16 Spring 2011 - Greenhead College

GreenheadnewsDuke of Edinburgh Silver andGold Award Presentations:The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award presentations took place atHuddersfield Town Hall on January 18th, 2011. Receivingtheir Gold Awards (pictured above) are Hannah Clancy,Sarah Pugh, Samantha Shaw, Simon Gray (who receivedhis Silver Award at the same presentation), NomanSaghir, Rob Green & Liam Gleadall. Also pictured isBarbara Farmer, who co-ordinates the Duke of Edinburghprogramme within college.Pictured right is BrettLongstaffe, receivinghis Duke of EdinburghAward at St James Palaceon 20 October 2010.The Duke of Edinburghchatted to each groupand the certificates werepresented to the Yorkshireattendees by Alan Hinkes,the first and only Briton,a Yorkshireman, to climball 14 peaks over 8,000metres. Only 12 peoplehave ever done all 14.NEWSLETTER ISSUE 16 Spring 2011Important Diary DatesAPRIL12 Spring Concert at 7.30pm15 College closes27 & 28 Library and G8 open forrevision 9.30am to 4.00pmMAYSUMMER TERM3 College opens3-13 A2 Art Examinations5 Higher Education InformationEvening for Parents10 Students meet PaWS ProjectLeaders/Supervisors (6 periodday)16 AS/A-level Examinationscommence20 Last day of AS teaching27 Last day of A2 teachingCollege closesJUNE1-3 Library open for revision 9.30amto 4.00pm3 A2 Leavers’ BallHALF TERM6 College opens (AS/A-levelexaminations continue)14 A2 General Studies exams (am)Art Show Private View, 6.30pm-9.00pm17 8.45am start: What’s AheadConf/PaWS meeting/New A2Timetables20-24 Project and Work PlacementWeek21 A2 General Studies Examination(pm)27 New A2 lessons commenceSummer Examinations endGovernors Meeting29 PAWS Debriefing (4 periodmorning)JULY5 Summer Concert6 Trip to Oxford University OpenDay (until 7 July)7 Trip to Cambridge UniversityOpen Day (until 8 July)14 College closeswww.greenhead.ac.uk 7

8Greenheadnewswww.greenhead.ac.ukNEWSLETTER ISSUE 16 Spring 20111st Team Football Report: British Colleges’Cup Champions for Yorkshire!The team continue to progress and out of a squad of 15, 11 are first yearstudents which augurs well for next season.They wererewardedby winningthe Final ofthe BritishColleges’ Cup(Yorkshire),defeating thepreviouslyunbeatenWyke Collegefrom Hull4-3 afterextra time.The playersdeserve greatcredit aftergoing behind2-3 with 15 minutes left to force an equaliser and grab the winner in extra time. We now progress into aNational Cup with a home tie against the traditionally strong Gateshead College. In the British Colleges’League, the only defeats have been when the team has been understrength due to examinations onWednesday afternoons. Congratulations go to five players who have represented the County - GregTaylor, Danny Cooke, Jake Robertson, Tom Gledhill and Greg Bower. RFTennis News:The Girls’ tennis squad have been successful ingetting to the National Tennis Finals held in March,2011 at Bolton. This is the third consecutiveyear they have done so, and the competitorsare looking forward to a high standard of playthroughout the competition weekend. Both femaleand male tennis players from Greenhead havebeen successful in reaching the British CollegeNational Finals to be held in Bath this year.Further Sporting Achievements at theBritish College National Finals:Other sports which have been successful ingetting to Bath are Netball, Hockey, Trampolining,Swimming, and Golf.Congratulations to all concerned! KLUNetball Report:What a fantastic season for bothnetball teams!The First team has qualified to represent the NorthEast of England in the National Finals to be heldin Bath in April. Two of their players: HannahPriestley and Leah Collins have also been selectedfor the British Colleges’ representative side.Watch out Bath, here we come!The Second team has also performed to anexceptional level. They are still top of the leaguewhere they play against other colleges’ first teamsand look likely to stay there! As yet, they areunbeaten with only a few games remaining andlook likely to be crowned league champions! SYStop Press... Congratulations to Greenhead’s Jenny Walsh who represented West Yorkshire in the Senior Girls’ EnglishSchools’ Cross County Championships on 19/03/11. Jenny came 1st and will now represent England in the WorldChampionships. This is an outstanding sporting achievement.Created by www.concept4.com (ref 2905-03/11), an ISO9001 Quality and ISO14001 Environmental accredited company.