Y11 Prom

Art Exhibition

Cockermouth School News cockermouthschool.org 18 July 2018

Issue 8

Headteacher:

Dr R P Petrie BSc PhD

a s p i r e

e n j o y

i n c l u d e

r e s p e c t

c o m m u n i t y

A Message from the Headteacher

As another summer term draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to a few people. Thank you to all parents and carers who continue to support our students day after day; the link between home and school needs to be close in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for our young people, and I am delighted that this relationship continues to go from strength to strength. Thank you also to our staff who have worked tirelessly again this year; your professionalism, commitment and enthusiasm in securing great life-chances for our students, within the classroom and beyond, never ceases to amaze me. Thank you to our neighbours who live beside the school; your patience while our students enjoyed our hugely successful annual sports day is appreciated. Thank you to our dedicated Governors and CSCA members; freely giving up many hours of your own time enables us to fulfil the many needs of a high performing school such as ours. And finally, thank you to our students who come into school ready to work hard and do their best each day; you are an important part of what makes our school such an amazing place in which to work. Enjoy the summer break and I look forward to welcoming you back into school on 4 September.

Forthcoming Events:

Year 5 Curriculum Day :

18 July

Term Ends, School Closes :

12:50pm, 19 July

A Level Results Day :

16 August

GCSE Results Day :

23 August

Term Starts for All Students :

8:40am, 4 September

Celebration of Achievement :

6 September

CSCA Meeting :

17 September

Y12 Borrowdale :

19 September

Y6 Open Evening :

27 September

Cockermouth School is a company limited by guarantee ∙ Registered in England ∙ Company No: 09679536

Cockermouth School annual summer Art Exhibition featured an enormous amount of talent from both A Level and GCSE students. The exhibition featured a variety of mediums covering the disciplines of fine art painting and

drawing, printmaking, ceramics, fashion and textiles, illustration, graphics, animation and photography. Work from all of our Year 13 students has been selected and will feature in The Arts Society Cumbria, A

Level exhibition held at Theatre by The Lake from 17 July to 4

September. Followed by a GCSE exhibition from 7 September to 8

October, which will feature work from our Year 11 Art & Graphics students.

Monday 25 June saw the annual Year 11 Prom take place at Greenhill Hotel, Wigton, where students and staff enjoyed a fabulous evening. Beautiful dresses, smart suits, glorious weather and five years of friendship made the evening a night to remember. Our thanks go to the staff at Greenhill Hotel, photographer Chris Lewis and our wonderful Year 11 students who represented the school impeccably.

A Taste of Game We had 30 students preparing pheasants which were provided by ‘Taste of Game’. A local Gamekeeper, Jack Depledge, came in to show the students how to prepare and cook the birds. The students then all made a Pheasant and Apple Bruschetta with horseradish mayonnaise. It was a fantastic morning and enjoyed by everyone, giving the students the opportunity to learn how to prepare and cook the birds and in many instances taste pheasant for the first time.

Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

WUKF World Karate Championships

Summer 2018 Exam Results

A Level - 16 August, from 8am

GCSE - 23 August, from 9am

All results are to be collected from the Sixth Form

common room. If you are unable to collect your results in

person:

1. Leave a stamped addressed envelope with the Exam

Officer

2. Give a permission note to a nominated person to

collect them for you

3. Give the Exam Officer a note with permission to email

them to you, including your email address.

Results will not be given out over the phone

An interview with:

Mr Brettle - Deputy Headteacher

(Progress and Operations)

Rapid fire questions:

Where was your first teaching post - Lytham

St Annes’ County High School

Are you an early bird or a night hawk - Early

bird

If you weren’t a teacher what would you be -

Engineer

Childhood memory - Spending the whole

day out and about with friends in the local

woods with no adult supervision

Dream holiday destination - Probably Sri

Lanka of the places I have visited so far. I am

going to Patagonia later this year which is

somewhere I have long wanted to visit.

What do you do to relax - Walk the fells,

read, travel

Four students from Cockermouth School were

recently selected to represent ESFK England at the

7th World Karate Championships in Dundee. Over 40

countries were involved with 2200 competitors taking

part. Cameron Clague Y8, sisters Emily and Charlotte

Craig Y9 and Adam Southern Y10 all travelled to

Scotland to take part in both the kata and kumite

categories. Congratulations to Cameron who was

placed 4th and to Charlotte and Emily who were

placed 6th and 7th respectively. We were delighted to

hear that Adam came 3rd in the Kata Adapted

Learning Disabilities category for his age group, where

he was awarded a bronze medal. Well done to you all.

The weekend of 16 & 17 June saw

two days of the qualifying Duke of

Edinburgh Bronze expedition.

Participants saw some wet weather

on the first day with an improved

picture on the second. All the

groups, 42 students in total,

performed well and completed the

three different routes in their own

inimitable ways. We look forward to

seeing you all undertake your Silver

award with us next year.

Cockermouth School

& Community

Association

June 100 club winners -

1st Mrs L Garroway £24

2nd Mr & Mrs RD Cooper £18

3rd Mrs F Cawthorn £12

For only £12 per year you too

can join the 100 Club Draw. If

you are interested in joining

please contact reception for a

subscription form.

Diverse Cumbria Awards

Huge congratulations to Mr Richards who recently

received the title of Educational Champion at the

Diverse Cumbria Awards 2018. Mr Richards is the

Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural co-ordinator for

the school and was one of four shortlisted nominees

for the award. The event took place at the Hallmark

Hotel, Carlisle in May. The event celebrates those

who make a push for equality and diversity across

Cumbria, helping Cumbria be the most welcoming

place for people to live, work and travel.

Cricket Year 7 were crowned County Champions

in the Presidents Trophy Cricket

Competition held at Furness Cricket Club

on Monday 25 June. They were unbeaten

in all four games against Ulverston Victoria

High School, Millom, Ullswater and Lakes

School. Well done to Karim, Aaron,

Matthew, Hugo, Caine, Joe, Zak, Josh,

Reegan and Tom. Mr Hayes is extremely

proud of you all.