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26 September 2014 Keep in touch!

Gangs ‘n’ Gals Purple Tie Production Set in a 1920s ‘Speakeasy’ (an illegal bar during the prohibition era when the manufacturing and selling of alcohol was illegal) the Year 8 production is called Gangs ‘n’ Gals. In a time of mobsters and flapper girls, the roaring 20s provide an exciting backdrop to the production and rehearsals are currently in full swing!

Imagine the scene…’Big Bucks' Hot Joint’; the hottest speakeasy in town. There are Gangsters and Gals; Beatrice Riley, the star of the speakeasy, is going through tough times (putting up with catty, back-stabbing Velma) until she befriends new waiter, Donald. Owner of the speakeasy, Big Bucks, is having financial and family problems . His step-brother is stealing all of his business and the hottest joint in town might go under. So in one last effort to raise enough money to keep the joint open they decide to put on a real theatre show. With interlinked storylines and a dramatic plot twist at the end, Gangs ‘n’ Girls will definitely be the hottest ticket in town! Get the dates in your diary: Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November.

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IGS Open Day and Evening Our Open Day will be held on Thursday 2nd October. As in previous years the school closes for students at 1.15pm that day; buses will be available from that time for students to make their way home as usual.

For your information this will be an opportunity for visitors to see the school in action during the morning between 10.15am and 11.45am. Visitors should report to reception at the front of the school and students will take you on a guided tour.

In the evening the school will be open from 6.00-8.00pm. There will be three short presentations from myself in B Hall at 6.00, 6.30 and 7.00pm. Representatives of Bradford Council will be available on the night to clarify or discuss any questions around admissions for September 2015; although we are an Academy, we continue to enlist Bradford to administer our admissions.

To minimize the congestion around the site, we request that all visitors in the evening come in through the main entrance of school, where you will be directed to the hall or given a programme of departmental displays and a map of the school. Guides will be stationed at key points inside all buildings and around the site to direct and help. We look forward to seeing some familiar faces in the audience as some of you start planning the next stage in your younger children’s school career.

Schoolcomms App Communication has always been a vital element to school life; whether it is letting parents know about disruption to school due to bad weather, informing you about changes to exam rules or the

more everyday news that is included in Headline weekly, we want to be able to communicate with you. As technologies move on and improve, the method that we use to communicate to you also changes. For some time a Schoolcomms app has been available for you to use. Schoolcomms is the system we use to communicate via email or mobile phone to you. We want to make it as convenient as possible for you to receive these regular messages, and the app is great for this. For some time we have been sending email and text messages to keep you informed. We have to pay for text messages and this can add up considerably across a year. The smartphone app – (School Gateway) is completely free, and cuts the costs of text messaging. Great news as the money saved can be better used elsewhere. Please use the following instructions that take you through the download step by step. The essential key to using this app is that we have on record exactly the same email address that you register with. If you need to update us with you latest mobile number or email address please contact us via [email protected] and we can amend our records with your latest information.





PTA Update Can you get involved in the PTA? If so please get in touch with them on [email protected] or follow them (as well as IGS!) on twitter . The PTA are grateful to everyone who helps at and attends the events, they really do appreciate it and it would be lovely to see a few more faces at the meetings! Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 15th October at 7pm in the Lower Library.

Bradford Council ePetition: Secondary School Provision Wharfedale An ePetition from local parents asking for support from Bradford Council to actively seek funding for additional secondary school places in the Wharfe Valley has been set up. The school is supporting this petition and asking parents and carers to sign it and share it with friends and family if they wish to do so. School places will become increasingly under pressure over the coming years and IGS wants to ensure that it continues to be able to educate all the children of Ilkley and surrounding areas into the future.

http://epetition.bradford.public-i.tv/epetition_core/view/schools

If you have a smartphone, please download the app from Google Play or the Apple App Store. Step 1 - Download the ‘School Gateway’ app Step 2 - Select ‘I’m a new user’, enter your email and mobile number – your PIN number will then be sent to your phone Step 3 - Enter your PIN and login That’s it - you will now receive messages from us through the smartphone app. Your phone will buzz/ring just like when a text message arrives. So you will: receive instant notification of messages

receive messages even when there is no mobile signal – provided you’re connected to Wi -Fi

not be charged for sending replies back to the school be able to store and receive messages all in one place If your mobile phone isn’t able to download the app, we will continue to send messages via text instead.

Home Learning The purpose of home learning is to develop in students a sense of responsibility for organising their own work schedule, to extend their class work, prepare for the next piece of work and to encourage independent learning. Various kinds of home learning may be set consisting, for instance, of writing, reading, learning, researching, practical tasks, longer term project work or consolidating work done in class.

Our Home Learning sheets for the first half term have been uploaded to Realsmart and can be viewed here: Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Key Stage 5

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Use a Tree...Plant a Tree Update Some of you may remember this scheme from last year, where we have pledged to plan a tree every time we use a tree to offset our carbon footprint. Watch this space for further details on where we will plant our next batch of trees.

Year 8 Girls Papilloma Vaccine The first injection for Year 8 girls is on Friday 10th October and will be held in C8.

Time Group Teacher Room

9.00 8s/gy2 KL S6

9.15 8s/gy3 ELC M5

9.30 8s/Hi1 JP M2

10.10 8g/En1A LNR P2

10.20 8g/En1B MEK S5

10.40 8s /En2 ASH P4

11.00 8i/Ma1 SMD C4

11.15 8i/Ma2 AH B12

11.30 8i/Ma3 LO D1

Realsmart Some things which used to be stored on the website will now be accessible via Realsmart, our eLearning platform. Some areas are just for students and you require a student login to access, but there is lots of other information that you can view on here. Click here to access Realsmart,.

Look out for our new website, it has been

redesigned and will be re-launched on Tuesday.

NEW WEBSITE!


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School Photographer All students who had their photograph taken on Monday 15th September were provided with the information below which includes logon details for the Master School Portraits website www.mastsp.com. You can use your logon id to view and/or order photos. If you no longer have your logon id, please contact the key Stage Hubs for your details. Sibling photos have also been distributed via tutors.

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Well done to Stuart MacGregor (12JHB) who enjoyed a successful start to the new squash season by taking the Welsh Junior U17 Open title in Cardiff last weekend. This is an international tournament where top players from all over the world compete over 3 days.

Stuart won the tournament beating Welsh number 1 and European number 14, Elliott Morris Devred, in the final, in straight sets.

Well done to Natasha Greenwood (7AMD) who competed in the final show of the season on Sunday at the Ilkley & District Riding Association at Nell Bank along with others from Acrecliffe Riding Centre. In the various classes she entered she achieved 3rd, 4th and 6th places and did extremely well in her first attempt at this type of competition.

Congratulations to our U14 hockey team who travelled The Grammar School at Leeds on Tuesday to play in the first round of the U14 National Schools Hockey Tournament. There were six teams entered; Ilkley being the only state school represented. The girls drew against Silcoates and Rishworth, lost against Wakefield Girl’s High School (WGHS) and The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) and beat Bradford Grammar School (BGS). The team finished a respectable 3rd place behind GSAL and WGHS with the top two teams going forward to the next round. Well done to all the girls involved and a big thank you to Miss Mitchell for umpiring!

Congratulations and good luck to Andrew Lorimer (13DGW), Cam Herbert (13LCM/SAB), Mike Moore (12PC) and Sion Blears (12PC) who all played hockey on Sunday for Ben Rhydding Hockey Club U18s, in the first round of the England Hockey Cup, away at Deeside Ramblers. They won 4-1 with Mike Moore scoring a goal. The next round is at home on October 5th against Southport. Good luck boys!




Congratulations to our Year 7 rugby team who won the 1st Festival Series on Monday at Skipton RFC beating Settle school 12-7, South Craven 7-0 and Wharfedale School 12-7.

Well done to Matthew Revis (8SP) who was selected for the Yorkshire Schools U13s cricket squad earlier this year as an opening batsman. The team won the U13s Festival at Taunton, winning all five matches. Yorkshire reached the Northern final as underdogs against old rivals Lancashire two weeks ago. Lancashire were the only team to have beaten Yorkshire this season, having bowled out Yorkshire twice. Matthew shared a century with his opening partner and was 58 not out when Yorkshire won by 9 wickets. The managers end of season report quotes 'Matthew Revis is only the second Under 12 to score 400 runs in an Under 13 season'. Matthew also recently attended an England Cricket Board taster day in Loughborough.

Matthew Revis

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Congratulations to Isabel Sowden (7ASH) who completed her first Aquathon, the Ilkley Aquathon, last Saturday. Isabel swam 200m (8 lengths of Ilkley Swimming Pool) followed by an 1800m run.




Well done to Harry Maslen (13DK) who took part in the ESAA English Schools Championships in the Decathlon over the weekend in Boston and came 5th.

Well done to Ruaridh Mon-Williams (12PC) and Lucy Haines (11VEB) who both competed for England in the British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships!




Join Up and Join In! The following pages show all the clubs and activities that go on at IGS. Other Sports: Football matches/events occur throughout the year on a variety of days - see Mr Peltier. X-Country events occur regularly throughout the year (usually on Wednesdays) - see Mr Carr See the weekly sports sheet for full itinerary of events and fixtures. Open art rooms: During open art room sessions the art rooms are available for students to seek support, work on existing coursework or undertake self-directed activities. Activities are not planned and directed by art staff. After school open art rooms: Please check staff are available in advance for these sessions due to occasional staff meeting commitments. Friday sessions are by prior agreement with staff.




Activity Place Time Year Group Member of staff/Dept.

Monday lunchtime

Drama Club P7 12.25 Year 7 Drama Team

History Homework Club M2 12-12.30 Open to all Mr Pancott

Key Stage 3 Homework Club K2 12.25-12.55 Years 7-9 Key Stage 3 Team

Maths Homework Club C2 12.30 For any

students lacking

in confidence or

struggling to

meet their

target grade.

Mrs Zajicek

Open Art rooms Art Department 12.00 Open to all Art Department

Orchestra Grade 3+ B8 12.20 Grade 3+ Music Department

Training Orchestra A7 12.20 Beginner up to

Grade 3

Music Department

Week B: 'writing historical M1 Lunchtime Open to all History Department

Monday after school


Rugby Ilkley Rugby Club 3.30-5pm Years 11/1st XV Mr Falkner Tuesday lunchtime

Art Club M9 12.30 Year 9 Mrs Mortimer

Flute Group A Floor practice room tbc Open to all Music Department

From October: Film Club S5 12-15 – bring

lunch

KS3 Mr Katz


Key Stage 3 Coding Club K5 12.00 Years 7-9 Miss Brides



Post-16 Maths Workshop B12 12-1 Post-16 Mrs Hildyard

Senior Choir A7 12.20 Year 9+ Music Department

Theatre Group B7 12.25 Years 9 & 10 Drama Department

Tuesday after school

Football (Girls) Sports Field/Astro 3.15-4.30pm KS3 (girls) Miss Vangenechten

Hockey Ben Rhydding Astro 3.15-4,30pm Years

9,10,11,12,13

Miss Haigh

Netball Sports Hall/Courts 3.15-4.30pm Year 8 Mrs Ravensdale

Rugby Ilkley Rugby Club 3.30-5pm Years 7, 8 IRFC (external) - see Mr

Falkner

Sports Leaders Courts 3.15-5.15pm Year 9 Mr Blackwell (external)

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Activity Place Time Year Group Member of staff/Dept.

Wednesday lunchtime

Art Club M9 12.30 GCSE Mrs Barton

Art Club M11 12.30 Year 7 Miss Whitley

Chess Club A10 12.00 Open to all Mr Beaumont

From October: Theatre Makers B7 12.25 Year 8 Drama Department




Samba Band A7 12.30 Open to all Music Department

Showstoppers B8 12.20 KS3 Choir Drama Department

The Creative Writing Workshop P3 12.00 – bring

lunch

All years English Department

Wednesday after school


Rugby Ilkley Rugby Club 3.30-5pm Years 9-10 IRFC (external) - see Mr

Falkner

Synchronised Swimming Pool 3.15-4.30pm By selection Mrs Gooch (external) - see

SHR Thursday lunchtime

A Week: Post-16 Maths

Workshop

B12 12-1 Post-16 Mrs Hildyard

Art Club M10 12.30 Year 8 Mr Clarke

Book Club S4 12.00 – bring

lunch

Open to all Mr Lord

From October: Film Club S5 12-15 – bring

lunch

KS3 Mr Katz




Spanish Film Club N4 12.00 Post-16 Year 12 students

Swing Band B8 12.30 Open to all Music Department

Week A:Backstagers B7 12.25 Backstagers Drama Department

Year 11 News Show K5 12.00 Year 11 Yr13 Media students

Thursday after school

Badminton Sports Hall 3- 4.30pm Years 9-11 Mr Handley

Hockey Ben Rhydding

Astro

3.15-4.30pm Years 7, 8 Mrs Knowles


Rugby (Girls) Ilkley Rugby Club 3.30-5pm Year 9, 10 IRFC: Mr Falkner

Sports Leaders Courts 3.15-5.15pm Year 10 Mr Blackwell (external)

Friday lunchtime


KS3 Homework Club K2 12.25-12.55 Years 7-9 Key Stage 3 Team

Rock Group B8 12.20 Open to all Music Department

Strategy Games Club D2 12.20 – bring

lunch

Years 7-9 Miss Mitchell

Week B: Post-16 Maths

Workshop

B13 12-1 Post-16 Mr Newton

Friday after school





Visitors, gardening, sports news

galore...all in the week’s press!




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.

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Monday Orchestra grade 4+ 12.25pm B8 Mrs Chapman

Training Orchestra. Grades 0 - 4 12.20pm A7 Miss Murray

Tuesday Flute/Keyboard and Piano lessons A6 Ms Salter

Senior choir year 9 + 12.20pm A7. Miss Murray

Junior Flute Group

Senior Flute Group

TBC A6a Mrs Salter

Wednesday Drums lessons A6 Mr Lewalski

Samba Band lessons 12.30pm A7 Mr Lewalski

KS3 choir 12.20pm B8 Mrs Chapman

Thursday Brass lessons A6 Mr Griffiths

Sax/Clarinet and Swing Band A6 Mrs Anderson

Violin/Viola lessons A6 Mrs Briggs

Swing band 12.30pm B8 Mrs Anderson

Friday Voice lessons A6 Miss Van Terheyden

Guitar lessons A6 Mr Wells

Rock Club 12.30pm B8 Mr Wells

(Student timetables are displayed outside A7—see Mrs Chapman B8 or B14

registration for further help)

Instruments, particularly large ones can be stored in B8. Ensure you put your

instrument here before registration and make sure it is named.




‘In the summer, we went on a Spanish language course in Salamanca, a beautiful city with lots of history and culture. It was a really enjoyable experience, we had a really great time and also learnt lots of Spanish vocabulary. We stayed with Spanish host families who gave us lots of typical Spanish food; paella, gazpacho, runner beans in tomato sauce and tortilla. We met lots of other students from lots of other countries, America, France and even the Philippines and Kenya, and made lots of friends. Estudio Sampere is a really nice school and the teachers, Sergio and María were very friendly.

We would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more Spanish! ¡Lo pasamos bomba en Salamanca!’

Milly Horn (11AJH), Lucy Haines (11VEB) and Tom Scott (11MH)

Summer in Salmanca

Queens College Cambridge Visit: Maria MacIlroy from Queens College is visiting on Friday 3rd October and will be running sessions for Year 13 Oxbridge applicants at 8.30-9.30am in N8 and for Year 12 potential Oxbridge student at 9.45-10.15am in N8.

Nursery Apprenticeship: Cliffe House Day Nursery are looking for 4 apprentices to work at their Burley in Wharfedale and Baildon premises. Students should have a minimum C in Maths and English GCSE and have ambition to work with children. They would work fulltime whilst studying for their Early Years qualifications. If interested please contact Sarah or Debby on 01274 586888 or 01943 865007.

Year 13 Oxbridge Applicants: A reminder that the internal school deadline for UCAS application completion is 3rd October.

Exam Considerations: Any students who are eligible for special exam considerations should let the Post 16 Office as soon as possible please.

Dietetics Awareness Day: For students interested in pursuing a career as a Dietician. October 30th at St Luke’s Hospital 9.00-1.00pm. For more information and booking please contact [email protected]/01274365108

New York & Washington DC: Places have become available on the trip departing 14 February 2015. Total cost of trip £1,100, more information available from Mrs Varley in the KS3 Hub or Mr Pemberton.

Interview Practice for Medical Applicants: Saturday 18th October 9.45-4.00 Bradford Royal Infirmary. Cost £50 includes refreshments or email [email protected] for more information.

Student Conferences: University of Bradford 11 & 18th March 2015 9.30-3.30pm at Richmond Building Campus. Tasters available in a wide range of subjects, for a full list visit www.bradford.ac.uk/taster-days. Email your interest to [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]/01274365108


http://www.bradford.ac.uk/taster-days

http://www.bradford.ac.uk/taster-days




Career of the Week: Art and Design Overview: Whether you love photography, graphic design, painting or any other art related speciality, career options are limited only by your imagination. Art education propels people towards creative and unexpected destinations – many of which have not yet been discovered. Types of Work: Writing and Analytical Fashion/Textiles Graphic Design Spatial Design 3D Product Design Digital/Multi- Media Photography Fine Art Arranging/Display Organisation/People

Management

Further Information: nationalcareersservicedirect.gov.uk studentartguide.com myfootpath.com For an electronic copy of this, please see Mrs Mitchell, Careers Coordinator in KS4 Hub or Mr Cole, Independent Careers Adviser


http://www.nationalcareersservicedirect.gov.uk/

http://www.nationalcareersservicedirect.gov.uk/

http://www.studentartguide.com/

http://www.myfootpath.com/



Get in touch and stay in touch! We would be interested in any feedback on these bulletins. Also, if you would like further information on anything within them or, wish to request other information items, please get in touch! It is really important we can stay in touch with you; if you need to change your contact details please email [email protected] or contact the school office.

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01943 608424

Website: www.ilkleygrammarschool.com

@ilkleygrammar

Dates for the Diary

September

Friday 26 European Day of Languages Clubs Fair P Hall 12.05-12.40

October

Wednesday 1 Post 16 Apply Plus Conference Thursday 2 Open Morning and Evening 10.15-11.45 an 6-8pm School closes 1.15 for students Friday 3 Ilkley Literature Festival starts Friday 10 HPV Vaccine Year 8 girls Tuesday 14 Year 7 Tutors’ Meeting 4-6pm Wednesday 15 PTA AGM 7-9pm Thursday 16 IGS sponsored event at Ilkley Literature Festival Michael Rosen Monday 20 Year 11 Work Experience Week London Art Galleries Visit Friday 24 Belgium Visit departs 10pm School closes for half term Monday 27 Belgium Visit returns 9.30pm

27nd — 31st October Half Term

November

Monday 3 School re-opens 4 Gangs ‘n’ Gals Production Year 8 Novelist Workshop 5 Gangs ‘n’ Gals Production

Term Dates

AUTUMN TERM 2014

Thursday 2 Oct School closes

1.15pm Open Day

Friday 24 Oct School closes

Half term: Monday 27th—Friday 31st October

Monday 3 Nov School re-opens

Friday 19 Dec School closes

1.15pm

Christmas Holiday: Monday 22nd December—Friday 2nd January

SPRING TERM 2015

Monday 5 Jan Training Day

(School closed to

students)

Tuesday 6 Jan School re-opens

Friday 13 Feb School closes

Half term: Monday 16th February —Friday 20th February

Tuesday 23 Feb School re-opens

Friday 27 Mar School closes

Easter Holidays:

30th March—Friday 10th April

SUMMER TERM 2015

Monday 13 Apr School re-opens

Monday 4 May May Day—School

closed

Friday 22 May School closes

Half term: Monday 25th May —Friday 29th May

Monday 1 Jun School re-opens

Wednesday 22 Jul School closes

1.15pm




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