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6Features Sandgate School 11Performing Arts 20 Conway Visit

Although an unusually short term, the springterm has been packed with activity. Year 7 hadan extremely successful visit to the ConwayCentre on Anglesey, our talented thespians inKey Stage 3 performed in Sam Roper’s “Dracula”and we had many significant sporting successesparticularly in the county cross countrychampionships. All of Year 10 spent the weekbefore half-term in a wide range of workexperience placements.

Our validated results for GCSE and A ‘Levelshowed very positive value added at A ‘Level,which placed us number 24 in the national ALPsmeasure. Congratulations are in order to lastyear’s Year 11 and Year 13 students and staff.

Our school-to-school support as a NationalSupport School intensified with a considerablecommitment to staff development and schoolimprovement at Samuel King’s School in Alston.To help support this small rural 11-16 schoolfurther the Governors of The Queen KatherineSchool are aiming to establish a Multi AcademyTrust. The Queen Katherine School MultiAcademy Trust will take on responsibility forSamuel King’s, but Samuel King’s will have itsown governing body and Headteacher.

We have breaking news that The QueenKatherine School Teaching School Allianceapplication has been approved. Further detailswill be in our summer newsletter.

Stephen Wilkinson Headteacher

With the Upper School Hall filled withaudience members and students, the concertstarted with the school Orchestra performing the“Radetzky March” by Strauss and a traditionalScottish Air, “Loch Lomond.” This set the toneof the concert and everything that followed wasof the same high standard.

Many groups that performed were led bymembers of our peripatetic team; Nick Milner ledCello Ensemble with “Scarborough Fair,” SaraHeath led Flute Choir with “Gypsy Song,” AliceHurley led String Group with “Vivace” by Corelli,Jim Quincy led Concert Band with “Goldfinger”and “The Magnificent Seven”, and Rachel Littleled Chamber Choir with a superb rendition of“Take Flight.”

We also saw the Kendal Music CentreOrchestra perform under the directorship ofPeter Crompton, and it was wonderful to see an

ensemble of QKS students perform alongsidelocal secondary and primary school students.

Many vocal groups featured on the evening,with the Senior Choir performing Adele’s “Set Fireto Rain,” the Year 7 Singers performing “Money,Money, Money” and “All You Need is Love” andthe Man Band performing “Fix You” by Coldplay,with Curtis Medley featuring on lead vocals.

Many thanks must go to staff and studentsinvolved on what was yet another successfulmusic concert. Many audience members saidafterwards that they were blown away by thetalent on offer, and that they were looking forwardto the Summer Concert in June. Furthermore, itwas great to see so many students involved, somuch so that around 10% of the studentpopulation of QKS were involved in the concert,an achievement of which all students and parentsshould be proud.

Spring 2013

THE HEAD WRITES

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2 | Charity Fund Raising

Supporting a charity has become anannual event for 6th formers at QKS, and thisyear was no exception. Whereas in 2011 theirfocus was on raising funds for a water supplyto be installed in a school near Mombasa inTanzania, this year their attention was turnedto something a little closer to home. Foodbanks received considerable media coveragein the months running up to Christmas, and ameeting held with the Kendal Food Bankorganisers established that they would glad ofour contributions. Cathy Earle, Head of 6thform, hazarded a guess that students wouldcollect sufficient for 50 food boxes. Theorganisation provided guidance as to thesuitability of the contents of the boxes and,armed with check sheets, the 6th formersstarted buying foodstuffs and possibly raidedtheir own food shelves at home! Some threeweeks later, they had created 57 food boxesfor the Kendal Food Bank. Sarah Williams, theKing’s Food Bank co-ordinator, was amazedby the incredible amount of food that the 6thformers managed to donate – enough for

about 460 meals. Once again 6th formers hadcome up trumps, showing generosity andcompassion towards others in the community.

Over the last 3 years, a number ofstudents have been raising funds to helpbuild a school for underprivileged childrenin Uganda. Many different groups ofstudents have been involved. Individualslike Connor Winn and Michael Wicksteadhave organised their own sponsoredevents, students and staff in the Redshed and J21 have made crafts andjewellery to sell, the whole of MrsHampshire’s year group organised eventsthroughout 2010/11 as they looked atwhat they could do for others, and mostrecently Mrs France’s Year 10 citizenshipgroup have been making, baking andselling tasty treats and other goodies. So far, over £1500 has been raised.

Last month, Mrs Burd, went to Ugandato see how things were going: “The childrenare so excited that they will soon have theirown school. They cannot get over the ideathat children in a country far away arewilling to help them. They love to seephotos of everyone who has helped.”

The first phase of the school buildingis now complete. Although they still needfunds to buy and equip the 3 classrooms.John Bunjo, the director of the charityChildren of Hope in Uganda, wants tothank all those involved in helping to raisemoney for the school and hopes thatQueen Katherine students will continue tohave links with the school in Uganda formany years to come.

CHILDREN IN UGANDA

6TH FORMERS SUPPORTTHE KENDAL FOOD BANK

Sleep for Shelter is an exciting newway to raise money for the charity“Shelter.” The Queen Katherine Schoolraised money for them by encouragingtheir Year 10 Citizenship Students to stayovernight in school.

Over 75,000 children in Britain don’thave a permanent home of their own.They could be living in temporaryaccommodation, bed & breakfasts orhostels, facing massive disruption to theirlives, education and wellbeing. Shelterhelps these children by providing practicalsupport and advice to their families sothey can find and keep a safe, securehome. And by sleeping for Shelter, the

Queen Katherine School will be ensuringthat Shelter can help even more childrenand families facing homelessness.

Event organiser Beth Loughran said: “I’m really looking forward to putting onour Sleep for Shelter event. It’s awful tothink that so many children don’t have apermanent home of their own, and I’mpleased our school can help. Sleep forShelter is a great way of raising money aswell as raising awareness of housing andhomelessness issues in our school.”

Further information about Sleep for Shelter can be found on Shelter’s website. Go to www.shelter.org.uk/sleepforshelterfor more details.

YEAR 10STUDENTSSLEEP FORSHELTER


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On Friday 21st December 2012, the last day ofthe Christmas term, students and staff at the QueenKatherine School in Kendal joined people across thecountry in wearing Christmas jumpers for the day toraise money to help save children’s lives.

Everyone showed off their favourite festivesweaters, tinselling up every day jumpers and evenrescuing Granny’s homemade knitwear from its exile,while donating £1 for taking part. The money raisedwent towards Save the Children’s life-changing workwith the world’s poorest children. Every year 7.6million children under five die from easily preventablecauses like pneumonia and malnutrition.

Event organiser Beth Loughran said, “Save theChildren is working to ensure more children get thechance to grow up and fulfil their potential, no matterwhere they live. We think this is really important.”

Anyone interested in the work of Save TheChildren should visit www.savethechildren.org.uk

STAFF AND STUDENTS WEAR CHRISTMAS JUMPERSTO RAISE MONEY FOR “SAVE THE CHILDREN.”

ENTERPRISING STUDENTSACKNOWLEDGED AT HM TREASURY

On the 25th October 2012,enterprising students from SandgateSchool were acknowledged for their workat HM Treasury as part of the GivingNation Challenge. Sandgate School, whobecame the Giving Nation Spirit 2011/12award winner, were the first ever specialschool to receive this award nationally andthe first special school in Cumbria to gainrecognition for this work at HM Treasury.

The school was one of nine schools

nationally to be invited to attend theGiving Nation Social Action Awards runby the Citizenship Foundation and fundedby The Cabinet Office, Santander and theSocial Action Fund.

Sandgate School were awarded theprize after developing a social enterprisecalled “Benches 4 All”, where they soldafternoon tea boxes to raise money forbenches for their local community gardenthat could accommodate wheelchair users.

As part of their award, students weretreated to an open top bus ride aroundthe main sights of London and an activityday in Ripley’s, before attending theGiving Nation awards ceremony at theTreasury. Sandgate students werepresented their award and a cheque for£500 towards their chosen charity bySharon Squire from Santander and LordWallace of Saltaire representing theCabinet Office.

Rachel Slattery from Sandgate Schoolsaid: “The challenge has been fantastic. It has enabled us to use Enterpriseacross the curriculum and the studentshave developed many new skills. I amextremely proud of the students for beingacknowledged nationally. They have beenthoughtful, hard-working and mature inhow their outstanding efforts haverepresented the school. The experienceof presenting and receiving their award atthe treasury will be something that willstay with them for life.”

Councillor Duncan Fairbairn, CumbriaCounty Council’s cabinet member forschools and learning, said: “To win anational award is a great achievementand I congratulate the pupils involved.The enterprise they came up with was anexcellent initiative and I’m delighted thathas been recognised.”


George Grange, the Visual ArtsDevelopment Officer from the Brewery,was invited to work with Year 12 in Artand Design to create some screen printsbased on the theme of the 'Environment'.This was in connection with the BeeCreative project funded by the Co-operative. Some of the students’prints and works will be exhibited at the Brewery Arts Centre over the next few months.

20 Year 10 students visitedManchester City Art Gallery to see anexhibition called ‘The First Cut’ in whichworks of art are created out of stencilled,cut, shaped and formed paper. The tripwas to support their ‘Structures’ unit,and was a great success, as there wassomething to interest every student. They were shown round the exhibition,and then they took part in a workshop inthe gallery’s fantastic facilities with one ofthe practising artists Nicola Dale.

MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY

Year12 studentLucy Childscreen printingat the Brewery

Animal artist Julie Mitchell was invitedto speak to one of the Year 7 art groups. They were told one of thebest ways to draw animals was fromscratch. One of the Year 7 projects iscalled 'Animals in Art' and this was afantastic opportunity for the students to be told how to draw such completedimages. The students participated in a workshop where they had a go atdrawing a horse. All drawings wereentered into a class competition and judged by Julie Mitchell herself. The winners won a drawing set and pencils.

Julie Mitchellconducting her Animalssession

Tabitha Topping in Year 11 was asked to help create a digital image for theschool Christmas card. She had alreadycreated a large 3D paper sculpture of asnowflake as part of her coursework.This was then photographed andmanipulated in Photoshop and used onthe front of the card. Tabitha used thenew Art Department Apple Mac suite and had the helping hand of our linkgovernor Steve Parkman to add thefinishing touches.

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The QueenKatherineSchoolChristmas Card


ART DEPARTMENT LONDON TRIP

LITERACYINITIATIVEINVOLVES PEDEPARTMENT

ARTISANBOOTHSCAFÉ

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Years 12 and 13 had a very productivetrip to London at the end of February

to visit The Tate Modern and TheWelcome Gallery near Euston Station.

The Queen Katherine School are set tolaunch a Literacy competition through theextensive PE extra-curricular programme.The competition will be open to all Year 8boys and Year 8 girls. Students have tosubmit a match report on one of the 30+fixtures that will run in the half term betweenFebruary and Easter. The winning boys’ andgirls’ match reports will be published andwinning entries will get the opportunity towork alongside sports reporters in theWestmorland Gazette news room.

Melissa Booth, Head of PE, comments,“Students can get involved in sport in manydifferent ways at The Queen KatherineSchool and this competition aims to furtherthe opportunities our students have to beinspired and engaged in Sport”.

Literacy Across the Curriculum

coordinator, Catherine Proctor, explains “At theQueen Katherine School we always look foropportunities to embed learning experiences inreal life situations. Providing a context forliteracy in this way makes the subject far moremeaningful and students are more likely tolearn the essential skills of literacy.”

The learning opportunities created by thislink between PE and Literacy are numerous. As well as learning how to write successfulmatch reports, students will have to managetheir time well, writing within a strict timeframework and meeting tight deadlines. Theywill be encouraged to develop their skills of notetaking and perfect their interview technique.

Parents might also be pleased to learn thattheir son or daughter will improve theirorganisational skills as they plan important detailssuch as what equipment to use (cameras,dictation machine, batteries?) and where to sit.

A selection of GCSE/A-LEVEL art workhas been displayed in Artisan BoothsCafé over the half term. The work will be exhibited for up to two months and is a fantastic opportunity to celebratesome of the many talented students atthe Queen Katherine School.


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6 | Sandgate School


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8 | News

YOUNG ENTERPRISE: LAKE DISTRICT DISCOUNT CARDS

The QKS Young Enterprise team,Luxuria, participated alongside 9 otherschools in the second trade fair at theWestmorland Shopping Centre on theSaturday the 22nd February. They wereselling their Lake District discount cardswhich include two designs painted bymembers of the team. The card entitles theholder to discounts at popular businessesacross the South Lakes. The discounts onoffer include 10% off food at Wilf’s Café,20% off at Browns the Jeweller, 20% off atKacuzi beauty rooms, 10% off food atMade in Cumbria and many more, includingthe Castle Green Hotel. The team arrived atthe shopping centre at 8 a.m. on the

morning of the competition, excited,motivated and determined to succeed.

After a busy day on the trade stand, the team awaited the final presentation ofresults from the judging panel. Along withbeing awarded the most innovativeproduct, Luxuria were thrilled to win the 1stprize for overall best company

Link teacher Laura Bromfield said, “I am very pleased that the students havebeen rewarded for their efforts. Workingwith local businesses has been a valuablelearning experience for the group and Iwould like to thank all of the businessowners who have helped them to

become such a successful company”.Stephen Wilkinson, Head teacher said,

“It never ceases to amaze me year on yearhow innovative young people can be. I amextremely proud of not only our ownwinning team but all the South Lakes teamswho were equally entrepreneurial.”

The Lake District discount cards arevalid until 30/09/13 and are now available tobuy at The Queen Katherine Schoolreception for £3.

The South Cumbria finals take place atthe Netherwood hotel on the 20th of March,after this newsletter has been printed, sowatch out for news on how the team got on!

On 1st December 2012, elevensecondary schools from across the SouthLakes area competed in the Young EnterpriseChristmas Fair competition. The competitionwas organised by Young Enterprise NorthWest and it involved designing, making andmarketing a range of products.

The Queen Katherine School entered 2teams, one girls’ team and one boys’ team.The girls’ team, managed by Jenna Roberts,

produced “Magic Reindeer Food” and soldover 460 bags of this! Their other productwas a wooden Christmas decoration kit for ababy’s hand print (age 0-3).

Both of the winning products weremade from scratch. Decoration of theproducts involved a great deal of time andeffort cutting wooden circles, sanding,drilling holes, spray painting circles, cuttingribbon and attaching to decoration. As partof the exercise, the students had to sourcenon-toxic poster paint and sponges forapplication. They also had to design theirown packaging.

The Queen Katherine School’s girls’team won the award for the highestturnover (out of 11 companies), taking over£330 at trade fair competition in theWestmorland Shopping Centre on Saturday1st December. The team also came

second in best company category. The company is now going from

strength to strength. “Magic ReindeerFood” is available in a variety of outlets,such as Babyworld and Farrars. TheChristmas baby handprint decoration kit isavailable in 3B’s baby shop in Kendal.

The photo shows Year 12 students fromthe winning team (left to right): Katie King,Jenna Roberts, Eleanor Rawsthorne,Natasha Yeung, Jade Pawson, Mary Garrett.

Year 12 Girls Win Award For The HighestTurnover In Young Enterprise Competition

One of the successful products, the Christmas baby decoration kit.


Christmas Concert | 9

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

For many in Kendal the Christmasseason starts with the School’s ChristmasConcert at the Kendal Parish Church.The evening was a showcase of themusical talent drawn from over 170students who are involved inextracurricular music and many of thegroups have students from Years 7 and13 standing and performing together.

The packed Church audience wasenthused by a wide variety of performersfrom chamber ensembles, choirs, theSchool orchestra and the big band. Therepertoire was entirely festive, includinglovely arrangements of “The ChristmasSong” and a male acapella rendition of“Silent Night.” Many groups were led byour large team of peripatetic teachers,

including the Chamber Choir led by RachelLittle and Cello Ensemble led by NickMilner. They performed festive numberssuch as “O Mary, Where is Your Baby” and“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”Head of Music Robert Shillitoe led theschool orchestra, ‘Man Band’ (a maleacapella group) and the QKS Big Band,who performed wonderful arrangements of“Ukrainian Bell Carol”, “Silent Night” and“We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

The congregation joined in to singthree carols, accompanied by Bob Talboton the organ, and we were also joined forthe first time this year by the KendalMusic Centre Orchestra led by PeterCrompton, who performed “ChristmasWonderland” and “Sleigh Ride.”

The evening also featured a debutperformance of Year 12 Music studentHarry Johnstone’s first choral compositionfor Junior Choir entitled “AngelicEncounter.” Not only was theperformance impressive, the piece itselfdisplayed how mature Harry is as acomposer and he himself took to thestage to conduct the choir.

At the end of the evening, Headteacher,Stephen Wilkinson, thanked the vicar andPCC for the use of Kendal Parish Church,congratulated the Head of Music, RobertShillitoe, on a wonderful evening and, mostof all, the students for their hard work andimpressive performances – it most certainlywas the start to the festive season that hadbeen hoped for!


10 | Music

KENDAL MUSIC CENTRE UPDATE

There is a great atmosphere onSaturday mornings as Kendal Music Centrecontinues to expand. The Saturday GCSEgroup start the morning with an early 9o’clock start. The Orchestra continues tothrive and is beginning to benefit from asteady recruitment drive. They held theirown stand-alone Mothers’ Day concert onMarch 10th, in which musicians from theorchestra performed solos and duets asspecial Mother’s day gifts.

The Saturday drummers and guitaristsare making incredible progress. Manystudents were beginners in October whenthe Centre opened for group classes, butthey can all now perform confidently withina band set-up – the current favourite is‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’. Ouryoungest student Freddie Cragg is only 6years old but he has made a greatimpression on the group in his ability atsuch a young age. It is really refreshing thatstudents all mix together from ages 6 to 15.

The students held their first small concert toparents and friends on Saturday 23rdMarch in the Music department.

The Music Centre is delighted towelcome our new percussion teacher KevinSharkey who is now teaching drum kit atQKS on weekday the evenings. Kevinwelcomes any new students. Kevin hasclose links with The Undertones – headedby his cousin, Feargal Sharkey – andregularly drums for the group in all theirforeign tours.

Music theory sessions continue apace,as students prepare for the Grade 5 examin June, and group sessions in voice, drumsand guitar continue to prove successful.

The Music Centre is now making earlypreparations for summer schools in Jazzand Pop – details will follow soon.

Saturday Music Centre Activities Opento Primary and Secondary Students

Saturday Morning Orchestra 10 – 12

(Conductor Peter Crompton)A vibrant youth training orchestra for

students of grade 2 performance standardand above. All instruments taken.

Saturday Drummers 11- 12 (Tutor Colin McGlone)

Learn to play the drum kit and drums,play in a rock band. Beginners and above.

Saturday Guitars 11 – 12 (Tutors StuartBurton and Henry Pearce)

Learn to play the electric guitar andbass. Learn riffs and songs and play in aband. Beginners and above.

ALL ABOVE SESSIONS £6

Individual instrumental and vocallessons also available to the public onSaturday mornings and weekday evenings.

Please contact Karen West, Tel: 01539 773640, Email: [email protected] if you are interested in any of the abovemusical activities.

This year has seen the start of severalnew music ensembles at school, includingMan Band, a male a cappella group.

The music department was approachedby the Mayor of Kendal to provide somemusical entertainment at the Mayor’sAnnual Charity Dinner, which was held atKendal College on Wednesday 20thFebruary. We were asked to providesomething that would “not be the norm”and straight away Man Band were putforward; how many male a cappella groupsdo we see around nowadays?

The group, consisting of 20 lads from

Year 8 through to Year 13, plus twomembers of staff, had been working on thesong “Fix You” by Coldplay ready for theQKS Spring Concert, and so we hadmaterial ready for the Mayor’s Dinner.

On the night, we arrived early enough towarm up and were greeted by a conferenceroom full of Kendal dignitaries and leadingfigures from local educational and otherestablishments. The setting was veryintimate with Man Band performing in themiddle of the room with tables set aroundus in a circle.

For many of the lads, not only is the first

vocal group they have performed sang with, this would be their first ever musicalperformance in front of an audience. Man Band performed with such finesse and professionalism that after the event wereceived comments such as “blown away”and “a truly wonderful performance”.

As a result of this performance, ManBand have now already been booked formore external events. They are soonbecoming a male vocal group in demandso watch this space!

Man Band perform at theMayor’s Annual Charity Dinner


Performing Arts | 11

THE CURIOUSINCIDENT OF THE DOGIN THE NIGHT-TIME

A Level Music Recital Evening 5th February 2013

This year saw the first A Level MusicRecital evening held at school. As part oftheir coursework, “ A” level students (bothin Years12 and13) have to prepareperformances on one or two instrumentsand submit recordings of them playing avariety of different pieces.

In order to give the students an insightinto the life of a professional musician,they were told at the beginning of the yearthat they would perform their pieces asindividual recitals to an audience. Thiswould give them the experience ofworking towards a deadline, thinkingabout programme and the order of theirpieces. Most importantly, it would alsogive them the ultimate experience ofperforming live in front of an audience,knowing that their performance would berecorded to be marked.

Prior to this, students had workedtowards interim deadlines by performing atbreak time as part of our ‘Live Break’concert series, and this recital evening sawthe culmination of a lot of hard work.

The evening was a free concert witheach student performing a 5-10 minuterecital one after another.

The evening was a real success withthe students demonstrating their musicalityand professionalism in being organised forthe evening. As one audience membersaid, I “was very admiring of both the veryefficient organisation and preparation and ofthe musicianship of the students involved”.

Credit must go to all the studentsinvolved for what was truly an inspiringevening.

Students involved:

Jenny Jones, Dan Brown, Rebecca Wilkinson, Harry Johnstone, EmilyBaxter, Connor Reynolds, Jay Toyn, Heather Storer, Sophie Langhorn, Joelle Campbell

Year 13 Theatre Studies “A” levelstudents adapted the Mark Haddon novel‘The Curious incident of the Dog in theNight-time’ into a 30-minute piece oftheatre as part of their course. Theyperformed the piece to a packed lunchtimeaudience of fellow sixth form students aswell to family and friends on the evening ofMonday 4th February in readiness for theirpractical examination later that week.

The novel follows the adventures ofChristopher Boone, a mathematically-gifted autistic teenager, who one nightdiscovers the dead body of Wellington, thelarge poodle of his neighbour Mrs Shears.After a misunderstanding with the policethat gets him arrested, Christopherdecides to solve the mystery of who killedWellington despite his father’s orders thathe stay out of other people’s business.

Through the dramatic device ofChristopher relating his story to acounsellor, we follow Christopher’s journeyas he solves the mystery of whathappened to Wellington, discovers his‘dead’ mother is not actually dead andconfronts his fears by travelling by train tosee her.

Mark Haddon stated that his novel ‘…was about difference, about being anoutsider, about seeing the world in a

surprising and revealing way.’ and thestudents managed to bring this outextremely well in their stage adaptation ofthe novel. Some very strong performanceswere seen by James McAlister asChristopher, Aine Nettleton as thecounsellor, and Joelle Campbell as hisfather, supported by Emily Baxter andDanielle Oliver who showed the breadth oftheir acting skills by convincingly playing ahost of other characters that Christophermeets along his way.


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This year TrEAD mounted “Jack and theBeanstalk” at Christmas, giving studentswho attend their classes as part of theQueen Katherine School’s Performing ArtsAcademy an opportunity to perform in apantomime alongside professional actors.

Dame Trot was played by Graham Vick,who has appeared in numerous West Endshows including “Mamma Mia”, “PriscillaQueen of the Desert” and was an original‘Jersey Boy’. Jack was played by HarryBlumenau who has appeared in manychildren’s TV programmes including JimHenson’s “The Hoobs” and sincegraduating Italia Conti has appeared on theWest End in “Spring Awakening”. GrahamTudor (ex- West End star) and Helen Noble(ex Hollyoaks star) and leaders of the TrEADsessions took on the roles of Fleshcreep

and Princess Apricot respectively.On Thursday 20th December, the

pantomime was performed on the SeniorHall stage in the morning to primary schoolpupils and some of our Year 7 students,whilst in the afternoon, students from Years8,9,10 and who had gained over a certainamount of reward points were treated tothis pre-Christmas extravangza.

The pantomime had been transportedto a village not too far from Kendal wherethe evil Giant and his sidekick ‘Fleshcreep’hold a reign of terror over every inhabitant,including King Crumble and his daughterPrincess Apricot . The Princess was

captured by Fleshcreep in desperation tofind a hero to rescue her (!!!!) and with a littlehelp from the Good Fairy and his mumDame Trot, Jack is thrust into the spotlightto rescue Apricot from the clutches of evil.

The pantomime then transferred toKendal Leisure Centre where it played over3 performances.

As with every pantomime there was plenty of singing, dancing, comedyand happy endings (oh yes there was!).

Hopefully the TrEAD pantomime will become an annual event at the Leisure Centre.

PANTOMIMECOMES TO QKS!


Sisters Catherine (in Year 11)and Laura Cribbens (in Year 7)danced at Nelson festival at theweekend, with both winningmedals and trophies. Laurawon the senior novice trophyand the highest mark for ajunior in Cumbria and Catherinewon a trophy for the highestmark for a senior in Cumbria.

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The Queen Katherine School’s ReligiousStudies department is delighted toannounce that “MaLoKai”, a BritishChristian Pop Punk Band were in Schoolfor the week commencing Monday 11thMarch. The band did a live link andrecording with Lakeland Radio on Tuesday12th March. The band were based in theReligious Studies department for the week,delivering lessons about their beliefs in Godand sharing their music with ReligiousStudies classes and Sandgate School.

During lunchtime on Friday 15th March at12.45 “MaLoKai” delivered a gig in theSports Hall. This was a free event with alldonations paid to Comic Relief. MaLoKaialso performed a gig in the Upper SchoolHall on the evening of Friday 15th March at7.30pm. Admission is free.For more information on the band, pleasevisit their website: www.malokai.co.ukThe tour is funded by The Message Trust.For more information on them, please visittheir website www.message.org.uk

On Wednesday 13th March 2013,students at the Queen Katherine Schoolwere an audience for a “flashmob” duringtheir morning break time between 10.45 amand 11.15 am in the Upper School yard. Twothird year Contemporary Acting degreestudents from Newcastle University have

been funded to set up an educational theatre company to tour Great Britain andperform 100 “flashmobs” in 50 days acrossthe whole of the country. The performancewas done in a flash mob style, meaning thatit took the students by surprise. The aim isto push theatre and drama with young

people and break down some of thestereotypes that are attached to it, hopefully creating an interest in theatre and provide inspiration for people to go and watch some. The performance piece used a combination of physical theatre and naturalism.

FLASHMOB ALERT!THE BIG THEATRE CAMPAIGN COMESTO THE QUEEN KATHERINE SCHOOL


“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by WilliamShakespeare was this year’s Key Stage 4production and was performed in the maindrama studio on Thursday 13th and Friday 14thDecember 2012. It is one of Shakespeare’s

most popular comedies and the students did a wonderful job in bringing out the humour. The play portrays the adventures of four younglovers and a group of amateur actors, theirinteractions with woodland fairies and a dukeand his bride. Taking place in a mythical Athensand an enchanted forest, there is a fairy kingand queen, a misguided parent, star-crossedlovers, a weaver who is transformed into a half-donkey, fairies and mischievous elves.There were some fantastic performances fromso many of the students that the time just flewby. Although not a Christmas themed show,Mrs Barber realised it had been a while sincethe school had performed any of Shakespeare’splays and that this would be a good one for thestudents to undertake. During the rehearsalprocess the students found the languagechallenging on occasion, but they rose to thischallenge and with the addition of a narrator tohelp keep the audience abreast of what washappening, a cracking night was had by all.

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Key Stage 4 production

A MidsummerNight’s Dream



John Hurt with Heather Smith and Matthew Wood after the presentation

We are delighted to announce thatYear 11 students Matthew Wood andHeather Smith have won the Gold Award(first place) in the under 18 category atthe Osprey Short Film Awards. The filmssubmitted have to have a connection withCumbria. The event was held at theAlhambra Cinema in Keswick on Saturday23rd February 2013 and was part of theKeswick Film Festival. Matthew andHeather made a 6 minute film called

“Dreams”, which can be viewed onYouTube via the following link;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7n3NvL3HrY Shot on location entirely inKendal, the film describes how a younggirl begins to lose her grip on reality. Theaward was judged by industry expertsand Matthew and Heather werepresented with their £200 prize andcertificates by the BAFTA award winnerand screen legend John Hurt. Teacher

Neil Hutchinson, who teaches Matthewand Heather, said, “I am delighted forMatthew and Heather and very proud ofthem. Matthew has been making filmssince he was in Year 6 or 7 and hisprevious award winning film, “The Cloneand Me”, was a sophisticated and funnyhomage to the Sci-fi genre. He andHeather made this more serious dramaticfilm “Dreams” for their Media Studiescoursework.

On Thursday 6th December, theDance Department held its annual show‘An Evening of Dance’ in the School Hall.This year the show was bigger and betterthan ever, with a great variety ofperformances taking place, includingbody popping and street dance fromMoira Olivotou and Sophie Simpson,ballet solos from Sasha Johnson,Catherine Cribbens and Olivia Allen,contemporary dance from our GCSEstudents, the Year 9 Dance Club and

Dance Academy, Musical Theatre, andtap from Year 8 Dance Club and LucyGibson. One of the highlights of theevening was ‘District Dance’ who haveformed their own dance company,comprising Jacob Mallinson, HarryBrooks, Ferghas Clavey, Daniel Claveyand Hal Van Geesburgen. Theyperformed an engaging piece of dancebased on finding the right path in life.Also, Emily Baxter and Leah Bury blewthe audience away with their duet, which

fused both ballet and contemporarydance. A big thank you is due ColleenBrennan, Rachel Woods and SarahLockwood, who have all led dance clubsthis year and created fantastic pieces forthe show. The students have been verylucky to work with them. Another thankyou is also due to all the students whotook part; their professionalism,enthusiasm and commitment make it apleasure to work with them on a dailybasis. Lots of fun was had by all!

QKS Year 11 Students win First Prizein the Osprey Short Film Awards at the Keswick Film Festival

AN EVENING OF DANCE


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Rebecca AtkinsonMy love of music was established atQKS, developed in many groups,choirs and ensembles and throughinspirational teaching in the musicdepartment. The School’s openminded environment was great andmy over-riding memory is of the fun Ihad whilst making music with otherstudents. QKS gave me theconfidence to move to London forUniversity, a place completely theopposite of Kendal and where I knewno one: the support and advice Ireceived from teaching staff wasinvaluable. I am currently helping outat QKS and teaching Piano andSinging. I am returning to University inSeptember for my PGCE inSecondary Music and where I will trainto become a music teacher myself.

What didQueenKatherine do for me?

PAST STUDENTS

Various students across the schoolhave been involved in ornithologicalsurveys and habitat improvement.

Students and staff made bird boxesfor a variety of small birds. Each one isengraved with the maker’s name and willbe installed in the science garden. Overthe coming year the students will visit“their” box to see what is living in it. RyanParker, Jack Boles and Harrison Morganare pictured with their finished articles.

They also made bird cakes in feeders made from recycled materials to take home to attract birds to their own gardens.

Connor Dixon andGrace Rennison havebeen takingphotographs of birdsfrom our bird viewingarea. Several studentsbraved the icy wind tocarry out the RSPB’s“Big Schools’Birdwatch” over alunchtime and recordresults online. AbbieLester has been busykeeping everyone up todate with activities andpublicity via thesustainable schoolsnoticeboard.

Last term Mr Sansbytook two classes ofenthusiastic Year 7students to look at thediversity of birdlife in thescience garden as part of their“Variation”topic.

Our regular bird watch is carried outby Holly Byrne, Ailsa Richardson, EllaBrown and Hannah Hutton. They alsocollate results from other groups and the

community garden students andvolunteers. They write:

“Since September we have been partof Sustainable Schools and with that wehave done some bird watching. We dothis every Thursday morning before form,where we go across to the School’sgarden for about 25 minutes. We writedown what the weather is like anddifferent birds we see, as well as othergarden wildlife such as any small animalse.g. squirrels and cats. We put ourobservations onto the British Trust forOrnithology Garden Bird Watch website,where all the results are collectedtogether and analysed by researchers,which are then published into journals.This year the results of everyone involvedin the Bird Watch, has charted theincrease in the woodpigeon yet thedecline in the House Sparrow. The resultshave also shown that urban birds get uplater than rural birds. By taking part in thebird watch it has increased ourknowledge of the different species ofbirds, and has helped us identify themmore easily. It has been a really enjoyablething to do. Below are our results fromthe last 12 weeks.

We hope to undertake lots more

interesting outdoor activities in thescience garden over the coming months.”If you have a particular interest and would like to use the garden pleasecontact a member of the sustainableschools committee, Mrs Binns or Mr King.

BIRD LIFE IN THESCHOOLS GROUNDS


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World Book Day was once againcelebrated on March 7th, to underline theimportance and joy of literacy andreading. Staff and students wereencouraged to dress up as literarycharacters, and each lesson, in everysubject, started with teachers speakingabout their favourite book, which could befiction or non-fiction. The photo showssome of the more interesting costumeswhich were worn.

Both of Kendal’s’ secondary schools and8 primaries attended an extraordinarymeeting on December 11th with the SouthLakeland District Council in attendance todiscuss “If Father Christmas could leave a giftfor my community it would be…..” Manyideas were discussed, including facilities foryoung people, the need for spaces toencourage wildlife, a community café whereyoung people could spend time with theelderly. Transport for local organizations, localhealth care and the need for safe travel werealso brought up.

Those present could not help but beimpressed, excited and encouraged by theway in which ideas had been researched and

presented, even by some quiteyoung children, and also by thesense of pride that the town’syoung people have in their localcommunity. More than 60 schoolstudents were involved from Years2 to 11. Each school can feel veryproud of the children and youngpeople that were representingthem - all were a real credit to their individualschool. It was a great for a meeting to takeplace where children as young as 6 years oldare having their voices heard, where theirviews are being taken seriously.

The final vote was for investment in theroads and safer crossings, but all the ideas

were to be presented at a full Councilmeeting the following week. The meetingshowed that our young people are notpassive; they want to play a full and activerole within their community because theircommunity, and all its people, are things theycare about.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Year 11s have been making their choicesfor after Year 11, and to help with theprocess they have had a Careers Fairinvolving colleges, QKS 6th Form, theUniversity of Cumbria and various trainingproviders. They have also had theopportunity to attend college taster days andan apprenticeship workshop to whichparents were also invited. There have alsobeen a number of assemblies and theopportunity to research careers ideas invarious ways, including the use of an on-lineCareers resource called U-Explore. This isrelevant for all age groups and for details onhow to register contact Mrs Morland atschool or by email:[email protected].

Year 9 Careers FairOn 11th January all Year 9s participated

with the annual Careers Fair in School. Toensure students spoke to all of the visitingorganisations, they completed a questionnairewhich was then entered into a prize draw withone lucky student winning a £15 I-Tunes giftcard. The visiting organisations were NewtonRigg, Myerscough, Lancaster & Morecambe

and Kendal Colleges; University of Cumbria,GEN II Engineering, Construction Skills, JTL(Plumbing & Electrical Training Provider),Lancaster Training Services (Motor VehicleApprenticeships), James Cropper PLC,Sunnybrow Nursery and QKS 6th Form. TheYear 9s thoroughly enjoyed the event andfound out some very useful information tohelp with their future career planning.

Year 10 Work Experience217 Year 10s were out on work

experience during the week of 4 - 8 February2013. As always there were some reallyexciting placements. Katie Dixon was atGardeners’ World Magazine for the week,and Giuseppe Abba had a great time withPaul Robinson, the film maker, spending acouple of days at BBC Newcastle Studios.

The Music CentreOrchestra CelebrateMothers’ Day

On Sunday March 10th, in thewelcoming environment of theShakespeare Centre in Kendal, the MusicCentre Orchestra performed a full concertprogramme to celebrate Mothers’ Day.The orchestra’s repertoire included“Chronicles of Narnia,” excerpts from“Harry Potter” and the Best of the Beatles.The orchestra’s performing style wasdynamic, well crafted and showed greatensemble playing. Their conductor, PeterCrompton, was delighted with theirperformance and the opportunity todedicate an entire concert to thisorchestra. Several mothers were luckyenough to receive the gift of music fromtheir own children who dedicated soloperformances to them. It was a reallylovely occasion and provided a very happy start to a special day.

Careers and Work Related Learning

WORLD BOOK DAY


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CONWAY VISITThe annual Year 7 activity visit to Conway took place this term. A great time was had by all!


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Year 8 Netball v Dallam 23rd JanuaryThe Year 8 first netball team missed their strongduet of defence of Mayflower George andJemma Powell and took a bit of a defeat againstDallam. Chloe Barker and Martha Bogganmanaged to get a few goals however, althoughDallam were on shooting form.

The B team however, stepped up to the markand won 7-5 with Mia Senior and KatieRichardson being key players as centres to getthe ball up and down the court.

Year 10 Netball v Dallam Tuesday 29thJanuary produced a high scoring game, whereQKS came from behind to claim a draw. SarahEarl was on fire with her shooting, and JennyO’Reilly (Year 11) was popping the goals left, rightand centre. Mary O’Reilly also did a top job ofgetting the ball up and down the court as centre.Just as Sarah was setting up to take her finalshot the final whistle blew! Player of the matchhas to go to Trudi Van Geesbergen who did acracking job of stepping in at the last minute totake on the positions of goal keeper and goalshooter. Well done also to Erin Proctor, SarahPorthouse and Katy Slosars. Score 13-13.

Year 7A and 7B Netball V QES Thursday 31stJanuary. The Year 7A team was excited and upfor this much awaited game. Megan Cooper theGS unfortunately was ill so couldn’t play, but wemade some successful shots. The QKS defencewas excellent and great interceptions were made.Alice Boston made some gutsy passes into thecircle and Olivia Roscoe and Josie Hill showedgreat balance and determination in theirfootwork. Year 7A QKS 2 v QES 4. The B teamplayed well to win an exciting match 3-0.

Year 8 A and B Netball v Queen ElizabethSchool Thursday 21st February The Year 8Ateam, after a slow start, organised themselvesinto space well and had the majority of thepossession for the rest of the game. Mia Seniorand Katie Richardson played extremely wellmaking well timed interceptions and greatdecision making when passing. Final score QKS 4 QES 5.

The Year 8B team were missing their keyshooters, but after a little organising and shufflingof positions, the team started to play well as aunit towards the second half of the game. LaurenPender played exceptional as WD with beautifullytimed interceptions and solid footwork. Final score QKS 1 QES 12.

Year 7A and Year 7B Netball v Kirkby StephenWednesday 27th February Both teams preparedthoroughly for the match in terms of warming upand practising set plays such as centre passes toimprove their chances of winning. The B teamplayed a pretty even match against KirkbyStephen with both teams at one point takingturns to lead. The players offered each othergreat encouragement, but unfortunately thegame ended in a loss 6-10.

The A team went out strongly and finishedstrongly. Samantha Graham and Amy Slatteryplayed a stormer and took some great shots.Passing was fast and the players worked hard tomove into space in attack. Final score QKS 10 KS 7.

Year 7A vs Kirkbie Kendal 4th MarchAn excellent match from a very talented Year 7team. After the first quarter, the QKS girls reallydominated possession due to their strongpassing, creation of space, interceptions anddecision making. Every single player played theirrole in a great win. Final score QKS 12 KKS 1.

Years 7 and 9 v Dallam 23rd JanuaryIn their first football match of the new year,the Year 7 team enjoyed the opportunity toget outside to play at last. It was definitely anend- to-end match, with a multitude ofchances for both teams. It would be fair tosay that the majority of pressure came fromQueen Katherine. Alice Boston had acracking game, working hard through themidfield and having several of chances ongoal. Sadly none of the attempts at goal wasconverted, including a penalty, and the gameended as a goalless draw.

The fixture was a great first game back for theYear 9 team. The Year 9s were joined by twostrong Year 8 players - Laurel Halliwell andDanni Rooke to make a full squad. The firstgoal came as a result of a fantastic throughball from Laurel. Katie Ireland, clean throughon goal finished with a nice strike past thestranded keeper. The second goal didn’tcome until the second half when LouiseStobbart slotted the ball neatly into the corner,leaving the goalkeeper with no chance. A verystrong performance and a solid win. Final score QKS 2 v Dallam 0

Tatiana SaundersTatiana Saunders has played as the EnglandU19 Goal Keeper and now plays her footballfor one of the prestigious Ivy League Collegesin America, where she is studying for a degree.

In December, Tatiana was back in the SouthLakes visiting relatives during the winter breakfrom University, and she kindly gave up someof her time to provide a coaching session forour aspiring female goal keepers.

QKS students Laurel Halliwell, Jemma Powell,Sarah Earl, Megan Warner, SamanthaGraham, Ella Crawford, and Alice Bostonchose to take up the offer of Tatiana’s expertcoaching. During the session the girls wereintroduced to a range of new techniques forboth stopping and distributing the ball. A tremendous improvement was seen acrossthe group in training sessions and insubsequent competitive games.

Netball Girls’ football


Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 football v UllswaterSaturday 12th January QKS Year 7 footballteam kicked off their first match well with an earlygoal. However, they soon conceded when anUllswater shot was blasted over the QKS keeperinto the back of the net. Before they knew it, QKSwere 4-0 down five minutes before half time. Thesecond half was a different story QKS pressedand had more sights of goal, before Ullswaterincreased their lead controversially. Despite theearly goal, the defence was much better afterJack smith came on to lead it. After plenty ofpressure, QKS clawed back 2 goals late in thegame, that the match soon ended at 5-3. A game of two halves but a deserved win forUllswater. Man of the match James Bennet.

The Year 8 boys started the term with aconvincing 0-6 win. Special mention to CharlieHewitt standing in as goal keeper. Man of thematch goes to a much-improved Hal VanGeesberge. His effort, attitude and contribution tothe game were great credit to the team.

Year 9 had a brilliant game, winning impressively5-2. Scorers were: 3 to Joe “the hat-trick”Dodds, and one each for Ben Humble and JoeCarradus. Thanks also go to John Booth forcoaching the team for the match.

After a lengthy lay off, the Year 10 team playedsome excellent joined-up football and keptpossession of the ball for long periods of thegame. Ullswater were a strong team, but whendefending QKS were able to contain them.Defensively, the whole team were animprovement on the last game. Generally, thisteam has no difficulty scoring, but on thisoccasion they were sloppy with the chancescreated until a clinical finish from Tom Pearsongave QKS a 1-0 win.

Year 12 and 13 County Cup Football In thequarter final played at the Newton Rigg campus 3 G artificial pitch, QKS came away with adeserved 3 - 0 victory. Three year 11 students -Mark Sullivan and Olly Jeffs in midfield and JoeHornby in defence - stepped up to the mark andplayed exceptionally well, with Olly scoring thefirst goal. The team played some great cohesivefootball and kept its shape throughout, keepingUllswater at bay in a game that QKS generallycontrolled. Robbie Altinyollar and Ben Hughesscored the other goals and worked hard up front.Joe Fallowes undertook the role of assistantmanager as he was injured for the game, and hishelp was appreciated.

Year 8 Boys County Cup quarter final vKirkbie Kendal 29th January After a strong startand a 2-0 lead in the first half, QKS eventuallylost 3-4 in very challenging conditions. Wind, rain,soft ground and injuries eventually took their toll.Every member of the squad played their part.Special mention to Dan Jones, Oliver Dawson,Alex Birkett, Ethan Vaughan and Dylan Hoyle fortheir determination and effort.

Year 7, 9 and 10 football V Heysham HighSchool Saturday 2nd Feb This was only the Year7s second game of playing the full 11 a-sidegame and they showed great shape and teamplay. The 1st half saw both teams testing eachother’s defences, with David Seaton, in goal,pulling off some great saves. Both teams playedsome excellent passing football, but neither teamscored and the half ended 0-0. The second halfsaw an early goal from Heysham, and the scoreremained 1-0 for a long time. However, late on,QKS, pushing for an equaliser, left themselvesopen at the back and Heysham snatched aclinching goal, to win a great game 2-0. QKSmen of the match were - David Seaton and Jack Smith.

In the Year 9 game, Joseph Murry saved theday for QKS, playing in goal in the absence ofthe regular goal keeper. He made some verygood saves and stopped the side fromconceding a lot of times in the first half. QKS got off to a good start and were 3-1 up inthe first half, with goals scored by JosephDodds, Will Booth and Ben Humble. Sadly Bengot injured whilst scoring his goal, and thesecond half QKS were down 10 men allowingHeysham to score 4 times in the second half tomake the score 5-3. Joe Carradus got 1 goalback be ore the final whistle, to leave a 5-4score line.

The Year 10 game was played on an artificial3G pitch that suited the QKS passing style,although the team’s passing and team play wasspasmodic in the first half. The half time talkstressed the need to support players, and tocommunicate early so that the player inpossession knew exactly his options. Thisspeeded up QKS’ play and passes becameprecise. QKS played some excellent passingfootball with some sweeping end to end movesand the 3 second half goals were all the resultof several passes. Joe De Castro was the mainbeneficiary, scoring 2 goals, giving QKS a 5-2 win.

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Year 11 football v St Benedict’s - quarter-finals Thursday 6th Feb The boys’ footballteam were in imperious form against StBenedict’s (a team that got to the final 16 in thenationals – last year). They lost 2-1 but it was agame that we could easily have won with anoutstanding performance and effort shown byall the lads. A superb headed goal by JoShorrock on the edge of the box saw QKS clawback the deficit. Bailey Dobson needs a specialmention as a stand- in goal keeper andperformed excellently. Men of the match – JoShorrock and Joel Scales.

Years 7,8 9 and 10 v Lakes School Thursday21st Feb Year 7 boys won 1-0. This saw theyear 7 team coming of age in the full 11 a-sidegame. The whole squad was used to greateffect - with caretaker manager Oli Willink doinga great job. Late in the 1st half Harry Lambertscored a great goal. The team created manymore chances but just could not find the backof the net, with the back 4 reigning supreme.Yet again, David Seaton had a wonderful gamein goal saving some testing shots. Man of theMatch was James Neal.

For the Year 8 boys, Robbie Swift, Dan Bailey & Jonathan Morris made creditablecontributions in their first appearance for Year 8.QKS were dominant for large portions of thegame but were unable to finish many of thechances they created and lost 2-4. Hal VanGeesbergen was named man of the match forthe energy and commitment he displayedthroughout the game.

The Year 9s had a very pleasing game with agood team display, in spite of a few moments ofthe game that saw some lulls in concentration.However, QKS were deserved winners 4-2.Goals were scored by Will Booth, Jo Dodds,Ben Humble and “super sub” Charlie “the Tank” Thomlinson.

The Year 10s had comfortable win in the end.The game was not helped by a hard unevenpitch, so joined up football was difficult. QKSdefended well when they had to, with BradAskam and Dougie Whitelock organising thispart of the team. Midfield worked hard, withAidan Dent a constant threat to the Lakesdefence. The forwards worked hard, but theydid not always find the best positions and getas involved in the build up as they would haveliked. Scorers were A. Dent, E. Ellwood and B. Dixon.

Years 7 and 8 Girls’ Hockey v DallamTuesday 29th January For the Year 7s, thiswas their first fixture of the season. The rainwas battering down and the temperature prettycold. However this didn’t stop the girls fromgetting stuck into the game from the start! Themajority of the play was in the opponents’ halfand after 10 minutes, Hannah Dodgson put thefirst goal in. Alice Boston was strong in thecentre and distributed the ball well to theattack, scoring the second goal in the secondhalf. QKS put great pressure on Dallam in theD, and were awarded a couple of penaltycorners as the ball came off opposition feet.Eventually QKS broke through again and LibbyTownley scored the final goal for a final score ofQKS 3 v Dallam 0

The slightly depleted Year 8 team put in acracking performance against Dallam School.Despite having only 6 players, the team battledhard in the wind and rain to be rewarded with aresounding 3 - 0 victory. The goals came froma nice little reverse stick touch from Lucy Dixon,a sweep across the front of the GK from KatieRussell and some great persistence from MiaSenior to score the third. Notableperformances were made by RebeccaAinsworth, doing a fantastic job in her new roleas sweeper and Laurel Halliwell in goal whokept everything out, making two particularlycrucial saves in the second half. Final score - QKS 3 v Dallam 0

South Lakes U13 11-a-side Schools HockeyTournament Monday 4th February The Year 8team put in a strong performance againstKirkbie Kendal School in the opening game.Despite having to reorganise the team at thelast minute due to illness, the team battled hardin the wind and rain to be rewarded with a 1-0victory. The second game was tough againstQES and QKS struggled to clear the ball out ofthe D to gain a clear break away from theopposition. QES scored 4 goals, which is noreflection on goal keeper Laurel Halliwell whodid her best to keep the score down. The lastgame saw a draw against Dallam 0-0.

Notable performances were made by RebeccaAinsworth doing a fantastic job as sweeper,Katie Russell on the right for her speed andagility around the opposition and to CharlotteThomson for her energy in the last game

Year 9 Hockey v Kirkbie Kendal Monday 4thMarch QKS had most of the possession in thegame against Kirkbie Kendal. The opening goalcame from a cross from Katie Ireland and agreat shot from Polly Holden on the right wing.Kirkbie Kendal had a few runs up to attack, butNeave Gilpin and Amy Dalzell worked well indefence clearing the ball out wide. The secondQKS goal came from Ellie Wilson, making thefinal score 2-0.

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Cumbria Schools Basketball 3 v 3 Finals. South Lakes Region

Saturday 2nd March This competition saw Queen Katherine Years 8 and 9 enter 2 teams inthe Cumbria Schools IM competition. The boys were a credit to themselves and the school.Special thanks to Mike Rhodes in Year 11 who coached and looked after both squads.

Team A was John Bell, Lewis Horax and Fabien Stanley.

Team B was Ben Houghton, Richard Milligan, Robert Wilson and Dan Abbott.

In the group stages, QKS B lost to Ulverston A and Windermere A. Meanwhile, the A teambeat Windermere B and Ulverston B to qualify for the semi finals. Here they beatWindermere A, but lost to Ulverston A in the final. The B team performed also creditably towin the 5th/ 6th place play off against Windermere B.


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South Lakes District Cross Country Trials 11th December

Approximately 30 students from year 7 toyear 13 travelled to Cartmel Racecourse to takepart in this event on a beautiful crisp day with lowtemperatures despite the bright sunshine. Arange of diverse and interesting courses hadbeen set out in the land surrounding theracecourse providing competitors with a mix ofopen grassland, hills, wooded areas and even alog jump for some. All runners experienced arange of surfaces underfoot, from completelyfrozen to a muddy bog. The students fromQueen Katherine ran very well and looked verygood in their new maroon QKS running vests.

Notable achievements were from Cole Blaikie(2nd Junior Boy), Tom Hartley (3rd Senior Boy),Mark Sullivan (3rd Inter Boy), Heidi Murray (3rdJunior Girl). Students that also ran well andqualified for the South Lakes Team includeMatthew Senior (5th Inter Boy), Hannah Russell(4th Inter Girl), Tirion Parkman (13th Inter Girl),

Alex Birkett (12th Junior Boy), Mia Senior (7thJunior Girl), Georgia Stevens (10th Junior Girl),Katie Russell (12th Junior Girl), Olivia Roscoe (6thMinor Girl), Katie Thurlow (8th Minor Girl) andAlice Boston (11th Minor Girl).

Cumbria Cross Country Championships19th January

14 students from Year 7 to13 travelled toWalney Island to take part in the annual CumbriaSchools Athletics Association on a bitterly coldmorning with a fresh breeze coming in from thesea. The race course was predominantly flat ongrass totally exposed to the weather. Additionalwarm and waterproof clothing was a must!

The students from Queen Katherineperformed exceptionally well, despite the coldconditions. 9 students qualified for the NECounty match in Cleveland representing Cumbriaon Saturday 2nd February.

Selected students were: Cole Blaike Year 8(2nd), Alex Birkett Year 8 (9th), Mark Sullivan Year

11 (6th) Tom Hartley Year13 (10th), Olivia RoscoeYear 7 (12th) Hannah Russell Year 10 (12th)Katherine Lawson Year 9 (7th), Mia Senior Year 8(9th) and Heidi Murray Year 9 (invitation.)

Cole Blakie had a fantastic run in the U13boys’ race at the English National Cross CountryChampionships at Sunderland on Saturday 23rdFebruary. In a field of over 200 runners andagainst the top runners in the country, he startedstrongly and was in 18th place at the end of thefirst small lap. He then moved up to 15th with800m to go and used his sprint finish to come11th. Fellow students Alex Birkett in theUnder13s, Mark Sullivan in the Under17s andTom Hartley in the Under 20s also ran well in verysnowy and muddy conditions.

Cole, Alex and Mark will now be joined byHeidi Murray and Katherine Lawson who havealso been selected to run for Cumbria in theprestigious Inter-counties XC in Birmingham andat the English Schools XC in Derbyshire on 16thMarch which finishes off a very successful yearfor the QKS cross country squad.

Cross Country

Athletics

Cole Blaikie in action at Sunderland Heidi Murray

Under 13 and Under 15 athletes wereselected to represent Cumbria andcompete in the NorthWest RegionalSportshall Championships at Wigan onSaturday the 16th of February. QKSstudents that were selected from KendalAmateur Athletics Club and gave greatperformances were; Jack Cuncliffe,Joseph Hayes, Rhys Thompson, Dan Abbott, Connor Ollis, Joshua Hayes,Seren Parkman, Tirion Parkman, Katie Russell and Annie Lindsay.

In the U13 age group Seren Parkmanand Joshua Hayes bounced their way to a

brilliant silver and bronze medal in the girlsand boys speed bounce, with Joshua alsogaining an excellent bronze in the keenlycontested 2 lap race.

In the U15 girls Tirion Parkman won a silvermedal in the standing long jump.Ben Abbott and Tom Norton did an excellentjob as officials in the throwing events.


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