Summer - Queen Katherine School

Queen Katherine School
NEWSLETTER
Summer 2006
Time to say good-bye
to some long-serving members of staff
This summer sees an almost unprecedented
leaving of staff, including some people who
have become almost part of the fabric of the
School.
First and foremost we say good-bye to
Deputy Head Teacher Austen Robinson, who
has been at QKS
since 1982, when
he was appointed
Head of Lower
School. Since
then, he has also
been successively
in charge of
timetable, cur ric -
u lum and per son -
nel, as well as
having periods as Acting Head Teacher. One of
the things that he has enjoyed most in his
career is the variety of roles within the School
that he has fulfilled. As well as his management
role, Austen has been an important teaching
member of the Languages department. He has
enjoyed his contact with students, including
teaching the bright and motivated, but also
some of the less academically inclined. His
expertise with the latter has been particularly
valued within the department over the years.
Austen will continue with his work on the
Town Council (he is a previous Mayor of
Kendal) and with Kendal Lions, but he also
plans to indulge his love of travelling, particularly
as he has family in the Isle of Man, and
daughters, who all attended QKS, in London,
Oban and Bonn, Germany. He also plans to
catch up on his reading (other than government
educational policy documents) and to
pursue his interest in cooking, both of which
have had to take a back seat during his teaching
career.
The School is also sad to lose two of the most
important figures on the staff responsible for
the School’s outstanding reputation in
performance arts. Geoff Pegg has been Head of
Drama since he joined the School from
Nuneaton when it opened in 1980. Since then,
New senior students
he has produced
over 20 School
plays, many of
which have been
out standing. Few
who saw it will
forget his production
of “The
Crucible”, with
other productions
such as “Peter
Grimes,” “The Boy Friend” “The Importance
of Being Earnest” and “A Comedy of Errors”
and others being not far behind. Geoff has
been known for his interest in music and
Coventry City, and he intends to pursue both of
these, as well as interests in travelling and
photography. The building of the new drama
studio, he says, “changed his life.” It is fair to
say that he also changed the lives of quite a few
students who developed their talent for drama
under his guidance.
Another member of staff whose influence
has had far reaching effects on students’ lives is
Lesley Talbot. The tradition of School music,
which is based on
high quality
performance of
almost all genres
of music – classical,
chamber
music, jazz, rock
– has stemmed
from the dedication
which the
Talbots – Lesley
and Robert, have put in over more than 25
years. Robert is, it is good to report, recovering
from his illness, and it is Lesley who is leaving
QKS this time. Once again, it almost impossible
to over-estimate the influence that Lesley
has had on School music, which has, in turn,
had a tremendous influence on the profile of
the School within the town. She first came to
Longlands Girls in 1972, as Miss Bateson,
married in 1991 and recently was delighted to
As a result of elections involving both students
and staff, Kate Wilkinson, Oliver Murphy,
George Buckler, Ruth Leahy and Lucy
Mackereth have been appointed Senior
Students for the next academic year.
We wish them all success in a very demanding
job. Thanks also go to the previous incumbents
– Nick Hawthorne, Jacob Deane, Sarah
Graves and Emily Woodward, for their hard
work over the last year, not least for their
organisation of another highly successful end
of year ball.
The Head writes:
As always the summer term is packed with
activity. For our older students it brings to
a sharp focus how much they have learned,
with modular exams for Year 10, GCSE
exams for Year 11 and AS/A2 exams for
sixth form students. I wish all our older
students every success, I am sure that all
the hard work of your teachers, parents
and yourselves will pay off.
The summer term also brings into a
different focus the extras that make The
Queen Katherine School a vibrant community.
Sports day, activity day, geography,
history, art and science visits – you will read
about many of these in this newsletter.
I need to give a special mention to the
success of Sparks – the musical – its world
première was staged at The Queen
Katherine School in May. Congratula tions
to Geoff Pegg, Karen West and our Year 8
students. Also to Caroline Barber and the
cast of Calamity Jane for another stunningly
good musical, also thanks to the Art
and Design and Technology Departments
for two superb exhibitions of student work.
At the end of term we say farewell to a
number of teachers and non-teaching staff.
I need to mention Geoff Pegg and Paul
White who both have taught at The Queen
Katherine School since it came into existence
in 1980, to Sue Hardy, our biology
technician, who also worked for 5 years in
Longlands Girls School, and Lesley Talbot
who has given 34 years of service to The
Queen Katherine School and Longlands
Girls’ School.
A special mention is to Austen Robinson
who has been a deputy head for 24 years
and acting headteacher for a time in 2000
and more recently as a result of my own
illness. I wish Austen every happiness in his
retirement. I am immensely grateful for all
his support for me in my 6 years as Head of
The Queen Katherine School.
Looking forward, we wish our Year 11
every enjoyment on their French Alps visit
and of course to Jane Brierley, Cathy
Earle, Ian Whittaker, Vicky Jones, Claire
Patterson and the 42 challengers bound for
the Himalayas for 31 days of trekking and
volunteer service.
To everyone else have a relaxing sum mer
break. See you again in September.
Stephen Wilkinson
Headteacher

move into the new Music block. She says that the main thing
that she has enjoyed over the years is working with some of
the talented musicians that the School has produced – James
Murphy, who is now PA to Julian Lloyd Webber, singer
Rachel Little, composer and teacher Morag Galloway, jazz
bassist Gavin Barras, jazz pianist Jonny Thompson, viola
player Benedict Taylor and the up and coming rock band the
Seven Seals, and many others. Lesley now plans to see more
of the world, and to sort out her house and garden!
Paul White also started at
QKS in 1980, having taught
previously at Kendal High
School. He started life as a
Music teacher at QKS, but
became more of a Maths
teacher as time went on. Most
recently, he has been in charge
of the mammoth operation of
organising all the public exams
at QKS – a Herculean task.
Marlene Little arrived in
1986, starting part time, but
gradually became full time,
teaching R.E, citizenship and
Geography. She cites her work
with the 6th form as the high
light of her career. She intends
to spend more time with her
family’s farming business, and
also to see more of her 4 daughters,
who all attended QKS. She
is starting by going to visit the eldest, Jane, who is currently
working as a BBC correspondent in Washington, USA.
June Stock began at QKS in
1990, coming from St Anne’s,
Windermere, and has taught Art
and her speciality, Textiles. She
feels that the most rewarding
part of her time at QKS has
been the work she has done with
A/S and A2 students over the
last 3 years in textiles, being a
form teacher of a form who won
Sports day in 2003, 4 and 5 and
watching students excel and achieve in Art. She also speaks
highly of her colleagues at QKS, saying how much she has
appreciated their support and company. She is not leaving
education entirely, as she is going to be involved with QKS
again running Kendal Windows on Art. She is also going to be
running textile courses at Abbott Hall, local schools and
privately. If you are interested in any of June’s courses, she
will be contactable via the School. If she has any time left after
these activities, she is looking forward to spending more time
with friends and walking.
One of the longest serving members of the staff is lab technician
Sue Hardy, who has seen her career develop remarkable
since she first arrived at
Longlands Boys’ School in 1975.
She started out, she remembers,
washing the rugby kit, and the
towels that were assigned to
each member of the teaching
staff. As she finishes her career,
she is involved in setting
computer-aided technology for
Science lessons. Maybe not rags
to riches – more like towels to
technology! The Science department has good cause to thank
Sue for her sterling service over the years.
The number of exciting opportunities for stude
edition, as we present an international special
Riots, Origami
and Waterfalls
Mlle Locicero was involved in a
hurriedly arranged trip to Chile in May.
Her visit coincided with, in Chile,
students rioting, teachers striking and
schools being closed!
However, she did manage to make
contact with a Chilean school, with
whom we are hoping to start a joint
project, and it is hoped to send out 4
more teachers for a much calmer visit in
2007.
Mme Rollet has been running a
Japanese club, which meets every
Friday. Yasuko Yamada, a Japanese
student at Lancaster University visited
the School in February, and came back
in June, to do a session on Japanese
calligraphy with the club. Mme Rollet is
going to Japan in October with a group
of 8 Year 10 students to take part in an
immersion course (i.e. an intensive
language course – not a baptism or
swimming gala) at Kyoto University, run
by the British Council. Penfriend links re
also being set up with schools in Japan
via email.
Mr Wilcock and Ms Cooper have set
up a manga club. Manga is a Japanese
cartoon art form. They and Ms Bowers
(Head of LRC), have also been doing
origami, which is on display in the LRC
(Library.) Ms Belshaw has been continuing
the Japanese theme with work
involving the design of a Japanese
garden.
Perhaps the most spectacular foreign
visit has been that of Mr Bell (Head of
Technology) to his son, Charlie, who is
currently spending a gap year in southern
Brazil, teaching English. He is
working in the state of Parana, and Mr.
Bell stayed with his host family in the
town of Clevelangia. He was made very
welcome, and in between sight seeing
and other adventures, he was able to
teach in local schools and the local
university. He is currently trying to
pursue these links, so that we will
remain in contact with the region even
after Charlie has finished
his gap year in a few days
time. Whilst he was over
there, Mr Bell and Charlie
found time to abseil down
the largest water falls in the
world at 1.5 miles across
and 60 metres high –
pictured here.
A German boy,
Frederick Hoffman, spent
last term at QKS. Here are
his impressions of the
School, which we print unedited:
“I had a really nice time here! The
lessons were very nice and the teachers
included me very much in their lessons.
The pupils here are very friendly and I
didn’t feel like a stranger at all. Everyone
was very friendly and they all took me into
their groups.
The time I didn’t spend in the lessons
(lunchtimes and free period), I spent in
the LRC and in the tech-block. The LRC
is really nice and new and its great that
pupils have the possibility to use the
school computers there. The ICT staff
were very friendly and set me up an
account so that I could use the Internet
and write emails. Because of the huge
number of books in the LRC I could also
read a lot.
In Resistant materials Miss Cooper
allowed me to make my own project and I
spent nearly every lunch time working in
the Tech-block.
In breaks and at lunch I sometimes ate
in the dinner hall. It’s really nice food
there.
The experience of wearing a school
uniform was very nice because the school
uniform is quite smart.
Thank you for allowing me to spend the
time I’ve been in Kendal here at this
wonderful school!
Frederick Hoffmann”
Frederick was here to improve his
English. It seems to have worked!
Trade Justice:
A Call To Action
Sixth Form World Development
Movement (WDM) Conference –
Thirty Year 12 & 13 students from
QKS attended a sixth form conference
during April organised by the South
Lakeland WDM.
The conference was also attended by
students from several other schools in
the region and took place at St Thomas’
Church in Kendal. It was an all-day
conference starting at 9 and finishing at
3:30 and was kicked off with a talk from
Tim Jones, policy director of national

ts and staff to experience life beyond our shores is a feature of this month’s
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WDM, who gave a quick overview of trade
justice and the issues. The students then split
into groups and local WDM volunteers led 90-
minute ‘philosophic exploration’ workshops,
which gave the students the chance to open up
on the questions that they had about international
justice. During this time Border TV also
arrived, interviewing several QKS students and
airing their views on TV the following Monday.
After a short break, during which the students
browsed literature stalls run by WDM and some
other local international justice organisations,
the students then attended their choice of workshops
on Fairtrade, Climate Change, Dirty
Water/Dirty Aid and Health Issues.
An excellent buffet lunch of local produce and
Fairtrade drinks and snacks followed after which
Tim Farron M.P. arrived to congratulate the
the winners’ and losers’ dead were treated,
before continuing on the long journey to Berlin.
The tedium of the journey was relieved or made
worse, according to some, by a selection of
“cheesy romantic” videos selected by a member
of the History department. Berlin was in football
frenzy, the TV mast dominating the city’s skyline
having been turned into a giant football. There
were also a large number of temporary sculptures.
The party visited the Museum of the
German resistance, Stauffenberg’s office, where
there was a plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944, and
Checkpoint Charlie. The party also managed to
of ‘Bridges’, and of developing their ideas.
Stephen Hindle, Will Hall and Sian Ediss all
created work influenced by their visit. On
Monday 10 July the Art Department again had
its Annual Open
Evening, which
proved to be an
enjoyable event,
where the Venice
work and other
students’ work
from G.C.S.E,
A/S and A2 was
seen.
Taking a break from the developing world.
students on their involvement and to give a short
but entertaining talk on the issues. The students
then joined groups where they used role-play to
explore issues around the competing interests of
groups such as Tesco and South African farmers.
The day was then rounded up with a ‘call to
action’ producing many ideas for the students to
take forward in the future.
The conference was greatly appreciated by the
students: “Awesome”, “Great to realise lots of
others think like I do”, “This is what education
should be” and “Must do one every year” were
typical of the comments left on the feedback
sheets at the end of the event. Another conference
is planned for the autumn term.
History trip to Berlin
The History Department’s annual epic visit to
Ypres and Berlin took place in May, when 40 Yr
10 students, accompanied by Mr Forsyth, Ms
Watson, Mr. Laird, and Mme Rollet braved some
poor weather in May.
They visited the British Tyne Cot cemetery
and German First World War cemetery near
Ypres to compare the differences between how
get into the World Cup stadium, and do some
shopping in the Potsdamer Platz. Not surprisingly,
it is reported that some members of the
party slept for 2 days on their return, although
we don’t know whether this was the result of
exhaustion, or whether they became comatose
thanks to more “cheesy romantic” videos on the
way home.
The second History trip was 20 Yr 13 students
who visited Prague before Easter in connection
with their A2 Central Europe in the Twentieth
Century course. They looked at material
connected with the first Czech republic, the Nazi
and Soviet Occupations and changes since. Visits
included Wenceslas Square, the Royal Palace,
the Cathedral and the Museum of Communism,
ironically situated above a branch of McDonalds.
They also had a guided tour of the Jewish
quarter, and they also celebrated one student’s
18th birthday in some style.
Art trip to Venice
In March, 18 A/S and A2 students enjoyed a
fantastic trip to Venice.
The 4 days included visits to the Peggy
Guggenheim gallery, the Accademia, the Doge’s
Palace, the Basilica and a lagoon tour to the
islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello.
Students had the opportunity of drawing in
Venice, of looking at the A2 Examination theme
World Challenge –
Indian Himalaya
Update
All three teams are now counting down the days
left until departure. The huge first challenge of
raising all the money has been successfully
completed.
Students have worked hard to maintain their
high levels of fitness throughout the exam
periods. They are now itching to get on the flight
to Delhi at the end of term. All students are
taking part in a two-week high altitude trek, after
a period of acclimatisation. They will also spend
a week working in a local school and finally will
enjoy a little rest and relaxation by visiting the
famous Taj Mahal.
We would like to thank everyone for their help
and support with fundraising. We also wish the
team a safe and successful expedition.

Extended Education – what does it mean?
The Queen Katherine School is one of 6 “pathfinder schools” in the
County to be an extended school. Extended schools are open both before
and after the school day.
Students can arrive from 07:45 and buy their breakfast, and after school,
extended schools offer community access, community education, childcare,
family learning, and access to health and social care for students and their
parents. The scheme will soon be extended to
Kirkbie Kendal, Sandgate School, 11 local primary
schools and Brantfield Nursery School.
Tim Farron M.P chats to students at the opening of the
extended school facility.
The school is already
open for breakfast with a
new Breakfast Bar running
from 07:45 to 8:30 every, to
ensure that students get the
best possible start to the
day. The menu, designed by
Caroline Robinson in year
8, offers a wide range of foods, including cereals,
bacon butties, fruit and hot and cold drinks.
Shelley Neill, the School Learning mentor is also
available for consultation before school starts.
Information for parents is available on a wide
variety of topics, including drugs, parenting
support and young people’s health (including
mental health.) Rooms are also available for hire or use, including J20
(pictured above) for conferences and meetings. The room is equipped with
high-speed internet access, a smart board and a kitchen area. A smaller
meeting room is also available.
A “quiet room” for counselling purposes has been furnished and
decorated by the Prince’s Trust group, who went to Ikea to choose the
furnishings and accessories, and who also designed the décor.
For more information on extended education, please
contact Alison Green on 01539 773640 Ext 289 or by email at
a.green@queenkatherine.cumbria.sch.uk
In connection with the idea of the extended school, a programme of
community education is starting in September,
based at QKS. This will involve adult learning in
fields such as ICT, including use of email, foreign
languages, digital photography, guitar, aerobics, and
an introduction to counselling (i.e. with a view to
learning counselling skills.) A full programme will
appear shortly. If you are interested in these courses,
either as a learner or tutor, please contact Wendy
Kaira or 01539 773640, Ext 259, or by email
commed@queenkatherine.cumbria.sch.uk
Enrolment for these courses will take places from
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m on 4th September.
The Minister Calls
QKS was happy to welcome the Children’s Welfare
Minister, Beverley Hughes, as many of you will probably
have seen in the Westmorland Gazette.
She was shown round the extended school facilities
(see previous article) and was very positive about
the role that the school is playing in implementing
the government’s “Every Child Matters” policy.
Photo by courtesy of The Westmorland Gazette
A Busy Summer for the Music Department
May was a very busy month for the music
department, with the Leavers’ Concert, A level
Practicals and a world première!
The term started well with the news that
Rebecca Skikun had won several first places
for singing at the South Cumbria Music
Festival (in April) and had subsequently been
awarded a special prize of £400 which she is
using to go on the International Youth Music
Course in the summer.
Senior musicians played and sang to a large
and appreciative audience at Kendal Parish
Church for our annual Leavers’ Concert. The
programme started with music by Bizet,
Prokofiev and Fauré, played by QKS
Orchestra (led by Josie Blakey). This was
followed by the Chamber Choir singing
Pergolesi’s beautiful setting of the Stabat
Mater and accompanied by a small orchestra.
Solos and duos were provided by leavers
Rebecca Bell, Lizzie Curwen, Sarah Graves,
Caroline Holmes and Y12 students Emma
Russell and Roseanna Skikun.
Then followed a contrasting group of solos,
performed by year 13 students Josie Blakey
(violin), Vicki Noble (soprano) and David
Evans (’cello) and the programme ended with
with four contrasting part-songs sung by the
Senior mixed-voice choir. The retiring collection
raised £400.
Three days later, QKS music department
was the host school for the AQA A2 Music
practicals and welcomed students from KKS,
QES, Windermere St Anne’s, Giggleswick all
of whom appeared to be very envious of our
fabulous facilities!
The following week was the première of
‘Sparx, the Musical’ (see below).
The year ended with a Summer Concert
held in June which featured a Gospel Choir,
soloists, ensembles, the Stage Band and the
Junior Wind Band, including a number of
Primary School students.
In May a Year 8 Music group performed the
World Premiere of a production called ‘Sparx,
the Musical’.
This was specially commissioned by United
Utilities and Setpoint, Cumbria, to put over
the message of electrical safety in the home.
It was written by Niki Davies, a well-known
and acclaimed writer of work for children.
Geoff Pegg directed and produced the show
and Karen West was the musical director.
Rachel Towe choreographed some of the
movement sequences. There were three
performances for some Year 7 groups,
students from Stramongate School and the
parents of the students in the musical. Border
TV broadcast a feature on the event the
following week.
The Year 8 students performed extremely
well and impressed the audience with their
singing, acting and dancing.

More Design & Technology Success
Once again, Queen Katherine has had a student who has won one of the
prestigious Arkwright Awards.
Jonathan Cook has won a scholarship starting in September, and will
attend an awards evening at the Institution of Engineering and
Technology at the Savoy Place in London. Along with the award, he will
receive a cheque for himself, and one for the D&T department.
Two other QKS
students, Gavin Tullett
and Matthew Clarke,
entered the “Working
with Wood” competition
organised by
Cumbria Woodlands at
Brantwood. Matthew
made a chair, and Gavin
a bedside table, which
was the winning entry.
Gavin Tullett receives his award from
Cumbria Woodlands Chairman,
John Harris.
Also under the direction of Mr. Weightman, Liam Moffatt, Mark
Phillips, Andrew Wilkinson and Niall Till attended an event organised by
the Royal Navy at Portsmouth, staying in a converted destroyer. Their
task was to s design a radio-controlled vessel to be used to pick up drugs
from the sea. Although they didn’t win the competition, they had great
fun, having
a ride in a
Sea King
helicopter
and learning
an awful
lot.
After the helicopter ride.
On a more technological side, Perry
Toyn, Peter Butcher, Joe Roberts and
Ben Stuart, all in Year 8, won the North
of England division of the Toyota
competition to make a solar powered
vehicle. As a result, they went to Toyota
headquarters at Derby for the National
Final. They had a great day out there,
finishing 4th overall, although they
produced the second fastest buggy.
The team show off their certificate for winning the
North of England competition.
Last-minute adjustments to the vessel.
MATHS UPDATE
QKS to become
Cluster Centre for
Further Maths
Discussions have taken place this term with a
view to QKS becoming a “cluster centre” – i.e.
a school welcoming students doing A/S or A2
from other schools in the area – for Further
Maths.
Chris Mullen, Head of Maths, has met representatives
from Lancaster University in order
to try to iron out any difficulties, and it is hoped
to offer Further Maths to students from QKS,
Kirkbie Kendal, Dallam and the Lakes in the
next academic year.
Intermediate and
Junior Maths
Challenges
Congratulations are due to Year 11 students
Michael Evans and Thomas Paterson who this
year took the Pink Kangaroo (after successfully
completing the Intermediate UK
Mathematical Challenge).
Only 1% of students nationwide get to this
stage of the event. Both students achieved
above average scores which is a fantastic result.
Special praise goes to Michael Evans, however,
who received a certificate of merit for coming
in the top 25% of students at this level.
Congratulations are also due to Richard
Mullen who this year took the Intermediate
Mathematical Olympiad. This is the most diffi-
On June 8th, QKS was visited by CLEO
(Cumbria and Lancashire Education
Online) and top e-learning firm SERCO as
they plan to revamp the school’s GCSE
Languages Speaking Exam website.
Six Year 10 students, Amy Bennett, Bryoni
Hadwin, Lucy Maine, Peter Mitchell, Steven
Edmonson and Mike Dand volunteered to
help with the new site and were on hand to
give the professionals their point of view.
They held nothing back as they informed
the award-winning graphic design team what
they like about websites and what keeps
them coming back.
CLEO and SERCO aim to have the new
site running by November in German,
cult of the Intermediate Mathematical
Challenges and is only open to a tiny fraction of
students who achieve top scores nationwide in
the first round of the event. Despite some
exceptionally difficult problems to solve
Richard performed well and achieved an above
average score – earning himself a certificate of
merit. Well done to all three students!
New Languages Website
French and Spanish. They will use the latest
in new media technology to help students
prepare for this exam in a fun and engaging
manner.
The web design team from CLEO and SERCO.

SPORTS ROUND-UP
Table Tennis
First, the final instalment of the thrilling
progress of the table tennis team, who eventually
finished third in the country after the
National Championships in Leicestershire.
They came back in fine style after starting
with defeats against the eventual winners and
runners up to beat Bedford Modern for third
place. Congratulations to the team of
Mathew Regan, Oliver Maberley, Joshua
Morris, Sam Dixon, Robin McKenzie and
Sammy Arthur, as well as to coaches Phil and
Janette Dixon.
Rugby
Two School teams took part in the Kirkby
Lonsdale Rugby Club Festival with some
success. The Year 8 team finished third,
being narrowly beaten by QES in the semi
final of their competition. The Year 10 boys
were even more unlucky, as they were forced
to withdraw unbeaten from the competition
after their final group match, as they only had
4 uninjured players.
Girls’ Football
The South Lakes selection Festival, hosted
by QKS, saw teams from around the area
competing for a place in the Cumbria Youth
Games. In the under 12 competition, the Yr
7 girls finished second, but the Yr 9 girls won
their competition and went on to represent
the South Lakes at Whitehaven on July 8th.
Athletics
38 students took part in the Athletic Track
and Field Schools Cup at Sheepmount,
Carlisle. In this event, each individual has to
take part in two events, and scores a certain
number of points according to his or her
performance. The points for each individual
are then added together to give a team score.
The inter girls’ team finished 6th, the Junior
Girls’ team finished 6th and the Junior Boys’
team finished 5th. Well done to those who
took part, and also Yr 12 students Kieran
Alderson and Lauren Campbell who
managed the teams.
Following the above event, Max Obale and
Amy Giraldo were selected in the South
Lakes team the Cumbria Athletics
Championship. In addition, Tom Wright,
Kieran Alderson, Anna Hawthorne, Hannah
Mitchell and Lauren Campbell were also
selected. In this event, Max Obale finished
3rd in the final of the Junior Boys 100 metres,
having won his heat, and Anna Hawthorn
came 5th in the Intermediate girls’ 100
metres. Other creditable performances were
Tom Wright, second in the Senior Boys 1500
metres, Amy Giraldo 5th in the junior girls’
200 metres and shot putt, Lauren Campbell
3rd in the senior girls’ 3000 metres. Pride of
place, however, goes to Hannah Mitchell,
who, by finishing second in the intermediate
girls’ 100 metres goes on to represent the
County in the North of England championships.
Dallam Sports Festival
This was an afternoon taking place at Dallam
School, with a competitive Kwik Cricket
competition and fun-based trampolining.
The QKS team of Mark Weighman, Kevin
Bell, Andrew Jackson, Leigh Dirkin, Jessica
Woof, Briony Knowles. Janet Holt and Alice
Haddock won the cricket trophy, and will
hold it until the next event, which is based
around basketball.
Tennis
Three tennis teams have played with various
success: Year 10 girls Lizzie Butcher, Anna
Hawthorne Helen Jeffs and Emily Jeffs
played 3 matches and won their match
against Dallam 6 sets to 1 set but lost to
Casterton A and B team. Year 10 boys
Graham Sadler, Joe Jamieson, Ben
Robinson and Eliott Higgins have played 3
matches and had a close match against
Windermere St Anne’s but lost to Dallam
and the Lakes school.
Under 18 boys team Nick Davis, Nick
Hawthorne Tom Wright and Oliver Maberley
beat Kirkby Stephen in the first round of the
Glanvill Cup in a very close match, winning
50 games to 46 games. They unfortunately
lost to Sedbergh School in the next round.
Cricket
Most cricket fixtures take place towards the
end of term, and were not available at the
time of going to press. However, in the Year
10 County 20–20 Competition on 5th May v
Sedbergh School, QKS did creditably. The
score was 97 for 6 Sedbergh 98 for 3 with only
5 balls remaining, and on 8th May v Lakes
Yr 8 had the worst of a drawn game. Lakes 72
all out QKS 53 for 9.
Duke of Edinburgh Award Update
The Duke of Edinburgh Award continues
to make excellent progress at QKS under
the direction off Ms Woodall.
There are currently 33 Year 10 pupils
participating in the Bronze level of the
Award and each one of them successfully
completed their training expedition on 5th
and 6th May 2006. The qualifying expedition
was on 17th and 18th of June. Each
student was responsible for preparing the
route and expedition kit, as well as
completing another demanding venture.
As well as the expedition each pupil
commits himself or herself to a Skill,
Physical Recreation and Service Section,
and this year 5 year 10 pupils have undertaken
an 8 week course at Kendal Fire
Station learning a variety of skills including
first aid and fire safety.
As well as the Bronze level we also have
12 year 11 students who have chosen to
progress onto the Silver Award and a
number of year 12 students who are participating
in the Ladakh venture this summer
will be able to use their experiences as part
of the Gold Award.
Year 8 Geography
Fieldwork
All Year 8 students participated in a full packed day at
Bowness.
They were collecting primary data on tourism for a
project. They
also visited
Brockhole visitors
centre and
enjoyed a trip
on a boat on
Windermere.