15 Winter 2010 - Greenhead College
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NEWSLETTER<br />
ISSUE <strong>15</strong><br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong><br />
news<br />
The newsletter of <strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Enter the<br />
Dragon<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
Business Studies<br />
students spent an<br />
afternoon with Theo<br />
Paphitis the famous<br />
multi-millionaire<br />
entrepreneur from BBC<br />
Television’s Dragons Den.<br />
Oliver Schofield asked<br />
Theo about the skills and<br />
qualities needed by an<br />
entrepreneur before Oliver<br />
Harris enquired about the<br />
best way to fund a new<br />
(left to right): Annie Smith, Vikki Blezard, James Bielak, Mikey Bishop, Chantelle Waller,<br />
business start up. The<br />
Theo Paphitis, Simon Townsend, Oliver Schofield, Aadeel Sakharkar, Oliver Harris<br />
A-level students found<br />
and teacher Mark Mitchell.<br />
the atmosphere to be<br />
absolutely electrifying as Theo walked in the room to a standing ovation and told the <strong>Greenhead</strong> visitors<br />
that “entrepreneurship is the new rock and roll”.<br />
Theatre Galore:<br />
A2 Theatre Studies students have presented three hugely<br />
successful productions to the Huddersfield public;<br />
Lorca’s Blood Wedding, Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s<br />
Good and Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan.<br />
Audiences were treated to some committed and<br />
convincing acting as they rose to the challenge of taking<br />
on some particularly challenging material.<br />
Live theatre trips around the region have included the<br />
outstanding Beautiful Burnout by Frantic Assembly along<br />
with Love on the Dole, The House of Bilquis Bibi and<br />
Romeo & Juliet.<br />
This year’s major Enrichment production was Grimm Tales featuring students from across the college in a<br />
variety of comic yet creepy roles. A fantastic experience for everyone involved!<br />
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SHORT LETTER FROM THE<br />
PRINCIPAL:<br />
Dear Reader<br />
Thanks to everyone who has asked about my<br />
health. The bones broken in June are all healed, and<br />
although at the time of writing my left knee is still<br />
sore and weak I am making a ‘textbook’ recovery and<br />
managing more time in college day by day. I am very<br />
grateful to the support from staff and governors which<br />
has taken the pressure off me while I recover. I am,<br />
however, recommending that everybody revise their<br />
Green Cross Code!<br />
It was a pleasure to see another excellent turn-out by<br />
parents at our New Parent’s Evening in September.<br />
The feedback we received was very positive and most<br />
people seem to have gone away feeling well informed.<br />
There were some constructive suggestions which<br />
we can bear in the mind for the future – How does<br />
Enrichment work? Could we save a few trees in our<br />
printing? Could we say more about what the evening<br />
involves beforehand? etc. There is one piece of advice<br />
I can offer right away: if you do have concerns about<br />
your own son or daughter, their personal tutor is the<br />
first point of contact- if you do not know their name a<br />
call to reception should be able to clear that up. Tutors<br />
can also give you information about other things like<br />
Enrichment – they are very knowledgeable about the<br />
workings of the college!<br />
Generally speaking, things do seem to be settling<br />
down very well and we have two excellent year<br />
groups. The second years did great things in their AS<br />
results; I have congratulated the first years also on<br />
their super GCSE results – they have the capacity to<br />
do outstandingly well.<br />
Best wishes<br />
MARTIN ROSTRON<br />
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A Green Day at <strong>Greenhead</strong>: Green Is Good<br />
The aim of Green Day was to raise<br />
awareness of Green issues amongst<br />
staff and students. There were<br />
many events taking place around<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong>, from political<br />
discussions, with a Question Time<br />
style debate, between UKIP, the<br />
Lib Dems and the Green Party.<br />
There were also competitions for<br />
Creative Arts, Green Travel and a<br />
Tree Quiz, the prizes being kindly<br />
donated by Huddersfield Giants,<br />
Huddersfield Town and the Odeon<br />
cinema. A successful ‘swap’ took<br />
place in which even the Principal,<br />
Martin Rostron, became involved<br />
by swapping his books. It became<br />
evident that students are taking<br />
Green issues very seriously; Nazish<br />
Ali said that she walks to and from school everyday, despite the fact that a<br />
bus is available, in an effort to be Green. Stalls were set up by environmental<br />
groups to talk to, and provide information for, students and staff, with<br />
passionate members of Greenpeace, Traidcraft, Kirklees Council (which is<br />
one of the leading councils in Britain for climate change), the Green Building<br />
Store, Islamic Relief, and ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ attending. Some students<br />
were drawn out to the tennis courts where Hepworth Honda showcased<br />
two wonderfully modern looking cars with the latest in hybrid technology,<br />
whereas others took a more active role in the pedal power demonstrations<br />
in the hall, which also looked at the benefits of solar power. There was also<br />
an inspiring seminar by one of the college teachers on the Zen Buddhist<br />
approach to Green thinking, which taught students the importance of selfawareness<br />
whilst attempting to protect the planet.<br />
Thank you to all who made an effort to come into college in a ‘Green’ way:<br />
the prize winners were Jay Jones who ‘jumped’ in on jumping stilts and<br />
Ummah Rashid who made a special effort to walk into college from Honley.<br />
Pandora Papamichael won the creative arts prize for her wonderful 3D map<br />
of world issues.<br />
Special thanks have been given by the college to the RSPCA and<br />
Mind Charity shops in Huddersfield for their contributions to the day’s<br />
proceedings. Mind is currently looking for volunteers to work in their shop<br />
on John William Street and will appreciate any offers of help. An in-house<br />
extra thanks also to Julie Polzin without whom this event would not have<br />
taken place.<br />
by Elizabeth Gregory and Elizabeth Moore<br />
Road Safety Awareness:<br />
Routes-The Teenage Highway<br />
Code toured Kirklees <strong>College</strong>s<br />
and Universities for Road Safety<br />
Week <strong>2010</strong>. This initiative was<br />
presented by Kirklees Council<br />
and West Yorkshire Fire &<br />
Rescue Service. On Tuesday<br />
23rd November, representatives<br />
visited <strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong> to<br />
raise awareness and educate<br />
“young people, in a fun and<br />
interactive way, about the<br />
areas of the Highway Code that<br />
are most relevant to them. “<br />
Events at <strong>Greenhead</strong> involved<br />
Volvo loaning a car with its<br />
sides removed to display<br />
the vehicle’s safety features.<br />
Representatives from the<br />
Fire Service were present in<br />
order to perform a simulated<br />
‘extrication’ demonstration, in<br />
which they cut four passengers<br />
from a car. Workshops were run<br />
during the tutorial programme<br />
by Steve Wright. Steve has an<br />
international reputation as a<br />
puppeteer “being the puppet<br />
maker for Billy Elliot the Musical<br />
worldwide.” Steve’s infotainment<br />
presentations provide students<br />
with relevant knowledge about<br />
“being a 21st Century road user,<br />
whether that be as a driver, a<br />
pedestrian or a passenger.”<br />
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The RAF 6th Form Scholarship Scheme:<br />
The RAF Sixth<br />
Form Scholarship<br />
scheme is an annual<br />
award offering the<br />
successful scholar<br />
a £1000 grant (paid<br />
in the A2 year) and<br />
an opportunity to<br />
attend a week’s<br />
residential<br />
Leadership and<br />
Development<br />
course at<br />
Fairbourne in Wales.<br />
Sixth form scholars<br />
are also given<br />
the opportunity to<br />
attempt the rigorous<br />
aptitude tests at the<br />
Officers’ and aircrew<br />
selection centre at RAF<br />
Cranwell.<br />
This year around 45<br />
students from the 580<br />
schools in the North<br />
East were successful<br />
in reaching the<br />
interview stage. Of this<br />
only <strong>15</strong> scholarships<br />
were awarded. All three<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> students<br />
who were given a scholarship were in the top eight and one<br />
achieved the top place on the selection board. They all have<br />
demonstrated that they possess the specific qualities and<br />
abilities that the RAF considers key in selecting its future<br />
leaders. GP<br />
Cake Baking Fundraising:<br />
The Macmillan Coffee Morning<br />
Natasha Kitchen<br />
Marcus Begley<br />
Lauren Barker<br />
Congratulations to Marcus Begley,<br />
Lauren Barker and Natasha Kitchen<br />
(pictured) who were awarded RAF<br />
Scholarships.<br />
Christine Henderson (a retired <strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong> tutor)<br />
and Lynsey Jones provided <strong>Greenhead</strong> staff with an<br />
opportunity to demonstrate their culinary skills by baking<br />
for the Macmillan Coffee Morning. Those who did not<br />
fancy testing their kitchen prowess donated generously<br />
and enjoyed a selection<br />
of fantastic cakes. The<br />
event raised over £100<br />
for charity and teachers<br />
are still donating so<br />
the sky is the limit!<br />
Thank you so much to<br />
everyone involved.<br />
Lynsey Jones<br />
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Careers Report:<br />
“When you go for a job interview, a good thing to<br />
ask is if they ever press charges” – Jack Handy.<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> students, who have experienced a<br />
mock interview with a professional, will never ask<br />
such a crass question. Instead, our prospective<br />
vets, doctors, dentists and teachers have derived<br />
huge benefit from the opportunity and received<br />
constructive criticism before the real thing.<br />
Different types of interview, including one-to-one,<br />
group and telephone have constituted the main<br />
focus of recent tutorials in the A2 year.<br />
A1s have applied for work experience and are about<br />
to receive their careers library induction. Everyone<br />
is encouraged to book a careers interview; best do<br />
it now and beat the rush! RB<br />
‘Healthy <strong>College</strong>’ Roadshow:<br />
GREENHEAD COLLEGE hosted a very successful<br />
‘Healthy <strong>College</strong>’ Roadshow on Monday <strong>15</strong><br />
November. Many exhibitors attended including the<br />
British Heart Foundation, Kirklees Active Leisure,<br />
Walk to Work team, Huddersfield Beekeepers<br />
as well as representatives of both the Bradford<br />
Bulls and Huddersfield Giants who attended and<br />
promoted for interactive, healthy fun!<br />
To complement this, there were Wii games and<br />
Sing Star opportunities, healthy eating tasters (both<br />
giveaways and recipe cards), inductions to the<br />
<strong>College</strong> gym (for those who have not yet joined) as<br />
well as the opportunity to have weight and blood<br />
pressure checked at the MOT station.<br />
Debra Todd (Human Resource Manager) said “The<br />
<strong>College</strong> remains committed to investing in the<br />
health and welfare of our students and staff through<br />
the promotion of healthy eating and healthy lifestyle<br />
choices, if we can include a little bit of fun, even<br />
better!” DT<br />
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New Faces<br />
A Friendly Face:<br />
Welcome to Anita<br />
Matthews, who<br />
joins <strong>Greenhead</strong>’s<br />
community as<br />
Transition Mentor.<br />
Anita’s role is “to<br />
provide support for<br />
students who may<br />
find difficulties in coming to college. It<br />
can be anything from being a friendly<br />
face, to helping to organise work, to<br />
keeping a friendly eye on a student<br />
to making sure that they attend their<br />
study support sessions.” Prior to joining<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong>, Anita worked “in a local High<br />
School, first in the ICT department, then<br />
the school office and finally as the Aim<br />
Higher organiser.....I have also been a<br />
foster carer since 1992, and generally<br />
work with children with behavioural<br />
problems who have a specific and<br />
special need.” Anita’s initial impressions<br />
of <strong>Greenhead</strong> are that “...it’s very friendly<br />
and welcoming which is great.” Outside<br />
of work, Anita loves “to read, travel<br />
and bake cakes (but I don’t really like<br />
cooking.) I enjoy gardening...and am<br />
particularly proud of the veg I grow. I<br />
also quilt, knit and crochet when I get<br />
the time. The things I make are usually<br />
sent off for gifts or donated.”<br />
Dramatic Magic:<br />
As a new member of<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong>’s Theatre<br />
Studies department,<br />
Will Osmond has a<br />
long history in theatre<br />
and teaching. Will’s<br />
performance career<br />
began at age six,<br />
when he started learning the violin.<br />
Subsequent academic and professional<br />
drama experiences included reading<br />
for a degree in Drama and Visual Arts<br />
at Manchester Metropolitan University<br />
where he spent a year on a cultural<br />
exchange to Bridgewater State <strong>College</strong><br />
in Massachusetts, America.<br />
Will has been a member of multiple<br />
theatre groups, founding a community<br />
theatre society in Somerset, where he<br />
grew up. A commitment to Community<br />
Theatre projects was furthered by the<br />
establishment of Will’s company, JuJu,<br />
a West African word for ‘magic.’ Will<br />
proceeded to write and direct with this<br />
group, including working with a branch<br />
of the company aimed at assisting young<br />
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people from a socially disadvantaged<br />
background. Additionally, Will joined the<br />
Whirlwind Theatre Company in Lancaster<br />
and worked backstage at the Lowry<br />
centre.<br />
Will has lectured at Manchester<br />
Metropolitan University, an experience<br />
which encouraged him to undertake a<br />
PGCE and teach. He wants to provide<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> students the opportunity<br />
to push themselves and experience<br />
something new in preparation for their<br />
own degrees.<br />
Will is a passionate theatre goer and<br />
enjoys reading many plays, particularly<br />
American drama. However, he also likes<br />
to play on his PS3, as well as cycle,<br />
climb and kayak in the Cornwall seas<br />
when he can. By Matthew McGoldrick<br />
Biology’s Team Player:<br />
Biology teacher<br />
Charlotte Twigger joins<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
after previous work<br />
in pharmaceutical<br />
research and teaching.<br />
Charlotte is an avid<br />
football fan who<br />
supports Leeds United and used to<br />
be Captain of Tadcaster Albion team<br />
until she suffered a dislocated knee<br />
injury. She says she briefly taught<br />
English footballer James Milner whilst<br />
he was studying. A real animal lover,<br />
Charlotte studied Zoology at Sheffield<br />
University and always wanted to be a<br />
vet. Nowadays she just loves spending<br />
time with her two children and the family<br />
pets. Having lived in Canada, California,<br />
Sheffield and Cambridge Charlotte has<br />
settled in well claiming “it’s nice not<br />
having Year 7s”and complimenting<br />
Yorkshire folk as being friendlier than<br />
most! By Laura Drysdale<br />
English Strikes Gold:<br />
It’s obvious that you’ve<br />
struck gold with<br />
an English teacher<br />
when they say they<br />
would like to have<br />
afternoon tea with<br />
Chaucer! Ruth Baker<br />
recently moved up<br />
from Hampshire with her husband and<br />
family. Before teaching, she used to<br />
work in software. “It turned my brain<br />
into a marshmallow!” she says. Ruth<br />
has been amazed not just by the warm<br />
and friendly welcome of the college, but<br />
also by the eagerness to learn of her<br />
new students which fits well with her<br />
own ideas of English being “a vibrant<br />
subject, even outside the classroom”.<br />
With reading being one of her favourite<br />
things , other than cake and spending<br />
time with her family and dog, Ruth is<br />
excited to be able to study as she is<br />
teaching at the college, and is looking<br />
forward to participating in English-based<br />
enrichment activities. By Liz Moore<br />
Study of a Soul:<br />
Mark Higgins is<br />
a Lancashire lad,<br />
having been born<br />
in Oldham. After a<br />
change of course at<br />
Leeds University from<br />
Civil Engineering to<br />
Psychology, or as<br />
Mark put it “from buildings to people,”<br />
he found a passion in his subject, which<br />
is his favourite part of teaching. “I really<br />
do love my subject” he said. Teaching<br />
was not his first career, having worked<br />
first in Human Resources, as a social<br />
science researcher and in a hospital.<br />
He enjoys collecting films and has a<br />
membership of Love Film, his top films<br />
being The Godfather 2 and Raging Bull.<br />
Mark likes playing a five-a-side match of<br />
football with colleagues and reads The<br />
Guardian.<br />
By Elizabeth Gregory<br />
A Gap Year to Greatness:<br />
Natasha Yates is<br />
currently undertaking<br />
a gap year as<br />
a paid Student<br />
Support Assistant at<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
After studying at<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> for two<br />
years, Natasha decided to utilise a year<br />
out to consolidate her team working<br />
experiences before applying to study<br />
Veterinary Science. Natasha is enjoying<br />
the opportunity to experience <strong>Greenhead</strong><br />
from “the other side of the fence,”<br />
supporting the teaching and learning<br />
student experience. This involves<br />
forming new and different relationships<br />
with staff and students. In her free time,<br />
Natasha works at her second job which<br />
is based at a Cattery.<br />
By Thomas Walpole<br />
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Foreign First Aid:<br />
Welcome to <strong>Greenhead</strong>’s Language Assistants-a team of eight dedicated people<br />
who spend their time and effort improving the foreign speaking abilities of<br />
language students throughout the academic year.<br />
Alongside listening, writing and reading, speaking is vital in achieving a good<br />
grade in the exam, and throughout the year “as students” we are guided by a<br />
team of eight foreign assistants who share the determination with us to achieve<br />
the best grade possible.<br />
When asked about the most satisfying aspect of the job, the majority of the team<br />
responded as follows; “…the feeling of pride when you notice the improvement<br />
in the language ability of a student, and the pleasing look on student’s faces<br />
when a speaking exam has gone well, plus the friendships that develop with both<br />
students and other assistants.”<br />
From a personal perspective, having someone to talk to you in the native<br />
language, that you are studying, is extremely beneficial. Developing and<br />
improving your vocabulary alongside observing your command of oral fluency<br />
within the language is very satisfying.<br />
Weather aside, when asked what they liked about England, the cities, people<br />
and countryside were all mentioned with great affection. Some assistants had<br />
further ambitions to become teachers in England after completing their time at<br />
<strong>Greenhead</strong> whilst others intended to travel.<br />
Gema, Marianne, Maria, Juliette, Monica, Estelle, Magali and Kristina are the<br />
eight people who devote their time to us students, enabling us to achieve the<br />
best grade we can in our speaking exam. Personally, I think speaking with my<br />
assistants enables me to be a lot more confident when speaking the language,<br />
and increases the determination I have to achieve the best grade I can.<br />
As students we are highly appreciative of their invaluable work. By Beth Harban<br />
Maths Activities Autumn Term <strong>2010</strong>:<br />
The Senior Maths Team Challenge took place on November 8th at Leeds University,<br />
where 25 teams from around the region tried to answer some tough Maths<br />
questions. <strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong> was represented by a team of four comprising Tom<br />
Bamford, Michael Truby, Eliot Ball and Greg Bailey. Three hours later, and after some<br />
serious brainwork our team earned a creditable 10th place. The winners go onto<br />
represent our region in a National competition.<br />
On November 4th, a record breaking 105 of our AS and A2 Maths students<br />
volunteered to spend one and a half hours after college competing in the UK Maths<br />
Challenge. This individual competition is designed to see how well students can<br />
apply their mathematical knowledge in unfamiliar contexts. 33 Bronze, 13 Silver<br />
and six Gold Awards were earned by our entrants. Well done to all who entered<br />
but special praise goes to Sam Porritt and Matthew Wedge-Roberts, both of whom<br />
gained scores impressive enough to qualify for Round 1 of the British Maths<br />
Olympiad. These two students will sit a three and a half hour paper in December, to<br />
test their depth of knowledge and if successful, they could eventually end up in the<br />
British Maths Olympiad Team. SL<br />
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Important Diary Dates<br />
DECEMBER<br />
14 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols<br />
(7.30pm Holy Trinity Church)<br />
17 <strong>College</strong> closes<br />
SPRING TERM<br />
JANUARY<br />
4 <strong>College</strong> opens<br />
10 A-level, some AS and resit exams<br />
begin (until 1st February)<br />
11 AS General Studies exam for all A2<br />
students (1.30pm)<br />
17 AS General Studies exam for all A2<br />
students (9.00am)<br />
25 Term 2 Enrichment Enrolment<br />
12.05-1.05pm (6 period day)<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
18 <strong>College</strong> closes<br />
HALF TERM<br />
28 <strong>College</strong> opens<br />
MARCH<br />
3 Employer/Gap Year Fair<br />
10 Results from January exams<br />
17 AS Parents Evening (L – Z)<br />
18 AS Assembly (period 3, 4 and 5)<br />
21 Governors’ meeting<br />
22 AS Assembly (period 5)<br />
AS Parents Evening (A – K)<br />
24 AS Assembly (period 4 and 5)<br />
25 A2 Assembly (period 3, 4 and 5)<br />
29 A2 Assembly (period 5)<br />
30 Oxbridge Afternoon for those<br />
interested in applying in 2011/12<br />
31 A2 Assembly (period 4 and 5)<br />
APRIL<br />
12 Spring Concert<br />
<strong>15</strong> <strong>College</strong> closes<br />
SUMMER TERM<br />
MAY<br />
3 <strong>College</strong> opens<br />
Purple For Pakistan Fundraising:<br />
Students donned purple in<br />
order to help Pakistan’s flood<br />
vicitms. <strong>Greenhead</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
Charity Committee organised the<br />
‘Wear Purple for Pakistan’ day<br />
as a result of requests from the<br />
student and staff community.<br />
Collection buckets raised a<br />
total of £<strong>15</strong>00.<br />
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SPORT NEWS : SPORT NEWS : SPORT<br />
Running Club:<br />
Leeds Abbey Dash 10k organised by Age UK: <strong>Greenhead</strong>’s<br />
Enrichment Running Club joined over 8,500 runners to<br />
participate in the Leeds Abbey Dash 10k event organised<br />
by Age UK. The Running Club <strong>2010</strong> was established in<br />
September, comprising staff and students who train weekly<br />
to enjoy the benefits of running. Members of the club vary in<br />
experience, from beginners to club runners. Congratulations to<br />
Jodie Pollard, who achieved an excellent time of 44 minutes.<br />
The fastest female finish time in the whole competition<br />
was 37 minutes. Jack Paige’s impressive finish time of 45<br />
minutes was also superb. Further congratulations should be<br />
extended towards students Daniel Edmondson, Ella Woodward<br />
and Patrick Render alongside staff members Julie Davies,<br />
Anna Shaw and Liz Bowen who completed the event in<br />
speedy style.<br />
Netball Report:<br />
What a start to the season! The<br />
1st team have won their first<br />
two Superleague fixtures against<br />
Gateshead <strong>College</strong> and Queen<br />
Elizabeth’s, Darlington. Four of the<br />
squad were picked to represent<br />
the North East – Leah Collins,<br />
Sasha Buchanan, Halina Dawson<br />
and Hannah Priestley. Final trials<br />
for the National Squad are in<br />
December. Captain Sabrina Miles<br />
led her team well in the British <strong>College</strong>s National qualifiers<br />
when <strong>Greenhead</strong> were crowned Yorkshire champions! Bring<br />
on the next round!<br />
The 2nd team are unbeaten so far, and are sitting at the top<br />
of the British <strong>College</strong>s West Yorkshire league where they play<br />
other colleges’second teams. Captain Lucy Foreman and vice<br />
Katie Franklin have led their team well not only to secure the<br />
wins but also to win every game by a significant margin! Well<br />
done girls! SY<br />
Hockey Report:<br />
A fantastic season so far with both Men’s,<br />
Women’s and Mixed teams excelling in all<br />
competitions. Six students Claire Higginson, Ailish<br />
Hendry, Molly Timms, Ollie James, Will Jones and Sam King<br />
have gained places on the BCS North Hockey Squad and<br />
are attending final trials for the full British <strong>College</strong>s squad in<br />
December.<br />
The Girls’ squad for the first time in the history of <strong>Greenhead</strong>,<br />
have won through to the Northern Finals of the National<br />
Schoolgirls Hockey Championship. They beat Rishworth,<br />
Silcoates, GSAL, Bradford Grammar and last year’s national<br />
winners, Wakefield Girls’ in the first round; and the winners<br />
of the Humberside tournament, Scarborough <strong>College</strong>, in the<br />
second round.<br />
Both the Men’s and Women’s teams have qualified to<br />
represent the North East <strong>College</strong>s at the BCS finals in April.<br />
Once again no other colleges in the North East are strong<br />
enough to challenge the squad and these victories reinforce<br />
the fact that <strong>Greenhead</strong> is the strongest college in the North<br />
East region for Hockey! ASW<br />
1st XI Football:<br />
We were fortunate to get a very good intake of new<br />
students this year. Consequently the 1st team squad is very<br />
inexperienced with 12 out of the 16 being A1 students.<br />
However the team’s results have been excellent so far with<br />
the only defeat coming at Balby Carr played on an all-weather<br />
pitch which we had not been informed about and we lost our<br />
Captain Tom Gledhill to injury after only 5 minutes. The players<br />
are convinced revenge will be had in the return fixture.<br />
Notre Dame were defeated 7-0 and Pontefract 4-2 but the<br />
best win came against a strong Leeds City 6-4, as we trailed<br />
4-2 at one stage of the game. In the Cup we progressed<br />
against Notre Dame 4-1 and look forward to the next round. A<br />
number of our players have been selected to represent West<br />
Yorkshire and the future looks bright as we will have so many<br />
A2 players next year. RF<br />
2nd XI Football:<br />
This year’s 2nd XI team consists mostly of A1 students and<br />
it has made an encouraging, if somewhat inconsistent, start.<br />
There have been good league victories against Leeds City<br />
<strong>College</strong> (2-1) and Pontefract New <strong>College</strong> (1-0) but some<br />
disappointing defeats in friendlies against Shelley <strong>College</strong> in<br />
the first game of the season (3-1) and against Wyke <strong>College</strong>,<br />
Hull (2-0). The team has some very skilful and enterprising<br />
players, but is usually younger and smaller than its opponents,<br />
which was exposed by letting a three-goal lead slip in the<br />
game against Balby Carr <strong>College</strong>, Doncaster to draw 4-4 and<br />
in a heavy defeat against Selby <strong>College</strong>. Despite these ups<br />
and downs it has been an enjoyable year so far and the team<br />
holds a lot of promise for future success. MT<br />
World Challenge Report:<br />
We have two second year teams working towards their<br />
expedition to Mongolia, the land of Genghis Khan.<br />
Besides completing a two day training expedition in<br />
Buxton, in preparation for next year’s trip, the teams<br />
have been fundraising by selling raffle tickets, with a<br />
first prize of a skiing holiday for two at a top French<br />
resort.<br />
The first years are preparing for their expedition to<br />
Ecuador and one team are running a tuck shop on<br />
Fridays in college. Both first and second year team<br />
members are selling Christmas cards and more<br />
fundraising events are being planned throughout the<br />
academic year.<br />
Whilst on expedition, all teams will be involved in a<br />
week-long project to help children in orphanages or<br />
schools. BF<br />
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<strong>Greenhead</strong> says ‘Benvenuti’ to Native Italians:<br />
July <strong>2010</strong> saw the arrival of 30 Italians and their<br />
English exchange partners in college. With the aim<br />
of improving their language skills, <strong>Greenhead</strong>’s<br />
Italian students took the guests on a tour of the<br />
Art department, Library, Science classrooms and<br />
Language Labs, narrating each area in Italian. The<br />
Italians asked students about college life, their<br />
subjects and Huddersfield, delighted to see young<br />
people studying their language.<br />
Over lunch, the students learnt about the guests’<br />
family and their town (near Lake Como) and shared<br />
information about their own family and day-today<br />
life. Later, the students also got the chance to<br />
listen to some traditional Italian music as the group<br />
transformed itself into a choir and rehearsed songs<br />
they would perform to their English partners that night.<br />
The visit was a great way for our Italian students to<br />
get more speaking practice and test out their skills on<br />
native Italians. By Hannah Mundell<br />
Enriching a Society of Debate:<br />
Whether social,<br />
political, or religious<br />
the subjects are<br />
always diverse,<br />
interesting and<br />
some controversial<br />
in the Debating<br />
Society. Term 1 saw<br />
that ‘the House<br />
believes that achieving socialism can only be gained<br />
through evolutionary means’,’ that cannabis should be<br />
legalised’,’ that God has neither a predominantly negative<br />
or positive effect on society’ and that ‘the decimating<br />
armed forces should be cut’. Always a diverse range of<br />
arguments presented to the society upon which opinions<br />
are split; there are four main speeches that are given to<br />
the ‘floor’ by two distinctive groups in which one argues<br />
for, the other against the chosen topic of that week. The<br />
Debating Society is an Enrichment course that develops<br />
confidence, knowledge and key skills in a way that is fun<br />
and entertaining, because no matter what your interests<br />
are there will always be a week where there is a topic that<br />
you can get involved in-but if not then there is always<br />
plenty of opportunity for you to suggest an argument/topic<br />
for a particular week. Throughout the year further topics<br />
are to be debated in the society such as ‘The Benefits of<br />
Democracy’, ‘University Tuition Fees’ and most importantly<br />
‘Peanut Butter: Crunchy or Smooth?’ By Megan Sunderland<br />
NEWSLETTER ISSUE <strong>15</strong> <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Paris: Business and Pleasure<br />
During PaWs<br />
week <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
Business<br />
students were<br />
given the<br />
opportunity to<br />
undertake a<br />
four day project<br />
which firstly<br />
took us to<br />
Kent where we<br />
visited Shepherd<br />
Neame,<br />
‘Britain’s Oldest<br />
Brewer.’ This<br />
was in order<br />
to experience<br />
and appreciate<br />
not only a<br />
productive Pictured are the PaWs week <strong>2010</strong> Business students.<br />
element of a<br />
business but also its history, the overall structure of the business,<br />
and product marketing. We then travelled to France where we visited<br />
a glass factory, Cristal d’Arques, which allowed us to grasp an<br />
understanding of both a working environment and again, appreciate<br />
the complexity behind their production as well as learn about the<br />
business’ roots and background.<br />
The opportunity to visit these businesses allowed us to utilise the<br />
knowledge that we have gained from our AS Business/Economics<br />
courses and adapt it to a real life business situation.<br />
Whilst in Paris we were also able to appreciate the mind blowing<br />
architectural brilliance of the Eiffel Tower which, since being opened to<br />
the public in 1889, has welcomed over 200 million visitors.<br />
During the four days, we feel we learnt a great deal about extremely<br />
diverse businesses as well as being given the opportunity to appreciate<br />
some of the most prestigious landmarks in France. We valued the<br />
project and knew that we were taking a lot more knowledge away with<br />
us from this experience than we ever imagined possible.<br />
By Chantelle Waller<br />
“World Challenge to Peru”<br />
During the<br />
summer<br />
two teams<br />
of students<br />
departed on a<br />
World Challenge<br />
expedition to<br />
Peru. During<br />
the trip, they<br />
trekked along<br />
the famous<br />
Inca Trail all the<br />
way to Machu Pictured are a student team with some of the local children in<br />
one of the villages which the party camped in.<br />
Picchu, as<br />
well as visiting Lake Titicaca to help build a community<br />
library on one of the islands. After the hard work was over,<br />
relaxation was spent white water rafting and relaxing at<br />
the beach. A great time was had by all! By Paul Holden<br />
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GREENHEAD COLLEGE CHARITY DAY:<br />
A day filled with a constant buzz of excitement: students arriving all day<br />
in their weird and wonderful costumes. Many put hours of effort into<br />
their homemade outfits, which looked superb. A Doctor Who Dalek was<br />
spotted rolling around college, a box of Frosties was accompanied by<br />
a carton of milk. Meanwhile, a group of Avatars and even a Facebook<br />
page was sighted on the college campus.<br />
Our main event was <strong>Greenhead</strong>’s Got Talent, where the most talented<br />
students had an opportunity to battle it out and become the ‘top<br />
dog!’ Our worthy winners were Zac Donlon and James Brooke,<br />
who thoroughly entertained the crowd with their<br />
rapping/singing mash up! As a special guest, last<br />
year’s winner Jasmine Kennedy sung her own<br />
song ‘Successfully Connected’, a spine tingling<br />
performance. By the use of an audience clap-ometer,<br />
the audience decided who they thought was<br />
the best dressed, along with an auction of a cuddly<br />
shark and a set by a college-based band called ‘Hot<br />
Against The Cold.’ To conclude the day, the Rugby<br />
boys showed us their best ‘cheeky moves’ – a yearly<br />
tradition which the whole college looks forward to -<br />
all in aid of charity!<br />
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Raising a grand total of £3,700, the money will go<br />
to a couple of very worthwhile causes: NSPCC,<br />
a charity to end cruelty to children and Water Aid, providing water and sanitation for those in developing world<br />
countries.<br />
The day was an outstanding achievement. Abbie Parkin, Senior Student<br />
Capital Lawyers:<br />
On September 23rd, the Law<br />
department treated 46 students to two<br />
days in London. On arrival in London,<br />
we caught the tube to the Old Bailey;<br />
we had to wait for the afternoon<br />
Thank you to Fred Lodge for his excellent range of photographs which have featured<br />
in this edition of <strong>Greenhead</strong> News.<br />
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opening of the public gallery and so we<br />
spent a rainy lunchtime near St Paul’s<br />
Cathedral. Later, at the Old Bailey, the<br />
strict security checks meant we had to<br />
wait in a long queue before entering the<br />
public galleries to hear two fascinating<br />
cases: an attempted murder and a<br />
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murder. Everyone found the experience<br />
of a live court case interesting and<br />
worthwhile.<br />
Lincoln’s Inn was the next place on<br />
our list, which is one of the four Inns of<br />
Court, where potential future barristers<br />
travel to in order to be ‘called to the<br />
bar.’ The tradition of having meals at<br />
these inns is a long standing one in the<br />
legal profession, and is considered a<br />
must before entering a career.<br />
When evening came, we were given<br />
time to have a meal with our friends,<br />
and squeeze in some retail therapy,<br />
before we met at the Lyceum Theatre<br />
near Covent Garden to watch the<br />
award winning production ‘The Lion<br />
King.’ Those attending stated the<br />
performance was a must see!<br />
Our trip to the Houses of Parliament<br />
the following day, and the visit as a<br />
whole, was interesting, eye-opening<br />
and extremely useful as far as our law<br />
course goes.<br />
Sarah Hopkinson and Zoe Brook<br />
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