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Psychology Chester Zoo Trip

April 2018

GCSE and A Level pupils went to Chester

Zoo as part of the Psychology course to

investigate animal behaviour. The day

involved pupils conducting their own

structured observational research into

the different species specific behaviour.

The Psychology course involves

understanding the differences between

animal and human communication,

attachment behaviour across species

and aggressive behaviour across species.

Alongside following their independent

projects for the day, all students

participated in a Primate behaviour

workshop run by the education team at

the zoo. This explored the different facial

expressions and sounds apes use for

different purposes and understanding

the social hierarchy within the

chimpanzee enclosure.

A very interesting day while making lots

of links to knowledge required for the

summer examinations.

Mrs. Ladlow

Boarding Valentine’s Day Party

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The new GCSE in Food involves 50% non-examination

assessment. Students were given a choice of two

tasks: a Young Chef competition or a children’s menu

for a garden centre. Students had to research and

practice a series of dishes and then in March they

had their practical food examination. In three timed

half hour sessions, students had to prepare, cook and

serve two identical portions of three dishes with

accompaniments. Everyone chose different dishes

and many students jointed chickens and filleted fish,

others created trimmed lamb dishes. Soups, bread

rolls, cheese straws, savoury rice were some of the

accompaniment dishes. Desserts presented were

panna cotta, chocolate mousse, Eton mess and

crème Brule. The students found the experience

“stressful but fun….. I’m glad it’s over…..I’m pleased I

did well.” Many staff came to help taste test the

dishes and were “blown away” by the standard.

Mrs Hall was delighted by all the hard work and

effort shown by the students involved.

GCSE Food Preparation

Mrs. Hall

Diploma Recital

Alicia Davis (Year 11) will shortly be taking her ARSM cornet

diploma exam. She is the first Rishworth pupil to venture

beyond Grade 8 (in which she received a Distinction) to take

this newly-accredited qualification. On Wednesday, 7th

March she performed her pieces in front of friends, family

and teachers in a trial-run. The audience were blown away

with her 30-minute recital of the complete Flor Peeters

Trumpet Sonata and Denis Wright’s Concert Concerto. We

wish Alicia all the best for her exam. Mr. Lewis

On 13th March Peter Stobart, Katie Gloag, Rhys Hunt and

Isobel Crowe competed for Rishworth School in the regional

UK Mathematics Team Challenge.

Bradford Grammar School was the venue, and the pupils

were competing against 29 other teams from Yorkshire and

beyond. The competition challenges the pupils’ problem

solving skills and independent thought and combines this

with teamwork and of course some rigorous Mathematics!

The pupils battled through four gruelling rounds; the team

round, the cross-clue, the shuttle and finally the relay round.

At the half way stage the team were in contention, however

after strong performances from other teams in the

afternoon session, Rishworth came a very creditable 13th.

An enjoyable day was had by pupils and staff alike, and the

four students were a real credit to the school.

Bring on next year’s competition!

UK Mathematics Challenge

Mr. Davies

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Year 7 History Shields

Year 7 pupils were tasked with making

shields for a recent project in their History

lesson with Mr. Holmes-Roe. They all

excelled in the task and can be seen posing

with their creations above.

Photography Club

Join Mr. Smith in Room 8 for Photography Club from 12:50pm every blue week Monday. The photographs below

were taken by Samantha Hannah and Ellia Rhodes.

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We made the trip to Birkdale School’s sports

facilities after school, full of excitement and a

nervousness that was difficult to explain. The

drive this time was uneventful, then having

dumped our bags in the changing rooms, we

got to work in our groups upon arrival;

brainstorming ideas for our lessons and

becoming acquainted with the Birkdale

students. Icebreaker events followed which

gave us time to mingle with them and have a

bit of fun. A hunt for dark chocolate on a plate

caked with flour ensued and many laughs and

generally a big mess was the end result. To cap

the night off, an assortment of cakes and hot

chocolate was offered [TASTY!].

The night proved to be a tough one for some

with the hard floors and freezing cold rooms

not helpful in the slightest. As a group teaching

at Bungamati School, we came up with

interesting ideas for which we thought the

children there would enjoy in subjects ranging

from art and craft to some in-depth biology.

Before we knew it, it was time for the walk. The

weather had taken a turn for the worse and a

lot of snow covered the hills surrounding

Sheffield. As we trekked, many snowballs were

thrown, much to the delight and dismay of the

people there. The walk was completed at a

frenetic pace and in just three hours we were

done and dusted and more than ready to make

the trip back to Rishworth.

After the training, the Rishworth group were all

eager to embrace the culture and custom that

Nepal has to offer.

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Boarding Snowman

Birkdale Nepal Training

Ian Saravannan

The Junior Music Festival took place on 7th March, with a good

number of entrants from the four teams. Our adjudicator, Stuart

Gray, Head of Instrumental Music at Egglescliffe School, was very

impressed by the overall standard and the confidence of the

musicians on stage. The following soloists were selected to take

part in the evening ‘Young Musician of the Year’ concert at

Heathfield on the Thursday evening: Eve Walton (piano), Tamzin

Holmes (guitar), Alexandra Harrison (violin), George Ayres

(trombone), Gabe Fraser (drum kit) and Grace White (voice). Each

upped their game substantially in front of a packed house, but the

end, Alexandra Harrison was declared the winner for her dramatic

performance of Czardas, by Vittorio Monti.

The Intermediate and Senior Festivals took place at the end of the

week and the participants were adjudicated by freelance

percussionist Elsa Bradley. The standard was incredibly high, but

each musician left the stage having received some extremely

positive and constructive feedback. The Intermediate class

winners were: Will Orange (piano), Poppy Eccles (guitar), Peter

Stobart (saxophone), Joe Brooke (drum kit), Xiana Harron (violin)

and Georgie Westwood (voice). The Senior finalists were: Beth

Slim (flute), Alicia Davis (cornet), Alexander Gloag (piano), Harry

Stobart (drum kit), Abbie Chapman (voice) and Dominic Friedrich

(guitar). Music during the adjudicator’s deliberations was

provided by Georgie Westwood and Elisabeth Walker, as well as

Mr Brown’s impressive Funk Band. Miss Bradley found the choice

of winner incredibly difficult for the Intermediate class, and in the

end broke with tradition and awarded joint first place to Xiana

Harron for her spellbinding performance of Copland’s Rodeo, and

Georgie Westwood for her sublime interpretation of With You,

from the musical ‘Ghost’. The Senior winner was Alicia Davis, who

dazzled the audience with her warm tone and impressive

technique in her rendition of the first movement of Denis Wright’s

Cornet Concerto.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the festival. Elsa

Bradley made the following comment: ‘It's obvious just how much

they enjoy music -- and I was genuinely blown away by many of

their performances. They've very much inspired me!’ Thank you

also to our three magnificent accompanists – Ruth Burbidge, Paul

Brown and Daniel Bath.

Music Festivals

Mr. Lewis

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Centurion Racing from Rishworth School are officially the fastest F1 in Schools Team in Britain. Over the course of

two years, the six-strong team consisting of Laurence Vines, Dominic Friedrich, Lara Quinn-Beaumont,

Max Pendlebury, Erica Essel and Grant Torrington, have twice reached the National Finals stage of the exciting

tournament, this year recording their most successful season yet. F1 in Schools tasks young engineers and

entrepreneurs with designing a miniature F1 racing car to race a 20 metre drag strip. They have to gain sponsors in

order to fund their entry, and create a “brand identity” in order to compete on a regional, national and international

stage. Centurion Racing achieved second place at the 2018 Yorkshire and Humberside regional finals and went

through to compete at the Nationals, held annually at Silverstone. Over two days the team were judged on their

entry and recorded an unbeatable race time of 1.228 seconds! The final results overall showed that Centurion Racing

finished 4th in the United Kingdom. They have done Yorkshire proud!

Formula 1 in Schools

Dominic Friedrich

Sport

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Scholastic Half-Price Book Fair

There were some fantastic matches played on the evening of

Friday 23rd March against our Old Girls and Boys. Wins for both of

the school’s 1st XI teams made the evening even better! So great

to see so many past pupils taking part. Mrs. Wood

Taking place in the Library from Friday 20th to Thursday 26th April.

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Sport Representative Honours

Congratulations go to...

Hannah Speakman who was selected to represent U17 West Yorkshire against the North East region at hockey.

Gina Speakman who competed in the National Biathlon Championships as part of Pentathlon GB for Rishworth

School U14s and came in 2nd place.

Georgina Westwood who has been selected to represent both the U14s and U15s West Yorkshire Hockey teams.

James Stackhouse who represented his club at Karate against all the other clubs from England and was placed 15th

out of 100 competitors.

Willow Clarke-May who has been selected for the England Squad at Trampolining.

Louise Hutchinson who has been selected for Yorkshire U14 badminton squad.

Toby Didgiunaitis who has been selected on to the U12 Yorkshire Cricket Academy Bronze pathway.

Laurence Faragher-Pearson who has been selected on to the U14 Yorkshire Cricket Academy Bronze pathway.

Millie Fraser who has been selected for the U16 Greater Manchester Junior Academy Centre competition squad for

the North West competition.

Emma Fletcher who has been selected for the U16 Manchester Thunder team.

The U13A team beat Brooksbank, Rishworth B and Crossley Heath but lost to North Halifax Grammar. On goal

difference Rishworth A’s were crowned Calderdale U13 Indoor Champions. Rose Wang presented the trophy to the

school and the remaining members of the team collected their winner medals: Isabel Crowe; Madison Johnson;

Olivia Boyle, Alexandra Harrison; Louisa Gloag; Isabel Smith and Lucy Galloway.

The U14A team beat Rishworth B, North Halifax Grammar and Crossley Heath to be crowned Calderdale U14 Indoor

Champions. Lottie Ross presented the trophy to the school and the remaining members of the team collected their

winner medals: Gina Speakman, Louise Hutchinson, Georgie Westwood, Heidi Hinchliff, Poppy Eccles, Katie Gloag,

Emma Fletcher and Amelia Taylor.

In the Calderdale U18 Indoor tournament, the U16s lost to Rishworth U18s but beat North Halifax Grammar, Crossley

Heath and Brooksbank . They finished runners up to the U18s who beat everybody and were crowned Calderdale

Indoor Champions. Emma Bower was awarded player of the tournament and as Captain presented the trophy to the

school and the remaining members collected their winner medals: Molly Roberts, Lucy Denton, Hannah Goury,

Samira Wieczorek and Lowrie Roberts.

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