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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 10th December – Medical Room No appointments required – they are here to listen not to tell!

iPad drop in session: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.15pm - K3

Review Day

Review Day is always a very important day in the school calendar, and it was wonderful to see so many of you

put your all into it. I hope you enjoyed presenting your MyLearning, as well as the dialogue with your tutor.

You should all now have your SMART targets – don’t let your tutor or yourself down – aim high and reach for

your goals!

Friday 6th December is a Training Day – school is closed this Friday. We welcome you back on Monday 9th

December.

It’s easy to get distracted at this time of year with only 2 weeks to go until the Christmas break – please come

back on Monday refreshed: it needs to be heads down and make the most of the final part of the term, until

we break up for Christmas on the 20th December.

Enjoy the Long Weekend!

9th – 13

th December

in-form

A @ilkleygrammar

Well done to 9 of our students who recorded with Stray FM’s James Stanley

show on Wednesday 4th December. Saffron Cockcroft, Beth Dicken-Jones,

Stuart Macgregor, Harry Watson, Emily Field, Eleanor Dear, Jonathan Kelly,

Imogen Parton and Lucy Hunter-Rowe all sounded wonderful.

They recorded segments for the show (to be broadcast on Friday 6th

December – it’s a training day so no excuse not to listen!) on Student Council,

Year 8’s three legged walk, Year 7 and Children in Need and even had the

chance to read the showbiz news and the weather!

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Christmas Jumper Day - Jump to it!

We don’t usually hold two non-uniform days in a half term, but following the Philippines Typhoon Haigan we

want you to dig deep and give £1 minimum to this appeal via Save the Children – and wear a Christmas Jumper

on Friday 13th December. If you can’t get your hands on a jumper, then wear a Santa hat, some reindeer

antlers, a bauble badge, tinsel…you must wear something Christmassy or we’ll expect you to donate more!

Friday 13th is also Christmas Dinner day, so it’s a really good opportunity to eat and be merry for a very good

purpose.

You have a week to get sorted – and an extra shopping day tomorrow! Let’s show what we’re made of and

give generously to those who face a very traumatic Christmas time.

Well done and thank you to all of you who bought a poppy this year from your Key Stage Hub – all

together you raised nearly £200.

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A 2 week trail has started for year 10 to take their bags with them into the Courtyard Café at lunchtime.-form.

Success Noticeboard!

Well done to our intermediate girls’ cross country team who competed in the ESAA National Finals on

Saturday in Southend. The flat course of Southend provided a different challenge to our girls who are more

used to the hilly terrain of Ilkley Moor, but without exception, all the girls 'ran their socks off' and really did us

proud! A creditable 11th position overall out of 24 schools…that's 11th in the country. Well done Sarah

Pickering (10ACD), Lucy Haines (10VEB), Jemima Elgood (10VEB), Lucy Jacques (10AJH), Zoe Judkowski

(10VEB) and Abbie White (10BB).

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Well done to our U13 hockey team who travelled to Silcoates on Tuesday for the National Mini Hockey

Tournament. Being the only state school entered they beat Ackworth 3-0, drew with Rishworth 0-0, beat

Gateways 5-0 and finished the group fixtures with a thrilling last game against The Grammar School at Leeds,

drawing 0-0.

Having not conceded a goal in their group games they went through to the play offs to face the winners of

Group 2, Wakefield Girls’ High School. They narrowly lost 2-1 to miss out on a place in the final!

In the 3rd/4th place play off they beat Silcoates 3-0 to finish 3rd overall in the whole tournament behind

Wakefield Girls’ High School and The Grammar School at Leeds.

Well done girls, a fantastic achievement!

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Next Week’s Menu: Christmas Cheer!

Fuel for the body is fuel for the mind – get your tank topped up at lunch time. Remember the meal deal is only

£2.15.

Challenge and Celebration Week

Friday 20th December is an important deadline day for the second payment for Challenge and Celebration

Week. If you are participating in any of the activities and visits it is vital that you make this deadline as the

school has payment deadlines of its own to make. Please make sure that all monies are uploaded to ParentPay

for this date.

Mr Washington

GCSE Overview

Mr Swain

Christmas Lunch Menu

Roast turkey, sage & onion stuffing, pigs in

blankets

Honey glazed parsnips, crisp roast

potatoes & cranberry gravy

Leek, goat’s cheese & sun blushed tomato

filo parcel with basil

dressing

Traditional Christmas pudding with vanilla

custard

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Spanish Exchange

The Spanish exchange students now have their partners and are getting to know one another prior to their

visit in February. Some very lucky students already know that they will be going to see Real Madrid play in the

Bernabeu Stadium while they are in Madrid. How lucky are they?!

Mrs Kitchen

The Hour of Code is coming!

Our world is surrounded by technology. Information, commerce, communication and entertainment all rely on computers. But only a tiny fraction of us learn computer science, the basics of how computers

work, or how to create software, apps, or websites. This year, to celebrate Computer Science Education

Week (Dec 9-15), we’re joining a massive campaign to prepare our population for the 21st century: the

Hour of Code. It’s a campaign that has an ambitious goal: to help 10 million students try one hour of

computer science. See http://hourofcode.org/ for details. Are you ready to face the challenge IGS?

Coming to your ICT and Computer Science lessons soon…

Miss Brides

Welcome to GCHQ

You're about to enter a world of possibilities - somewhere you

can explore a variety of new experiences, new ways of working,

and new ways to grow your expertise.

Apprenticeships – There is a joint technical programme with

the Security Service (MI5) and Secret Intelligence service

(MI6).This is an apprenticeship like no other. You'll be learning

about, and working with, some of Europe's best and most

cutting-edge technology. And because our work is constantly

evolving, it's always challenging - giving you plenty of development

opportunities to explore. Not only that, but you'll be earning a salary - and gaining a unique insight into the

world that you won't find on any university course. You'll help the UK's intelligence agencies to build, develop

and further advance our technical capability and by doing so, play a vital role in our mission to tackle terrorism,

organised crime and cyber threats. To apply, you'll need three A levels (or equivalent qualification) at Grade

A-C, two of which must be in a STEM related subject. We're currently open for applications until the 9th

December. Find out more at www.careersinbritishintelligence.co.uk

Career of the Week: Horticulturalist

The Work: As a horticulturalist worker you will be involved in growing plants for one of

the following purposes:

production horticulture – producing and selling plants for either food or

decoration

garden centres – producing plants for sale to the public

parks and gardens – looking after areas such as private or public historic or

botanic parks, gardens and green spaces.

Entry Qualifications: No specific entry qualifications but you will need to be able to

work alone or in a team. If you worked in a garden centre you would also need customer

service skills. There are college courses in horticulture where you can learn some of the

skills you will need. You may be able to get into this job through an Apprenticeship.

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Training and Development: Once you start work you will receive on-the-job training from experienced

workers and supervisors. You may also be able to work towards qualifications such as Level 2/3

Certificate/Diploma in work based horticulture.

Pay: Horticultural workers can earn from £12,000 to around £19,000 per year. (These figures are intended as

a guideline only).

Further Information:

www.rhs.org.uk www.growcareers.info www.nationalcaeersservice.direct.gov.uk

For an electronic copy of this please see Mrs Mitchell, Careers Coordinator, KS4 Hub or Mr Cole,

Independent Careers Adviser

Mrs Mitchell Calling all Swimmers!

Ilkley Swimming Club is on the lookout for new members who are interested in synchronised swimming –

please see the details below.

The 2013 theme for Human Rights Day is ‘20 Years Working for Your Rights’. The UN General Assembly

proclaimed December 10th as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring attention to the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all nations. The Universal Declaration of Human

Rights is proclaimed as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations", towards which

individuals and societies should "strive by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their

universal and effective recognition and observance". Although the Declaration with its broad range of political,

civil, social, cultural and economic rights is not a binding document, it inspired more than 60 human rights

instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights. Today the general consent of

all United Nations Member States on the basic Human Rights laid down in the Declaration makes it even

stronger and emphasizes the relevance of Human Rights in our daily lives.

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