Your Spring Term 2018 news & events magazine

Immanuel College A Church of England Academy Message from the Head Message from the

As we approach the end of our second full term, there are finally signs that Spring is on its way; which means exam Governors season is fast approaching. The role of an Immanuel Governor is demanding but very rewarding and has always given me the opportunity to contribute to the local Our sta and students are working extremely hard in community. The college governing body is responsible for working with preparation for the upcoming exams and revision is well the college to ensure that it delivers a good quality education for all our underway. I thank you in advance for both the encouragement students. Together with Mrs Tiller, our Headteacher and the Senior and support which you give your son/daughter at this pivotal leadership Team, who are responsible for day-to-day management of the time in their education. school, we work together to ensure clarity of vision, ethos and the strategic direction of the college. The determination and on-going hard Our last day of term is Thursday 29th March and we reopen on work of the sta and students continues to move the college forward as Monday 16th April. one of the leading secondary academies in the city.

We are looking forward to the future expansion of our school It has been another busy term at Immanuel with a full school calendar of building and the increase in student numbers for the academic events including; trips, visits, activities, church visits, rewards and mock year 2019-2020. exams. I have been particularly impressed with this terms student and sporting news; what an accomplishment! I am extremely proud of all the The school expansion plans can be viewed on the Bradford Immanuel students’ achievements. Council website and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact myself at school. Our year 11 and post 16 students are busy working hard preparing for their summer exams and I hope you will join me in wishing them every On behalf of the Governors and sta I wish you a safe and success. The summer term is sure to be an exciting term with the forth restful Easter break. coming expansion! Mrs Jane Tiller Mr Keith Vickerman Headteacher, Immanuel College Co-opted Governor

Governor Keith Vickerman retires after over 45 years of service

Immanuel College and the governors say thank you to Keith Vickerman, who has retired after a lifetime of public service to schools in Bradford, Shipley and London. More than 50 years ago, he was part of the Shipley Education Executive under the West Riding Education Committee.

The first decision he was involved with related to whether schools went to comprehensive status or not, and he was also Keith is very modest and underplays the significant contribution he has heavily involved in the planning of this. made to school governance. He has been an active governor for over 46 years with 28 of those in Bradford schools. He joined Immanuel in 2001 In seeking a comprehensive education for the area, Keith wanted and has been constant in his support of the school. He has had a clear and to assure that the good quality of teaching seen in grammar passionate commitment to wanting the very best education and schools was replicated in a comprehensive setting. His ‘day-time’ opportunities for all students. We will miss him very much and wish him employment moved him to Arbroath, then Liverpool and London all the best in his retirement. and it was only on returning to Shipley 30 years later that he had the opportunity to see how the planning had worked out. Denise Sterling, Chair of Governors

We are very grateful for Keith’s dedication and hard work in the service of Immanuel College as a Governor. He has always been very committed and supportive of the school and its students.

Jane Tiller, Headteacher

Immanuel College has fulfilled all my ideas of how a comprehensive school should be organised. Our Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team are always looking for improvements and if something doesn’t work they look for other improvements. They are constantly looking to improve attendance and do this very successfully. Immanuel College looks after all the students and from my observation, our Headteacher feels very strongly about this. She constantly congratulates all students on their achievements and this school for me has demonstrated that it is a fully inclusive school. It is with great sadness that I will now be retiring as a governor, however I look forward to keeping in touch with the team at Immanuel and watching the school grow with the upcoming expansion.

Keith Vickerman, Co-opted Governor The Message 2 Immanuel College PTFA NEWS Parentmail App During 2016 to 2017 the PTFA spent over £5000 and some of the items We are constantly improving our purchased for school included: an iPad for the sports/PE department, a communication. Please don’t forget to trombone and saxophone for the music department, £500 for a sofa for the download our school branded App so that you library, £300 to help purchase an oven for the technology department, £500 do not miss any important school information. donation towards GCSE English Literature resources, over £1500 for equipment for the science department including a radioactive source, £50 donation for If you have any problems or need any the drama department and a contribution of £160 toward the chapel wall. assistance please contact Nicola Erswell, Communications & Events Ocer at [email protected] More recently, other than raising over £1000 at the 2017 Christmas Fair, the PTFA has had a break from raising funds over the last few months. We are looking to recruit new members with fresh ideas. We have approached local primary schools and over the next few weeks we will be meeting with their PTFA Chairs and other members to discuss how we can enlist additional members and swap ideas for fundraising. We are always keen to see new members at our meetings which are usually held once a month on a Wednesday, in school.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 18th April at 6.30pm at school. Please come along to the meeting or if you need further information, please email the Chair at [email protected]

The PTFA would like your support in assisting us to raise valuable funds which will be used to purchase items for use by the children at school. Melanie Godfrey-Clark, PTFA Chair 3 The Message STUDENT NEWS

DIVING ACHIEVEMENT Jake Passmore, one of our Year 8 students, has competed in the North East Region Men's open event on the 3m springboard at Ponds Forge in She eld and came 8th out of 16, an excellent result for Jake!

Jake is also due to compete in the British Elite Junior Diving Championships in Plymouth over the Easter holidays.

Jake recently entered The Senet Cup in Eindhoven, where divers from 20 countries competed, including some of the best junior British divers and divers from national squads.

In Jake's first event, the 7.5 m platform, he competed against a field of 18 divers coming 7th overall. In the 3m springboard he finished 9th out of 22 and on the 1m springboard he smashed his personal best with an amazing performance placing him second out of 27. Gymnastics Jake was part of a world record for the most simultaneous cannonball dive bombs. The team beat the previous world record of 232 people, with 281 people taking part in the new world record! Achievements Jack Stanley Year 9 recently competed at the U14 Gymnastic Apprenticeship at Championships with some fantastic results: • English U/14 Pommel Champion - Gold Medal Yorkshire Housing • English U/14 Vault Champion - Gold Medal Congratulations to our previous Year 13 • 2nd All Around - Silver Medal student Luscha Caruso-Birrane on her newly • 2nd on Floor - Silver Medal appointed position of HR apprentice at • 2nd on Rings - Silver Medal Yorkshire Housing. • 4th on Parallel Bars - Placed “Part way through Year 13 I began to debate • 8th on High Bar - Placed whether university was the right option for me. I began looking at alternatives and In the British U14s Jack came 2nd out of 80 boys with 2nd place with a applied for a few di erent apprenticeships. I silver medal, He also competed in an all round competition and quali ed was lucky enough to land an apprenticeship for all 6 apparatus nals. at Yorkshire Housing to do Level 3 Business Admin in HR. I am now seven months into my Some of his successes include: apprenticeship, it is going really well!” • 2nd on Parallel Bars – Silver Medal Luscha Caruso-Birrane • 3rd on Rings – Bronze Medal HR Admin Apprentice, Yorkshire Housing • 3rd on High Bar – Bronze Medal

The Message 4 Year 9 Careers Fair Our Year 9 Careers Fair was a huge success! In association with Go Higher West Yorkshire, it was an exciting event, where our students met with colleges and business leaders and were able to ask questions and find answers about future career opportunities. Providers that attended the event included local businesses, education providers and some of the top financial institutions from Leeds.

Thank you to all our providers for their support. They helped make our event informative and rewarding for all our sta and students. Our students were engaged and gathered lots of information about their future careers while thoroughly enjoying the event. Our Post 16 students and another school from the BDAT Academy Trust, Bradford Forster Academy, also attended the event.

There was a lot of variety of It was great to have such a wide range of courses The Careers Fair has inspired me to providers and I gained some and careers on display. The student feedback has look into future careers and has important information about been excellent and we will certainly doing this given me an idea of what course I am career choices. again next year! interested in studying at University.

Holly Smith, Year 9 student Mr Tarr, Assistant Headteacher Rory Hopson, Year 9 student

“Go Higher West Yorkshire is dedicated to broadening the horizons “As our second Careers Fair at the College I was really impressed by of young people across West Yorkshire and working alongside the increased number of participating and varied businesses, education schools like Immanuel College allows us to do just that. The pupils providers and support services i.e. Police/Army/Fire Brigade/local were engaged, insightful and open to conversations about their business etc who supported the event. Our Students and those from futures. As a collection of HE partners involved in planning and Bradford Forster Academy (a sister Academy within B.D.A.T.) all took delivering the event, we got the impression that they left feeling the opportunity to positively participate in the event which was really informed, inspired and motivated to achieve their potential.” encouraging as they consider possible future careers. Well done Immanuel College and I look forward to the next Careers Fair in 2019.”

Natalie Aldridge, Mr J. Watts, Collaborative Outreach O cer, Go Higher West Yorkshire Vice Chair of Governors 5 The Message TRIPS & VISITS ANDORRA - SKI TRIP

February half term once again saw 17 students and 2 sta members embark on the annual ski trip. This time we visited Vallnord in Andorra. It was the first time Immanuel College had visited Andorra and both students and sta had an amazing time! We had a fantastic week with lots of fresh snow and glorious blue skies. Both students and sta went from being complete novices to experts on the slopes within the space of a week. There was lots of laughter and moments of madness when students fell over and bounced straight back up with huge smiles on their faces.

Andorra was a fantastic place to ski, the ski area was so big we didn't cover it all and we are hoping to return next year in search of new areas to visit. Students skied through the day and later enjoyed activities such as; a pizza evening, swimming and the use of the jacuzzi which went down a treat on those tired legs!

We also enjoyed sledging, which turned into a huge snowball fight and a sta and student 'pile on'.

It was an absolute privilege for sta to spend a week with the students. As usual, their behaviour and attitude were impeccable; they were a pleasure to take and did Immanuel College proud! Towards the end of the week, we were delighted to hear comments from students such as; ‘this has been one of the best weeks of my life’ and after a couple of days, ‘we will definitely be back next year; skiing is amazing!’ The Message 6 Between Thursday 15th and Sunday 18th March, 34 Year 11 students visited Berlin to support their GCSE study of Germany in the 20th century. Students visited a variety of historic sites, including Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, the Reichstag building, the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate. The trip tracked Germany’s rise as a world power, its swing towards dictatorship under Hitler and its emergence from WW2 as one of the leading countries in Europe.

The year 11 GCSE drama students went to the Alhambra Theatre on Wednesday 7th March to watch War Horse as part of their GCSE examination. The students behaveD impeccably and thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

The day started o with our students interviewing the volunteers to find out about their dierent roles, responsibilities and the enterprise skills required to do their jobs. Students then went on a tour of the premises which allowed the teams to see the great variety of jobs available in the world of construction. “We’ve done really well as a team; working together, listening to each other and staying positive when

things went wrong.” Year 8 Student

Taking on the role of developers, students were then challenged to apply their problem solving skills to establish on which site to choose Year 8 Trip to JLL in Leeds to build their new tall building. Considering the location and needs of the community, teams then worked together to build a tower using Year 8 recently visited the Jones Lang LaSalle limited materials. During the build, the teams’ Staying Positive skills Incorporated (JLL) o ce in Leeds as part of the were put to the test as new challenges arose, which put the developers’ budgets under strain. The day concluded when the enabling enterprise scheme. JLL are a professional student teams pitched their plan for development to the judges, who services and investment management company posed as local and new residents, to see if their building was suitable specialising in real estate. for construction. 7 The Message LONDON In February some of our Post 16 students took part in a 3 day Art trip to London. Our students’ behaviour was outstanding throughout the trip which was enjoyed by all. They visited many art galleries such as the Tate and the National gallery and they visited Brick Lane where they had graffiti tour on brick lane. The highlights of the trip were an evening photography shoot, a trip to see Buckingham Palace and Big Ben and spending an afternoon in the Camden markets.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service

On Thursday 1st February Post 16 students were invited to attend a presentation by the West Yorkshire Fire brigade. It was a really enlightening experience as the students got to hear first-hand from three fire fighters about the recruitment process to becoming a qualified fire fighter. The students were also introduced to other apprenticeship career options offered by the West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, which included IT and Media.

On Tuesday 20th March 20 Post 16 students, who are mainly study performing arts, media and film studies It was a really interesting headed off to the ITV studios in Leeds city centre for a and informative experience. tour of the Emmerdale set. The students had a fantastic time and gained an insight into life behind the scenes of a popular and locally filmed soap. Phoebe Ramsay Year 12 student

The Message 8 Team Challenge This half term 12 Year 8 students were selected to participate in the BDAT team maths challenge. This involved a series of puzzles and challenges which really put their problem solving and resilience to the test! Students worked in mixed teams across the BDAT schools to win the team challenge medals. All team members acted as fantastic representatives for Immanuel College, quickly forming team relationships and communicating mathematical ideas with confidence. A huge well done to all those who took part.

On Wednesday 21st February Year 7 experienced an innovative and exciting performance called "Deadly Distraction" from a theatre company called the Riot Act. This project was funded by Bradford Council’s Road To start National Science Week 2018 in style, Immanuel College hosted Safety team as part of Safer Roads a science competition involving secondary schools from across the West Yorkshire’s commitment to BDAT Academy Trust. Teams were sent to compete from Buttershaw keeping young people across the Business and Enterprise College , Immanuel College, Bradford Forster region safe. Academy and Belle Vue Girls School’. The morning session saw KS3 students attempt an egg cooking challenge using the least energy It was a highly engaging, multi-media theatre event to promote key possible. The KS4 teams battled it out to make a chemically powered road safety messages. The key objectives were: boat out of bits of rubbish. In the afternoon session, students were treated to a whizz-bang science show which was headed up by our • To raise awareness of the danger of roadside distractions from music, phones and friends. very own Mr Smithson and Mr Gomez. The day was loved by all but especially by the winners of the morning competition who had the joy • To help students to identify and cope with peer in uence and peer pressure. of winning the coveted ‘Golden Bunsen Award’. The winner of the day were as follows: • To promote safe, responsible and positive behaviour amongst students on the home to school journey. Key Stage 3 Winners – Immanuel College Key Stage 4 Winners – Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College The production was well received by our students and sta. It was a truly unique performance delivered by talented actors. WELL DONE TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT TOOK PART! 9 The Message News from Joanne Welding, Choices, Choices… Go Higher progression officer, Go Higher, West Yorkshire Year 10 students at Immanuel College have been thinking about their options and choices post 18 in Go Higher activity sessions during their lunch times. In one activity the students sorted cards on possible options, for example choosing a university course, getting a job, taking a gap year, visiting university open days, etc and thought about when they had to make these choices. The students quickly realised that up to the age of 16 most of the decisions in their lives, such as which school to attend, were out of their hands. Post 16 and post 18 the choices are suddenly wide open! Some feedback from the students included: Year 11 and 12 visit “My choices really start up at 16.” “You have the choice to continue to study after 18.” to the University of York “There is a lot of flexibility of choice.” To give Immanuel students a feel for the range of Russell Group “Better jobs and careers give you more options.” universities in Yorkshire, we went on a visit with 26 Year 11 and 12 “You can choose the order you do things students to York University. A Russell Group university is one based like buying a house or studying at university.” around research and the university students are taught by lecturers engaged in cutting edge developments. York is rated in the top 20 universities in the country.

The university was founded in 1963 so many of the buildings are in a style called “brutalist” architecture and the campus surrounds a huge man-made lake with a fountain in the middle with ducks! The students took part in a campus tour around the modern colleges of York and saw the university in action.

The students asked questions of the student ambassadors in one session and were introduced to ideas about how to choose a university by Richard, the York outreach officer. He encouraged the students to think about decisions such as campus vs city centre universities and how to research the modules different universities offer with the same course title, for example history. Year 12 PwC Visit The World of Business

On Wednesday 7th February a group of Year 12 students from Immanuel College took part in a visit to new PWC offices in Leeds. The visit was to give the students an opportunity to see how the world of business works and to talk to recent recruits to PwC, including graduates and school leavers at 18.

The new offices were fantastic with amazing facilities. When we arrived our students were entertained in the client suite, which was like the first class lounge in an airport – drinks and snacks to help yourself to (which we did!) and lovely seating areas. We had a tour of the offices with break out spaces and open plan areas as On Wednesday 31st January, 42 year 10 students spent the day at the University of well as the opportunity to find out more about the recruitment process at PwC. Leeds. Students attended a physics seminar, had a campus tour and students also got the opportunity to speak with current Leeds University undergraduates. There was an opportunity to look at the campus hall of residence. The students had a It was a very inspiring visit, especially since PwC has ended their dress code policy; great day and left feeling very inspired. an informal introduction to the world of high finance. The Message 10 This year Immanuel College’s production of Sister Act the musical was a huge success. Sister Act is a feel-good musical comedy filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story. With the direction of the performing arts staff, students from all year groups took part in the performance and performed both matinee and evening performances to our local primary schools, parents, carers and friends of Immanuel. In summer 2018 students will begin preparations for their auditions for the next Musical in March 2019.

Year 7 Prayer Room Year 7 students have been experiencing a prayer space in the chapel. They explored hands-on prayer activities and thought about their relationship with God and other Christian themes.

11 The Message THURSDAY 28TH JUNE, 7-11PM HOLLINS HALL, HOLLINS HILL, SHIPLEY, BD17 7QW

The prom committee are busy organising Year 11’s ‘The Hollywood Prom 2018’ which will be held at Hollins Hall on Thursday 28th June. The committee are hoping that this year’s prom will be the best ever! The theme is ‘A Night At The Oscars’. Students are invited to attend if they meet the following criteria:

The Message 12 On Friday 23rd February Year 11 students collected their mock GCSE examination results. Year 11 students walked into the hall and collected an envelope with their name on with the results inside. Students opened their envelopes immediately, some moved away from everyone to open their envelopes more privately and some didn’t dare to look!

There was laughter, relief and some regret. One student was heard saying, “I am so disappointed.” The good news is that these were only mock results and there is still plenty of time to change poor results into fantastic results with hard work. Year 11 students have been working on producing a revision plan, with many subjects are already devoting lesson time to revision and extra lessons are being run to support students.

Revision guides, English Literature texts and past exam papers are being given to students and of course learn sheets are on the website. We wish year 11 all the very best of luck with their revision! CHARITY NEWS

£104.96 raised

Mr Crowther’s Year 12 fundraising enrichment group which includes students; Leah Scullion, Alice Robinson and Liam Hamill have been busy this term raising money for Breast Cancer Care through events such as easter bake sales and dress down days. The group organised a post 16 big pink dress down day on Friday 9th February they raised a total of £104.96!

Students who gained 100% attendance from Monday 12th March all the way up to, and including Thursday 29th March, £117.25 were given an Easter themed raised prize. The Summer term is

nearly here and we want Hannah Scowby from Year 13 organised everyone to strive for 100%. another Post 16 dress down on Friday 9th March for BEAT which raised a total of...

13 The Message Year 8 Boys Football NEWS The Year 8 football team played a IMMANUEL Sports double-header against Thornton Grammar School, drawing the first game 2-2 and losing the second game 3-0.

They put on a fantastic performance away at Tong and ran at as fully deserved 1-0 winners, thanks to a goal from Jack Wallace. The defence of George Rhodes, Josh Hull, Will Nicolson and Matthew Corner played exceptionally well while in keeping a clean sheet against a good Tong attacking line up and they were helped out by some amazing saves by Ben Smith in goal.

In midfield, Jack Wallace, Jake Broadbent and Daanyaal Mansoor dominated the game and kept possession of the ball well, especially in the first half. Harvey Dobson U13 Girls Football worked tirelessly up front and he was ably assisted by Reece Pickering and Robbie Cetintas on the wings. James Spencer also played superbly when he came on as left back and central defensive midfielder.

Overall, this was a fantastic performance and great victory against a good Tong side. Well done to all the team.

U19 Boys Football The U19 boys football team won 3-2 at Beckfoot with goals from Kieran The U13 girls football team beat One in a Million 1-0 Hawthorn-Peel, Kieron Donohue and and lost to Beckfoot, Oakbank and Dixons City 1-0 in Joshua Young. the BSSA league. It was a pleasing result as the team In the second week of the BSSA U13 league, the girls came from behind twice and 5 Year football team has a match against Bradford Fosters 11 students played and two scored, Academy. After what looked like a promising start, 3 with James Young getting the winner goals were scored against us; one of which was an in the last five minutes. own goal! However the team played absolutely brilliantly and had lots of team spirit. The final score was: Immanuel 0 Bradford Academy 3.

The Message 14 Year 7 Netball Year 7 are having an excellent netball season. Their first matches were in the Bradford School Games and this experience set them up well for the emerging league. The results so far as follows:

Immanuel 9: St Bedes/St Joseph's 0 This has been a fantastic team effort Immanuel 9: UAK 0 with everyone showing real Immanuel 13: Belle Vue Girls 0 improvement. The following players Immanuel 12: Hanson 12 were nominated as players of the Immanuel 5: Beckfoot 0 match by the opposition: Poppy Immanuel 2: Feversham 3 Stowe, Hollie Taylor and Olivia Pullen. Year 8 Netball The Year 8 netball team have been attending tournaments at University Academy Keighley and Feversham in recent weeks. The results have been mixed but there has been a great team spirit and we’ve all had fun! We finished on with a 10:1 victory over Feversham and a 5:11 defeat against Queensbury. Molly Bleazard, Harriet Baker and Misha Chand have all been nominated as players of the match by the opposition but all the players have tried their best and played well.

West Yorkshire Schools Cross-Country Championships

Well done to our students who were selected to represent Bradford schools at the West Yorkshire Schools Cross Country Championships following their performance at the Bradford Schools Championships. The races took place at the Grammar School Leeds where students took on the best athletes in Yorkshire on a very tough course. Please find the results below.

Year 7 Girls - 16th Holly Walters 47th Hollie Taylor Year 7 Boys - 45th Toby Sale Junior Girls - 46th Mia Enderby Intermediate Boys - 35th Oliver Dewhirst

15 The Message The February numeracy event was a great success! Parents and students came into school and enjoyed meeting each other, teachers and Post 16 students. The session involved problem solving in groups NUMERACY within a relaxed setting. Feedback from the evening was very positive from parents and students alike – maths can be fun after all! Many thanks to all the people that attended and also to those that EVENING helped the evening to be a success. UK MATHS CHALLENGE The UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) is a registered charity whose aim is to advance the education of children and young people in mathematics. The UKMT organises national mathematics competitions and other mathematical enrichment activities for 11-18 year old UK school pupils. On Thursday 1st February Year 9 and 10 entered the UK's biggest national maths competitions and each challenge leads into a follow-on Olympian round.

Immanuel College HAPPY EASTER Church of England Academy Headteacher: Mrs Jane Tiller

Phone: 01274 425900 Fax: 01274 422467 Email: [email protected]

Immanuel College Church of England Academy May the power that raised Jesus to life on the third day, be at Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford BD10 9AQ work in you all this Easter. Amen. www.immanuelcollege.net

Revd Stuart Hacking Press Enquires Chaplain, Immanuel College Church of England Academy Nicola Erswell, Communications and Events Officer Phone: 01274 659828 Email: [email protected]

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