.

Most adults would find this daunting but both Ben and Kester took it all in their stride.

“Students develop attitudes and skills that equip them exceptionally well for the world of work�

- OfSTED 2011

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Celebrating Internationalism in the Year of the Snake February 2013 marks the start of the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Lunar calendar and, as ever, the whole college has welcomed the start of the New Year through lessons and extra-curricular activities.

Cross-curricular focus The first two weeks in February have been declared International Fortnight, with a particular focus on China in the lead up to the Chinese New Year. All departments have embraced the challenge and opportunity, finding fascinating ways to bring 28

Chinese learning to the classroom within our curriculum.

Maths, for example, have been teaching students about Chinese Grid Multiplication, a useful technique for multiplying large numbers together without the use of a calculator. Year 10 English students have been studying Chinese news stories as part of their English Language GCSE preparation.

Year 9 have been analysing and contrasting the Chinese tale, ‗Butterfly Lovers‘ with Romeo and Juliet and Year 7 students have been studying Chinese family values and comparing them to our own. Year 8 History students have looked at key events in 20th century Chinese History and Year 9 have been studying the Manchuria Crisis of 1931.

Tai Chi has been used throughout RE lessons as a source of reflection and relaxation. GCSE PE students are continuing with their judo sessions as part of their course. The list is endless!

Embedding internationalism in the curriculum is vital to developing our students into global citizens with an international outlook, and our students respond with great enthusiasm and recognise the value of the challenge.

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Fostering Home-School relations for Mandarin students China remains a major focus in the curriculum at All Hallows Catholic College, since the introduction of the teaching of Mandarin to all Year 7 and 8 students. This academic year has been particularly exciting, with the first GCSE cohorts beginning their courses in Year 9. In addition to their language lessons and extra-curricular speaking sessions with our native speakers, Mrs Zheng and Mrs Liu, our students, their families and teachers joined together to spend Chinese New Year in Manchester City Centre, watching the parade on Albert Square followed by an authentic meal in China Town.

Primary students’ taste of Mandarin!

Our learning community and link primary schools have also embraced the arrival of the Snake! Pupils at St Gregory‘s, St John‘s and Gawsworth have been preparing hard in their 30

Mandarin lessons with Mrs Zheng and Mrs Liu, making Chinese lanterns, learning about the Chinese Zodiac and the significance of the Year of the Snake.

KS4 and KS5 students visit partner school in Málaga Señor Garcia and Mrs Williams spent February half term with a group of year 11, 12 and 13 linguists, on a much-anticipated visit to our partner school, Colegio Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, near Málaga, Spain. Students have been corresponding with their partners and working on joint projects for almost two years, and staff and students alike are excited to cement our friendship during the visit. Both schools will be collaborating in the coming year on projects on the themes of Peace and Music. Full report to follow in next issue!

Language Leaders take the Lead for Second Annual Primary Language Conference Preparations are underway for the next primary language conference. The All Hallows Learning community schools will be spending a day in the Modern Foreign Languages Department, celebrating their achievements in their language learning so far and trying new languages using interactive and innovative ways. The KS4 and KS5 language leaders will be leading the way, and this even will represent the culmination of their training in pedagogy and teamwork, amongst many other skills!

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A Walk Down Memory Lane What must it be like? "I can remember the First TV broadcast; the Coronation of the Queen; the Fashions of the 1960's, the first James Bond movie I ever saw, but I can't remember what I had for lunch today. I don't recognise my own daughter when she comes to see me...."

Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) that is associated with an on going decline of the brain and its abilities.

This includes:  memory  thinking speed  mental agility  language  understanding judgement  a condition which affects the short term memory.

As dementia affects a person's mental abilities, they find planning and organising difficult. Maintaining their independence may also become a problem. Therefore, a person with dementia will usually need help from friends or relatives, including help with decision making.

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had the privilege of visiting the patients last week and listening to their stories. They in return had to put up with our musical renditions from the movies and a bit of an Abba song and dance routine courtesy of Johnny Scott, Tom Burden and Sam Lodge!)

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Language students becoming the teachers!

The KS4 and KS5 Language Leaders programme is in full swing this year, with a dedicated group of 20 students attending weekly sessions to gain accreditation for the Language Leaders Award.

Students from Year 10-13, currently representing French, German and Spanish, work together across their different languages to deliver sessions to younger students and to represent the school at language- related events.

Their core programme includes learning about teaching methodology, lesson planning, discussing student behaviours, gaining and retaining attention, voice projection ,motivation for learning and a debate in the use of target language - many of the themes studied in Initial Teacher Training programmes!

Year 10 Language Leader, Kayleigh Chadwick commented: “I really enjoy learning about how to teach others and how we learn, and using my l anguages in a practical way. Being part of the programme has also really helped my confidence in speaking in front of others and working with people from other year groups.”

In addition, students have represented the school on numerous language and learning-related events. Sixth form students represented the All Hallows on European Day of Languages at Parkroyal Primary School, where they independently prepared and delivered introductory lessons to children from Early Years to Year 6! Mrs Murphy, Head of Languages at Parkroyal sent her thanks to the students commenting “Thank you so much for teaching our children on Europe Day – it really made the day a million times more exciting because you were there. The classes loved it!”

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Year 10 Language Leaders represented the school talking to TEEP visitors about teaching and learning, and the delegates were particularly impressed by their knowledge of the learning process.

Other Language Leaders are also currently preparing activities and lessons for our International Theme Weeks and our annual Primary Language Conference.

TEEP stands for the Teachers Effectiveness Enhancement Programme, the model which All Hallows uses for teaching and learning. Se our website for more details.

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Treacle Market Success for Year 8 Young Co-operatives Enterprising students in Year 8 have set up their own small businesses as Young Co-operatives and some are even finding success out of school.

Rachel Taylor, Antonnia Maddocks, Isabella Barker, Katie Powell have set up a Young Co-operative called ‗Go Munchies ‗selling home baked cakes.

The cakes are made using locally sourced and organic ingredients wherever possible and some are made gluten free. They market their own cakes having designed the branding and created a website. ‗Go Munchies‘ now plan to sell at The Treacle Market in Macclesfield following in the steps of another Year 8 Young Co-operative who have already found success there.

Amber Lea, Grace Hughes, Cora Higgs and Megan Edwards who set up ‗The Candle Company‘ under the college's ‗Go Shop‘ brand have already sold home made candles, jam and other products from a stall at The Treacle Market in January 2013. A percentage of all profits will be donated to The India Clinic Appeal.

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Young Starship Enterprise Competition Up-date The Year 8 and 9 students who have entered the Young Starship Enterprise Competition sponsored by Peaks and Plains Housing Trust are now gearing themselves up for their presentations to a Dragon's Den style panel of judges on 26 February 2013. To support them in their efforts, Manchester United Foundation‘s Education Department sent one of their tutors Rob Martin along to run a workshop in The Romero Centre to provide advice and guidance to students as they finalise their pitch for the judges, their business plans and their marketing strategies. With on going support also being offered by Peaks and Plains, the students should be well prepared for the final showdown at the end of February. The winning team from this round will be announced in the next edition of Aspire. They will go forward to The Final Competition competing against other schools at Old Trafford later in the year!

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Guru Lecture - John Franklin of Astra Zeneca John Franklin, Lead Service Manager with Astra Zeneca provided a fascinating insight into his role with the Macclesfield based company in a guru lecture delivered to Year 13 BTEC Business students. John is accountable for the delivery of IS services around the globe based on a particular technology called SAP. SAP is industry leading software used for the support of core business processes across manufacturing, supply chain, finance, sales and distribution. His application portfolio includes regional-scale SAP services in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

The systems themselves are hosted in data centres in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. His team includes a small number of AZ staff, and about 300 staff from Indian outsourcing partners.

The students listened to John explain exactly what Astra Zeneca does (pharmaceutical Research and Development, manufacturing and supply) and how IT supports the business, using his own role as an example. He spoke about the typical IS roles in a company like Astra Zeneca, and how he uses a mix of Astra Zeneca employees, independent contractors, and large-scale outsource partners.

Lisa Ball, Year 13 BTEC Business student commented afterwards 'how amazing to hear of so many different job roles in IT and how important IT is in supporting the functions of a huge company like Astra Zeneca'.

John finished off by talking a little about the mix of technologies that are used and how these are changing e.g. the move away from traditional internally installed and managed systems towards software as a service provision via the internet, the growing use of smart phones, tablets and social media-like services in the workplace.

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Recommended Reads KS3 ―The Tales of Terror series by Chris Priestley has three books in it; they all have a really gripping storyline. The first book (‗The Tunnel‟s Mouth‘) is set in Victorian England and is about a boy, who is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge… The train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white begins to tell him stories, but nothing he has ever heard before. It is full of cliffhangers, shocking and scary moments! ― Holly Malins, Year 7 KS4 ―Maggie Stiefvater‘s ‗Shiver‘ is the first book of a trilogy called The Wolves of Mercy Falls. In a small American town called Mercy Falls, a pack of slightly unusual wolves hold a terrible secret. The book follows Grace (a local girl) and Sam (a wolf who morphs into a boy during the summer) as they tackle their problems, protect the pack and hide their forbidden love. However, the winter is approaching, the pack is dying and Mercy Falls is beginning to discover their secret… Perfect for fans of Twilight looking for another good read!‖ Kate Waszkowycz, Year 9 40

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PE Awards There are half termly PE awards given in recognition of achievement, effort and contribution to both PE lessons and extra-curricular PE activities. The first of this year's awards went to the following students. A huge well done!

Boys Year 7 'Core Value' Award - Thomas Kerr Year 7 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Scott Attward Year 8 'Core Value' Award - Tom Messenger Year 8 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Freddie Payne Year 9 'Core Value' Award - James Webster Year 9 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Chris Sibbett Year 10 'Core Value' Award - Otto Millard Year 10 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Liam Risley Year 11 'Core Value' Award - Bradley Newton Year 11 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Greg Bishop Girls Year 7 'Core Value' Award - Emily Hutchinson Year 7 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Brooke Hadfield Year 8 'Core Value' Award - Lauren Cottrill Year 8 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Emma-Jane Coombes Year 9 'Core Value' Award - Reema Adams Year 9 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Sarah Duffy Year 10 'Core Value' Award - Erin Sharrocks Year 10 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Siobhan Wright Year 11 'Core Value' Award - Millie Walker Year 11 'Outstanding Performer' Award - Orla Haigh

Year 11 GCSE PE Trip to High Adventure A very successful trip saw 24 Year 11 GCSE PE students travel to West Yorkshire to develop their skills in either Rock Climbing or Orienteering.

Students thoroughly enjoyed their time at High Adventure which saw some excellent GCSE marks achieved to reflect their hard work over the weekend.

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Lacrosse The College has hosted a weekly Lacrosse club on a Tuesday run by an England international coach. The sessions have been fun and fast paced. We would like to encourage as many people to attend as possible and hopefully we can put together a All Hallows Lacrosse team in the near future.

Results Athletics

Year 7 Indoor Athletics Team The team came 4th overall.

Team: James Chadwick, Joe Cobey, Conor Beirne, Alfie Tyldesley, Harry King, Tom Smith, Sam Box, Patrick Penny.

Outstanding performer: Joe Cobey Year 8 Indoor Athletics Well done to the boys team which finished 4th and the girls who finished 6th against very tough opposition from the local schools.

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Basket Ball Year 9 basketball league The district Year 9 basketball league got under away this week.

Congratulations to all boys who represented the College and started the season with a convincing win over Fallibroome - well done!

Netball Congratulations to Jess Shepherd (11B) for representing Cheshire Schools U16 Girls in a recent football match v Lancashire School U16 Girls.

Netball results at the half-way point of the season (League games only):

7a - Played 5, Won 3, Drew 1, Lost 1

7b - Played 5 Won 4, Lost 1

8 - Played 1, Won 1

9 - Played 1, Lost 1

10 - Played 4, Lost 4

Seniors, Played 5, Drew 1, Lost 4

Football Year 7 Football Year 7 football team reached the 4th round of the English Schools Cup Competition.

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Year 10 Football team A massive well done to the Year 10 boys football team who have had a great start to the season. They have played 5, won 4, lost 1. They are through to the quarter finals of the Cheshire Cup which is a fantastic achievement. Good luck to the team in progressing further!

Year 11 Football The year 11 team has produced some excellent football this season and this has been reward with an extended run in the English Schools Cup where they were eventually defeated 3-1 by St Thomas More Catholic High School from Walsall.

The team is still involved in the Cheshire cup and are due to play Wilmslow in the 3rd round.

Girls Football Tournament This year the girls football teams have been taking part in a tournament against schools from the Macclesfield area. The girls have played some very exciting football and have pulled off some brilliant results. At the half way stage the under 14s and under 16s are still in a chance of winning their leagues and the under 12s are fighting for a 3rd place finish. Well done girls!

Under 12s 1 Poynton 2 Wilmslow 3 4 5 6

Knutsford Fallibroome All Hallows Tytherington

Won 6 6

Drew 2 1

Lost 0 1

GF 9 11

GA 0 3

GD 9 8

Points 22 21

3 1 1 0

2 4 3 2

3 3 4 6

5 2 1 0

4 3 6 13

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Player of the Tournament: Mollie Easterby (Year 7)

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Under 14s 1 2 3 4 5 6

Fallibroome Wilmslow Poynton All Hallows Tytherington Knutsford

Won 4 2 1 3 1 1

Drew 2 6 7 2 3 3

Lost 2 0 0 3 4 4

GF 8 4 2 3 2 3

GA 1 1 1 5 5 9

GD 7 3 1 -2 -3 -6

Points 19 18 17 16 13 13

Player of the Tournament: Emma-Jane Coombes (Year 8) Under 16s 1 2 3 4 5

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Won

Drew

Lost

6 5 5 1 0

1 2 1 1 1

1 1 2 6 7

GF GA

GD

Points

9 15 8 3 1

6 12 4 -12 -11

21 20 19 11 9

3 3 4 15 12

Player of the Tournament: Charlotte Mathers (Year 11) Under 16s Girls Football Well done to the under 16s girls who reached the quarter finals of the Cheshire Cup. They beat some tough opposition on the way including Winsford Academy.

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Reflection and Prayer In the story of the Transfiguration ( Luke 9: 28-37), it says „As Jesus prayed, the aspect of his face was changed.‟ It is estimated that 870 million people worldwide do not have enough food to be healthy and live an active life. In Sub-Saharan Africa one in four people go hungry. The recent financial crisis has pushed even more people around the world to the brink of starvation. It can be easy for us to say ―that is not my problem, they are very far away, there is little I can do and change is very difficult.‖ Jesus‘ act of going up the mountain to pray brought great change, physically his face changed, Moses and Elijah appeared and his clothing sparkled white. Change also happened as they prayed and a voice came and told them who Jesus truly was. His friends who were accompanying him: Peter, John and James, were all changed by the experience. None of these changes would have happened if Jesus had not gone to the mountain to pray.

This is a truly precious example of prayer and action bringing change. The suffering in our world is great and can easily overwhelm us. But we can have faith and hope in our loving God. God hears our prayers; God is our strength and our voice when we hunger and thirst for justice.

God of strength, Shower us with hunger for change so that we are able to work together to change the system that leaves millions of people facing food insecurity. Hear our hunger for justice and bring us your hope and salvation, so that we may be a voice for the world and everyone may have enough food on their table to eat.

Amen.

This reflection and prayer were written by Cheruiyot Collins, CAFOD‟s Policy Advocacy Adviser for the Horn and East Africa region.

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