Connect 40

Connect Principal: Stuart Williams www.catmosecollege.com

A newsletter for parents, students and the local community

19 JULY 2012

ISSUE 40

Student Article

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Spotlight Dance

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BBC Visit

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Adventure Service P 7 Yr 6 Induction

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Term Dates

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New Term

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Sports Day

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Sports News

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PERFORMING ARTS TOUR 2012 On Saturday 7 July at 11:30am, 36 students and 4 members of staff travelled to Lake Garda, Italy for a week’s performing Arts tour. Overall, the journey was very calm and was over within 24 hours. We arrived at our hotel earlier than expected, which allowed us to spend several hours by the pool. The rooms were comfortable and we mainly slept in groups of three. On our second day we ate breakfast and then we immediately departed for Garda; where we enjoyed a boat ride, viewing picturesque scenery. Afterwards, our boat stopped in Garda and we were able to spend the next few hours browsing the quintessential town. After, we were back on the bus and were travelling to a cable car, celebrating its 50th anniversary. It gave us the opportunity to look at Lake Garda from above, and take pictures of the outstanding view.

After a long day, we returned to the hotel for dinner and gave our first performance in Bussolengo. The audience were extremely impressed with our drama, music and dance skills and showed their appreciation as we ended our final piece.

We all looked forward to experiencing both the rest of Lake Garda and our other performances. (continued overleaf) Poppy Spencer (Year 10)

COLLEGE HOLIDAY The College will close to students on Thursday 19 July and will re-open on Thursday 30 August. I hope you and your family have a happy and healthy holiday (whatever the weather) and I look forward to seeing all students when they return, refreshed, smart and focused ready to face the year ahead.

There will be staff available at the College during the holiday. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact office@catmosecollege.com. If you have an urgent enquiry please contact the College as usual on 01572 770066.

Stuart Williams

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PERFORMING ARTS TOUR 2012 (CONTINUED) We performed our first concert in Bussolengo in a huge open square under the town’s clock tower. People sat on chairs in the audience, stood around the fountain in the middle of the square and watched from cafes and flats at the edges of the square. We were presented with a shield from the town at the end of the performance.

The next day we spent the morning at the hotel by the pool and then travelled to Sirmione to explore the narrow streets, shop and sample ice-cream and pizza. In the evening we performed to the backdrop of Lake Garda. In the last few moments of our concert black clouds covered the sky, closely followed by a very dramatic thunderstorm and rain. We finished our performance 5 minutes early and quickly packed everything away before the rain could do any damage to our equipment. The audience were very impressed with the talent of the students and asked if we came from a Performing Arts School. One of the audience gave us 50 euros (which we spent later on drinks for the whole group).

The following day we took a trip to the city of Verona, where Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' was based. As we arrived outside the city walls, it was announced that we would be doing a flash mob of one of the tour pieces, 'O Happy Day' which would be performed in one area of the city. As we walked to Juliet's balcony, the setting of our first flash mob was found; a town square lined with cafes and shops. Arriving a few minutes before it started, my group of friends tried to blend into the crowd and sat down at a restaurant near the teachers so they could film it, as within the group was Megan Spencer, the soloist that started the singing, albeit a little too early to be filmed. Slowly, the whole group joined in and surprised the crowds, some of which recognised the song and joined in. When we finished, we all carried on as usual which showed the crowds that the flash mob had finished. Originally, we only meant to do one flash mob, but the first one went so well we ended up doing three, and then sang our way back to the bus!’

Cara-Jayne Smithson (Year 10) The next day we went to Gardaland, the 3rd biggest theme park in Europe for the day. The group had an adventurous time on all of the rides. Mr Sammy’s highlight was winning a very large cuddly pink shark by shooting a basketball into the hoop – a real star! (we won’t mention how many goes he had and how much money he spent in order to win the shark). That evening we organised another concert at the hotel where we were staying. This meant that the students got to perform their third concert after all and were able to say thank you to our hosts who had been amazing.

The concert was enjoyed by all and ended with an impromptu dance for audience and performers to Mr Sammy’s music.

The audience were again amazed by the student’s talents and enjoyed the variety of our performance. They have had many school groups on tour who just perform music but our performances were more varied with the dance, mime and percussion.

This tour was superb, the students were a real credit to themselves, the College and their parents and it was a privilege to share this experience with them. Thanks go particularly to Lorenzo D’Angelo who was our much needed interpreter for the week (with his fluent Italian). As well as helping out with understanding in the hotel and at the concerts Loz compered parts of the performance in Italian for a very appreciative audience. Thanks also must go to Mr Grace for his amazing technical abilities, Mrs McPeake for her medical expertise and Mr Sammy for his musicality.

Mrs Mitchell SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR The day in Verona looking around the city, and the weather (Tara Petterson) Socialising with new people (Lauren Cotton) The flash mobs in Verona and learning to dance like a lobster (Becki Hearn) Sitting in Verona eating a freshly made pizza in an authentic Italian restaurant (Alex Perry)

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PERFORMING ARTS TOUR 2012 (CONTINUED) The time Seb, Chesca and myself found a pasta-ria down a back street in Verona and ate like Kings (Will Kettle) Swimming in the beautiful pool and socialising with others I wouldn’t have socialised with if it wasn’t for this lovely Performing Arts trip (Seb Quinn) This was the perfect way to finish off my Catmose College life, Italy was stunning and I’d advise anyone to go on the Performing Arts Tour (Sophie Worrall) Not getting sunburnt. It was great to perform as part of a team and feel the buzz after a successful show. Undefeated at table football (Danny McKay) The best thing about the Performing Arts Tour was the fact that we all have worked as a team whilst performing in Italy, it was such a great experience (Grace Tebbatt) The performances and playing a solo piece of music on the piano which I taught myself for the Tour. Also, beating Mr Sammy at table football (Francesca Kennard-Kettle) Performing to the people in many places, I also enjoyed making new friends on the trip from the years below and above.

The trip has been an amazing experience and one I shall never forget (Grace Price)

CHOICES - STUDENT ARTICLE We make thousands of choices everyday whether that's which breakfast we have or to make the effort to listen at school. These are basic choices we must make in order to be successful. The easy choices are often not the right ones, for example to decide not to do your homework is easy but actually doing it is harder, but that's the choice that will give you praise, a sense of achievement and possibly success.

Miss Gonda thank you for all this wise knowledge. When a teacher asks ‘have you done your homework’, if you say don't know, you obviously do know because you made the choice not to do it. Miss Gonda reminded us that we are so lucky to have the chance to make choices because a man named Spencer West didn't. He was born with a disease which meant he had no legs.

As a child he was constantly told he was not part of a functional society, and could not do anything. With his disability already to suffer with, he had people saying he was useless, not valuable - poor man. But no he didn't listen - good for him, and as a result of this he goes round Africa helping people. He helps young poor children to have schools, he picks up the bricks and provides children in poverty the chance to go to school. He gives them confidence to make a choice, and believe and stick to it, he tells them it’s their choice, no one else's and it’s their life. Their choice to be successful or not. This one amazing man is helping poor children have better live's and he is much worse off than we are.

It’s not hard to make it but knowing you have to do it can be hard for some people, so next time you make a choice, big or small, think twice if it’s a wrong one and if it’s a right one think ahead about the consequences about that choice if any, because it is important and can you affect you in later life.

Thank you Miss Gonda for putting some wisdom into me!

Amy Lakin

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SPOTLIGHT ON DANCE 2012 Fifty seven students were involved in Spotlight this year from all year groups. We had six dances in the show, in addition to Sarah Bell’s key stage 3 and 4 dances and Footloose which was performed by some of the students from the electives programme. All students had worked hard in their own time to perfect the dances and due to its popularity had to audition to be in the show. On Thursday we travelled to Uppingham theatre to rehearse in the morning and then we had a full dress rehearsal in front of primary school students.

It was a great success and all students rose to the challenge of performing two nights to a full house. Dances ranged from a solo by Bethany Godfrey performing a jazz modern piece, to Dancing Fool to Stomp with no music performed by six year 11 students. Leanne Murphy, a student who left last year, returned to teach ten year 8 and 9 girls in her words As an ex student who has been involved in Spotlight for 6 years I wanted to give others a chance to be involved in a large group choreography’. Students who had previously been in ‘Spotlight helped to teach the ‘new’ performers the ropes and the atmosphere was fantastic. Many thanks to Fern and Willow Spencer for helping front of house and Chloe Chambers and Alice Radford for helping at the primary Spotlight on Dance. Many thanks also to all students who helped to create a fantastic show which demonstrated their commitment and determination to produce performances of high quality.

Mrs D Powell DE5YE Chloe Simpson, Jenna-Marie Charlton, Anna Ward, Hannah Tomkinson, Lexie Meade, Georgia Butlin, Clarice Deakin, Louisa Orchard, Rosie Smith, Caitlin Edens, Ruby McAuliffe, Issy Quy, Lucy Baker HYPNOTIC Becki Hearn, Becky Bond, Laura Coddington, Lauren Cotton, Tara Petterson, Ellie Thwaites STOMP Caitlin Quinn, Sophie Worrall, Grace Tebbatt, Kim Day, Janice Tang, Hannah Brown, Lydia Arnold, EJ Pearse, Megan Lamb DANCING FOOL Bethany Godfrey NAMELESS Holly Evans, Emelia Laws, Shivani Mistry, Sonia Mistry KS3 BOYS Finlay Welford, Jenson Morse and a student from Uppingham FOOTLOOSE Grace Price, Poppy Spencer, Cecily Reeves-Jones, Catherine Wright, Sophie Worrall, Lauren Cotton, Ellie Thwaites, Becki Hearn. Grace Tebbatt, Isabelle Hawksworth, Laura Coddington, Hannah Brown, Kimberley Day, Janice Tang, Amber Fairbairn, Olivia Stevenson, Eleanor Firth, Holly Jones, Laura Muir, Rosie Smith, Chloe Chambers, Isobel Quy, Francesca Kennard-Kettle, Ella Baines, Chloe Williams, Ruby-Mae McAuliffe, Eva Graham, Emma Makings-Hone, India Hunnikin, Chloe Simpson, Holly Kirk

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SPOTLIGHT ON DANCE PHOTOS

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BBC TELEVISION CENTRE VISIT Ms Smith, Sam, Lewis and I had the fantastic privilege of visiting the BBC Television Centre in London on Monday.

With cameras charged and train tickets ready we left Oakham on the train at about 11.00am. We travelled to Peterborough and onto Kings Cross station.

After a short journey on the tube and arriving at the Television Centre, we met Jim Buchanan, deployment editor of BBC UK news, who would be giving up his time to show us around the BBC for the day.

Finding our way through the maze of corridors, we first came to the main, most famous studio of all, studio 1. Home to shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Children in Need, Classic Doctor Who and many more, this colossal space totally dwarfed us.

Next was the busy weather department where we were lucky enough to have a go at presenting the weather forecast ourselves just after Laura Tobin had finished her live broadcast. After our shocking attempts on the green screen we went deeper and deeper into the building, coming across graphic designers, editors and presenters. We also attended the production meeting where the contents of all the day’s news programmes is decided across all the BBC’s broadcasting mediums, as well as discussing up and coming news for the next day.

We were taken into the most famous radio studio in the BBC which is where Today, News at One and PM is broadcast from. It was interesting to see the number of microphones and also that the room has webcams so that viewers can watch the programme on the Internet.

The main newsroom full of people working away, was where Jim’s normal working place and colleagues were. Leading on from this was the gallery, a dark room full of monitors and directors shouting which camera and sound they wanted displayed during the live broadcast of the news.

Silently creeping under the red ‘On Air’ sign we entered the main studio. Huw Edwards, the presenter for the day sat under the bright light at his desk, preparing himself during the tension-building countdown followed by the well-known introduction music. We had been introduced to him in the newsroom and he had invited us to watch his broadcast for the five o’clock news inside the studio.

We dodged the many mammoth cameras which wheeled themselves around the studio, getting the perfect shot.

During what are called ‘VT’s’ (when the presenter gets a break as they cut to an on location reporter or previously recorded package) Huw Edwards invited us up to his desk. He quickly talked through his usual procedure during the broadcasts whilst being hurried by the floor manager to clear the set.

It was fascinating to watch the live broadcasts take place. One in the studio with Huw Edwards (the five o’clock news on the news channel), and the other, the six o’clock news, from the director’s point of view from the gallery.

The whole day was really fantastic experience, seeing step by step the process of making the news broadcast. Thank you very much to Jim for giving up his time to show us around.

By Daniel Purse

FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW Four year 7 students were fortunate to be invited on Friday 13 July to attend Farnborough Airshow Futures Day for careers in the aerospace and defence sector. Ashley Brewis, Harry Bateman, Jake Henderson and Ryan Henderson had a wonderful day, thanks to Mrs Brewis. They were given a tour of the Airshow by golf buggy, saw the launch of the new Airbus A340 jumbo jet and went on a flight simulator. They also met the only British astronaut in the current space programme, held an Olympic torch (as the makers of the manufacturing equipment were exhibiting there), sat in a Hawk jet and went in a US Airforce Globemaster 3 carrier.

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ADVENTURE SERVICE CHALLENGE (ASC) The ASC group met at the campsite in Belton-inRutland on Saturday 7 July for the final challenge of the elective programme. Tents were quickly set up and preparations made for the 5 mile trek which was the main feature of the weekend. Inevitably, there was a heavy shower just as we were setting off and this set the pattern for the remainder of the weekend.

Our twelve year 7s were not in the least put off by the weather, or the muddy paths or even an invasion of tiny frogs! We maintained a steady pace and there was a notable absence of blisters. On returning to the campsite, it was time for a rest before the cooking began. There was still time for some exploration of the campsite, plenty of energetic games and then it was time to get into the tents for some sleep. On Sunday morning, breakfast was cooked before a series of organised games and challenges. We just had time for a photo session and packing everything away before parents arrived - accompanied by another shower ! As ever, the students were a credit to the College and definitely enjoyed the challenge!

The ASC Y7 group: Ashley Brewis, Thomas Earp, Thomas Footitt, Abbie Kirby, Isobel Skipper, Rosemary Smith, Daniel White, Lauren Short, Cassandra Green, Emma Makings-Hone, Annabel Willis and Michael Aiton.

Charlie O’Neill

YEAR 6 INDUCTION DAY The parents of our new intake for year 7 next term joined us for the evening recently to meet their child’s tutor and ensure they were happy with the arrangements for September. It was also an opportunity to update parents with the latest College news and emphasise the importance of parental engagement in ensuring that students get the most out of their time at the College. We use a variety of communication tools to ensure parents are kept up-to-date; parents’ evenings, reports, the College website (www.catmosecollege.com), facebook (www.facebook.com/catmosecollege/), twitter (www.twitter.com/catmosecollege), radiowaves (www.radiowaves.co.uk) and of course my blog which can also be found on the website. We also encourage parents to get in touch by phone, email or by making an appointment whenever they wish to discuss any aspect of their child’s education. We do not claim to be perfect at Catmose and recognise mistakes will be made; we will however always endeavour to put things right.

Stuart Williams

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RUTLAND SAILABILITY COCKTAIL PARTY On Wednesday the 27 June Dan, Lewis and I were invited, along with our families, to a cocktail party organised by Rutland Sailability. The party was held at Barnsdale Lodge and it was here where we would show and present our final video of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant to the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland and also the High Sheriff of Rutland.

We arrived shortly before 6:30pm and were greeted by a mass of cocktails and other little nibbles such as chocolate coated strawberries.

Firstly we were taken to the magnificent looking boat where there was a photo shoot of the three of us along with Martin, the Lord Lieutenant and the High Sheriff. After that we mingled for about half an hour before the opening speech started at 7:00pm welcoming everyone to the evening.

After the first speech, John gave a great presentation on the journey of the Jubilee Pageant including why they were asked to enter and the two days on the Thames. Finally at around 7:45pm, it was our opportunity to show the final video after days of filming and hours of Dan’s expert editing, I really hoped they liked it.

Fortunately everyone did and we received a huge round of applause including many comments of how great it was. As the three of us came to the front with our copies of the film, Dan gave his 30 second speech on the video and presented Dr Lawrence Howard one copy of the film; shortly followed by Lewis giving the High Sheriff his copy and me giving Martin mine. We were then thanked again by everyone before resuming our places back on the table.

Finally an auction and prize giving followed, with us leaving straight afterwards. Overall I think that the evening went incredibly well with all of our hard work congratulated, making it all worthwhile.

Sam Cliff

OLYMPIC CUPCAKES The sports team recently came up with a novel idea to raise money for charity. They had previously seen the fantastic cupcake creations by TA Mrs Davis and thought that it would be a brilliant idea if she was to make cupcakes themed on the Olympics and the house medals. Mrs Davis and her daughter Amy spent many hours creating 130 very tasty and beautifully decorated cakes. Amy’s support and help was very much appreciated by her mum.

The cakes were sold on sports day at break time to students; they went very quickly and made £67 for charity. The money was put together with money raised for Sports Relief and then split between two charities, The Air Ambulance in memory of former student Dominic Archer-Fern and the British Heart Foundation.

COLLEGE UNIFORM Catmose College uniform can be purchased on Thursday 12 and Thursday 19 July from 11am to 4.30pm. Students are encouraged to visit on Thursday to be measured should they wish to order a College skirt. Order forms can also be collected from client services or can be found on the website.

Commencing Wednesday 25 July until Friday 31 August 2012, the uniform shop will be open each day, Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm.

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TERM DATES TERM 1 School opens Thursday 30 August 2012 School closes Friday 12 October 2012 TERM 2 School opens Monday 29 October 2012 School closes Tuesday 18 December 2012 TERM 3 School opens Thursday 3 January 2013 School closes Friday 8 February 2013 TERM 4 School opens Monday 18 February 2013 School closes Wednesday 27 March 2013 TERM 5 School opens Thursday 11 April 2013 May Bank Holiday Monday 6 May 2013 School closes Friday 24 May 2013 TERM 6 School opens Monday 3 June 2013 School closes Friday 19 July 2013

FIRST DAY BACK When students return to the College at 8.45am on Thursday 30 August 2012, they should report to their form tutor in the room indicated below. Students will receive their timetables, student notebooks and locker numbers before moving to lesson 1 at 9.00am.

Mrs MacDonald

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Mr Dean Euler

Mrs McGrath Pasteur

Mr Kelly Shackleton

Miss Gonda Dickens

Mrs Woods Morris

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Mr Underwood Napier

Mr McAvoy Darwin

Mrs Williams De Beauvoir

Mrs Drake/ Mrs McAvoy Shakespeare

Mr Pimperton Dior

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Miss Lewis Fibonacci

Mr Richards Galileo

Miss Weightman Lorca

Mrs Green Bronte

Mrs Spiers Frink

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Mrs Burns Gallery

Mrs Sanders (Mrs Waters) Einstein

Mr Hawkins Churchill

Mrs Montgomery Keats

Miss Warren Beeton

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Mrs Wardhaugh Archimedes

Mrs Price Schrodinger

Mr Wilson Plato

Mrs Dodd Austen

Miss Hincks Picasso

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Mr Mullinger Pythagoras

Miss Welsh Curie

Miss Brown Cromwell

Miss Winters (Mrs Aluzzi) Tolkien

Mr Brydon Brunel

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SPORTS DAY On Tuesday 17 July Catmose College held its annual sports day. It was a great day with over 300 students competing throughout the day. Events competed in were 100 metres, 200 metres, 300/400 metres, 800 metres, relay, house relay, long-jump, high jump, shot-putt, javelin, discus and tug of war. Congratulations to the yellow house who were the overall winners.

Guest of honour was Rebecca Rimmington who has represented Great Britain in the Paralympic cycling.

Results are as follows: Overall 2012 house positions Yellow house: 1st place (659 points) Blue house: 2nd place (626 points) Red house: 2rd place (626 points) Year 8 house positions Green house: 4th place (593points) Yellow house: 1st place Year 7 house positions Red house: 2nd place Green house: 3rd place Yellow house: 1st place Blue house: 4th place Blue house: 2nd place Red house: 3rd place Year 10 house positions Green house: 4th place Blue house: 1st place Year 9 house positions Green house: 2nd place Red house: 3rd place Yellow house: 1st place Yellow house: 4th place Red house: 2nd place Green house: 3rd place Blue house: 4th place

Outstanding individual performances came from Ben Boulton-Smith – Y7 Boys 100m (13.9secs) and 200m (27.72secs), Ione Halford Garcia – Y7 Girls 200m (32.07secs), Douglas Hempkin – Y8 Boys 200m (27.38secs), Ashley Chamberlain and Isaiah Wilks – Y9 Boys 100m (12.4secs), Ashley Chamberlain – Y9 Boys 200m (25.3secs), Eleanor Firth - Y9 Girls High Jump (1.40m), Josh Limbrick - Y10 Boys 100m (11.8secs) and 200m (23.23secs), Shaquille Price – Y10 Boys 400m (64secs), Reece Woolley - Y10 Boys 800m (2.32.58mins), Joe McDonald – Y10 Boys High Jump (1.55m) and Poppy Spencer – Y10 Girls Discus (17.74m).

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SPORTS NEWS LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND SCHOOL GAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS On Tuesday 10 July, Catmose College took 54 pupils to Leicester Grammar School. The School Games is a new approach to competitive school sport, designed to motivate and enthuse all young people. It is a key Government priority for realising a meaningful sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The games were opened by 4 x 100m Relay Gold Medallist (Athens 2004) Jason Gardener MBE, Josie Inverdale (GB U21 Hockey Player) and Lucy Garner (World Junior Road Race Cycling Champion).

Rutland (Catmose College) entered Year 7 Netball, Year 7 Girls Football, KS3 and KS4 Rowing, Volleyball KS4 and sitting volleyball Year 7. Overall we had a successful day bringing back three trophies and lots of medals.

Year 7 Netball: 4th out of 8 districts.

Year 7 Sitting Volleyball: 2nd (Silver Medal) Year 7 Girls Football: 5th out of 8 districts.

KS4 Volleyball: 1st (Gold medal) KS3 Rowing: KS4 Rowing: Individual rowing winners: James Dalby (Yr 10), Emma Foers (Yr 10)

YEAR 7 SITTING VOLLEYBALL The team consisted of Lewis Crellin, Cameron Turner, James Baker, Kieran Frost, Josh McAllister, Jay Thompson, Brendan Wallace and Jack Warnock. We played a good competitive game and the whole of the team showed true sportsmanship and worked well together as a team. We achieved 2nd place and all students received a silver medal. The volleyball team also achieved a values awards for displaying the Olympic values throughout the day.

YEAR 7 NETBALL In the year 7 Netball tournament there were eight districts. The tournament was organised in a round robin so that everyone plays everyone. There were five points for a win and three points for a draw. Catmose won three games, drew two games and lost two games. The girls played really well and improved their skills in every match. Overall we came fourth in Leicestershire and Rutland. This was a great achievement as there was some tough competition with many girls playing a high level of netball. Well done to Alice Radford, Ione Halford Garcia, Issy Quy, Saskia Davies, Jasmine Woolhouse, Eva Graham, Chloe Chambers, Jess Curtis, Roshni Morjaria, Yaznia Pourmozafari and Georgina Cramphorn.

YEAR 7 FOOTBALL The Year 7 Girls’ Football team performed extremely well. They beat local rivals Melton 4 – 0 and held out for a 1 – 0 victory against Charnwood North. Their total of 8 points from 7 games meant that they finished fifth in the league.

Catmose Player of the tournament was Isobel Skipper (7C). She demonstrated the Olympic Values of Excellence and Determination and was an example for other students to follow. Well done to Zoe Smith, Issy Skipper, Amy Lakin, Viktorija Sulaine, Olivia Wilson, Nikisha Odedra, Eleanor Bland, Caitlin Edens, Rosie Smith, Jennifer Stewart and Holly Jones.

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KS4 VOLLEYBALL The mixed volleyball team had been practising on Monday nights organised by Miss Stillman and this dedication to improving their skills and learning the tactics of the game made a difference on the day. The team won all of their matches and at times displayed composure and determination to come back and win sets that they could have lost. They are now Rutland and Leicestershire Champions. Well done everyone, there is no I in team!

Kieran Mackie, Shaquille Price, Max Beesley, Harry Tuckwood, Nick Houghton, Amber McIntyre, Will Bell and Gina Boulton-Smith KS3 AND KS4 INDOOR ROWING A great day was had by all at the Leicestershire and Rutland school games championships, with the rowing team having great success. Both KS3 and KS4 competed in the indoor rowing with teams being made up of 4 boys and 4 girls, who competed in a series of relay and individual races. The relay heats proved a challenge at first with change overs every 30 seconds, but we quickly mastered the technique and then we were on our way to the top! KS3 saw some stiff competition with huge congratulations going to Penny Skipper who came in 6th overall in the girls tournament. Everyone in the KS3 rowing team put in a huge effort and were willing one another to win but on the day the competition was just too stiff. KS4 stormed ahead in the individual races, competing against 27 other rowers from schools across Leicstershire and Rutland. Emma Foers put in a valiant effort, rowing 1085 metres which secured her gold in the girls tournament, James Dalby who rowed a massive 1.3 km was awarded silver in the boys tournament and then the KS4 team went onto win the values award for sportsmanship and performance. Well done to Penny Skipper, Davina Patel, Emerson Sharpe, Ellie Firth, Will Durno, Ashley Chamberlain, Charlie Watt, Joe Bent, Dom Exton, James Dalby, James Rosillo, Josh Limbrick, Alice Cosgrove, Emma Foers, Imogen Bluche and Annabel Bachmet.

E.Stillman/O.Teasel/D.Powell/L.Skinner/L.Fox-Clipsham

STEVENAGE LEISURE ACTIVITIES

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