Meols Cop High School Annual Dance Festival 2017
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Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 MEOLS COP HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL DANCE FESTIVAL 2017 Last week on Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March, Meols Cop High School held its annual dance festival. There were 196 students involved in the festival either performing, or back stage helping, including 5 local primary schools. Both nights, all students showed an amazing amount of talent from a range of year groups, displaying; 100% commitment, determination, creativity, confidence and team work. As a school we are extremely proud of all the students who performed in the show and are overwhelmed with the amount of talent we have at Meols Cop. A special well done to Zach Hands-Hibbert, Luke Ashton and Harry Holmes- Moore for presenting the show in a mature, respectable manner. All the primary performances were amazing on both nights and it is very exciting to see young talent on stage. The costume competition was extremely close, however there could only be one winner; a massive well done to Bishop David Sheppard on their creative, homemade pirate costumes. A special thank you to the following year 8/9 dance leaders who have worked alongside each primary school; choreographing, rehearsing and refining the performances for the past 9 weeks in preparation for the competition: Tia Howard Nicole Helsby Gabbi Niemen Brooke McFord Rebecca Kilduff Cerys Burrows Rachel Grant Charlotte Maher Natasha Porter Mae Forshaw Heidi McMullen Emily Murray Alicia Lloyd-Stafford Nicola Powell Jessica Dewhurst As always a huge thank you from Miss Pilling to all the students and teachers who performed and helped in making the dance festival a massive success. Until next year… Congratulations to Lauryn Beggs achieving the dance star of the month award, displaying; 100% enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to dance in and outside of lessons. Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 Please see the changes to the dance extra-curricular timetable from this week onwards, after school: Tuesday: Year 8/ 9 GCSE Dance intervention Wednesday: Wally Cain Thursday: Year 10 GCSE Dance Friday: Year 11 GCSE Dance From Miss Pilling. STUDENT INTERVIEW TEAM Our student interview team has been busy over the past week and such has been their demand, the team has grown. Kieran Samuels, Shakil Zaman, Stuart Ball and Kiera McArdle have demonstrated a superbly professional approach to their duties and have been joined by Tia Amy, Dylan Tindall, Charmaine Benito and Oliver Hagan who have proven to be the most wonderful additions to the team. When appointing new teachers, their views are essential to Mr Jones, helping him make the very best decisions for all of our students. Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 OUR STUDENT COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY On Monday 20th March members of the school council were delighted to be invited to work with pupils from Holy Trinity Primary School, Holy Family Primary and the Community Parks Officers to design a Sensory Garden which will be created at the Kings Gardens in Southport. The students have been working with local primary schools on a project called the Green Machine which has helped to redesign and renovate the gardens for the local community and tourists to use. The green Machine team researched different aspects that would be needed in a sensory garden including planting and ideas for smell, sight, sound, taste and touch. They then designed their ideas in small groups and presented them to each other. The best ideas from each group will now be included in the sensory garden which the Green Machine will plant before the summer. CAREERS Earlier this week some year 11 students gave up their lunch time to attend a ‘Motivational Lunch’ with Tim Cahill from Runshaw College. Attendance was voluntary but those who attended found the session inspiring and encouraged them to work hard towards their goals at GCSE. Inspiration was not however their only reward, there were two more incentives; one in the shape of a sticky doughnut and the other we hope will be realised in August on results day! Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 FABULOUS ARTISTS! Miss Morgan’s Year 11 GCSE Art class are beginning to see the completion of two years hard endeavour on their completed sketchbooks and final pieces and Miss Morgan just wants to say well done to the whole class. All students in the class have worked to a high standard and showed excellent understanding of composition and application of media, I look forward to the exhibition of their work in the Summer. Well done again! Imogen Ellie Lucy Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 Nestory Lalibela Fern Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 National Funding for Schools Attached to today’s bulletin is the letter that was sent to various MP’s from the Sefton secondary and primary head teacher associations and that was mentioned in last Friday’s Southport Visiter. Our school was a signatory to this letter and we are as frustrated as any other school with the current funding situation which has seen real cuts to every school in England’s budget. We agreed that we wouldn’t speak about our own situation or compare our finance publicly with other schools so that the honest concern that some schools may try to attract parents/children to their own school by painting their own financial situation as rosier than others, doesn’t happen. Whilst my main concern and priority has to be the standard of education that Meols Cop offers, I refuse to make any comments that would adversely impact on another school and hope that all of our friends at the other high schools in the Southport area are able to weather the financial crisis as best as they can. These are unprecedented times in education and we must be supportive internally of each other in our own community and in the wider education community. It would be wonderful if parents could lobby MP’s and send their thoughts via social media so that the government can see the strength of opinion around Sefton and Southport regarding the lack of funds for schools in our own area and the nationwide picture. I’m not sure that the government will listen, but it is important that opportunities to be heard are taken and I hope that our parents feel as strongly as I do about what is happening and share my concern about how inadequate funding can impact on the future of our children. The local MP has been very supportive and vocal. David Jones REvise, REcall, REmember Excellent results in RE REvise REcall REmember key Finn Radcliffe concepts tests. Kieran Samuels Rebecca Tomlinson Arwen Corcoran Max Wylder Harrison Davies Shakil Zaman Maximilian Davies Melissa Tsang Freya Garrett Esme Goodson From Mrs Pickup. Rebekah Helm Michael Lawton Benjamin Proctor LIBRARY REMINDERS A reminder for years 7 and 8 that the deadline for Connect Four homework is lunchtime on Wednesday 29th March. There will also be a lunchtime quiz in the library on Wednesday 29th, with an Easter prize for the winner! From Mrs Burt. Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 MUY BIEN! Absolutely above and beyond proud of my Year 11s today! They came into lesson only to see yet ANOTHER past paper but started it without complaint. It is one of the hardest papers we’ve seen in a while, with several really tricky questions on the paper, however they managed to achieve some fabulous results! A huge well done to them! Caris Dixon Anastasia Murusidze Jay Douglas Shannon Porter Conor Forshaw Megan Powderly Harry Holmes-Moore Jack Redshaw Nathan Hosker Rebecca Roberts-Winning Chloe Judd Jordan Lovegrove From Miss Forrest SCIENCE STARS A massive well done to 9.3a in their recent science test. Their success is down to their positive mindsets, especially Tom Ward and Ellis Baker. Keep up the hard work everyone!! From Mrs McLeigh. JUMP FOR NOAH TOTAL RAISED SO FAR £1112! A huge thank you to everyone who has sponsored Mrs Senior so far! Mrs Senior, one of our Science teachers, has decided to do the world’s biggest bungee jump in South Africa during the Easter holidays, in order to raise the final funds for Noah’s hydrotherapy pool. Noah is a year 8 student at Meols Cop High School and has a condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a condition which causes severe muscle wasting. Hydrotherapy is really important for Noah to carry out exercise to keep his heart as healthy as possible, as this is the only form of exercise possible for him. He needs approximately £4000 to reach the target so that the work can begin. We would really appreciate it if parents, their families and friends could support Mrs Senior by sponsoring her jump and help Noah get the pool he so desperately needs. To see the world’s biggest bungee in action, look on YouTube for Bloukrans Bridge, South Africa. You can either drop money/cheques off at Meols Cop High School reception or alternatively parents can donate via ParentPay online. Many thanks for your support. Meols Cop High School Weekly Bulletin Week Ending Inclusive Excellence for ALL Friday 24 March 2017 END OF TERM THURSDAY 30 MARCH Year 7/8 Years 7 and 8 will finish at 12.20pm, they may have a meal in the dining hall if they wish, it is not necessary to pre-book.