Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School

World’s Best Winter 2017 Classroom!

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fascinating to walk around any school during normal school hours and we hope that what people see is positively received. Once again, our students committed time and energy to taking part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning and a non- uniform day, raising £590, a superb amount for any school, let alone one the size of ours. A real jewel in the crown was the Year 11 Presentation Evening, where the strength of relationships between students and staff really shone through. I know my colleagues thoroughly enjoyed the evening catching up with former students and celebrating their successes. The Freda Trott Foundation has been very generous, once again, by donating £4000 to music education at Settlebeck. Music holds a very special place in my heart, having taught music for 19 years, and this money, in a time where music education is being cut in many schools nationally, allows the What a fabulous start we’ve our numbers have swelled, with an school to provide free instrumental had to the new academic increase in the number of students tuition to GCSE music students and starting in September and by a number to subsidise many other lessons. I am year. Following the excellent of students transferring to Settlebeck in extremely grateful for the support given summer holidays with a great other year groups. by the Trustees. set of GCSE examination Year 7 had a fantastic 4 day residential I feel like I have had the best start results, the new year has got off in Windermere which you can see later to being a Headteacher and have to a busy start. in the newsletter. It was a pleasure to enjoyed every day of this term and spend time with the students, hearing know this will be the case for many There have been so many highlights about the new challenges they were years to come. I am excited about what over the term, the main one being embracing and seeing the supportive the future holds for our school and all getting to know all involved with this way in which they helped each other. our young people. fantastic school and I would like to Our Open Evening and tours have I would like to take this opportunity express my thanks for making me feel attracted an increasing number of to wish you and your family a very so welcome. Since the start of term potential recruits for 2018. It is always happy Christmas and New Year. South Lakes Pupil Parliament By Adam Sen and Grace Wells It began with an introduction to the We had a mouth-watering lunch workings of Parliament. The Speaker topped off with a sticky toffee pudding. On Friday 13th October, four of the House of Commons, Afterwards, we had a debate John Bercow, also attended about plastic pollution and pupils from Sedbergh Primary the meeting. He was very how it affects the wildlife and School went to the Netherwood entertaining. We asked him our seas. Mr Bercow stayed Hotel in Grange-over-Sands to about his life and work, and to chair the debate. During have a political meeting with he told us that he used to be the afternoon, we learned a in the Young Conservatives lot about how a formal debate other primary schools from the and is an important part of the works. We really enjoyed our day out South Lakes area. Conservative Party to this day. and can’t wait for our next meeting!

2 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 NEWS FROM THE HEADTEACHER

I do know that during the year we will understand how children and adults encounter many more exciting and can benefit from using this space. engaging educational adventures Next on the list of developments for at both of our schools. I have really our school is making some much enjoyed working with Mrs Campbell, needed improvements to our Early getting both of our schools Years and Key Stage 1 more involved with each classrooms. In the spring other, and getting we will be starting the best out of the a big fundraising partnership we effort to provide have. Long may better access this continue and facilities into the future. for children; Here at we want to Sedbergh ensure that our Primary School, school is fully we were all inclusive and that the building Matt Towe really pleased to finally finish meets the needs our Science and of all children who Time flies when you’re having Wildlife Garden Project might wish to learn fun. It’s hard to believe that (just in time for some here. I will be looking to we have arrived at Christmas really wild weather!). I must again recruit a team of avid fundraisers to help with this, so please get in 2017 and in less than a month thank all the people who have contributed to the project and those touch if you can offer us any support. 2018 will start. I wonder who supported us with funding. In the Wishing all the best for many what the year will hold? spring, it will be great to really start to successes in the coming year. Pirate Day

By Ashton McGough and Daisy Allan

On Monday 27th November we had a fantastic Pirate Day where we learnt all about pirates for the whole day. We all came dressed as pirates and we had to plan a special pirate party.

In the morning we went into the kitchen and made ‘hard tac’ which were like stale ship biscuits. They tasted horrible! During the day we also played battleships and went for a fantastic treasure hunt. Even though it was raining hard we managed to find all the treasure! We ended the day by having a brilliant pirate party with lots of food which reminded us of pirate things like maltesers for cannon balls.

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 3 PRIMARY SCHOOL Greek Day

Our topic this term is called discovered lots of words that originate “It’s all Greek to me”, and Year from Greece. During the morning, 3 certainly turned all Greek groups went out to the kitchen to cook (apart from the Cumbrian for the Greek feast. In the afternoon, we had a mini Olympic Games that weather!!) for their Greek Day. was judged by Edward Procter. Our We all dressed up in our Greek fabulous day ended with a delicious costumes. In the morning we had a Greek meal. The sesame seed biscuit Greek Maths lesson, and then we and baklava went down very well!

4 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Joining the Dots

On Wednesday 15th November 2017 we held an art exhibition in what we now call the music room. All the art was made by classes in school working with Nikki Smith from Kendal Windows on Art. There was a great turnout to the exhibition and we had local people from around Sedbergh at the exhibition too – they had been invited by the Year 2 class. There was a wide range of brilliant artwork and a film made by a drone of local people’s favourite places around Sedbergh. We all enjoyed watching the film.

GCSE Music

The GCSE Music students They spent the day finding out about particularly the interactive activities the lives and music of The Beatles and and we struggled to drag Ben away went to the Beatles Story in the massive influence they have had from the drum kit where he was Liverpool as part of their work on pop music ever since. Everyone playing along to Beatles’ hits. on the Sergeant Pepper album. enjoyed looking round the museum,

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 5 The Wildlife Garden

Sarah Queen

The Wildlife Garden group has been planting trees along the hedge at the bottom of the school field. We are aiming to try and help drain the water from the field and make it less muddy. The trees were donated by the Woodland Trust. Every form group will be planting a tree to commemorate their time at Settlebeck and each of the Year 7 students will be planting their own tree.

6 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 TREASURE ISLAND

Miss Rea

In July, students from Years 7 & 9 jumped upon The Hispaniola and set sail on a magical journey around Lancaster’s Williamson Park to see Walkabout Theatre’s outdoor performance of ‘Treasure Island’. The action took place in six locations around the park, with the audience trooping from scene to scene in enchanted wonder as Jem Hawkins went in search of treasure with her Uncle David. The way the park itself was used to create atmosphere was wonderful and the set was enhanced by twinkling lights in the trees and superb costumes. We all really enjoyed the talented performances, exquisite puppets, wonderful staging, costumes and songs that will hopefully inspire students when creating their own performances in both lower and upper school.

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 7 FRENCH TRIP

At the end of the summer term our hotel in France was under ceremony at the Menin Gate. Once 27 students from Year 8 and 4 lockdown and so we were diverted we were able to go back to France, last minute to Ypres in Belgium. This we explored the site of the German members of staff took part in did not, however, spoil the visit, as our annual visit to Le Touquet secret weapons development facility at it meant that students were able to La Coupole and enjoyed free time in in France. visit the world-famous Tyne Cot and the market and Aqualud Water Park in This year’s trip was eventful to say Langemarck war cemeteries where we Le Touquet. The students were a real the least; due to the discovery of laid a wreath on behalf of Settlebeck. credit to the school and we are now unexploded World War Two ordinance, We also took part in the Last Post planning our next trip for July 2018.

8 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 9 Kalum Heywood-Byatt

Ex-Settlebeck student Kalum continues to add to his growing kickboxing trophy cabinet. In October he came away from the German International Open Kickboxing Championships with gold in 4 of the 5 categories he entered and silver in the fifth. Not one to sit with his feet up, Kalum has other commitments too. “Working in the real world is also important and since joining the Instructors team at The Health Club at Low Wood Bay, I’ve been involved in lots of different activities and training. I’m still taking part in Regional Full Contact Match-ups and remain undefeated!” Kalum is also now training hard in order to qualify for the World Kickboxing Championships in Jamaica next year. Good luck, Kalum and watch this space!

10 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Settlebeck’s Remembrance

Our students also visit the topic of war in history and in religious studies and study some of the war poets in English. I remember being taught “Dulce et Decorum Est” and now teach it myself, still moved by its images and message. In addition, our annual French Trip with Year 8 students includes a visit to a war museum, La Coupole, which was developed to launch a V2 rocket at London (which fortunately never happened), and to one of the war cemeteries, usually Étaples, a large cemetery which overlooks and runs down to an estuary, its rows of white gravestones a concrete reminder of the terrible losses; here we stand in silence to remember the dead. Also, we look at Sally Ingham use of pigeons as messengers, read the books recording those buried here, out letters from soldiers killed and sometimes finding a relation of one of As the generation of men talked of the poignant moment where the students. and women who served in or the two enemy sides played football This year the issue of war was on Christmas Day, highlighting our particularly highlighted as our stay experienced the two world common humanity and the tragedy wars dies out, it would be easy in the French town of Le Touquet of war. was diverted to Belgium due some for this generation and future In our Friday assembly, maths teacher, unexploded world war bombs having generations to forget the loss George King explained one of the been swept up near this coastal town and sacrifice of these two global derivations of the poppies being worn, and it being put on lock down. As a events, and in turn to ignore the act of Moina Michael, who, struck result, we ended up in Ypres which the continuing loss and cost of by the clinical feel of the area from brought the issue of the wars even where American servicemen were war. Increasingly, there are no more to the fore, this being the city that departing, decorated it with flowers longer the mothers and fathers was totally destroyed in the First World – poppies – which the departing War, now amazingly rebuilt as it once or granddads and grannies servicemen asked to take with them. was with little evidence of how it was to tell us about this period in This, and the final lines from McCrae’s razed to the ground. It reminded me of history as there were when I poem “In Flanders Fields”, which asks Coventry, where I once taught, with its that we keep faith with the soldiers, was young. symbol of the phoenix rising out of the inspired the idea of them becoming a ashes after its severe bombing in the permanent symbol to remember those At Settlebeck we gave Remembrance Second World War, a tribute to human lost in the war or suffering as a result a key focus. Our Head of Design and nature’s refusal to be cowed. Technology, Dave Jermy, delivered of it. Staying in Ypres also gave us the a whole school assembly on the 67 The poppies, as was noted in the St. opportunity to see trenches, stand at million lost in both wars. We also Andrew’s Remembrance Service, learned about the origin of poppies, actually use paper produced at the Menin Gate to hear the Last Post from their appearance on the Kendal’s James Cropper; 150 miles of bugle call and view the names on the battlefields after the fighting, disturbed the red paper is apparently produced walls of this imposing war memorial. mud being ideal ground for them, as for this purpose. In a local church, St. George’s, we saw the names of young men from well as how the money collected from Four of our students represented the Sedbergh School on one of the many the sale of these supports injured school at the Remembrance service, memorial plaques there. We also soldiers and their families and how the reading two poignant poems: “Futility” witnessed the thousands of names at factory producing them provides work by Owen and “Memorial Tablet” by for ex-servicemen. Sassoon. Two others stood alongside the nearby cemetery of Tyne Cot which Our Wednesday lower school our Headteacher, Sarah Campbell, looks over towards the fields where the assembly, taken by our Head of to read the long roll call of men from massacre of Passchendaele occurred. Drama, Gillian Rea, was planned with Sedbergh and the surrounding areas We believe all these experiences the help of students studying “Private who died in the two world wars. They ensure that our students do not Peaceful”. They informed students also laid two wreaths of poppies at forget the serious cost of war and the of the causes of the First World War, the war memorial along with other sacrifices of those who have died in the conditions in the trenches, the organisations. these and other conflicts since.

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Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 13 Kendal College Taster Day

Wesley Mills Courses on offer in the Allen building focus on Media, Performing Arts & Music, subjects that are studied here at Earlier this year, Year 10 students from Settlebeck, which gave some of the students a passion for Settlebeck took part in a ‘Taster Day’ at Kendal choosing these to look at during the day. College. This gave each of us the opportunity to Thanks to Kendal College for the worth-while and informative day, allowing each student to get a clearer find out exactly what Kendal College has to offer, idea of what they want to do when they eventually leave with a wide range of subjects for us to try. Settlebeck School

14 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Presentation Evening

Once again, we had a wonderful evening to celebrate the successes and achievements of the Year 11 students who left us this summer. We wish them all the very best as they come to the end of their first term at sixth form, college, employment or in an apprenticeship.

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 15 Kendal Torchlight – Fairy Tales

16 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 17 Year 7 Residential to Windermere

“I really loved just being in the hostel.”

“From going to coming back, it was amazing!” “We had a really great time with no arguments.”

“I had so much fun!”

18 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 “My favourite activity was the zip wire. Zooming over Brockhole, suspended in the air, was the best way to end the Windermere trip.”

“I can clearly remember hearing Mrs Calvert scream as she descended the slide!”

“Paddleboarding was my absolute favourite activity because of the epic fails and great stunts!”

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 19 Island Life

In the last two weeks of the Ullapool over to the Outer Hebrides, expedition on South Uist, we travelled summer term, a group of Year where we spent the next 10 days. The back to the mainland for our grand weather was fantastic and we enjoyed finale, a night in the CIC hut on Ben 10 and 11 students set off on the a spectacular mix of coastal and Nevis followed by visiting the summit Settlebeck Scotland Expedition. mountain scenery, from beach bonfires the next morning. All members of the After a very long journey in the to the highest summits on the islands. team returned with tired legs, new minibus, we took the ferry from Following a remote and unsupported horizons and lasting memories. Our House

On Friday 13th October, students from Years 9, 10 & 11 went to the Winter Gardens Theatre in Blackpool to see the Olivier Award-winning musical ‘Our House’, which featured Madness hits including ‘It Must Be Love’, ‘House of Fun’ and ‘Baggy Trousers’.

After the success of our very own production of ‘Our House’, we thought it’d be a great idea to organise a trip to see another production of the musical. All the students enjoyed the performance, heading home with a sense of ‘madness’ and joy!

20 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Life After Settlebeck The Invisible Child

Rebecca Barnes

This year, I was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with first-class honours from the University of Bath. In September I started a graduate job in London with Mazars, a large international accountancy firm, to train to become an ACA qualified accountant. Paul Beach, Deputy Headteacher This story has been chosen by Oxfam I wanted to say thank you to to highlight their campaign to help In order to mark the World Day Settlebeck for helping me to achieve women and girls around the world fight the qualifications that I have needed for the Eradication of Violence poverty and injustice and is one of Tove to both get a place at the University Against Women on Friday of Bath and secure a graduate job in Jansson’s famous Moomin stories. 24th November, Mr Beach read London, which has always been my A collection was taken at the end of ambition. Tove Jansson’s short story ‘The the reading and we raised over £20 for Thank you! Invisible Child’ to a group of students from years 7 to 10 in this cause. the school library. Well done to all who attended! Annapurna Indian Dance Company

In July, the Annapurna Indian Dance Company did dance workshops with Years 7- 10.

The company use dance, drumming, storytelling, art and masks to bring alive traditional stories from India, using these methods to encourage understanding between people of different backgrounds.

This was a very different experience for the students; “It was awesome!” “It was a really good way to boost our confidence” “It really got our imaginations going!”

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 21 SPORTS NEWs

In netball, the girls have enjoyed fixtures against Kirkbie Kendal School, Cartmel, Dallam and the Lakes School, with Year 9 Girls finishing 5th NETBALL in the District Competition.

RUGBY

22 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 Cross country season is upon us. The first race of the season was the English Schools Fell Running Championship at Giggleswick in September. It was a tough course where the elite of the country competed. We had some fantastic performances from Henry Hunter (8th), Caius Pennington (12th) and Cj Middleton (26th).

CROSS COUNTRY

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 23 SPORTS NEWs (cont.)

24 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 We had more great performances at the District Cross Country Trials at Cartmel Racecourse; Year 7 – Caius Pennington (4th) and Thomas Moorhouse (7th), Year 8 - Henry Hunter (8th), Year 10 – Maisie Gough (6th) and Cj Middleton (8th). They have all been selected to represent South Lakes at County trials later this year. Well done!

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 25 SPORTS NEWs (cont.)

During PE lessons Year 11 sports leaders have been teaching Year 5 pupils from Hawes and Sedbergh Primary schools, as well as helping to run lower school clubs.

Sedbergh People’s Hall We would like to thank the Sedbergh People’s Hall Gym for allowing us to use the facilities for our GCSE PE and BTEC Sport courses. It is very much appreciated.

26 Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 It has been a successful first Football term for both our lower and upper school football teams.

We have come up against strong opposition in Kirkby Stephen, Cartmel and the Lakes School but have held our own and can be proud of our performances. As we look to the new year, we will be training hard to turn these strong performances into positive results.

Settlebeck School & Sedbergh Primary School Winter 2017 27 DIARY DATES 2017-18 Please note – these are not the same as the County dates

Spring Term 2018

Starts Ends Half Term Holiday

Wednesday 3rd January Thursday 29th March Monday 12th February – Friday 16th February Number of school days in term – 57 Good Friday – 30th March Easter Sunday – 1st April

Summer Term 2018

Starts Ends Half Term Holiday

Monday 16th April Friday 20th July Monday 28th May – Friday 1st June Number of school days in term – 64 Early May Bank Holiday Monday 7st May

23rd January Year 11 Parents’ Evening 6th March Senior Citizens Concert 29th March School finishes at 2pm

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