July 2016

July 2016

From the Principal As we draw to the end of our school year it is a privilege to read this newsletter and take some time to reflect on all that has been achieved in our community over the course of the summer term. Our PLEDGES (Participation, Leadership, Excellence, Diversity, Giving, Environment and Service) are the simple way in which we encourage and support every student to engage in a wide range of experiences that will develop them as a rounded individual. This newsletter really captures all that has been done over the course of the term to fulfil the PLEDGES and provide a ‘whole’ education.

Summer Gold Pledge Winners

This term is one of change and moving on as we say good luck to our year 11 students who completed their exams and enjoyed the community celebrations that mark the end of their time with us at SVC. Leavers’ afternoon was the occasion to say goodbye in school, reflecting on how far everyone has come, especially when we saw their year 7 photos! The prom was held this year at the Hallmark hotel in Bar Hill. It provided a very mature and fitting opportunity to say our final farewells as each individual embarks upon the next stage of their journey. As year 11 leave us, we are grateful for all they have contributed to the Leadership of the school community in and out of lessons and wish them all the very best for the future. A wide range of trips took place during the summer term, one example being year 7 embarking on the day trips to Boulogne, providing an opportunity to widen their horizons and put into practice the language-learning they have undertaken in their lessons through the year. There was a real Diversity of new experiences, from those who embarked on their first trip abroad, to those who tried a mussel for the first time! There have been many other firsts for a significant number of our students who have gone on the trips and activities this term, all of which are included in this newsletter. The wide variety of trips and activities is only possible due to the commitment and dedication of the teaching and support staff at SVC who give their time freely to lead, support and plan these opportunities. This year the enrichment week that runs in the penultimate week of term had been refreshed as the “Experience Week” and was focused on students being given opportunities to give back to their local communities and achieve some of their PLEDGES for looking after the Environment, for Giving and for Service. A great deal was achieved over the course of the week, from tidying up and refreshing community facilities to running parties and coffee mornings. There were many comments from members of our wider communities about how much they valued the input of SVC students and I am sure this will grow next year with even more opportunities for our students to serve their local community. There were a number of other events that gave students an opportunity to achieve their PLEDGES and these were especially evident in the Arts and Sports events over the course of the term.The presentations of the students undertaking their Arts Award demonstrated the initiative and commitment of all those participating who had sought out opportunities at school and in their local community to complete their award. The summer concerts demonstrated the two key elements of Arts provision at SVC with high levels of Participation and Excellence in the quality of performance. The PE and Sport assemblies at the end of this year celebrated all that has been achieved over the course of the term and year in terms of Participation and Excellence in Sport. The numbers of students involved, and the excellent results of many of the teams, really highlighted the quality of provision at SVC.

Congratulations to all students who’ve done so well to achieve this! Lauren Bailey CPS Aimée Beach WJK Archie Binney PSA Isaac Chapman-Drake BAM Jade Crawford CSM Grace Fisher BRH

The newsletter looks back on all that has been achieved this term, but should also be a time to look forward to the coming year and reflect on how we can continue to build on these successes and continue to develop our college community as an inspirational place to work and learn in the coming years.

Andy Daly Principal

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Katie Frear CSM Charlie Hitchins WJK Jasper McConnachie-Kessel NFC Oliver Newsam WTG Miki Oleniacz BRH Evie Sage PKS

Josie Smart BAM Eleanor Taylor OKO Mikey Umney NCB Rowena Webb WCS William Wisson-Burton NCB

Staff Leavers (Summer):

Starters from September:

Michael Andrew Monique Ashman Vicky Franks Margaret Giglio Susie Hutchinson Atul Karia Jordan Marin Paul Nightingale Kath Pickett Rob Ruddy Brendan Scally Bridget Scott Liam Woods

Rakhi Arora (Maths) Neil Bailey (Maths; ST Newton) Mark Bennett (Technology) Francis Curran (Maths) Tommy Grey (Geography) Bridget Norton (Art) Claire Palmer (English) Brandon Reynolds (English) Hayden Reynolds (Science) Jessica Taylor (French) Chloe Thompson (Maths)

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Students Get To Grips With Rocket Science SVC students were invited to take part in the Micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition national finals on July 5. The aim for our competing year 7s was to design, build and race the fastest model rocket car using the kits provided by Bloodhound and its sponsors. Swavesey did brilliantly to get into the top 30 in the country and reach the England and Wales final, held in Bedfordshire’s Santa Pod Raceway. Unfortunately, our final placing on the day was 28th - but this wasn’t for lack of trying as David Batey, Ellie-Ann Watts, George James and Kevin Appleboom put in an impressive amount of effort and scientific know-how on their car Love Chariot. This was, above all, a wonderful experience for the kids, who got to meet students from other schools and have a nice practical taste of the STEM world.

Credit to: Dendrite/Bloodhound SSC

Swavesey Speller Heads To Finals After a gruelling first three rounds, Nicola Craciun (year 7) got through to the national final of the Foreign Language Spelling Bee. Here’s what Nicola had to say: The French Spelling Bee was a unique, interesting experience. It is so amazing to think that from the seven words I spelled in the first round I managed to get faster and better, steadily making my way to the top 35 students from all over the country. In the beginning, the whole experience is overwhelming and rather strange, but after a while, everything seems to fall into place: the spellings get stuck in your head along with the new memories created. I must say that both the Regional and National Finals can be very hard to get used to. There are many talented and hard-working students participating in the Spelling Bee, but with a bit of confidence and work, everything is possible. I would recommend every year 7 to take part and try their best. After all, anyone could be the next best speller in the country.

New Language Leaders On Tuesday 5th July, the new Language Leaders visited Fen Drayton Primary school for their first job in their new roles. Together we ran lessons from Reception to year 6 about vocabulary about the upcoming Rio Olympics, including sports and their opinions of them. We prepared many games and methods to teach the students the new vocabulary which was all bought together well on the day by our group leader Lauren Bailey. It was overall a great experience and an invaluable opportunity to teach younger students new things and give them a positive attitude toward language learning.

Year 7s Get Inspired By Author At the end of June Alex Mellanby, author of the Tregarthur series, visited SVC to give an interactive talk to year 7. Alex, a former doctor who turned to writing following a stroke, has gained a strong band of fans with his series of teenage novels. His experience across many different fields of medicine and with research papers published on school health education and infectious disease prevention have all helped in the writing of his books, which have also been inspired by expeditions across national parks and moors, as well as Lord of the Flies. The students were responsive, really getting into the opportunity to have a Q&A with a published author and to find out what sort of work goes into writing a series of books. Best of all, a number even ordered some of the Tregarthur books, including some students who are usually non-readers. All in all, a very useful, exciting and insightful literary event.

Year 10s Commemorate WWI On Thursday 30 June, five students from SVC - Alex Clarke, Mel Childs, Annabelle Lyne, Owen Riley and Ellie Hanzi - travelled to Westminster Abbey to take part in a ceremony to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Swavesey was one of a small group of schools from across the country who were invited to take part. Our students were honoured to be sitting in the front row for the service along with the Prime Minister, David Cameron. Mel, a year 10, also had the privilege of reading during the vigil, which was held at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier where service personnel were keeping 15-minute watches. The ceremony concluded with a public service at 7am the next morning with whistles and a gun salute.

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Calais Still A Hit For Year 7 We got to school very early in the morning (4.50am!) and then we drove by coach to Dover, then caught the ferry. When we arrived in France we had to get on the coach again and drive about 45 minutes to get to Boulogne. The coach journeys were very fun so there was no need to worry about getting bored! The highlights were the ferry, the beach, shopping and finally walking down the old streets filled with lots of shops and treats. We spoke some French and had a great day! - Maisie Blackwell and Leanne Wisbey

German Exchange An All-Time Classic

The Boulogne trip was awesome because being in France was really fun! We spoke lots of French in shops and in cafes which was challenging because we were put on the spot. However, it was really rewarding to communicate in French and we felt proud of ourselves! - Joshua Milroy and Ayo Opaleye

Trip Into Cambridge Surprisingly Educational

On Thursday April 28 a group of prospective GCSE Computer Scientists visited the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge. Although I was excited for the trip, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. A room filled with facts and figures attached to replicas of technology in glass cases? Perhaps a lecture on how Raspberry Pis work? But I was dead wrong, and here’s why. To start off with, the overall tour of

the museum was interactive, informative and interesting. I honestly learnt a lot about the advancements of technology and nothing went over my head at all. With school students visiting museums, it’s easy to feel like you’re being talked at rather than to - but this was never the case at the CCH. Our guide was engaging and helpful in explaining each computer thoroughly and in an accessible way. I was honestly amazed at how much I found out about what technology was used for and how quickly it has evolved over the years. From machines designed to train Navy SEALs to the very first home computer, there was a plethora of information provided in such a small space. Then there was the gaming section of the trip. As an avid gaming enthusiast, I was enthralled by the wide array of consoles and games available for anyone to play at any time. Starting off with the arcade machines, there were several highranking classics to play such as Galaga, Q*bert, Ms. Pac-Man and even King of Fighters. Each one really set the mood of traveling back in time to a real arcade to play the latest games at the time. There were also many console games to play. There was the Sega Dreamcast - a wonderful console that was the first

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to feature internet connection - Sonic 2 on the Sega Genesis, an Oculus Rift Rollercoaster Simulator, a Commodore 64 and the ever-amazing Street Fighter 2 on the SNES, all working and free to play. After the initial tour, we were led into a room where we learned to program a Raspberry Pi. This was honestly a great experience for me. It was fascinating seeing how code on a computer could affect things in the physical world and even power a makeshift car with a motor. This was a trial-and-error process, but the assistants were attentive, helpful and happy to answer any question. I felt proud that I was able to do something that I had previously thought only ultra-geniuses could do. Overall, it was an informative and incredibly interesting trip that I would recommend to anyone, regardless of whether or not they consider themselves a tech geek. Anyone who loves learning, or is even remotely interested in video game culture, music or just the progression of technological history in general should definitely visit the museum. Trust me, it’ll be time well spent. - Catherine Gannon 9PHK

Before half term, a group of exchange students from Bad Urach, Germany, came along to sample our wurst and stay with their SVC partners for ten days. Our students learnt lots of German and had an enriching cultural experience, taking part in varied activities including a German evening - in which the German students shared lots of their local Swabian customs with their exchange partners, families and Swavesey teachers alike. The Bad Urach students also had the opportunity to go punting and visit the Fitzwilliam Museum, have a day trip to London and - best of all - take part in SVC lessons! Thanks to all involved for making it so successful.

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Year 7s Carry On Camping

During Experience Week, the majority of Swavesey’s year 7s travelled to Walesby Forest, Nottinghamshire. There, they partook in various adventurous activities such as kayaking, quad biking, rifle shooting, body boarding and so much more. In addition, the students (and staff) faced individual challenges and worked well within their teams, making lifelong friends.

Chateau Beaumont, Mayenne, France

Meanwhile, a number of year 8s spent a sunny week at Chateau Beaumont in Mayenne, France. Tuesday morning saw all students doing a carousel of ball games, zip wire and swimming pool games. The afternoon was spent on the picturesque island of Le Mont St Michel, where we had a guided tour. Wednesday brought an early-morning visit to a local French market with a vast array of stalls and produce. Lots of French language was used to haggle for the best price for trinkets and jewellery and of course presents to bring home. Once again there were crepes to buy if you were patient enough to queue. Onwards to St Malo and some time on the beach for frisbee and football and a photo. Thursday’s activities included fencing and archery lessons and a visit to an animal refuge with lots of cute photo opportunities. One evening adventure in the dining hall included the tasting of traditional delicacies for all to indulged in, or pull a face, although most portions of frogs legs and snails were eaten! Throughout the week our students were enthusiastic to develop their language skills and were a credit to Swavesey Village College. A photographic account of our week is linked to the school website and available on SVC Chateau Trip 2016. Many thanks to Miss Monument, Miss Chaillou, Mr Woods for supporting the trip and also thanks to Mr Fehr who is also responsible for the excellent blog.

Science Students Savour Swish Swiss Sojourn This year’s CERN trip was an amazing experience, jam-packed with activities. We started out leaving Swavesey at 3am and, arriving hours later in Geneva, headed straight to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). At the LHC’s ATLAS detector, three researchers kindly gave up their time to show us around the site, including the control room and the cryogenic testing area. ATLAS was buzzing with activity, the researchers constantly working towards so many new discoveries - some, we were told, to be announced imminently. One of the main attractions in Geneva is the largest water fountain in the world. The students were taken on a tour of the Seujet Dam to discover the history of this beautiful water feature. The students also developed their own interpretations of modern art at the Museum of Art and History and were given a special musical treat at the traditional Edelweiss restaurant! We finished with a relaxing boat ride on Lake Geneva, followed by an exploration of the botanical gardens and a tour of the United Nations. The students represented Swavesey excellently and it is a trip to look out for if you’re coming into year 9! A big thank-you to Mr Di-Meo Smith for organising the trip, and to Mrs Greenaway and Ms Graham for all their help.

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Eden 2016

Battlefields Trip - Somme Anniversary

On the first day of our trip to Cornwall, we bowled away a good hour on our journey at the bowling alley in Bristol. Despite the traffic, we made it to Newquay in time to enjoy the beach where a variety of activities such as rounders, frisbee and fish and chips ensued well past 9! On day 2, we got up early and started on our trip to the Eden Project and entered the largest indoor Rainforest in the world containing about 7,500,000 ants (#juicy fact!). With the awe-inspiring domes and enormous trees towering above us, we followed the path deep into the vast indoor jungle and found surprises around every corner. This included spotting banana plants, rubber trees, cocoa and coffee beans. On the way around we were accompanied by roul-roul partridges and Sulawesi white-eye birds. What a treat! Later that evening, we splashed down in Hendra Holiday Park. The big slides were a favourite of both the teachers and the students. The red slide was a popular choice and it took only five seconds to go from the top to the bottom. The pool manager commented that Swavesey Village College were the best behaved school group that they’d had visit in a long time; we were very proud of that! On our journey back we stopped off at Cadbury World to learn all about how chocolate is made using what we learnt at the Eden Project, this included seeing how the cocoa beans were made into delicious chocolate. On both buses home, prizes were awarded for the best work as well as souvenirs from the Eden project. All in all, staff were amazed at how much pupils learnt and how fantastically behaved all pupils were. What a great trip!

First-Ever Andalucia Trip Justifies A Second It was an absolute pleasure to take 35 year 9 students on our inaugural KS3 Spanish Trip to the Andalucia region last week along with Mrs Wyatt and Mr Tarsitano. Despite some very hot weather, the students were extremely positive and enthusiastic in practising their Spanish. Our week incorporated a visit to the Alhambra Palace in Granada, a trip to the historic city of Malaga for languages activities at the market, a tour of the old city of Ronda and the oldest bullring in Spain and a trip to a typical mountainside village, Mijas. Students completed a diary in Spanish throughout the week. The students were a real credit to the school and all say that they have taken home many happy memories of their week. Meanwhile, back at SVC, the remaining year 7s, 8s and 9s were kept busy with a number of exciting and new activities.Year 7 were treated to a week of art, drama, music and sport while the rest took part in a range of community projects and up-todate, highly useful interactive studies based on an “Around the World” theme. All students welcomed the opportunity to get off timetable and go hands-on, and our friends in the wider community welcomed the strange sight of hordes of teenagers helping out with everything from litter-picking to garden-planting and more besides. Overall, an incredibly fruitful week for every Swavesey student!

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Year 9s participating in the latest of our annual trips to the Ypres battlefields in Belgium made it one of the best we’ve ever had. It was a particularly special year for our intrepid historians; the usual trip to the Menin Gate for the commemorative wreath-laying was made all the more moving by the Somme centenary. Again, all students represented the school with great maturity and had a great time doing so.

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July 2016

July 2016 Top to bottom: Swavesey Rock School showcase at the Family Concert; Sing Up at the Swavesey Festival Gala Day; SVC Concert Jazz Band at the Swavesey Summer Concert; Lower School Chorus at Summer Concert.

The annual Swavesey Music School Concert took place at Swavesey Festival on June 21. Here various students, who have attended classes every Saturday morning during term times, performed for parents and the wider community. The showcase included performances from Sing Up, Junior Orchestra and Rock School. Well done to all involved!

A reduced St. Cecilia choir performed with the professional brass group Prime Brass in West Road Concert Hall on June 12. Pictured above is their rehearsal of ‘Skyfall’. The Prime Brass concert centred on music for stage and screen, and it was a genuine pleasure to be invited back to sing with such an accomplished group of musicians.

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Swavesey Youth Theatre Dazzle

Year 11 Artists Exhibit Promise

A few samples of the recentlyoutgoing year 11s’ art coursework and exam pieces. As always, the final GCSE pieces were on display in school for all to see - and, as always, there was a lot of truly fantastic stuff in there.

Congratulations to all in SYT – a fantastic performance of Our Day Out by Willy Russell on Friday, rounding off the first full year for the Youth Theatre. It was no mean feat working in three separate casts over just six weeks to pull the production together – I am very proud of you all. Special thanks and congratulations to Ellie Garrood, Molly Hopgood, Robyn Macklin and Chloe Sparks, our Drama Youth Leaders, who carefully directed each cast over what has been an extremely challenging final half term. Have a wonderful summer break and I look forward to welcoming you all back for the new term of SYT which starts on September 12! Ms Pawson Director of Drama/SYT

Arts Achievement On Thursday 7th July, a few Silver students gave presentations on their Unit 2 projects as part of their evaluation. Each student who presented did so brilliantly, and should be very proud. Here’s what our judge had to say: “The students who presented this morning were very impressive indeed. The projects they were working

on to provide evidence of leadership ranged from a danceathon, a string workshop, a teenage artfest booklet, a ukulele performance at a care home to a craft workshop at Swavesey festival. All were clear on their objectives, presented via Powerpoint and were able to reflect on what they had learned. I was genuinely astonished, as the majority were year 8 students.

Kudos to Phoebe for overseeing all of this and for encouraging such strong output from the students.” A big well-done to: Josie Burridge Sam Oldham Abbie Law Fardis Salamat-Zadeh Rosie Birch

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Fixtures

with ease despite competing, just seconds before, in a hard-fought 200m race. The highlight of the evening was the relay, where Swavesey dominated race after race, with all four year 7 teams comfortably winning their race. Plus, the year 9s put up a good fight with the girls coming 1st and 3rd and the boys coming 2nd. Great performances by all. Well done. Tuesday 21st June Year 8 Rounders Tournament The year 8 girls played in their first rounders tournament at Swavesey back in June.They played seven games, including the final, against other schools in the district. During these matches they managed to achieve a first-game win against Linton, plus another three wins. They also reached a draw against Sawston. There was one very close loss in which the girls drew on rounders but narrowly Well done to all year 8 and 10 athletes that competed in the first athletics meet of the season. Some great performances, resulting in Swavesey finishing in 3rd position overall.

Year 8 Boys Runners-up County Football On Wednesday May 13, Swavesey travelled to Netherton United Football Club in Peterborough to play Sawtry Village College in an ‘all CMAT’ football County Cup Final. Swavesey were still buzzing from the previous night’s result after beating CMAT rivals Nene Park Academy (who were County Champions last year) 1-0 in the final minute of extra time, thanks to a penalty by Julian Priest. However, after the first 25 minutes, it was clear that the efforts on Tuesday night were beginning to take their toll. Both teams started brightly, but it was Sawtry who took an early lead after a cross-field ball was headed in by their right winger. But Swavesey, being Swavesey, got back on level terms within minutes. From the restart, Swavesey played the ball forward and Julian Priest was played down the line by Tommy Mott, who beat his man and squared it across the edge of the box for Adam Taylor to fire home. 1-1.

Swavesey didn’t stop there... Again, Danger Man Priest latched on to a defensive clearance, rounded the keeper and calmly slotted home making it 2-1 to Swavesey. The game remained very even but Sawtry were becoming more confident on the ball and created some good chances. They managed to equalise and then take a 4-2 lead into the break. Sawtry started the second half in the same fashion as they ended the first, playing accurate and fast passes and keeping good possession of the ball. The game was beginning to take its toll on Swavesey and as the half went on, Sawtry capitalised on their possession and scored 3 goals in a 10-minute spell to take a 7-2 commanding lead. Julian Priest scored a consultation second, but it was too little too late as in the dying embers of the game, Sawtry scored their final goal as the game ended 8-3 in Sawtry’s favour. It was a fantastic effort from Swavesey, who went one better than last year to

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make the County Cup Final. If the boys had a few more days’ rest between games, who knows what could have happened. The boys represented Swavesey in the brightest of lights and will look to go again next year! Well done! MOM over the 2 games: Julian Priest - Mr Ruddy Wednesday 13th April v Impington In the year 9 netball match against Impington, the girls played with determination and great teamwork. There was improvement within each quarter played but unfortunately the end score was 41-3 to the opposition. Considering that their team were really tall, fast and included players from regionals, Swavesey girls did well to battle through to the end. Player of the match was Amani for her amazing defending and dedication to the team. - Ellie Wilkinson PMA

Special congratulations to the following students who won their event: George Stacey, Eric Smith, Jack Boyle, Davis Dauksts, Josie Smart, Dan Mhlanga, OJ Parmenter, Tommy Mott, Maya Buddle and Daniella Scholes - plus the year 8 girls relay team (Daniella, Lucy Small, Frankie Suckling and Georgia North). Girls Football Tuesday 3rd May The final round of the 4 tournament league took place on Tuesday. Swavesey had their usual two teams entering, both in good positions to finish in the top 3. The A team were sitting in 2nd place just 3 points behind the current winners and the B team were in 4th position - just 1 point behind third place. Both teams played some lovely football throughout the tournament with all girls working hard, making some lovely runs and creating many opportunities. Swavesey Bs managed to win 2 games and lose 3, gaining them 9 points and finishing in a very respectable 4th place. Swavesey As were determined to close the gap on 1st-place Soham, and won all their matches to gain 15 points for the league. Resulting in them becoming 2015-2016 Champions.Very well done!

6 - 10 June Well done to all athletes that competed in the next school athletics meet. After weeks of waiting due to bad weather, we had two very eager teams from years 7 and 9.There were some excellent performances, with PBs being smashed. Special mention should go to: Lucy Small, for winning the year 9 200m.. Ayo Opaleye, for switching to 200m and winning. Conall McGinness, for winning the 800m

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lost out in the amount of people who were out. Swavesey finished top of their pool meaning they reached the final. The final was played against the Leys who also won their section.After a very close match, Swavesey just lost out by one rounder! However, they still finished 2nd overall, and, after their best play in the final, reached the county championships next week. A great tournament with excellent play from all around, but the girl of the match was Vicky Ginn. Well done everyone and good luck for the county finals!

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Individual Student Success

Staff Success

Shotput Jack Boyle competed in the U17 men’s shot at the Eastern Young Athletics League competition at Peterborough. He won with a distance of 11.9 metres. Football Congratulations to the Over Sport U13s. Daniel Mhlanga netted the crucial goal as Over Sports won the Premier Sock Tape Cambridge & District Colts League Cup final 1-0 against Saffron Walden Black. Swimming Over the last bank holiday Matthew Titman competed at the East Region Championships in Norwich and had some amazing results and performances. He qualified for 10 events and competed in 8; making the finals in 5 events in his 15 year age group. In these finals he achieved 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze and currently sits in National qualification position in 4 events. Not only this but he also improved on his own 50m Butterfly County record and set a new County record for the 50m Freestyle. Hockey Having represented Cambridgeshire at hockey at U13s last year, Thomas Harris progressed through training and selection again this year and captained the Cambridgeshire U14 Hockey team in a tournament on Sunday 8th May at St Ives. On a very hot day, the team performed well in the tournament, with Thomas playing at centre back, winning one, drawing two and losing one.

Pictured above, Conall pursued the 2:06.00 English Schools Championship Junior Boys 800m entry standard. With a 2:08.99 time under his belt from two weeks ago, Conall was hoping that the county race would provide the setting for further improvement. It was not to be however as Conall was forced to run solo for the entire distance as he won easily in 2:10.31. Well done Ayo Opaleye, who competed in the county championships and made it to the 100m final (finishing in 5th place). Ayo also had an excellent performance in

the high jump, claiming a silver. A significant achievement, well done. Congratulations to Archie Binney and Grace Fisher, who have been selected as TIP coaches at the National Sainsbury School Games Finals. The event will be held at Loughborough University in September and our students will be participating - and leading - across all four days. Well-dones also go to Katie Sperring, Matt Titman, Josie Smart, Harley Pell and Tilly Allen, who will represent Cambridgeshire as Elite Athlete Mentors.

Mr Andrew’s at it again; here’s what he said about his most recent sailing race: “We got 3rd in the German event recently, which we were pleased with - but also frustrated, as we were in 2nd for the whole event until the last day when a German boat slipped through. However, not to worry - World Championships are coming up and we’ll get them back then.”

Lotti Knights and her Cambridgeshire County Team mates won the East Region trophy on Sunday. Lotti scored the deciding goal in their first match which in the end secured their place in the semi final. (Though the whole team played brilliantly throughout!) Rowing Well done to Sam Hasted (year 8), who won the Novice Quad race at St Ives Regatta in June (pictured right). Athletics Congratulations to Conall McGinness who has had a great season so far in the 800m, including becoming county champ.

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Sports Day Well done to everyone who participated in the interhouse tournaments that took place throughout the week. There was some fierce but friendly competition. Overall results are shown below… It’s close at the top!

1. Pendleton (95 points) 2. Newton (94 points) 3. Orwell (84 points) 4. Wilberforce (74 points) 5. Cavendish (69 points) 6. Brunel (55 points) See you all next year as the latest Superleague gets underway!

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