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07th - 11th AprilDon Bosco to Ucc

07th Aprilhistory & GEoGrAphy rEvision sEssions

08th AprilpoliticAl spEAkinG compEtition EnGlish

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12th - 14th AprilExtrEmE physics sciEncE trip

14th AprilEnGlish rEvision sEssion

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w/c 28th Aprilyr 10 frEnch / spAnish / GErmAn writinG

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30th April10rm form trip to lEt’s plAy

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01st mAyyr 7/8 JUnior mAths chAllEnGE

05th mAyBAnk holiDAy

06th - 09th mAyyr 10 ExAms

06th mAysprinG sinGinG concErt (DrAmA stUDio - 7pm)

08th mAyyr 8 hpv immUnisAtions (BAlAncE)

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13th mAyGcsE BioloGy Unit 2 & 3 (Am)GcsE GEoGrAphy Unit 1 (pm)

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16th mAyGcsE history (Am)

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PRINCIPAL’SMessageDear Parents & Guardians,

Another busy and successful Spring Term is over and it has been particularly marked by a series of new and exciting developments, as well as the celebration of some significant achievements.

Firstly, the college was delighted to receive its plaque, now proudly displayed in reception, for the status of International School. In the current educational landscape there are very few schools where languages are so popular, so well taught and which also provide the wealth of different experiences that are on offer here at UCC. Quite apart from the cultural exchanges we will have, this term alone has seen German Work Experience, Spanish research projects and preparation for another Belgian sporting exchange. Our congratulations are due to the Modern Foreign Languages department, the teachers and students for this significant achievement and the contribution they all make.

Secondly, our extracurricular provision has been fantastic!

Music received a significant boost in its workshops with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the drumming experiences. In fact, if you consider the following you will see just how exciting one term at UCC can be!

*Ski Trip to Austria *Spanish Exchange *Intermediate Maths Challenge *German Work Experience *Gifted and Talented Events *Big Bang Science Fair *Ice Skating *Sports Relief *British Baseball Cup Final *Lunchtime Showcases *Rotary Music Competition *Spotlight *Theme Day *Twycross Zoo Trip

Thirdly, our STEM [Science Technology Engineering and Maths] work is now recognised on a national and international level. Mr Chambers has just returned from presenting our students work at a forum in Barcelona and some of their apps are now in the Microsoft store. Our Year 9 students performed exceptionally well at the national Big Bang Science Fair in Birmingham and had similar success in the UK National Maths Challenge.

We are very modest here at UCC but I think you will agree that this is all very impressive! More details in the newsletter itself but well done to everyone who has contributed in some way to the success of these ventures.

The Maths block is still on track for completion by Easter with full occupancy in the new academic year. It is all looking good. It comprises 7 classrooms, all with full storage, a staff workroom, a spacious area for small group work, toilets and a catering outlet. A fabulous addition to the college.

I was very pleased to see such a huge turnout to hear more details of the Harington School proposal. If you have not yet registered support please do so by logging on to http://www.haringtonschool.com/support-us. We still need your help to secure this for our young people – now and in the future.

Finally – we have received a number of enquiries about entry into Year 9 [current Year 8] for September 2014. Could you please direct any requests to our Admissions Officer, Mrs O’Rourke at orourke_a@ucc.rutland.sch.uk.

Have an enjoyable Easter break.

Regards,Jan Turner

Toby Walliams came away from the fair having been highly commended (one of the top five projects) in the junior science category. All of the judges were incredibly impressed by the 2014 Finalists and commented that the standard of the projects had

been incredibly high. 450 projects were showcased during the event.

The students arrived at the NEC on Wednesday and set up their stands on the show floor. Thursday was the day of judgement! Pairs of judges visited each project throughout the day. I have included some of the feedback from the judges on the four projects.

Zelna Weich, Lucy Colllins and Jess Millbank presented their project on ‘school tights’ - “Very practical, great scientific approach and good ideas for reuse”.

Toby Walliams project was on ‘Pyrotechnics’ - “Great use of experiment to reach a desired goal, an impressive number of tests done, showing methodical thinking. You demonstrated a great experimental attitude”.

Erin and Alexa Smith ‘Couldn’t you just use water’ - “A relevant, novel idea well executed. Issues brought up by initial experiments were followed up. A good understanding of hypothesis testing, really good presentation of results”.

Felix Bluche ‘An investigation into the effectiveness of catheters’

- “An interesting project and confident presentation. Have you considered a career as a clinical microbiologist?”

The students also answered questions from the many visitors to the event and were able to look at the work of other students.

After a hard day the students watched Scientists and comedians campaign for their favourite ugly animal. Jim Bell, Helen Arney and Ellie Taylor tried to persuade the audience to vote for the animal they were campaigning for. The show was hosted by Simon Watt president of the ugly animal society.

During Friday the students got to look round the many exhibits and watch some of the shows. Matthew Tosh (presenter and pyrotechnician) had visited Toby at his stand on Thursday and invited him to see how he set up his show.

All the students attended his shows and were brave enough to sit on the front row. He lifted the lid on professional fireworks and showed how science, maths and technology are used to create spectacular shows around the world. He created bangs, crackles and whistles on stage. There were even aerial shells. Flame tests will never be the same again!

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. I am sure this experience inspired and motivated the students.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank again the sponsors who made it possible for the students to attend this event, Mrs Allen, Uppingham First, DeMontfort University and The Rutland Youth council.

THE BIG BANG COMPETITION

The National Science and Engineering Competition is open to all 11-18 year olds living in the UK and in full-time education. The Competition aims to recognise and reward

young people's achievements in all areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The ‘Big Bang’ Competition is open for entries from January - October each year, through either Regional Heats or Online Applications. The chosen Finalists are invited to

showcase their work to thousands of people at The Big Bang Fair in March. This year Uppingham Community College were chosen to represent the East Midlands and were delighted when Toby Walliams received a Highly Commended prize and £100.

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UCC STUDENTACHIEVES AN AWARD

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SSPOTLIGHT REVIEW

16 of our talented dance students have spent the last few months preparing for the annual ‘Spotlight’ dance evening.

A record number of groups auditioned, for a chance to take part, at the beginning of February. 5 groups were chosen to take through to the show, highlighting a range of talent from across all Year groups. The groups that were chosen were:

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The show took place on Tuesday 25th March and the girls spent the day at Uppingham Theatre, accompanied by Miss Hodgson, where they took part in a full dress rehearsal and matinee performance, before returning for the evening for the final show.

Please enjoy reading Miss Hodgson’s review of the day, and the evening show.

By mr rhoDEs

“Once again the standard of dancers was very high in this year’s spotlight show. All of the dancers had worked extremely hard since their auditions to correct and perfect their performances ready for the show. The rehearsal went smoothly and allowed the students to have one final practice on stage before the matinee show in front of the primary school children. From the sound and reaction of the crowd it was a complete success and the atmosphere in the dressing room was fun and enjoyable. Lucy and Alice opened the evening show and set the standard for other performers to follow. All performers showed a good energy and passion for their dances and ensured that the audience got value for their money. Well done to all the performers on and off the stage for a fantastic day.”

By miss n hoDGson

REVIEW

The design department have been really excited by the quality and standard of the work this year, fantastic folder work has been supported by some amazing products. We have put together a snap shot of some of the work to showcase the breadth of talent that we have here at UCC.

We will be holding an exhibition of a selection of the work produced in Design & Technology and Art in June. Look out for the dates in the next newsletter and on the school website and make sure you come and have a look at the variety of excellent products produced this year.

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GCSE Product Design

Year 11’s have finally finished the coursework element of their Product Design GCSE, so well done to them all, now they can sit back and relax! Oh no, hang on a minute that will have to wait as it’s now time to focus on the exams! Revise, Revise, Revise!

LIBRARY REFURBISHMENT

The library has undergone the first stage of a refurbishment which will be completed next year. We hope the new design better reflects the way students work today, providing them with a flexible space with more opportunities to work in groups, find a corner to revise in, or sit on their own and read. The new shelving is attractive and accessible, and we are already noticing more students are making use of books during breaks and lunchtimes. Very soon the library will be replacing a number of the existing PCs with tablets for students to work on and this autumn additional new seating in the form of a corner sofa, bean bags and stools will be added.We are very pleased that the reaction from both students and staff has been extremely positive.

STUDENT VOICETEAM UPDATE

A new round of Student Voice Team training has begun.

Students from across Year 7, 8 and 9 were selected to become the new members of the team which is focused on helping to develop

learning and teaching across the college. The students have started their very intensive training, and in a couple of weeks will apply their skills and knowledge to a classroom setting.

The new students will join the current Year 10 students, who were trained last year, in order to develop the team and work closely with each department.

MOBILE PHONE POLICY

We have had a few incidents lately where students have made direct contact home asking to be collected as they do not feel well. All students are aware that the college procedure is for them to report to the medical room in the first instance and a member of the first aid team, if necessary, will telephone home to arrange for them to be collected.

SHOW MY HOMEWORK

All students and parents should now have been issued with log-in details

for Show My Homework. This will allow students and parents to view

a ‘To-do list’ of homework tasks that is personal to the student. We hope you will find this a really useful way to support your child with their studies.

If you have any log-in enquiries, please call, and one of our admin team will get you connected.

LEADERSHIPACADEMY STUDENT

Megan Scott 11 GC is now part of the Rutland School Sport Partnership Leadership Academy and her first role was to go away and plan and deliver a training session for Bronze Young Ambassadors from Primary Schools.

Megan demonstrated a high level of maturity and professionalism in her delivery to the young leaders and the performance in terms of motivating and enthusing young children to get involved in leadership and volunteering in their individual schools.

As part of her role within the Leadership Academy, she will also be responsible for other training

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LONDON MARATHON

Alison Bradley is running the London Marathon on 13th April in aid of Help the Hospices. This charity supports their members and other organisations as they strive to grow and improve end of life care throughout the UK and across the world. Any sponsorship and encouragement would be greatly appreciated at

www.justgiving.com/alisonjbradley

throughout this year and beyond and will be involved in certain events throughout this academic year, in particular the School Games Finals at Uppingham School and the School Sports Awards in July.

She is a credit to the college. Well done.

FIRST AID INTERNATIONAL

Well done! The following students have achieved their Community First Aid Certificates: Miles Petherick, Sophia Dendias, Thomas

Beach, William Holmes, Matthew Millbank, Elizabeth Hulse, and Ellie Cliff.

SPANISH EXCHANGE

On the 12th February 2014, I was one of 21 students departing UCC at the unearthly hour of 5.00am on route to Granada in Southern Spain. We arrived at Malaga airport to the welcoming warmth of the Spanish sun. After an hour’s coach trip to Granada, I finally came face-to-face with my Pen Pal – María.

Various trips and activities had been organised for us. On day two, we went to the beach in Almuñecar, followed by a trip to the mountains of Sierra Nevada and the C.A.R training centre, where we saw GB team swimming. There was snow as far as the eye could see! On the Monday we spent the whole day at their school – I.E.S Alba Longa, where we took part in a science lesson, two P.E lessons and two English lessons – it was great to see how lessons in Spain are taught. On the penultimate day we had a final trip to the Alhambra Palace, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Despite the rainy weather, it was still a great day - ¡Lo pasé

bien! The following evening we had the farewell carnival party, where we all had to dress up in fancy dress; everyone had a great time comparing each other’s costumes. Wednesday 19th February was our final day with our exchange partners. When we arrived at the school we had a final presentation and bade farewell to our Pen Pal hosts. Overall I had a great time, ‘mejoré mi español y hice muchos nuevos amigos’.

I am looking forward to seeing María in October when we have the other half of the Exchange!

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SKI-TRIPTO WAGRAIN, AUSTRIA

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26 hours on a coach, including a ferry crossing on the windiest night of the year, isn’t most people’s idea of a perfect start to a holiday, but

for the Year 10 and 11 ski-students of UCC, it was the start of an unforgettable trip.

Arriving in the Alps as the sun set on snow-capped peaks, we checked into the superbly equipped ‘Jugenhotel,’ and were fed, watered and tooled up with ski-ing accessories (skis, poles, helmets etc) by bed-time.

Each day, following an extensive continental breakfast, we were off up the Graffenburg Express (a cable car) and up to meet the instructors, and start the proper business of either learning to ski, or for those already skilled, ski-ing, obviously.

The resort offered a good range of runs to suit all abilities, and we were fortunate to have a goodly amount of snow during the week, so the conditions were great.

By the end of the week, everyone

had made massive progress in their ski-ing skills, particularly the beginners, thanks to some cracking instructors. Dom Elliot won the slalom competition, and Matt Hudson was awarded ‘wipe-out of the week’ for a slope-style jump of monumental proportions.

Highlights of the trip were as follows (according to the students):1. The ski-ing2. The Hotel (it had a Sports Hall, chill-out zones, a cinema room, a disco room, unlimited soft drinks on tap…)3. Curling – the most popular après ski activity (Tom Evans was Grand Champion)4. Hot chocolates on the slopes5. Evening sing-songs/’500 miles’ – the UCC version.

After 6 days of snow plough turns, parallel stops and 360 trickery, speaking nearly fluent German, keeping impeccably tidy rooms, and 7.00am Mrs Borrows alarm calls, we returned tired but happy, and already looking forward to our next ski-ing opportunity…

Many thanks to Mrs Nelson and Mrs Borrows for organising such a memorable experience that we will all remember for many years to come.

TWYCROSS ZOO

On the 19th March Year 7 visited Twycross Zoo to study the behaviour of some of the animals and do some further work on animal classification and adaptation.

Here are a few comments written by some of the students taking part in the visit.

“The trip was good. We saw lots of apes such as baboons and gibbons. We saw a snow leopard, meerkats and elephants. At the end

a man talked to us about chinchillas, bearded dragons and cockroaches. In conclusion it was really good and cool.”

By lUc AflEck

“On Wednesday we went to the magnificent Twycross Zoo. This zoo specialises in caring for primates and other animals which are critically endangered. The cutest animal I saw was the baby monkey attempting to stand up on its two very weak legs whilst waving its arms madly up to the sky!”

By tEss DAvEnport

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Twycross. It was a fabulous experience and was my first trip with UCC and I found it very exciting. My favourite animals were the meerkats as they were interesting to watch and observe. We spent 20 minutes watching them. Another animal I liked was the baby elephant. Later

that day we spoke to a zoo keeper.”By zoE BAtty

“One of the elephants blew mud all over his back to keep himself cool. The elephants made a very loud noise. The baby gorilla was playing around with all the equipment and then it was playing with its dad. After this we saw the kirk’s dik-dik which looks like a baby bambi and it had really cute eyes. The snow leopard did not do much it was sunbathing on top of a wall. We stroked a chinchilla and were told facts about it.”

By Amy BArnAclE

“On the 19th March we went to study animal behaviour. We studied the meerkats, they spent a lot of time standing upright. We also saw all the new baby animals. I really enjoyed the visit.”

By JAmEs williAmson

WORLD BOOK DAY

World Book Day was celebrated on Thursday 6th March. This annual event is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. UCC’s English Department marked this in a variety of ways, such as Year 7 students choosing objects to symbolise their favourite books and Year 10s beginning The Six Book Challenge to encourage reading for pleasure.

8HH were asked to bring in their favourite childhood books. We examined the themes of these books and discussed why they have such lasting appeal, with the class then voting for our overall favourite, ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr, which many students remembered being read to them by parents. World Book Day tokens were distributed, which we hope will lead to many students purchasing and enjoying their own books.

By miss mAxwEll

YEAR 11 ENGLISH CONFERENCE

Monday 17th March started slightly blearily for 17 students and 2 teachers who had to leave incredibly early (7:30am!) for a two hour trip to Walsall Town Hall in Birmingham. The destination was an ‘Achieve a C grade in AQA English GCSE’ conference delivered by the Keynote educational company.

And what a full day it was. A panel of 3 experts, including the Chief Examiner, and a drama group helped students to appreciate the intricacies of the English GCSE exam and provided them with the sort of information that can really

make a difference when striving to attain that all important C grade. The presenters covered each of the key questions in the exam, including the use of language, presentational features and how to write to persuade and inform. Students were encouraged to participate and ask questions. All of our students got fully involved and gained a lot from the day, building on their knowledge gained in the classroom.

Finally, the group made their way wearily back to the coach and settled down for the long journey home. Students’ minds were racing as they reminded themselves of the importance of planning, paragraphing and the rule of three. Certainly, there were no regrets that everyone had made the effort – everyone was looking forward to getting back to UCC and reaching out to achieve that now achievable C.

By miss DUffy

UCC’S POET LAUREATE

I am delighted to announce that, following a school wide competition before Christmas, we have appointed our first official UCC Poet Laureate!

Dylan Palmer from 7EB will be bringing his poetic perspective on life at UCC to you through this newsletter and displays around the college. Dylan did fantastically well to beat off competition from other year groups and he really impressed the judges with his use of rhyme and poetic techniques.

Above/Right is Dylan’s take on our current season and what it means to him.

I look forward to sharing more of Dylan’s work with you throughout the year.

By miss DUffy

STUDENTS BECOMEPUBLISHED WRITERS

George Boon (9WW) and Georgia Immins (7AP) have both had pieces of their creative writing published in a book due for release early this summer. The two students entered the Young Writer’s ‘Poetry Games’ competition which involved them submitting an original poem using a variety of poetic techniques. The two were shortlisted out of hundreds of entries to gain a place in the poetry anthology. The school will receive a copy of the book; “The Poetry Games – Poets From the East Midlands” which will be kept in the library. Well done to both of them!

SPRING

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I spring down the stairs,

Springing forward like clocks.

The clean spring air

Punctuated by flocks

Of the year’s youngest

hatchlings

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And thus in the Spring,

New life reaffirms.

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UCC ARCHERSWIN LOCAL MATCH

On Thursday the 13th of February the recently formed Uppingham Community College Archery team travelled the short distance to Uppingham School for a friendly fixture. The team was formed from a mixture of pupils from KS3 who have been perfecting their skills at local Archery clubs as well as taking part in an Archery taster session at UCC. The team led by Robby English (4th from the left) managed to consistently score highly with

accurate shots securing a well-earned victory. Director of Academy Sport Tom Bourne commented. “The team performed to a high standard and can be extremely proud of their performance. I’m very proud that we are able to field an Archery team as we continue to provide a wide range of opportunities to our pupils”.

ICE HOCKEY TRIP

On Sunday, 9th of March, UCC pupils visited Nottingham’s Capital FM Arena to watch the Nottingham

Panthers play against the Fife Flyers in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Pupils also had the opportunity to ice skate at the National Ice Centre. Some students were quite successful at remaining on their feet, whilst others spent a lot of time on their bottoms! In the final third the Panthers came out fighting and the crowd was behind them all the way. The last third was the most exciting with four goals scored by the Nottingham Panthers. In the spirit of ice hockey, there were also a few scuffles between players on ice to add to the tension and excitement of the game. Panthers won the game 5-2. Students said their most enjoyable moment of the day was when the Nottingham Panthers scored their third goal and the crowd went wild, cheering and clapping, before the traditional chorus of Chelsea Dagger filled the arena. The trip was a great success and we will look forward to going again next year.

By miss n hoDGson

JUDO

Ben Allen is an ex UCC student. Prior to joining Oakham School to do A levels he was and still is, active in Judo with Vale Judo Club in Oakham

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and has been for several years. He has celebrated successes in several different Judo competitions and was also included in the GB Team Cadet Squad. He has also participated in Judo refereeing and is currently working towards his Black Belt.

Since joining Oakham School, Judo competitions have taken a back seat but he was encouraged by his coach Mick Newton at Vale judo to take part in the Independent School Competition at High Wycombe on 1st March 2014 and thus representing Oakham School (he was the only representative for the school) where he competed in the Under 66kg category Seniors. All competitors ‘weigh’ in so you

are grouped with others who are of the same weight group. All his ‘fights’ were won by an Ippon - a full score, normally achieved by a throw of the opponent onto his back. Considering he had not competed for over 2 years this made his win even more remarkable. The competition had representatives from Interdependent Schools over the UK. Well done Ben!

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTENING NETBALL TEAM

We took 12 girls to Loughborough University to watch Loughborough Lightening play against Celtic Dragons. It was a very exciting game to watch and a great atmosphere all

round. The girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves and said they had learnt a lot from watching the professionals play. The game was very quick and full of energy. The game was a high scoring one but Celtic Dragons were just that bit better and beat Loughborough Lightening 61-41. A very high scoring game and a great trip all round.

SUCCESSFUL TERM FORUCC SPORTS ACADEMY

This has proved to be another busy and successful term for the college’s sports teams with over 80 fixtures played in this period.

BADMINTON SUCCESS

We started the term with our Varsity Badminton and Futsal fixtures. Three out of our four Badminton teams qualified for the County Finals after finishing as the top placed Rutland School. Our KS4 teams also managed to win their overall Varsity Leagues so congratulations to: Boys Badminton Varsity Winners: Sam Williams, Joe Bell, Sam Cowling, Harry Clarke, Jacob Gregg and Olly Berridge and KS4 Girls Badminton Varsity Winners: Lydia

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTENING NETBALL TEAM

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Grice, Celia Cunningham, Holly Jackson, Katie Preston and Nadine Corbett.

At the County Finals all three teams performed extremely well against some excellent opposition with the KS4 Girls team finishing 4th and the KS4 Boys 5th. This is the first time UCC has reached these finals so congratulations to all the players involved.

FUTSAL WINNERS

In the Varsity Futsal tournaments the Year 11 Boys were our only champions this year winning all of their matches in the competition staged at CBEC. Congratulations to Sven Hart, Joe Bell, Jacob Gregg, Ben Richards, Cameron Sharp, Cameron Brown and Sam Williams for this success.

HANDBALL VICTORY

UCC were also successful in the annual Rutland U16 Handball Tournament winning a three team tournament including Catmose and CBEC. The team were particularly fortunate this year as England Handball Captain Bobby White came into the school and ran a training session before the tournament. The UCC team went on

to beat Catmose 3 v 1 and CBEC 10 v 1. Again congratulations to the winning team which included Morgan Severn, Tom McFarlane, Tom Phipps, Tom Beach, Oakley Wilkins, Connor Griggs, Theo Jones and Ben Richards.

U15 NETBALL TEAMTOURNAMENT SUCCESS

The Year 10 Netball team entered the Uppingham School Invitational Netball tournament this term. The tournament involved 35 teams from across the country and was split into an A and B tournament. The UCC team of Lottie Thraves, Kara Kataiwai, Charlotte Clarke, Maisie Ford, Scarlett Kennedy, Katie Preston, Catherine Thorpe, Erin Smith and Tala Martelli won an incredible seven games in a row to win the B tournament. Along the way they beat Wellingborough, Denstone,

Bromsgrove, Northampton High and Bedford Modern so congratulations to all the girls for winning a very prestigious tournament.

U16 NETBALL TEAMREGIONAL QUALIFICATION

Having finished runners up in the Leicestershire & Rutland County Finals the U16 Girls Netball Team travelled over to Derbyshire for the Regional Finals. These were staged at Repton School with schools from across the East Midlands attending to compete for the Regional title. The Uppingham team finished 7th overall which was a fantastic achievement.Team – Kara Kataiwai, Georgia Bebb, Bea Clifford, Tala Martelli, Scarlett Kennedy, Celia Cunningham, Megan Scott, Lydia Grice, Gracie Kirton, Hebe Parsons, Harriet Caskey Jones.

DODGEBALL VICTORY

In the annual Varsity KS4 Dodgeball tournament the UCC team came out as the overall winners. The tournament was staged at Catmose College with five teams taking part. The team was Sven Hart, Ben Richards, Harry Clarke, Celia Cunningham, Lydia Grice and Connor Griggs. The team now progress on to the School Games Finals which takes place at Loughborough University on the 3rd April. Good luck to the team at these County Finals.

HANDBALL VICTORY

U15 NETBALL TEAM

INDOOR ROWINGTEAMS QUALIFY

Both the KS3 and KS4 Rowing teams have made it to the School Games Finals at Loughborough University having been the highest placed Rutland teams at the recent Varsity Indoor Rowing competition. Mixed Teams of 8 students from five schools competed in this competition at both age groups in team and individual sprint events. John Ferneley won both age groups with the UCC teams coming in 2nd place in the Varsity competition but both schools now progress to the County Finals at Loughborough. Teams: KS3 -Ru Nyarawa, Emily Booker, Leah Joyce, Megan Hickman, Archie Roberts,

Benj Brindle, Jonny Oakey, Morgan Severn. KS4 - Zelna Weich, Kara Kataiwai, Scarlett Kennedy, Tala Martelli, Tom Evans, Connor Griggs, Ben Taylor, Harry Glover.

INDOOR CRICKET TEAMS MAKE COUNTY FINALS

Both the U13 Boys and U15 Boys Indoor Cricket teams represented Rutland at the County Indoor Cricket Finals this team. These tournaments took place at Crown Hills Indoor Cricket Centre at Leicester with teams from the 10 regions across the County present. Both teams weren’t able to make it past the group stages but the U13 team did collect the ‘Spirit of the Games

Award’ which was presented for their

sportsmanship both on and off the pitch during the tournament. Teams: U13 - James Clarke, Harvey Clarke, Nathan Hall, Adam Kilby, Alfie Finch-Critchley, Ted Brown, Tom Horton Bell, Joe Banerjee. U15 - Jonti Russell, Tom McFarlane, Matthew Thompson, Morgan Severn, James Cross, Ben Hubbard, Toby Leah, Oakley Wilkins, Olly Berridge

YEAR 10 RUGBY TEAM WINS COUNTY PLATE

The Year 10 Rugby team put in their best performance of the season to win the County Plate Final against Lancaster Boys School last week. The matches were played at Aylestone St James Rugby Club in Leicester on a cold and wet afternoon. Having lost to Lancaster in the Cup last year

U16 NETBALL TEAM

INDOOR CRICKET TEAM

YR10 RUGBY TEAM

the team were very determined to gain revenge. They came out 19 v 5 winners with tries from Connor Griggs, Morgan Severn and Will Underwood ensuring victory. Team: Josh Hibbit, Graham Haywood, Tom Glover, Taras Mandziuk, Connor Griggs, Harry Glover, Ben Taylor, Theo Jones, Will Underwood, Tom Darlington, Sam Stephenson, Tom Beach, Callum Campbell, Felix Bluche, Toby Leah, Morgan Severn and Archie Roberts.

NICAS LEVEL 1 UPDATE

Well done to these students who have worked hard this term to achieve their level one NICAS Climbing Award: Sam Thompson, Joshua Griffiths, Tadd Robson, Alisha Glackin, Theo Taylor, George Newcomb- Harvey, Josh Trotman, Jonathan Haley, Oliver Ramsey, Kit Chan and Will Holmes.

NICAS LEVEL 2 UPDATE

Well done to these students who have work very hard and have achieved their level two NICAS Climbing Awards: Holly Goldmark, David Dolby, Max Bish, Will Smith, Taryn Lee, Kit Chan and Wll Holmes.

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