UCC AND THE NATIONAL STUDENTS’ ART EXHIBITION

By Mr ClaCk

Every year, The Dover Federation For The Arts invites Specialist Schools, Colleges and Academies to take part in The National Students’ Art Exhibition under the patronage of The Royal Society of British Artists. This exhibition was held at The Mall Galleries, London on the 9th–13th July 2013. The Federation exhibits in all three Mall Galleries in order to accommodate the increasing number of outstanding pieces of art submitted.

UCC submitted six wonderful works by current Year 11 Art & Design students. These pieces have been chosen as examples of outstanding practice at GCSE level in a range of different medias. Five of the pieces were selected to be exhibited at the National Students’

Exhibition. One of them was not selected but highly commended.

It was a very hot day in the city but many turned out to see the outstanding array of Art by the best students in the UK. The galleries were completely packed with people celebrating this most prestigious event. It was so good to see the work of the five who got through the gruelling selection process, presented in such a professional setting and the pieces were quite at home among the range of top quality work.

‘Mugshot’ by Matthew Cocking is a striking observational pencil portrait.Matthew has had a productive year in Art & Design and has produced a superb body of work, which encompasses a wide range of skills. He has scored 100% across the board which is quite a feat considering the

very tight grade boundaries for the subject at GCSE. Matthew has proved himself a very able draughtsman and although capable in all aspects and processes, observational pencil drawing is his forte. With this in mind, it was an easy decision to choose his amusing portrait of his father as an entry for the competition.

‘Trio’ by Calypso Keightley is a humorous group portrait scenario in acrylic.

Calypso has really captured the expressions on her friends’ faces in her painting inspired by the colourful New York Artist, Leah Tinari. Calypso has worked at an outstanding level for the entire duration of the course and like Matthew has scored 100% marks. She has managed to hone all of her art skills and has a particular leaning towards the human form at which she excels.

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Newsletter: July 2013

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PRINCIPAL’SMessageDear Parents & Guardians,

As the first Rutland secondary school to be inspected under the new framework, we have welcomed the outcome of the recent Ofsted inspection after the college, its staff and its pupils achieved good and outstanding grades in all areas of the report. The behaviour and safety of its pupils, their achievements, the quality of teaching and UCC’s leadership and management were all praised by Ofsted’s inspectors after their two-day visit in early June. Ofsted’s report, which grades UCC’s overall effectiveness as “good”, includes the comments: “Students’ behaviour is impeccable. They enjoy school greatly and have an appetite for learning. They are mature, thoughtful and considerate towards each other at all times.” It adds: “Students attitudes to learning are exemplary. Politeness and courtesy are the norm. Students are exceptionally well-mannered and treat all adults with respect.”

UCC is also praised for being a “very caring and nurturing school”, where pupils “make good progress” and attainment is above the national average. The report says teachers plan “interesting and challenging activities that fascinate and motivate students, ensuring that they are totally engaged in their learning”. It is very pleasing to read the very positive comments made by the inspectors about our students, their ‘impeccable’ behaviour and the excellent relationships they enjoy with their teachers and other adults who work with them.” All the parents who responded to Ofsted’s questionnaire during the inspection were unanimous in saying their children were happy and safe at UCC.

This report is a testament to the hard work of the students and staff at Uppingham Community College, combined with the support we receive from parents and carers. Naturally, the report highlights what is needed for the college to continue to improve but those recommendations are based on a very tiny sample of books and lessons observed by the inspectors. The report indicates the college could not achieve an overall outstanding grade due, in the main, to 2012’s national dip in GCSE English results which affected the students’ levels of progress in that subject. The report highlights the “significantly above average” numbers achieving A and A* grades

in maths, biology, chemistry, modern languages and geography. Therefore, although the bar has been raised significantly, for all schools, the governors, leadership team and staff will continue to rise to the challenge. Our results and outcomes are still the highest of all the three colleges in Rutland and so much of what we, our students and our parents value in UCC’s excellent all round provision, both in and out of the classroom, cannot be reflected in Ofsted’s new inspection framework.

The inspection took place during what has been, once more, a very busy and fulfilling term. Plans are now underway for the building of the new Maths block, which will be completed by next Easter. This will not only be an exciting development for the Maths department but will also allow for internal development of the college.

This end of term sees the end of an era for some staff who have contributed a great deal to the college over a number of years. Mrs Cartwright is retiring after more than 20 year at the college – all those fixtures and Sports Days! She has such a legacy to leave in her wake and many students owe so much to her for their love of sport. Mrs Sellers is also departing and will similarly remain in the memories of

past students for her guidance and support as a Head of Year. We congratulate Mr Dolan who is moving on to be Head of Maths at Bosworth College – who will own the Duck of Maths now I wonder?

Finally, are you an ex-student or are you in contact with any ex-students? We have set up an alumni network and would love to hear from you. We already have an interesting list who are reconnecting to the college. If you would like to join the network please see below for details.

If you would like to join the network please email Mrs Kidson at Kidson_c@ucc.rutland.sch.uk who will send you a form or please use the following link:https://networks.futurefirst .org.uk/former-student/ucc

I hope that you have an enjoyable summer holiday and that the sun shines wherever you are.

Best wishes Jan Turner

FUTURE FIRST

Finally, are you an ex-student or are you in contact with any ex-students? We have set up an alumni network and would love to hear from you. We already have an interesting list of ex students who are reconnecting to the college.

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRLBy angus niChols and reBeCCa salt

Ever since we were in Year 7 we looked up to and respected the Head Boy and Head Girl; they were the role models and student representatives of the college. They were what really inspired us to apply for the role of Head Boy and Head Girl, and now that we are in their position we aim to, like them, inspire younger students to be the best that they can be.

We have thoroughly enjoyed every second of our time at this school and believe that we have received an excellent education as well as endless opportunities to excel in areas that we are passionate about.

As the new Head Boy and Head Girl, we want to continue to represent and promote the excellence of our school in our community. There are many ideas we hope to introduce throughout next year to further develop the opportunities and experiences given to students and using these to get more involved in our community. We take pride in representing UCC and look forward to achieving our goals in the forthcoming year.

NEW SCHOOL SKIRTAUGUST 2013

Remember the only school skirt acceptable from August will be the Uppingham Community College school skirt.

Skirts can be ordered from John Cheatle Schoolwear, in person from Charles Street, Leicester or ordered by telephone on 0116 2518082. Alternatively, you can order online at www.schoolwearcentre.co.uk

To order online you will need this Username: Uppingham and

the password, Password: CC

The length required will be from knee length or up to maximum 6” below the knee for current students and up to 2” below the knee for the new intake August 2013. Skirts will be available for collection from the college

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on Monday 19th August (11am-3pm) and Tuesday 20th August 2013 (2pm-6pm). Or can be collected from the School Shop on Friday 29th August 2013.

ABSENCE REQUESTSDURING TERM TIME

Please take note of the following change to requests for absence during term time: The ‘Keeping of Pupil Regulations 2006’ took away the right of parents to remove their child for family holiday during term time other than in exceptional circumstances. Principals are able to authorise absence from college only if the request meets the criteria of exceptional circumstance. Please be aware that a fixed penalty notice may be issued by the local authority if you choose to take unauthorised term time holiday.

AUGUST EXAM RESULTS

As you are aware most of our Year 10 students took several GCSE exams this year. The results for these assessments can be collected from the college on Thursday 22nd of August 2012 at 11am. Students should collect the results in person from the exhibition area. We regret we cannot give out results over the phone. Alternatively, a parent can collect them on their behalf but must have a letter of authorisation signed by the student. If they do not wish to pick up the results on this day students will receive them on their return for the new term.

eBooks

Students and staff can now borrow eBooks from our Virtual Library at VLeBooks.com. These can be downloaded to your own device, to read wherever you are, whether it is on the bus home from school, or lazing on a beach somewhere exotic. Our collection is only small at the moment, but we are hoping it will quickly grow.

BOOK TALK

On Monday 1st July, Alex McGowan, a librarian at Learning Services for Education, which serves Leicestershire and Rutland, came in to talk to 80 of our Year 10s about good reads for their age group. With a contagious love of reading, Alex could persuade anyone to pick up a book … and he did.

ENGLISH DEPARTMENTBy thea CrutChley (8kr)

In my Gifted and Talented lessons with Mrs Park, we studied aspects of both the writer’s craft and our own creative writing. As well as the work I completed in these classes the opportunity arose for students to enter the county creative writing competition for The Oakham

Show. I could choose my own topic but the final piece of work had to be hand-written and restricted to 500 words which was quite challenging. I really enjoyed doing this, and loved letting my imagination run wild! It

was a really good opportunity and I hope to remember the skills I’ve learnt for future reference in writing and I think this will prepare me for the world of work when I hope to continue to use the skills I have developed.

A number of students entered the competition and I was delighted that my entry was selected to represent the school. I was also very pleased that the adjudicator informed me that my writing was most imaginative and topical being linked to current

events. I came third in The Oakham Festival writing competition receiving very welcome book vouchers. I feel it was a very worthwhile opportunity.

KENILWORTH CASTLEBy harvey Clarke and alfie finCh-CritChley

On Wednesday 19th June, Year Seven enjoyed a day out at Kenilworth Castle, a

trip which will help improve our work in Humanities. On the day we learnt about the most famous owner Robert Dudley and a range of other topics around the history of the castle; including Dudley’s Royal Garden dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I. Unlike the usual British weather, we

were treated to a summer’s day with the sun shining at a staggering 25 degrees. During this wonderful day, we needed something to cool ourselves down. Bring on the ice

creams! Overall, it was an interesting trip and we learnt a great deal about how castle use and design changed through time due to changes in medieval England life and politics. We hope that all students joining UCC will have the same great experience next year.

SAFETY FIRSTEPIPENSIf your child has been issued with an Epipen, please ensure they carry it with them at all times in college and that an Individual Care Plan has been completed. If you would like us to keep a spare epi-pen in the first aid room, please send one into college clearly labelled – make a note of the expiry date so you can replace it when it expires.

CRUTCHESIf your child has been issued with crutches by the Hospital or Doctor, a parent/guardian should contact the college before the student returns to college. The college requires a ‘Return to School Assessment and PEEP’ form, to be completed prior to the return of the student.

HPV IMMUNISATIONS Girls who will be in Year 8 from September will be offered the HPV immunisations and letters will be sent out. The dates the injections will take place are Thursday 3rd October, Thursday 28th November and Thursday 27th March.

ASTHMATICPlease ensure the college are aware if your child suffers with Asthma – students are required to carry their (named) reliever inhalers with them at all times in college.First Aid Kit

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FANTASTIC ART ATTACK CONTINUED...

Calypso has produced some very large scale figure works which are all fantastic and it was a difficult decision to make choosing a piece to represent the college with, but the paint handling in her triple portrait was picked out by the moderator this year and this swung it for me.

‘Portrait’ by Charlotte Gregory is a child portrait sensitively rendered in pastels.

Charlotte has produced an excellent folio and has developed her passion for more academically influenced pieces, and has an especially strong talent for rendering using pastels. Her blending and use of colour was also highly commended by the Chief Moderator this year who regarded the skill level as being advanced for GCSE. If you look at her sketchbook studies, it is clear that her studies of the human head from skull to facial expressions have followed a natural progression culminating in an excellent portrait. As the subject is also a relative, it gives the piece an added resonance.

‘Squirrel’ by Max Collins is a superb example of the drypoint printing process.Max has combined his love of the natural world and his innate ability to draw as the foundation for a strong exam project using the drypoint printing process. He spent time out in the wild photographing birds and squirrels and produced an inspired image base to use as the basis of his studies. Max’s prep sheets for his Controlled Test are an excellent exemplar on how to work through a project from start to finish.

‘Cats Eyes’ by Tara Reed is also is a superb example of the drypoint printing process.

Tara has worked diligently throughout the course and has had success with a number of medias, but it is the printing process that has brought her best ideas to fruition. She has combined her autographic and photographic skills to culminate in a range of prints that are beyond the expectations of GCSE. Tara is a thoughtful student with a strong imagination and has always responded well to research and advice.

‘Red Nose Day’ by Abigail Thompson-O’Connor is a highly detailed still life rendered in pen and ink.

Abigail has worked hard over the last two years and her folio shows excellent

progression. Abigail has recently been successfully working in graphite, but in Year 10, she had a preference for pen and ink. The still life drawing entered for the competition show was rendered in 0.1 pigment liner pen and is a great example of how to achieve superb mark making by building up tiny layers of cross-hatching. Abigail has a strong eye for detail.

The one common factor concerning all of these young people is the desire to progress with a high degree of autonomy. They have more than satisfied the requirements surrounding the GCSE qualification, but have gone the extra mile via self-motivation and enquiry. They pursue their ideas and sketching in their

own time to support their ideas and this is the mark of a true artist.

This was a perfect showcase opportunity for Specialist Schools, Colleges and Academies and is part of an inspirational vision on behalf of the Royal Society of British Artists.

A very short list of 15 exhibitors were awarded RBA status on the day and although none of the UCC students made the final list this should not detract from their achievement - their work was on display for a week in a top UK venue and they are part of the crème de la crème of student artists in the UK. All in all an exceptional opportunity for UCC Art students.

‘PORTRAIT’

‘SQUIRREL’

‘CATS EYES’

‘RED NOSE DAY’ ‘TRIO’

‘MUGSHOT’

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MY TRIP TO CHINABy Mrs rogers

I have been very privileged this term to visit China as part of the UCC Connecting Classrooms Global Education programme. The focus of this connection is “Climate 4 Classrooms” and the purpose of my trip was to witness and take part in lessons about climate change. Students across the world consider the effect of global warming and how we can ensure that carbon emissions are reduced by considering new and existing renewable energies in areas of our everyday life.

This programme was funded by The British Council who provides resources for school partnerships, professional development for teachers, and the opportunity to share best

practice with colleagues in the UK and more than 50 countries throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. The British Council launched the first global, multilingual website supporting the teaching and learning of climate change and UCC has been part of this since its launch.

Climate change is a central part of the Geography curriculum and as a Humanities teacher, it was fascinating to see this increasingly important subject being taught in China, 5,000 miles away from Uppingham. I spent four days touring middle schools, primary schools and a foreign languages school in Xinjin, Sichuan province. Here I witnessed how teachers are teaching the effect of climate change to their students. The lessons I witnessed and delivered all focussed on making a better living environment for all. Students were taught about sustainability and the need and benefits of recycling. I

was surprised to see the amount of recycling bins in schools and tourist areas. Class lessons focused on the importance of protecting the environment for the future. In particular, one biology lesson had students researching and building models of futuristic housing, cars, factories all of which had either zero or low carbon emissions. Students watched video clips of an office building in Africa that used solar energy and other forms of renewable energy.

Most of my time was spent with our partner school Huarun Middle school. It was extremely interesting to see students in a learning environment that in many cases is not that dissimilar to UCC. The main difference being the larger class sizes. My pre-conception had been that students were taught in rows and learnt by chanting and repetition. In some cases with language classes this was the case, however, I witnessed a great deal of group work and students feeding back to the class either in their group or individually at the front of the class.

When I visited Puxing Primary School, the students had worked very hard on the climate change projects producing some amazing artwork to demonstrate the need for change. The students English was excellent and they put on a play about climate change. This was again not dissimilar to lessons at UCC where role play is used to demonstrate learning.

My visit to the Foreign Language Experimental School was a superb experience. Their whole ethos is to ensure that students are aware of the culture of countries as well as their language. We witnessed a superb English lesson being taught. In this lesson, there was much use of praise, group work was used again and students took part in a self-assessment of their understanding at the end

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of the lesson. The representative of the Xinjin Education Bureau informed us that this is the direction teaching strategies are taking in China; increased group work opportunities, the student being at the centre of the learning and demonstrating their understanding by informing the class by regular feedback.

My final day in Xinjin was spent at our partner school, Huarun Middle School where it was my turn to teach. I taught a class of Year 8 students about the Uppingham and Rutland environment, the maritime climate of Great Britain and how our weather patterns have been changing over time. The students were amazed by the pictures of Rutland I had

included. They particularly liked the comparison of two pictures; Uppingham Market Place in 1930 compared to Uppingham in 2013. These pictures linked to climate change and students were quick to spot that there were more cars on the 2013 picture. The most interesting part for me was that the students couldn’t believe that essentially Uppingham had stayed the same. Teachers explained to me that they would never be able to see where their grandparents lived as these places had been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

Students then worked in groups to decide why Rutland appears so lush and green. They came up with some excellent answers i.e. it is spring. Students were quick to understand basics of the warm, rainy, cold areas of the UK and were incredibly interested about England and Uppingham asking many questions that they had devised in their groups.

During my time in China I witnessed many areas of Chinese culture, in particular, Thai chi displays by students, lessons in Chinese calligraphy and paper cutting, students playing the traditional Chinese instrument - the Zheng, and learning how to brew Kung

Fu tea. All this culminated with one of the teachers from Huarun School taking me to the Xinjin ping pong club where we watched her play and I even joined in - her coach did go very easy on me!!

My visit to China was an amazing experience. I have been lucky enough to have gained so many new experiences particularly teaching in another continent, witnessing so many cultural differences, meeting many new people and receiving wonderful hospitality wherever I went. My lasting thoughts were that I was amazed by how far away from home I was but we were so close in sentiment, in humour, in desire for students to enjoy their education and to be environmentally aware. This is an experience that I certainly will never forget and one that I am sure will have an effect on my future teaching at UCC.

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SUCCESS IN SCIENCE

You may remember during the Easter Holidays, a team of Year 10 students won Extreme Physics. These students will have the opportunity to go to Oxford next year to join other winners and take part in the Extreme Physics masterclass.

The East Midlands Big Bang Science Fair was held at the Round House in Derby.

The Big Bang is the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths in the East Midlands attracting schools from Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The Big Bang is about careers and futures and highlighting the exciting possibilities that exist for young people with science, technology, engineering and maths backgrounds. A group of Year 9 students from UCC went to showcase their science projects and it has been our most successful year yet.

Felix Bluche won the CREST Silver Category for his project on ‘catheters’. Alexa Smith and Erin Smith won the CREST Bronze Category for their project ‘couldn’t you just use water’. Toby Williams won a CREST award for

creativity for his project on ‘pyrotechnics’. These students and Lucy Collins, Zelna Weich and Jess Millbank have all secured a place at the National Big Bang Fair to be held in Birmingham next year. Two other students who have secured their CREST Silver awards this year are Daniel Bennett and Amy Shorley. While at the fair, students had the opportunity to attend a workshop and visit the numerous exhibitions in the Round House.

SOLAR STUDIESBy luke Miller (7tB)

Young Jedi’s from classes 7TB and 7HH accepted the challenge from Sith, Mrs Ashby, to create their own interpretations of the Solar System. The array of displays was extremely impressive! The collection consisted of lots of painted polystyrene globes, collages of foam discs representing each planet, paintings and a snow globe, to mention but a few! Everyone involved embraced the task and fun was had by all! We would like to take this opportunity to thank any parents/carers, friends and family who were associated with the making… You really are ‘OUT OF THIS WORLD’!!!

NOT SO UNLUCKY FOR UCC STUDENTS!

On Friday 5th July, we hosted “It’s not unlucky Physics 2013”. A team of four students from UCC battled it out with 20 other schools to compete for the “It’s not unlucky physics”

prize. There were five experiments and two investigations to complete, all worth points. Then the teams had to produce a poster based on the physics behind one of the experiments and plan a presentation in a very short space of time. The top four schools of which UCC was one, then had to give a presentation which was judged on phun, phlare and physics. The UCC team of Daniel Bennett, Amy Hall, Tala Martelli and Angela Wilson were delighted to take away first prize after a very intensive but enjoyable day.

NICAS CLIMBING

Congratulations to the following students, who have completed their level 1 or level 2 NICAS Climbing Award.

LEVEL 1david dolby

adam dalby

LEVEL 2Harris brunning

soPHia dendias

alex WrigHt

adan dolby

JOHN MUIR AWARD

It has taken a lot of hard work and is an ongoing project of cultivation and care for many students to come, but these students in particular got the job started by exploring, clearing, tidying and creating a BMX area, as well as a walkway in a once overgrown area outside the college. Well done to these students, who have achieved their John Muir Award:

James Clarke

Henry doe

olivia doWdell

Henrietta durden

JosePH elsome

livi gerard

ariane Joudrey

JessiCa millbank

elizabetH Parker

odin riCHards

tadd robson

Will smitH

emma tHomas

lydia tHomPson-o’Connor

saraH Walker

toby Williams

brandon Findlay Wilson

KARTING CONGRATULATIONS!

Teddy Stevenson has started both of his major championships and despite driving well each time, he’s been a bit unlucky in some of the

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early rounds. His brake failed during one race resulting in a high speed crash and his engine died due to an electrical connection failure during another race when he was driving fantastically. However, during the second weekend in June, Teddy finally got to show what he was capable of, beating over 50 drivers to win the LGM Championship round in Wales in incredible style after winning both his heats and the final, and the fastest lap and pole position awards. This has never been done before.

His next race is Round Two of the British Championship (Super One Lame Class), which also takes place at the same Welsh circuit. He’s currently fourth in the British Championship after just two rounds.

BOOK OF SIGNIFICANCE

The summer term of Year Eight History has seen the students investigating the Industrial Revolution. All form groups were set a form

and individual piece of homework. The historical concept that students were studying was ‘significance’. Each member of the form was given a key individual who had lived between 1750 – 1900 and they had to produce a piece of work about their person, judging them on the following criteria: How did they change events at the time? Did they improve people’s lives or make them worse? Did they change people’s ideas? Did their discovery/invention have a long lasting impact on the country or the world? Were they a really good or a very bad example to other people of how to live or behave?

Individuals work was then put together to make the forms ‘Book of Significance’. Students had to work together to produce the book during lessons, and decisions needed to be made on who would be the editor, who was in charge of its creativity and who was in charge of layout and design. All students put a tremendous amount of effort into this piece of work and it was good to see individual success combined with teamwork to produce outstanding work.

The overall winner for the Year 8 Industrial Revolution Book of Significance was 8LR. They won due to their book’s excellent content, their creativity of design and by concluding overall that their most significant people were those involved in dramatic changes in health and transport. The students had used superbly researched evidence to support their judgement. Well done 8LR!

YEAR NINE FRENCH EXCHANGE MAY 2013

By taMara Crane (9ed), luCy Collins (9ash), fay Wilkins (9ed)

Challenging, exhilarating and hectic are some of the first words that we thought of looking back over the French Exchange in May 2013. With a jam-packed schedule full of fun days out and planned activities, we ventured into France not knowing what the week had to hold. Despite the many hours endured sitting on a coach we were still able to find the spirit to make a good first impression to meet our French families and we were very thankful for the homely warm welcome. After a well-awaited sleep, we spent the day with our French families. We thought this was a good time to get to know them and understand their routines and their way of life.

Our week consisted of a range of activities, such as climbing and zip-wiring down trees in and out pursuit at the Monkey Forest, to the cultural and historical visits to Le Grand

Blockhaus museum and the surrounding coastline. We were lucky enough to visit two of the main cities in France and their equally impressive monuments such as The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre and The Arc de Triomphe in Paris. We also visited St Paul and St Peter’s Cathedral and the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes.

As well as all of these activities, we managed to build friendships not only with our French Families but also with other students and we rounded off the experience by celebrating the end of an amazing Exchange by attending a social evening where even the teachers managed to throw some smooth moves. We said our tearful goodbyes in the morning with the hope of seeing our French families again soon.

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In the May half term, four year 9s and a year 10 were given the chance to attend a robot building course at De Montfort University in Leicester. The task set was to design and build a robot to compete in a world recognised competition; Puck Collect. The idea of the game is to collect your own colour puck and then return it to a base in each corner of a square ring, a bit like robot wars. To create a robot capable of doing this we had to carefully design, model,

create and finally code a robot. We were working with the world champions of Puck Collect, winning the puck collect championship in Vienna earlier this year. It was a great experience and we would recommend it to anyone that gets the opportunity.

“The best bit was the coding. I learned a lot and I have really enjoyed being at university.”

“It’s been good fun. We all got to build the robot and coded it.”

At UCC we always endeavour to bring in inspirational guests to engage and motivate our students beyond the school curriculum.

On Wednesday 19th June, we had a visit from Ted Baker’s Head of Footwear Design, Roger Smith. The students were shown many examples from the Men’s and Women’s range, and given a real insight into the design process. Students were asked to use established target market and inspiration boards as a starting point. They then split into

pairs to devise their own mood boards and create a design for a new shoe. All students engaged with the live brief and produced some innovative ideas using imagery and fabric examples.

The winners of the Ted Baker goodie bag were Lydia Thompson O’Connor and Henrietta Durden for their work on a hybrid work shoe.

Year 10 student Lydia said ‘I liked being able to design my own product and comparing it with others’.

Year 10 student Georgia said ‘We learned how the footwear design department of Ted Baker began with just Roger, but then grew to a team of 25 people as his designs became more popular.

The Cookie Club will return in September with Dr Louisa Dunk running a workshop on Forensic Pathology. Now that’s a contrast… See the UCC website for details of the full Autumn Term Programme.

If you would be interested in running a Cookie Club workshop please contact me at: A n d e r s o n _ d @ u c c .rutland.sch.uk

Technologically talented students battle it out!

GIFTED AND TALENTED - ROBOTICS SCHOOL AT DE MONTFORD UNIVERSITY

By Mr anderson

JonatHan Collins, alex maPletoFt, steven best, alex maCdonald, Harris brunning

By Mr anderson

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BUGSY MALONE

This term we have been very busy auditioning and casting our musical, ‘Bugsy Malone’. We had a record number attending auditions over several sessions which included acting, singing and dancing. From these auditions we have selected over 60 students to be part of the production and we are looking forward to working with them after the summer break. Although final numbers have been chosen, we are still in the process of casting the musical. So far we have cast the main roles; however ‘Bugsy’ has a cast of many supporting roles which is unusual for a musical, which tends to have larger numbers in the chorus. These supporting roles are crucial to the production and we are hoping to cast these as we start to rehearse the production.

The performance dates for Bugsy Malone are December the 12th and 13th 2013.

We would like to thank the students that have been involved so far, for their commitment and hard work, and also parents for supporting us during this important and essential process.

STAMFORD SENIORYOUTH THEATRE

On Tuesday 9th July we were visited by Stamford Senior Youth Theatre (SSYT) as they toured their new production ‘The Miracle’. Year 9 students were invited to be the audience on the day as the company presented a story about a young girl, Veronica, who believes she is blessed with magical powers which can heal the local ailing community. This was about using the belief and courage to make a difference,

which is an important message to all young people. Following the performance, Year 9 students who have opted for GCSE Drama, were able to take part in a workshop, run by SSYT. During the workshop the activities were based on the performance and allowed students to explore the themes and characters within the play. We have an excellent relationship with SSYT and were thrilled they were able to visit us once again with another performance of high quality. We would like to thank the students involved for their excellent behaviour on the day and their brilliant attitude.

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SCHOOL GAMES FINALS

Megan Scott (Year 10) was recently chosen to represent the college as a Sports Ambassador at the recent School Games finals which was hosted at Uppingham School. Alongside two Ambassadors from Catmose College, Megan gave an opening speech welcoming the 1000 competitors from across Leicestershire and Rutland before helping to open the games. Congratulations to Megan who did a fantastic job.

YEAR 10 CRICKET LEADERS

Students from UCC acted as umpires at the recent Leicestershire and Rutland Girls Cricket finals which were hosted at Uppingham

Cricket Club. Having been trained recently as umpires the Cricket Leaders ran the matches, scoring and recording all the results over what ended up being a rain affected tournament. Thank you to all the students that took part.

SAILING TRIP

Eight students from UCC joined Mr Lewin on a sailing taster session at Rutland Water at the beginning of July. After a quick safety briefing the students were paired up and let out on the water where they raced each other around circuits before learning how to capsize and upright their boats.

Another session will be running in September. If you are interested in Sailing over the summer check out the Rutland Sailing School website for their summer courses: www.rutlandsailingschool.co.uk

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SPORTS DAY RESULTS

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With only weeks remaining of this year’s Sports Fixtures, UCC are at the top of the Melton & Rutland Varsity Cup. The Cup is an organised school league programme that runs between the three Rutland Secondary Schools

and the three Melton Secondary Schools. The schools compete in 15 different sports with each sport run as a mini league. Points are then awarded with 6 for first place down to 1 for last position. The UCC Girl’s teams

have been particularly strong this year and currently lead the Girls overall competition. Fingers crossed that our Cricket, Rounders and Tennis pick up enough points to keep us at the top!

MELTON & RUTLAND VARSITY CUP 2012-13