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COWLEIAN TIMES
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AUTUMN 2015
SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING: TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2015
‘MAN OF STEEL’ CONFIRMED AS GUEST SPEAKER AT 2015 CELEBRATION EVENING Cowley is proud to announce St Helens’ ‘Man of Steel’, Paul Sculthorpe MBE, will be the guest speaker at the college’s awards evening later this month. The evening takes place on Thursday, 22nd October at our 11-16 site and is always a great success, but we are sure that Paul’s speech will be a fantastic motivation for success to all present. The awards evening is a celebration for last year’s Year 7 - Year 13 students who have been nominated by teaching staff for excelling in various subjects. Certificates and prizes will be handed out at the event in front of an audience of over 200 parents/carers, Governors, staff and special guests. This year has seen a record number of award winners and is looking to be the biggest awards evening the college has held in recent years.
‘START A HEART’ CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CPR IN YOUNG PEOPLE Twenty Four Year nine students took part in a CPR and resuscitation awareness class, fronted by Jane Carnall, Resuscitation Officer at St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part a ‘Start a Heart’ campaign. In the UK there are over 30,000 cardiac arrests a year outside of hospital. Jane and the NHS Trust aim to minimise the number of deaths from cardiac arrest by working and educating children on vital CPR and defibrillator training - in essence, lifesaving skills. The programme empowers young people with the skills to cope in an emergency. The skills that they are taught include CPR and they are also introduced to an AED (automated external defibrillator) Mr Middleton, Head of Year nine at Cowley said: “Too many lives are lost needlessly each year because people do not know, or have the confidence to perform CPR.
This critical training that Jane has provided could be lifesaving. Almost 30 students now have the skills to perform CPR and use an AED. In an emergency situation, every second counts. We need more young people to be equipped with the confidence and knowledge to be able to step in and give someone the best chance of survival. “Our sincere thanks go to Jane for visiting Cowley - a visit that we hope is one of many.”
Hollywood hardman, Vinnie Jones is starring in a British Heart Foundation TV advert urging more people to carry out CPR in a medical emergency. This ad is on YouTube and shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. GO WATCH!
FORMER STUDENT STARS IN AWARD WINNING PLAY
RUGBY CHAMPS
DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD VOLUNTEER APPEAL
Year 7 recently became the St Helens Rugby League Champions. The formidable team won all games in the qualifying rounds and met Rainford High School in a tense final that ended in a 6-0 victory for Cowley.
Former student, David Moorst will be starring in the award winning play, ‘Into the Woods’, at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester from 4th December until 16th January. Ironically enough, David is playing the part ‘Jack’ which he also played here at Cowley when he was in Year 11. Tickets & more info: www.royalexchange.co.uk ENTERPRISE NEWS In late September, the Enterprise Club attended the Mid Mersey Age UK ‘Don’t be a Stranger Conference’ at Mansion House, to celebrate work done on tackling loneliness and isolation in the community, that they had been a part off. At the conference, students learnt what various groups had done to tackle the problem and why it was so important. The Morning was rounded off with lunch in the Mansion House Bistro. Your Future Careers Fair A selection of Year 10 students attended The St Helens Chamber ‘Your Future Fair’ at Langtree Park on the 7th September. The fair gave students the opportunity to consider what options are available for them post-16 whilst visiting a variety of stalls run by employers from various industries, as well as Further and Higher Education providers.
Congratualtions to the team: Kyle Cooke, Kian Snape, Callum Slevin, Adam Khan, Jamie Worley, Joe Ashton, Sam McGuiness, Tyler Hudson, Ellis Finney, Charlie Lee, Sam Sherwood, Daniel Marc, Mackenzie Lee, Tom Cummings, James Harris, Reece Leadwith, Kieran Dean, Luke Heaton-Roberts, Cael Parker.
Cowley run a large Duke of Edinburgh programme that relies heavily on volunteers in order to make this opportunity available to all students. Unfortunately, volunteers are in quite short supply at the moment and we are looking to see if parents/carers would like to get involved.
Do you look after someone else’s child under the age of 16 (18 if disabled) and have done this for 28 days or more?
Willing participants would help to supervise and lead groups of students on walks and expeditions.
If so, you may be a private foster carer.
If you’re interested, please contact Mr Healey at Cowley for a chat on 01744 678030 or email: calvin.healey@sthelens.org.uk
For more information and support, contact the Local Authority Looked After Team on 01744 671199
COWLEY FURTHER STRENGTHENS INTERNATIONAL TIES WITH VISIT FROM GERMAN TEACHER The Modern Foreign Languages department at Cowley recently welcomed back Miss Bleckmann who teaches English as a foreign language in Germany. Miss Bleckmann worked at Cowley as a languages teaching assistant in 2010 and returned for one week to work with students across all year groups and to share good practice with teaching staff. During the week with Cowley, Miss Bleckmann worked with students from years 7 - 13 talking about life in Germany as a teacher and sharing cultural information. Reflecting on the week, Miss Bleckmann said: “I am so impressed at the language levels of Cowley students!
“The students take real pride in their learning and they are so inquisitive about life in my homeland and friendly at the same time. “I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting Cowley and in particular sharing methodologies and exchanging ideas with fellow language teachers. “This isn’t goodbye, I hope to return in the near future to see my friends.”
EXTRA-CURRIUCLAR TIMETABLE EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2015
BEFORE/DURING COLLEGE (during college will be for Sixth Form students with free periods) MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY Breakfast Club See Mrs Foster 7:45am - 8:30am
THURSDAY
Singing Lesson Mrs Upton Ensemble 11:00am - 2:00pm
FRIDAY
Hockey - Senior Team (girls) 7:45 am Mrs Irwin
Guitar Lessons Mr Banister PR1 10:05am -10:20am
DURING LUNCH MONDAY Girls football 3G Miss Smith Film Studies Club M9 Mr Betts & Mr Lilley
TUESDAY Scrabble Club M3 Miss Williams Tech for girls R4 Miss Nelson
WEDNESDAY Debate Club M22 Chelsea Robinson Year 7 Dance Club CIH Miss Ball
THURSDAY Hospitality Help W8 Miss Mason Year 9, 10 & 11 Dance Club CIH Miss Ball
FRIDAY Sixth Form Debating Club B12 Mr Betts Sixth Form rehearsal (Dance) CIH Miss Ball
Year 10 Btec Dance Support CIH Miss Ball Enterprise Club M22 Miss Williams
Sociology Surgery - Year 12 and 13 A12 Mrs Quinney
Darts Club Old Canteen Mr Raines Hockey Club - Year 8 Sports Hall Mrs Irwin
Hockey Club - Year 7 Sports Hall Mrs Irwin Hockey Club - Year 9 Outdoors Mrs Irwin
Junior Choir W10 Mrs Upton Year 7-9 Basketball Mr Foster Mr Gordon Sports Hall Boys' fitness session Mr Llewellyn Gym
Chess Club E15 Miss Brookfield Girls’ Choir W11 Mr Watkins Miss Hughes Woodwind Club W10 Miss Atack
ICT Homework Club W12 Miss Hoult Reading Club Library Ms J Widdowson (Librarian) Ms J Cavanagh (English) Samba Band W11 Mr Gaskell
Junior Choir W10
Boys’ Choir W11 Mr Watkins
Year 11 Football interhouse Mr Gordon 3G
String Ensemble W11 Mr Storey Gymnastics (Year 7 – 13) Mrs Finnigan / Miss Smith Gym Weights training (Year 10 - 13) Mr Foster Weights room Year 8 Football Mr Gordon 3G
Year 8 Dance Club CIH Miss Ball
Girls rugby Weights training (Year 10 - 13) Mr Foster Weights room Girls fitness (Year 7 - 11) Mrs Cookson – gym Year 7 - 11 table tennis Mr Lewellyn Old Canteen
Year 7 – 11 House competitions All PE staff
AFTER COLLEGE MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Homework Club 3.15 – 4.45 pm Library Ms J Widdowson (Librarian) A place to get help with your homework; whilst socialising with your friends; do activities and organise events; and get dropped home at the end! Girls Badminton 3.15 - 4.15 Sports Hall Sixth Form Student Council Second Monday of every Month in the Sixth Form Library Mrs Corbett
Year 7 football training 3:15-4:15 3G Mr Wood Senior Choir 3:20pm - 5:00pm W11 Mr Watkins
Senior netball 3.15-4.15 Sports Hall Miss Smith Year 10 Football Mr Gordon 3G
Senior Rugby training (Year 11-13) Mr Evans Mr Llewellyn Top field
Girls football 3.15-4.15 3G Miss Smith Year 9 Rugby Training Meet in PE Social Area Mr Marsh or Mr Bennett Rock+Pop School 3:15pm - 4:30pm W11 Mr Gaskell Mr Banister Mr Follin Mr Conway Senior Choir 3:20pm - 5:00pm CIH Mr Watkins
Year 9 Football
Year 7 Rugby Mr Gordon Mr Coulson Top field. Year 8 Rugby Mr Foster Top field Badminton club (Year 7 - 13) Mr Sim Sports Hall Senior Rugby fixtures Mr Evans Mr Llewellyn Wall climbing club Mr Healey Sports hall
Mr Hutchinson Mr Roberts 3G
Computer Games Club 3.15 - 4pm. Meet in the Sixth Form canteen Mr Gaskell Junior netball 3.15-4.15 Sports Hall Miss Smith
Year 7 & 8 Science Club Week B after school until 3.45 pm E2 Miss Norrey Concert Sololists 3:15pm - 4:30pm W11 Mr Watkins Mr Chambers Darts Club Old Canteen Mr Raines Football fixtures (all years) Mr Gordon 3G Year 10 Rugby Mr Evans Top field. Golf Mr Gaskell Rainford golf club.
CLUBS THAT RUN THROUGHOUT THE DAY Woodwind Lessons Miss Atack Ensemble 12:10pm - 3:05pm
Drumming Lessons Mr Follin Ensemble 1:30pm - 3:10pm
Singing Lessons Mrs Upton A02 (Sixth Form) 12 noon - 3:00pm String Lessons Mr Storey Ensemble 12:15pm - 1:45pm
FRIDAY Junior Badminton 3:05 - 6pm Sports Hall Paul Sim