REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2007-2008 - Pershore High School

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28 budding historians from Year 9 visited the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye.Sixth Form students and staff travelled to Ndola in Zambia to meet students of Lubuto High School.GCSE History students travelled to France and Belgium to visit the battlefields of the First World War.Fiona Hartley travelled to New Zealand to attend an International Scout Jamboree in Christchurch.Sixth Form students visited New York's famous attractions including Ellis Island, Planet Hollywood andthe Statue of Liberty.A group of students and staff went on a Skiing and Snowboarding Trip to Obertauern, Austria.Sixth formers and staff stayed in the Temple Bar area of Dublin and visited Kilmainham Gaol, theGuinness Storehouse, Trinity College and the Museum of Modern Art.The National Youth Parliament Competition winners, Ryck Williamson, Luke Gordon, Isidore Sanders,Stephen Maughan, Dale Cox, Nathan Johns, Katherine Gullick, Fleur Homfray, Sam Fowles, LukeGordon, and Dale Cox visited the Houses of Parliament.A group of students went to the Civic Centre with Mr Knight to learn more about the Local Council.A group of Year 10 students went to an Aim Higher Day at Merton College, Oxford.Ryck Wiliamson mixed with MPs, watched Prime Minister’s Question Time, toured the Houses ofParliament and lunched with West Worcestershire MP, Sir Michael Spicer, after being judged as bestindividual speaker in the Eyres-Monsell Debating Shield Competition at Malvern College.Five intrepid teachers and 40 brave students headed off to Orlando, visiting Blizzard Beach, Disney'sMagic Kingdom, Sea World, Universal Studios and the Kennedy Space Center.Miss Troop accompanied Alisdair Mustard and Danny Sanders to the student evaluation for theComenius project, called ‘Spring Watch’, at the Jokai Mor Gimnazium school in Komarom, Hungary.A group of students visited the Morgan car factory to watch the manufacture of this prestigious car.Giles Shaw and Matthew Betteridge have both earned conditional offers to study at Oxford University.A group of students took part in a Mock Trial at Worcester Magistrates' Court.Adam Gordon, Ben Carr, Elena Von Benzon and Emily Young spoke at a conference for teachers andheadteachers on the subject of International Opportunities and their involvement with Comenius work.Ian Baulch, Dan Belcher, Ashley Bird and Stefan Griffin attended the Awards Celebration for YoungApprentices at Evesham College May.Talented designers, engineers and chefs of the future displayed GCSE and A/AS level work withan exhibition in the Library and food technology students prepared refreshments for visitors.Jack Riley, Ellen Broderick and Ryck Williamson impressed the judges at Malvern Rotary Club PublicSpeaking Competition.The PHS Sports Council met for the first time.Jack Lambert won the 800 metre hurdles and Alexander Bradnick the 100 metres at theWorcestershire Athletics Championship at Hereford.Kieran Morris and Katy Hanna were selected to act as Young Ambassadors for the SouthWorcestershire School Sports Partnership for 2007/8.Stephanie Holmes represented Great Britain at the Olympic Hopes Regatta in Poland.Lewis Critcher and Stuart Grant were selected for the Worcestershire County Under 18s Football.Stuart Grant was invited to the England Under 18 Football trials.Katie Clasen was selected for the Under 15s County Development Squad.
Nathan Jones represented Aston Villa Under 15s when they played against Manchester United.Fiona Hartley, Joanna Hartley and Nathan Comber took part in the County Schools TrampolineChampionships.Victoria Wassell achieved her Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.Janet Higginbotham was presented with a certificate to mark the completion of ten years of service tothe Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.A group of Year 8 and 9 students took part in a Celebration of Inclusive Sports at Evesham LeisureCentre and were involved in a number of multi-skill and sports activities.Hayley Tomlinson won first place in the Wychavon District Council Recycling Poster Competition.Holly Adams came first in the Fonteyn Nureyev Young Dancers' Competition Level 2 section of theMidlands and East of England heat.The Year 8 7-a-side Girls' Hockey Tournament was won by PHS.Students from Years 9 to 12 competed admirably in terrible conditions in the District Cross CountryTrials at Bredon Pull Court School where eight students finished in top positions.PHS Cheerleading Team celebrated scooping top place in the 11 to 14 category in the CountyChampionships competition which was judged by the British Cheerleading Association.Year 8 students took part in the annual swimming gala at Evesham Leisure Centre.Stuart Grant was selected for the English Schools' Football Association Midland Region to playAustralia at Hinckley United FCPershore Basketball Squad took the title for the first time in the Inter-Leisure Centre tournament.Ed Surman won a silver medal at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships in London.Pershore Girls Cricket Club, predominantly made up of PHS students, won the U15 Lady TavenersIndoor Schools Tournament at Worcester Royal Grammar School.Katie Clasen was awarded the Wychavon Junior Sports Personality of the Year 2007.Pershore Town Girls Under-14s retained the Mercian League following victory over Droitwich.Jordan White represented Great Britain in an International Karate Tournament in Canada.Rachel Hubball and Jonathan Price, were selected for a Rotary Youth Leadership Award from theBredon Hill and Pershore Rotary Clubs.The Year 11 Basketball team have enjoyed their most successful season ever. They were CountyCup Finalists and District League Champions and also winners of the District’s Champions Finalsbeating Weobley in the semi-final and Blessed Edward Oldcorne in the Final.Patrick Hughes, Benjamin Thirlby and Lewis Critcher each had one leg waxed to raise money for StRichard’s Hospice.Andrew Marks attended an award ceremony at West Mercia Police Force Headquarters after he wasshortlisted for the Good Citizen of the Year Award.Year 9 students filled 98 shoe boxes with toys, sweets and school supplies as part of OperationChristmas Child for children who are unable to enjoy Christmas due to poverty and illness.Chris Ridings and Ryck Williamson completed over 100 hours volunteering in the community andreceived a Community Volunteering Silver Award from the Youth Sports Trust as a part of their Stepinto Sport scheme.180 Senior Citizens enjoyed entertainment and refreshments at the annual Christmas Coffee Morning.Scott Law was the first to complete the annual Santa Fun Run in Worcester in aid of Leukaemia Care.
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