NewsletterMyddelton College | Peakes Lane | Denbigh | North Wales | LL16 3EN

27th October 2017

Globetrotting MyddeltoniansStuart Ayres and Stuart Hay have been visiting the Ukraine, Russia and Kurdistan for educational recruitment fairs and Richard Crowther is currently in China looking for strong students to join our ranks. We have recruited some wonderful students from each of these locations over the past year, who add so much to our school. All these trips have been really productive and we are looking forward to seeing some of the young people we met in due course.

Mr Ayres in Lviv

Tech updateIt has been a busy half term for our IT Support partners 101 Systems. They are in the process of ironing out any remaining gaps in our 5G wireless system, installing a new additional server to boost the performance of our school’s Management Information System and security programs, and of course have helped us deploy 5 IT suites-worth of devices successfully this year (6, if you include teachers’ computers!). By and large the dramatic increase in student numbers we have enjoyed has not adversely affected our infrastructure, although one does not switch on 5 IT suites-worth of device simultaneously without the occasional issue. Parents who have purchased the HP and Windows devices through our portal (https://myddeltoncollege.store.academia.co.uk) should all have now received a registration email to ensure your computers are fully covered by their extended warranty and insurance. This portal is also where you can make any warranty or insurance claims you need to during the life of your child’s device.

We are currently in discussions with our suppliers about some of the problems we have observed with our ‘legacy stock’ of MS Surface 3s, to ensure strong support from them to keep the devices in good condition for the remainder of their lease. In the meantime anyone is free to use our portal to purchase a replacement. The portal devices come with a 3-year warranty and enhanced insurance pack, with no excess and multiple claims allowed. Most of the devices available through the portal differ from those you can buy from the high street, with improved internal specifications and ruggedized cases. Buying them through our portal guarantees that they have the correct version of the operating system for our network, that they have a standard build quality and that we can use our secure software image to maintain them and install software we need to deliver our particular brand of education. Please ensure, if you buy a new device for your children for school, that they are purchased through our portal for this reason.

News from the boardersLast Weekend to wish Celia (centre picture on the left) a Buen Viaje, after spending half a term with us here at Myddelton, the both boarding houses went out for a meal and Karaoke at Chen Li Chinese Restaurant here in Denbigh.

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Myddelton College are pleased to confirm that we are planning to take our students away on an amazing trip of a lifetime to north India next October (2018). The trip is being run by a specialist tour company www.geoindia.co.uk, and is designed to complement students humanities studies especially geography, history and religious education.

The trip will take students from the foothills of the Himalayas through to the deserts of Rajasthan. Highlights include a visit to the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, a camel safari into the Thar desert, and a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

The trip is open to all year 9 students and above (year 10 and above when we depart). Letters for parents will be sent out early next week and we will be holding a parents presentation evening early in November.

Trip of a lifetime!

First time competing as a trio for Myddelton College and come out with a gold👍👍 well done girls!

Congratulations to Ophelia and her team (Flint & Denbigh Hunt Branch) came 2nd at the Anglesey & Aberconwy Pony Club Show Jumping Winter League Competition 13yrs and under, on Sunday. It was stiff competition with 40 riders in the class.

We have been collecting as a school this first half of term with The Trussell Trust for the Vale of Clwyd food bank and as you can see we have a rather large donation to make. Thank you for your support.

Year 8 visited National Football Museum this week as part of enrichment week. Clementine and Charlotte enjoyed exploring the vintage games.

Sadie met Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Adam Peaty at the weekend when they both swam at the Manchester International Swim Meet 2017 . . . an amazing experience!

Well done to our hockey teams playing their first ever matches at Ysgol Eirias, the first game of this years league!

We are recruitingAn opportunity has become available to join our committed and friendly catering team, as a Chef at Myddelton College. We are looking for someone who is hard working, enthusiastic and has excellent standards of customer care http://bit.ly/2iwhJly for more details.

Techniquest visitLast week, in Year 5 and 6, we went on a trip to Techniquest in Wrexham where we learnt lab skills. We had such a good time using indicators to test PH and learning about lab safety while using Bunsen burners!

Beth Shalom National Holocaust Centre and MuseumYear 9 visited Beth Shalom National Holocaust Centre and Museum this week, where they listened to a survivor from Auschwitz.

They have been studying this term in Religious Studies major religious questions including the problem of evil and suffering. Likewise through their History course, they have become aware of the origins of the Second World War. The visit to Beth Shalom is designed as a precursor for GCSE work next year for prospective students in both RS and History, and as an important part of general education for all pupils whatever their options next September.

Pupils added to a memorial to the young people murdered in the Holocaust by visitors, by selecting a stone from the trough and placing it on the memorial, in tribute to one of the 1.5 million individual children who died.

Myddelton College’s first ever Duke of Edinburgh bronze expedition took place just before half term. Well done to everyone who took part.