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7 - 11 July 2014

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Dinner Time Rota (No bags in Dining Hall)

B Hall Packed Lunch

Sitting 1 Year 7 Year 7 D1 and D3

Sitting 2 Year 9 & 8 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 8th 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)

What a Picture!

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Our Year 10 Photography students have been enjoying workshops held by the Impressions Gallery, Bradford. The team who came into school to install the enormous Red Saunders artworks (which can be viewed around school) have led the workshops . The workshops used the idea of tableaux, as created by Red Saunders. The photographic tableaux depict notable historic events and recreate scenes which took place before the invention of photography. The Year 10 photographers staged historical scenes and both students and staff dressed up in all sorts of costumes, from Viking to Victorian. They then posed in the scenes in front of a white background. These images will then be edited and manipulated with an end result similar to the large artworks around school. As you can see, they enjoyed themselves in front of and behind the lens!

Red Saunders is a professional photographer who combines his photographic practice with cultural, artistic, musical, and political activism. A former member of the 60's underground theatre group CAST, he made his name with nearly two decades of work for the ground breaking Sunday Times colour supplement, until he ended his association following the Wapping dispute of 1986-7. He was a founder member and activist with the Rock Against Racism campaign from 1976 onwards. An arson attack destroyed his studio and life work in 1994 and he did not return to photography until the end of the decade, turning instead film-making.

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Well done to Dominic Coy (7SP) who has qualified to represent Yorkshire and Humberside in the 2014 Triathlon Inter Regional Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham on Friday 22nd August. He was selected after finishing 2nd Tristar 2 boy overall in the series of 6 triathlon events held over the past couple of months. The race is run under ITU rules and will include a dive start and draft legal bike so he’ll be putting in a lot of extra swim, bike and run practice over the coming weeks to do his Yorkshire kit proud. Good luck Dom!

Congratulations to Lucy Haines (10VEB) and Lucy Jacques (10AJH) who competed in the Eldwick Gala Fell Race on Saturday 28th June. Great to see our students doing so will in community events!

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IGS have traditionally done very well over long distances and this was no exception; when the boys took to the track, Cameron Reilly (8ADM) set a new personal best time of 4:52 winning the 1500m race by a comfortable margin. The girls did well in all field events with strong performances in the high jump and long jump and took second place in the Inter Girls’ category.

To round off an excellent day for the boys, the 4x100m Inter Boys’ relay team cruised across the finish line with a solid performance, taking the maximum points to take the team into an overall lead. Despite not fielding a Junior Girls’ team, it was looking promising for an Ilkley victory with wins for the Junior and Inter Boys’ and a second place for the Girls’ team, but we were pipped to the finishing line by Bradford Grammar by 10 points.

Congratulations to 27 of our students who represented IGS in an athletics event at Horsfall Stadium, Bradford, against Rishworth and Bradford Grammar School. Due to our Year 7 and 10 girls’ team being involved in a rounders fixture it was up to the Junior Boys, Inter Boys and Inter Girls to win the points for IGS. The girls started strongly on the track, with four Year 8 girls racing up an age category, whilst the boys dominated the field events. Josh Boon (9BJS), who was making his debut for the athletics team, threw the javelin over 30 metres, claiming all 6 points to win the event. Some strong performances from the Year 7 boys were raising eyebrows in the stands about the threat they could bring to the English Schools’ competition next year including Fin Tunney (7LG) javelin, Dom Coy (7SP) 800m, Charlie Wilde (7MPC) high jump and Josh Rowland (7PDH) long jump.

Well done to Sophie Tarring (7SP) who has been awarded the prestigious ‘Headteacher’s Award’. Sophie has been awarded 40 credits above her Platinum Award...yes you read that right an additional 40 credits!

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…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…IGS SPORT…

A AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND FIXTURES

MONDAY

7 July

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 (SMB) IGS Fields 3.30-4.30pm

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

TUESDAY

8 July

Y9 Inter-Tutor Group Rounders

Y7,8,9,10 ATHLETICS Club FINISHED

WEDNESDAY

9 July

SPORTS DAY @ IGS Fields

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

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

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

Y9/10 ROUNDERS Club CANCELLED

THURSDAY

10 July

Strike Day

FRIDAY

11 July

Y6 Transition Day

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What a week...Red Kite to pigs...war

time stories to athletics!

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GCSE Overview Year 10

Attendance Measure

Coming Up…

4 July

Early closure due to TDF : students’ lunch

11.40; registration 12.20; bus 12.30

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

10 July

Strike Day—school open for Year 10 and 12

11 July

Non-uniform Day

Year 6 Transition Sports Day

14-18 July

Challenge and Celebration Week

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. The latest standings are:

7LG with 7LAM, 7SL and 7SP closing the gap! 8HM have now overtaken 8JRW!

9BJS with 9SCB snapping at their heels! 10PPB chased by 10GS

Check out your tutor group’s progress charts displayed in Key Stage 3 and 4 Hubs.

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

Lost Property Ties, socks, blazers, hoodies, full PE kits and shoes...all are currently lurking in the bottom of

the lost property box in the Key Stage 3 Hub and all will be cleared out by 22nd July. Claim your items now or lose them forever!

7PB 7PDH 7DSF 8JRW 9SCB 10GS

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Celebration Assemblies

Year 7 Wednesday Period 5 Year 8 Tuesday Period 5

Year 9 Wednesday Period 1 Year 10 Tuesday Period 1

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Do you use the I23, I24, I26 or catch a bus near Burley Train Station? We have had a number of calls from members of the public in the last week expressing their concern about your safety as you wait for buses in Burley. We are aware that this area attracts a lot of students and can get quite congested as you wait for your bus, but it also makes it very difficult for other pedestrians and road users to safely navigate around you. Please be aware that this is an area where buses turn in the road and lots of other vehicles use this stretch of road. We ask that keep yourself safe by keeping a good distance from the road but also that you are considerate of other members of the community and are mindful of their need to safely use the pavement and road.

Mr Milburn

IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGE

Year 8 Charity Challenge Year 8s have got one final push on STG points this term and aiming to securing that trip to the Lido with a fundraiser. Tutor groups have all chosen a charity to support. This includes Cancer Research, Sunshine and Smiles, WaterAid, Butoke and Westfield Hospice. To raise money a charity car wash and Market Place will take place on Tuesday 8th July, 12.15-12.45. So pop along to B Hall with your money and help support Year 8’s efforts!

Challenge and Celebration Week With just 1 week to go before you all head off on your Challenge and Celebration Weeks, please make sure you are all aware of what you need to do before the week starts. Whether it’s making sure you know what bus you should be on to lunchtime arrangements. Click on your Year booklet and make sure you know what’s what!

Thursday July 10th Strike Due to strike action school will be partially open next Thursday 10th July. Years 10 and 12 only will be in lessons but the rest of school will be closed. Buses will operate as normal. School reopens as normal on Friday 11th July.

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A Little Bike Appeal Media students will be endeavouring to shoot a satirical remake of a Lady Gaga video ‘Judas’ on Monday 7th July (please don’t be alarmed if you spot some odd clothing on the day!). One section of this involves a gang of bikers; the media team would like to shoot this using children’s bicycles, in keeping with the intended humorous tone. If any of you can loan us a small-sized bicycle (anything smaller than adult size) they’d be most grateful! Please pass on details via your tutor, or directly to Mr Burrowes.You can get a better idea of the type of video that will result by looking up the Britney Spears or One Direction videos on the ‘IGSMediaStudies’ YouTube channel.

Putting the Art in Grand Depart! Has anyone seen Alice Vaughan’s (13EM) TDF inspired artwork at Lishman’s Butchers yet? It was still a work in progress last week with ‘grand’ plans to be finished in time for Saturday and she’s done it! With assistance from Lillian Baldwin (13AJK) the artwork is set to be one of the highlights in TDF inspired decorations!

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Enjoy or timetabled activities and why not try something new? The Year 10 taster sessions on Tuesday are covering Chinese, Russian, Catalan, Italian and

Arabic!

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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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Volunteering Opportunity Abbeyfield Grove House are looking for volunteers to provide extra coffee sessions with perhaps some board games...are you up for this challenge?

A variety of roles are available including befriending and helping at meal times. This is an excellent opportunity for students to enhance their CV, future job and UCAS applications. Contact Lindsey Spencer, Volunteer Manager, on 01943 886009 or complete the application form on our website, www.abbeyfieldilkley.co.uk and return it to 12 Riddings Road, Ilkley.

Dribble, Pass...Shoot! Ever fancied playing basketball? Playing for the school and want to get involved in a local team? Bradford Dragons are looking for new players. Interested? See details below and get in touch!

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TDF2014...where will you be? You can’t fail to miss the build up to the Grand Depart that has been going on over the last few months...and finally it’s here! The world’s greatest race will make its way around West Yorkshire and right through the heart of Ilkley, Burley, Addingham and Otley, bringing with it 20 teams, 180 riders, 2,000 accredited journalists and more than three million fans aiming to savour its unique flavour at the roadside, with hundreds of millions more watching the action on TV. The caravan will set off at approximately 9.10am and the Grand Depart at 11.10am from Leeds City Centre on Saturday 5th July. The riders will then be visible in our area on both the Saturday and Sunday. The superstars of the Tour de France rode through Leeds city centre on Thursday evening as they made their way to the official Opening Ceremony Team Presentation. As part of the build-up to the Grand Départ of this year’s race, all of the competing riders took part in the public parade starting at the University of Leeds and finishing at the Leeds First Direct Arena on Thursday evening. So, as you stand by the roadside with 3 million other people,waiting for the riders to come by over the weekend, why not astound your friends with these TDF facts…

1450 beds are reserved every day of the Tour for the organisers and team Approximately 2000 journalists & photographers will record the race this

year The Tour will be broadcast to 190 countries The entire race covers

approximately 3,500 kms The Tour de France attracts 12 million spectators along the route in a

typical year's race On average spectators travel 130km to see a stage of Le Tour They spend on average six hours at a time at the roadside Yorkshire's Brian Robinson was the first Brit to win a stage of the Tour de

France in 1958 Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider to win the Tour de France in

2012; this was followed up by a second British winner, Chris Froome, in 2013.

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