T R eflection The R eflection achieving more together Issue 24 February 2015 In this issue... Jason Beattie Visit Co-operative Day 2014 Year 8 Enterprise Leadership Award Christmas Concert Photos Student Parliament Full reports and news canNews be found’ area via of theour Children in Need 2014 Twitter account and the ‘ TicTac Raise the Roof school website... Year 11 Fashion Show 2014 Indoor Rowing Championships www.liskeard.cornwall.sch.uk and much, more... @Liskeard_School The magazine of Liskeard School & Community College Head’s Letter Dear All, we decided to take an active role in the Youth Parliament elections last chool isn’t just about exam month accumulating in us achieving results; it’s also about a Bronze Democracy Award and Sproviding opportunities to several of our students appearing develop students into responsible on the ITV news! and confident citizens. Some Year 10 and sixth form In this edition of The Reflection you students also recently received an will read about a number of events inspirational visit from the political that help to do just that. Our 3rd editor of The Mirror. Watch this annual Co-op Day was another space for our own mock elections in huge success with students from our May and a visit from a member of partner primary schools working the House of Lords! with us on activities to help develop many of the Co-operative values. Best wishes, With the general election looming Alex Lingard, Head Teacher be announced. Liskeard School & Community College Awards include a Head Teacher’s wards’ Evening Award, Governors’ Award, Community Award, Resilience iskeard School will host its merits daily for their hard work Award and an award from each first prestigious Awards and positive contributions. faculty. LEvening on the 1st July 2015. The awards evening will be the These are the highest accolades Celebrating the achievements, celebration highlight of the year. students can achieve. Further attributes and contributions of Students from Years 7- 13 will be details about each award and Liskeard students is part of the nominated for an award and will the nomination criteria will be daily routine. Students achieve be invited with their families to the advertised over the coming community awards and receive event, where the overall winner will months. 1| a place where... Daily Mirror Political Editor Jason Beattie Visit n Friday the 23rd of January Liskeard School O& Community College Sixth Form had the pleasure of meeting Jason Beattie, who is the political editor for The Mirror newspaper. He spoke to Years 12 and 13 students about his role at the paper and experiences, and about current political affairs. Jason has been the Political Editor of the Daily Mirror since 2010 and has covered three general elections and has written for the Scotsman and Evening Standard. Sixth Form and proved teacher Helen Snowling said “We this by bringing are very lucky to have had a visit along a series from someone so experienced in of rejection the world of politics and journalism. letters that he The students really engaged with had received the session and, staff included, whilst trying to were fascinated by Jason’s story begin his own and career journey.” career. His speech was inspiring to staff and It was an particularly students on the cusp a b s o l u t e l y of furthering their education. Not inspirational, thank Ms Snowling on behalf of all of the Sixth Form only did Jason create an intelligent e x c i t i n g students for organising the event that certainly enthused political debate amongst everyone; e x p e r i e n c e everyone, and allowed everyone to have an insight into he showed that the ability to and the school the political election that many are now eligible to vote succeed lays within determination would like to for this year. Year 8 Enterprise Students T-Shirts Viridor Visit the methods used in recycling as well as the importance of reusing materials. Liskeard ictured are some Year 8 iskeard School Year School teacher Mrs Schooling said, “It was enterprise art students with 8 enterprise students a very interesting visit. Lots of important Pt-shirts they have upcycled Lvisited Viridor waste issues were highlighted, giving our students using stencilling techniques. recycling centre at Lean lots to think about.” Quarry in Liskeard recently as part of their enterprise studies. The students learned how waste is collected by Viridor and then recycled successfully into a variety of materials, making a surprisingly positive impact on the environment. Students were introduced to ...we shape our futures |2 Co-Operative Day activities. resiliency. Kevin Simpson, chartered clinical psychologist and partner 2014 “Enterprise for the Future” was an with Outlook South West said, ecember saw another day activity focussing on democracy “The school took a very forward- of co-operation as Liskeard and equality. Students were tasked thinking approach to tackling DSchool and Community with developing a commercial some important subjects for young College hosted the annual Co- business idea. people. It’s great to see schools operative Day 2014. Staff and exploring ways to tackle mental students took part in activities “Where’s the Impact?” introduced health issues and to increase the across the school, and at Lux students to social responsibility. well-being of their students. These Park, to encourage students to The ever popular “Christmas things can play a huge role in work together and promote the Goodies” had students making academic success but they also help Co-operative values of equality, Christmas cakes promoting the people to live happier, more stress- self-help, self-responsibility, values of self-help and solidarity. free lives both inside and outside solidarity, democracy and equity. The music rooms were filled with the of school.” sound of instruments for “Musical Liskeard School has been part of the Communication” an activity There were also activities taking Liskeard Community Co-operative dependent on social responsibility. part outside of Liskeard School. Ms Learning Trust since 2012 along Nelson-Tyrrell attended Trewidland with Dobwalls Community Primary There was a foreign languages Primary and Pre-School and Mrs School, Menheniot Primary School, themed “Murder Mystery” event, Nicholls spent the day at Dobwalls Trewidland Primary and Pre- “Iconic Buildings” brought out Community Primary School for a School working in partnership with the creative side in students and day of outdoor activities with the UTC Aerospace Systems, University there was even a tense session of students. of St Mark and St John, Cornwall Dragons’ Den Christmas! Council and Co-op South West. Head teacher Alex Lingard said We were also very lucky to have “The day was a huge success The day began with Liskeard staff from Outlook South West in and really helped to enforce the students taking part in team building the school. The school decided to importance of the Co-operative exercises. Students were working take an innovative approach to values and to further develop the together to climb walls, make tyre helping older students, in Year 10, strong bond the members of the paths and negotiate obstacle manage stress and build personal trust have established.” courses whilst blindfolded. My murder mystery The mum liked to stay fit so she could Liskeard School’s catering company report run from the police. She didn’t like Chartwells put on a superb show to eat cake and she liked hot drinks in the Old Hall of Ready, Set, was in L4 for this lesson. We but not coffee. Cook. The event started with an were doing a murder mystery educational and interactive tour of Ion a French family. They had Julie was a vegetarian and her foods and the importance of food eaten at a restaurant and they favourite food was cheese. The groups. Two teams competed, all died the next day. They were dad loved cheese and didn’t really headed by Business Manager Mr robbers that had robbed a bank like steak or peas. Jean-Paul didn’t Taylor and teacher Mrs O’Shea with and were on the run from the like healthy stuff apart from lettuce the help of two students, to produce police. and peas And the last boy loved the best meal using healthy and pizza. balanced ingredients within a given We had to find out what they had time. Students in the audience then eaten at the restaurant that had Our reasoning was that pizza had voted for their favourite. made them die. cheese on it. There was a cheese salad. We thought that the food that At mid-morning the school welcomed We were given a sheet (in French) had killed them was the cheese. students from the three primary and we had to translate it. It told schools in the Trust. Students from us some clues on what the different We were right! all schools and all year groups members liked in the family and were mixed for some collaborative what they disliked. Maddy Edge. 3| a place where... ...every day matters |4 Co-Operative Day for break. It was really good fun world. Hundertwasser was a very at Dobwalls School being able to mix with the younger colourful artist and designer who n January, nine of our students children and use their playtime was a campaigner for environmental went to Dobwalls School to be equipment. causes. We did an activity linked Iinvolved in helping lead a Co- to this artist by drawing around our operative Arts day, with view to When we went back inside there hands and then making the hand 3 making banners, showing the co- were big sheets of paper on the dimensional by drawing across it operative values, to be displayed floor and pens, there were two with coloured lines.