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HEADTEACHER ’ S WELCOME Despite the unseasonal weather, this has certainly been another very busy Summer Term. There have been successes galore on the sporting front, including our Year 10 footballers winning the City Cup, a 2nd place for our Cheerleaders in the National Championships, a tour to Spain for our netballers and footballers and the arrival on the school site of the Olympic Flame. The Art Department, in its annual exhibition, showed as usual their tremendous success with so much outstanding and varied work on show. Our school racing car was placed 2nd out of all the newcomers to Green Power in racing in the North East and in the annual Rock Challenge event on 4th May the school won awards for staging, choreography, video production and drama skills and was selected to take part in the North of England finals in Grimsby. A small sample of what has been an excellent term. We finish the year, of course, looking forward to the results days in August when we confidently expect UCC to stride forward even more with further increases in the headline figures for GCSE and A-level success.

We wish you all a very good summer break.

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A fantastic group of GCSE students ha themselves this year by producing high-qu designs which they have developed in beautifully made

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The students were influenced by famous fashion design such as Vera Wang, John Paul Gaultier and Vivien Westwood as well as various cultural influence It has been a very exciting year and it has been a pleasure to work with all students involved in DT Textiles Technology - well done to you all!

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ISLAMIC ARTIST VISIT Razwan-ul-Hay, an Islamic artist who fuses Arabic calligraphy with Celtic art – visited school on May 1st and led two workshops with Year 7 pupils. He shared his knowledge and philosophical thoughts on Islam and life, inspiring pupils to create their own art.

The word‘Allah’ (pbuh) was used as the inspiration for their reflective work, which led to a vast array of colour and design. Music, dance and rhythm were also explored, as were the ideas behind what it means to live your life as a Muslim.

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CENTRE STAGE! DANCE SHOW The second UCC dance show – Centre Stage – was held on 27 and 28 March. Over 150 dancers from Years 7 to 11 took part. The first half of the show included a mixture of styles of dance: ballet, contemporary, street, pop and a gymnastics display. The second half took the audience through the eras of dance, starting with the 1920s Charleston and moving through the 1940s Singing in the Rain, 1950s Jail-house Rock, 1970s Boogie Nights, 1990s post-modern dance, 2002 street mix followed by the U.Dance piece 2012. The show was a huge success – both nights were completely sold out!

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2012 ART EXHIBITION This year’s A-level Fine Art and Art Textiles Exhibition in the Pig Pen contains our widest ever range of pieces; including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video installation, kinetic sculpture and a whole host of textile techniques. The exhibition beautifully illustrates the maturity, range and depth of exploration that pupils achieve during their studies here at Ullswater and serves to act as inspiration for those upand-coming artists within the school. Many of the pupils exhibiting are continuing their art education beyond sixth form, either at degree or foundation level.

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BRANCH OUT WITH BOOKS 2012

Our 2012 Branch Out with Books competition saw UCC working in collaboration with the Alhambra Cinema in Penrith. Darren Horne, who manages the cinema, donated 20 tickets for this year’s competition.

The LRC was also fortunate to gain funding from the Ullswater Community Association towards prizes such as the Kindle for the Grand Prize, Cadbury gift boxes and Ti unes vouchers. There were over 240 entries into Branch Out from across the year groups with many excellent reviews and illustrations. Congratulations to all who branched out with books this year!

Ruth Molloy

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May 2012, at which the Young Fire Fighters demonstrated their achievements nique and were presented with certificates. This was a proud day for the young from the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

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DEFIBRILLATOR WON FOR UCC UCC is delighted to have won £2000 of life-saving medical equipment and training. On a recent first aid course, Cover Supervisor Richard Scoffham entered the school in a competition being held by the Hands on Heart charity. Richard’s entry was successful, winning first aid equipment – including a defibrillator and CPR dummies – and a training course for six members of staff and a Year 9 Science group on how to use the equipment.

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RUGBY TOUR

In March, 44 Year 7 and 8 pupils embarked on a 3-day rugby tour of the North-East. After starting the tour with a 7s tournament on the beach at Tynemouth, they enjoyed an evening watching the Newcastle Falcons play the London Wasps. The next morning, both teams were narrowly defeated by Harton College in South Shields; morale was lifted by an afternoon of paintballing and 10-pin bowling. After a trip to Wet and Wild on Sunday, the pupils returned home, having been a credit to the school throughout the weekend.

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SPAIN TOUR

Two netball teams and a football squad travelled to Spain for a week of sport, swimming, sun and fun! The pupils took part in coaching and a tournament over 2 days. The netball team had a number of victories and finished 2nd in the U13 cup. The footballers played some tough opposition but managed to win their final game 3 –0. All the players displayed superb attitude and desire, working very hard in the heat! We also visited one of Spain’s largest water parks and had a tour of the Nou Camp in Barcelona; both fantastic experiences! Sophie Mead

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