October 2016 newsletter - EWS Academy
The Elizabeth Woodville School
NEWSLetter
Issue 27
Global Learning from the Heart of our Community
PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME This edition of our newsletter gives you a taste of the activities in which our students have been involved this term, and some dates for your diaries before Christmas. We have had good sporting success, particularly in boys’ football and look forward to this continuing. Our year 11 students will be meeting with me over the coming weeks as they begin to think about the next stage in their learning. The Open Evening for EWS Sixth form is on 8th December, and is an important evening to attend for all Y11 students. In 2016 EWS A level results were outstanding and well above national averages, placing us at the top for academic achievement amongst Northamptonshire schools. However, our sixth form is about much more than academic results – find out more at the open evening. We are also looking forward to our annual Remembrance assemblies, which will take place on 11th November. We will reflect and remember at the same time as looking forward to future opportunities. I am sure you will do the same. Mr J Bennett Principal
News featuring in this issue: Furniture design success for Year 13 Student page2 MacMillan fundraising
page 3
Year 12 Biology experience
page 4
EWS Students DT Designs
page 6
EWS Upcoming Evens
page 7
EWS Sports News
page 9
Young Furniture Makers Exhibition 2016
page 2
Award winning success for EWS Year 13 Student Harry Simister On the 11th October Harry Simister exhibited his DT work at the National Young Furniture makers Exhibition. His piece was his AS level coursework Chair
First Grade News Caption describing picture or graphic.
project, a chair inspired by the Barcelona Chair which Harry developed into an original design. He was one of only 10 school entrants selected from across the country (and the only entrant from a non-private school). He was awarded joint runners up prize of £75 for himself and £250 for the
“To catch the reader’s attention, place an interesting sentence or quote from the story here.”
schools DT department. Congratulations Harry! Second Grade News
Harry’s comment about the event: “I felt honoured to firstly be invited to the event, which enlightened me on further career options in the design industry, which I felt was extremely valuable and informative. It was brilliant to see final year university projects as I plan to go to university and it was inspiring to see the standard of work carried out by these students.
On the day I was able to chat to the sponsoring companies such as Blum, and current students from a variety of Universities around the country, who gave me imperative feedback on my work and guided me in the right direction to help me in the future. In addition to the event being a great experience I was able to take home a runners up prize and £75 for myself and £250 for the school DT department which is an extremely generous gift from the sponsors. The whole experience has helped to further my motivation for a career in design and given me the belief and confidence in my abilities I need to carry on in the design industry” Pictured above are Harry and his chair with DT Teacher Mr Mike Pearce
MacMillan Coffee Morning
page 3
On Friday 30th September 2016 both South and North Campus held a Coffee Morning to raise funds for MacMillan. The Upper College team held the event on South Campus, with both staff and students donating cakes. A total of £215 was raised. Many thanks to all those that supported the event. Staff at North Campus held an event during their Friday morning staff wellbeing meeting and raised £ 84.50.
Pictured above are some of the amazing cakes made and donated by staff and students on South Campus.
Sixth Form Macmillan Coffee Morning- North Campus The Sixth Form held a Macmillan Coffee Morning in order to help improve the lives of those living with cancer. Several sixth form students supported the event by baking cakes, cookies and tray-bakes, all of which were to be sold at break time in our newly opened sixth form kitchen. Before the bake sale, we held our very own “British Bake Off” style contest where the members of our Sixth Form’s bakes were tried and tested by our deputy head, Mr Shah aka Hairy Berry. The winner of this bake off was Sophie Williams with her lime drizzle tray bake. £129 was raised and all proceeds will be sent to Macmillan. A huge thank you to everyone for their support and making the event a success.
Sixth form students selling cakes to other members of the school community
A Level Biologists visit Leicester University
page 4
On Wednesday 12th October the A level biologists ventured to Leicester University to attend their Molecular & Cell biology open day. It was a fantastic afternoon of touring the laboratories, taking in a lecture, and making models. From the state of the art equipment to seeing cardiac cells contracting from a petri dish it was glimpse into the world of academic research that is happening at this moment. For many it was the chance to speak to professors in their areas of expertise and take a closer look into how academic research is carried out in a range of fields. The year 12s also managed to get in a bit of revision for their upcoming exam week by making model cells with the Cancer Research UK stall!
Pictured above: Year 12 "Cell-fies" at Leicester University
Pictured left: Year 12 students making cells with the Cancer Research UK staff
Local Community Events
page 5
Showcasing EWS student’s talent
page 6
Following the School Open Evenings in September, we received some fantastic feedback regarding our DT Students work. For those of you that did not get to see it, here are a few photos of some of their amazing designs: External and internal pictures of a Dolls House designed and made by Rhiannon Mooney
Pictured left: Mechanical Clock designed by James Kemp
Pictured below: Gaming Chair produced by Christopher Ives
EWS Upcoming Events
page 7
November 2016 st
1
- School re-opens for Students
December 2016 1st – KS5 Student Information Evening
rd
7th – Benefit Gig
th
8th – 6th Form Open Evening
3 - Year 9 Parents Evening 17 – Year 10 Parents Evening
15th- 6th Form Christmas Fair 16th – School Closes for Christmas
Thursday 8th December 2016 EWS Post 16 Open Evening North and South Campus For all Year 11 Students and Parents this is a great opportunity to find out what EWS 6 th Form has to offer. This year has seen EWS Sixth Form achieve outstanding A level results, making us one of the highest achieving schools in Northamptonshire at A Level. This evening gives an opportunity to meet with Teachers and current Sixth Form students to find out what subjects EWS offers at Advanced level and what the courses involve. As well as the academic courses, EWS Sixth form also provides opportunities for personal development, such as joining the Student Leadership Teams, volunteering within the school community, mentoring younger Students, and organizing community events. This term has seen the Sixth Form move into their new home on South Campus, and the opening of the new Sixth Form kitchen on North Campus. Come along and joins us to find out more on Thursday 8th December, we look forward to meeting you.
Following advice from Government agencies EWS has developed a lock down procedure for use in severe emergencies. It is important that we test this procedure and will do so in the next term. We will inform you by text when this has started so that you are not unduly alarmed.
EWS Christmas Fair – raising funds for local charity Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund
page 8
~ Delicious treats ~ stalls ~ tombola ~ raffle ~ kid’s games ~
EWS SIXTH FORM ____________________________________ Supporting Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund – for The Brain Tumour Charity Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund is a local charity from Northamptonshire that works with the National Brain tumour Charity. Named in honour of Alfie Bear, a young boy from Northampton who sadly passed away in 2014 from an aggressive brain tumour called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the charity invests in research for curing brain tumours. This is a severely underfunded area of research despite the fact it is the largest killer of children in the UK. 100% of the money raised by Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund goes to The Brain Tumour charity; and goes towards researching a cure. ____________________________________________________________
When: Thursday 15th of December,
4.00pm – 7.30pm
Where: The Elizabeth Woodville School North Campus – Main Library
EWS Sports News
page 9
Celebrating Sporting Success in Term One TAG RUGBY PRIMARY FESTIVAL at MENS The first term of the new school year has seen some fantastic results and achievements for our school team players and young Sports Leaders. The Year 10 and 11 boys’ football teams, fielding players from both North and South Campus, shows how successfully the two school sites can work together.
OWN ON THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER A huge well done and thank you to our team of sports leaders, who made a great contribution to the Rugby competition. Schools from Ashton, Blisworth, Hackleton, 2 teams from Hartwell, Hardingstone, 2 teams from Deanshanger, John Hellins, Old Stratford and Yardley Gobion competed for the chance to progress to the next stage in the competition. One of our cluster feeder schools from each Campus made it through in 1st position to go on to the Winter Games. Well done to Hartwell and Deanshanger. Thank you to Mrs Green, Miss Simpson and Mr Ben Clarke for organising and running the event. Sports Leaders Team: Jay Mainprize, Jack Cartwright, Rhys Balfe, Dylan Martin, Charlie Marchant.
EWS Extra Curricular Sports activities: Clubs Extra Cirricular Breakfast SportsClubs ActivitiesBreaktime at EWS 8:15 – 8:40am Monday North
10:55 – 11:20am Y7 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Monday South Tuesday North
Tuesday South Wednesday North
Y8 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Lunchtime Clubs 1pm – 1:40pm Inter form football – dates to be announced Table Tennis All Years Fitness Suite – Y10 GSCE Only Dodgeball KS3 Redmond Hall Badminton All years Inter form football – dates to be announced
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y9 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y10 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
GSCE PE Catch Up Fitness Suite Open Initiation (first 20 to sign up each week)
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y11 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Swimming – after half term – by invitation only
Wednesday South Thursday North
Thursday South Friday North
Friday South
Basketball
Dance – All years Dance Studio Year 11 GSCE coursework catch up
After School Clubs 3:30 – 4:30pm Netball – All Years Rugby – Y10 &Y11 Year 11GSCE Coursework Catch Up
Badminton (Nighthawks) All Years Redmond Hall Football training Y7 Y8 Y9 Hockey All Years Main Astroturf Girls Football main Astroturf Boys Football Y7,8,9 Main Astroturf Cross Country Running – All Years – Field Rugby Y7,8,9 - Field Football training Years 10 & 11 6th Form Football
EWS Sports News
page 10
Lewis De-Los-Santos brace seals the win for EWS EWS Year 10 boys are into the second round of the County Cup after a convincing 2-0 victory over Parker E-ACT academy. EWS started the game brightly, seeing plenty of the ball in the midfield and wide areas with Matty Fletcher and Dylan Surace causing Parker E-Act a number of problems down the wing. However, some good defending from Parker E-Act and a good save from Matty Fletcher kept the game goalless. As the half wore on the game started to get a bit scrappy with EWS unable to breakdown a resilient Parker defence despite seeing plenty of the ball. Finally, the deadlock was broken when a hopeful ball from Victor Mwangi was chased down by Lewis De-Los-Santos who bravely beat the keeper to the ball, sending a looping header into the empty net. EWS passed the ball a lot quicker in the second half with Dan Gillard and Victor Mwangi now starting to take control of the game. Victor, running past a number of defenders then played a lovely ball into the run of Lewis who fired home a deserved second goal for the away side. EWS continued to press forward with some flowing football, creating a number of chances. The move of the match came when Matty Fletcher ran across field with the ball, before sending an exquisite ball with the outside of his foot through to Nico Watson, who after beating the offside trap and turning inside his full back with a lovely bit of skill, fired goal wards, only for the Parker goalkeeper to make an excellent save to prevent an outstanding EWS goal. As the game wore on EWS had a number of chances to make it 3-0 but could not capitalise on their dominance and had to settle for a convincing 2-0 win and a safe passage into the next round of the cup. M.O.M: Dylan Surace. Special mention to Lewis De-Los-Santos Team: Dan Edwards, Matty Fletcher, Joe Hemming, Bran Wilson, Josh Fisher, Victor Mwangi, Dan Gillard, Dylan Surace, Nico Watson, Lewis De-Los-Santos.
EWS Sports News
page 11
VOLLEYBALL: NORTHANTS GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY at EWS NORTH CAMPUS Thursday 13th October saw the first of three Volleyball Grand Prix rounds being played at EWS North. Teams who entered include: EWS, Moulton, Campion, NSB & St Peters. Teams accumulate points throughout each Grand Prix round with the winning team progressing to the Level 3 School Games competition later in the Year. The Y10 boys team got off to a great start winning all their opening matches. All teams will now prepare for round 2 in November. Teams from EWS: Y9/10 Girls: Emma Butler, Rebeca Mercer, Leoni Lakes, Eloise Middleton, Jenny Payne Y9 Boys: Ryley Holloway, Ben Martin, Jamie Nixson, Henrik Atkins-Maher Y10 Boys: Jamie Sykes, Rhys Balfe, Charlie Marchant, Jack Ingram, Dylan Martin
Pictured left: Volleyball teams in action
Our sports leaders underwent some Volleyball leadership training in preparation for hosting this event. All leaders were excellent, demonstrating professionalism and enthusiasm in their roles. Sports Leaders Team: Abbie McKensie, Hope Cubitt, Charlotte Olds, Holly Penn, Amy Penn, Olivia Lamb, Chloe Cleaver-Parry, Izzy Russo, Yami Moloteni, Faith Smith, Chloe Collins. Next Rounds of the Grand Prix: Thursday 3rd November & Thursday 1st December
Next Terms Sports Leaders events: th Thursday 10 November Young Leaders Award on South Campus. th Thursday 24 November Young Leaders Award on North Campus. There are also plenty of opportunities for sports leaders to run events during break time, lunch time and after school.
EWS Sports News
page 12
EWS SPORTS LEADERS LEADING THE WAY IN PRIMARY FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS Our Sports Leaders have started their leadership hours this term by officiating, coaching and helping to organise three football competitions for our Primary schools. Monday 10th October @ EWS North saw schools from; John Hellins, The Bramptons, Staverton, Newbottle & Charlton, Blakesley, Paulerspury, Roade & Overstone. Well done to Roade who won this event and progress through to the next round of competitions. Sports Leaders team: Joe Clarke, Libby Cook, Katie Strehl, Rhys Balfe, David Abeji, Erin O’Callaghan, Eloise Middleton, Chloe Cleaver – Perry, Izzy Russo, Olivia Lamb. Tuesday 11th October @ EWS South saw teams from: Cosgrove, Old Stratford, John Hellins, Yardley Gobion, and
Deanshanger who entered 2 teams and also hosted the Festival. Cosgrove came first and will go onto represent the EWS (South) at the Partnership finals in November. Sports Leaders Team - Josh Graves, Josh Baldwin, Evan Wooding, Peter Griffiths, Ryan Tainton, Luke Hewitt, Jake Griffiths Wednesday 12th October @ EWS North saw teams from Hackleton, Hartwell, Hardingstone, Roade, Collingtree, Blisworth & Ashton. Another huge well done to Roade, who again fought off tough competition to be victorious. Sports Leaders Team: Ben Clarke, Libby Cook, Katie Strehl, Amelia Skippen, India Abbott, Chloe Cleaver-Parry, Eloise Middleton, Jamie Sykes, Patrick Harte, Daniella Wheldon, David Abeji & Olivia Lamb. Well done to all our Sports Leaders for their professionalism and expertise in making the competitions so successful and a huge thank you and well done to Mr Reeves, Mrs Green and Miss Simpson for organising the events and for giving our leaders the A huge thank you to our Opportunity to shine.
fantastic Sports Leaders for a successful Term 1,
leading in a variety of events. Students have been involved in Football Festivals, Rugby Festival, Volleyball Grand Prix, running lunchtime and after school clubs. Without their support and commitment we would not be able to provide the opportunities we do. Well done and thank you.
EWS Sports News
page 13
YEAR 11 BOYS THROUGH TO QUARTER FINALS OF THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY CUP Year 11 boys’ football team took a step closer to the Northamptonshire County Cup final with a fine win against Thomas Becket Catholic School in a penalty shoot-out after the game finished 3-3. EWS started the game brightly by playing some nice one and two touch football in the midfield. After only 5 minutes the visitors were ahead after Ryan Tainton sent Evan Wooding through on goal and he smashed a right footed finish into the top of the net. It could have been much worse for the home side straight after as the ball sat nicely for Josh Baldwin to hit a great volley but the goalkeeper was equal to it and the score remained at 1-0. EWS continued to dominate in the opening 20 minutes with Ryan Tainton curling a delicate shot which looked to be heading for the bottom corner before the keeper got a hand to it. More good football from EWS opened up Thomas Becket once again but unfortunately Jake Buckle could not quite apply the finish. Thomas Becket slowly started to get into the half and we starting to see a little more of the ball. A misunderstanding in the EWS defence allowed their winger to nip in and produce a cool finish from a tight angle to equalise. EWS did not let their heads drop however and produced the best bit of football in the match. Some tidy touches in the middle of the park allowed Ryan Tainton to run at Thomas Becket before sending a ball through to Jake Buckle who bravely beat the keeper to the ball and finished in the bottom corner to make it 2-1. However, EWS could not hold on to the lead for long as a nice cut back saw Thomas Becket score from the edge of the box with a very good first time finish. 2-2 at half time. Thomas Becket started the second half brightly and were now seeing much more of the ball and creating a few chances of their own. Thankfully for EWS Peter Griffiths was in inspired form in goal and made a couple of point blank saves to keep the scores level. Just as Thomas Becket were starting to get on top, Jake Buckle send a perfect pass through to Evan Wooding who gave the goal keeper the eyes before finishing in the bottom corner and making it 3-2. Thomas Becket were now trying everything to get back on level terms and once again Peter Griffiths had to produce a good stop to keep the score at 3-2, however he has unable to stop a looping shot from creeping into the corner and once again EWS being pegged back. With the game looking like it was heading to penalties a dubious decision was awarded against EWS which gave Thomas Becket a penalty, surely a goal here and EWS would have been out. Having been in great form all night Peter Griffiths guessed right and clawed the ball away to keep the scores level and send the game into penalties. EWS were inspired by the arrival of Mr Govind in the crowd and neatly slotted home their first 4 penalties. Thomas Becket then sent the ball high over the bar but unfortunately Peter could not seal the win as the keeper saved and the shoot out when to sudden death. Josh Baldwin produced the penalty of the night to keep EWS in the cup before Peter produced his second penalty stop of the night, leaving Tom Simister to step up and casually put EWS into the Quarter Finals. M.O.M: Jenson Parfitt. Special mentions to Peter Griffiths and Evan Wooding. Team: Peter Griffiths, Jenson Parfitt, Will Donnelly, Luke Hewitt, James Spencer, Josh Baldwin, Josh Graves (c), Tom Simister, Kian Griffiths, Ryan Tainton, Jake Buckle, Evan Wooding Super fan and media officer: Jake Davies
NEWSLetter
Issue 27
Global Learning from the Heart of our Community
PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME This edition of our newsletter gives you a taste of the activities in which our students have been involved this term, and some dates for your diaries before Christmas. We have had good sporting success, particularly in boys’ football and look forward to this continuing. Our year 11 students will be meeting with me over the coming weeks as they begin to think about the next stage in their learning. The Open Evening for EWS Sixth form is on 8th December, and is an important evening to attend for all Y11 students. In 2016 EWS A level results were outstanding and well above national averages, placing us at the top for academic achievement amongst Northamptonshire schools. However, our sixth form is about much more than academic results – find out more at the open evening. We are also looking forward to our annual Remembrance assemblies, which will take place on 11th November. We will reflect and remember at the same time as looking forward to future opportunities. I am sure you will do the same. Mr J Bennett Principal
News featuring in this issue: Furniture design success for Year 13 Student page2 MacMillan fundraising
page 3
Year 12 Biology experience
page 4
EWS Students DT Designs
page 6
EWS Upcoming Evens
page 7
EWS Sports News
page 9
Young Furniture Makers Exhibition 2016
page 2
Award winning success for EWS Year 13 Student Harry Simister On the 11th October Harry Simister exhibited his DT work at the National Young Furniture makers Exhibition. His piece was his AS level coursework Chair
First Grade News Caption describing picture or graphic.
project, a chair inspired by the Barcelona Chair which Harry developed into an original design. He was one of only 10 school entrants selected from across the country (and the only entrant from a non-private school). He was awarded joint runners up prize of £75 for himself and £250 for the
“To catch the reader’s attention, place an interesting sentence or quote from the story here.”
schools DT department. Congratulations Harry! Second Grade News
Harry’s comment about the event: “I felt honoured to firstly be invited to the event, which enlightened me on further career options in the design industry, which I felt was extremely valuable and informative. It was brilliant to see final year university projects as I plan to go to university and it was inspiring to see the standard of work carried out by these students.
On the day I was able to chat to the sponsoring companies such as Blum, and current students from a variety of Universities around the country, who gave me imperative feedback on my work and guided me in the right direction to help me in the future. In addition to the event being a great experience I was able to take home a runners up prize and £75 for myself and £250 for the school DT department which is an extremely generous gift from the sponsors. The whole experience has helped to further my motivation for a career in design and given me the belief and confidence in my abilities I need to carry on in the design industry” Pictured above are Harry and his chair with DT Teacher Mr Mike Pearce
MacMillan Coffee Morning
page 3
On Friday 30th September 2016 both South and North Campus held a Coffee Morning to raise funds for MacMillan. The Upper College team held the event on South Campus, with both staff and students donating cakes. A total of £215 was raised. Many thanks to all those that supported the event. Staff at North Campus held an event during their Friday morning staff wellbeing meeting and raised £ 84.50.
Pictured above are some of the amazing cakes made and donated by staff and students on South Campus.
Sixth Form Macmillan Coffee Morning- North Campus The Sixth Form held a Macmillan Coffee Morning in order to help improve the lives of those living with cancer. Several sixth form students supported the event by baking cakes, cookies and tray-bakes, all of which were to be sold at break time in our newly opened sixth form kitchen. Before the bake sale, we held our very own “British Bake Off” style contest where the members of our Sixth Form’s bakes were tried and tested by our deputy head, Mr Shah aka Hairy Berry. The winner of this bake off was Sophie Williams with her lime drizzle tray bake. £129 was raised and all proceeds will be sent to Macmillan. A huge thank you to everyone for their support and making the event a success.
Sixth form students selling cakes to other members of the school community
A Level Biologists visit Leicester University
page 4
On Wednesday 12th October the A level biologists ventured to Leicester University to attend their Molecular & Cell biology open day. It was a fantastic afternoon of touring the laboratories, taking in a lecture, and making models. From the state of the art equipment to seeing cardiac cells contracting from a petri dish it was glimpse into the world of academic research that is happening at this moment. For many it was the chance to speak to professors in their areas of expertise and take a closer look into how academic research is carried out in a range of fields. The year 12s also managed to get in a bit of revision for their upcoming exam week by making model cells with the Cancer Research UK stall!
Pictured above: Year 12 "Cell-fies" at Leicester University
Pictured left: Year 12 students making cells with the Cancer Research UK staff
Local Community Events
page 5
Showcasing EWS student’s talent
page 6
Following the School Open Evenings in September, we received some fantastic feedback regarding our DT Students work. For those of you that did not get to see it, here are a few photos of some of their amazing designs: External and internal pictures of a Dolls House designed and made by Rhiannon Mooney
Pictured left: Mechanical Clock designed by James Kemp
Pictured below: Gaming Chair produced by Christopher Ives
EWS Upcoming Events
page 7
November 2016 st
1
- School re-opens for Students
December 2016 1st – KS5 Student Information Evening
rd
7th – Benefit Gig
th
8th – 6th Form Open Evening
3 - Year 9 Parents Evening 17 – Year 10 Parents Evening
15th- 6th Form Christmas Fair 16th – School Closes for Christmas
Thursday 8th December 2016 EWS Post 16 Open Evening North and South Campus For all Year 11 Students and Parents this is a great opportunity to find out what EWS 6 th Form has to offer. This year has seen EWS Sixth Form achieve outstanding A level results, making us one of the highest achieving schools in Northamptonshire at A Level. This evening gives an opportunity to meet with Teachers and current Sixth Form students to find out what subjects EWS offers at Advanced level and what the courses involve. As well as the academic courses, EWS Sixth form also provides opportunities for personal development, such as joining the Student Leadership Teams, volunteering within the school community, mentoring younger Students, and organizing community events. This term has seen the Sixth Form move into their new home on South Campus, and the opening of the new Sixth Form kitchen on North Campus. Come along and joins us to find out more on Thursday 8th December, we look forward to meeting you.
Following advice from Government agencies EWS has developed a lock down procedure for use in severe emergencies. It is important that we test this procedure and will do so in the next term. We will inform you by text when this has started so that you are not unduly alarmed.
EWS Christmas Fair – raising funds for local charity Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund
page 8
~ Delicious treats ~ stalls ~ tombola ~ raffle ~ kid’s games ~
EWS SIXTH FORM ____________________________________ Supporting Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund – for The Brain Tumour Charity Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund is a local charity from Northamptonshire that works with the National Brain tumour Charity. Named in honour of Alfie Bear, a young boy from Northampton who sadly passed away in 2014 from an aggressive brain tumour called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the charity invests in research for curing brain tumours. This is a severely underfunded area of research despite the fact it is the largest killer of children in the UK. 100% of the money raised by Alfie Bear’s Journey Fund goes to The Brain Tumour charity; and goes towards researching a cure. ____________________________________________________________
When: Thursday 15th of December,
4.00pm – 7.30pm
Where: The Elizabeth Woodville School North Campus – Main Library
EWS Sports News
page 9
Celebrating Sporting Success in Term One TAG RUGBY PRIMARY FESTIVAL at MENS The first term of the new school year has seen some fantastic results and achievements for our school team players and young Sports Leaders. The Year 10 and 11 boys’ football teams, fielding players from both North and South Campus, shows how successfully the two school sites can work together.
OWN ON THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER A huge well done and thank you to our team of sports leaders, who made a great contribution to the Rugby competition. Schools from Ashton, Blisworth, Hackleton, 2 teams from Hartwell, Hardingstone, 2 teams from Deanshanger, John Hellins, Old Stratford and Yardley Gobion competed for the chance to progress to the next stage in the competition. One of our cluster feeder schools from each Campus made it through in 1st position to go on to the Winter Games. Well done to Hartwell and Deanshanger. Thank you to Mrs Green, Miss Simpson and Mr Ben Clarke for organising and running the event. Sports Leaders Team: Jay Mainprize, Jack Cartwright, Rhys Balfe, Dylan Martin, Charlie Marchant.
EWS Extra Curricular Sports activities: Clubs Extra Cirricular Breakfast SportsClubs ActivitiesBreaktime at EWS 8:15 – 8:40am Monday North
10:55 – 11:20am Y7 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Monday South Tuesday North
Tuesday South Wednesday North
Y8 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Lunchtime Clubs 1pm – 1:40pm Inter form football – dates to be announced Table Tennis All Years Fitness Suite – Y10 GSCE Only Dodgeball KS3 Redmond Hall Badminton All years Inter form football – dates to be announced
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y9 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y10 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
GSCE PE Catch Up Fitness Suite Open Initiation (first 20 to sign up each week)
Breakfast Club Redmond Hall
Y11 Redmond Hall Multi Activities
Swimming – after half term – by invitation only
Wednesday South Thursday North
Thursday South Friday North
Friday South
Basketball
Dance – All years Dance Studio Year 11 GSCE coursework catch up
After School Clubs 3:30 – 4:30pm Netball – All Years Rugby – Y10 &Y11 Year 11GSCE Coursework Catch Up
Badminton (Nighthawks) All Years Redmond Hall Football training Y7 Y8 Y9 Hockey All Years Main Astroturf Girls Football main Astroturf Boys Football Y7,8,9 Main Astroturf Cross Country Running – All Years – Field Rugby Y7,8,9 - Field Football training Years 10 & 11 6th Form Football
EWS Sports News
page 10
Lewis De-Los-Santos brace seals the win for EWS EWS Year 10 boys are into the second round of the County Cup after a convincing 2-0 victory over Parker E-ACT academy. EWS started the game brightly, seeing plenty of the ball in the midfield and wide areas with Matty Fletcher and Dylan Surace causing Parker E-Act a number of problems down the wing. However, some good defending from Parker E-Act and a good save from Matty Fletcher kept the game goalless. As the half wore on the game started to get a bit scrappy with EWS unable to breakdown a resilient Parker defence despite seeing plenty of the ball. Finally, the deadlock was broken when a hopeful ball from Victor Mwangi was chased down by Lewis De-Los-Santos who bravely beat the keeper to the ball, sending a looping header into the empty net. EWS passed the ball a lot quicker in the second half with Dan Gillard and Victor Mwangi now starting to take control of the game. Victor, running past a number of defenders then played a lovely ball into the run of Lewis who fired home a deserved second goal for the away side. EWS continued to press forward with some flowing football, creating a number of chances. The move of the match came when Matty Fletcher ran across field with the ball, before sending an exquisite ball with the outside of his foot through to Nico Watson, who after beating the offside trap and turning inside his full back with a lovely bit of skill, fired goal wards, only for the Parker goalkeeper to make an excellent save to prevent an outstanding EWS goal. As the game wore on EWS had a number of chances to make it 3-0 but could not capitalise on their dominance and had to settle for a convincing 2-0 win and a safe passage into the next round of the cup. M.O.M: Dylan Surace. Special mention to Lewis De-Los-Santos Team: Dan Edwards, Matty Fletcher, Joe Hemming, Bran Wilson, Josh Fisher, Victor Mwangi, Dan Gillard, Dylan Surace, Nico Watson, Lewis De-Los-Santos.
EWS Sports News
page 11
VOLLEYBALL: NORTHANTS GRAND PRIX GETS UNDERWAY at EWS NORTH CAMPUS Thursday 13th October saw the first of three Volleyball Grand Prix rounds being played at EWS North. Teams who entered include: EWS, Moulton, Campion, NSB & St Peters. Teams accumulate points throughout each Grand Prix round with the winning team progressing to the Level 3 School Games competition later in the Year. The Y10 boys team got off to a great start winning all their opening matches. All teams will now prepare for round 2 in November. Teams from EWS: Y9/10 Girls: Emma Butler, Rebeca Mercer, Leoni Lakes, Eloise Middleton, Jenny Payne Y9 Boys: Ryley Holloway, Ben Martin, Jamie Nixson, Henrik Atkins-Maher Y10 Boys: Jamie Sykes, Rhys Balfe, Charlie Marchant, Jack Ingram, Dylan Martin
Pictured left: Volleyball teams in action
Our sports leaders underwent some Volleyball leadership training in preparation for hosting this event. All leaders were excellent, demonstrating professionalism and enthusiasm in their roles. Sports Leaders Team: Abbie McKensie, Hope Cubitt, Charlotte Olds, Holly Penn, Amy Penn, Olivia Lamb, Chloe Cleaver-Parry, Izzy Russo, Yami Moloteni, Faith Smith, Chloe Collins. Next Rounds of the Grand Prix: Thursday 3rd November & Thursday 1st December
Next Terms Sports Leaders events: th Thursday 10 November Young Leaders Award on South Campus. th Thursday 24 November Young Leaders Award on North Campus. There are also plenty of opportunities for sports leaders to run events during break time, lunch time and after school.
EWS Sports News
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EWS SPORTS LEADERS LEADING THE WAY IN PRIMARY FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS Our Sports Leaders have started their leadership hours this term by officiating, coaching and helping to organise three football competitions for our Primary schools. Monday 10th October @ EWS North saw schools from; John Hellins, The Bramptons, Staverton, Newbottle & Charlton, Blakesley, Paulerspury, Roade & Overstone. Well done to Roade who won this event and progress through to the next round of competitions. Sports Leaders team: Joe Clarke, Libby Cook, Katie Strehl, Rhys Balfe, David Abeji, Erin O’Callaghan, Eloise Middleton, Chloe Cleaver – Perry, Izzy Russo, Olivia Lamb. Tuesday 11th October @ EWS South saw teams from: Cosgrove, Old Stratford, John Hellins, Yardley Gobion, and
Deanshanger who entered 2 teams and also hosted the Festival. Cosgrove came first and will go onto represent the EWS (South) at the Partnership finals in November. Sports Leaders Team - Josh Graves, Josh Baldwin, Evan Wooding, Peter Griffiths, Ryan Tainton, Luke Hewitt, Jake Griffiths Wednesday 12th October @ EWS North saw teams from Hackleton, Hartwell, Hardingstone, Roade, Collingtree, Blisworth & Ashton. Another huge well done to Roade, who again fought off tough competition to be victorious. Sports Leaders Team: Ben Clarke, Libby Cook, Katie Strehl, Amelia Skippen, India Abbott, Chloe Cleaver-Parry, Eloise Middleton, Jamie Sykes, Patrick Harte, Daniella Wheldon, David Abeji & Olivia Lamb. Well done to all our Sports Leaders for their professionalism and expertise in making the competitions so successful and a huge thank you and well done to Mr Reeves, Mrs Green and Miss Simpson for organising the events and for giving our leaders the A huge thank you to our Opportunity to shine.
fantastic Sports Leaders for a successful Term 1,
leading in a variety of events. Students have been involved in Football Festivals, Rugby Festival, Volleyball Grand Prix, running lunchtime and after school clubs. Without their support and commitment we would not be able to provide the opportunities we do. Well done and thank you.
EWS Sports News
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YEAR 11 BOYS THROUGH TO QUARTER FINALS OF THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY CUP Year 11 boys’ football team took a step closer to the Northamptonshire County Cup final with a fine win against Thomas Becket Catholic School in a penalty shoot-out after the game finished 3-3. EWS started the game brightly by playing some nice one and two touch football in the midfield. After only 5 minutes the visitors were ahead after Ryan Tainton sent Evan Wooding through on goal and he smashed a right footed finish into the top of the net. It could have been much worse for the home side straight after as the ball sat nicely for Josh Baldwin to hit a great volley but the goalkeeper was equal to it and the score remained at 1-0. EWS continued to dominate in the opening 20 minutes with Ryan Tainton curling a delicate shot which looked to be heading for the bottom corner before the keeper got a hand to it. More good football from EWS opened up Thomas Becket once again but unfortunately Jake Buckle could not quite apply the finish. Thomas Becket slowly started to get into the half and we starting to see a little more of the ball. A misunderstanding in the EWS defence allowed their winger to nip in and produce a cool finish from a tight angle to equalise. EWS did not let their heads drop however and produced the best bit of football in the match. Some tidy touches in the middle of the park allowed Ryan Tainton to run at Thomas Becket before sending a ball through to Jake Buckle who bravely beat the keeper to the ball and finished in the bottom corner to make it 2-1. However, EWS could not hold on to the lead for long as a nice cut back saw Thomas Becket score from the edge of the box with a very good first time finish. 2-2 at half time. Thomas Becket started the second half brightly and were now seeing much more of the ball and creating a few chances of their own. Thankfully for EWS Peter Griffiths was in inspired form in goal and made a couple of point blank saves to keep the scores level. Just as Thomas Becket were starting to get on top, Jake Buckle send a perfect pass through to Evan Wooding who gave the goal keeper the eyes before finishing in the bottom corner and making it 3-2. Thomas Becket were now trying everything to get back on level terms and once again Peter Griffiths had to produce a good stop to keep the score at 3-2, however he has unable to stop a looping shot from creeping into the corner and once again EWS being pegged back. With the game looking like it was heading to penalties a dubious decision was awarded against EWS which gave Thomas Becket a penalty, surely a goal here and EWS would have been out. Having been in great form all night Peter Griffiths guessed right and clawed the ball away to keep the scores level and send the game into penalties. EWS were inspired by the arrival of Mr Govind in the crowd and neatly slotted home their first 4 penalties. Thomas Becket then sent the ball high over the bar but unfortunately Peter could not seal the win as the keeper saved and the shoot out when to sudden death. Josh Baldwin produced the penalty of the night to keep EWS in the cup before Peter produced his second penalty stop of the night, leaving Tom Simister to step up and casually put EWS into the Quarter Finals. M.O.M: Jenson Parfitt. Special mentions to Peter Griffiths and Evan Wooding. Team: Peter Griffiths, Jenson Parfitt, Will Donnelly, Luke Hewitt, James Spencer, Josh Baldwin, Josh Graves (c), Tom Simister, Kian Griffiths, Ryan Tainton, Jake Buckle, Evan Wooding Super fan and media officer: Jake Davies
