SUMMER 2010 Newsletter - Drighlington Primary School

HORSFORTH SCHOOL 

NEWSLETTER 

SUMMER 2010 

OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL


SPECIALIST SCIENCE COLLEGE 


Play Time in the 

Drama Department! 

The Drama Department has had a very busy time lately 

with plays galore! The AS Drama group presented three 

plays to a packed Drama Studio in May. 

The dark comedy The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband 

began the evening followed by the controversial Greek, a 

parody of the Greek Tragedy Oedipus. Ending the evening was 

Willy Russel's farce One For The Road. The performances 

were all to a very high standard and were fully enjoyed by the 

audience of family and friends. 

The GCSE practical exams also proved to be very entertaining 

as Year 11 Drama groups celebrated the end of months of hard 

work in their final performance exam. 

The plays on offer ranged from the period comedy The 

Importance Of Being Earnest to the ever popular Bouncers. 

Others plays featured included Find Me, Shakers and Mother 

Figure. Two groups even tackled devising performances with 

some great results! Their hard work all paid off in time and the 

performances were very impressive. 

Well done to all concerned. 

A Great Night Out! 

Year 8 Workshop 

Some talented Year 9 students from Horsforth School were 

selected to perform as part of Calverley Players’ recent 

production of Our Day Out by Willy Russell. 

This lively play follows the 'Progress class' and their school trip to 

the seaside. The Year 9 students involved put on a very 

convincing performance as the rowdy class on the bus, they 

even did a bit of singing too! Jenni Glew and Romany Lowe 

shared the main part of Carol with equal success whilst Owen 

Lokuciejewski-Taylor in Year 12, stole the show with his role as 

bad boy 'Digga'. The trip to the zoo was particularly hilarious and 

even involved real animals - including a chicken provided by 

Owen! Their play was a great success and they should all be very 

proud! 

Talented Drama students from Year 8 were chosen to take part in a workshop with local 

Theatre Company The Paper Birds. This gave them the chance to work with professionals 

and create drama as well as developing their acting skills. A great time was had by all. 


THE NORTH & EAST LEEDS SCHOOL SPORTS 

PARTNERSHIP DANCE COMPETITION 

Horsforth Dance Winners 

Horsforth School entered a 

KS3 and a KS4 dance team 

into the competition. Both 

teams performed exceptionally 

well, competing against twelve 

other Leeds schools. The KS3 

team was choreographed by Alice 

Horsman and the KS4 team by 

Catherine Moglia, and both girls 

produced a fantastic routine. 

Catherine and the KS4 team 

successfully beat off all the other 

outstanding performers and were 

c r o w n e d w i n n e r s o f t h e 

competition. 

Well done to both teams and 

especially for the hard work of both 

Alice and Catherine. 

KEY STAGE 4 

Catherine Moglia, Amber Mace, 

Amelia Manson, Emma Jeffries, 

Rosa Murray, Emily Hall, 

Rachel Stephenson, 

Molly Pickering & Lauren Bowers 

Swimming Update 

KEY STAGE 3 

Alice Horsman, Mille Thomas, 

Isobelle Oram, 

Laura Minithorpe, 

Fliss Chaplin 

& Victoria Moglia 

In the region of sixty students in Years 7 to 12 took part in the Horsforth School teams’ swimming gala on 

Tuesday 18th May. The event was won by the Perch team organised by Mrs Noble and Mrs Sanderson. This 

was a good attendance and followed on from the individuals' swimming gala last November when 49 boys 

and 18 girls competed. The Horsforth School swimming team this year qualified for the championship on 27th 

April and came sixth in the overall citywide league which was the best achievement for several years. 

At this gala guest of honour, Deputy Headteacher John Dooley, presented commemorative medals and plates 

to a number of Year 11 swimmers who have consistently supported the school swimming programme since 

arriving in Year 7 in 2005. Namely, Joe Sanderson, Jake Harris, Matthew Staniland, Laura Purcell and 

Stephanie Forster who have also been stalwarts of the school team and Matthew Shaw, Callum Gunn, Mark 

Rawlinson and Alex Yu who have also been highly involved in the swimming programme. Awards were also 

given to Judd Cummins and Joe Pinnick in Year 12 who have also been strongly committed to swimming 

during their time at school. 

John Dooley congratulated the swimmers who received awards for their achievements and thanked the team 

of staff and parents who work hard to make the swimming programme an ongoing success. Organiser James 

Bovington added, 'I am particularly proud of the young people in Years 11 and 12 whose commitment we have 

honoured and want to thank them, my colleagues, all younger swimmers in Year 10 and below and the school 

for making a quite ambitious swimming programme possible, enjoyable and successful.’ 

Easter Chicks 

Miss McFadden's Year 7 pupils were privileged to hatch chickens in 

their classroom at Easter as part of an Ecology Project, 

encompassing Science, English and Maths activities. Classes 

7B5 and 7R5 excitedly awaited the arrival of the 12 eggs in early April. 

Gradually the eggs began to hatch and continued to do so until we had ten 

fluffy baby chicks. We hatched six cockerels and four hens. Both Year 7 

groups were heavily involved in caring for the chicks which included; 

cleaning them out, feeding them, washing their feet and exercising them 

(letting them run around in our classroom!). All pupils worked really well 

and were very trustworthy in their roles. Well done! The chicks are now 

growing well and living a fully free range life on a farm in Leeds. 


Spanish Short Story 

Competition 

Finn Lees of form 9Y was able to let his imagination and fantasy run wild recently by entering a short story 

competition. What's more, it was all in Spanish! The competition was organised by the Instituto Cervantes 

and the Consejería de Educación of the Spanish Embassy to celebrate International Book Day on April 

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23 . The theme of the competition was ‘The Quijote in Your Life’ and youngsters were invited to write a story of 

up to 500 words based on somebody who reminded them of Miguel de Cervantes' famously eccentric character. 

Finn therefore wrote an intriguing and amusing tale about an eccentric nobleman with a penchant for fine food 

and port, and delusions of being a Greek hero. One day he set out on his bike to carry out his heroic duties and 

ended up rescuing a 'damsel in distress' who wanted him to help her reduce carbon emissions! 

Although Finn didn't win the competition, his story will still be published, together with the other entries, in a 

collection produced by the organisers. As Finn's Spanish teacher, I am very proud of his work and thoroughly 

enjoyed reading it. 

Report by Mrs Ellison 

Fairy Tales in the French 

Classroom 

Mr Bovington's Year 8 French class 

recently staged short plays of 

traditional fairy tales in French, after 

several lessons’ practice. Productions were 

brief but presented in French the gist of 

stories such as Goldilocks, Narnia and 

Cinderella. 'The standard varied,' said class 

teacher James Bovington, 'but I was pleased 

that all thirty students in the class gave it a go 

and took part.’ 

The photograph shows the cast of the 

winning production of Cinderella. 

Year 7 Students 

Become Published Poets 

Students in Year 7 have had their poetry published 

after achieving success in a national competition. 

The students in Miss Gibbs' 7R3 group, wrote 'Mini- 

Sagas' - short stories told in 50 words on a subject of their 

choice. The competition is organised and run annually by 

the Young Writers’ Organisation, and successful students 

have received a certificate of merit and bookmark for their 

efforts. The winning entries, yet to be announced, will 

receive cash prizes for their school. All of the students in 

7R3 had their poetry selected for publication in a national 

collection and will soon see their work in print. Well done! 

Work Experience 

Between 28 June and 9 July all Year 10 students 

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once again spent two weeks out in the world of work. 

Despite the recent economic situation all Year 10 

students were successful in obtaining placements in a wide 

variety of working environments from hospitals to police 

stations, magistrates court to farms and activity centres to 

name but a few. 

A big thank you to all local employers for their help with this 

year's programme; photos and a full report will appear in the 

next Newsletter. 

Work experience will be launched for new Year 10 students 

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in September 2010 and will take place between the 27 

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June and 1 July 2011 inclusive. 

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Agroup of Year 7 Horsforth School students recently attended 

a 'hands on' practical workshop entitled 'How Clean is Your 

House' at the Leeds Festival of Science. The Festival which 

takes place each year at Leeds University is attended by in excess 

of 3000 school children from around the region who take part in 

various different fun activities, which celebrate the wonderful world 

of science, mathematics, engineering and environment. 

The Horsforth School students met with TV show host Aggie 

McKenzie to investigate the claims of leading brands of household 

cleaners and to discover the science, technology, innovation and 

st 

environmental issues which surround cleaning our houses in the 21 

Century. They also learned about the physics of a vacuum cleaner, 

swabbed their hands to grow bacteria and came face to face with 

dust mites and bedbugs! 

Horsforth School Students 

Clean Up with TV Star 


HORSFORTH STUDENTS AT HOME AND AWAY 

Year 10 Geography Residential to 

Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby 

During the last week of April, nearly 50 Year 10 Geography students took part in a two and a 

half day residential field trip to the East Coast of Yorkshire. The week was divided into two – 

with half the students being involved for the first half of the week, and the rest of the 

students during the second half of the week staying at the Old School House Field Centre in Robin 

Hood's Bay. Both groups were very lucky with the weather as it stayed dry and fairly warm 

throughout the week. There was a full programme of activities and teaching which included visiting 

coastal sites at Flamborough, Mappleton and Hornsea to revise in the field for their module exam 

in June. They also conducted field research in Whitby for Task 1 of their controlled assessments 

which contributes towards 15% of their GCSE grade. All of the students worked hard and their 

behaviour was a credit to the school. 

Revising coastal defences at Hornsea 

The Old School House Field Centre, 

Robin Hood’s Bay 

Field sketching landforms at Flamborough 

'It was a brilliant trip which really reflected how good the subject is.' – Matthew Morrish 10O 

'The Geography field trip helped me to understand more about coastal erosion by actually 

being able to see it with my own eyes.' – Tom Rowley 10B 

‘The Geography trip was extremely helpful towards my preparation for the exam. Everyone 

thoroughly enjoyed the trip.' – Victoria Mather 10R 

Sports Tour June 2010 - 

Lloret De Mar 

Well done to all the girls who participated in 

the recent sports tour. The tour was 

fantastic with excellent behaviour and 

sportsmanship from all performers. During our 

visit to Lloret De Mar the girls competed in both 

Hockey and Netball tournaments. The netballers 

played exceptionally well against some 

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outstanding competition achieving 6 place 

overall. The Hockey team were runners up, which 

was a fantastic achievement. The tour included an 

inspirational visit to the Nou Camp stadium 

(Barcelona football team's home ground) and a 

sightseeing and shopping trip to Barcelona. On 

one evening all participants were invited to a 

celebratory disco. The tour ended with a trip to the 

water park with the girls enjoying time to relax and 

have fun on the water slides. 

An amazing tour with excellent achievements from 

all, well done! 


Chemcamp 2010! 

2010 saw the introduction of CHEMCAMP - a 6th Year 12 were particularly lucky with the weather and 

form chemistry revision weekend not for the were able to attempt CHEMCHALLENGE outside 

fainthearted! Year 12 tackled Chemcamp at the end whilst topping up their tans. Year 13 weren't quite so 

of April and Year 13 at the beginning of May. Based at fortunate but the indoors turned out to be nice and 

a residential lodge near Ingleton in the Yorkshire cosy venue for the event. Saturday evening was 

Dales, the setting was perfect for some serious spent relaxing with friends and enjoying Mr Wilson's 

chemistry AS and A2 examination preparation, with fabulous home cooking! 

nothing but fields, a few sheep and Mr Caden for Both weekends were a great success as students 

company! 

were able to consolidate on work they understood 

Both weekends consisted of a variety of different while highlighting areas that needed more attention. 

activities designed to aid students' revision of content All students behaved impeccably and were a credit to 

and examination technique. The revision fun began the school. 

on Friday evening and continued through to the late My thanks and appreciation go to Mr Hume and Mr 

hours of Saturday evening. The students participated Caden for accompanying me on both trips and an 

in their own presentations, chemistry revision games extra special thank you must go to Mr Wilson; both 

and the main event known as CHEMCHALLENGE trips would not have been possible without him! 

where students had several hours to solve a rather Hope to see you next year for CHEMCAMP 2011! 

difficult puzzle! 

Horsforth Welcomes French Students 

Twenty Year 10 students were delighted to welcome their French partners to Horsforth in May when a 

group from our partner school the Collège Montaigne visited us for a week following our June 2009 

visit there. 

The French students enjoyed a varied programme which included football and swimming events, a meal at 

Harry Ramsden's and an evening disco. The French group also visited York and Liverpool and enjoyed a 

reception at the Leeds Civic Hall with the deputy Lord Mayor local Horsforth councillor Andrew Barker. For 

many of the visiting students a real highlight, however, was an afternoon spent teaching French to Year 5 

students at St. Margaret's School. 

‘I had a great time receiving my partner here and he had a good time, just like we all did in Conflans last June,' 

said Tom Roberts (10 C). 'There were lots of interesting things to do here and in France,' added Lizzie Lloyd 

(10O), 'but above all we'll never forget the experience getting to know our french partners.' 

James Bovington who organised the exchange said, 'Seeing the 

young people getting to know each other and developing their 

foreign language skills makes organising the exchange 

worthwhile. We have a strong tradition of organising popular 

exchanges here at Horsforth and want to thank our French 

colleagues for being as committed to a thriving exchange as we 

are. I hope that the Year 9 students who went to France this June 

had as good a time as last year's group.' 

The Collège Montaigne has about 600 students aged 11-15 and 

is situated in Conflans Sainte-Honorine in the north-western 

suburbs of Paris, about half an hour by train from the centre of the 

French capital. 


La Salamanca 

2010 

It was the dull, drab, dreary English morning on the 

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4 of April, when Horsforth School students, both 

young and old, began their fun-filled, hilarious, 

week – namely La Salamanca 2010! 

We waved 'adios 'as the coach departed from school. 

As quickly as the Pennines flicked by, we were pulling 

up at Liverpool Airport and were quickly boarding our 

plane…and arriving in Spain! 

Snow peaked mountains were softly silhouetted against the sumptuous Spanish spring azure sky. Not a 

cloud was in sight. From the moment we watched Madrid disappear to the instant we noticed the cathedral 

spires of Salamanca, the sky was cloudless. 

Upon arrival, each group of at least two people was introduced to their Spanish 'Mamas' and without further 

a-do was whisked away. Although perhaps a little bit daunting at first, the warm welcome (and climate) of 

España made all those settling in, after an exhausting day of travel, know they were in for a fantastic week 

ahead! 

The mornings in the sleepy city began snappily as we arrived pronto and alert for the day's events. A brisk 

walk to the centre of town for a gathering of all the students and staff, English and Spanish, was followed by a 

morning activity. Throughout the week, more laid-back excursions from tours to treasure hunts, football in 

the squares, cafes to shopping, or just 'caterpillar chilling' all happened in the meandering mornings. 

After each morning activity, the groups returned for lunch with their families and a traditional siesta. An hour's 

break was all we had though, as we were rapidly back in the centre for our four hours of Spanish lessons - 

'Los Cursos de Español' - at Academia Isla. The lessons were always thoroughly enjoyable and helped 

improve our ability to speak Spanish greatly. Finding new friends along the way was a bonus! 

In the evening, another return 'home', another quick mealtime and another walk to the centre of Salamanca 

to meet up, meant it was time for the most fun part of the day - the evening activities! Despite the group's 

fatigue after manic, long days, we never failed to have fabulous amounts of fun! The group did karaoke 

singing and salsa dancing, paella eating and enjoyed a tapas evening and relaxing in the Plaza and giddy 

partying and…phew, the list goes on! 

Before we knew it, it was the end of the week. A marvellous, thoroughly worn-out mob of eleven Year 9, three 

Year 10, four Year 13 students and two teachers were suddenly clambering onto an aeroplane, drained to a 

point of bemusement. All too quickly, we were swooping into good old England again. I think most of us had 

forgotten what clouds looked like! 

Simon Barker Year 13: 'I loved Salamanca........ 

It was an amazing trip. My favourite moment was 

probably dancing the night away!' 

Hannah Ferraby Year 9: ‘The Spanish family we 

stayed with were really nice and I had an amazing 

time in Salamanca.’ 

Matthew Barton Year 9: 'The best bit was my 

shoe going over the wall when we were playing 

football…into the Nunnery!' 

Many thanks to all those who took part in the visit 

and made it so amazing! Special thanks go to 

Señora Ellison and Señor Bovington, mostly for 

coping with a rabble such as us for a week! 

Report by Adam Morton-Delaney 10O 


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AN EXPLOSIVE END TO THE 6 FORM 

PARIS TRIP! 

During the Easter Holidays into Paris. We did the compulsory watched a film and did some 

Year 12 and 13 French visit of the Eiffel Tower, and then emergency shopping whilst Ms 

students went on a 'home went for a lovely ride down the Lacy and Mr Dooley tried their 

stay' to Paris accompanied by Ms Seine on the Bateaux Mouches. hardest to find somewhere for us 

Lacy and Mr Dooley. The week The next day we went back into to stay! Fortunately everyone 

started off well with everyone Paris to see the Montparnasse was able to spend one more 

getting along with their French Tower, passing by the l'Hotel des night at their partner's house and 

partners and enjoying the sunny Invalides on our way to visit the the next day we were booked into 

weather in Paris. On the Monday very lovely Musee Rodin. We the l'Hotel Premiere Classe. Ms 

we went along with our French also saw the Champs Elysees, Lacy and Mr Dooley together 

partners to their school to learn Place de la Concorde and Arche with the help of Mr Jex and Mr 

what French school was like, and de Triomphe. W e e k s b a c k i n L e e d s , 

the answer to that was hard! 

endeavoured to book us onto the 

Their school day starts at the We had had a lovely trip and Euro Star. 

same time as ours but doesn't were due to depart for England 

end until half past five! The next t h e n e x t d a y w h e n t h e Eventually, at a very unearthly 

day we left our partners at school Eyjafjallajokull Volcano in hour the following morning we 

and went into Paris for a mixture Iceland decided to erupt and were booked onto one of the 

of sightseeing, retail therapy and scatter hot ash all over Europe, extra euro star trains that were 

French culture. 

making it impossible for us to laid on especially to help those 

return on Friday as planned. stranded abroad. After all this 

We visited the Sacre Coeur, 

drama and confusion we arrived 

Place du Tertre and the gorgeous Ms Lacy and Mr Dooley set about home only two days late thanks 

Boulevard Saint Michel which is forming an action plan whilst we to the amazing efforts of Ms Lacy, 

the student capital of Paris and left our suitcases at our partners' Mr Dooley, Mr Jex and Mr 

teeming with both life and houses and went to La Defense, Weeks. 

bargains! On Wednesday our a huge shopping centre with a 

French partners came with us cinema and miles of shops. We Report by Ruth Steele 12RKR 


Form 7Y Fundraising for Charity 

Report by Kirsty Hobbs and Kyle Richardson 7Y 

This year form 7Y decided to raise money for Cancer Research. They chose Easter as their theme for a fabulous 

bun sale and scrumptious Easter hampers raffle. As everyone loves chocolate the students in the form group 

didn't take much persuasion to contribute. Every day for three weeks the students were out in force selling raffle 

tickets to win an Easter hamper. The lucky winners were Alaynia Garforth of form 13JES and Rafal Chmiel of form 7G. 

Form 7Y also held a chocolate theme bun sale which was a great success. 

They also decided to hold a 'Name the Duck' competition when a beautiful Easter duckling arrived in their classroom 

with no name. More than fifty names were chosen. Mrs Sanderson drew the winning ticket and they waved a sad 

goodbye to the duck, now named Frederick, as it went to its new owner, Katharine Murie of 7S. These events raised a 

grand total of approximately £200 for their charity. 

A number of students from the form also raised money for the charity by participating in a sponsored silence. Other 

fundraising activities have been organised by a small group from the form such as a ‘throw a wet sponge at the teacher’ 

event along with more bun and fancy pens sales, with proceeds of approximately £100 going to Martin House. 

Mrs Carrara is extremely proud of her form and all their fund raising efforts. 

Allotment Update 

Summer’s here and as you can see from 

our photographs below we have had 

some beautiful sunny days. Due to the 

mixture of very wet, very warm and also sunny 

weather we have seen a lot of growth in the 

allotment. I am really happy with the way the club 

has progressed and how much of the 

management is organised by the students 

themselves. Two 6th form students have been 

organising activities throughout the year and as 

ever, our faithful Year 8 and 9 students attend 

every week to clean, weed and hopefully, soon 

harvest the produce. 

Our Team 

6th form: Owen L-Taylor & 

Daniel Kennedy 

Gardeners: Hannah Childs, 

Helen Barraclough, George Pearson, 

Miles Tidman, Ben O'Connor 

We have been very lucky to receive new paving 

stones to patio around the very wet pond area and we 

are hoping to enter the Horsforth Town Council's 

School Gardening Competition. 

Great equipment from the Morrisons’ voucher 

scheme has been received once again this year. 

Report by Mrs K Carrara 

Senior Music Concert 

The Music Department's annual senior 

concert was held in the drama studio on 

March 31st. The evening was a great 

success, featuring a variety of solo and small 

group performances from students aged 

between 15 and 18. 

This is the third consecutive year that the 

event has run, giving parents and members of 

staff the opportunity to hear some of the 

excellent music that students prepare for their 

GCSE or A Level each year. The programme 

featured a variety of genres from classical to 

jazz and folk to Indian fusion. Mr Spinks 

commented that this year's cohort had 

produced some of the school's most talented 

and dedicated musicians to date and that the 

department was thriving as a result. 

Musicians 

Clarinet Solo - Esther Bargh (with Lydia Waller) 

Vocal Duet - Helena Riozzi & Anna Middleton (with 

Mrs Bourke) 

Fusion Group - Robin Timmis, Jake Womack, 

Jess Womack, Jake Brown & Al Mitchell 

Sprayed Aces - Jonny Bargh, Luke Jowsey, Peter Moore 

& Andy Hyslop 

String Quartet - Robin Timmis, Emily Holdsworth, 

Al Mitchell & Lois Brown 

Guitar Solo - Chris Fogden 

Flute Trio - Vicky Morrish, Claudia Cheung & Rosie Baker 

Folk Group - Robin Timmis, Jake Womack, 

Jess Womack, Jake Brown & Al Mitchell 

Piano Solo - Paul Piho 

Jazz Trio - Richard Saint, Matthew Saint & Robin Timmis 


SCIENCE WEEK 2010 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Thirty Year 7 students went to Leeds University and met Aggie McKenzie. 

They got the chance to learn about the science behind bacterial growth, 

vacuum cleaners and many other aspects of domestic cleanliness 

(see separate article on page 3). 

A second group of Year 7 students also visited Leeds University and performed 

a range of chemical experiments to solve a crime, came up with wonderfully 

creative designs to help people in a disaster situation and watched explosive 

demonstrations by the BBC One Show's Dr Marty Jopson. 

Other students saw Mark Wilson of the Institute of Engineering Thermo Fluids, 

Surfaces & Interfaces at Leeds University provide an interactive demonstration of the 

science behind favourite super heroes such as Spiderman, Wolverine and Batman. 

Jane Jiang of form 7G was the winner of the Endanger Rangers Poster Competition, 

helping to raise the profile of endangered plants and animals all over the world. She 

won an iPod shuffle. 

The 'Hunt the Scientist' competition was particularly challenging this year thanks to 

Mr King’s cunning selection of poster positions! It took real perseverance for Ben 

Bilsborough 11O to find all twenty and be the proud winner of an iPod shuffle. 

The whole of Year 10 had the unique opportunity to design and create their own 

soap product with 'Soapbox Enterprise'. Their original, innovative creations were 

admired by everyone. 

Year 9 was lucky enough to be the chosen group to watch the BBC One Shows 

Scientist, Marty Jopson perform his amazing range of science experiments. A real 

privilege! 

Year 8 came up with innovative solutions to the problems we face with climate 

change in the 'Our World 2050' event, hosted by the Institute of Mechanical 

Engineers. Phil Willis was delighted by the ideas that our students presented. 

Mike Hoyland is a truly incredible scientist and performs the most amazing, large 

scale science experiments; it was a pleasure to welcome him once again and to 

be wowed by his extreme explosions and huge range of astounding 

demonstrations. Year 11 students were really honoured to have the chance to 

watch Mike perform in our school hall. 

The 'Maths Cryptic Challenge' and 'The Maths of Chaos' events at Leeds University were very much enjoyed 

by Year 10 and 6th Form students; a unique opportunity to get a taste of the applications of Maths at 

University level. 

Even our local Primary Schools got involved with Science Week at Horsforth School and it was a pleasure to 

welcome them to the best ever Planetarium event; thoroughly enjoyed by all. We also welcomed them to the 

Zoolab experience; giving students the rare opportunity to handle exotic rainforest creatures. 


PROMS 2010 

Year 11 

Step Out In Style 

n a m a z i n g e v e n i n g 

celebrating our Year 11 

Astudents' last five years at 

school was held on June 24th at the 

Village Hotel in Leeds. Students 

arrived at the hotel in style – stretch 

limousines and Hummers, sports 

cars, a camper van, and a delivery 

van with 'special delivery' on the 

front to name but a few. 

All the students looked amazing. The 

girls were very glamorous in their 

prom dresses and the boys very 

dapper in their suits and tuxedos. 

The event was attended by 192 

students and in excess of 60 

members of staff. The evening 

kicked off with the Year 11 band 

called 'Sprayed Aces' who got 

everyone in the mood to dance. It 

was a fun-filled evening with a buffet, 

dancing and amusing awards 

presented to the students. The finale 

of the evening was the crowning of 

the Prom King and Queen, Harry 

Wainwright and Lucinda Layfield. 

Mrs Symons who has been a Year 11 

tutor for several years is retiring this 

summer and was presented with a 

leaving gift to say thank you for the 

dedicated support she has given to 

both students and staff over the 

years. 

Mr Collins, Progress Leader for KS4 

said, 'It was wonderful to see the 

students looking so smart and 

enjoying themselves. It is a great way 

to celebrate the last five years and 

surviving the examinations. It was a 

fabulous evening which will be a 

great memory to all those who 

attended. Best wishes to all Year 11 

students for the results day and for 

next year as they move onto the next 

stage of their career, whether it be in 

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the 6 form at Horsforth School, at 

local colleges or working.’ 


PROMS 2010 

Year 13 

Dine Out In Style 

ear 13 students celebrated in 

style as their seven years at 

YHorsforth School came to a 

close in May at the Leavers' Prom. 

Over 160 students and staff enjoyed 

a three course meal followed by 

entertainment, awards and dancing 

at the Ramada Leeds Parkway Hotel. 

Many students added an original 

touch to the opening stages of the 

event by arriving at the venue after a 

scenic tour in a double decker 'Prom 

Bus' which they hired especially for 

the occasion. 

Some fine food was followed by the 

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premiere of two Horsforth School 6 

Form DVD productions. First came a 

performance of Lou Reed's 'Perfect 

Day' by Year 13 students, Year 13 

tutors and Mr Mason, directed by Mrs 

Hazell. This fine piece of memorabilia 

can now be viewed on youtube! The 

guests were treated to a short 

comedy film exploring the school, 

which featured Andrew Ditchfield, 

Adam Hobbs, Joe Marsden and 

Jordan McKenna. 

A number of those present also 

r e c e i v e d a w a r d s f o r t h e i r 

achievements over the past two 

years with Lucy Stevens, Callum 

Leinster and Jacob Womack winning 

prizes for their charity fundraising 

contributions to the School and local 

community. 


Golden Bunsen Competition at Temple Moor 

Saying Goodbye... 

Constructing a device to remain sunken for a maximum of sixty 

seconds sounds easy but we can assure you it is not! Our Key Stage 

3 and Key Stage 4 Golden Bunsen teams used every scrap of 

scientific knowledge and ingenuity to come up with their 'sink-rise machine' 

and presented their findings to an audience of about eighty Leeds students. 

Congratulations to Bhanu Pillay, Fliss Chaplin, 

Sam Beevors and Miles Tidman for coming 

second (with a particularly impressive 

presentation) and also to Alivia Cawley, Anya 

Salhi, Abi Houseman and Archie Whitaker for 

coming third in their group – with an especially 

unique contraption! 

It is with regret that we have to say goodbye at the end of term to several members of staff, all of 

whom have made a significant contribution to the life of Horsforth School. We have to bid farewell to 

Kate Bradley, Laura Bownass, Caroline Jackson, Natalie Metcalfe, Dave Mulvaney, Sarah 

Peel and Charlotte Twigger who are moving to pastures new and we wish them every success for 

their future. Congratulations and good wishes go to Lucy Brown, Claire Lucas and Sam Gibbs 

who will all be taking maternity leave from September. 

We send special wishes for a happy and relaxing retirement to Jenny Willmore and Gail Symons 

and hope they will enjoy many new ventures in the future. 

Jenny Willmore is retiring this summer after 28 years as a History teacher at 

Horsforth School. Jenny has been a cornerstone of the Department during this 

time and one of the most successful GCSE teachers in the School. 

Jenny will continue working with children in her retirement. She already gives up her 

time to work at a project where severely disabled children are given opportunities to 

ride donkeys. The scheme demonstrates Jenny's twin passions of helping 

disadvantaged children and animal welfare. Indeed many generations of 

Horsfordians may best remember Miss Willmore through tales of her beloved dogs! 

The School and the History Department will certainly miss her and we wish Jenny a 

very happy and active retirement. 

Gail Symons is also retiring at the end of the summer term after 11 years at 

Horsforth School. Gail has been a valued colleague in the Maths 

Department where students have benefited from her hard work and 

dedication, particularly when running Key Stage 4 Mathematics but also in 

connection with the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Maths Challenges in which the 

school has participated for several years, through the UK Mathematics Trust. 

Organising these challenges has involved much work and Gail has been successful 

in developing and inspiring the interest of many students to achieve high results and 

many Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates through the challenges. 

We wish Gail a well earned and happy retirement. 

A big welcome ... 

We are delighted to welcome a number of new staff who will be joining us in the new academic year: 

Paul Bell and Judith Nelson will be joining the Leadership Team both as Assistant Headteachers; 

Helen Bagshaw, Emma DiGiorgio and Heather Sweeney will be joining the Science Department; 

Ruth Burrell, Charlotte Green, Karen Owen and Melanie Stagg are our new additions to the 

English Department; James Harrison, Vicky Haycock, Sarah Kingston and Julia Mahoney 

(who has already been with us for one term) will join the Maths Department; Sunita Chandegra is 

our new colleague in ICT; Susannah North will join the History Department and Zoe Wilkinson will 

join the Art Department; Louise Dixon joined the Design & Technology Department recently as a 

maternity replacement for Sharon Mayo and Sam Haigh is our new Assistant Superintendent. We 

wish all of them a happy and successful career at Horsforth School. 


HORSFORTH 

HEALTH WEEK 

th 

Year 9 Healthfair – 16 June 

To promote healthy living and 'keeping safe' theme during Horsforth 

Health Week, the Lifeskills Department held a Health Fair in the 

school hall for all Year 9 students. They had the opportunity to talk to 

a variety of Health Care professionals and external agencies, including 

school nurses, police, sexual health team, the teenage pregnancy unit, first 

aid, road safety and drugs and alcohol specialists. Students were given 

valuable information on keeping safe and healthy. They took part in 

demonstrations, sampled healthy food, learnt the recovery position and 

even tried to walk 'the line' with simulated 'beer goggles'. 

Mrs Nowell said that it had been a very successful day, students not only 

enjoyed the event but had discovered new ideas and developed new skills. 

A special thanks to all involved including Mrs Kennedy's ASDAN groups 

who helped deliver the Dr Abc and first aid. 

Year 7 - 5 A Day Treasure Hunt - 17th June 

To help celebrate the theme of healthy living, on Thursday 17th June, Year 

7 took part in a ‘FIVE A DAY’ treasure hunt organised by the Life Skills 

Department. Photographs of different types of fruit and vegetables were 

hidden around all parts of the school building and students used their break 

and lunch time periods to search for as many items as they possibly could. 

Students were able to learn the correct portion sizes for their ‘five a day’ 

and keep fit at the same time! 

Horsforth 

Healthy Living Week 

Monday 14th to Friday 18th June 

Yr 9 

Health Fair 

Wednesday 16th june 

Yr 7 

5 A Day treasure hunt 

Thursday 17th June 

Congratulations to the three winners who were: 

Liam Allinson (7B), Milo Chandler (7G) and Chloe Morrison (7L). 

REFURBISHMENT OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY ROOMS 

Iam very pleased to be able to report that the two Food Technology rooms are going to be re-furbished 

ready for the new school year in September. Although the physical size of the rooms will not change, the 

rooms have been planned to include more work spaces and sinks. 

This is good news for every one who uses the rooms. Watch this space in the next Newsletter for 

photographs of the fantastic re-furbishments! 

Report by Mrs Duke 


PROJECT O 

London to Paris 2010 

Cycle Challenge 

Mr B u t l e r , M s 10 and 11. The charity 

S t o t h a r d , M r supports orphaned children 

Collins and Mr in the Valley of a Thousand 

Wood cycled 311 miles from Hills near Durban. An 

London to the Eiffel Tower in amazing amount has been 

Paris over the half term raised by the cyclists 

holidays. The weather was through the 'Just Giving' 

very mixed for the first three website with a current total 

days, with glorious hot of £35,000 of which £28,500 

sunny weather on the final will be donated to Project O. 

day as we approached the The staff, students and 

Eiffel Tower. There were 38 parents have raised in 

cyclists and 12 members of excess of £4,000 which 

the support team, with Mr means we have achieved 

Carruthers being the cook our target of £23,000 to 

for the team. Four speed cover the building costs of a 

teams meant that cyclists new children's home for ten 

could go at a pace which orphans. 

suited them. Although it was A big thank you to everyone 

h a r d w o r k a t t i m e s , who has donated money 

especially on Tuesday online or who has raised 

where we had to cycle 92 money on behalf of the 

m i l e s , e v e r y o n e school for Project O. We 

encouraged each other. really appreciate your 

There was a fantastic support and team efforts. 

emotional finish with family We hope to carry on 

members welcoming us supporting this worthwhile 

with flags and bunting under charity so we can ensure 

the tower as we completed some continuity for the 

the challenge. This was future. 

followed by a wonderful Mr Collins and a team of 21 

celebration at a restaurant people from the local 

in south Paris and a Horsforth area (including 4 

welcome bed in a hotel students from Horsforth 

which made a change from School) are travelling to 

the camping mats! 

South Africa this summer to 

All this was in aid of raising assist in the construction of 

money for Project O, the the children's home. 

nominated charity of Years 

Fine for Charity 

The Learning Resource 

Centre in school collected 

£100 in overdue book 

fines. This has also been 

donated to the Project O 

Cycle Challenge. 


HORSFORTH SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS 

Sports Award 

Evening 2010 

T 

th 

his year the Schools' Sports Awards Presentation Evening was held on Thursday June 10 . It was very 

well attended with over 200 pupils, several staff and Governor Ray Agar coming to celebrate the 

participation and success in sport over the last year. The evening was packed full of awards, photos, 

speeches, music and a table tennis demonstration. The guest speaker was Stephanie Wilson from Netball 

Super League. It was the two speeches from students Harry Coleman and Lucie Layfield, however, which 

stole the limelight. We were delighted that so many pupils attended and expect the evening to become an 

integral part of the sporting calendar. 

Year 7 Sportswomen 

of the Year Nominees 

Mr Gray awards Josh Bateson 

Y11 Rugby Player of the Year 

Sportsmen & Sportswomen 

of the Year 2010 

Activity 

Player of the Year 

Activity 

Player of the Year 

Y 7 Boys’ Football 

Lawrence Wilson 

Y 7-9 Boys’ Basketball 

Andrew Maud 

Y 7 Girls’ Football 

Sadie Burns 

Y 9-11 Boys’ Basketball 

Ahmed Khezam 


Ali Unsworth 

Key Stage 3 Dance 

Alice Horsman 


Sophie Shaw 

Key Stage 4 Dance 

Catherine Moglia 


Alex Bennett 

Boys’ Table Tennis 

Jack Diamond 


Sarah Calder 

Girls’ Table Tennis 

Georgia Fletcher 


Elliot Morgan 

Y 7 Boys’ Rugby 

Luke Townend 


George Hancock 


Harry Jeavons 

6th Form Football 

Joe Marsden 


Dom Howard 

Y 7 Girls’ Netball 

Molly Fynn 

1st XV Rugby 

Harry Coleman 


Lucy Bisset 

Y 7 Girls’ Hockey 

Anna Robinson 


Inez Griffiths 


Sophie Shaw 


Molly Pickering 


Elle Dodds 


Amy Sheard 


Rachel Akhondi 

Boys’ Cross Country 

Mark Rawlinson 


Rachel Stephenson 


Sportsmen & Sportswomen on the Year Nominations 

Award 

Year 7 Girls’ 

Sportswoman 

Year 7 Boys’ 

Sportsman 


Sportswoman 

Year 8 boys’ 

Sportsman 


Sportswoman 


Sportsman 


Sportswoman 


Sportsman 


Sportswoman 


Sportsman 

Nominations Nominations Nominations Nominations Winner 

Beth 

Wilkinson 

Nick 

Myers 

Lucy 

Bisset 

Harry 

Jeavons 

Elle 

Dodds 

Callum 

Postle 

Hannah 

Walton 

Ben 

Hopkinson 

Lucie 

Layfield 

George 

Hancock 

Georgia 

Fletcher 

Luke 

Townend 

Grace 

Boden 

Sam 

Convery 

Jenni 

Glew 

Josh 

Wilson 

Rachel 

Akhondi 

Alex 

Myers 

Amy 

Sheard 

Ali 

Walshaw 

Alice 

Ryan 

Lawrence 

Wilson 

Sophie 

Shaw 

Joe 

Walshaw 

Jess 

Egan 

Charles 

Morgan 

Ellie 

Boden 

Tom 

Roberts 

Catherine 

Moglia 

Josh 

Bateson 

Anna 

Robinson 

Sam 

Otway 

Chardae 

Chaggar-Brown 

Ali 

Unsworth 

Inez 

Griffiths 

Liam 

Bennett 

Heather 

Kealey 

Elliot 

Morgan 

Amy 

Ryan 

Brad 

King 

Beth 

Wilkinson 

Nick 

Myers 

Grace 

Boden 

Harry 

Jeavons 

Elle 

Dodds 

Josh 

Wilson 

Hannah 

Walton 

Ben 

Hopkinson 

Catherine 

Moglia 

Ali 

Walshaw 

BOYS’ FOOTBALL - SEASON REVIEW 

Year 7 

A strong second half of the season led to an improvement 

in results and the boys reached the semi-final of the 

Leeds Schools’ Cup where they lost to a strong Garforth 

team. Highlights have included a 4 - 1 victory over Morley 

and a 4 - 0 win over Benton Park. There have been 

outstanding performances from Nick Myers, Josh 

Browne, Kristian Smith, Sam Otway and Player of the 

Year Lawrence Wilson. Alex Wiggan finished top scorer 

with 8 goals. Well done, boys, hopefully next year we can 

go one step further in the cup. 

Year 8 

Having made a slow start to the season winning one game in the first five, the boys ended up 

losing just once in their final five games. They finished the season with a 3 - 1 victory over Benton 

Park. Lewis Riley finished top scorer with 8 goals in 10 games and Ali Unsworth received the 

Player of the Year Award. 

Year 9 

Year 7 Boys’ Football Team 

Leeds Schools’ Cup 

Semi-Finalists 

The Year 9 football team had a really enjoyable year with some fantastic performances and 

results throughout. After an early exit in the cup the boys performed admirably in the league with 

some fantastic wins over Ralph Thorsby, Ilkley Grammar and Prince Henry's scoring 11 and 

conceding none. It was this type of form that enabled the boys to reach the league semi finals 

where unfortunately we lost to a very strong Priesthorpe side. 

There have been many strong performances throughout the year from all the team but there 

could only be one player of the season and that went to Liam Bennett for his commitment and 

goals coming from midfield. 


BOYS’ FOOTBALL REVIEW continued 

Year 10 

The season started very well as we eased through until 

Christmas unbeaten and riding high. We faltered a little in the 

league after Christmas, but still made it through to the league 

final after an excellent battling semi-final victory in the rain 

and mud. Unfortunately it wasn't to be, however, as we 

narrowly lost in the final in a very evenly contested game. The 

Leeds Schools’ Cup gave us an opportunity to pick up the 

silverware that our play throughout the season deserved, 

and that was achieved in some style, with a 2- 0 victory in the 

final at South Leeds Stadium. 

Notable mentions go to Ben Hopkinson, Joel Davenport and 

Elliot Morgan for their consistently good play throughout the 

season, as well as to Dom Howard and Will McLoughlin for 

some excellent performances in their first season with us 

and, finally, to Daniel Fletcher for an assured goal keeping 

performance in the cup final. 

Year 11 

Year 10 Football Team 

Winners of the 

Leeds Schools’ Cup 

The Year 11 squad is extremely talented and team who had several players representing 

was therefore entered into the West Yorkshire Premiership Clubs and England Under 16s. 

County Cup. On route to the final of this Still, this was a great achievement. We didn't 

competition the highlights were against two do so well in the Leeds area losing on 

strong sides namely Shelley College and penalties to the eventual winners, Primrose, 

Brooksbank. These games resulted in 3 - 2 and getting knocked out in the league play-off 

victories after goals from Danny Palombo, semi final. 

Brad King, Luke Robinson and James Thorp, Throughout the year we had many strong 

not to mention a match saving block from performances. Josh Avery made great 

Matty Nebard. 

progress and has become a solid goal keeper, 

At half time against Ryburn Valley in the final in defence Chris Bellfield was ‘Mr Consistent’ 

we trailed 3 - 2 with a long range goal from and Luke Robinson was as commanding as 

Luke and a good strike from George Hancock. ever. In midfield Richard Vennard and Danny 

We dominated the second half and had two Palombo were fantastic and James Thorp was 

goals disallowed - it just wasn't meant to be. very dangerous out on the wing. In attack Brad 

As County Cup finalists we progressed to the King started to score the chances his speed 

National Competition where some fine saves created and worked well with George 

from Josh Avery kept us in the 3 - 2 victory over Hancock; who is talented, strong, passionate 

Valley School in Lincolnshire. A trip to Durham and best of all a great leader in the team, so 

for a place in the last 32 teams in the Country much so he was promoted to captain, finished 

and a goal from George Hancock was a top scorer with 10 goals and won the Player of 

consolation as we crashed 3 - 1 to a big strong the Year Award. 

Year 11 Football 

Team in the West 

Yorkshire Cup Final 

6th Form 

st 

The 1 XI had an indifferent season showing good 

form in the league but struggling for results in the cup 

competitions! The key performers throughout the 

season were Joe Pinnick, Tom White, captain Greg 

Rowell, player of the season Joe Marsden and the 

prolific strike partnership of Jack Moglia and Matthew 

Hartley who shared 20 goals between them. Jordan 

McKenna deserves a special mention for his efforts 

refereeing several teams throughout the season. 

Thank you and well done. 


Aire/Wharfe Football League 

YEAR 7 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals + Goals - +/- Points Overall Pts 

Inc. Bonus 

St Mary’s 9 7 1 1 20 5 +15 22 31 

Benton Park 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 19 

Abbey Grange 10 2 3 5 14 24 -11 9 19 

Ilkley Grammar 9 2 3 4 13 14 -1 9 18 

Horsforth 8 2 2 4 13 15 -2 8 16 

Ralph Thoresby 6 2 1 3 8 15 -7 7 13 

YEAR 8 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals+ Goals- +/- Points Overall Pts 

Inc.Bonus 

Ilkley Grammar 10 5 3 2 16 7 +9 18 28 

St Mary’s 10 4 5 1 11 6 +5 17 27 

Ralph Thoresby 10 5 0 5 16 12 +4 15 25 

Horsforth 9 3 4 2 10 10 0 13 21 

Benton Park 10 2 1 7 9 18 -9 7 17 

Abbey Grange 7 1 3 3 6 13 -7 6 13 

YEAR 9 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals+ Goals- +/- Points 

Benton Park 13 9 0 4 25 11 +14 27 

Horsforth 13 8 1 4 20 11 +9 25 

Ilkley Grammar 13 7 2 4 18 12 +6 23 

St Mary’s 13 7 1 5 16 10 +6 19 

Abbey Grange 13 4 3 6 11 8 +3 15 

RTHS 13 4 1 8 14 20 -6 14 

PHGS 13 3 1 9 11 21 -10 9 

YEAR 10 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals+ Goals- +/- Bonus Pts Points 


Horsforth 9 6 2 1 30 15 +15 9 29 

Intake 5 5 0 0 21 6 +15 5 20 


St Mary’s 6 2 1 3 19 14 +5 6 13 

Benton Park 5 1 0 4 7 17 -10 5 8 

Abbey Grange 5 0 1 4 6 13 -7 5 6 

YEAR 11 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals+ Goals- +/- Bonus Pts Points 


Horsforth 6 4 0 2 13 10 +3 6 18 

Ralph Thoresby 4 2 0 2 6 9 -3 4 10 

Intake 5 1 1 3 13 19 -6 5 9 

Abbey Grange 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 2 5 

Benton Park 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1 1 

St Mary’s NRS 

6TH FORM Played Won Drawn Lost Goals+ Goals- +/- Bonus Pts Points 


St Mary’s 11 8 2 1 24 10 +14 11 37 

Horsforth 9 7 0 2 32 9 +23 9 30 

Benton Park 5 2 0 3 10 16 -6 5 11 

Priesthorpe 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 3 9 

Abbey Grange 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 4 7 

Intake 5 0 0 5 7 26 -19 5 5 

Ilkley Grammar 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 3 4 

Swallow Hill NRS 


SPORTS ROUND UP 

Athletic’s Success 2010 

Once again the school athletics team has started the season fantastically. All 

teams went to the English Schools Round 1 in Wakefield and did extremely well. 

There were some great performances in the junior teams from Sam Otway, 

Lawrence Wilson and Eve Kitchingman from Year 7 and Lucy Bisset, Rob 

rd 

Campbell and Tyler Whyte from Year 8. The Boys finished 3 narrowly missing out 

th 

on the regional B finals and the girls finished 6 . 

Some more great performances from the inter teams as usual - Bena Asomaning 

in the Triple jump (pictured right) and, in the boys' team, Dom Howard, Ben 

Hopkinson and James Aston had amazing results with James accumulating the 

th 

most points on the day with 39 points for the team! The girls finished 5 and the 

st 

boys finished 1 gaining a place in the regional finals for the third year running. 

Good Luck! 

More success has come from the teams in the Leeds Schools events. After match 1 the results are as follows, 

st 

nd 

Junior boys, Inter boys and Inter girls 1 and Junior girls 2 .Good luck for the rest of the season. 

Congratulations to Kieron O'Neill, Jack Schultz, James Thorp, Brad King and Michael Wood (pictured above) 

for reaching the West Yorkshire trials competing for Leeds, with Kieron getting a Personal Best of 11.99 seconds 

for the 100m and Jack also getting a Personal Best of 1.55m in the High Jump. 

English Schools Table Tennis Association - Girls U13 Team National FInals 

Our girls Under 13 Table Tennis team consisting of Chardae Chaggar-Brown, 

Georgia Fletcher, Abi Harrison and Yasmin Madani (the latter three pictured left), 

th 

finished 4 in the Country after reaching the National Finals in Coventry in April. 

This is an outstanding achievement and the girls should be very proud of how well 

they have done this year. 

Leadership Round Up 

This year has been an excellent year for leadership opportunities and events. 

Eighteen students have completed the Sports Leaders UK level 2 award 

(CSLA). For this they undertook a four day course including a recognised First Aid 

award and a disabilities workshop. They have also done at least 10 hours of 

leading sport in the community. Sports have ranged from football, rugby, 

cheerleading as well as running a multiskill club for primary children aged 4 - 6 

years for the last two terms. Five of our CSLA leaders have also been part of the 

Leeds Academy Leadership Programme and have attended training at Elland 

Road to develop their skills further. They have then gone into primary schools in the 

local area to run leadership workshops for Year 6 pupils. 

Year 11 GCSE / BTec and Year 10 BTec groups have also been progressing 

towards the above award by achieving the Junior Sports Leader Award. Sixty 

students have been gaining leadership experience by taking sessions in local 

primary schools as well as running multiskill festivals at Horsforth school. 

Three Year 9 girls have also started on the road to becoming leaders by 

volunteering to coach hockey at the primary school hockey club bases at school 

on Friday nights. Well done to them. 

Top Link 

Top link is a national scheme for leadership run across the whole of 

the UK. The Leeds Schools Partnership combine together to run this 

project which took place during a full week in June. Our Top link 

leaders this year are Year 10 students Tom Roberts, Ben Hopkinson, 

Molly Pickering and Vicky Mather. They have attended a national 

training day at Tong School along with all the other Top Link leaders in 

West Yorkshire and are now planning a world cup competition for 

Year 6 students in our local feeder schools. 


SPORTS ROUND UP Continued 

Year 7 Cricket 

The Year 7 cricket team has got off to a good start to their 

Horsforth careers. After a slow start to the season the 

team has had some good wins over Allerton and Abbey 

Grange. There have been several stand out performers 

so far with Danny Taylor contributing heavily with both 

bat and ball, and Alex Wiggan, Tom Colley and Luke 

Townend who have all performed consistently well. It 

would be great to see more Year 7 boys at training to 

emulate the world cup winning England cricket team!! 

Year 8 Cricket 

The Year 8 cricket team has had a mixed start to the 

season. The two games they have played have 

resulted in two losses despite some good 

performances. The game against Morley at home 

was an absolute classic going to the last over. Top 

performers have been Harry Jeavons and Tom 

Nixon with the ball and Danny Taylor from Year 7 

with the bat. Well done to everyone!. 

STOP PRESS! 

Earlier this year in March, as reported in the 

Spring Newsletter, Year 9 students took part in a 

World Record attempt to produce the largest ever 

simultaneous, interactive weather report. Mrs 

Hazell is pleased to report that we succeeded in 

our mission and Horsforth School are officially 

part of the BBC School Report's first ever entry 

into the Guinness Book of World Records. We've 

been sent a certificate as proof of our 

achievement and well done to everyone involved 

on the day. We are certainly looking forward to the 

excitement of News Report next year. 

Horsforth Cluster 

Drop in support session offering on the 

spot advice from a team of professionals 

For parents/carers who have any 

worries or concerns about their 

child/young person 

Giving you the chance to speak 

to someone who may be able 

to help, the individual sessions 

are informal and confidential 

Available at Horsforth Children’s Centre, based at 

Broadgate Primary School on North Broadgate Lane LS18 5AF 

Contact Sue Scholes 0113 2582685 or 07801171797 

HORSFORTH 

NEWLAITHES 

JUNIOR SCHOOL 

Drop in on either the 

1 st or the 3 rd Tuesday 

of every month during term time 

1.30pm-3.00pm 

Primary School 

breeze 

BREEZE ON TOUR 

12pm - 5pm 

3rd August 

Micklefield Park 

Rawdon 

25th - 26th August 

Kirkstall Abbey 


In Lasting Memory ... 

tudents and parents / carers will all 

know of the tragic loss in April of 

SFran Morris, who was such an 

inspiration to so many students at 

Horsforth School over her years as a 

member of the Leadership Team and as a 

teacher at the school. Plans are now 

taking shape to create a memorial in the 

Year 7 courtyard, outside what was Mrs 

Morris' office. 

It is hoped to include a flowing water feature and seating area in slate 

as a lasting tribute to the unfailing dedication and contribution which 

Mrs Morris made to the school. In addition, it is likely that a school 

prize will be created in her name which will be awarded annually at the 

School Prize Evening. 

The School Calendar 

We wish you all a good break over the Summer Holidays. 

Please note the following important dates: 

Thursday 19th August - AS/A2 Results Day 

Tuesday 24th August - GCSE Results Day 

Wednesday 1st September 

School commences for Year 12 at 11.00am. 

Training Day for the rest of school. 

Thursday 2nd September 

School commences for Years 7 and 13 at 8.30am and for 

Years 8 - 11 at 10.30am. 

Thank you to....... 

Judi Bell and Nicki Ferraby for the compilation and 

production of this Newsletter, also to Phil Neary and 

Denise Mifsud for the printing and distribution. 



LEE LANE EAST 

HORSFORTH 

LEEDS 

LS18 5RF 

T: 0113 226 5454 

F: 0113 226 5401 

E: info@horsforth.leeds.sch.uk 

www.horsforth.leeds.sch.uk

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