Spring 2010 Newsletter - Drighlington Primary School

HORSFORTH SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2010
OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL

HORSFORTH SCHOOL
SPECIALIST SCIENCE COLLEGE
OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL

SENIOR PRIZE GIVING EVENING
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Senior Prize Giving Evening took place on Tuesday 15 December. It was a wonderful evening where the many
achievements of our students were celebrated. We were most fortunate to have Chris Edwards, Chief Executive of
Education Leeds, to present the GCSE / A level certificates and prizes to our students.
Here is what Chris wrote in his Blog about the evening:
'I ended the day yesterday at Horsforth School, Specialist Science College for their Senior Prize Evening...
It was a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of some talented young people who
took GCSEs and A Levels in the Summer. It was a real privilege to be asked by Steve Jex, Headteacher, to present
the certificates and prizes at this important event in the life of one of the best schools in Leeds. The evening was
introduced by Roland Meredith, Chair of Governors, who was followed by Steve who talked about the successes of
the last year. I talked briefly to the young people and their parents and carers before presenting the certificates and
prizes. The evening finished with a wonderful performance by 'Close Harmony' and the School Choir.
Steve and his team are doing wonderful things and achieving some extraordinary outcomes at this great school.'
STUDENTS WIN THE FARADAY CHALLENGE
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On 21 January a group of Year 8 students participated in the Institute of Engineering
and Technology (IET) Faraday Challenge held at Pudsey Grangefield School.
Andrew Farkas 8G, Thomas Hickman 8E, Ryan Playfoot 8L, Bethany Hinds 8E,
Emily Shaw 8G and Ellie Lowry 8T were given the task of designing and
manufacturing the best anti-flooding device which could remove as much water as
possible from a tank in one minute.
The students had the entire day to produce their device. The day was split into different sections, firstly they had to
produce some initial ideas for the project, they then had to choose one of these ideas and produce a design
specification of that idea. Using their design they had to manufacture their device using a limited budget set by the
organisers. Additionally, the students had to video their progress throughout the day. All of these aspects were
awarded marks and overall our students achieved the highest mark of the day - 172 points out of 200.
The students competed against five other local schools and were successful in winning the competition. The students
were awarded with a trophy and £250 voucher to spend on Design and Technology equipment for the school.
Congratulations and well done!
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS!
We are looking for the following.............
MUSICIANS
JOURNALISTS
SOUND ENGINEERS
BAND MANAGERS
WEB DESIGNERS
Have you ever wanted to work in the music industry? Well now's your chance! Horsforth School is setting up its own
record label. It will be run by the students for the students. Anyone can be involved that has a passion for music.
This new exciting project will see students involved entered into a competition in 2011 to win a BRIT AWARD!
All students interested should visit the Music Department for more information.
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It's SPRING in the Allotment Club! Report by Mrs K Carrara
elcome back to the season of new beginnings in the Allotment. We are hoping the snow has finally gone. My
goodness, what a long and bitter Winter. It has been very quiet this season but we are looking forward to a fresh
Wgrowing season in Spring.
During the Winter we have had a few deliveries. Mr Alan Gray of Horsforth in Bloom has planted approximately 40 fruit trees
on the grassy mound at the front entrance. They are very young saplings and will need to be left alone to grow and mature. I
would ask that everyone looks from a distance. I will keep you updated when the big orchard harvest will begin.
Last week Morrisons delivered our order. We are very pleasantly surprised at how early the order has arrived, and delighted
as now we can begin planting seeds, use our new equipment, which includes very lovely wellington boots to keep students’
feet warm, dry and clean.
We were lucky enough to be involved with the Association for Science Education. We produced a report on how our Allotment
is a sustainable project. The Association held a Challenge Celebration Day on Friday 5th February at the University of York,
and although we were unable to attend our report was presented on the day. We very much hope to attend next year.
As I write this report it is sunny with blue skies, it feels like Spring.
ASDAN GREEN TEAM
Year 9 ASDAN students have taken on an environmental project around the school. Working closely with the school
maintenance team they have set about improving the grounds around the school with flowers and fruits.
In mid November the ASDAN and maintenance teams planted eight strawberry plants and eight raspberry plants in the
Science quad and tidied the rockery area.
Early December they planted 1500 daffodil bulbs in addition to the 3000 planted last year, hopefully giving the front of school a
yellow carpet of bloom in the spring. These were all donated by Alan Gray from Horsforth in Bloom.
With funding from the PTFA and Mr Jex, forty five fruit trees (pear, apple and cherry) were chosen and ordered. The
maintenance team kindly planted these as the ASDAN group were unable to due to snowy weather and hard frozen ground.
The trees and surroundings area will be maintained by the group.
Here’s what the Year 9 students had to say about their planting experience:
'I can't wait until the summer to eat the strawberries.' Melissa Thorpe
‘I really enjoyed planting the daffodils and hope they turn out ok.' Kyran Clarke
'I loved planting the daffodils even though it was so cold!' Beth Pope
‘I really enjoyed planting the bulbs but I still can't wait to pick the strawberries and eat them.' Lewis Dockray
‘Planting the strawberries and daffodils took a long time.' Tony Townsley
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The Science Noticeboard:
Horsforth School Science Week 2010
15th - 19th March
The highlight of the year - Science Week – was the best yet!
Events such as....
Zoolab – and their amazing collection of weird and wonderful rainforest animals
Polestar Planetarium - Year 6 students go out of this world!
Soapbox Enterprise – make and market your own line of toiletries
Chicken hatching – 'eggcellent' stuff!
Professor Hoyland – the most amazing whizz bang science you ever saw
Superhero Workshop – the science of superheroes
Marty Jopson – of 'The One Show' fame, shared his science secrets
Our World 2050 – what does the future hold for us?
A fabulous and exciting time was had by all. Look out for a full report in the
Summer Newsletter.
CSI Day
A murder has been committed. Mr Dooley was found dead,
slumped over his desk. He had been hit on the head with a
microscope. The challenge was to investigate and collect
evidence to find out who did it.
Mr Hume, Mr Collins and Mrs Bancroft were all suspects
because they had all been seen with Mr Dooley near the time of
his death and they all had a motive, but which one was it?
Students learnt how to take fingerprints and how to lift them from
items at the scene. They learnt how to make casts of teeth to
match to the bite mark on a polystyrene cup left on the desk and
collected fibres from the suspects’ clothes to match with fibres
found at the scene.
Students compared results with the evidence and this showed
Mr Collins was the Murderer. They then used a computer
programme to make a photo fit picture of Mr Collins from memory
to be distributed in the search for him.
Horsforth School Goes Eco
Thirteen enthusiastic Year 12 and 13 students from Horsforth School are currently busy looking at how waste
in school is recycled and disposed of. They are hoping to be able to improve upon our current recycling
facilities and to help reduce our school's carbon footprint. Another action group within the Eco-Team is
looking at how much energy we waste by leaving lights on around the school. An Eco-Schools' action board
has been put up in the Visitors' Reception so that everyone can be kept up to date with 'Eco' projects.
In addition to these projects, the students are working alongside 'Ground Works', an ecological agency who
work with schools helping them to gain Eco-School status and we are hoping to have achieved the Silver
Award by Christmas.
The final project the students are working on is the Eco-dome area within School. Hoping to follow in the
successful footsteps of the Allotment Club, the Eco-Team is planning to develop this area into a pleasant and
tranquil relaxation and outside study space for A level students.
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THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE
Mrs Ellison's Year 9 Spanish students enjoyed a fabulous afternoon at North
East Leeds City Learning Centre at Allerton Grange School on Wednesday
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3 March, making full use of their Spanish language skills. The centre
created an indoor market where the students were required to visit each
stall and purchase everyday items speaking only in Spanish to the staff at
the centre. As you can see from the photos some students enjoyed dressing
up in their mock purchases. After their shopping experience and a hot
chocolate with a bun, the students were invited to the centre's computer
suite to create their own comic strip of 'The Experience', uploading photos
of themselves and adding captions purely in Spanish.
Further photos from the day can be seen at:
w:drive pc files >Departments>Languages>Spanish>KS3>The Experience
Here's what some of the students had to say:
'It was ace!' Andrew Maud 9O
‘It improved my Spanish by loads in just one afternoon.' Alice Horsman 9C
'We're going on the Salamanca trip in April and this experience
will have helped a lot.' Ellie Austin 9O & Romany Lowe 9Y
'It was a fun afternoon yet educational.' Megan Forster 9O
STUDENTS RUNNING AFTER SCHOOL LANGUAGE CLUBS
AT LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Thirty two of our students are successfully running regular after school language clubs at the following local primary schools:
Broadgate, St Margaret's, Newlaithes, West End and Westbrook. This is a result of specialised training by the Education Leeds
Languages’ Co-ordinator, which took place before Christmas. They are thoroughly enjoying teaching French, German and
Spanish and the primary school pupils love it too.
Well done to the following students for making these clubs possible:
Spanish
Claudia Cheung 11O, Beth Gresty 10L, Amy Wetherill 10R, Vicky Mather 10R, Tawona Fleming 11B
French
Danyang Li 11C, Becky Hill 11C, Laura Goodrum 11O, Lois Brown 11O, Nick Taylor 11Y, Danny Smith 11C, Jacob Morgan 11R,
Alessandro Zicchieri 11C, Alice Hutchinson 11C, Jonathan Bargh 11Y, Hannah Barron 11R, Stephanie Forster 11Y,
Sam Fairburn 11Y, Lauren Wray 11C, Helen Wilson 11C, Isobel Ridsdale 11Y, Oliver Lines, 11C, Matthew Parker 11Y,
Mark Rawlinson 11Y, Billy Browne 11S, Caris Palmer-Smeaton 12ARP, Ruth Steele 12RKR, Beth Holmes-Dickinson 12SCP,
Emmanuel Dourambeis 12HD, Tom Reilly 12ARP
German
Rachel Akhondi 10G, Catherine Moglia 11G
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MINX FASHION PRESENTATION
CLOTHES SHOW LIVE 2009
Two groups of Year 10 Textiles students experienced a thrilling
presentation from a company called Minx, which produces
Evening and Prom Dresses.
Designers Liz and Nige who run the company gave a Power
Point presentation, which detailed the requirements she looks
for when designing and constructing a complete collection,
whilst taking into account the commercial aspects of the
design. This was followed by an interactive look at the
designers’ sketches, the fabrics used, the inspiration behind
the designs and the tools of the trade. The presentation ended
with a look at the final samples and the thought processes
behind their selection. They then gave an overview of the
manufacturing process and the ethical considerations.
OW what an experience! Students and staff from GCSE and
GCE Textiles groups went to the Clothes Show Live Exhibition
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Win Birmingham on Wednesday 9 December. The exhibition
demonstrates latest trends in fashion, hair and beauty with live fashion
shows from designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Christopher
Kane. Hair designers cut and styled hair on volunteers from the
audience in an amazing hair theatre experience and there were over
100 stands from companies such as Tigi, Paul's Boutique and Funky
Fish. Many textile colleges were there displaying their fantastic design
creations; not forgetting the fantastic fashion catwalks with a theme of
'Winter Wonderland'.
YOUNG INVENTORS IN THE MAKING
A group of twelve Year 9 students from Horsforth School recently attended a
series of interactive workshops at Horsforth Library exploring the world of
inventions.
They had lots of fun learning about inventions which have succeeded and
some which have failed miserably! Working in pairs they were challenged to
come up with their own invention. They had to find out whether anyone had
already patented the idea and what would be involved in both protecting it
and getting it to the market. The students then presented their invention to
an audience made up of parents, library staff, patents' staff and even a
Young Inventor.
Both the judges and audience were very impressed with their
presentations. The inventions included a magnetic car bumper to repel
against accidents and a dog lead with a built in whistle. However, the overall
winner was a stability aid for the elderly and disabled. The students were all
rewarded with a certificate, a 'goody bag' and a gift voucher. Their ideas
proved to be so good that patents have been applied for them.
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BBC News Day and Record Breaking Weather Report
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n 11 March 2010, schools around the UK again took part in School
Report News Day, simultaneously creating news reports and
Obroadcasting them on school websites with extensive coverage
from the BBC.
For the second year running, a group of Year 9 students were given the
fantastic chance to be part of the BBC News School Report and they made
their own video and print based news stories to feature on the News Day
website.
We also hoped to be part of a record breaking attempt to produce the
largest weather report ever! Guinness World Records gave agreement for
schools participating in the BBC's School Report News Day to attempt to
set the record for the LARGEST INTERACTIVE WEATHER REPORT.
Pupils from each of the schools taking part took a temperature reading at
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approximately 09:15 on 11 March, and emailed it to the BBC before 10am.
BBC Weather then compiled all the temperature readings to put on a map,
to be used for a weather report.
Back in February, Mrs Hazell held a practice day in preparation for the
actual day in March. Everyone involved worked really hard to produce a
fabulous array of moving image news items by the afternoon deadline.
Year 12 Media students mentored the Year 9s and helped them to use the
camcorders and editing software. You can read more about what
happened and the stories featured on the BBC School report website.
Year 12 Media Student BBC News Day Practice - report by George Stead Year 12
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As if Horsforth School isn't busy enough, on the 5 February the media room was transformed into a mock newsroom as a group
of Year 9s became budding broadcast journalists! In preparation for the nationwide BBC Report, 30 pupils were invited to take
part in a practice day before the real one took place. This involved them researching a current news story, interviewing the
general public and filming segments live in the news studio. The results were professional articles that ranged from the
changing of Pluto's colour to opinions on Simon Cowell's Haiti relief single all of which were edited by the Year 9s themselves,
together with a group of enthusiastic Year 12s using Adobe Premier. Mrs Hazell, the Head of Media, had nothing but praise for
our young reporters and commented that the final products were both enriching and exciting. Students were asked to plan for
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the real day on the 11 March by coming up with inventive stories we could use as headlines.
BBC Bus Stops at Horsforth – report by Bibi Agu and Sarah Calder Year 9
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On10 of March 2010 the BBC Bus, from BBC Leeds, came down to Horsforth School and we had the opportunity to look
around and use some of the facilities. We were shown the equipment used to broadcast the News at the BBC, such as: a
variety of cameras, special editing computers, laptops and even a drop down blue screen which enabled us to film a live
weather report.
We were allowed to film our own weather broadcast, like an actual news report. We loved this and found it very funny as we had
to improvise what we were going to say. All in all, we had a wonderful time playing with the technology and pretending to be
news readers. We would like to thank the BBC for coming over here and showing us how the news is broadcast. It was an
amazing experience!
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Light the virtual candle to become
part of the legacy of hope at
www.hmd.org.uk
ITV Young Journalism Competition
'Over to You' Year 10 Media Student
Winners!
Back in June 2009 b-live, in conjunction with Big Lottery Fund and
ITV News, launched Over to You – a region to region search to find
the brightest young broadcasting talent in England and Wales.
Under the guidance of their teacher, student teams were asked to
produce a local news story that captured the hearts and minds of
their community. As well as providing participants with a rare insight
into the broadcast industry, Over to You was designed to nurture key
skills across the curriculum including literacy and media.
Year 10 Media students entered the competition as part of the unit of work they were studying entitled 'Research for the
Production of Media Products'. Molly Carnall - Turner 10S and Hollie Rhodes 10B wrote a winning story about how personal
safety is an issue for all age groups. The format featured Molly's self defence class, where older and younger generations
meet, interact and work together to preserve personal safety despite the age gaps. Overall, ITV received an overwhelming
response from schools throughout the UK, 236 entries in total. They told us 'Congratulations from all of us at b-live, ITV and
the Big Lottery Fund! The standard for entries was really high this year and therefore it is a significant achievement for your
students.’ During February half term, Molly and Hollie met up with the ITV team and shot and edited their story and went on to
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be featured on ITV's regional news programme 'Calendar' on Friday 19 February 2010.
Horsforth School Student is Good Samaritan
Aimee McKellar 10R used her first aid training after she witnessed an old man being pushed
to the ground. Aimee leaped into action when she saw a pensioner, who had been attacked,
lying on a Leeds’ city centre pavement covered in blood. Armed only with the knowledge of a
recent St John’s Ambulance first aid course held in school, she stemmed the flow of blood from
his face, comforted the man, took his vital signs and called for emergency help.
Aimee knew what to do as she had recently started the first aid course and didn’t hesitate to
put her new skills into practice. She was walking back from the shops with friends near Park
Lane College, when she saw a teenage girl shout at an elderly man and push him over. Aimee
said, ‘He fell on his face, I thought ‘oh no’ and I went over to see if he was okay and he was
really upset and shaken up. I wiped the blood away from his face and my mate phoned for an
ambulance.’
Because of her studies she knew to talk to him to reassure him and ask him his name and felt confident she would have been
able to help if there had been something more seriously wrong. Aimee then waited with the man, aged around 70, until
paramedics arrived, who praised her kind actions.
Viv Kennedy, Curriculum Leader for the Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (ASDAN) who teaches
Aimee first aid said: ‘I am very proud of her. She stayed calm and for a girl her age that’s just amazing. Aimee said to me if she
hadn’t done the course she wouldn’t have been able to do it.’
Fine For Charity
The Learning Resource Centre at
school has collected £50.00 in
overdue book fines. This has been
sent to the Haiti Earthquake appeal.
Holocaust Memorial Day
The RE Department marked the annual ‘Holocaust
Memorial Day’ on 27th January by using RE classes that
week to teach students about the discrimination and
genocide that took place during the Second World War.
Students explored the themes of human rights, dignity,
freedom and hope. They learnt about subsequent
genocides, in particularly those who lost their life in
Rwanda, Darfur and Bosnia. A display was put up in the
main corridor, illustrating the consequences of the
Holocaust and letters from survivors.
27th January is Holocaust Memorial Day.
“Remember those who have gone,
Remember those who suffer now and pray
that lessons are learnt”
January 27th
2010
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PROJECT ‘O’
‘You shall pass through this life but once............
.............do something’
YEAR 10 AND 11 GO ALL OUT FOR CHARITY
ver the last term students and staff have organised events to raise money for Project O, which is the
chosen Charity of the Year. Project O is a charity working with AIDS orphans in Zulu communities within
ODurban, South Africa. Their main vision is to see African AIDS orphans fully supported, within extended
families or 100% self sufficient homes where children are nurtured in a safe, caring and loving environment,
providing hope and the opportunity to grow and thrive. Here are some of the events which have taken place:
- Louis Senior waxing his legs in the school hall at lunch time and raising an amazing £110.
- Mr Bovington arranged a charity sponsored swim in November. Seven students from Year 10 swam 364
lengths and raised £281.36 - of which £110 was for Project O.
Eleven students from Year 11 took part and swam 974 lengths and raised £379.36 – of which £290 went to
Project O.
This meant a total of £400 for Project O with John Jeavons of Year 11 being the top fundraiser with an
amazing £160.
- Mr Hume and Mr Collins did a 'Skiathon' while on the school ski trip at Les Menuires. They skied all day from
the first lift opening to last lift - a total of 71.2 miles and a total vertical decent of 45,000 ft, which is one and a
half times the height of Everest. This data was recorded by Mr Hume's new Ski Sat! The students and staff
contributed to the Skiathon and raised a total of £410.
- 10S have a signed Leeds United football which a lucky person will win during the last week of the Spring
term. They hope to raise between £100-£300.
- 11E baked a variety of yummy Christmas cakes and biscuits. They also made some Christmas decorations as
part of the pottery club. They made a super profit!
- 10T held a Christmas disco and a chocolate fair for the Year 7 students and raised £98.
- 11G held a chocolate bonanza in the school hall which was very popular with students and staff!
- 11B, 11E and 10Or held a bun sale raising approximately £40 each group.
- 11T plan to make and sell sweet tubes which can be reused for loose change.
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Miss Stothard, Mr Carruthers, Mr Butler and Mr Collins are taking part in the 50/50 cycle challenge from
London to Paris this May half term to raise money for Project O. The 300 mile route will be a physical and an
emotional challenge. Parents are welcome to join the team and more details can be found on the website
www.london2paris2010.com
CUPID VISITS HORSFORTH SCHOOL
LONDON TO PARIS CYCLE
CHALLENGE
Some lucky forms had a very special visit from 11Y's very own cupid
on Valentine's week. This form launched a Valentine's lolly and
cookie stall to raise money for the year's charity Project O.
The students promoted and sold heart shaped lollies and cookies
with messages attached and for those secret admirers a delivery
service by our very own cupid! This was a complete sell out and we
had to turn people away on the last day! The 11Y students raised
almost £120 for the charity.
A special thank you to Year 11 students Meryl Dix and Steph Forster for all their hard work and to Johnathan
Bargh for stepping up to the cupid role.
For more information about Project O please visit www.project-o.org
SOUTH AFRICA BUILDING PROJECT
Mr Collins is travelling to South Africa for a month during the summer holidays to assist in the building of a zero
carbon footprint children's home for Project O.
If parents or students would like to make a donation towards our target, please send a cheque or cash
payable to Horsforth School for the attention of Mr Collins.
Thank you to everyone who is raising money for such a good cause.
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SPOTLIGHT ON POST 16
‘NO SHAVE NOVEMBER’ CHARITY EVENT Report By Sami Jassam Year 12
e recently held a charity event entitled 'No Shave November'. As the title implies,
this means your facial hair has to grow for the whole 30 days during the eleventh
Wmonth. In order to enter this highly prestigious event, it was necessary to donate £1
towards the charity Cancer Research.
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As you'd expect many brave students undertook this event, and many 6 form students grew
their facial hair to the extent where the common room began to look like a caveman
stronghold. There were however some of us, including me, who failed to grow a half decent
beard which resulted in random strands of hair emerging from unexpected places on our
faces and several bald patches. They constantly reminded us that our manhood has not yet
fully arrived.
Nevertheless, it does have to be acknowledged that the lucky few students capable of
growing a fully functional beard must be congratulated on their relentless effort to show the
rest of us up: Stephen Hopkinson, Aidan France (both pictured right), Tom O'Brien and Dan
Barron were in tough competition as to whose beard was most comparable to Mr
Murgatroyd's. The verdict finally agreed upon was that the very hairy face of Stephen
Hopkinson was the winner, so a huge well done is in order to Stephen and the runners-up. A
special thank you to Jacob Womack for organising the event, and finally to everyone who
participated and donated generously towards the charity.
Well done lads, I'm sure if we had carried on a month later until Christmas we would have
given Santa a run for his money!
Stephen Hopkinson
Aidan France
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORK
PLACEMENTS
As part of their Health and Social Care
coursework a group of students from Horsforth
School recently undertook a week's work
experience in a variety of vocational
environments.
Armed with technical information as well as
questionnaires and cameras, the students set
off to investigate a wide variety of subjects.
These included special needs provision at
Ralph Thoresby School, nursery provision at
Sunnybank, care of older people at Joseph
Rowntree and schooling for patients at Leeds
General Infirmary.
These placements gave students a fantastic
opportunity to gain first hand practical
experience to supplement their coursework and
find out more about potential future careers.
MEDLINK COURSE FOUR DAY RESIDENTIAL
Report by Queenie Au Year 12
During mid December, nine students who are showing an interest in
studying medicine decided to enrol on the Medlink Course which
consisted of a four day residential designed to give them a taste of
university life.
The residential gave the students the chance to experience what it's
like to be in the first year of university. They were assigned to certain
groups and allocated individual dorm rooms and were given the
option to choose which lectures they wished to attend.
Students were able to gain an insight into the subject of medicine
with daily lectures from paediatricians, psychologists, surgeons and
consultants who provided them with information about what grades
and experience they'll need if considering medicine as a career.
Of course, student life doesn't only consist of studies. Therefore they
gave us a taste of different entertainment every evening, consisting
of mini concerts, charity lectures and generally hanging out. This
gave them an opportunity to make new friends from other schools
who share the same interest in medicine.
The residential not only gave them a chance to develop their
knowledge in medicine, but also gave them an insight of
independence.
‘It's the best time I've had in ages,' commented student Michael
Laycock.
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ROTARY CLUB
SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD
he Rotary Club of Leeds annually donates Service Above Self Awards to Leeds students nominated by their schools for
outstanding service, whether performed in the school itself, or in the outside community at large.
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THorsforth School nominated Lucy Stevens of form 13RJM who magnificently organised in school a '6 Form Olympics' event,
in which over 200 students took part, raising money for The Laura Crane Trust which is the only UK charity dedicated to funding
ongoing research, specifically into cancer in teenagers and young adults. Lucy attended this year's ceremony at Leeds Civic Hall on
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25 January and was presented with a certificate and prize from the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Judith Elliott, in the presence of
proud parents, teachers and Rotary members. Here's what Lucy had to say about the evening:
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'After organising the '6 Form Olympics' and raising over £220 for the Laura Crane Trust I was awarded the Service Above Self Award
from Leeds Rotary Club at Leeds Civic Hall. It was a great evening and I was presented with £30 worth of books, which I had chosen,
by the Mayor of Leeds. There were lots of other awardees present from around Leeds and it was really interesting to see what they
had been up to and the photos ranging from 'Battle of the Bands' competitions to RAF training. We had photos taken with the Mayor
and group ones too. I really enjoyed it and think it's great such an award exists!'
In the face of much adverse publicity about the younger generation, it is refreshing to see the considerable achievements of our
young people today being rewarded and celebrated. Well done Lucy!
BIOLOGY TRIP TO
LOTHERTON HALL
Report by Emma Quinlan Year 12
APPLIED SCIENCE
TRIPS
Report by Michael Barraclough Year 12
As part of their AS Level Biology coursework, a
group of Year 12 students recently took part in a
trip to Lotherton Hall Bird Gardens in Aberford.
They came face to face with over 200 types of rare
and endangered birds, including the infamous
Andean Condor, who with a wingspan of over 2.5
metres, is frequently spotted by aeroplane pilots
flying thousands of feet in the air!
The students were also given an inspirational
speech about the conservation methods and
reintroduction of rare bird species into their natural
environments by the self-proclaimed 'mad' Julie.
Clearly passionate about her work, she was able
to keep even the least enthusiastic pupils
engaged and interested in what she had to say!
Finally, the group were lucky enough to be given a
guided tour around the largest walk-in Avery in
Europe, where the types of birds ranged from
common ducks to large cranes capable of
plucking out human eyeballs in seconds!
Thankfully though, the students didn't have to
witness this first hand!
The trip was a fascinating insight into how
important it is to maintain endangered bird
species, which are often dying out due to human
expansion and pollution. They were able to
witness firsthand how even charity funded
organisations such as Lotherton Hall carry out
their conservation methods, maintain genetic
diversity and instate reintegration schemes. The
students who chose it as their coursework topic
particularly found it absolutely invaluable,
claiming that the only bad point of the trip was the
fact that Mr Peters couldn't take part because of
his injured collarbone!
The first of the two Applied Science trips was to Tesco in Cheetham Hill,
Manchester. It was essential for our coursework to see the energy policies
and energy saving ideas of a large scale company such as Tesco. Upon
arrival we were immediately struck with the first of the environmentally
friendly improvements Tesco have made as almost the entire store (and
this is a big store) is made of wood. This is very unlike its metal and plastic
stores that we find on high streets across the country. Throughout the trip
we discovered much more about the running of the store. For example it
gets all its electricity from an on-site generator than runs by burning waste,
cooking grease and leftover chicken fat. An interesting fuel source that is
good for the environment.
We went into a meeting room to watch a presentation by a senior staff
member, where there was also a large assortment of food and drink laid
out for us. We watched the presentation, ate our food and left to see the
facilities they had to show us.
After scribbling down notes about their policies, their new improved lessplastic-content
carrier bags, the lobby in the front of the building that
preserves heat and how they had motion sensitive lighting in their toilets
and meeting rooms, we discovered that our time was almost up.
After grabbing a quick hot drink we left and got the coach back to school.
The second of the two trips was to the Yorkshire Water facility in Leeds. We
were shown around the facility and saw all the different machines and
filters they use for processing raw (unclean) water. We found out a lot
about Yorkshire Water itself, for instance Yorkshire Water is the largest
landowner in Yorkshire, owning roughly 52,000 hectares of land, and
Yorkshire Water also create campaigns like One Million Green Fingers to
encourage kids to grow their own vegetables and appreciate the
environment more.
We also saw why the water needs to be cleaned. There was rusty brown
gunge floating on the surface of the water that was being processed. This
stuff is called Sludge or Floc, and is very nasty. Throughout the refinement
system Yorkshire Water take everything into account: chemical content,
acidity and everything else you can think of, to produce water that is so
clean that it's more healthy than bottled mineral water.
We said thank you, received a cup of Yorkshire water each to drink and left
to go home.
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HORSFORTH SCHOOL
SPORTS NEWS
Cross Country Success
Well done to all athletes who have competed in the cross
country races so far this year. Especially to Sam Convery
Year 8, Sean Flanagan Year 9, Mark Rawlinson Year 11 and
Michael Wood Year 12, who represented Leeds in the West
Yorkshire Schools Cross Country at Silcoates in February.
Michael came first running a fabulous race, even running
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against people older than him. Sam finished 11 and Sean
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20 . Well done to all.
Good luck to Michael in the English Schools Cross Country.
Netball
Thank you to all teams this year and well done for
persevering with the weather and cancelled training
sessions due to the Sports Hall being used for exams.
Training will continue now at normal times until May.
For the U14 and U15 Netball Players that are going on the
Sports Tour, training will continue until we leave for our
adventure!
Well done to Mollie Fynn Year 7 and Eve Kitchingman Year 7
who gained themselves a place to train with the U12 Leeds
Netball Squad. Well done and good luck.
Community Sport Workshops
Spring Term Hockey Round - up
Snow, snow and more snow has been the problem with
hockey matches this term!
Since January, teams across all years have only
managed to play a total of 6 matches, due to the weather
conditions.
The Seniors and the U16 team have not played at all and
the U15 team have only played once where a very closely
contested match finished as a 1-1 draw with Benton Park.
Year 9 team have played 4 games and Year 8B team only
1 game.
Matches will hopefully be rearranged.
HOCKEY RESULTS
Played Lost Drawn Won
Seniors 2 1 1 0
U16 5 1 0 4
U15 2 1 1 0
U14A 7 4 0 3
U14B 4 3 1 0
U13A 2 0 0 2
U13B 5 1 2 2
Leadership Activities have been taking place on a regular basis this year. Year 12 Academy Leaders - Joe Pinnick, Sam
Dobson, Matthew Walton, Jack Senior and Emily Bannister - have been engaged in running leadership workshops for Years
5 and 6 at our local Primary Schools.
The Community Sports Leaders have continued to support and help run partnership festivals and the next event will be a Year
10 and 11 Dodge Ball Festival.
Erin Proctor and Charis Palmer-Smeaton have been to Featherbank Infants School and have created a regular Dance Club.
Year 11 Junior Sports Leaders have practised their skills by running after school clubs at Broadgate and Westbrook Schools
each week and are now planning to run their second Inter- School Festival with Year 3 pupils from Broadgate, West End and
Westbrook.
Well done to all our leaders and keep up the good work!
Basketball Year 9
The Year 9 Basketball team has had an exceptional year by winning the Leeds’ North West Partnership finals and going on to
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compete in the Leeds Schools’ Finals. On the day the boys performed exceptionally well and managed to come 3 overall in
the whole of Leeds.
Well Done to Mark Ilori, Anness Khazam, Andy Maud, Mussa Said, Moses Zava, Brandon Carter and Matty Bell.
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Basket Ball Year 11
The team has had mixed fortunes with a difficult start to the year, however the boys have worked really hard and managed to
be right up there to win the Leeds’ Basketball League. All of the students have performed exceptionally well.
Well done to Ahmed Khazam, Matt Kay, Lawrence Barraclough, Bobby Xu, Martyn Bebbington,Tom Rosenblatt, Sho Shiraki
and Ben Staves.
National Finals Beckons For Girls’ U13
Table Tennis Team
The school has its first ever National Table Tennis
finalists in the U13 girls competition. The talented
individuals are Abi Harrison, Georgia Fletcher,
Chardae Chaggar - Brown and Yasmin Madani.
The girls have made it through the Sports’
Partnership Group, the Leeds Schools’ District
and Regional rounds and will now compete in
Leicester in the National final. This is an
exceptional achievement and demonstrates the
high quality of each of the girls. Well done.
Year 7
Opponent Score Scorers
Abbey G (A) 23/09 D 1-1 Diamond
St Mary's (A) 23/09 L 0-2
Benton Pk (H) 05/10 L 0-4
Ilkley G (H) 05/10 D 2-2 Wiggan, Smith
David Young (A) 19/10 W 5-1 Wiggan, Sutcliffe,
(Leeds Schools’ Cup)
Browne, Otway og
St Mary's (H) 22/10 L 2-4 Sutcliffe, Wiggan
Morley High School 08/02 W 4-1 Hunt 3, Higgins
(Leeds Schools’ Cup)
St Mary’s (A) 04/03 L 1-2 Hunt
Ilkley G (A) 04/03 W 2-0 Wiggan, Hunt
League
Played Wins Draws Losses GF GA Goal Diff Total Pts
7 1 2 4 8 14 -6 5
Nicole Finn and Ellen Auty
(U16 Girls West Yorkshire
Champs)
Nicole (pictured right) and Ellen had to
battle it out for the U16 girls' West
Yorkshire Schools' title. In what was a very
close final game Nicole got the upper hand
and will now go on to play in the Regional
Final later this month. Nicole will have a
real chance of progressing far in this
competition if she plays to her potential
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given that she is ranked 16 in the Country.
Boys’ Football Report
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The boys’ football teams in school continue to have a lot of success. The Year 10, 11 and 6 Form teams all sit at the top of their
respective leagues. The Year 7, 8 and 9 festival formats are currently very tight but all three teams are challenging for the title.
With the play offs approaching at the end of March, it looks like nearly all of our teams will qualify for the semi final play off and
a chance of winning the St Mary's and Priesthorpe partnership league.
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We have had mixed results in the Leeds Schools' FA Cup with Year 11 losing on penalties against Primrose and 6 Form
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crashing out against Ralph Thoresby in one of the surprise 3 round results. However, the Year 7 and Year 10 teams are in the
quarter finals of the Cup and face tough games against Royds and Boston Spa respectively.
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A special mention must go out to the Year 11 football team who having reached the final of the County Cup and got to the 2
round of the English Schools’ FA National competition (the last 64 schools in the Country). They travelled up to County
Durham where a St Aidan's team featured a current England U16 player (amongst other academy players) and were too good
on the day, despite a George Hancock goal, losing 3-1.
The seasons' top scorer charts from all years are below:
Year 7 - Nathan Hunt 5 - Alex Wiggan 4
Year 8 - Lewis Riley 4 - Rob Green, Rob Campbell, Nicki Bracewell 2 goals each
Year 9 - Liam Bennett 3 - Sean Flanagan 3
Year 10 - Elliot Morgan 11 - Joel Davenport 9
Year 11 - Brad King 8 - George Hancock 7
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6 Form - Matt Hartley 10 - Jack Moglia 10
Boys’ Football Results 2009-2010
Year 8
Opponent Score Scorers
Abbey G (A) 22/09 D 2-2 Riley, Smith
Benton Pk (H) 06/10 W 1-0 Campbell
Ilkley G (H) 06/10 D 1-1 Green
Roundhay (A) Cup 15/10 L 2-7 Bracewell 2
Benton Pk (A) 19/10 L 2-3 Campbell, Riley
Abbey G (A) 19/10 W 2-0 Riley, Green
St Marys (H) 04/03 D 1-1 Riley
Ilkley G (H) 04/03 L 0-2
League
Played Wins Draws Losses GF GA Goal Diff Total Pts
7 2 3 2 9 9 0 9
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Boys’ Football (continued)
Year 9
Opponent Score Scorers
Benton Pk (H) 21/09 L 3-5 Bennett, Gillson
PHGS (H) 21/09 W 3-0 Wilson, Flanagan 2
Ilkley G (A) 07/10 L 0-1
Abbey G (A) 07/10 L 1-2 Bennett
R Thoresby (A) Cup14/10 L 2-5 Morgan, Bennett
St Marys (A) 20/10 D 0-0
PHGS (A) 20/10 W 1-0 Wilson
Benton Pk (A) 20/10 L 1-2 Jeavons
Ilkley G (A) 04/03 W 1-0 Mather
R Thoresby (A) 04/03 W 2-0 Mather, Turner
League
Played Wins Draws Losses GF GA Goal Diff Total Pts
10 5 1 4 16 10 6 16
Year 11
Opponent Score Scorers
Hip and Lightclf (A) 23/09 W 2-1 Vennard, Palombo
(WestYorks’ Cup)
Castleford High (A) 13/10 W 5-1 Nebard 2, og
(WestYorks’ Cup)
Vennard, Palombo
Abbey G (A) 19/10 W 3-1 Hancock, King 2
St Tom/ Beckitt (H) 06/11 W 2-0 Palombo, Bateson
(WestYorks’ Cup)
Shelley College (A) 19/11 W 3-2 Thorp, King
(WestYorks’ Cup)
Robinson
Benton Pk (H) 24/11 W 3-2 Vennard, Bateson,
Gunn
Ilkley G (H) 30/11 L 0-3
Brooksbank (A) 03/12 W 3-2 Palombo 2, King
(West Yorks’ Cup)
Ryburn Valley (A) 10/12 L 2-3 Robinson, Hancock
(West Yorks’ Cup)
R Thoresby(H) 15/12 L 1-2 Hancock
Valley School (A) 22/01 W 3-2 Hancock, King
(ESFA Cup)
Nebard
St Aidans'(A) 26/01 L 1-3 Hancock
(ESFA Cup
Benton Park (H) 02/02 W 5-2 King 3, Hancock, Calder
R Thoresby (A) 08/02 W 1-0 Hancock
Primrose (A) 10/02 D 0-0 (Lost on pens 4-3)
(Leeds Schools’ Cup)
Year 10
Opponent Score Scorers
St Mary’s (H) 15/09 W 4-3 Morgan,Edser
Davenport 2
Benton Pk (H) 28/09 W 5-0 Morgan 2, Howard
Davenport 2
Ilkley G (A) 13/10 W 3-1 Morgan 2, Gilfillan
Swallow Hill(A) Cup15/10 W 6-2 Morgan 3, Myers
Davenport Gilfillan,
Abbey G (H) 02/11 W 3-2 Bell 2, Roberts
R Thoresby (H) 16/11 W 4-2 Morgan, Davenport og
Hopkinson
St Mary’s (H) 01/12 W 5-0 Davenport 2,
Howard
Benton Pk(H) 25/01 D 1-1 Morgan
Abbey Grange (A) 01/03 D 3-3 Morgan, Edser,
Hopkinson
6th Form
Opponent Score Scorers
Mirfield FGS (H) 20/09 W 4-0 Hartley, Moglia,
(West Yorks’ Cup)
Rowell, Hall
Benton Pk (H) 21/09 W 2-0 Hartley, Pinnick
Intake (A) 28/09 W 7-1 Moglia 2, Bray,
Senior 2, Smith og
St Mary’s (A) 24/09 W 5-1 Dobson, Hodgkins 2
(Friendly)
Bray, Hartley
Glossopdale (H) 05/10 L 1-2 Hall
(ESFA Cup)
Boston Spa (H) 12/10 L3-4 Rowell, Bray, Hall
(WestYorks’ Cup)
Priesthorpe (H) 05/11 W 4-2 Rowell, Hartley,
Moglia, Pinnick
Intake (H) 23/11 W 8-0 Hartley 3, Moglia 3
Dobson, France
Temple Moor (H) 25/11 W 4-0 Akhondi 2, France,
(Leeds Cup)
Rowell
R Thoresby (H) 07/12 W 6-0 Moglia 2, Thorp
Hartley 2, France
St Mary’s (H) 26/01 W 3-0 Rowell 2, Hartley
R Thoresby (A) 03/02 L 1-3 Moglia
(Leeds Schools’ Cup)
St Mary's (A) 03/03 L 1-3 Collins
Girls’ Football
Year 8 played in the schools’ FA Cup and
managed to get to the last 32 in the
country - a fantastic result! Partnership
festivals are being played soon. Horsforth
did not lose a match in the first round last
term so go into the playoffs as strong
contenders to win in all three age groups.
Sports Hall Athletics Round Up
A big well done to all athletes who competed in all rounds of the U13 and
U15 competitions.
The U13 team competed in the Finals at Kirkstall and achieved a
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respectable 4 place, with the winners being an extremely strong team
from Allerton Grange.
Congratulations goes to Rob Campbell Year 8 and Mark Illori Year 9 who
have been selected for West Yorkshire Sports Hall Athletics Squad. This
will be Mark’s second year running!
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FAREWELL MARJORIE
hristmas saw the departure of one of the longest and most loyal members of
staff at Horsforth School. Marjorie Nicholson (Head Cook) worked at
CHorsforth for 33 years and both of her children attended during this time. She
was an ever present, cheerful person whom thousands of students will remember.
During her time Marjorie regularly put in hours well beyond the call of duty. Friday and
Saturday PTA events would see Marjorie preparing and serving suppers and for
years, together with Pam Hargreaves, she prepared wonderful dinners for many
school residential trips.
Marjorie is now working at Westbrook Primary School with much younger children
and their gain is our loss. We wish her the very best for the future.
YEAR 12 VISIT TO THE
MANCHESTER BUDDHIST CENTRE
Thirty six Religious Studies A Level students visited the
Manchester Buddhist Centre on Thursday 11th March.
The trip formed part of the students' Buddhist studies.
Students enjoyed a talk by a practising Buddhist, observed
worship at the shrine in the Temple and had a go at meditation.
Everybody enjoyed the day and it proved a valuable learning
experience leading up to their exam.
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH!
Recently Form 7Or undertook an audit of all the rubbish
disposed of throughout the school to see if it was being put in
the appropriate bin. The evening before the audit, rubbish
was collected from bins in offices, corridors, the staff room
and each classroom and then sealed in bags.
The following day, wearing protective clothing and gloves,
the students set about sorting the rubbish into groups such as
glass, paper, plastic and organic waste. It was then weighed,
analysed and the results recorded.
The worst offenders turned out to be users of the school staff
room, where the recycling bin was found to contain
inappropriate items such as banana skins and yoghurt
cartons!
During the Summer Term, the Eco Team are going to be
promoting the correct recycling of rubbish throughout the
school. They will spend a week carrying out ‘spot checks’ in
the diner at lunchtime and several new recycling bins will be
appearing around school.
On The Move
It is very important that our student records are kept up to date. Please would
parents ensure that school is notified as soon as possible about any changes of
address and / or contact details.
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SCHOOL TRAVEL PLAN
tudents, staff and parents have recently taken part in a survey to find out their views and habits concerning their modes of
travel to school. As a result of this, a School Travel Plan has been produced by a Travel Advisor from Education Leeds.
SSchool Travel Plans are Government funded and should result in benefits for students, parents and the wider community.
The aim of the Travel Plan is to encourage more students to walk to school, reduce the traffic danger outside of the school and also to
increase the number of students who cycle to school, thereby assisting students and parents to follow more healthy and sustainable
transport options by reducing the numbers of cars on the road at peak times. In addition it will contribute to the improvement of the
environment around the school as well as reducing the Carbon Footprint.
The School Travel Plan is now complete and is due to be put forward to the Board of Governors during March for their approval.
As a result of the school's participation in the Travel Plan, a grant has been allocated by Leeds City Council to put some of the
suggested projects within the Plan into practice, after their representative visited the school and highlighted specific areas.
DRIVERS’ CODE OF PRACTICE
While we want to encourage people to walk, we recognise that some parents will have to use the car for at least
part of their journey to school. We have developed this code of practice that we encourage all drivers to observe.
Our aims are:
- Reduce congestion around school.
- Make the route to school safer for students.
- Be mindful of local residents.
With these in mind, we would ask you to remember the following;
1. The yellow zigzag lines before and after the school entrance are designed to allow a clear view up and
down the road for students to cross safely. If you stop, even to drop off on these lines, you are making
it dangerous for students to cross by obscuring their view.
2. Please park in a way that does not obscure the view of students, enabling them to cross safely - avoid
parking on the stretch of road opposite the zigzags, especially if this means you have to park on the
pavement to do so.
3. Keep the view around junctions clear so that students can cross safely.
4. Parking on a bend can cause difficulties with visibility.
5. Be considerate to local residents by avoiding parking across driveways or on the grass verges. Most people
like the grass verges and don’t like to see them churned up.
6. Try parking further away from school. This has several advantages - you will find it easier to find a space
and you’ll probably find it easier to turn your car around for your return journey. It will also be an opportunity
for you and your children to enhance fitness and to put into practice pedestrian road safety skills.
7. Keep pavements safe for pedestrians - keep your car, whether moving or parked, off the pavements. Avoid
using driveways to turn.
8. Avoid using the junctions as turning circles - students crossing cannot identify a car that is going to swing
round for a turning circle.
Thanking you for helping to make the school journey safe,
healthy and better for the environment.
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The School Calendar
We wish you all a good break over the
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Easter holidays. School reopens on Monday 19 April
at the normal time.
Please note that there is a Staff Training Day on:
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Friday 23 April 2010
Thank you to..............
Nicki Ferraby and Judi Bell for the compilation and
production of this Newsletter, also to Phil Neary and
Denise Mifsud for the printing and distribution.
Horsforth Cluster
Drop in support session offering on the
spot advice from a team of professionals
For parents/carers who have any
worries or concerns about their
child/young person
Giving you the chance to speak
to someone who may be able
to help, the individual sessions
are informal and confidential
Drop in on either the
1 st or the 3 rd Tuesday
of every month during term time
1.30pm-3.00pm
Available at Horsforth Children’s Centre, based at
Broadgate Primary School on North Broadgate Lane LS18 5AF
Contact Sue Scholes 0113 2582685 or 07801171797
HORSOFORTH
NEWLAITHES
JUNIOR SCHOOL
Primary School
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