Summer 2007 Issue - Wirral Grammar School for Boys

NuntiusW I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysCross Lane, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3AQ | Tel: 0151 644 0908JULY 2007SUMMER 2007 –CHARITY UPDATE!As the end of another busy year approaches it is time to say a hugethank you to everyone who has done anything to contribute towardsour charity fund-raising programme this year.Money from the year 7-9 fancy dress fun run is still to be added in tothe total funds raised but, at the time of writing, we have alreadyraised over £6500 for our main beneficiary, Cancer Research UK.Therefore, we look forward to handing over a healthy final amount inthe autumn term.This amazing amount is thanks to the efforts of many of our studentsand their parents, friends, family and neighbours. It has also beenboosted by the efforts of very brave individuals, including Dr Randellwho successfully completed a marathon in May this year. Many thanksalso to those who offered donations to Sean Harris of the lower 6th inhis brave bid to skydive for charity. Unfortunately this event has had tobe postponed but we are hopeful it will still go ahead and anydonations are being held until such time – we will keep you posted!Race or Walk for LifeSome of us ran. Some of us jogged. Some of us walked. Some of usstrolled. But all of us finished! On a lovely summer’s evening on the 6thJune, 32 members of staff participated in the Race for Life for CancerResearch. Yet again, this was awonderful event with such alovely sense of camaraderieand fun. It was wonderful tosee so many staff participating,all wearing a navy t-shirt with‘Wirral Grammar School’neatly woven into the pinkribbon logo. Last year weraised over £1000 so wehope that this year will be evenbetter!We could not go on being as successful as we are without the supportof the school community in general so thank you once again! I hopethat the school’s endeavours in the field of charity work will be just assuccessful next academic year under the very competent leadership ofRobert Woodward and his senior prefect team. I am sure he will keepyou informed as to our new school charity and continued success nextyear.Mrs L AhernYear 8 Boys in Charity AbseilSean Goodchild and Adam Gould in Form 8B braved the dizzyheights of Leasowe Lighthouse in June to take part in a sponsorshipevent in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Foundation. Betweenthem they raised £400 in sponsorship.OPEN EVENINGS 2007Parents of boys who will be in Year 6 at their primary schools inSeptember are invited to attend one of our Open Evenings on26th and 27th September. These start at 7.00 pm with two talkstaking place in the school hall by Mr David Hazeldine,Headteacher.The whole school will be open for parents to see the work of allDepartments and for boys to share in a range of lesson activities.Practice 11+ test papers will be on sale and parents and boyswill be able to talk to current pupils about life at Wirral GrammarSchool.DR RANDELL RUNS AMARATHON!On 19 May 2007 I completedmy first marathon in 3:38:48.I raised almost £400 for theSchool Charity – CancerResearch UK - and would like tothank all those pupils and staffwho sponsored me.The White Peak Marathon is runin Derbyshire. The route followsthe Tissington (8 miles uphill)and High Peak (13 milesundulating - mostly uphill!) trailsbefore descending in threestages down old railway inclinesto Matlock Rugby Club.www.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysSIXTH FORM INDUCTIONWEEK 2007Our current Year 11 studentsreturned to school following thecompletion of their GCSEexaminations to take part in ourInduction Programme. During theweek students were involved in arange of subject-based activities toprepare them for their newcourses. Problem-solving andTeam-building sessions alsoformed part of the programme.Approaches to A Level study andan introduction to the universityapplication procedure wereincluded as support activities.COLLEGE WEEK 2007This is an important week for students in Year 12as it prepares them for the university applicationprocess that gets underway immediately inSeptember. The programme included talks by TimCrick, Director of Student Admissions at theUniversity of Sheffield and Dr Kathy England,Head of Student Admissions at the University ofManchester.Practical advice was provided by DavidWinstanley of Liverpool University on “Finance,Tuition Fees and Student Loans” and former student,Mark Wood, talked to students about theexperience of a Year in Industry. Students tookpart in day visits to Liverpool University and LeedsUniversity during the weekWelcomeDear allwww.wirralgrammarboys.comAs another academic year draws to a close we are able tolook back upon an excellent year.Our year started with news of outstanding examinationachievement and a letter of congratulations from theDepartment for Education and Skills. September also sawthe start of our specialist focus on Business and Enterprise aspart of the Specialist Schools ProgrammeThe main focus for the Summer Term has been the externaltests and examinations that pupils have taken at Key Stage3, GCSE and A Level. At the time of writing, the results forthe Key Stage 3 Mathematics SATs have just arrived andthey show still further progress on results that, in previousyears, have been excellent. This year, record numbers ofpupils have gained Level 7 and Level 8. We look forwardto news of further achievement success when the GCSE andA Level results are published in the summer.Success at Wirral Grammar School presents itself in somany forms: on the sports’ fields, through musicalperformances and the rich variety of extra-curricularopportunities that form such a distinctive feature of ourschool.Residential visits have been a prominent feature of ourSummer Term with a History visit to Berlin, an OutdoorPursuits course on Anglesey for Year 9, a Year 7 trip toNormandy and a Lower Sixth visit to Cambridge University.Towards the end of term, sixty five boys are departing for aRugby and Hockey Tour to Australia, spending a week inand around Sydney and a week on the “Gold Coast”. TheMusic Department has arrange an overseas tour to theBlack Forest in Southern Germany in which fifty seven boysare taking part.Within school there have been numerous activities that haveprovided new learning opportunities and challenges.Enterprise projects have continued to flourish and developwith joint primary school projects and a very successful“Enterprise Week” for pupils in Year 10.At the end of this term we say our farewells to threemembers of staff, Miss Rebecca Lindesay is leaving to takeup a Language post at the British School of Boston, USA;Mrs Foggin, our Learning Mentor is departing for pasturesnew in New Zealand and Mr John Maunder is retiring fromhis position of Head of Physics and Head of Science aftertwenty four years of service to the school. We wish themall every success for the future.Our new academic year commences on 5 September forpupils. Next year promises exciting developments as ournew building programme is completed in the Spring Term.Finally, I wish everyone an enjoyable summer period, let ushope that the sun shines!David HazeldineHeadteacherJULY 2007Visit to Cadbury WorldBOYS from the Year 10 ICT group took part in a visit to a wellknown chocolate factory – Cadbury World. Within Cadbury’s weexplored the key aspects of ICT skills used in the factory. As wewalked through the entrance to the factory, we saw an extrasparkle in all the boys’ eyes: the Cadbury shop was straightahead, full of sweets and chocolate. It was one we knew we hadto visit at the end!Once we were able to enter the factory we began our tour through thefactory production areas and through several themed areas which related tothe factory’s history.During our exploration of the factory we saw numerous uses of ICTtechniques, ranging from chairs that moved to holograms that would explainthe story of the factory. Towards the end of the visit was when we enteredthe games zone; the area was full of electronically controlled visual gamesthat had numerous techniques of complex ICT skills.An activity towards the end of thetrip was to turn an image of youinto a chocolate figure. Anotheractivity that attracted the mostboys was the ‘stamping’ game.This game provided sheerentertainment to the visit anddisplayed the complex techniquesthat the factory was using.Once we had finished theactivities, we continued on to themain entrance where we wereable to explore the wonders ofthe Cadbury shop.by Lewis Theobald - Year 10Visit to Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicNuntiusOn Wednesday, the 23rd of May, Mr Snowdon and Mr Thomas took the Year 10 GCSE music group on a trip to theRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. On arrival in the minibus, the group was escorted up to the light and airy Rodewaldsuite, a room in which practice and some of the children’s workshops take place in the hall. Here, we were to be spokento by two of the orchestra’s members, one a violist (viola player) and the other a horn player.These two instrumentalists told us about working at the Philharmonic and what it entails. We learned that practice is usuallyapproximately 5 hours per day with the orchestra, for example, and that the orchestra can have a maximum of 10 days ata time of work with no “weekend”, as of course the orchestra often plays on an actual weekend. We also learned that aperk of the job was travel - the orchestra often goes to play in other countries, for example Malta.After this informative talk by the two instrumentalists, they went down to play in the orchestra whilst we went to listen. Theywere rehearsing Elgar’s Violin Concerto. A concerto has a soloist with the orchestra playing behind. We had anexcellent view from the boxes at the back of the hall and we were able to enjoy the sounds of this lively and interestingpiece of music. The music was to be performed that evening,and to watch the orchestra at work was fascinating, though itwas quite difficult to hear the conductor’s comments. The soloviolinist was a truly impressive sight, and the piece sounded(to me at least) absolutely brilliant.Finally, we were quietly shepherded from the boxes andreturned to the Rodewald Suite for some refreshments, afterwhich we went out of the front for a group photograph andthen headed back to school. An extremely enjoyableafternoon.Thomas Keningley 10Wwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysJULY 2007NuntiusMUSIC DEPARTMENTNEWSMusic Competition 2007The Music Competition results back in March can now be revealed!Congratulations to Matthew Lochhead 9W (clarinet), Michael Cearns10B (violin) and Andrew Pritchard U6 (guitar) who each won theirrespective categories. Despite the event initially having to bepostponed when the adjudicator did not turn up (!), eventually it wasa very closely fought contest, so well done to the above three andthe other 12 finalists.Summer Chamber ConcertWednesday 2 May saw another outstanding collection of soloperformances in the Summer Chamber Concert. All 24 boysperformed admirably and were well received by an appreciativeaudience. The next chamber concert will be in October next term –get practising if you want to be involved!Primary School VisitsContinuing the Department's visits to primary schools during thesummer term, Tuesday 26 June saw the Junior Brass group, TrebleChoir, Woodwind Group and String Group perform at 5 differentprimary schools all in the same day. Over 60 boys in total wereinvolved, and all the concerts were well received. 31 schools havenow received performances in the last 7 years, and this is fastbecoming one of the Department's most important annual events.MATHEMATICSDEPARTMENTY7 Mathematics Termly Bulletins UpdateThe Mathematics Department has introduced a “traffic light system”for monitoring boys’ progress in relation to their target grades.Green indicates “working at or above target”, Amber indicates“working near target” and Red indicates “working below target”.Many congratulations to Year 7. With regard to our Termly Bulletins,the number of “greens” and “ambers” has increased since December,whilst the number of “reds” has decreased. This shows an overallpositive trend for the year group.DecemberMarchNo of Greens 53 62No of Ambers 50 52No of Reds 42 31In particular, 7W have set the standard for all forms to match. Theyhave increased the number of greens from 7 to 11 and decreasedthe number of reds from 11 to 4. Well done.Over the Y7 cohort, 32 pupils have improved their colour code ofwhich 17 pupils have moved from red to amber/green and 15pupils have moved from amber to green.Upper Sixth Biology Trip to Chester ZooMammal, long-lived and hairy, gives birth to liveyoung and they go to Wirral Grammar Schoolfor BoysConan Gregory reveals a previously hiddenevolutionary link!As part of the A2 Biology course we have to learn a topic known as ‘classification’, which,despite all the Biology teacher’s best efforts, is a relatively tedious module. It is for this reasonthat the classroom was temporarily boycotted and swapped for the more ‘fitting’ environmentof Chester Zoo.The day was split into two parts: learning and looking at monkeys fighting over ice cubes (thelatter of which was enjoyed by all!). After arriving at 10 o’clock we entered our first or twolectures. The aim was to help us distinguish particular features of different species allowing usto categorise them into their respective groups – a typical A Level question. Both lessonswere presented either side of a lunch break by a member of the zoo staff who showed greatunderstanding of the classification module. Using a series of props, such as hissingcockroaches and different types of bio-artefacts, he was able to explain it at a level that wasentertaining yet concise and any questions on related topics or other aspects of the zoo wereexplained thoroughly.The lectures lasted two hours in total, allowing the rest of the time to be spent exploring allaspects of the zoo. The talks were all based around animals and insects situated in the zoo’ssurroundings, further helping to explain the topic in a more practical manner, which seemed tohelp all students immensely.I would definitely recommend attending the Chester Zoo visit as it is a fantastic and muchmore interesting way to be taught the criteria for the A level examinations.Conan Gregory U6Performance: Birkenhead ParkThursday 28 June saw the more Senior Brass Group performing inBirkenhead Park to an audience of over 6 different primary schoolchildren (almost 1000 people!). An event to commemorate the 150year anniversary of Birkenhead Park, the brass played a fanfare forthe Lord Mayor and other visiting VIP’s, followed by the NationalAnthem and a rendition of New York, New York.Summer ConcertAll of these groups and more performed to the usual high standard atthe Summer Concert on Thursday 12 July, whilst the Music SocietyDinner proved to be its normal gastronomic success on Friday 13July. Many thanks to Dr Peter Gopsill, a retired language teacher ofthe school who always had an active interest in the MusicDepartment, for a most entertaining speech, along with the othermembers of the forum reporting on their ensembles.A number of boys took music examinations this term, but with theresults not yet with us, congratulations will have to wait for Autumn'sNuntius.Looking Ahead to the Black Forest57 boys and 7 staff will currently be on their way to The Black Forestin Southern Germany, as the Choir and Concert Band embark onwhat I am sure will be another highly successful foreign tour. Reports,and possibly photographs, in the next issue!As the long summer months get under way with a vengeance,remember that 7 weeks without lessons does not mean 7 weekswithout practice!Mr P ThomasIn addition, whilst some of the boys have NOT yet changed colourfrom red to amber/green or amber to green, many have still made asignificant improvement since last term. This means that whilst theyare still working towards their targets, they are much nearer to theirown targets than they were last term. I must emphasise that thesetargets are based on their own KS2 performance and NOT that ofthe class or year as a whole.I look forward to observing the 31 boys who are currently colourcoded red putting in a full effort in order to reach their own targets inthe Summer term.Mr G W GriffithsAsst Head of Mathematics &Mathematics Strand Leader for Specialist CollegeENGINEERING EDUCATIONSCHEME 2007Year 12 students, Robert Woodward, Shaun Mooney, JohnRamsay and Matthew Hardy gained national recognitionfor their industry engineering project in conjunction withVauxhall Motors Ltd. The students had been given a realengineering problem to address on the Vauxhall productionline. The report project entitled “Man-mover to improveergonomics and efficiency for assembly operation” resultedin the students gaining recognition from The RoyalAcademy of Engineering.ICT Competition:“It’s your future”The ‘ITs your future’ competition was an ICTcompetition that was entered by boys and girls from alldifferent schools all over Wirral. The competition wasopen for boys to create anything to do with ICT. Asusual the school was very successful, with 6 boysmaking it to the final out of the 30 or so boys whoentered from our school, beating hundreds of otherswho entered from all over the Wirral. The six finalistboys were Robert Woodard, who created a greatgame made in Visual Basic, James Cowgill whocreated a website, and Joshua Alcock, who alsocreated a website, John-Paul Anderson, who made aflash animation, Dean Renshaw, who created a gameusing GameMaker and Matthew Hughes, who madea small text editor written in Java.The successful finalists were invited to a presentation evening at DiscoveryCLC, Prenton. All of the boys’ fantastic work was on display on separatecomputers, and visitors were permitted to go around and look at each ofthe entries, and were allowed to ask questions about their work. Theevening was also graced by the presence of many VIP guests, includingthe Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral. It was a brilliant evening with plentyof success for our boys, with all of the finalists collecting a 1GB pendrive and one boy, John-Paul Anderson, winning a special prize of anIPod, for his magnificent animation. This was an excellent achievementand truly reflects on the knowledge of ICT at Wirral Grammar School forBoys.The 5 finalists, left to right: Robert Woodward, Matthew Hughes, JoshuaAlcock, John-Paul Anderson, Dean Renshaw and James Cowgill.Matthew Hughes Y10www.wirralgrammarboys.comwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

Good Citizenship AwardsJULY 2007On 25th May at Liverpool John Moores University the school was presented with a ‘Good Citizenship Award’ in recognition of the fundraising in the2005/06 period for ‘The Mango Tree.’ The community-based Tanzanian charity provides support for over 7,500 orphans who have lost theirrelatives to AIDS and focuses on long term development to give the children an education and an independent future. We managed to raise £8000for ‘The Mango Tree’ (which could send over 4,000 children to primary school) and weresubsequently selected for an award.The ‘Good Citizenship Awards’ are part of JMU’s Foundation for Citizenshipprogramme, which encourages young people to become caring and compassionatewith a real sense of civic responsibility. Mrs Ahern, Kieran Morris and I attended thepresentation in Liverpool, which was preceded by an inspirational speech from LordDavid Alton. It was fascinating to hear of other students’ work, including a programmeto provide books for Tanzanian schools and local mentoring and care projects.The event had a very positive vibe which promoted citizenship and inspired us to thinkof new and exciting ways of raising money for charity. Well done to everyone whogot involved with the fundraising and let’s hope we are as successful with next year’scharity.Robert WoodwardW I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysCycling, Cookery andCircuits – a new look atPSHE!One year later and five successful newly installed ActivityDays later! This year has seen the start of a series ofHealth Days which have been introduced as part of theschool’s commitment to the Healthy Schools Programme.Pupils have listened to experts talk about relationshipguidance, anti-smoking, solvent abuse and alcoholadvice. They have participated in mountain biking, mockcourt cases, cookery classes and boxercise. Personalhighlights included seeing the Year 10 boys completely‘chilled’ during a yoga session and Year 7 students up totheir elbows in fruit juice. This is what the students had tosay:“The activity day was a real treat for the Year 7 students.There was a real buzz in the air and it was obvious thatthey were enjoying themselves. The day was a greatsuccess and a fantastic experience for the Year 7 pupils.”S. Caraher 7W“In Circuit trainingMrs Foggin madeus work very hardand it was verytiring but stillextremelyenjoyable. Thetalk on alcohol willdefinitely make usmore cautiousabout alcohol.We were alsotaught how tomake a fruit saladwhich wasextremely healthyand tasted verynice.”N.Harvey 8B“When the time came, wetook our places on thehall stage in an attempt toprove a fictional teacherguilty of striking a fictionalpupil in a fictional classroom.The rest of the year acted as jurors and, thanks in no smallpart to a little anti-teacher bias, found the fictional teacherguilty of assault. Strangely enough the two judges, MrCooper and Mr Hynde, did not agree.”J. Greenshaw 9B“It must have been a real challenge to teach yoga to arabble of Year 10 students but the coach handled itsuccessfully. Fundamentally, one of the aims of this class isrelaxation; the real depths of which couldn’t be reached inone session. The difficulty of yoga soon becameapparent to many pupils whose first attempts werelaughable. While we didn’t even begin to scratch thesurface of the true meaning and benefit of yoga, thesession was certainly a breath of fresh air during the busyschool term and I can speak on behalf of the year insaying we thoroughly enjoyed it.”M. Cearns 10Bwww.wirralgrammarboys.com2006 Berlin TripOn Thursday 24th May excitement for the 2006 history tour hadreached its peak and, despite Liverpool’s loss the previous night, spiritswere on a high. We met up in Liverpool John Lennon Airport at theallotted time of 9.00 am.We eventually arrived at Berlin Schönefeld Airport at around 3.00and lumbered our cumbersome suitcases onto a coach which waitedfor us there, charged with the task of taking us on a tour of the city.On the coach tour we saw many of the monuments and buildingswhich we were to visit in greater detail later on in the trip, for examplethe Reichstag, the Sony Centre and the TV Tower. After this wetravelled to our hotel and unpacked our bags before enjoying a mealin our hotel and some ten-pin bowling later that evening.The subsequent day we met in the hotel foyer at 9.00 am andembarked on a coach which took us to the National Memorial atSachsenhausen, a former concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin.In the camp we learned of some of the atrocities which took placeduring WWII and how prisoners were exploited for the benefit of theNazis. Sachensenhausen bore witness to some of these terribleatrocities and it is estimated that roughly 100,000 people weremurdered there, many of whom were Russian prisoners of war but alsosome supposedly ‘inferior’ races such as Jews. Yet, in my mind atleast, the most poignant example of the Nazis’ merciless andinhumane treatment of Sachensenhausen’s prisoners wasthe so-called ‘Running Track’. This was a track madefrom a variety of surfaces on which SS officers forcedinmates to run for hours relentlessly, sometimes until theydied of exhaustion, in order to test the latest designs ofmilitary boots. To describe this visit as ‘fun’ would beunimaginable, but it certainly served as a testament tothe potential callousness of the human race and provedto be a very valuable experience. We then again tooka coach to our next destination and were captivated byMr Kenyon’s fascinating insight into Berlin’s unusualgeographic situation. Thankfully, this was cut short byour arrival at our next destination.Remaining on the subject of the years of Nazi power,we next visited the Wansee Conference House; the sitewhere on January 20th 1942 the dominant figures in theNazi regime, bar Hitler himself, decided on ‘The FinalSolution to the Jewish Problem’, paving the way for themass extermination of the Jews. Throughout the visit itwas truly difficult to comprehend that only 65 years ago,in the exact room we stood in, the aforementioned Nazifigures had set out their abhorrent commands which ledto the death of 6 million Jews worldwide.On a brighter note, that evening we were given aglimpse of the thankfully cosmopolitan modern Berlinwhen visited the truly spectacular Sony Centre, an ultramodern glass and steel entertainment centre, and theNuntiusReichstag, Germany’s parliament building. From the Reichstag’sextravagant dome, designed by British architect Norman Foster, wesampled beautiful views of Berlin’s spectacular night skylineOn Saturday, we first visited the ‘Wall Documentation Centre’ wherewe learnt what life was like in East Germany after Germany wasdivided, and saw a section of the wall which had been totallypreserved, complete with its multiple fences and other securitymeasures. We spent the remainder of the afternoon on a delightfulcruise along the River Spree which snakes through the heart of Berlin,hence allowing us to view many of Berlin’s famous monuments from anew and altogether more relaxing angle.That evening, we visited the 368 metre tall TV Tower onAlexandersplatz and took an elevator up to its viewing platform 204metres above the ground, giving us fantastic views of Berlin.Afterwards we ate our evening meal in Potsdammer Platz but notbefore being caught in a shock thunderstorm which left us allthoroughly drenched.The following day was spent in Theme Park Babelsberg, akin toUniversal Studies in America, a nice break after so much history. Afterthat, we utilised the ever reliable public transport in order to return toour hotel for the final time.On our final day in Berlin, we visited the ‘Topography of Terror’exhibition which detailed the lives of those who were arrested by theSS during the war for opposing the Nazi regime. We learnt of theterrible torture they were subjected to which left them scarred bothphysically and mentally. After this we went on to Berlin SchönefeldAirport and returned home, in need of some well deserved rest.Finally, on behalf of all the students I would like to thank Mr Mckibbinfor organising the trip and Mr Kenyon, Mr Clarke, Mr Metcalfe andMr Thomason for giving up their time to accompany us on the tour as,without them it would not have been possible. I can safely say that allthe boys involved had what can only be described as a fantastic timeand shall hold precious memories for the rest of their lives, thanksentirely to those who made this trip possible.Jan Greenshaw 9B‘Take the Stage’Update....WELL DONE to ‘The PHATs’ (Daniel Byrne & Ben Caveen of Y8) forwinning Take the Stage. They wowed the judges and the audience with alive performance of ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ earning themselves a session ina professional recording studio. Congratulations also go to Sam Johnsonof U68 for being awarded Runner-Up with his balancing act.Over 25 acts entered the Wirral talent contest, which waswhittled down to just six finalists by the judges and an onlinevote. On top of ticket sales for the live final at the end of lastterm, over 50 DVDs have been sold, bringing the grand totalraised to £481! This goes directly to Cancer Research UK,so well done to everyone who entered, came to watch, orbought a DVD.A special thanks also goes to the expert panel of judges; DrFavager, Mrs Razbully, and Miss Palmero, as well as thehosts; Mr Adamson and Mr O’Gorman.By Robert Woodwardwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysOver the summer term, boys in Year 8 have been investigatingthe artwork of historical and contemporary Ghana. Throughthe course of their studies aspects of Ghanaian culture, historyand geography have been explored. On Friday 25th of MayMrs Ekuban, a parent of one of the boys in year 8 and aGhanaian national, kindly came into school to present aworkshop about Kente cloth, Adinkra symbols, jewellery andother Ghanaian artefacts. Boys had a unique opportunity tohave the project that they had been studying ‘come to life’during the morning’s activities. The Art Department was verypleased with the positive response from pupils and evenjoined in, with some of the boys trying on traditionalGhanaian fabrics.JULY 2007ART: Ghanaian Culture at Wirral GrammarMountain MagicPUPILS reached the pinnacle of Bronze Awardsuccess as over 30 boys passed the expeditionsection of their Duke of Edinburgh Award. Theboys proved they could survive in very hot andhumid conditions on the Clwydian range inNorth Wales for two days with only remotesupervision from staff. The pupils camped,cooked and looked after themselves for theexpedition duration and they also planned andwalked their own routes by using navigationtechniques.Cambridge Residential Trip: Lower SixthIn late March twelve other sixth formers and Dr Randell, set off on a longtrip to Cambridge University. After having to pick up Mr Askew from theaffectionately named ‘Skew Towers’, we arrived at Fitzwilliam CollegeCambridge. Although slightly late we were treated to a tour of the collegeand we also had a sumptuous lunch. Then, afterwards, we left and went tosee more of the traditional colleges that Cambridge has to offer. The firstwe went to was Trinity Hall, a really fantastic college that has a number ofWGS old boys currently studying there. We learned aboutaccommodation, punting on the river and how the college came about inthe 1300s.We were staying at Selwyn College and we all laughed at the varyingaccommodation that we had been granted. Lucky ones like myself weretreated to two rooms, with a piano and lots of space. Others got small,dark rooms with barely enough space to swing a cat. In all fairness thiswas a good insight into the university accommodation.The trip was really informative.It showed us a small glimpseof what life at Cambridgewould really be like and I donot think anybody was put off.Thanks must go to both MrAskew and Dr Randell forgiving up their time and takingus to Cambridge. We allappreciated it and got a lotfrom it.Tony Fisher L68“The morning was very interesting and it was great to havefirst hand experience.”OLIVER McGEE 8D“The whole experience of seeing and hearing about Ghanawas fascinating.”JAMES GARDNER 8D“I enjoyed the workshop and it was very helpful as we haverecently had a history project about slavery, in which Ghanawas deeply involved.”JOSHUA WAHLERS 8D“I really enjoyed the talk by Mrs Ekuban and it was fun to seemy friends wear traditional Ghanaian clothing.”PETER BENNETT 8B“It was very interesting to be out of the classroom and to beable to see and touch real Ghanaian clothing and jewellery.”JORDAN PERKINS 8B“It was great to be able to try on Kente cloth rather than justlook at it in pictures and books.”NICK HARVEY 8BHitler On TrialHitler on trial is one of the sights many people living in the 20thcentury would love to see, and Wirral Grammar School for BoysYear 11 GCSE history students got that chance. But before the trialthere was work to be done.There was an examination practice session beforehand, with anesteemed examiner showing students how to gain those elusivemarks to get an A or even an A* in their final exam. The studentsgot to see what marks were awarded for and how even short butconcise answers got higher marks than long-winded answers.After the work was done we finally got to see the trial. It wassuperbly acted and was very interesting as it showed why Hitler didwhat he did in the build up to the Second World War. There werealso guest appearances from Hitler’s allies, and even his enemies.Each had their own story to tell to either shine a good light uponHitler, or to show him up as a malicious dictator.The play was excellent and I feel that it will help me greatly in myfinal GCSE history examination.Jack Ashcroft 11DFAMEA big thank you to all those who made thisyear’s production a success. A specialthank you to the Director, Geoff Hinde, forall his hard work.Parents’ AssociationThe Parents’ Association organises activities to raise funds to supportall the boys at school. The Murder Mystery event was a fun eveningwith a great atmosphere. It raised £330. Aside from the profit, itwas an excellent social event in itself. Thanks must go to the players:Mr C Cooper, Mr P Harrison, Miss J Kelly, Miss R Razbully, Mrs JKemp and Mr P Reeve. Thank you also to the director Mr K. Taws,the organisers and those who came to enjoy the fun.Although we had relatively few plant orders the plant sale made aprofit of £225. The plants are of excellent quality and we wouldurge you to consider buying your plants from us next year to increasethe profit we can make.Thanks to your support of P.A. events and the hard work behind thescenes, the P.A. has been able to buy a projector with drop downscreen for the school hall at a cost of £7,200. We will also befunding the prizes for the awards ceremony at the end of term.Hard Work Has Its RewardsThis is an incentive toencourage our boys to workhard and earncommendations. The boyscan use five commendationsto buy a Prize Draw Ticket.The more commendationsthey get, the more ticketsthey can buy and the highertheir chance of winning. Anew draw takes place everyfive school weeks. There isnow a separate draw foreach form in years 7, 8, 9and 10. There is one prizeof a gift voucher for eachform.Here are the winners of PrizeDraws 4 & 5.PRIZE DRAW 47B Gareth Horton.8B7D8D7H8H7L8L7W8WTom Byrne.Ryan Podley.Ben Prendergast.Adam Knott.Daniel Matson.Michael Concannon.Jack Varney.Emmett Clyne.Sean Cavanagh.PRIZE DRAW9B10B9D10D9H10H9L10L9W10WNuntiusLiam Duggan.Michael Cearns.Christopher Watson.Thomas Crawford.Ryan Boocock.Jake Saunders.Neil Oldham.Matthew Biggs.Edward Kenny.Thomas Heyworth.PRIZE DRAW 57B Daniel Glover.8B Chris Carroll.7D William Callanan.8D Kieran McKenzie.7H Paul Lawton.8H Ross Campbell.7L Sam Stockford.8L Charlie Foley.7W Adam Cox.8W Ellis Healing9B Lewis Firth.10B Chris Osborne.9D Charlie Lloyd.10D Liam Crosby.9H Daniel Dowson.10H Jonathan Breeze.9L Andrew Rich.10L Rowan Patel.9W Ben Sharrock.10W Thomas Keningley.Congratulations fromMr HynesFuture EventsThe bulb sale will be the first fund raising event of the next academicyear. Order forms will be sent out during the first few weeks of term.The forms will need to be returned by 27th September.A date for your diary: the Christmas Fair will be held on 24thNovember. Hang onto any items that could be donated to the fair.If anyone is able to organise or donate a prize for the Prize Drawwe would be most grateful. Please contact the school with details.The next Parents’ Association meeting will be the A.G.M. on 12thSeptember at 7.30 pm. Immediately after the A.G.M. we will holda short informal meeting for those who would like to attend the P.A.meetingsthroughout theyear. We willbe electing thenew officers atthis meeting.Everyone ismostwelcome.www.wirralgrammarboys.comwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysJULY 2007NuntiusParents’ Association 100 ClubWinners of the November 2006 Special Draw£250 G I & G Murray£100 J M Williams£25 P StrangeMonth £100 Winner £50 Winner £25 WinnerDecember 2007 D A Lamb Mrs Fellows E L JacksonJanuary 2007 J J Wainright G Muse D&MCromptonFebruary 20076 I & H Hand L Chadwick R MooreMarch 2007 S Price M Ginelly C FellowesApril 2007 R & D Wiles I & J McKay N MattyMay 2007 G Dutton W Cunningham J FranceJune 2007 N L Jones N Jones S DoyleCURRICULUM GUIDE FOR PARENTSA big thank you to those parents who support the 100 club.Thanks to you and Tony Cearns, who runs the club, the school hasreceived £5,000 from the 100 Club to be used to benefit all ourboys.Please renew yourmembership and if you arenot already a member, whynot join the 100 Club? Itraises lots of money for theschool. You can pay £2.00a month, or go for theminimum hassle option andset up a standing orderwhich would only cost£24.00 for the year.In September, all parents of pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be receiving a Curriculum Guide containing details about eachsubject. The new guides are designed to provide parents with information relating to the topics and units that boys will bestudying, methods of assessment, details of the type of homework that will be set and how parents can support their sons intheir learning.WIRRAL GRAMMAR RADIOSixth form students are current investigating the possibility of introducing a “radio station” in school.The programme schedule would include a combination of recorded items and live performancesand would be broadcast at lunchtimes. Investigations are currently taking place at schools thatprovide a similar facility.Business & Enterprise WeekMONDAYBUSINESS DYNAMICSBetween the 18th and 22nd of June, Wirral Grammar School playedhost to a ‘Business and Enterprise Week’. The aim of the week was togive pupils an insight into the world of business via various activities. Thepupils took part in a number of different work related activities. OnMonday we took part in a business dynamics day. We participated inlots of different activities designed to promote different enterprise skills instudents such as team work, listening and communicating etc. On one ofthe activities we had to design a new rollercoaster ride for Alton Towers.We only had a certain amount of time to complete the activity and fewmaterials to do it with. The winning ride would be the ride that couldkeep a marble around its track for longest and another prize for the bestlooking ride. The rides were judged and the winning teams receivedmore raffle tickets for the prize draw at the end of the day. When theday was finished the raffle took place and the prizes were drawn.Overall it was a successful and enjoyable day.TUESDAYJOB INTERVIEWSBy Ben Plimley(Sam Robinson and Stefan Plotnickiwith their winning rollercoaster“Twister”)On Tuesday I found the interview to be the best activity of the weekbecause it gave me an experience of what a realistic interview could belike. The interview was an important part of expressing myself tosomeone and being able to pitch my personal profile in a maturemanner.We were judged upon normal interview protocols such as ourappearance, and how well we conducted ourselves in a situation of thissort. It allowed us to speak confidently to an advisor about our strengthsand weaknesses within school and out of school and also about ourfuture. The situation was very nerve racking and showed how thepressure of speaking to someone can be very hard.My favourite task was the ‘Olympic Entrepreneur’ task. In this task wehad to create and make a prototype for a board game that was centredaround the 2012 Olympics in London. This task was excellent and reallyenjoyable because it challenged our creativeness and ability to come upwith original ideas, as well as being fun.Our final prototype ended up being very well made and the group werevery proud of what they had accomplished. I thought this task was alsovery beneficial because it developed our teamwork and communicationskills and also required us to come up with a really good idea which ledto it being a very challenging, yetrewarding task.THURSDAY‘SELLING WIRRAL GRAMMAR’By Alex SmithThis was my favourite activity of the week as it was the one I found mostenjoyable and I found the most enlightening. For this task we had tobasically advertise the school in several different ways for the year sixparents and their children to try to persuade them to choose our school.This involved filming for a website advert, producing a poster, anewspaper advert and a storyboard for a TV advert. For these we hadto work out pricing and where to show these so we had to think aboutwho is likely to come and where they are most likely to see it.This day involved using a lot of work related skills like communication,team work and was a real example of what it would be like in a realbusiness and really gave me an insight into what working life would belike. I found it really beneficial and would recommend it to future yeargroups.By Nathan EllisBUILDING PROGRAMME UPDATEOur new building programme is now well underway withthe entire steel structure almost complete. The structure ofour new building is now rapidly taking shape and we areon schedule for completion in the Spring Term of 2008.New facilities will include Biology Labs, ICT Suite, teachingaccommodation for Mathematics and Business Studies andnew Music Rooms providing classrooms, recording studioand practice rooms: Brian Edmondson, Chair of Governorsat Wirral Grammar School stated in a recent press release“This will be an outstanding facility that will replace oldclassroom accommodation and provide for the needs of allour students now and well into the future.”.The project has been made possible through targetedcapital funding from the Government with the support ofWirral Local Authority.I believe, however, for me the interview went well as I was confidentabout speaking and not very nervous. It also gave me a chance tospeak about where I want to be in the future with an advisor who wasable to give advice to me.By Tom MuiseFRIDAYVAUXHALL TRIPOn Wednesday 20th June, as part of the recent Year 10 Business andEnterprise week, a selection of Y10’s went to the Vauxhall Motors factoryin Ellesmere Port. As well as learning about the history of the factory, wewere given a guided tour of the general assembly and body shopsections of the factory, which showed us the process in which the carswere made, and gave an insight into what the roles of the employeeswere and how they worked and operated as teams on the productionline. This was all very interesting and really helped contribute to ourunderstanding of Business and Enterprise techniques.WEDNESDAYOLYMPIC ENTREPRENEURBy Michael Craig 10LBetween the dates 17th June and 22nd of June, (whilst the rest of year10 were away on work experience) we took part in a work relatedlearning week. This week included lots of different activities to do withwork and businesses. It was very exciting yet very beneficial at the sametime.www.wirralgrammarboys.comwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysJULY 2007NuntiusAt the end of a busy andproductive academic year, I amdelighted to be able to providean update on the communityprojects that have beenundertaken.In a considerably short period oftime, we have managed toforge strong links with partners inour local community which, insome cases, has led to the development of links across theWirral peninsula. The Healthy Tuck Shop project has not onlybenefited our local partner primaries, but has also helped otherschools to meet the Every Child Matters agenda in Easthamand Hoylake. Year 6 pupils at Brackenwood Junior School areenthusiastically creating a pupil-driven community website withthe help of James Cowgill, one of our Year 9 students, andAdult Learners have recently completed short courses in DigitalPhotography and Internet Awareness.Transition DayTo help to ease the transition from Year 6 to Year 7, weinvited 120 pupils from 4 local primary schools to take partin a series of activities that focused on Maths, Business &Enterprise and ICT.The pupils spent morning sessions ‘making kites’ and‘building bridges’, activities that helped to focus on Maths,Business and Enterprise. The kite activity, as well as beingfun, helped the pupils to understand the many differentmathematical properties that a kite has. The bridgebuilding exercise created an awareness of the importanceof Team Building, Communication, Problem Solving andFinancial Planning.Whilst the pupils were taking part in these sessions,accompanying teaching and support staff from each schoolworked alongside Wirral Grammar staff learning how toassemble video clips and photographs for use in schoolpublications etc. Following lunch the staff then utilised theirnewly acquired skills to deliver a similar session to their ownpupils using footage and photographs taken during themorning activities.At the end of the day, pupils from Brackenwood, HigherBebington, Poulton Lancelyn and Stanton Road were notonly able to take home their very own kites, but moreimportantly had developed some new skills and a greaterunderstanding of Business & Enterprise, Maths and ICT.Our thanks go to Mr Harrison, Mrs Griffiths and Mr Griffithsfor their help with the event.A large number of local businesses have played host to Year10 students as part of their work-related learning programme,and boys have experienced realistic working environmentswithin the fields of Banking, Medicine, Design, Retail,Hospitality, Law, Education and many others. Finally, endingthe year on a high note, we have hosted 4 ‘Transition Days’where 120 Year 6 pupils visited the school to take part in aseries of activities that focused on Maths, ICT and Business &Enterprise.To summarise, we feel confident that the continued expansionand development of the school is now not only benefiting theschool community, but also the local and wider communitiesbeyond the school gates.Thank you for your continued support.Tony Boustead (Community Manager)Healthy Tuck ShopUpdateSix schools in total have benefited from the creation of HealthyTuck Shops following advice and guidance provided by ourYoung Enterprise team. The schools have now started to sell theirproducts at break time, and when I visited Higher Bebington ontheir launch day, the queue for fresh fruit extended right aroundthe perimeter of the school yard! (seephoto below).My thanks go to all the staff andpupils at the schools involved, TerrieJohnson from ‘Fruit to Suit’ who hasnot only supplied healthy products,but also bibs for the children to wear,and of course the Young Enterpriseboys for helping to make the projectsuch a success.BRACKENWOODCOMMUNITY WEBSITEJames Cowgill (Y9) has been instrumental in helping a group ofYear 6 pupils from Brackenwood to set up their own community sitecalled MOBJS (Members of Brackenwood Junior School). The‘MOBJS’, working with James, are responsible for informing thecommunity about aspects of school life from a pupil viewpoint. Tosee the progress being made why not visitwww.brackenwoodjuniors.co.uk and follow the community link fromthe home page. Headteacher Gordon Morris has this to say aboutthe partnership:“We felt that this would be a superb way of forging a link thatwould benefit both schools. The team of year 6 pupils are nowbeginning to establish roles, and will hopefully be able to sow theseeds for other groups in the future to take over.”“SAM LEARNING” AT WIRRALGRAMMAR SCHOOLFrom the Autumn Term all boys will have on-line access to “SelfAssessment Method” Learning resources for all subjects at KeyStage 3, GCSE and A Level. The on-line materials are designedto provide students with revision support with self-test activities andexamination practice papers. Staff in school are able to monitorstudent progress as results for each pupil are stored and can bereferenced by individual pupil, teaching group, subject group andyear group. Pupils will be able to sample GCSE and A Levelrevision materials ahead of them starting new courses.HEAD BOY AND DEPUTY HEADBOY APPOINTMENTSFollowing the process of staff and student nominations andcandidate interviews, the following current Year 12 students havebeen appointed to these positions:Robert Woodward:Matthew Eccles:Matthew Mullen:Head BoyDeputy Head BoyDeputy Head Boy40TH ANNUAL SCHOOLRUGBY DINNERIn May nearly 200 boys, parents and staff attended the 40thannual school rugby dinner in the school hall. Simon Mason,ex Ireland, Ulster and Stade Francais was Guest of Honourand presented Colours. Team Captains gave their annualreports which were very well delivered and individual trophieswere presented as detailed below. It was an excellentevening enjoyed by all.INDIVIDUAL TROPHY WINNERSG Noonan Novices Cup Cameron Hibbert-JonesE Langton Junior Bantams Trophy Tom SweeneyE G Hodgkinson Bantams Cup Ben HarrisThe Colts CupSam EdgarWirral RUFC U16 Cup Tom Smith2nd XV Player of the Year Matt WilsonWest TrophyAlex MurphyJ P Howarth 1st XV Cup Alex MurphyThompson CupBen SmithKent TrophyIain LednorP CrowleyHead of Physical EducationWirral Rugby Club reportWirral Rugby Club’s teams will begin pre-seasontraining at the end of August. At senior level, the FirstXV is coached by Andy McKinney, who of coursemakes a great contribution to school rugby with thecoaching he does here. Wirral narrowly lost out onpromotion at First XV level, and lost in the final of theCheshire Vase. The Junior teams did well in Cupcompetitions.The Club runs four senior teams and Junior teamsfrom Under 8s to Colts level. If anyone is interestedin joining the Club, they can phone the Club on334-1309 and ask to speak to Mark Cornford, theJunior Rugby Chairman, or Dave Van der Zwan, whois the Rugby section Chairman.Report by Mr McKibbin, Secretary Wirral RFCTAG RUGBYOn Wednesday 25 April over 400 pupils from localprimary schools took part in the Sixth WirralGrammar School Tag Rugby Tournament. A greatday was had by all including the sixth form A levelPE students, who refereed.The final was between Poulton Lancelyn andTownfield Primary Schools with Townfield edging thefinal winning5 – 4.BasketballSam Craige (10W) has been selected for theEngland 92 boys’ development squad. There are26 players in this squad and they are preparing forthe European Championships in 2008. Sam isalso a reserve for the England 91 boys’ squad forthe European Championships on the 29th July.Sam plays his club basketball for Ellesmere PortPanthers U16’s and U18boys. The U18 boys werethe runners up in theSureshot Cup againstReading in a NationalTournament.www.wirralgrammarboys.comwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysJULY 2007NuntiusUNDER 13S CRICKET REPORTThis season has been a good onefor the Year 8 team. The squadis strong and the performanceshave been pleasing. Many boyshave good futures in the game,provided they enjoy playing. Ihave been pleased with theattitude of the boys in trainingand in games. Peter Pegasiouhas been the Captain, and healong with Michael Stewart,Edward Forshaw and SamBowman have gone on torepresent Cheshire at county level.Here is a brief analysis of thegames played:Two games were played againstCalday GS. In the first game,Wirral scored 107-3, Sam Blackwith a swashbuckling 60 not out.In reply Calday scored 82-3 withsome tight Wirral bowling andfielding, Connor Hodson taking3-19.Wirral Won by 25 runs.Calday - in the Cheshire Cupquarter final game, Wirral got69-7, with Sam Bowman scoring22, and Michael Stewart 16.Wirral couldn’t keep Caldaybelow their total, and scored 70-3, with Bowman 1-8. Wirral lostby 7 wickets.Birkenhead school - in thefirst round of the Cheshire Cup,Wirral restricted their local rivalsto 79 for 7. Mike Muise 1 for 6,Peter Pegaiou 1 for 13, Hodson2 for 13, and Black 2 for 10were the pick of the bowlers.Wirral controlled their reply withsome skill, with that man Blackwith 27 not out, and DannyEvans unbeaten on 18, seeingWirral past Birkenhead’s total inthe 17th over.Bluecoat school - Wirralscored 79 for 8 batting first. Itwas not a convincing battingshow, with Michael Stewart topscoring with 12. However,Wirral’s bowling was devastating,with skipper Pegasiou rippingthrough the away team’s battingwith four wickets for 5 runs.Bluecoat were all out for 34!Denstone College - the awaytrip to Staffordshire saw Wirralput in a good performance.Batting first, Wirral scoredsteadily with Stewart (27), Black(11) and Pegasiou (19 not out)saw Wirral to 107 for 3. Inreply the home team struggledagainst good bowling, Hodsontaking 3 wickets, Muise 2 for 1and Bowman, bowling at anexciting end to the game, with 4for 19. This caused Denstone tocrash to 95 all out, and Wirralwin by 12 runs.The boys who have played forthe team have been: PeterPegasiou (Captain who alsowent on to captain the CheshireDistrict Side), Sam Bowman,Eddie Forshaw, Sam Black,Michael Muise, Josh Greenlees,Joe Oxton, Mark Bayne, MikeHale, Chris Milne, Daniel Light,Daniel Smith, Sam O’Connell,Ben Prendegast, Usman Hayat,Connor Hodson, Michael Stewartand Daniel EvansThree games have been lost tothe bad weather.In House matches - Barberlost to Dodds, and to Hodsgon;Dodds have beaten Lever, andHodgson have beaten Lever.Again, bad weather has led togames being called off up to midJune.Highlights have been MichaelStewart’s 50 against Lever; EddieForshaw’s hatrick against Barber;Sam Bowman 44 not out vDodds, Sam O’Connell 31 vBarber, Ben Prendegast 24 vBarber and 27 v Lever; Pegasiou50 v Lever, Forshaw 36 v Lever:Connor Hodson 40 v Hodgson;Michael Stewart four wickets vLever.Report by Mr McKibbinUnder 12 CricketThe Year 7 cricket squad has made a fine start to the seasonthis year, with excellent performances right through thesquad, and each and every member of the teamcontributing. I have been particularly impressed with theteam’s willingness to learn and try to develop as players.With this positive and mature approach they will grow intotalented cricketers.The squad have played nine games so far this season withseven wins and two defeats. An excellent run in this year’sCheshire Cup has been extremely rewarding withcomprehensive wins over The Grange School, Sandbach,and Holmes Chapel. These victories have secured a placein this year’s semi final with a home game against West HillSchool.Congratulations to Khalid Wahbi who has been selected ascaptain.Excellent performances from Chris Crowley, Alex Harris, Alexand Mark Griffiths have ensured that the team has performednot only with the bat and ball but with the gloves as well.The pick of the performances this season is thecomprehensive away win at Denstone College, Staffordshire.WGS batted first scoring 172 for 5 and the home sidescored only 101 for 4 after 25 overs in reply.With the school term coming quickly to an end the Under12 side still have four fixtures left. I hope the boys can takewhat they have learnt so far this season into these games. Ihave really enjoyed working with this side and with theirmature and focused approach it has made it a verysuccessful season.Well done everyone!!!!Mr S ClarkeMaster i/c CricketWIRRAL CRICKET CLUBREPORTWirral CC is 50 years old this year. There will be a bigdinner in September and the Club goes from strength tostrength. The Club runs four senior teams, a Sunday team,and a midweek team. The Junior section runs teams at Under9s, Under 11s, two teams at Under 13s, Under 15s andUnder 17s team. Wirral CC is committed to developingplayers of all abilities including disabled and physically andvisually impaired cricketers and although there is some timeleft this season, winter nets will begin in the autumn, andNuntius will contain a report in there. The Club is alsothankful to the Headmaster and Mr Crowley for allowing theschool pitches to be used by the Club when the facilities atClatterbridge were unavailable.Report by Mr McKibbin, Secretary Wirral CC.OLD BOY, MATT CAIRNS WINS FIRST SENIOR CAPOld Wirralian Matt Cairns, who left school in 1997 came on asreplacement hooker to win his first senior cap for England againstSouth Africa in Bloemfontain in the first test in the recent series.Matt, who has previously represented England at U19, U21 andEngland A, was First XV Captain in 1996 – 1997 and led theschool to a fine Cheshire Cup Final victory against StockportGrammar School at Sale’s Heywood Road ground in his finalgame for the school. He currently plays his Premiership rugby forSaracens.On his return from South Africa, Matt popped into school to see hisold rugby teachers and present the Headteacher, Mr Hazeldine,with his England shirt.Year 7 Cricket trip to Old TraffordMembers of the Year 7 cricket squad were treatedto some of the best seats in the house atLancashire Cricket Club to watch Lancashire vSurrey play in the Liverpool Victoria CountyChampionships courtesy of NatWest Face2Facewith Finance programme for schools as a treat toBoost Australia TourOn Sunday 15th July, a squad of 67Rugby & Hockey players, accompaniedby 7 members of staff, will be travelling toAustralia to begin their summer tour.The trip begins in Sydney with a tour ofthe magnificent city and a chance for theboys to get used to their newsurroundings. Following a couple of daysof light training and sightseeing, thefixtures 'kick-off' when the rugby 1st XVtake on Northolme Grammar School, withU14 Cricket Summer 2007Squad listPhil Beahon (Capt.)Ronan DuffeyGeorge TurnerMax PowerAndrew GillJan GreenshawLewis GrantChris GrahamAdam DolmanMatthew DriverDaniel Gibbs2007 SeasonMax EastwoodJonathan MorrisPhil MellingChris WatsonMatthew JonesJames RourkeJosh RamsayMike LeonardTom SmithAbdullah AliUnfortunately the season didn’t go to planwith only 3 games out off a possible 9played. Our first game of the season wasMatt also found time to give a coachingclinic to the rugby players about toembark upon their tour to Australia thissummer. His session was excellent andhis experienceand insight intotop class rugbyinvaluable.congratulate the school on securing business andenterprise status.Mr S ClarkeMaster i/c Cricketthe second XV and U16's playingCherrybrook Technological High Schooland the Hockey team playing South WestAcademy.Thursday sees the Hockey team play theirsecond fixture against Briars Hockey club,and on Saturday 21st July, the rugbyteams will face St Joseph's College. Thiswill be the final fixture in Sydney, as thefollowing day the squad’s travel 540km'sto Coffs Harbour. The boy’s then move onto Alstonville for further fixtures beforetravelling to the Gold Coast resort ofSurfers Paradise.away to Sandbach in the Cheshire cup.We arrived at the ground to a wicket thatdidn’t look like it had been prepared. Welost the toss and stuck into bat on the damptrack and lost a couple of early wickets andbefore we knew it we were struggling andneeded a rapid recovery. Unfortunately itnever came and we were all out for ameasly 60 runs. With them chasing 60 runswe knew we needed a great bowlingperformance and we got 7 wickets for 9runs. With them struggling at 9-7 we werein with a chance but the win never came,with them scrambling to the finish with acouple of overs to spare. Match highlights:Turner 4-7, Gill 4-10. Beahon 29. Our nextgame was against a very strong Caldayside and with a poor bowling performancewe were chasing a big total. With the lossAt their resort the boys will be able to takeadvantage of the superb beaches and avisit to the Sea World theme park before atough fixture against Emmanuel College.The final match will take place againstJohn Paul College on Monday 30th July,prior to their departure for home on thefollowing day.The boys’ and staff will hopefully returntriumphant on Wednesday 1st August.of a couple of early wickets we werestruggling but a good performance fromChris Graham (26) and Jonathan Morris(23*) gave us a respectable score but notgood enough to win. Our next game of theseason was away to Denstone College.With the amount of rain the night before Idon’t think anybody thought it would beplayed but the match went ahead and weset them a score of 99 to get after a goodpartnership between George Turner andMax Power. But after a good start withwickets falling early we just didn’t doenough and we lost with a couple of oversto goPhil Beahon CaptainMr Money Coachwww.wirralgrammarboys.comwww.wirralgrammarboys.com

W I R R A L G R A M M A R S C H O O LA Foundation Business & Enterprise School for BoysJULY 2007POULTON LANCELYNPRIMARY SCHOOLREPORTSPORTS REVIEW:Mountain Biking:Introduced for the first time this year ithas proved to be a great success.Football:The Year 6 boys team travelled over to theLiverpool FC Academy to compete in thesecond round of this esteemed tournament.The boys very much looked the part wearingour new football kit and tracksuits.Dance:Children from years 1 and 5 enjoyedsome excellent teaching from studentsfrom Carlett Park Campus.The Girls’ Football won a five-a-side tournament and went on tothe finals at Bebington High Sports College, but wereunfortunately beaten by two strong teams. They played at theOval in a tournament run by Tranmere Rovers FC. They havealso played in the Wirral Cup.TAG Rugby:Our first tournament was atWirral RFC for the WirralMini Games. The team gotoff to a slow start and lost toTownfield Primary. Thisdefeat meant that we wereunable to progress to thefinals of the competition that Poulton Lancelyn won last year.Netball:Outdoor Athletics:The squad were out at Wirral GrammarSchool for Girls for a Roadshow eventrun by the North of England NetballDevelopment team.Hockey:Years 5 and 6 have been enjoying a tasteof hockey with a trip to the Oval toexperience playing on astro-turf for the firsttime. Selected children then played in aPartnership Festival at the Oval against tenother teams.The Wirral Grammar Schoolfor Boys tournament, whichwe won last year, is anotoriously toughcompetition. It is wellorganised and a great funday for all. We put threeteams into this tournamentand they managed to reachthe final but were pipped atthe post by Townfield.Mrs Reese has an Outdoor Athleticsteam put together from the CrossCountry club who put in a veryimpressive first outing in the Wirral MiniGames.Poulton Lancelyn have been recognised for all the hard workput in by pupils and staff by being selected to be part of theDreams & Teams initiative between the Wirral EducationAuthority and their equivalent from Madrid. The children spentthe afternoon doing a variety of sports organised by YoungLeaders from Wirral and their peers from Madrid.Design & Production by Marketing for Education 01282 612222 (ref 34278 - 07/07). Produced on site in the UK.www.wirralgrammarboys.com