Winter Newsletter 2017
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Calder Highlights Winter Edition Winter 2017 In this Issue: From the Headteacher 2 Introducing New Staff 2 Welcome to Calder Primary 3,4 Super Sevens End of Term 5 Year 7 Drama 6 Years 8 and 9 News 6 Year 10 from Mr Zallmann 7,8 Calderdale Youth Council 8 Year 11 News from Mr Kenworthy 9 Year 11 100% Attendance 10 Attendance Matters 11,12 Staying Safe Online 13 Children in Need Day 14 Twinning Society Italy 15 Calder Houses News 15 Inter-House Competitions 16 Overseas Project Nepal 2017 17 Band Camp 2017 18 Restart a Heart Day 19 Ogden Water with Year 7 20 Rugby at Calder High 20 Rock Climbing Competition 21 Learning for Life Day One 21 Well-being at Calder 21 Calder High School PTA 22 A Level Tectonics Lecture Day 22 The Covéa Calder Edge Awards 23 News from Creative Arts 24 Happy Christmas from Mr Guise Dear All With the festive season upon us, we mark the first term as an all‐ through school. It has been amazing to watch what our primary staff have achieved, with very limited resources, in creating our temporary primary provision. The classrooms reflect the vibrancy of the teaching and the pupils have settled brilliantly into their new environment. The primary phase has brought to the High School a renewed sense of joy as we in the secondary phase marvel at what is achievable in the early years of school education. The many of you that have visited the school over recent weeks will have noticed the scaffolding around the school. Work has finally begun on re‐roofing areas of the school as part of a broader capital programme to improve the fabric of the building. Alongside this is the commitment from the Local Authority to commence work on our new teaching block in the New Year. This is such an exciting time and I am grateful for everybody’s forbearance during these continuing essential works. Alongside all the external works, I have been heartened by the commitment of staff across The Calder Learning Trust in continuing to develop the opportunities for students outside the main curriculum. This term has seen more educational visits than ever before and increased numbers of students engaged in their own personal development. Our Duke of Edinburgh programme continues to grow and this week saw our first Calder Edge Graduation ceremony for students in Years 8 and 9. In these challenging and uncertain times, I am proud to be the Headteacher of a school that continues to offer an education that is as rich in experiences as it is in examination success. The experience of having a primary phase and spending time with the pupils of Calder Primary, particularly at this time of year, has reinforced for me, the need to put the joy back into education and I hope that this term has afforded more students than ever before to experience that. Thank you for your continued support and I would like to wish you all a joyous festive period and a peaceful New Year. Mr Guise Introducing New Staff Mr Lee has started with us as Assistant Headteacher with responsibility of progress in KS4. Mr Lee joins us from the Rodillian Academy and has already made a significant impact with our Year 11. I would like to introduce Miss Fox, the newest member of the Pastoral Team. Miss Fox will be the Key Stage Manager for Year 10 and take them through to Year 11 to become the Key Stage 4 Manager. She is joining us from Honley High School in Huddersfield. Miss Fox will start with us on the 8th January after her induction. Calder Primary News We’ve had busy first term as Calder Primary School, but our pupils and staff have settled in really well and have been made to feel extremely welcome by everyone at Calder High. Primary staff have worked tirelessly to create lovely, vibrant classrooms and parents also supported with planting and unpacking to help us soon feel at home. Highlights for our pupils this term have included: playing on the field, PE on the full sized netball courts, our new ‘café’ style school lunches and being able to walk to the train station for trips, such as our whole Primary School day at The Piece Hall. We had a busy Open Day a few weeks ago and are looking forward to an exciting future for our through school. Mrs K Lambert, Primary Headteacher Calder Primary 100% Attendance Year 1 Year 3 Reception Lila Dodds Year 2 Aubrey Bridger Poppy Kendall Jack Rainforth Alfie Dever Leo Hambling Imogen Henderson Year 5 Year 4 Sophia Thomas‐Pilka Ben Hanrahan Lucy Dever Alicia Wilcock Aaron Lord Year 6 Sidney Dodds Tom Robertshaw Henry Wright Charlotte Law Daniele Mezzadri Leonardo Mezzadri Will Chantler‐McCrink Calder Primary News cont… Christmas at Calder Primary Christmas is a very busy time for Calder Primary! They held their first Christmas Fair in the Calder VI building, which was a snowy morning with a special guest appearance from Father Christmas too! They raised £1190 for the Primary PTA, which will be used to support their educational trips and resources. Students performed a Strictly inspired Nativity Show ‘Lights, Camel, Action’ in both the Ted Hughes Theatre and St John’s Church in Cragg Vale. Class 1 pupils took the main parts, ably supported by Class 2. Class 3 then performed ‘Twas the night before the Christmas holidays’ and sang and signed for everyone. Primary pupils also sang and signed on the train stations for commuters, sang in the Collaboration Choir at The Piece Hall and held an end of term carols ﴾yes more singing!﴿ and music concert for families. Sci‐Fie ﴾science selfie!﴿ Competition For their half‐term homework, Primary pupils were set the challenge of taking a sci‐fie photo and creating a poster explaining the science behind it. There were some fantastic entries – including from our newest Reception pupils – on a whole variety of subjects from rainbows to whale hearts and insects! The guest judge was Mr Guise who congratulated the winners from each class and presented them with a science prize in the Primary Awards Assembly. End of Term for Super Sevens Thank you and well done I would like to take this opportunity to say well done to the "Super Sevens" for completing their first term at Calder High. I have been really impressed with how well students have adapted to secondary school life, developed resilience and supported each other. It's lovely to see so many new friendships. I would like to thank parents for your continued support and I look forward to working with parents and students next year. All that's left is for me to wish you a wonderful, restful Christmas break and a Happy New Year. Christmas celebrations To celebrate the festive period we've had lots of fun activities in school. On Thursday 14 December at in the Ted Hughes theatre there was a Christmas show, a number of our talented students performed. On Monday 18 December there was a Christmas PE Pizza evening for all students who have attended extra‐curricular clubs this half term. School Christmas Dinner was served in the diner on Tuesday and Wednesday 19 and 20 December. Year 7 students Mahni Beck, Eva Sirous‐Wilby, Mia Ransome‐Johns, Ruby Brady, Ivy Blackmoor, Jasmine Du‐Plessis and twins Kate and Rosie Bennett have been busy fundraising! Students have made over £300 for animals in need, through the charity Save Our World, Take Responsibility. Students have adopted two snow leopards, 2 rhinos and in the near future will be adopting 2 turtles and a shark with the money raised. Students will continue to raise funds for this worthy cause and hope to spread the word and encourage others to get involved. Miss Persechino Key Stage 2 to 3 Transition Manager 100% Attendance Iliana Carcamo‐Mccaskill 7ABK Dillan Bratley 7GWB Bobby Shaw 7JHE Madoc Walker 7MHN Mali Duggal 7ABK Benjamin Clegg 7GWB Sarvesh Sridhar 7JHE Asia Barmby 7MMN Joseph Fleet 7ABK Honey Cockroft‐Smith 7GWB Ruby Sutcliffe 7JHE Tamara Carter 7MMN Joel Howarth 7ABK Kaya Fletcher 7GWB Lauren Taylor 7JHE Jacob Ferguson 7MMN Lilia Lane‐Williams 7ABK Hassan Ilyas 7GWB Tom Whinnie 7JHE Nathan Hanson 7MMN Jack Lord 7ABK Lorren Landale 7GWB Cleo Archer 7LHK Billy Masters 7MMN Ellis Mcloughlin 7ABK Amelie, Lord 7GWB Bailey Asquith 7LHK Rose Parry 7MMN Micky Short 7ABK Cerys Manfredi 7GWB Lewis Blackwell 7LHK Ashlee Rodgers 7MMN Kennedi Adams 7GPN Michael Matthews 7GWB Georgia Finnell 7LHK Holly Swiffen 7MMN Hamaad Ali 7GPN Alex Sierota 7GWB Fergal Hamilton‐Adams 7LHK Rosie Swiffen 7MMN Aimee Best Corrales 7GPN Alexandra Whitlow 7GWB George Lilley 7LHK Nathan Bednarz 7SCS Gabriel Bridger7GPN Mala Yorke 7GWB Savanna Mclaughlin 7LHK Umm‐e Habiba 7SCS Katie Brisco 7GPN Amira Akhtar 7JHE Harry Mulvaney‐Johnson 7LHK Phoebe Hartley 7SCS Alice Foulkes 7GPN Saahyl Arafen 7JHE Charlie Stokes 7LHK Hamaad Javed 7SCS Akeel Ilyas 7GPN Edie Cotton 7JHE Rosie Cooke 7MHN Gabriel Little 7SCS Aman Khan 7GPN Jacob Cushing 7JHE Daisy Deighton 7MHN Coral Luck 7SCS Callum Mcdermott 7GPN Musa Hussain 7JHE Owen Ditchburn‐Hughes 7MHN Faith Mitchell SCS Lucy Mcmoran 7GPN Olaf Klepacki 7JHE Jude Entwistle 7MHN Natalie Neale 7SCS Raihan Mehbub 7GPN Libby Knowles 7JHE Zainab Ibrar 7MHN Iris Palmer 7SCS Sabriah Saeed 7GPN Billy Marsh 7JHE Kieran Langley 7MHN Isabelle Walker 7SCS Millie Skelton 7GPN Casey Naylor 7JHE Jacob Mackrill 7MHN Joseph White 7SCS Josh Wademan 7GPN Keir Naylor 7JHE Archie Naylor 7MHN Georgia Wood 7SCS George Whitaker 7GPN George Priestley 7JHE Adam Russell 7MHN Imogen Wood 7GPN Eleanor Ritchie 7JHE Ella Smith 7MHN Kate Bennett 7GWB Amal Shahid 7JHE Akasha Wilkinson‐Larossi 7MHN Year 7 Drama What an impressive start to the Year 7 Drama! All the Drama teachers at Calder High School are enthused by how talented the new Year 7 students are.