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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 9 Year 7 P2 and P3

Sitting 2 Year 8 & 7 Year 8 B Hall and P5

Year 9 Social Area D Floor

Rotating lunchtime sittings will be for Years 7, 8 and 9 only. Years 10 and 11 have optional sittings. Bags must not be taken into B

Hall/The Courtyard Cafe at lunchtime unless you have essential medication (i.e. Epipen or Diabetic equipment).

School Nurse Drop-in Session: Tuesday 18th February – Medical Room No appointments required – they are here to listen not to tell!

iPad drop in session: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3

Independent Learning (click here for the link)

Go for Gold!

It isn’t just our 56 GB winter athletes in Sochi who do try for their Personal Best,

you can too. We’ve seen this week our first snow medal (bronze), a speed skater just

miss out in the finals by clipping his blade, a creditable 7th in the women's slope style and watched in awe as others have gritted their teeth and set their sights on medals.

We may not have Olympians in our midst (just yet!) but some of things you have

achieved so far this year have been just as impressive to us. Whether you are a

climber, designer, netballer, film maker, singer, musician, dancer, rugby player, artist,

basketballer, athlete, hockey player, mathematician, thespian, writer, footballer, raised

money for charity or did

your best in your mock

exams, were one of the

88% of Year 11 who

achieved A* - C in

English in the November

exams, or attempted

something new this year that you haven’t tried

before…well done!

With 20 academic weeks behind us and 19 to go

we are exactly half way through your school year.

So if you haven’t reached those goals you set for

yourself this year…don’t worry…there’s still

time!

17th – 21

st February

A @ilkleygrammar

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Good luck to all our thespians, musicians, backstagers and dancers. Next week is Showtime – have you got your

ticket for the ‘Seven Ages of Man’? Head to Reception to get yours before they sell out - £5 and £3 concessions.

Curtain up is 7pm on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th February.

Headteacher Interviews

Headship candidates will be in school all of next Wednesday, February 19th; they will be in some lessons as well as

touring the site. Please welcome them if you see them around: they will want to know what you think of your

school!

Options Timings

Any of this yours?

Lost property will be cleared out on

Wednesday 19th February; if you have

lost anything get down to the Key

Stage 3 Hub and have a rummage.

How can you not miss your blazer or a

PE kit?

There are also trainers, designer label

hoodies, umberellas and coats. If you

do not claim your items they will be

destroyed at half term.

Smaller items can be reclaimed from

either Mrs Harrison (Library) or Mrs

Hey (Key Stage 3 Hub).

March

Wednesday 5 Applied Learning Parents’ Evening

Thursday 12 Year 9 Parents' Option Evening

Thursday 13 Distribution of Options Forms

Wednesday 19 Careers Fair: Years 10 and 11 1-3pm, Other Years 3pm

Friday 21 Deadline for the return of Options Forms

Break a Leg…it’s Showtime!

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Congratulations to Emma

Powell (8JP) who competed in

the 2014 World Youth Ice

Climbing Championships in

Champagny-en-Vanoise, France

at the weekend 7/8th February.

Climbers from ten member

federations participated in the

event.

Emma was there representing

the GB team, and came 3rd; this

means Emma is now ranked 3rd

in the world in the Youth Ice

World Cup in the under 16s

category.

Congratulations to our Year

7 and the Year 8 girls who won

the Sports Hall Athletics

Bradford Final on Tuesday

afternoon!

They all enjoyed the

competition and were very

pleased to be rewarded for

their hard work.

Well done to all the girls; they

will go to the West Yorkshire

Finals next month. Good luck!

Top row L-R: Lana Melechi (7MPC), Ella Shouler-Harris (7SL),

Emma Barwick (8HM), Amy Cogan (8GPS), Holly Park (8HM),

Jessica Bretherick (8JP) and Sassy Ricci (8KPC)

Bottom row L-R: Rachel Scott (7PDH), Emily Field (7LAM),

Rebecca Burnett (8JRW), Bethan Morley (7PDH), Charlotte Gibbs

(7MPC) and Lauren Jackson (7PB)

Sharing Success

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Well done to Sam McKinnon-Evans (8ADM) Robbie Matthews (7PB) and Bethan Morley (7PDH) who

represented West Yorkshire at the Regional Sports Hall Athletics Finals in Hull on Sunday. Both the

boys’ and girls’ team (under 13) won and now go through to the UK finals in Manchester on April 6th.

Good luck!

Congratulations to our selected team of cross country runners who ran at Aireville Park, Skipton on

Monday afternoon in the annual invitational race held by Ermysted's Grammar School. Boys and girls ran

together in a Year 7 race, a Year 8/9 race and a Year 10/11 race. Our teams ran very well against the other

schools including: Bradford Grammar, St. Aidans and Skipton Girls’.

Year 7 race results (2400m):

1st Dominic Coy 4th Bethan Morley 7th Robbie Matthews 16th Aaron Burnett

22nd Ethan Whiteside 25th Emily Field 33rd Elise Crabtree

A fantastic effort from the Year 7s on the course and they won the overall team event!

Year 8/9 race results (3200m):

4th Ben Thompson 10th Jacob Hellewell 11th Cameron Reilly 14th George Hardesty

15th George Dey 17th Henry Ackroyd 20th Joe Haigh 23rd Oscar Stapleton

27th Jacob Cooke 36th Harry Watson 37th Harry Barker

(Team scores to be confirmed)

Year 10/11 race results (4000m):

7th Lucy Haines 11th Lucy Jacques 13th Jemima Elgood 17th Abi White

It was a gruelling race against some very strong Year 11 boys but our Year 10 girls were complimented by

other schools on giving the lads a very tough race! Well done.

Sam McKinnon-Evans Robbie Matthews Bethan Morley

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Well done to Danny Leach (7HED/KE), Jonathon Kelly (7PB), Matthew Elston (7MPC) and Alfie White

(7LG), otherwise known as The Cryptanalysers, who have won a prize in the nationwide Alan Turing

Cryptography Competition.

Many teams of students from across Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are currently taking part in the nationwide

Alan Turing Cryptography Competition run by the University of Manchester. The competition comprises of

trying to crack a different cypher which is released each week for 6 weeks.

Congratulations are in order to team Cryptanalysers; these four Year 7 mathematicians won a spot prize of

a £10 Amazon voucher each for their solution! We wish all the rest of the competing teams well for the

remaining three cyphers.

Well done to our Year 8 rugby team (which included 3 Year 7s) who played Rodillian Academy on

Wednesday night, in the horrendous wind and rain!

They braved the conditions and played some great rugby, narrowly losing 20-17. Great effort boys!

Alfie White Jonathan Kelly Matthew Elston Danny Leach

The

Cryptanalysers

Congratulations to U14A netball team who beat Skipton emphatically 18-8 on Tuesday. Player of the

Match honours went to Eleanor Pilling (9JLF) U14 captain leading by example! The Year 7 team also played

but weren’t as successful. Player of the match went to both Emily Dover (7HED/KE) and Caitlin Ives

(7DSF) (U12).

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GCSE Drama Showcase

Reminder for Year 9 students who have received invites to the Drama GCSE showcase: the reply slips need to be

returned to secure your seat. Please give your completed reply slip to your Drama teacher before half term.

Drama Department

Phoenix Dance Theatre (Access and Education

Department) are looking to recruit young male dancers (14-

25 year olds) for a new project through an energetic and

creative taster session. The project is targeting young talent

from across the Bradford region. They wish to reach young

men who perhaps have never considered trying

contemporary dance before/have no formal dance

education/exposure to dance.

Phoenix Dance artists will come to IGS and run a 1.5 hour

long workshop for up to 25 students. Those who stand out

may be offered a once in a life time opportunity to work

with professional dance artists from Matthew Bourne’s New

Adventures and perform at the Bradford Alhambra,

alongside the company from 3rd – 6th December 2014.

If you are interested then please see Miss Watson to add

your name to the list. An information session will take place

after half term to confirm all of the details.

Miss Watson

Kate Tempest Performance at West Yorkshire Playhouse

All students attending must upload their payment onto Parent Pay by

next Tuesday (18th February). The payment is for £15. Remember we

are meeting at the theatre Thursday 27th February at 7.15pm (this is the

Thursday in half-term).

Miss Watson

Psst…World Book Day is coming, Thursday 6th March!

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Year 9 Art Work

A group of Year 9 students have recently enjoyed the thrill of seeing their artwork displayed in school. The group

of artists who started their work in Year 8, used their iPads to capture images, simplify them, and then turn them

into large vibrant artworks, a great marriage of technology meets artistry, The pictures are high impact and are

currently on display in an area where Key Stage 3 students can view and enjoy them at break and lunchtime.

Ms Mortimer

Readathon

The Readathon Reading Tree is bursting into leaf! Well done to all the Year 7s who have been reading and writing

reviews for Readathon! Some really good comments, so keep them coming, get as many sponsors as you can and

let’s try and fill up the tree!

Mrs Harrison

L-R Katherine Elston (9LO), Harriet Day

(9SCB), Annie Edwards (9SCB), Victoria

Hepworth (9SCB), Emily Robson (SCB)

L-R Hannah Richards (9JI), Sophie Ollerenshaw

(9JLF), Alice Kirkup (9DMM), Alice

Wriglesworth (9DMM), Jessica Hirst ((9JI),

Leona McClouglin (9JI), Elizabeth McKeefry

(9JLF), Hayley Brooks (9JI) and Ella Madden

(9DMM).

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School Council

This week in our school council meeting we were discussing the interview questions that the students would ask

the teachers who want the job of being our Headteacher. There was a range of questions that we decided to use

that would test the personality and teaching style of the possible Headteacher.

There were things like, 'Who do you most admire?' and 'What do you think about our Personal Best system?'

While we were doing this two youth workers came in to watch the meeting, as in a few weeks members of the

student council will be getting advice about how to be a young leader. Finally our questions were assigned to

certain years and are now ready to be asked next week at the interviews.

Yasmin Coffey 9CT

GCSE Overview

Mr Swain

Career of the Week: Chef

The Work: chefs prepare food using a variety of cooking methods. In large

kitchens they work as part of a team and look after one food area like bread and

pastries or vegetables. The head chef runs the entire kitchen.

Your main tasks would include:

Preparing, cooking and presenting food in line with required standards

Keeping preparation at the right level

Making sure that food is served promptly

Monitoring food production, ensuring consistent quality and portion size

Stock control

Following relevant hygiene, health and safety guidelines

Entry Requirements: you would usually start as a kitchen assistant or

trainee chef (also known as commis chef). At this level you would spend

time in each area of the kitchen, learning a range of skills and how to look

after kitchen equipment.

You may not need any academic qualifications to work as a trainee chef,

some employers will prefer you to have a good general education

including GCSEs in Maths and English. You could prepare for working in

this industry by taking a part time or full time course at college.

Apprenticeships are also widely available as a way in.

Training and Development: college courses at Level 2 will take 1 year

and Apprenticeships are usually for about 2-3 years. Once working you

will receive induction training and work under the supervision of

experienced staff.

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Your employer may encourage you to take further qualifications such as: Level 3 (NVQ) Diploma in Professional

Cookery, Level 3 Award in supervising food safety in catering etc. See UCAS Progress website below.

Pay: trainee (commis) chefs may start on a salary of around £13,000 per annum. Section chefs (chef de partie) can

earn up to £16,000 a year, second chefs (sous chef) can earn up to £22,000 and head chefs (chefs de cuisine) can

earn up to £30,000 a year. An executive chef in a top hotel can earn between £40,000 to £50,000 and more per

year.

Further Information: Hospitality Guild, Apprenticeships, National Careers Service UCAS Progress

See Mrs Mitchell, Careers Coordinator in KS4 Hub or Mr Cole, Independent Careers Adviser for further

information.

Miss Mitchell

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