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2012 Whickham November School & Sports College
Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Team GB @ Whickham School Following a remarkable year for British sport, Iona Rockett (9MP) continued the success by travelling to Bulgaria to represent Great Britain in an International tumbling competition. Following two days of competition, she eventually finished the final in sixth place. The images below were taken during the competition. Well done, Iona!
London 2012 Opening Ceremony A small group of lucky students travelled down to London, with Mr McConway and Mr Hay, to take part in the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. The students made up part of the ‘guard of honour’ guiding the athletes from the Olympic village to the Olympic stadium.
Olympic Legacy Rachel and Jennifer Thomson, year 11 GCSE PE students, worked tirelessly throughout the October half term holiday with the help of a small group of year ten students to produce a stunning Olympic legacy mural. The mural depicts some of the most significant and memorable moments during the London 2012 Olympic Games, which will now never be forgotten by Whickham School.
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
US athlete visits Whickham School Jenny Simpson, World 1500m Champion, was in school delivering a sprint session to 60 students in year 7. Jenny represented the USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and spent time with the students taking questions about her background, her life in America, her World title from Daegu and of course her experiences at the past two Olympic Games. The students had a fantastic afternoon of Athletics and from the 60 students involved, 14 were chosen to represent Whickham School at the Great School Sprint.
Great School Sprint
Fourteen talented year 7 sprinters were lucky enough to have a second athletics master class in the space of as many days, as the qualifiers from the above event travelled to The Sage to sprint against other year 7 athletes from across the region. Wallace Spearmon, who finished 4th in the 200m Final at London 2012 behind the 3 Jamaicans, and Dwayne Chambers were both on hand to give their expert coaching to the students before competing themselves at the City Games. Morgan Pearson and Lorezo Tanoh won the event, qualifying to themselves compete at the City Games. Both students even went on to win this event and qualify to compete in Manchester, representing the North.
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Girls Active This years ‘Girls Active’ programme was a resounding success and once again the most successful in the area with 75 girls in years 7-9 attending each week. The programme was led by Miss Cox and the ‘Girls Active Leaders.’ The leaders this year were Mollie Pugmire, Olivia Leech, Beth Pringle and Jenna Dixon, who organised an action packed programme of sports from trampolining and dodgeball to netball and visits to Broomley Grange and Whickham Thorns. The programme continues to go from strength to strength and will no doubt be even bigger and better again this year!
Girls County Rugby The girls contact rugby at Whickham School continues to improve each year, with eight students selected to Represent Northumberland County.
Sportshall Athletics success
The year 9 and 10 sportshall athletics teams performed fantastically well yet again, with the girls claiming the Gateshead title for a fourth consecutive year. Meanwhile, the boys finished in second place, a single point behind the eventual winners. This is the equivalent to one second, meaning the competition could not have been more closely fought. The girls team now go onto the Tyne and Wear Final to represent Gateshead in the final week of term. Good luck!
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Football
The PE department is organising a football tour for year 8 and 9 students to Valkenburg, Holland during rich experience week. The tour will include fixtures against local opposition and from Belgium and Germany as well as a stadium tour and a visit to a theme park. If you are interested please see Mr McCaughey for further details The year 7 footballers have produced some excellent performances so far this season. In the English Schools tournaments, the A team beat Seaton Sluice Middle School 7-1, whilst there was also a good win for the B team in their competition beating Walker School. In a league and cup double match, the A team beat a strong, and before this match unbeaten, Cardinal Hume side 3-2. In the Gateshead Schools Futsal tournament, two teams were entered comprising of players from the B team. This was played at Cardinal Hume and was the first of 3 nights. Despite losing to the 'A' team in their match, the 'B' team top the table so some interesting matches to be played between these two teams to come!
Handball There will be an England Handball coach coming into school from January 2013 on a Thursday to start sessions after school. All welcome!
CSLA
CSLA students recently organised and ran a multi skills festival for local Primary schools. The event was well attended with over 200 year 1 and 2 students taking part. Participants and leaders showed enthusiasm and enjoyment throughout. The leaders did a great job and were complimented by staff from various schools. They now look forward to hosting a sportshall athletics competition for year 5 and 6 students.
@WhickhamSport
Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Team GB @ Whickham School Following a remarkable year for British sport, Iona Rockett (9MP) continued the success by travelling to Bulgaria to represent Great Britain in an International tumbling competition. Following two days of competition, she eventually finished the final in sixth place. The images below were taken during the competition. Well done, Iona!
London 2012 Opening Ceremony A small group of lucky students travelled down to London, with Mr McConway and Mr Hay, to take part in the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. The students made up part of the ‘guard of honour’ guiding the athletes from the Olympic village to the Olympic stadium.
Olympic Legacy Rachel and Jennifer Thomson, year 11 GCSE PE students, worked tirelessly throughout the October half term holiday with the help of a small group of year ten students to produce a stunning Olympic legacy mural. The mural depicts some of the most significant and memorable moments during the London 2012 Olympic Games, which will now never be forgotten by Whickham School.
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
US athlete visits Whickham School Jenny Simpson, World 1500m Champion, was in school delivering a sprint session to 60 students in year 7. Jenny represented the USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and spent time with the students taking questions about her background, her life in America, her World title from Daegu and of course her experiences at the past two Olympic Games. The students had a fantastic afternoon of Athletics and from the 60 students involved, 14 were chosen to represent Whickham School at the Great School Sprint.
Great School Sprint
Fourteen talented year 7 sprinters were lucky enough to have a second athletics master class in the space of as many days, as the qualifiers from the above event travelled to The Sage to sprint against other year 7 athletes from across the region. Wallace Spearmon, who finished 4th in the 200m Final at London 2012 behind the 3 Jamaicans, and Dwayne Chambers were both on hand to give their expert coaching to the students before competing themselves at the City Games. Morgan Pearson and Lorezo Tanoh won the event, qualifying to themselves compete at the City Games. Both students even went on to win this event and qualify to compete in Manchester, representing the North.
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Girls Active This years ‘Girls Active’ programme was a resounding success and once again the most successful in the area with 75 girls in years 7-9 attending each week. The programme was led by Miss Cox and the ‘Girls Active Leaders.’ The leaders this year were Mollie Pugmire, Olivia Leech, Beth Pringle and Jenna Dixon, who organised an action packed programme of sports from trampolining and dodgeball to netball and visits to Broomley Grange and Whickham Thorns. The programme continues to go from strength to strength and will no doubt be even bigger and better again this year!
Girls County Rugby The girls contact rugby at Whickham School continues to improve each year, with eight students selected to Represent Northumberland County.
Sportshall Athletics success
The year 9 and 10 sportshall athletics teams performed fantastically well yet again, with the girls claiming the Gateshead title for a fourth consecutive year. Meanwhile, the boys finished in second place, a single point behind the eventual winners. This is the equivalent to one second, meaning the competition could not have been more closely fought. The girls team now go onto the Tyne and Wear Final to represent Gateshead in the final week of term. Good luck!
Whickham School & Sports College Faculty Four Bulletin November 2012
Football
The PE department is organising a football tour for year 8 and 9 students to Valkenburg, Holland during rich experience week. The tour will include fixtures against local opposition and from Belgium and Germany as well as a stadium tour and a visit to a theme park. If you are interested please see Mr McCaughey for further details The year 7 footballers have produced some excellent performances so far this season. In the English Schools tournaments, the A team beat Seaton Sluice Middle School 7-1, whilst there was also a good win for the B team in their competition beating Walker School. In a league and cup double match, the A team beat a strong, and before this match unbeaten, Cardinal Hume side 3-2. In the Gateshead Schools Futsal tournament, two teams were entered comprising of players from the B team. This was played at Cardinal Hume and was the first of 3 nights. Despite losing to the 'A' team in their match, the 'B' team top the table so some interesting matches to be played between these two teams to come!
Handball There will be an England Handball coach coming into school from January 2013 on a Thursday to start sessions after school. All welcome!
CSLA
CSLA students recently organised and ran a multi skills festival for local Primary schools. The event was well attended with over 200 year 1 and 2 students taking part. Participants and leaders showed enthusiasm and enjoyment throughout. The leaders did a great job and were complimented by staff from various schools. They now look forward to hosting a sportshall athletics competition for year 5 and 6 students.
@WhickhamSport
