Summer - Queen Katherine School

Queen Katherine School
NEWSLETTER
The Head Writes:
Well, what a fantastic
year. It has flown past.
As always, we need
to say a few farewells,
though not as many as
is normal. Pauline
Peck, our Senior
Laboratory Technician, has worked at The
Queen Katherine School for 26 years and
we wish her well.
Rosie McNamara
(photo right) has
worked as a Learning
Support Teacher for
more years than she
wants to remember, as
has Alison Gracey one of our Learning
Support Assistants. We wish them both well
in their retirement.
We say farewell to John and Julie Squire
who are moving to Shropshire to be closer
to family. Sam Reynolds moves for
promotion as does Debbie Mulroy as
Deputy Head of an outstanding school in
Newcastle upon Tyne. We wish them all
well.
In addition, we say goodbye to our Year
13 students. They have been a great Year
group who have joined in wholeheartedly
with the life of the school. Also Year 11, the
majority of whom will join our sixth form in
September. We wish those who are not
coming back all the very best.
We can also reflect on a year jam-packed
with extra curricular activities from the
Duke of Edinburgh Award to The Wizard of
Oz and numerous departmental visits. We
recall success in Technology competitions,
student achievement, Diana Awards and
their fantastic contribution to sport, art,
music drama and dance.
Furthermore, we were delighted that our
application to become a Change School
through Creative Partnerships was
successful. This builds on the updating of
our Vision Statement which is included in
the mail shot.
Have a great summer.
Stephen Wilkinson
Headteacher
Summer 2009
Quelle Histoire!
CLIL stands for Content and Language
Integrated Learning, in other words, learning
other subjects in a foreign language.
QKS foreign languages students have been
taking part in a CLIL project with post
graduate teaching students from the University
of Cumbria, which has involved the QKS
students being taught History in their French
lessons, entirely in French. They have learnt
about the same topics they are covering in
History (Year 8 the Industrial Revolution and
Year 9 Technlogy in the 70s). Here are some of the comments from the QKS students:
“…it was really fun.”; “I learnt some more about the industrial revolution.”; “We learned a lot.”;
“I improved my French and History.”; “…it was different.”
Official Opening of the
new Modern Foreign
Languages Suite
The new MFL classrooms were opened on Saturday 13 June by Tim
Farron MP and an invited group of former QKS students who went
on to study languages at university.
After a late breakfast of coffee and brioche, the visitors toured
the new facilities, hearing from the teachers about the advantages
of the state-of-the-art classrooms. As well as providing modern
approaches to language teaching, the new suite is also showing the
way in environmental issues, as the roof has solar panels and effective insulation of the rooms, in
order to reduce heating costs. The photo shows Tim Farron MP cutting the ribbon.
An Apology from the Editor!
Last term’s Newsletter, due to an unaccountable editorial mix up, showed the wrong Alps
thermometer, recording the success of QKS’ “A” level results.
Here, we have the current version – apologies for any confusion caused.
World heritage
win for QKS
Six Kendal students are heading to Britain’s Jurassic
coast after clinching first prize in a contest to take part
in a high profile international youth summit.
The pupils of Queen Katherine School will be taking
centre stage at UNESCO’s UK World Heritage
gathering on 22nd May, joining young people from all
over the world.
They took gold in a Cumbria-wide competition where
schools were invited to create a brochure, collage,
poster, podcast or poem showing how they see the Lake
District.
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Schools from the UK’s 25 World Heritage sites were asked to take
part. Students from each of the winning schools will become delegates
for the Lyme Regis summit.
Project director for the Lake District World Heritage bid, Mike
Clarke, explained: “We wanted truly inspirational pieces of work,
capturing how our young people connect with this iconic place as we
work towards possible World Heritage status.
“Six young girls from Kendal impressed the judges with their brochure
and are now poised to take part in a top-level prestigious gathering.
“All the winning entries will be used for UNESCO UK’s Making
Sense of Our Site project and will form part of the London 2012
Olympic Games celebrations.”
QKS teacher, Vicky Hatton, said: “This really is a unique and
fantastic opportunity for our county’s senior pupils to play an
important part in an international event. Queen Katherine students
will speak at the summit; I know they will do a great job.”
UNESCO Youth Conference –
The Lake District as a
World Heritage Site
Bethanie Murray, Ruth Bell, Lucy Gray, Flora Wharton, Firth
Bower and Fiona Ducksbury report on their winning proposal
of the Lake District as a World Heritage Site.
“We were told about a competition where we were to put
forward our local area i.e. the Lake District as a World
Heritage Site by creating a podcast, brochure, collage or a
poem. We decided to create a brochure, as it is an attractive
way of putting forward ideas and pictures.
We believed the Lake District should become a World
Heritage Site because the exquisite landscape is very
important to us, unique and vital to the community.
Our brochure was created mainly in English lessons where
we all worked exceptionally well in a team. This was
mainly due to being very good friends and knowing each
others’ strengths.
We included imaginative texts about popular
destinations, many of our own photographs and fact files
on the most spectacular lakes.
Once we found out we had won, we were all very
excited and couldn’t wait to attend the UNESCO Youth
Conference in Lyme Regis.
After a seven-hour train journey to Lyme Regis, we
were greeted by the organisers of the event and sunny
weather. After our excitement of seeing the sea, we sat
down to a tasty barbeque. We were all shattered after the
Big Red Shed Opening
March 2009
Just a few photos of
last term’s big event,
when the Big Red Shed
was opened by David
Bell, Permanent
Secretary of DCSF.
On a lighter note,
Dan Taylor tries the
Mayor’s chain for size,
and the real Mayor for
2008-9, Clare Feeney-
Johnson, chats to
students.
long journey and returned to our cottage in Charmouth, which caused
great excitement, as it was more a mansion than a holiday cottage.
On Friday 22nd May we went to the UNESCO Youth Conference in
Lyme Regis.
We were given an introduction about World Heritage by a Professor
from UNESCO and about what we would be doing during our time
there. We took part in lots of activities including ice breakers and
creating a newspaper front page about the threats to World Heritage
Sites. These included topics such as The Ice Loss in Las Glaciarous. We
presented these to the rest of the
delegates. Throughout the day we
listened to presentations from other
current or potential World Heritage
Sites. We then performed our
presentation about our Lake District
brochure. We talked about what we
had created and why the Lake
District is important to us, along with
showing photographs of our area.
The Lake District was definitely the
place with most to offer.
We learnt a lot throughout the day
including what UNESCO
does, how different
World Heritage Sites are
in danger and what needs
to be done to protect
them.
We finished our visit
by writing a statement to
send to UNESCO about
how we should deal with
problems in World
Heritage Sites in the
future. We also attended
a fossil festival and had
walks on the beach and a
paddle in the sea.
The trip was a great
experience for all of us and
we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thanks to Mike Clarke at
the Lake District National
Park for choosing our
brochure, also thanks to Ms
Mulroy and Miss Metcalfe for
organising and accompanying
us on the trip.”

CAREERS
Year 7 – Monday 11th May. 60 Year 7 students
took part in an Aimhigher activity called ‘The
Learner Journey’.
The morning
started with a
t e a m b u i l d i n g
game called
‘nerves of steel’
(photo right), and
in teams the Year
7’s then worked on various activities exploring
the ‘journey’ leading up to University.
Year 8 – On Tuesday 31 March a visit to
Lancaster University was enjoyed by 40 Year 8
students.
Student Ambassadors provided the students
with information about University and gave
them a tour of the campus. Following their visit
to the campus the students worked in teams to
put together a presentation for their parents in
the form of role plays and quizzes about what
they learnt on their visit to Lancaster University.
Year 9 – Earlier this term, Year 9 took part in an
Aimhigher event called ‘get the whole picture’.
On 8th May, 45 students took part in this highenergy
and interactive series of games delivered
by Corporate Adrenalin (photos below). The aim
of the event was to explore issues around Higher
Education. The students were divided into
teams and worked their way around the
challenges which included games called
‘Managing Your Dosh’, ‘Mastermind’,
‘Pictionary’ and many more. The teams collected
a jigsaw piece each time and gained points for
each activity. The team with the most points
received a well-deserved box of sweets! Fun was
had by all!
‘Olympics come to Kendal’
On the morning of Wednesday 3rd June, 24 Year
10 students took part in an exciting event
organised through Impact Training.
Delegates from Centrica Plc were on a 4-day
team programme with Impact Training and the
pro gramme involved working with the com -
munity which is where QKS became involved.
QKS have previously been involved with
successful events through
Impact so we were delighted to
have this oppor tunity to work
with them again. Centrica is a
leading inte grated energy
company, the parent company
of British Gas. The delegates
are based mainly in the South of
England and are currently eight
months into a two-year grad uate
pro gramme with Centrica.
The team of 19 that would be
working with QKS students
received their brief at 2pm
the day before and then had
only a few hours to come up
with a programme to be
delivered to our students.
The brief was to come up
with an advertise ment/
marketing idea based on a
fictitious sporting or music
event that would be
coming to Kendal and the
students would work in
small teams. They also had
to support the students with completion of a unit
of work towards their Asdan qualification called
‘Working with Others’ this would be 1 of 6 of the
required units for achievement of the quali fi -
cation. The delegates would support the students
with team working, communication techniques,
Magistrate Magic!
Queen Katherine School pupils took part in
the local heat of the Magistrates’ Mock Trial
Competition on Friday 6th March.
Fifteen pupils, playing the roles of lawyers,
witnesses, magistrates, court staff, journalists
and artists attended the competi tion at Kendal
Court. In an exhilara ting and highly com -
petitive atmos phere, QKS’ legal team fought
valiantly against competition from five other
planning, and motivation.
The delegates arrived at QKS with the theme
of ‘Olympics come to Kendal’ and had with them
an array of costumes, props, art materi als, media
technology etc etc for the students to work with.
They had pro duced a clear timetabled plan for
the morning and were very organised. Small
teams were formed and the challenge began! The
dele gates sup ported and
guided their teams and the
work that was produced was
brilliant. Each team presen ted
their finished advertise ment
to a panel of judges from the
Centrica team; there were
video clips, radio jingles, and
very eye-catching, colour ful
posters. The panel were very
impressed with the team work
of the students through out the
morning. The standard of work
pro duced was first class but
there could only be one winning
team: Shawn Stewart, Joshua
Nicholson, Michal Bialka and
Daniel Blenkharn came up with an
event entitled ‘Heat Wave’ and
pro duced a video clip and two very
colourful posters promoting the
event.
Students thoroughly enjoyed the
day and gave very positive comments
about the day and the Centrica team
such as ‘ It was a confidence boost for
me’, ‘It was really really great and the members
helped us a lot’, ‘I had good fun and it was
different to normal lessons’.
The day was a huge success, the challenge was
completed and the students achieved a very high
standard of work.
local schools. Jacob Parker-Whitehead in
Year 8 won the ‘outstanding performance’,
prize so especially well done to him!
The Citizenship Foundation run this presti -
g ious competition annually to pupils in Years 8
and 9 and our students rose to the challenge in
style! In the nationwide com petition, pupils
prepare the prosecution and defence of
specially written criminal cases which they
enact in the adversarial environ ment of a real
magist rates’ court. QKS stu dents learnt a great
deal about the British legal system
and thoroughly enjoyed this unique
experience.
Left to right: Rowan Derham,
Hope McNulty, Olivia Winter,
Emma Sandham, Chloe Dawson,
Keziah Baskerville-Muscutt, Jacob Parker-
Whitehead, Ben Powell, Jenna Roberts,
Donesha Holmes, Lucy Downham,
Oliver Staton, Charlie Maguire,
Michael Johnson and Kelsey Lees

GCSE Mathematics Parent Support Evening
On the 14th of May the maths department hosted more than 80 parents to
assist them in supporting QKS Year 9 students who are taking their first
module in GCSE mathematics this summer. The initiative was timed to
coincide with National Adult Learners’ week.
Parents were introduced to
topics such as probability and
types of averages as well as
reviewing some real life
examples of how data can be
misrepresented – recalling the
phrase ‘lies, damn lies and
statistics!’ It was a daunting return to the mathe -
matics classroom for some, but the evening passed
off with good humour and a good measure of
enjoyment all round. As well as knowledge, parents
left the evening armed with revision guides, website details and the
calculators, compasses and other maths equipment which can become last
minute panic buys around exam time.
To quote some statistics of our own: 66% of parents strongly agreed that
What have mathematicians
ever done for us?
On Friday 27th March, 27 AS and A level maths students, accompanied by
Miss Carolyn Metcalfe and Dr Rob Petrie, went to The Theatre by the
Lake in Keswick to listen to lectures given by two leading mathematicians.
Professor Chris Budd discussed “What have mathematicians ever done
for us?”, explaining that without maths we would have no mobile phones,
internet, food on our tables, etc. etc.! Whilst Rob Eastaway told us about
what happens “When maths meets psychology”,
and discussed human intuition, Derren Brown, and
how to win at “Rock, Paper Scissors”!
Matt (“Burger”) Baker’s never-ending picnic
(photo left) caused much amuse ment, as did his
attempts to demonstrate his snooker-playing ability
when he was called up on stage! Granted, even
Ronnie O’Sullivan may struggle with a pen and two
two-pence coins on an overhead projector!
German Exchange
20 students from Years 9, 10 and 12 went to Neckargemünd on the
German Exchange.
The Realschule is now in a brand new building and is probably the
most modern and environmentally friendly school in Germany. As
usual we were made very welcome. Students went to lessons with their
partners, visited Neckargemünd, Heidelberg and Mannheim. As the
weather was quite warm and dry we also walked along the Neckar and
then up to a ruined castle. We are looking forward to meeting again
when the German group returns here in July.
Here are a few quote from the diaries that students kept of the visit:
Ruth & Eleanor: “We went swimming in Heidelberg in the biggest swimming
pool ever! It had eight outdoor pools and three were salted, it also had 13
indoor pools and a massive slide and a diving board – it was heaven!”
Kieron: “We went to Mannheim where we first went to a palace where we had
a tour. After this we went into town and we were with our German partners.
This was one of the best parts of the week. Later on, after a fantastic day, we
went home.”
Ella: „Deutschland war super! Es war warm, die Häuser waren charmant, ich
habe einen wunderbaren Urlaub gehabt!“
Jazz: “This week has been too short and it makes me sad to even think about
leaving.”
Fiona: “I had chocolate spaghetti ice cream!”
Lucy: “The family were very friendly and looked after me well.”
Will: „Ich möchte wieder zurück und es war die beste Reise mit der Schule.“
the evening was useful in developing their understanding of maths content
and 68% strongly agreed that they would like to attend follow on sessions.
Comments on the feedback form included ‘Well organised session – con -
veyed what I needed to help my son’ and ‘A lot more fun than I expected’
Commenting on the event David Rees, Second in Maths said, ‘This was
a step into the unknown for us but we were delighted by the response and
positive attitude shown by parents. We certainly intend to try this again.’
George Aggidis the QKS Link Governor to the Maths department said
‘This very successful evening and the very positive
response from parents, is another indication that at
QKS we are fortunate to have such a talented Maths
department that produces excellent results for our
students’.
The photographs show a group
of parents taking part in an
exercise to demonstrate some of
the terminology used in data
analysis.
Eastern European Visit
Ms Watson and Mr. Forsyth took fourteen Year 13 students to
Budapest at the end of the spring term, as the group had already
studied Eastern Europe within their history course.
They visited a range of
sites connected with the
Communist era around
the city, in particular
places and memorials
associated with the 1956
Uprising. The picture
shows them posing in
front of all that
remained of a huge
statue of Stalin after the
uprising, the rest having been pulled down! They also saw memorials to
Holocaust victims and historical sites going back to the Dark Ages and
visited some open-air thermal baths. Budapest is a beautiful city set on
the Danube with good public transport. A great time was had by all
and, just to make it all worthwhile, the 1956 Uprising was on their exam
paper this year!
Arts Evening
The Arts Evening was another great success, taking place at
the end of last term, on March 29th.
As usual, we were offered a wide variety of performance –
music, drama and dance.
Musically, we had classical cello from Daniel Crompton, a
samba band, Kathhryn West singing Purcell, flautist Heppy
Deane and the Senior Choir singing “The Rhythm of Life.”
There was also a wide variety of dancing – Dance Projects
from Years 7 and 8, Year 10 GCSE, who took us beyond sanity
and reason, and Year 12 dealing with Ying and Yang.
There was also semi professional Funk Explosion,
“Fallen Angels” – a GCSE Group Dance assessment
piece, a performance about an Indian Monsoon by the
QKS Dance Group and Jade Stein’s GCSE piece about
knife crime. Drama was represented by an excerpt form
the successful performance of Dracula, excerpts from
John Godber’s “Teechers” and “Like a Virgin” and
“Fairytale Heart” which won the 2008 Drama Trophy.
Another highly successful and enjoyable evening for
all who attended.

Rivers Fieldwork
Both Year 7 and Year 12 Geographers have been
involved with fieldwork on the subject of
“Rivers.”
Year 7 have studied the River Mint and
followed it to its confluence with the River Kent.
Year 12 have surveyed down stream changes on
the River Sprint in Longsleddale.
GEOGRAPHY – OUT AND ABOUT
St Bees Fieldwork
Year 10
Year 10 had another successful
trip to collect fieldwork data at
St Bees.
Groups were investigating how the coastline
has been managed to prevent erosion. The first
group were very lucky with the weather and
enjoyed glorious sunshine all day. We now wish
them good luck in the writing up of the report by
October half term.
Members of the Geography Department were
invited to the Geographical Association Annual
Conference in Manchester in April to pick up
their Quality Standards Mark for Secondary
Geography. The Department has been
nationally recognised for the quality of the KS3
curriculum. It is one of 20 departments in the
country to receive the award.
Films and Shakespeare
Three Year 10 students (Jamie Stanley, Joe
Mills and Alice McLoughlin) spent three
sessions at Kendal Library as part of a film -
making workshop run by local filmmaker Tony
Wilkinson, Kendal Library and the English
department.
The students were taught basic camera
techniques and interviewing skills, and were
then asked to produce a short film on Kendal
Library in honour of its 100th birthday. The
film, which is currently being edited, will be on
at the library in the next few weeks and will
also be shown in front of an audience of
specially invited guests, including historian
Simon Schama, at the official celebration event
later in the year.
On Monday March 16th 45 Year 9 students
were involved with the English Department’s
annual Shakespeare Day.
The event, which asks students to look at
Shakespeare as more than just the stuffy
writer many see him as, involved students
making modern day ruffs, insulting each
other Elizabethan style and performing
modern versions of Shakespearean plays. It
was a fantastic day and
the teachers involved
(Miss James, Ms Parry,
Ms Davies and Mrs
Bowers) were extreme ly
impressed with the
enthusiasm and
creativity displayed.
The photos show students
busy on Shakespeare Day.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has once again received a positive uptake
this year for all three awards.
41 Year 10 students have undertaken the Bronze Award, culminating in
two expeditions in June around the Windermere area. Co-ordinators Jan
Hayward and Chris Rhodes have also offered an exciting programme of
activities for the Bronze Award students, including climbing and navigation
clubs, first aid awareness training and a skills course run by Kendal Fire
Station. Students have been invited to be involved in two local conservation
projects, at Serpentine Woods and with the North Kendal River
Enhancement Group, enabling them to contribute to their local
community including litter picking, woodland maintenance, and enhancing
public footpaths by planting and weeding. 19 Year 11 and 6 Year 12
students completed their Silver Training Expedition in March, despite
blustery conditions in the Yorkshire Dales, and will be completing their
Qualifying Expedition in September. As always, the willingness of The
Queen Katherine School staff to help run the award has been invaluable,
and enabled a high number of students to participate.
Swimming
Queen Katherine School is once again
attracting headlines in the swimming world
when two of its students together with a former
student took their talents well outside the
County boundaries to take part in events as far
apart as Liverpool, Sheffield and Manchester.
In the North West Regions Youth
Championships held in Manchester, 16-year-old
Victoria Hevey (photo, top) took her career to
new heights. The 16-year-old swept into the
Bronze Medal position in the 50m Backstroke
final with an outstanding piece of backstroke
sprinting, finishing in a Personal Best time of
33.13 and claiming a new Long Course Club
Record for this distance. Old boy, Sam Kaye
(photo, centre), travelled to the Ponde Forge
National Pool at Sheffield to take part in the
British Junior D.S.E. Championships.
Competing in five events Sam enjoyed a hugely
successful weekend, first of all achieving a
personal ambition in setting a new British
Record and taking the Gold Medal for 50
Butterfly in 29.64. With an immaculate start and
displaying his outstanding talent and skill he
held off all opposition and stormed to a thrilling
finish for a historic win. He then went on to win
a further four Gold Medals over the two days
with outstanding performances in the 100m
Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and the
4 x 25m Freestyle Relay. His time of 1:06.86 for
100m Butterfly and 1:01.62 for 100m Freestyle
also brought him New Club Records, both of
which have stood for a number of years. In a
second visit to Sheffield Sam competed in the British International
Disabled Championships from which he came away with three Gold and
three Silver Medals. His best times in the five events that he entered also
produced new 50m Long Course Club Records for him and his time of
I:05.97 for 50m Butterfly fell just outside the Qualifying Time for the
European Disabled Championships. 14-year-old Bethan Richards (photo,
bottom) took a gold winners medal at the British Gas ASA National
SPORTS ROUND-UP
Water Polo Championships, held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. In
this instance she was playing for City of Liverpool who beat City of
Manchester in the finals. Just to settle the side down after a nervous
opening few exchanges ‘Hot Shot’ Beth scored the first two goals to put her
side 2–0 in front and then went on to collect a total of 6 goals in a series of
three matches, which they won 10–6, 12–9 and 12–4. Beth has also earned
a place on the Cumbria swim team who will be representing the County in
this year’s North West Regions Inter Association Galas being held at
Salford, later this month. All three swim and train with Troutbeck Bridge
swimming club.
Fit4Life
The official end to the Fit4Life programme and associated funding really
has finished with a flourish this term.
The Mountain Boarding sessions at “Surf-The-Turf”, the Lakeland
Mountain Board Centre in Sedgwick were suitably extreme with wet and
muddy conditions seemingly every week just to make things interesting!
The Gym sessions in the Fitzone at Lakes Leisure in Kendal have gone
very well with all students completing the full induction to enable them to
become established members. And finally, the Street Dance classes with
the Year 9’s have been fantastic with the instructor Jeni really setting a high
standard and playing some great tunes!
Table Tennis
Zarah Dixon has qualified as U/13 Girls County Champion and goes to the
English Schools Individuals National Championships in Doncaster.
Girls Football Cumbria Schools League Finals
Following their victories in the South Lakes tournaments in February all
three of our girls teams went on to compete in the Cumbria finals in
Penrith.
The U12 team
finished as runners-up
having beaten Queen
Elizabeth, Solway and
Millom and drawn with
Richard Rose Central
and Richard Rose
Morton. The U13 team
finished in 3rd place
following victories
against Netherhall,

Kirkbie Kendal and
Richard Rose Morton and
unfortunate losses to
Trinity and St Benedict’s.
The U15 team remained
unbeaten all day to finish
up as champions with wins
over St Benedict’s,
Richard Rose Central and
Kirkbie Kendal and a
draw to Richard Rose
Morton. It really has been a great season for girls’ football here at Queen
Katherine. Many thanks has to go to the guys from IBIS JFC for all of their
help and support again this season.
County Representatives
This summer we have had a wealth of students asked to represent the
county in their respective sports.
Amongst those receiving their county honours this term are Darren
Braithwaite, Lisa Nicholson, Claudia Hardy, Ashleigh Kennedy, Georgia
Kennedy, Siena Townley and Kerry Nelson for U15 County Cricket,
Bradley Earl for U13 County Cricket and Lauren Hackett, Ashleigh
Kennedy, Claudia Hardy and Lisa Nicholson for U16 County Football.
Gifted and Talented Workshops
Once again this summer term we have been able to offer a series of
practical sessions for selected small groups of students.
The sessions are organised as part of the
South Lakes School
Sports Partnership so that able students from across the South Lakes can
come together for practical activity. In recent weeks both the Year 7 and
Year 8 groups have taken part in multi-skills competitions designed to test
levels of speed, agility and power. The Year 7 girls’ team especially
produced some excellent results to bring home the winners’ medals! The
Year 9 students followed a slightly different format with sport specific
advanced skills workshops allowing them to participate in their specialist
activities. Across these workshops 20 of our students benefited from the
experience of working with top coaches and other able performers in their
chosen field.
BTEC Sport and Outdoor Education –
Mountain Walking Expedition
This year’s BTEC expedition (photos right) was once again successful, with
all students completing the two-day walk and overnight camp at Mosedale
Cottage.
With the added challenges of night navigation and chocolate
orienteering the students all did exceptionally well and seemed to have lots
of fun along the way!
South Lakes District Athletics Competition
For this year’s District competition we took 28 students down to Blackpool
to compete against some of the best students from across the South Lakes.
In a very tough field our guys performed strongly and came away with
some of our best ever individual results.
Y11 Dan Harrop 100m 11.56 secs 2nd in final
200m 24.43 secs 1st in final
Y10 Lisa Nicholson Javelin 25.28 metres 2nd in final
Corrie Morris 100m 14.98 secs 6th in final
Sarah Burrow High Jump 1.22 metres 5th in final
Keir Loudon 100m 12.57 secs 4th in final
Callum Blaikie High Jump 1.80 metres 1st in final
Darren Braithwaite High Jump 1.63 metres 2nd in final
Jake Gill High Jump 1.49 metres 3rd in final
Richard Corrie Long Jump 4.85 metres 3rd in final
Jack Leader Discus 22.16 metres 2nd in final
Y9 Robbie Ingram 400m 60.51 secs 2nd in final
800m 2 mins 16 secs 1st in final
Long Jump 4.28 metres 4th in final
Rory Blakeney-Edwards 200m 26.47 secs 1st in final
400m 59.25 secs 1st in final
Tom Hartley 1500m 4 mins 54 secs 2nd in final
Nathan Holme Discus 23.36 metres 1st in final
Chesney Walling Javelin 25.76 metres 4th in final
James Renwick Javelin 20.15 metres 9th in final
Samuel Hall 100m 14.80 secs 8th in final
Zoe Barrett 100m 14.50 secs 5th in final
Megan Sullivan 800m 2 mins 46 secs 2nd in final
Molly Atkinson Javelin 20.90 metres 1st in final
Joelle Campbell High Jump 1.46 metres 1st in final
Long Jump 4.57 metres 1st in final
Y8 Jessica Hodsman 200m 29.09 secs 3rd in final
75m Hurdles 13.35 secs 2nd in final
Long Jump 4.40 metres 3rd in final
Katie King 800m 2 mins 47 secs 3rd in final
Long Jump 3.98 metres 6th in final
Rachel Camp 100m 16.21 secs 6th in heat
Lindsay McLean 800m 2 mins 52 secs 7th in final
Fae Bellouere High Jump No result
Caitlin Postlewaite Javelin 9.82 metres 10thin final
Zarah Dixon Shot Putt 5.80 metres 11th in final
Following on from this event, 19 students were asked to represent the
South Lakes at the County Championships later this month. Megan
Sullivan, Katie King, Jessica Hodsman, Joelle Campbell, Lisa Nicholson,
Rory Blakeney-Edwards, Robbie Ingham, Tom Hartley, Nathan Holme,
Chesney Walling, Daniel Harrop, Callum Blaikie and Richard Corrie will
be The Queen Katherine School representatives for the competition in
Carlisle.
Team Results
Y7 Boys Cricket v Kirkbie Kendal Won (134/2 with
KK all out for 40)
Y7 Boys Cricket v Lakes Lost (by 13 runs)
Y7 Boys Cricket v Sedbergh
(County Cup 1st round) Lost (by 5 runs)
Y9 Boys Cricket v Queen Elizabeth
(County Cup 3rd round) Lost (by 50 runs)
Y10 Boys Cricket v Ullswater Lost (by 1 wicket)
Y11 Girls Rounders v Kirkbie Kendal Lost 9½ – 11½
Y8 Girls Rounders v Kirkbie Kendal Won 13 – 12
Y8 Girls Rounders v Kirkbie Kendal Lost 9 – 17
Y7 Girls Rounders v Cartmel Priory Won 16½ – 9
Y8 Girls Rounders v Cartmel Priory Won 17½ – 5½
Y9 Girls Rounders v Cartmel Priory Won 13 – 10½
Y10 Girls Rounders v Cartmel Priory Lost 14 – 20½

Adult Education Courses in and around Kendal – Autumn 2009
Code Subject Tutor Wks Day Start Times A B C
Art & Craft
KEN9075 Pencil, Pen & Pastel for Beginners James Devaney 5 Thu 17.09.09 10:00-12:00 *£28 *£23 *£7
KEN9076 Pencil, Pen & Pastel, Beginner Plus James Devaney 6 Thu 05.11.09 10:00-12:00 £34 £27 £9
KEN9019 Drawing with Colour James Devaney 1 Sat 31.10.09 10:00-16:00 *£28 *£23 *£7
KEN9056 Making Beaded Jewellery Rachel Hearne 5 Wed 16.09.09 19:00-21:00 £28 £23 £7
KEN9057 Making Wrapped Wire Jewellery Rachel Hearne 5 Wed 11.11.09 19:00-21:00 £28 £23 £7
KEN9054 Stitch and Felt Angela Barrow 1 Sat 28.11.09 10:00-16:00 *£28 *£23 *£7
KEN9055 Making Your Own Clothes Sue Scott 13 Wed 16.09.09 19:00-21:00 £73 £59 £19
KEN9053 Sewing Easy Christmas Gifts Sue Scott 6 Mon 02.11.09 19:00-21:00 £34 £27 £9
KEN9096 Have a Crafty Christmas Sue Oliver 6 Tue 03.11.09 19:00-21:00 £34 £27 £9
Computing & Digital Photography
KEN9014 Computer Basics Anita Crompton 2 Wed 16.09.09 19:00-21:30 £16 £13 £5
KEN9048 Beginner's Internet & Email Anita Crompton 10 Wed 30.09.09 19:00-21:30 £70 £56 £18
KEN9067 Intro to using Spreadsheets Chris Wood 4 Mon 28.09.09 19:00-21:30 £5 £5 £5
KEN9068 Using Databases Chris Wood 5 Mon 02.11.09 19:00-21:30 £35 £28 £9
KEN9104 Developing your Computer Skills Anita Crompton 10 Tue 22.09.09 19:00-21:30 £70 £56 £18
KEN9105 NOCN Level 1 Award in ICT Anita Crompton 22 Tue 22.09.09 19:00-21:30 *£149 *£149 *£45
KEN9018 ECDL Debbie Robinson 34 Mon 14.09.09 18:30-21:30 *£249 *£249 *£55
KEN9107 Digital Cameras & Image Editing Pam Grant 6 Tue 29.09.09 19:00-21:00 £34 £27 £9
KEN9108 Adobe Photoshop Made Easy Pam Grant 5 Tue 17.11.09 19:00-21:00 £28 £23 £7
Cookery & Exercise
KEN9006 Vegetarian Oriental Cookery Rachel Storry 5 Wed 23.09.09 19:15-21:15 £28 £23 £7
KEN9038 Vegetarian Indian Cookery Rachel Storry 5 Wed 04.11.09 19:15-21:15 £28 £23 £7
KEN9087 Yoga in Natland Tracy Fogg 12 Thu 17.09.09 19:00-20:30 £51 £41 £13
KEN9040 Chakra Yoga Workshop Deyna Hirst 2 Sat 14.11.09 10:00-16:00 £42 £34 £11
Employment & Family
KEN9058 Resolving Problems in the Family David Walton Tbc £5 £5 £5
KEN9088 Get That Job! Impress at Interviews David Walton 2 Sat 26.09.09 10:00-16:00 £5 £5 £5
KEN9062 Thinking About Your Finances Moira Hanning 4 Wed 23.09.09 19:00-21:00 £23 £18 £6
KEN9063 Planning & Managing Your Finances Moira Hanning 10 Wed 04.11.09 19:00-21:00 £56 £45 £14
KEN9101 How to Help Your Child with Maths Rachel Storry 5 Wed 23.09.09 17:00-19:00 £28 £23 £7
Languages
KEN9008 Latin for Beginners Celia Forsyth 12 Tue 15.09.09 19:00-20:30 £51 £41 £13
KEN9033 German Beginners Nela Geuer 12 Tue 15.09.09 10:00-11:30 £51 £41 £13
KEN9034 German Beginners Katrin Hertel 10 Tue 15.09.09 19:00-20:30 £42 £34 £11
KEN9090 Italian Beginners Amanda Rose 10 Wed 23.09.09 10:00-12:00 £56 £45 £14
KEN9022 French Beginners Roger Newsome 12 Mon 21.09.09 19:00-21:00 £68 £54 £17
KEN9007 French Beginner Plus Florence Tourne 12 Mon 14.09.09 19:00-21:00 £68 £54 £17
KEN9023 French Improvers Roger Cleave 12 Thu 17.09.09 19:00-21:00 £68 £54 £17
KEN9016 Spanish Beginners Pilar Valera 11 Thu 24.09.09 19:30-21:00 £47 £38 £12
KEN9009 Spanish Beginner Plus Pilar Valera 13 Tue 15.09.09 19:30-21:00 £56 £45 £14
Science, History, Literature & Music
KEN9080 Geology & Mineralogy of Cumbria Chris Lane 10 Tue 22.09.09 13:30-15:30 £56 £45 £14
KEN9083 People. How We Behave & Change David Walton 10 Tue 22.09.09 19:00-21:30 £70 £56 £18
KEN9036 Find Your Family History Online Anita Crompton 4 Mon 28.09.09 19:00-21:00 £23 £18 £6
KEN9081
History & Development of
Decorative Art Chris Lane 10 Mon 21.09.09 19:00-21:00 £56 £45 £14
KEN9082 History of Still Photography Pam Grant 5 Mon 21.09.09 19:00-21:00 £28 £23 £7
KEN9071 Capturing Nature in Poetry Janni Howker 12 Thu 17.09.09 13:30-15:30 £68 £54 £17
KEN9106 Two Golden Ages of English Music Elizabeth Dodd 10 Mon 28.09.09 19:00-21:00 £56 £45 £14
Outdoor Skills
KEN9077
Beginners Map Reading &
Navigation Chris Lane 5 Wed 23.09.09 19:00-21:00 £28 £23 £7
KEN9078 Mountain Safety & Navigation Chris Lane 2 Sat 07.11.09 10:00-16:00 *£42 *£34 *£11
SED9102 Farming & the Fells - 3 Farm Visits Tbc 3 Sat Tbc 09:00-13:00 £34 £34 £34
SED9085 Dry Stone Walling Tbc 2 Sat 26.09.09 09:00-16:00 *£79 *£79 *£79
SED9086 Dry Stone Walling Tbc 2 Sat 17.10.09 09:00-16:00 *£79 *£79 *£79
SED9100
Coppicing for Firewood &
Other Uses Rebecca Oaks 2 Sat 31.10.09 09:30-15:30 *£74 *£74 *£74
Information
These courses are
organised by Sedbergh CDC
in partnership with QKS. In
addition to the classes
shown here we have wide
selection in Sedbergh and
Kirkby Lonsdale. Look out
for our full colour brochure in
early August. Our website
www.sedberghcdc.org.uk
will also be updated to show
full course details.
All Adult Education courses
in the county will be listed in
the August edition of “Your
Cumbria” which will be
delivered to you in late
August.
Enrolment
Evening
Wednesday 9 th
September, QKS
5 – 8pm
Payment
Please send the appropriate payment by cheque
payable to Cumbria County Council. Include one
£2 annual centre fee per person unless one of
your bookings is marked *.
Fee A: Full Adult Fee, B: Over 60 on 1 st September,
working less than 16 hours per week, C: Qualifying
Benefits or aged 16-18
Sedbergh CDC
The Cottage, Long Lane
Sedbergh, LA10 5AL
015396 21031
admin@sedberghcdc.org.uk
www.sedberghcdc.org.uk