Success Winter Edition 2012

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HEADTEACHER ’ S WELCOME Welcome to the Autumn publication of sUCCess magazine. This is the eighth edition of our school magazine and articles for this publication have had to compete hard to win a place on its pages. We’ve had a fascinating term with another summer’s results to celebrate, Prize Day, a dance show, the return visit of poet Levi Tafari, countless sporting and extra-curricular events (including new interschool equestrian events), the first competitive outing with our green racing car, Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award challenges (in the rain, naturally), mountain bike trials, various conservation and arts projects and much, much more.

In October, we were visited by Shirley Gornall and her team of Ofsted inspectors and we take a great deal of pleasure from the (mostly) very positive comments made about UCC and the helpful advice about where we need to focus further to become Good or Outstanding. We are very proud of our students and of their magnificent achievements, qualities and interests. This edition of sUCCess highlights at least some of the reasons why, in our view, UCC is already a very good place to be.

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LA ROCHELLE TRIP 2012 Across a wet Cumberland Yard came a crowd of Year 7s and 8s pulling cases bigger than themselves. Mr Cooper was very insistent – “only one bag per person” – but how can a teenage boy fit his beachwear and a week’s supply of hair gel into one bag?! The bus driver (a legend) kept us entertained all the way to sunny La Rochelle. We stayed in the youth hostel, using this as a base to visit the aquarium, beaches, markets and cognac museum. Everyone really enjoyed the trip and can now order ice creams in French.

We ended the week on a high with La Rochelle’s Got Talent, discovering talents from singing to acting and our very own batman – Nathan. Thanks to all who organised the trip it was brilliant and we would definitely recommend it!

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This year I competed in the ITF Taekwon-do World Cup, which was held in Brighton between the 3rd and 7th of October 2012. The competition hosted 1,800 competitors from 46 different countries. I competed in the Individual Sparring, Individual Pattern, Special Technique Side Kick and High, as well as the Team Pattern and Team Sparring. Our Team patterned in front of the Grandmasters in the final against Russia’s Team 1, who we beat to win the gold medal. We also achieved a bronze medal in Team Sparring.

UCC CONGRATULATES AMY HULLOCK ON WINNING GOLD AND BRONZE MEDALS AT THE IV ITF TAEKWON-DO WORLD CUP

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MOOR HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

2012 is the 60th anniversary of Moor House, in Upper Teasdale, being declared a National Nature Reserve. To celebrate this milestone, the Year 8 Extra Art students were asked to take part in a photography project.

This was a unique opportunity for our students to visit a National Nature Reserve and look at it from an artistic/photographer’s viewpoint. They were accompanied and coached by a professional photographer and by a member of Natural England staff; each student took photographs at both the landscape and macro scale.

Braving the Arctic conditions, the students captured some wonderful shots of wildlife and the environment of the high Pennines. After editing, eight photographs were selected as final pieces. These will be exhibited at UCC and at other venues in Cumbria and the North East of England. They will also feature at a scientific seminar‘Research at Moor House NNR past, present and future’ at Lancaster University in February 2013.

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A CHRISTMAS CAR

The Drama Department staged its annual large-scale p 85 students from Years 7 to 13 brought to life Char Summers took the lead role of Scrooge, with the Gh brother Kyle. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present chorus of students, each teaching Scrooge valuable Special thanks go to Owen Smith, Harriet Moarinvaluable creative and technical skil s displayed in t sound and lighting.

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GYMNASTIC MEDAL WINNERS The UCC Gymnastics Squad entered the Novice County Gymnastics Competition on the 23rd February.

The Under 13 squad consisted of Tara Simpson-Sullivan, Katrina Murphy, Chelsea Twiddy, Beth Morton, Michaela Sowerby, Beth Walsh, Imogen Johnston, Leanne Lowdon and Darcy Stubbs. The Over 13 squad consisted of Emily Riley, Melanie Leeder, Ellis Hope and Victoria Elliot.

The girls were required to perform an individual floor routine and a vault. The girls did UCC proud, they performed with confidence and demonstrated what fantastic gymnasts they are. All of their moves were carried out with precision and excellent gymnastic form. The Under 13 Squad won first place. An outstanding achievement as it was all of the gymnasts first time ever in a competition. The Over 13s also did a fantastic job, ranking 3rd place. A special mention must go to Tara Simpson Sullivan in Year 7, as she won the Under 13s individual category, beating 30 other gymnasts to the top spot! Well done girls. Karen Key

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BLAST FROM THE PAST DANCE SHOW When they were given the task of taking on a job from within the performing arts industry and producing a dance show based on a theme of their choice, the Year 11 BTEC Dance students rose superbly to the challenge. The recent “Blast from the Past� dance show was the result.

Work started in July, when the students began deciding on the theme and performance dates for the show. Taking the roles of director, choreographer, make-up designer, costume designer, marketing team, budget co-ordinator, stage crew and set designer, the students then organised, produced and promoted the show entirely on their own. Through the process they developed their communication, team-work, organisational and creative skills.

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The show itself was a huge success, consisting of dances from a selection of musicals including Moulin Rouge, Grease, The Lion King, West Side Story, Chicago, Fame and Footloose. Year 10 GCSE dance students were involved in the performance and, despite finding the process very demanding at times, the Year 11 students cannot wait to begin rehearsing for their next dance show.

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EQUESTRIAN AND MOUNTAIN BIKING TEAMS Two new teams have been added to the list of extracurricular sports on offer at UCC: mountain biking and show jumping.

Two teams from UCC competed at the mountain bike competition at Wennington Hall School in Lancashire. In the Key Stage 3 category, Kieran Thompson won the individual cross-country event and the team came second in the team pursuit; Tom Bray won the senior event.

A team of show jumpers won one of the sections at the first jumping competition staged for schools in northern Cumbria.

Ullswater pupils Amy Miller, Tamar Miller, Hannah Parkin and Romarna Wilson took top spot in the 75 cm section at the new event, which was held at Blackdyke Farm Equestrian Centre, Blackford, Carlisle.

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