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Virtual year 5 open evening
Contents In this virtual tour you will find:
Home page
Extra-Curricular
Contents Hello from Ully and Ulla Resources
Clubs Trips Pledges & Achievements
Welcomes
Questions
Welcome from the Headteacher Welcome from the Head Boy & Girl
Frequently Asked Questions
Look around
Contact
Interactive Map Our Virtual Tour
Get in contact
Subjects Visit the departments
Hello!
Hello and welcome to your Virtual Year 5 Open Evening! Our names are Ully and Ulla and we are the school’s mascots. You can see on this page how to move around the virtual opening evening. There will be a menu bar on the left of every page and there are places where you can click to view a document or a video. You can also click, swipe or use your arrow keys to turn the pages. We look forward to welcoming you to UCC very soon!
Resources There are a range of publications and resources on our website. You can view a few key ones here: Our Prospectus
Success Magazine
Our Website News
In our prospectus, the headteacher Mr Gilby introduces the school and highlights our key values and aims.
Our magazine showcases lots of the wonderful things that go on at UCC and celebrates our students.
On our website news feed, you can catch up with recent events and information about the school.
Resources Our Transition Poster
Sounds of the Beacon
Our Films
Ully and Ulla answer some frequently asked questions and send you postcards from a few of our departments.
Sounds of the Beacon, our media team, create news broadcasts each week. These are full of facts, reviews & features.
We produce lots of films showing what goes on at UCC, celebrating events and capturing subjects in action.
A Welcome from mr gilby our Headteacher
Thank you for taking the time to find out more about Ullswater Community College. I couldn’t be more proud to be the Headteacher of such a wonderful and vibrant school. Our students are our greatest asset and we make no apologies for expecting the very best from them in terms of effort and behaviour. Our ambition for the school and students is simple - to be the best and to bring out the very best in everyone.
Hello from maisie & oli our head girl & boy
Each year, two students from Year 13 are chosen to represent the school and the students as Head Boy and Girl. They have responsibilities as part of their role such as speaking at events. They remember going through the transition process before starting in Year 7 and have experience of life at UCC. This year our Head Boy and Girl are Oli and Maisie.
Our Interactive map
Click on the area pins to see a little snapshot of what’s going on. You can also click on the information on the next page.
Our Interactive map
1 See our dancers, singers and musicians in action in We Will Rock You
7 Be welcomed into UCC at our reception with our Prospectus Film
13 Our award-winning cheerleaders, the UCC Wolves, are in the gym
2 Listen to our Geography students talk about their Mexico trip
8 Check out our National Poetry Day events especially for Year 7s
14 Check out some highlights from Mr Hutchinson’s lockdown cooking tutorials
3 Get a glimpse of the very special summer results days 4 Have a go at one of our lockdown PE Challenges! (actually filmed at a primary school!)
9 Watch our Branch Out 2020 film, introducing this year’s reading competition 10 Visit the Eamont Block to watch a special film made by students about autism
15 See our fantastic band perform Skyfall at last year’s Prize Day 16 Take part in a special Year 6 transition assembly about achievement at UCC
5 Starting in our Science Labs, take a journey with our Prize Day film
11 In drama, you can watch the Prize Day performance ‘No Planet B’
17 See our staff dressed up to celebrate last year’s World Book Day
6 Visit our History department to hear Tiegan celebrate VE Day
12 Take a trip to the Pig Pen and last year’s A Level Art Exhibition
18 For something magical, pop in on our annual Harry Potter Book Night!
Our virtual tour The tour includes the reception area where you may have visited before if you’ve joined us for a Primary Science day or any other activity such as one of our productions.
Mr Pattinson will also talk you through the different blocks that make up the school site such as the Cumberland block where the buses arrive.
There are also lots of great tips in the tour that will help you know where you are and how to make the most of each area. Why not have a watch of the tour on the next page?
Our virtual tour
Mr Pattison, our Primary Liaison, talks you through our school site.
Our SUBJECTS Over the next few pages, you can flick through some of our subject areas. Each area has an introduction film and a gallery. The films will give you a little taste of the subject at UCC and the galleries showcase some recent events. If you would like to know a little more about each subject, why not visit our Curriculum page on our website.
Applied Learning
Art
Child Development
Citizenship
Dance
Drama
DT
English
Geography
Health & Social
History
ICT
Mathematics
Media
MFL
Music
RE
Science
PE
Extra-curricular There is a wealth of things to and be involved in at UCC. Whether it be clubs, trips or events there is something out there for everyone to try. Taking part in these activities will result in you gaining pledges and achievement awards.
Our clubs Clubs and activities are important at UCC - they are not only fun but also go towards your UCC Pledges. Whether you are interested in chess, art, sport, campaigning for environmental causes or making new friends there will be a club for you. This year, clubs have included: • • • • • • •
Chamber Choir Maths Model Club Homework Club Dance Sensory Club Drama Club Coding Club
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Streetband Sounds of the Beacon School Librarians Table Tennis Recording Club
You can look at our full timetable on our website for weekly club options.
Trips We offer a range of opportunities to learn locally and globally. Whether it be theatre visits, workshop trips, music and sporting tours, exchange programmes or adventures such as last year’s Mexico expedition, our trips offer unique learning experiences.
the ski trip
french ex c
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paris music tour
london art
trip
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our mexico expedition watch our 2019 film
A group of 23 intrepid explorers from Years 11-13 visited Mexico in July 2019 on an Operation Wallacea expedition. We slept in tents in a basic jungle camp for the first week and carried out vegetation, mammal, butterfly, herpetology (snakes and lizards) and bird surveys. We learnt jungle and camp skills and found out more about the Mayan culture. For the second week we travelled to the coast and had comfier beds in dormitory accommodation. We researched the coral reefs and learnt how to identify fish and coral. Some students dived every day, some undertook their PADI course and some snorkelled. We investigated how tourists are having an impact on the turtle population here.
ucc pledges
Our students work towards achieving all of their UCC Pledges - these reward being a ‘UCC’ student and represent nine different things that students are expected to do and achieve. Once one of the pledges is completed, students receive one of three Pledge stickers featuring Ully and Ulla, our school mascots. You can read about each individual pledge in the film above.
achievements
an assembly from mr key
Mr Key, who is a Head of Year, has produced a virtual assembly for the students who are about to start at Ullswater Community College in September. In the assembly, Mr Key gives lots of information about different aspects of the school such as the ‘Attitude to Learning’ system, badges, ‘Learner of the Week’, and attendance as well as answering some key questions that you may have.
frequently asked questions We offer a range of opportunities to learn locally and globally. Whether it be theatre visits, workshop trips, music and sporting tours, exchange programmes or adventures such as last year’s Mexico expedition, our trips offer unique learning experiences.
what clubs are available?
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get in contact We hope that this virtual open evening has helped answer some of the questions you may have and will have introduced you to Ullswater Community College. If you any questions at all, please feel free to contact us on our website, by calling us on 01768 210206 or by emailing transition@ullswatercc.co.uk.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR VIRTUAL open evening, SEE YOU SOON!
