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February 2015

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Although this half-term is a short one we still have lots to report! As I write this the students are doing

their final rehearsal for Grease and we are all looking forward to another excellent school production.

The dedication of the students and staff involved is amazing. They have worked tirelessly since

September.

Students from Year 9 to Year 13 are busy preparing for their final examinations which are now only

ten school weeks away! There are lots of revision sessions going on to support the students to ensure

they achieve the very best grades in their summer examinations. We wish the students every success

and will continue to support them in any way we can.

I would like to congratulate last year's Year 11 students, current Year 12s, for achieving excellent GCSE

results in the summer. The League Tables, which were released on Thursday, 29th January, put us in

second place in North Craven and 6th out of 77 secondary schools in the whole of North Yorkshire

based on Value Added measures. As I reported in my last letter to parents this puts us in the top 8% of

schools nationally. This is down to the hard work and dedication of our students who are ably

supported by their teachers and their families. We are never complacent and we strive to improve

every year.

I am absolutely delighted that we now have a defibrillator in school (see article on page 11) . As you

will know Kate Beresford, one of our Year 13 students, has been working extremely hard to fundraise

for four defibrillators for the Settle area. I can't thank her enough for the dedication she has shown to

raising funds for such an important cause.

Just a reminder, it is mock exam week straight after the half-term holidays, therefore students should

be using next week as an opportunity to do some revision and preparation. They should also ensure

they have all the correct equipment so there is no delay to the start of their exams.

Have a lovely half term.

With all best wishes.

Ms M Costello Principal

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SENIOR PRIZE GIVING

Senior Prizegiving takes place every year and the main focus is the success of the students at AS and A2,

along with presentation of A Level and GCSE certificates. It is held at St Alkelda’s Church in Giggleswick

and is a great evening celebrating the success of our students.

Anna Marshall Head Girl

This year’s Senior Prizegiving was a great success

and included our fantastic guest speaker Rhiannon

Padley. Rhiannon, a former Settle College student,

went on to study at the University of Northumbria,

where she studied History and Politics. She now

works in the Houses of Parliament as

Parliamentary Assistant to Priti Patel MP, who is

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. Rhiannon

talked about her journey and how working hard

and getting the most out of every experience is very

important.

Our Principal, Ms Costello, and Chair of

Governors, Mrs Rees, gave speeches to the au-

dience packed with parents, students and

staff. The audience were also entertained by

Thomas Oxley, Jamie Lewis, Jessica Bailey,

Courtney Townley and James Ryan who

performed their wonderful musical talents.

Students were awarded certificates and prizes

for their hard work and achievement at

A Level and students from last year’s Year 11

were awarded GCSE certificates. Previous

students who have just started University

returned to St Alkelda’s Church to receive

their awards and the evening was a great

success.

Rhiannon Padley

Jess Edwards receiving her awards and certificates from Rhiannon Padley

Thomas Oxley sharing his musical talents

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LANDROVER 4X4 SCHOOLS’ TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

We are very privileged to have Ribblesdale Land Rover supporting Settle College in their quest to

compete in the Land Rover 4x4 Schools’ Technology Challenge, against other regional teams.

Mr Scott’s STEM team have to work together to

manufacture their own vehicle body, the vehicle

electrics (light and tilt sensor) and have an

in-depth knowledge and understanding of the

vehicle’s suspension, drive train, chassis and

wheels. Each Team member will compete

against other teams and guide the remote

control vehicle across tracks, which emulate

terrain in real life, in the same way that a full

scale 4x4 vehicle would.

The Team will visit Ribblesdale Land Rover to

gain an insight into the real workings of a 4x4

vehicle and its components. Ribblesdale’s

Service Manager, Brian Airey, said “It’s great to

see students enthusiastically taking up this

challenge and my team and I are happy to

support them along the way”.

Mr G Scott Director of Technology Specialism

The STEM Team with Mr Scott and Mr Airey

… with the designs and model

The model in operation!

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SETTLE COLLEGE WINTER SHOW

What a success! We held our Winter Show on

Tuesday, 16th December and were amazed

with the response. The number of entries was

far bigger than we expected and the quality of

entries was absolutely fantastic, similar to the

bigger shows at Malham and Kilnsey!

The whole morning was amazing; we each had

different categories to judge and spent time

looking through the entries and deciding who

to award the prizes to. It was very difficult so

we were pleased that Mrs Holgate, one of our

school Governors, was on hand to offer her

expert advice!

Matthew Fawcett took a great deal of time in

cracking the eggs to examine the yolks in the

“cracking eggs” category, but Marcus Gait had one of

the best jobs judging the spectacular and delicious

cake section. Tom Panter and I had a really hard job

deciding on the best cattle photographs, there were

some fine photos out there! Many staff also entered

and won prizes and I heard the SEN team were

particularly competitive! The form with the most

winning categories was Mr Wiggan’s Year 7 form -

well done to them!

For our CoPE group, the Winter Show was about

working together and improving our organisational

skills. We can confidently say that we successfully

managed to do that. The whole point of the show

was to get everybody involved in an enjoyable whole

school event and many students rose to the

challenge. We have many talented students at Settle

College and I bet you will see their names at the local

agricultural shows in years to come. We all had fun

and would like to say a huge thank you to everyone

who entered. You were all stars and we only wish

we could have given everybody a prize.

Mya Priestley Year 11

The show team!

Top - Mrs Holgate and Will Simpson

Middle - The judge’s decision is final!

Above - The fantastic array of cakes

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SETTLE COLLEGE WINTER SHOW RESULTS

Thank you to everyone involved in the Settle Winter show on Tuesday, 16th December, and especially

to the entrants. The standard was unbelievable and the judges had an extremely hard job in making

their final decisions. Every single entry deserved a prize but after consultation with Chief Judge Mrs

“Revel Horwood” Holgate, the final winners were:

Best Kept Pet 1-Matthew Fawcett 11M 2-Emily Carpenter 8K 3-Freddie Howarth 9K

Photograph of a Sheep 1-Kean Patrick 7W 2-Emily Panter 11K 3-Joe Wills 10M Photograph of a Tractor 1-Charlie Metcalfe 7K 2-Eddie Holgate 11M 3-Chloe Handley 8W Photograph of Dairy Cattle 1-Eddie Holgate 11M 2-Emily Panter 11K 3-Miss L McNamara SEN Team Photograph of Beef Cattle 1-Mrs Nash SEN Team 2-James Beresford 8M 3-Gemma Darwin 9R Drawing/Picture or Painting 1-Melanie Hallam 10W 2-Derek Palmer 11K 3-Rhys Watmough 7W Matchbox Competition 1-Miss K Buckley SEN Team 2-Morgan Gilmore 7W 3-Freddie Howarth 9K Arrangement of Flowers 1-Josh Capstick 9K

Best Pie 1-Paddy Capstick 9K Tallest Weed 1-Mrs Lodge SEN Team 2-Mrs Parker SEN Team Edible Necklace 1-Jeanneil Modar 11K 2-Mrs Lodge SEN Team 3-Abbie Richards 7W Whole Cake Standards were so high we had to award some joint places. 1-Gemma Darwin 9R 2-Rosie Pettifer 7M /Jess Piper 10K 3-Leonie Dale 8K/Catherine Sawyer 9K Special prize for most spectacular/tallest cake and “how the on earth did she get it into school” award-

Millie Brennan 8W

Decorated Buns 1-Chloe Handley 8W 2-Leonie Dale 8K 3-Jade Knights 11K Butterfly Buns 1-Lauren Soames 7M 2-Claire Scaife 9K 3-Robert Johnson 9K

Flapjack 1-Abi Fawcett 9M 2-Jack Garnett 9K 3-Ben Allan 7W special award for gluten/wheat free!! Special mention to Mrs Pursglove’s daughter who made the most exciting chocolate flapjacks, judges thought hers were definitely worthy of a prize despite not being a member of the College and only 10 years old!

Brownies 1-Laura Murfin 9M 2-Isobel Clements 10W 3-Rebecca Chamberlain 11R Decorated Welly 1-Catherine Sawyer 9W Decorated Egg 1-Miss Parker SEN Team 2-Ben Allan 7W 3-Anna Ward 8W

Laid Egg Competition 1-Abbie Richards 7W 2-Jack Pinder 9K 3-Luke Harrison 8K Cracking Egg Competition 1-Luke Harrison 8K

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VISITING SPEAKERS

JULIAN BURKINSHAW

Sixth Form students had the opportunity to listen

to a fellow student on Friday, 16th January. Julian

Burkinshaw came back for the morning to deliver

an assembly and later lead a lesson on his current

studies. Julian left Settle College in 2007 and went

to Salford University to study for a BSc in

Geography. He is currently studying for a PHD at

Leeds University in the field of Geography looking

at sustainable transport and networks. Students

thoroughly enjoyed his presentation about his

experiences at University and his tips for life as a

student. His presentation to the Year 13 Geography

group took us global, providing an informative in-

sight into his research, whilst fitting it alongside

our unit of study. These sessions proved to be very

powerful and our students thoroughly enjoy them.

Should you be interested in coming into school to

offer any sessions to main school or Sixth Form

students, then please do not hesitate to get in

touch.

Mr G Whitaker Director of Sixth Form

ROLLS ROYCE

On Tuesday, 10th February, we were joined

by David Fisher of Rolls-Royce, who held a

question and answer session in the library.

Twenty-six students from Years 8 to 13 at-

tended the event which highlights again the

above average number of students with

an interest in both STEM subjects and ca-

reers in this field.

David Fisher spoke about engineering in

general and the process of applying for

apprenticeships at the firm, and two current

apprentices talked about their experience in

the industry.

All the students found the session extremely

interesting and the feedback from students

was excellent.

If you have any business or professional

experience you would like to share with our

students, please contact me at college.

(g.walker@settlecollege.n-yorks.sch.uk )

Mrs G Walker

Two current Rolls Royce apprentices share their experience of working for the

company

David Fisher speaking to students

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CELEBRITY CHEF VISITS SETTLE COLLEGE

Stephanie fascinated students discussing her work and experiences which included: London’s

renowned hotel, The Dorchester, St Moritz, Munich and Australia working in some of the finest hotels

and restaurants as well as various media appearances including; Street Market Chefs and The Great

British Menu.

On Friday, 23rd January GCSE Catering

students at Settle College were thrilled

to receive a visit from one of Yorkshire’s

Leading Chefs, Stephanie Moon.

Stephanie is a past student of Settle

College and Craven College and she

returned to talk to GCSE students who

are currently studying the theme of

International Cuisine as part of their

GCSE Catering assessment work. Some of our Year 11 Catering students with Stephanie

Stephanie attended Buckingham Palace where she won the

‘National Young Achievers Award’ hosted by Her Majesty the Queen

and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. She has also won Yorkshire Life’s

Chef of the Year, Deliciouslyorkshire Champion and won a bronze

medal in the National British Culinary Federation Chef of the Year

competition.

Currently, Stephanie is working as a Consultant Chef at Rudding

Park Hotel in Harrogate which has recently won the accolade of

Best Hotel outside London. She also works as a Chef Tutor and in

her role as Deliciouslyorkshire Champion she continues her work

to promote Yorkshire food.

Ms Mason, Subject Leader, Catering said ‘Stephanie’s passion and

infectious enthusiasm for her work was a great inspiration to

students and she provided them with much “food for thought” with

regards to their GCSE projects. All students will write up the

session as part of their coursework research and we are looking

forward to reading their accounts of the fabulous visit’.

Ms R Mason Catering Teacher Stephanie demonstrating

her skills

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YOUNG BUTCHER IN THE MAKING…

Paddy has a real passion for his chosen career as a butcher and this was obvious throughout his

speech. My personal favourite part of the speech read “Food fashions come and go. Successful,

independent butchers nowadays must provide much more convenient and prepared dishes and have

deli counters to cater for customers’ busy working lifestyles. I can’t image tripe and onions making a

really popular comeback! I recently found in an old recipe book a Sheep’s Head dish instructing the

cook to quarter the head, boil it then pound the brains!!!” As a teacher, I am grateful this dish is not

on the menu for GCSE Catering lessons! Paddy has agreed to be the guest speaker in Year 9 assembly

and I am sure the students will find the speech very interesting and inspiring.

Well done Paddy and good luck with the next round of the competition.

Mrs Lodge Catering Teacher

During a Catering lesson a student came to say ‘Paddy’s

speech was brilliant last night.’, I was intrigued and

asked Paddy Capstick about his public speaking, he

promised to bring his notes in and tell us all about it. A

couple of days later, during lunch break, Paddy came and

told me he had won a Young Farmers’ Junior Public

Speaking competition, which put him through to the

Northern Area competition. He then read me his prize

winning speech, entitled ‘Decision Made’, which is all

about why he has chosen to be a butcher for his future

career. The speech is full of facts, information, funny

quips and is very well written. Paddy Capstick

LOOKING TOWARDS HIGHER EDUCATION

As the Year 12 students look towards their AS examinations they will also be going through the pro-

cess of their future and next steps. As part of this we support our students through careers guid-

ance, University applications and life beyond Settle College. We have events in June and July for the

Students looking towards higher education, both in school and out at Lancaster and Leeds Univer-

sities. We would urge all parents/careers to have discussions with their son/daughter. A really

useful starting point is the UCAS website link below which provides practical advice about the

University process. We will be writing to all parents/carers later in the year about opportunities to

come into school to discuss this further and listen to the Universities talk about the process.

https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/getting-started/parents-and-guardians

Mr G Whitaker Director of Sixth Form and Assistant Principal

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SIXTH FORM TASTER DAY

We held our Sixth Form Taster Day on Thursday, 15th January to enable our current Year 11 students,

along with some students from other schools, to come and experience Sixth Form teaching and

learning. All subjects were represented and students had the opportunity to sign up to as many

sessions as they wanted to experience. The day was a great success and students gave a lot of positive

feedback, leading to their application submission on Friday, 23rd January 2015. We look forward to

welcoming these students in September along with others coming to our Sixth Form from other

schools. Should you require details of Sixth Form options, then please visit our website

www.settlecollege.org.uk or contact me directly using the college telephone number, 01729 822451 or

via email: g.whitaker@settlecollege.n-yorks.sch.uk, to arrange a meeting.

Mr G Whitaker

Director of Sixth Form

Our core aim as a Sixth Form is to enable all students

to fulfil their potential and strive to be the best they

can be, this is underpinned by:

• Excellent academic provision at A level – 50% A+-B

(2014).

• Student centred learning.

• A supportive and caring environment in which every

student is known.

• A broad and balanced curriculum with strong

academic and vocational provision.

• Excellent enrichment and leadership opportunities.

• High standards of respect, courtesy and behaviour.

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SETTLE COLLEGE NOW HAVE A DEFIBRILLATOR!

‘Bringing the heart into Settle’ have fundraised enough money to be able to purchase a Public Access

Defibrillator (PAD) for Settle College!

Recently, I wrote an article for the December

2014 issue of Settle College Matters about

our campaign to fundraise enough money to

buy 4 defibrillators. This article was to in-

form parents, guardians, students and

friends of Settle College about the fabulous

work we have been doing over the past few

months; through cake sales, gaining support

from businesses from Settle and Skipton;

securing a bag packing event at Booths and

so much more.

Since then, the campaign has continued to gain momentum with the generosity of various organisa-

tions and the strong support from those who live in the community of Settle and in the surrounding

areas.

Our bag packing event on Monday, 23rd December 2014 fundraised over £580, and we had a generous

donation from the Town Council of Settle too. Furthermore, Ribblesdale Rugby Club has started to

Mrs Hart (School Business Manager) and Kate Beresford with the college defibrillator

We are very proud to announce that we have raised enough money to purchase a defibrillator for

Settle College. The defibrillator will soon be placed in the reception of the School for easy access.

Initially we were going to place the defibrillator on the outside of the school, however we are

currently fundraising money for an external box to put the PAD owned by Settle Swimming Pool

outside, therefore we will have one PAD within the proximity of the school. Soon we will be holding

CPR evenings at Settle College to teach the students, parents and other members of the community

how to administer CPR as well as how to use the defibrillator.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kind donations and continued

support for our campaign, without you this would not have been possible. We hope that you will

continue to support us as our campaign isn’t over yet!

Coming up, we have a ‘Wear what you want day’ in school on Friday, 13th February, which should

hopefully raise in excess of £500. We also plan to hold more bake sales and co-operate with others to

raise further funds for the project. We are still yet to purchase a PAD for the centre of Settle, to be

placed on the Town Hall, and an external box for the PAD at Settle Swimming Pool. Booths are

currently in the process of buying a PAD and we should see it on the outside of their store soon.

Fundraising for this project has been a great opportunity to get to know people within the community

and to see the kindness of those who have supported us. I am much looking forward to seeing the

instalment of all four PADs and to see that all of our hard work has paid off.

Thank you.

Kate Beresford Year 13

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TARGET MENTORING PROGRAMME

The target mentoring programme run by Lancaster

University offers students in Year 12 the

opportunity to work with students from Lancaster

University, to understand more about university

life and to feel a little more confident about the

prospects of going to university. We are working

with current students from the University and have

already attended one session which ran on

Thursday, 22nd January 2015.

The session introduced us to more about the

finances involved with university, but also helped

us to work out the cost of food and living whilst

there. We also talked about the jobs that are

available through the University itself and found

out more about the financial side. Overall, the first

session was really interesting and made me feel a

little more confident about what will be involved in

university life. I am really looking forward to seeing

how the programme turns out and feel that it will

be a great thing to take part in and will make us feel

more prepared for both applying and going to uni-

versity in the future.

Ciara Parkinson – Jones

Year 12

PARENT, TEACHER ASSOCIATION

Our next event will be providing refreshments

for the College’s annual drama production,

“Grease”. Once again Lower School forms will

be producing hampers for the raffle, with a

prize being awarded to the form that produces

the best hamper. Tickets will be sold on each

night of the performance and winners will be

drawn on the last night, Thursday 12th

February. All winners will be announced in

the next edition of Settle College Matters.

We are already busy planning more events

and fundraisers for this year. Look out for

news on our PTA page or the calendar page of

the Settle College website for further details,

www.settlecollege.org.uk.

The PTA is a growing band of parents who

meet up once every half term to organise

either social or fundraising events (or both!)

in College. Our meeting dates are on our page

on Settle College’s website and usually take

place in either the conference room or the

library. All parents are very welcome to

attend meetings and offer ideas or their help

at events. Either just turn up or contact our

Secretary, Vicky Sawyer for more information.

Email admin@settlecollege.n-yorks.sch.uk and

mark for the attention of the PTA.

Mrs V Sawyer PTA Secretary

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YEAR 8 COASTAL POEMS

During their Geography lessons Year 8 students have been writing poems to describe the coast. There

has been some fantastic work completed and here is just a small selection of the poetry for you to

enjoy.

Coast Poem

The coast has lots of mysterious power,

For example the sea stack, the tall, rock tower.

The waves, the waves that lie on the coast,

Are the most powerful thing, almost.

Most Hawaii coasts have lots of colours,

Unlike it’s other vast, coastal brothers.

The sea can strike with a powerful whack,

Then it goes back in for another attack!

Coastal Poem

The waves crash against the rocks,

As the boats rock around in the docks.

Seagulls screech very loud,

While the cliffs stand tall and proud.

The caves created by a crack,

As the waves roll around the stack.

The waves won’t stop this merciless torture,

But if we want the coasts they better ought to

The climbers scrabble up the fragile sides,

While the sailors in the sea slip and slide.

The waves are taking away the precious land,

So next time you are at the beach don’t just ap-

preciate the grainy sand.

The rock from the poor cliffs fall down,

Down into the sea where it will drown.

It rolls around under the waves,

It gets washed up into the caves.

By Emma Dunkley

Haikus

Coastline, all is good,

Then BOOM, CRASH, POW, BANG, KABOOM!

Another chunk gone…

Coastal erosion,

Can be very dangerous,

I hope you survive!

Both By Sam Wills

Life of a Sea Stack

I stand here solitary

Braving the forces of the waves

Gazing at the iridescent surface

Not stirred by what lies beneath

I look to either side, at my stony older brothers

An army of towering spires

Years have passed and I did last through each and

every one

Some friends stayed and some have gone

Lost to the inconsistent tide

I wear my battle scars with pride

But it hurts me more inside

More time has gone by

And it is just I

Who is still here, holding on

But if I was being frank

I would rather like my brethren, gone

Here it comes, the final assault

I collapse and rest my weary soul…

By Cameron Ogilvie

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Coastal Erosion Poem

The sea moves closer,

Getting stronger,

It seems by the day.

The rock resists,

But the sea insists,

There seems no other way.

'We need to move!'

My mother cries,

Is she right or is it lies?

But the landscape is reshaping,

As our house is shaking,

We need to go!

Over the cliff our house is

hanging,

My tummy turning,

My head is banging.

Soon we'll be living in the sea,

A home for the fish,

But not for me!

We pack up our stuff,

And off we go,

To where? I don't know.

Our house is destroyed,

It's all gone,

Like it was never there all along.

By Lily Whittle

Coastal Poem

Coasts are actually quite unlucky,

As the sea crashes against them

mercilessly.

The waves never stop,

And the boats rock around un-

controllably.

Caves created by a crack,

As the waves give them a smack.

It is one of nature’s wonders,

But the cliffs don’t agree

As their precious rock gets

washed away.

The sea also creates sea-stacks,

Which people try to climb.

They don’t always fare well,

and crash into the jagged sides.

So when you next go to the

beach,

Take a moment to appreciate,

The cliffs toils and pleas

To stop the crashing sea,

From eroding it’s smooth and

shiny rock.

By Rhianna Cockett

The Great Jagged Coasts

The great jagged coasts,

All along the cliff side,

Many homes destroyed,

By the highly ferocious waves.

Many people surf them,

Gliding into shore,

But the can also be destructive

Not many people surf them

anymore.

The waves are hitting harder,

They’re starting to erode,

But the cliffs have to put up with

weather too,

Because acid rain corrodes.

Most of your houses are inland,

So you’re pretty much saved,

But remember you’re never

safe,

From the crashing tidal waves.

By John-Jo Cummins

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STUDENT LED ASSEMBLIES

Continuing with our Student Led Assemblies, I am very proud of the interesting and thought provoking assemblies which have taken place this half –term:

The Cliff that Became a Stack

I’m alive and full of peaceful joy,

As I watch the sea sail by.

A crash, a bang, a shhhh, a thump

Part of me is gone!

I don’t know why it happened

Or what will become of me

For now there is a great big hole

And I’m a stump, alone at sea

As the monster fills the gaping hole

I’m hurting deep inside

A crash, a bang, a shhhh, a thump

Will be me soon, anytime!

As I die a lonely death

The sun greats me with pride

And finally the waves depart

And I know I’m still alive

I can now see the tropical blue

As the beauty of the day

The winter storm has blown away

Lost in the springtime, summer

Haze

By Keaver Gilmore

Many thanks to Form 9R, for their informative

assembly on World Aids Day.

Thanks also to 10K for their assembly

about the works of Martin Luther King.

Miss A Vickery Year 9 and 10 Learning Manager

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“GREASE”

The run up to the performance...

Rehearsals, which started back in September, for

“Grease” are nearing the end and the curtain is

about to be raised for the final performance. The

show is now being polished off and finalised ready

for the audience to see. The performances will be

staged in the Settle College Upper School hall on

Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th and Thursday

12th February. We look forward to seeing you

there.

Harry Garman and Edd Garland

Year 12

Perfecting the performance...

The Cast: Jan (Alice Taylor), Marty (Molly Summersgill-Smith), Danny (Tom Parkinson),

Roger (Andrew Huck), Sandy (Mary Davis), Sonny (Max Orrell), Eugene (Jake Tatham),

Kenickie (Tom Hollyhead), Frenchie (Karla Heppenstall)

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FORENSIC SCIENCE DAY

On Tuesday, 20th January, three teams of forensic

scientists from Year 13 were brought to a murder

scene. Witness statements were taken and the crime

scene was processed using various chemical,

physical and biological analytical techniques.

Analysis of the evidence is still ongoing but the

scene of crime officers have a preliminary theory

about the crime. It is thought that the victim was

shot from behind whilst working overtime. At

present there is no clear motive and the police are

questioning five suspects in relation to the crime.

Once all the evidence has been

thoroughly analysed and collated

our forensic scientists will write an

expert witness statement and

present it at court.

The students used all the skills they

have learnt throughout their

Forensics course to analyse the

evidence and draw their conclusions.

Miss R Ronchetti

Science Teacher

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AS GEOGRAPHY FIELDTRIP TO BRADFORD

On Monday, 2nd February, the Year 12 Geography class went on a fieldtrip to Bradford, as part of our

changing population unit, to investigate what effects a changing population has had on a city.

Aspen and Tala Pattinson Year 12

When we arrived in Bradford, after having nearly

missed our train from Shipley, we began our

investigation at the top of Manningham Lane, near

the city centre. Here we noted down the types of

services that were there on maps of the area, and

continued doing this as we made our way down

Manningham Lane out of the city, stopping off at the

Bradford City ground on the way, causing many

conflicts of opinion amongst the football fans in the

group!

As it was a freezing cold day we tried to make our

journey through the city as efficient as possible,

stopping at various points to note down the

changing nature of the services and facilities as we

travelled out of the city, through the City,

Manningham and Heaton, the suburbs of the city.

Overall, it was a very informative and interesting

day which gave us all a better understanding of

how changing populations can affect the nature of

cities.

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YOUNG SPORTS LEADERS

Fifteen of our students from Years 8, 9 and 10

supported the North Craven Primary School

Indoor Athletics Championship, which was held

in Giggleswick.

The students were separated into teams. They

then set up and managed different events, from

standing long jump to javelin. Some of the

students calculated the scores at the end of the

event.

All of the young sporting leaders

supported the primary students and

encouraged them to do their best.

Excellent coaching was evident from some

students, which was greatly appreciated by

the primary school staff. This was a

fantastic event and our students were

excellent role models and great

ambassadors for Settle College!

Mr G Paisley Assistant Principal

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OPTIONS EVENINGS

Many thanks to those parents and students who

braved uninviting and snowy weather to attend

the GCSE Options Evenings held in January. The

process is now underway to ascertain demand

and feasibility for each subject and to assign

Year 10 and 11 subjects to Options blocks in

order that we can allocate as many top choices

as possible. We will write within the next few

weeks with your son/daughter’s allocated

subjects.

The powerpoints from the evenings are on the

Settle College website, www.settlecollge.org,uk.

In addition to outlining the Options subjects,

they also contain information about recent

Government changes to GCSE, in particular the

planned move away from GCSE grades to

numbers.

Please do not hesitate to contact your son/

daughter’s Learning Manager should you have

any questions or concerns.

Miss S Doyle Assistant Principal

PARENTS AS LEARNERS

Around thirty parents and some of their

children attended a “Parents as Learners”

Maths Workshop in the library on Thursday,

5th February, hosted by the Maths team.

There was no “escape” from getting involved

and parents proved keen to get their hands on

various activities. They were beaten to find the

solution to the starter, a “catchphrase” puzzle,

by a student. After this, all took part in a

carousel of activities, starting with a treasure

hunt involving plans and elevations, as well as

tarsia puzzles on fractions, decimals and

percentages. One parent even discovered an

error in one of the “domino” matching activities

involved.

Most parents took the opportunity to log on to

MyMaths and check their child's progress in

their profile and they had to be prised off it at

the end of a buzzing and very constructive

event. The evening clearly illustrated that

co-operation between parents and teachers can

be very successful and there is a lot of scope to

develop this further through similar events.

Mr M Hulzebus Subject Leader for Maths

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STUDENT OF THE MONTH

DECEMBER WINNERS

Year 7 Olivia Robinson

Year 8 Anna Ward

Year 9 Laura Murfin

Year 10 Liam Johnson

Year 11 Samantha Ledger

Year 12 Alice Syms

Year 13 Daniel Middleton

Community Award Winner:

Isabel Schofield

JANUARY WINNERS

Year 7 Henry Brown

Year 8 Ethan Clarke

Year 9 Caitlin Walker

Year 10 Jodie Lodge

Year 11 Sophie Marshall

Year 12 Amy Marshall

Year 13 Charlotte Whitaker

Community Award Winners:

Ben Ashcroft and Isobel Fawcett

Some of our January Winners (left to right): Sophie Marshall, Jodie Lodge and Caitlin Walker

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HOT OFF THE PRESS! RIBBLESDALE RACER VICTORY!

On Wednesday, 11th February, ‘Ribblesdale Racer’ won the Land

Rover 4 by 4 Regional Challenge and qualified for the National

Championships.

Six students from Year 7 have been hard at work for the last ten weeks researching, testing and making parts for their remote controlled vehicle. The Regional Finals were held at the Land Rover Plant at Halewood. The students showed some fantastic control, presentation and knowledge to win their class and then qualify for the National Finals. The challenge involved six team members working together to design and build a radio controlled 4-wheel-drive (4x4) vehicle, to set specifications, that can successfully negotiate a specially designed test track that emulates real life demonstrating what a full scale 4x4 vehicle can do. The challenge is an excellent opportunity for young people to work in teams and gain an awareness and understanding of project management using key skills.

The Year 7 team are: Charlie Hickson, William Armstrong, Thomas Darwin, Tilly Holt, Isobel Birrell and

Caitie Berkett-Bentley.

Mr G Scott Subject Leader for Technology

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PRIMARY SWIMMING GALA

On Friday, 6th February, eight Settle College students ran the Primary Schools Swimming Gala held at

Settle Pool. The young leaders were responsible for positioning the competitors in the correct lanes,

instructing the swimmers on the rules of the competition, timing and recording results and

positions.

Settle College students ran the competition with confidence and it was a very successful event.

Many of the Primary teachers thanked our leaders once the competition ended and said “they are an

asset to the school and great role models for the Primary School students taking part in the event.”

A massive WELL DONE, you were all brilliant!

Mrs R Mercer Teacher

Our Team of Young Leaders - outside Settle Pool

Left to Right: Emily Carpenter, Harvey Stroh, Amber Healing, Rosa Bryant, India Healing, Hebe Shepherd, Emma Parkinson

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CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURE A team of students from Years 7 to 10 competed in a Cross Country Competition at Aireville Park,

Skipton, on Monday, 2nd February . The students were fantastic, braving the bitterly cold weather and

winning numerous medals and trophies. We had some great results with Rhys Watmough being place

third in his race, Nathan Jeffs coming second in his and Ryan Watmough coming first. All the students

who took part performed well and should be very proud of their efforts.

Rhys Watmough Year 7

Ryan Watmough Year 9 Nathan Jeffs Year 10,

Thomas Darwin Year 7

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CROSS COUNTRY CONTINUED…

RUNNING FOR NORTH YORKSHIRE

The Year 10 team won their team event with outstanding

effort from all.

Mrs L Thompson Subject Leader for PE

Pictured left: The Year 10 Team; Nathan Jeffs, Rosie Laycock,

Jodie Lodge, Jess Davis

Our journey began when we travelled to Knaresborough where we both came second in our races and qualified to run for Harrogate and Craven. We then went through to race at Whitby as part the Harrogate and Craven team, where we both came 4th and qualified to represent North Yorkshire. On Saturday, 7th February we ran for North Yorkshire at South Shields, running against all the other Northern counties, including Durham, Northumbria, Cumbria and Cleveland. We were both really pleased to finish first for our county. Over all Ryan came 5th and Rhys 8th in the Northern counties of England, and for a change the sun was shining! Ryan has now qualified to represent North Yorkshire again in March, for English Schools, but unfortunately Rhys was too young this year to qualify. Rhys and Ryan Watmough (Pictured left) Year 7 and Year 9

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GIRLS AT NORTH RIBBLESDALE RUFC

PE/SPORTS NEWS

Next half-term, as the evenings get lighter, we have more fixtures planned so we will have lots of news to share in the next edition. Mrs L Thompson Subject Leader for PE

Every Monday at 7:00pm, girls between

the ages of 11 and 18 meet at North

Ribblesdale RUFC, Settle to train and

enhance their rugby skills.

Training takes place every Monday

evening - and it is free to attend! - with

Mark Throupe, one of the club’s Level 3

rugby union coaches, and Bex Mercer,

a local PE Teacher. The session begins

with drills, skill improvement and a

basic warm up, followed by a short

burst of fitness and ends with match/

game play and tactics.

I like it because I enjoy rugby a lot, and it’s an extra hour of training a week in a competitive, yet

friendly environment, with a really nice group of girls.

Emma Parkinson says: “I enjoy rugby at North Ribb because: it’s fun, keeps you fit and I’m learning

new things each time.”

Come down to North Ribblesdale on Monday evening at 7:00pm until 8:00pm for girls training and

fitness. It’s great fun, and remember, IT’S FREE!!!

Hebe Shepherd Year 10