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30 June - 4 July 2014

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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 9 Year 7 D1 and D3

Sitting 2 Year 8 & 7 Year 8 B Hall and D2

Year 9 Social Area D Floor

Rotating lunchtime sittings will be for Years 7, 8 and 9 only. Years 10 and 11 have optional sittings. Bags must not be taken into B Hall/The Courtyard Cafe at lunchtime unless you have essential medication (i.e. Epipen or Diabetic equipment).

School Nurse drop-in Session:

Tuesday 1st July, Medical Room. No appointments required, they are here to listen not to tell!

iPad drop in session:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3

Independent Learning :

(click here for the link)

You’re Hired! Our Year 10 students have all been grilled under interview conditions this week...to give them a taste of what it’s like to be job hunting. As well as CV and letter writing they all managed to impress their interviewers with their answers to tough questions and explain why their qualities made them the one to hire. Well done to all out Year 10 students, you dressed to impress, you were professional and had your eye on the prize! Our mock interviews are extremely beneficial and great experience for everyone involved. The feedback from the interviewers was very positive ...well done!

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School years…

best days of your life…

Year 11 Ball, 20.06.14

Craiglands Hotel

Goodbye Year 11 Many of you who have older brothers and sisters in the school may have seen them getting dressed up on Friday night for their Leavers’ Ball. Our Year 11s headed to the Craigland’s Hotel to celebrate their final exam and for some the end of their school career. Vintage buses, VW camper vans, limos and Hummers were just some of the vehicles delivering the students to the Craiglands. Lots of people took advantage of the fantastic weather to walk to the event and many parents made the most of the sunshine to watch their sons and daughters arrive at the ball. They partied the night away enjoying a band and disco and were impeccably behaved and beautifully turned out, including some of the highest heels ever seen! In the words of Mr Swain ‘Our Year 11 logo for the year has been ‘2014 Amazing’ and that sums up the night: they were all amazing. The students were very sociable with staff and students alike. Everyone enjoyed the evening and the opportunity to say goodbye and also thank you to many of their teachers.’

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Well done to Bethan Morley (7PDH) and Ella Shouler Harris (7SL) who represented Ilkley Harrier Junior girls and whose team won at Badger Stone Relay last week.

Congratulations to Imogen Parton (8JRW) for being the first student in Year 8 to achieve their Platinum Award (160 credits this year). This is an outstanding achievement: well done Imogen.

Well done to our Year 10 boys’ tennis team who were in action on Thursday at Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Halifax. Left to right: Jai Cant (10ACF), Dan Pelkowski (10AJH), Max Tales (10FV) and Ollie Burton (8ALC). They all competed in the AEGON tennis league fixture and won three out of four single games and both double games.

All four boys played really well and a special mention to Max and Dan for being very last minute replacements and helping the team to win their first match of the season.

Congratulations to our Year 7 cricket team who qualified for the final against The Grammar School of Leeds on Tuesday afternoon. They played fantastically well but it wasn’t to be their day. The match finished GSAL 121-7 IGS 63 .

Back row (L to R) Isaac Hutton (7LAM), Cameron Hawdon (7LG), Fin Tunney (7LG), Matthew Revis (7SP), Laurie Stephens (7SP), and Joe Wolf (7DSF). Front row (L to R) Charlei Day (7LG), Adam Haw (7PDH), Alex Bentley (7SL), Ryan Stockley (7SP), Charlie Harrison (7PDH), not in picture Freddie Smart

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Well done to our Year 7 C3 groups who visited both Bradford Cathedral and the Gurdwara Temple on Tuesday as part of their study into religion. The groups were fantastically behaved and enjoyed experiencing other faiths and their places of worship.

Bradford

Cathedral

The Gurdwara

Temple

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B AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND FIXTURES

MONDAY

30 June

Y7/8 Scrum Kings Training (ACF) Gym 12.15-12.45pm

DANCE Club -All ages (JW) Gym 3.15-4.15pm

Y7/8 ROUNDERS Club (SHR) IGS Fields 3.30-4.30pm

Y7/8 ROUNDERS Club (SHR) IGS Fields 3.30-4.30pm

Y7/8 TENNIS Club (MWC) Cts 3.15-4.30pm

TUESDAY

1 July

Y7,8,9,10 Boys’/ Girls’ ATHLETICS Club (SMB/LV/MWC)

IGS Fields 3.30-4.30pm

Sports’ Leaders’ : Cricket (PLB) BR Astro 3.30-5pm

WEDNESDAY

2 July

Y9/10 Scrum Kings Training (ACF) Gym 12.15-12.45pm

Girls’ Synchro (Mrs Gooch) Pool 3-4.30pm

Y9/10 ROUNDERS Club (SMB) IGS Fields 3.30-4.30pm

Y7/8 Boys’ CRICKET Nets (SP) BR Cricket Club 3.30-4.30pm

Sports’ Leaders’ : Athletics Finals (PLB) BR Astro 3.30-5pm

THURSDAY

3 July

Y10 Inter - Tutor Group Rounders

Sports’ Leaders’ : Cricket (PLB) BR Astro 3.30-5pm

Y9/10 Boys’ CRICKET Nets (ACF) BR Cricket Club 3.30-

4.30pm

Y9/10 TENNIS Club (AJH) Cts 3.15-4.30pm

FRIDAY

4 July

Sports’ Leaders’ : Rounders (PLB) IGS Fields 3.30-5pm

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GCSE Overview

Year 10

Attendance Measure

Super Tutor Group Update

Don’t forget the cut off for collation and counting of points and certificates is Friday 11th July. Keep your eyes on the prize and help secure your tutor group as Super Tutor group for 2014.

7LG 8JRW (very closely followed by 8HM—there’s still only one point in it!)

9BJS 10PPB

Coming Up…

30 June

Year 10 GCSE Spanish Orals this week

1 July

Mathemagical

3 July

Year 10 Rounders (am)

4 July

Early closure due to TDF 12.20 registration

7 July

Languages Festival this week

Year 6 Student Welcome Morning

8 July

Year 9 rounders (am)

9 July

Learning Community Sports Day

Anne Hindle Golf Day

11 July

Non-uniform Day

Friday 4th July You will notice on the ‘Coming Up’ detail that school will be closing early on the afternoon of 4th July (the Tour de France weekend). This is due to the likely traffic issues on that afternoon and to ensure you can all get home. Your parents have all been informed of the early closure and you will be registered in tutor groups at 12.20 to catch your buses at 12.30. There will be an earlier lunch for you at 11.40.

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Did you lose a purse at the recent Car Boot Sale?

If so please see your Key Stage Hub or Reception...we may have what you are looking for!

Save the date! There will be a non uniform day on Friday 11th July for all students in Years 7-10. Money raised (£1 per student) will be split between the local St John's ambulance who are kindly supporting a number of days/activities during Challenge and Celebration week and the Revival centre in Uganda which students at IGS have been supporting for some time now. 11

JULY

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Your Security is our Concern! To improve security, the front doors are now closed during the day and can only be opened by using your swipe card or being buzzed in by Reception. This applies to staff, students and visitors. The following rules apply:

Students should only access the front entrance if they are entering

school after 8.30 (when the gates have been closed). You should not be attempting to enter the school building via the front entrance before that time.

If you have arrived into school after 8.30 you will need to press the buzzer to be let in. Please be civil explaining who you are to reception.

Please do not open the door for other students or visitors who are stood outside using the buzzer system. Reception can automatically open the doors after they have confirmed they have a right to be on site.

The gates at the bottom of the car park

are for vehicles only, this is not a pedestrian route. Whilst students using this as an access point has dramatically reduced, a few are still trying to use this as an entrance route. You will be challenged if you are seen using this route. Cameras are in operation in this area.

All of our gates are for security and therefore should not be wedged open or used in an unsafe manner.

Year 10 Spanish GCSE Revision Sessions Year 10 GCSE orals (worth 15% of the overall grade) are imminent, so a reminder that revision classes will be on in N7 all this week and next. We provide a supervised quiet space for students to revise, along with biscuits and juice.

Mrs Carey Fore! All students who want to attend the Anne Hindle Golf Day at Bracken Ghyll on 9th July must get a letter from the KS3 Hub and return it by next Friday.

Mr Calvert

University Tour On Tuesday the 10th of June a group of students (and Mr Wardle) went on a trip to Newcastle University for a tour around the University and to see what some of the courses were like. This involved dentistry where we carved a tooth out of wax and Design and Technology where we had to design a gadget which would be both practical and easily hidden. Harvey Broadhead Crofts

The day was part of the 'Future scholars scheme' which allows potential students in Year 9 to have a taste of what a 'Russell Group' University has to offer. The students were a pleasure to take, despite the 6.00 a.m. start, and would have been prize winners, had Emily not been convinced that it was possible to do a degree course in cow herding!

Mr Wardle

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How Well Did You Do? Please respectfully enjoy these images and find out more about them by looking at them and reading the accompanying text which you will find beside each image. Did you find all 8 images? The locations of the art works are:

Peasants’ Revolt

John Ball Main entrance to school, on the wall next to drama room.

Thomas Paine Above stairwell leading from B Floor outside Maths Office

Mary Wollstonecraft New block, middle staircase.

Hilda of Whitby East stairwell, bottom staircase wall on first landing.

William Cuffay Middle stair well new block, top floor landing above radiator.

Swing Riots To the left of the serving hatch in B Hall.

Peasants’

Revolt Above serving hatch in

B Hall

Leveller Women On back stage wall in B Hall.

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Available daily…

There is also a range of cold meals, sandwiches and pizzas available every day and remember the meal deal is still only £2.15. This includes a hot meal and a pudding or drink. The same price covers a choice from the cold selection and a juice and a small dessert.

SUMMER MENU Watch out for the World Cup specials this week!

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Languages Festival

Monday July 7th— Friday 11th

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Sister Act The Musical Upstagers Youth Theatre Group are looking forward to their forthcoming production, Sister Act The Musical; they have been chosen to perform the West End and Broadway hit musical comedy at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, one of only 35 theatre groups across the UK to be selected to produce this amazing show. Sister Act is the story of disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, a role made famous in the film by Whoopi Goldberg. When Deloris witnesses her gangster boyfriend, Curtis, and his crew murder someone they think has "squealed" to the police, she runs to the nearest Police Station to tell them what she has witnessed. She recognises Eddie, the desk chief, from school and he decides to put her into protective custody in the one place he is sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and an uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community, but in doing so blows her cover. Soon the gang are giving chase, only to find themselves up against Deloris and the power of her new found Sisterhood.

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Armed Forces Day Saturday, 28 June 2014 Armed Forces Day is an opportunity to do two things. Firstly, to raise public awareness of the contribution made to our country by those who serve and have served in Her Majesty's Armed Forces, Secondly, it gives the nation an opportunity to Show Your Support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving troops to Service families and from veterans to cadets.

Across the country people are getting involved: communities hold local events and business show their support. The National Event will be held in Stirling, but many more events will be held up and down the country in support of Armed Forces Day.

If you want to know more about the Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force or meet members of local units, then why not attend an event find out what's going on in your area so that you too can celebrate Armed Forces Day in support of our nation.

Who are the Armed Forces? The UK Armed Forces defend the UK and its interests. We are busy working around the world, promoting peace, delivering aid, tackling drug smugglers and providing security and fighting terrorism. The current main UK military effort is in Afghanistan. We are operating there successfully, with lots of other countries, to provide a more stable and secure Afghanistan to help ensure a safer Britain and world. Your support for the Armed Forces provides a much valued morale boost for the troops and their families. Why not take a moment to find out what they are doing and why? Find out more about operations the UK Armed Forces are involved in around the world, or visit the official sites of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

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