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1-5 FEBRUARY 2016 B WEEK

Staff Hockey Match

Setting the Standard

Liam O’Neill and Niamh Wormald

Sharing Success

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Community Charity Day We asked you to dig deep...into your pockets this week...and you didn’t disappoint. On Wednesday our iLeaders collected your loose change. I, G and S Band all contributed to the fundraising for two charities. We collected money for Yorkshire Flood Relief and SEN Ethiopia (an Ilkley based charity working in blind schools in Ethiopia). You raised: I Band - £171.59; G Band - £182.65 and S Band - £171.10 making a grand total of £525.34.

At lunchtime your teachers Battled it out on the hockey pitch, a lot was at stake, not least Community Pride. Thank you to all of you who paid a contribution to watch the nail biter.

Well done to our staff community hockey teams who battled it out for Community pride...it was a real nail biter. The results were: I S G TOTAL

I (2-1) 3 PTS (4-1) 3 PTS 6 PTS 1ST

G (1-4) 0 PTS (0-2) 0 PTS 0 PTS 3RD

S (1-2) 0 PTS (2-0) 3 PTS 3 PTS 2ND

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Community Staff Hockey

Mrs Knowles and Miss Mitchell both looked the

part leading out their teams...

...but Mr Cunningham...

...spent more time like this!

Standing strong, Mr Cunningham is the last line of defence between Miss Knowles and the goal!

G Band resort to intimidation tactics...2 against 1...I Band are backed into a corner!

Mr Rignall proves to be a fast learner in the subject of hockey!

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Mr Wardle shows off his hockey skills

Miss Mitchell makes a break for it!

Mr Carr lines up his shot...

...he doesn’t stay on his feet but the ball hits the back of the net...true commitment!

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Setting the Standard We celebrated fantastic success in the Department for Education’s ‘School and College Performance Tables’ last week, securing our position with 76% of students attaining 5 good GCSEs (A* - C) including English and maths, over 20% higher than the national average. On this key headline GCSE measure, Ilkley Grammar School is the joint best performing school in Bradford, and ranks top amongst neighbouring Leeds schools in the locality.

We are naturally delighted with the headline result, but also thrilled by some of the detail behind the measure. What is particularly pleasing is the amount of progress which students make from their Key Stage 2 results during their first five years at IGS. Our high position in the Performance Tables recognises the value which is added to students’ achievement in English, mathematics and a wide range of subjects across the curriculum. It is testimony to the commitment and hard work of both staff and students, and reflects the importance we place on all of you achieving your Personal Best regardless of your ability. In terms of the percentage of students making expected progress in English, We are the top performing school in Bradford with 86% achieving this standard; we placed joint second across Leeds and Bradford combined. Indeed, what the published Performance Tables don’t show is that almost half of all students actually made four or more levels of progress in English, significantly exceeding national expectations. This was similar in maths with 51% achieving four or more levels of progress; 80% made expected progress, the second highest in the Bradford district. Click here to view the results.

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Climate for Learning ‘Overall I enjoy my lessons.’

86%

‘There is usually a positive learning atmosphere.’

88%

Teacher’s Expectations ‘My teacher has high expectations of me and encourages me to do my best.’

88%

Subject Knowledge ‘My teacher communicates his/her subject knowledge in a way which helps me to learn well.’

89% ‘It is clear to me how the work we do in lessons fits into a ‘bigger picture’.’

78%

Thank you for recently completing your student voice surveys for your lessons. We had a fantastic response and would like to share the results with you. Below are all the questions you were asked (in each relevant section) and the figure is the percentage of you who agreed or strongly agreed with the statement.

Planning and Differentiation ‘Lessons are pitched at the right level for me as a learner and are matched to my needs.’

89%

‘Lessons contain a range of different activities.’

84%

Progress Overall I am confident I am making progress in this subject.

86%

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Assessment for Learning ‘When we do an activity it is made clear to me what success ‘looks like’.’

84%

‘My teacher checks to make sure I understand key learning points.’

83%

‘My teacher asks me to explain and give reasons for my answers.’

86%

‘In class we assess our own and other’s work and it is made clear how to do this well.’

83%

Marking and Feedback ‘I receive regular written feedback which makes it clear to me what I need to do to improve.’

81%

‘I receive regular verbal feedback which makes it clear to me what I need to do to improve.’

79% ‘I have opportunities to act on these types of feedback in lessons.’

85%

Homework ‘I receive regular homework which connects to my learning in class and supports my progress.’

83%

Tracking ‘I know my target grade.’

83% ‘I know what grade/level I am working at currently.’

79% ‘I know what I need to do to work towards my target grade.’

75%

We will be analysing the survey results further, looking into how we can make improvements.

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Year 7: The Big Mix

£50 (PPI £25)

Year 8: The Big Trip

£ 200 (PPI £100)

Year 9: The Big Outdoors

£160 (PPI £80)

Final payment for all trips must be made via ParentPay

Before 11th March 2016.

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Options 2016 Over the next few weeks and months Year 8 and 9 students will be going through their options process. The main timescales are included below, including dates for the distribution of booklets and deadlines for handing your forms in. This is an exciting time for you where you get the opportunity to tailor make your own timetable...to a degree!

Our Year 9 students will get to choose which subjects they want to take their GCSEs in and Year 8 students get the opportunity to focus on particular areas of the curriculum. We are here every step of the way to help you through your decisions, to give advice and guide you through your choices.

Mrs Purnell

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Dinner Time Rota (No Bags in B Hall)

Sitting 1 12.30pm

Sitting 2 From 12.40pm

Sitting 3 Not before 12.45pm

Year 7 Packed Lunch Area:

P3/P5

Year 9 Packed Lunch Area: D Floor Social Area

Year 8 Packed Lunch Area:

P2

Manners are important in the lunch time queue; any student misbehaving will be sent to the back of the queue. Rotating lunchtime sittings are for Years 7, 8 and 9 only. Years 10 and 11 have optional sittings. Bags must not be taken into B Hall at lunchtime unless they contain essential medication (i.e. Epipen or

Diabetic equipment).

Coming Up...Coming Up...Coming Up

Friday 29th Jan Year 11 Munich trip leave Tuesday 2nd Feb Year 8 eSafety Production Year 11 Munich trip Returns Thursday 4th Feb Year 10/11 Intermediate Maths Challenge Monday 8th Feb Year 9 Options Assembly Tuesday 9th Feb Year 11 Parents’ Evening Pancake Race, The Grove Thursday 11th Feb Year 11 Madrid Exchange Friday 12th Feb School closes for half term 3.05pm

15-19 February Half term

Monday 22nd Feb School re-opens

Lunchtime Library Rota

Week A Monday Year 7 & 9

Tuesday Year 8 & 10 Wednesday Year 7 & 9

Thursday Year 8 & 10 Friday Year 7 & 9

Week B Monday Year 8 & 10 Tuesday Year 7 & 9

Wednesday Year 8 & 10 Thursday Year 7 & 9

Friday Year 8 & 10

Years 11—13 are allowed in the Library at all times

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Bradford and Leeds—our 2 closest cities. We have strong links with both

Reykjavik—Post 16 Geography Tip

Munich—Year 11 History Trip

Rio de Janeiro—Fingers crossed destination for our Olympic hopeful, PE teacher Miss Davies!

Ypres—Year 9 Belgium Trip

Coutances—MFL French Exchange Trip

Madrid—MFL Spanish Exchange

How did you do on our Community Signpost Quiz? We didn’t realise it was such a stinker! Answers are included below, congratulations go to Mac Shearn-Miller (11JLF) who gave the most correct answers!

Goodbye and good luck to 48 of our Year 11 students and Mr Boyd, Mrs Goodyear, Ms Hansard and Mrs Varley who head off to Munich for their History Trip. The group will depart Ilkley on Friday 29th and return to school on Tuesday 2nd February. Have a great trip!

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Well done to our U14 netballers who travelled to Beckfoot on Tuesday. It was a fantastic win for the U14A Netball team, beating Beckfoot 25-7. The girls have made a fantastic start and played extremely well.

Players of the match were Emily Dover (9HED) and Rachel Scott (9PDH).

Our U14A team captain Emily Dover has provided the match report below;

‘On Thursday 26th January we played a home match against Beckfoot School. The first quarter ended with a good lead to us at 10-0, this really gave us the confidence to carry on playing at this standard throughout the remainder of the match. Our shooting was really accurate and the centre and defensive elements of the game were really strong. The final score was 25-7 to IGS.’

Emily Dover

Emily Dover and Rachel Scott

Good luck to Kate Dalzell (13AH) who is competing in the World Karate federation European Championship in Limassol, Cyprus on 5-7th February. Kate will be taking part in the U21 category.

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Congratulations to Cameron Reilly (10JB) who broke the school cross country record this week. Cameron completed the course in 9 mins 23, taking 3 seconds off the 9 mins 26 second record.

Well played to our Year 7 football team who played in a Tournament at Horsforth School on Tuesday.

We fielded 2 teams and the scores were as follows: The teams played really well with team 1 finishing 3rd

and team 2 just behind them in 4th place. Well done to: Taylor Gowland (7DJJ); Daniel Mason (7VEC); Alex Creighton (7VEC); Isaac Williams (7VEC); Jacob Smithson (7MPC); Louis Shankland (7AW); Lewis Morgan (7JWK); Fin Parton (7JWK); Joe Sahota (7MPC); Oscar Vaughan (7MPC); Alfie Wiggins (7GS/JMP); Vinay Makar (7FEA); Jake Kapur (7AWD); Nat Howarth (7FEA) and Ashley Leach (7FEA).

HORSFORTH 1 HORSFORTH 2 ILKLEY 1 ILKLEY 2 BENTON PARK 1 BENTON PARK 2

HORSFORTH 1 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-0

HORSFORTH 2 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-0

ILKLEY 1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0

ILKLEY 2 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1

BENTON PARK 1 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0

BENTON PARK 2 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1

POINTS

HORSFORTH 1 4

HORSFORTH 2 9

ILKLEY 1 8

ILKLEY 2 5

BENTON PARK 1 10

BENTON PARK 2 4

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Well done to Hannah Wellock (11BJS), Annie Edwards (11LSL), Flora Lee (11BJS), Alex Murray (11CT), Freya Wardman (11HGW), Bridie Burnett (11BJS), Harriet Day (11LSL), Molly Jeffels (11SMD), Hannah Richards (11JI), Leona McLoughlin (11JI), Eleanor Griffiths (11SMD), Jess Hirst (11JI), Ella Madden (11HGW), Alice Kirkup (11HGW), Bethy McKeefry (11JLF), Helena Carslaw (11CT), Nea Weston (11AHF), Charlotte Simpson (11BJS), Victoria Hepworth (11LSL), Alex Johnson (11SMD) and Harry Wellock (8AMB)who have been raising money for Cancer Support.

The team organised a sponsored head shave on Saturday, shaving volunteer David Waterhouse. To date they have raised £2629.06, more than doubling their initial target!

If you would like to help the girls raise more money you can donate via their Justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/Raise2Save-Fundraising/.

Congratulations to some of our gymnastic students who represented Ilkley Gym Club at Leeds Gymnastics Festival recently. They performed a polished and dramatic display to a packed house and won the prize for ‘Best Small Group’. The group included: Livvy Wills (7JWK); Louise Hale (7GS/JMP); Hope Throp (8MH); Alexa Clark (8PO); Ella Shuttleworth (8AMB); Bethan Morley (9PDH); Elise Crabtree (9DSF); Ellen Williams (9SL) and Jess Bretherick (10JPC).

Gym-tastic!

Well done and good luck to our Year 10 rugby team who played Harrogate Grammar School in the Yorkshire Cup quarter finals last week. They enjoyed a convincing win, IGS 15-5 Harrogate Grammar, and now move on to the semi finals!

Before...

...after!

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…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…

B SPORT CLUBS

MONDAY

1st

February

Senior A+B V Bingley Grammar @ IGS

TUESDAY

2nd

February

U12 + U13 Netball training (FA)

Football Y7 @ IGS fields 3.15-4.30pm (RB)

6th Form Football @ St Marys (PDH)

U14+15 Hockey @ BGS

Sports Leader Training @ Pool 3.15-5.00pm

Y11 + 1XV V PHGS @ IRUFC 4pm KO

WEDNESDAY

3rd

February

Y10, 11, 12, 13 Basketball. 12:30 – 1:15pm Sportshall (SP+MC)

Synchronised Swimming. 2.15-3.20pm

Rugby Training Y8 @ Astro (ACF)

U12 Netball V BGS @ BGS

Y7 Rugby O2 Touch 4pm KO

Football U19 V Woodhouse Grove leave @ 2:15 (SP)

THURSDAY

4th

February

Y7+8 HOCKEY @ Ben Rhydding Astroturf 3.15-4.30pm (AJK)

Girls Football @ Ben Rhydding Astroturf 3.15-4.30pm (LV)

U14+U15 Netball training 3.15-4.30pm (FA)

Sports Leader Training @ Pool 3.15-5.00pm

Y8+9 Basketball. 12:30 – 1:15pm Sportshall (AF + RB)

Y9 Rugby V PHGS @ IRUFC

Y10 Rugby V tbc Yorkshire Cup Semi Final Meet @ 2:15pm

U12 Netball V Bingley Grammar @ IGS

FRIDAY

5th

February

Sports Leader Training @ Astro 3.15-5.00pm (SP)

Y7 Basketball 12:30 – 1:15pm Sportshall (SG)

@ilkleygrammarPE

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Fruit and Yoghurt Bar Select your fruit...add the yoghurt

...finish with your choice of toppings!

Heavenly Whole Grains Breakfast Bagels: Low Fat Philadelphia,

Marmite or Scrambled Eggs Perk Up Your Porridge: Liven up the Oats

with a whole host of toppings Cereal Bar: You choose...just add the milk!

Smoothie Bar Mango Dream, Very Berry, Super

Food Special, Make your own

Freshly squeezed

orange juice and apple

juice

Are you in school in

the morning aND

needing breakfast?

Why not come to our Breakfast Club in the Courtyard Café?

We are open from 7.30, pay £2.50 and make your healthy breakfast

choice!

We held our Year 11 into 12 Taster Day on Friday 22nd January. In total 298 students experienced life in sixth form, including 53 visiting students from other schools.

The day was hugely successful and we look forward to welcoming many of you into Post 16 in September!

Just

A

Taste!

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