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Sport Relief It never ceases to amaze us just how generous our students (and you!) can be. All week the Key Stage 3 Hub

have been selling basketball tickets, headbands and wristbands. Today we all paid the privilege to wear sporty

attire (some paid a little more if they didn’t look that sporty!) and our staff basketball team took on the Post

16 team. Mr Milburn, as per his pledge if enough money was raised, donned a tutu and had his (very hairy)

legs waxed…ouch! The match finished 48-16 to our Post 16 students.

We raised a magnificent total of £2319.64 (trumping last year’s £1518 raised for Comic Relief last year)

…thank you so much.

Headline 21 March 2013

Email: [email protected] @ilkleygrammar

Attendance Measure – Highest Attending Tutor Group

NUT Strike Action – Wednesday 26th March As you are aware, following the official notification from the NUT informing the school that 35 of our 100 teachers will be on national strike on the 26th, school will be open for all Year 11 and Post 16 (Years 12 and 13) students only.

Year 11 will be registered via B Hall Assembly at 8.30am and must report there. The programme for their day will be given to them in the assembly. School buses will run as normal and there will be catering as usual in the Post-16 canteen area for Years 12 and 13; a limited facility will be available for Year 11 in the Courtyard Café. School will close as usual at 3pm.

I regret we cannot have other years in school, but I am pleased we can open for those in examination years. As far as I am aware, the majority of local and Bradford schools are also closed to all but Years 11-13.

The Year 10 Parents’ Meeting has been moved to Wednesday April 2nd.

Learning Community Day The theme of the day was ‘Journey’ and all students took part in different ways.

Key Stage Three showcased their work produced in Citizenship lessons at the Craiglands Hotel.

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Year 10 used the afternoon to focus on career pathways and prepare for mock interviews. There were workshops (on CV and letter writing, as well as the techniques needed to be successful in an interview), and had the chance to further explore possible careers by attending the Careers Fair.

With just over 2 months to the first public exam Year 11s focused on revision! There were sessions run by the Maths and Science departments as well as a revision launch offering you practical advice and tips on how best to prepare for exams.

Careers Fair As part of our Learning Community Day we held our first, in a long time, Careers Fair. It was a great opportunity for our students to get a taste of some of the career opportunities that are open to them. We welcomed local firms and multinationals alike, with stalls ranging from educational choices to accountancy, PR, retail, law and finance. The Fair also hosted our Armed Forces and Air Force. It was a really impressive event – the number of stalls, the enthusiasm of the delegates, the enthusiasm of our students, the vibrancy and business-like atmosphere, the range of opportunities on offer. Parents were also very complimentary and valued the chance to sample and discuss careers and see their children focussed and exploring options. The delegates too, were positive and felt it was all very worthwhile.




Options Timings The deadline for Year 9 returning their options forms is today, Friday 21st March. All of Year 9 have had assemblies, new subject talks, meetings with Mrs Purnell and Parents’ Evenings to help with the process of choosing options. The Drama department recently held an event to showcase their skills and acting ability to potential future Drama students. Year 10 Drama GCSE students performed a showcase of work for Year 9s. The performances were based on work and projects carried out in lesson time, including Brechtian Riot pieces, Stanislavski monologues and abstract work. With no backdrop or stage setting the pieces had to work based on the actors’ talents and they didn’t disappoint. The pieces covered a gamut of emotions, all executed with a maturity beyond their years. It was a great opportunity for Year 10 students to perform in front of a real audience; it helped to build their confidence and experience in preparation for exams. The showcase also enabled Year 9 students to get a feel of what drama GCSE is like. The showcase was a great success and all involved should be very proud of their work. It is a great example of how peers can inspire and support each other in important learning choices.

Hola y bienvenidos Welcome to our Spanish exchange students who arrive today, Friday. They are here for a week and will be in school Monday morning. During their week they will visit Skipton, York, Manchester and Haworth and Saltaire as well as a quiz in B Hall on Monday evening and a farewell meal in the Aagrah in Ilkley on Thursday night. This is the 8th Ilkely Pozuelo Exchange and we have the biggest numbers participating ever!

Our Spanish guests will spend the weekend with their host families with students in Year 11 who are currently doing GCSE Spanish. Thank you if you are one of the families hosting our guests next week…gracias le agradecemos su apoyo!

Joe Hesmondhalgh (10VEB) Ned Hilton

(10BB) and John Cody (10AJH)

Elizabeth Rudge (10ACF) and Anna Armitage

(10FV)




Sharing Success Well done to our mathematicians who on Saturday 15th March took part in the Pop Maths Quiz which formed part of the Leeds University STEM Festival of Science 2014 (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). We had our most successful year ever with two podium finishes! Out of the 24 teams that took part, our Year 7 team were bronze medallists and our Year 8 team, with one more point than the Year 7s, were silver medallists. Having attended the event for six years now, the questions were notably harder this year so to have two such successful teams is fantastic. Well done to all those who took part – the Maths Department can't wait for next year when we will be challenging for medals again!

Our Year 7 team:

Daniel Leach (7HED/KE), Louise

Cody (7HED/KE), Emmott Finch

(7DSF), Amber Woffindin (7DSF),

Matthew Elston (7MPC) and

India Sahota (7LAM)

Our Year 8 team:

Jacob Cooke (8MWC), Harvey

Sykes (8MWC), Matthew Hall

(8CW/SF), Oscar Stapleton

(8CW/SF), Euan Savage (8HM)

and Isaac Herrington (8JRW)




Congratulations to Emily Field (7LAM) who has been selected to represent Bradford Espirit Diving Club at the G Star Diving Championships on the weekend of 28-30th March. Good luck Emily! Good luck to our Year 11 rugby team who are through to the final of the Yorkshire Cup against Crossley Heath School this Sunday 22nd March at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield. It is a fantastic achievement to get through to the final – we are behind them all the way!

The year 11 team (mixed 11s and 10s) are the fourth team in consecutive years to reach this stage which is a huge achievement, after beating some very good and reputable rugby playing schools.

The finals day starts around 12pm with various age range games, right up to our game at 3:00pm. We are really grateful to all staff and parents who have shown their support this season. We have achieved great success across all years: Year 7 - District festival winners and quarter finalists in the Yorkshire Cup, Year 8 - District Festival winners, Year 10 - semi-finalist in the Yorkshire Cup, 1st XV - District 10s Festival winners, Semi Finalist in the Yorkshire Cup and 2 games away from a National quarter final in the NatWest Vase (highest attainment in IGS history). What a season!

Thank you to Charlotte Gibbs (7MPC), Charlotte Brooks (7MPC), Callum Gibbons (8MWC) and Seth Shuttleworth (8GPS) who supported Harry Gration and Amy Garcia from Look North as they rode their Tandem through Ilkley (following the planned Tour de France route). The four students bravely stood in the wind and cold to catch a quick glimpse of the celebrities – they appreciated our support and Harry even shouted a thank you!

Well done to our U13 boys’ cricket team who are County Champions. The boys represented Bradford in the U13 Indoor Cricket finals at Headingley last week.

They began their campaign confidently with emphatic wins against Hull (85-35) and Sheffield (71-31). These successes produced a top-of-the-league clash with Richmond School. Ilkley’s confident batsmen registered 78 for 6 and pressurised their North Yorkshire rivals from the outset, taking three wickets in consecutive balls in the opening over of the innings. Richmond recovered to 61 for 7, but the damage had already been done and IGS topped the group earning the right to play League B runners-up, York, in the semi-final.




Fulford School were no match for IGS who raced to 86 for 7 before dismissing the York winners for 40. In the other semi-final Richmond edged out Holmfirth in a thrilling last-ball finish to produce a North Yorkshire v West Yorkshire final. Batting first, Richmond found scoring difficult as Ilkley’s bowlers and fielders discovered their very best form, taking wicket after wicket to reduce their opposing finalists to 34 all out. The batsmen approached their relatively simple task with caution and precision and eased past Richmond’s score in just 4.3 overs to be deservedly crowned Yorkshire Indoor Champions 2014. More Marvellous Mathematicians! Well done to Daniel Hayes (11KPC), Tom Stephens (11SMS), James Flanagan (10PPB), Rebecca Hall (10ACD), Tom Matthews (11JB), Barney Addenbrook (9SMD) who are amongst the British qualifiers for entry to the prestigious European Maths Kangeroo Competition. As a result of their efforts they get to take a one hour Maths paper at 9am on Thursday! This is the most qualifiers the school has had for the event in several years. Also, for the first time in some years we have a qualifier for the International Maths Olympiad on the same day. Congratulations to Nathan Spiller (1VEB0) who gets to take a 2 hour paper on Thursday. In the words of Mr Sharpe (Maths teacher), ‘Being good at Maths is obviously very cool!’ Well done to our Year 7 readers who raised money for Readathon. They raised a total of £836.40. Students were sponsored per book and attempted to read as many books as possible.

Football Focus Congratulations to our Year 10 team who played Ralph Thoresby on Monday. It was a close match and the final score was in our favour 1-0. Our Year 9 team were unsuccessful against St Mary’s 3-1 and our U19 team just missed out on a draw against Abbey Grange 3-2. Rugby Round-up Our Year 7 boys’ rugby team took part in the Rugby Festival at Bradford Grammar School on Tuesday. The Scores were: South Craven 10 - 5 IGS, BGS 0-0 IGS, Oakbank 5-15 IGS, Titus Salt's 0-15 IGS, Brighouse 10-0 IGS and St. Bede's 15-0 IGS. Well done to our cross country runners who raced at Silsden Park on Wednesday. The weather held out for a sunny but windy afternoon. All runners gave their all despite a little headwind being present on the uphill stretch. A few of our usual runners could not attend due to the Community event at the Craiglands, but all-in-all it was a pleasant ending to the Cross Country season. Athletics starts next!

Year 7/8 Girls 2nd Bethan Morley (7PDH)

Year 7/8 Boys 2nd Cameron Reilly (8ADM), 6th Dominic Coy (7SP), 7th George Dey (8MWC), 14th Joe Haigh (8GPS), 16th Arran Burnett (7HED/KE), 27th Ethan Whiteside (7PDH), 28th Harry Barker (8JRW), 35th Cameron Shankland (8JRW) and 38th Matthew Carter (7LAM)

Year 9 Boys 6th Ben Thompson (9LO), 9th George Hardesty (9BJS) and 17th Jacob Hellewell (9BJS). Good luck to Desideria Sardelli (10GS) who is in the regional final of the Rotary cooking competition on Saturday

in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.




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A AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND FIXTURES

MONDAY 24 March

U12A + U14A Netball v St. Joseph’s (H) (SHR)

Y9 Boys’ Football CV5 @ St. Mary’s (SP)

Y11 BASKETBALL Club (SP) 12.05-12.55pm SpHall (*week A only)

STREET DANCE -All ages (JW) Gym 3.15-4.15pm

Y7 Indoor CRICKET Nets (SP) SpHall 3.15-4.30pm

Y8/9 NETBALL Club (SHR) SpHall/Cts 3-4.30pm

Y8/Y11/1st XV Boys’ RUGBY Training (ACF/VP/JP/SB) IRUFC 3.30-5pm

Y7 FOOTBALL Club (PLB) School Fields 3.30-4.30pm

TUESDAY 25 March

Y7 Boys’ Rugby Finals (13’s) @ BGS

Y11 Boys’ Rugby Finals (10’s) @ *t.b.c (BC/SB)

U13B Netball Emerging League @ Beckfoot (SHR)

Y9/Sen HOCKEY Club (JH) BR Astro 3.15pm-4.30pm

Sports Leader Training: Basketball + Netball (PLB) 3-5pm

Y7/8 NETBALL Club (SHR) SpHall/Cts 3-4.30pm

Y7 Boys’ RUGBY Training CANCELLED

WEDNESDAY 26 March

Strike Action Day

THURSDAY 27 March

U14A Netball v South Craven (A) (SHR)

Y7/8/9 Girls’ FOOTBALL Club SpHall 12.10-12.55pm (*week A only)

Y9 NETBALL Club (SHR) SpHall/Cts 3.15-4.30pm

Y7/8 HOCKEY Club (AJK) BR Astro 3.15-4.30pm

Y9/10/11 BADMINTON Club (AJH/KPC) SpHall 3-4.30pm

Sports Leader Training: Basketball + Netball (PLB) 3-5pm

Y9/10 Boys’ RUGBY Training (SB/JP) IRUFC 3.30-5pm

Y9/10 Girls’ RUGBY Training (ACF/WPL Coaches) IRUFC 3.30-5pm

FRIDAY 28 March

Don’t forget, activities change for PE next week as students move to

the next rotation of activities.




You may have noticed we have been sharing our success to a wider audience with our students’ news appearing in the local press. We have nearly doubled our news articles with 15 academic weeks left to go!

We have also been busy on twitter, and the recent Careers Fair displayed the benefits of using social media within the local community. We were able to share photos, thank businesses and it really made us feel part of our locality.

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Auction of Promises If you were lucky enough to win one of our lots that money simply couldn’t buy…now is the time to put your hands in your pockets! All winners have been informed and payments should be made in full by Friday 28th March (otherwise the item will be offered to the next highest bidder). Payment should be made via Parentpay – click the link here.

Starter for 10… Have you got your ticket for the Quiz and Curry Night on Thursday 27th March, 7pm? Teams can consist of up to 6 people (tables seat a maximum of 6), and can Include adults and children. Tickets are £7.00 per person and will include a curry supper served at the interval. Our Head of French, Ian Radcliffe, will be our very own Jeremy Paxman for the evening, so get swotting and supporting! Alcohol and other refreshments will also be available to purchase. Tickets are now available from Reception.

Car Boot Sales Start clearing your cupboards out now! The first car boot sale is confirmed for Sunday 6th April with the following three taking place on 18th May, 22nd June and 20th July. The car boot sales are held on the school field, gates open at 7.30am for sellers and 8am for buyers and the sale will finish at 12.30pm.

Standard pitches £10 and larger pitches £15. Parking for buyers is £1. Refreshments will be available. If you could spare some time to help it would be really appreciated. We need volunteers for:

Saturday 5 April 1.30pm - 3.30pm to help set up the field. Sunday 6 April 7.15am - 9.30am to help with parking. Sunday 6 April 11.30am - 1.15pm to help remove netting and clear site.

If you could spare some time to help us please email the PTA on [email protected]

Meetings We welcome all new members to our PTA – so join up and join in! We met this week on Wednesday and the last two meetings of the year are due to be held on: Tuesday 29th April and Wednesday 11th June. Meetings start at 7pm and are held in the Lower Library in school. If you can’t make our meetings but would like to be included then email [email protected].

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Are you up to the homophone exercise we have challenged our students to complete as part of the ‘Fornightly Focus’? No prizes…just your pride at stake! Answers will be next week’s Headline.

Homophones 1 Recap: One Direction Do Tesco The band wear/were/where straight of/off the plane to a new hotel. But as the hotel staff weren’t expecting them, Liam suggested they pop into Tesco to get a bit of shopping. ‘What are we doing here/hear?’ moaned Harry as his quiff started to flop. ‘I’ve been up all night. Just take me home would you.’ ‘Yeah,’ agreed Zayn, let’s get a cab from that taxi company we sang about.’ ‘But their/there are to/too/two many people in the Addison Lee, Zayn. Doesn’t Ilkley have a taxi company?’ ‘Come on lads,’ encouraged Liam. ‘Just a quick bit off/of shopping, then we can go.’ ‘But I look awful,’ continued Harry. ‘Supposing someone notices me looking like this.’ ‘Look Harry, your/you’re turning heads as you walk through the door,’ said Niall. ‘Yeah,’ agreed Louis. ‘You don’t need make up two/too/to cover up. And you wanted to wear/where/were those,’ he continued pointing at the Harry’s skinny jeans. ‘Ok,’ said Liam, taking charge. ‘So which/witch direction is the broccoli?’ ‘It’s One Direction, not Which/Witch Direction,’ moaned Harry, his quiff drooping even more. ‘Anyway, what’s wrong with pizza?’ ‘You’ve had quite enough junk food for one tour,’ added Zayn. Come on you to/two/too.’

Homophones 2 Its- is the possessive form of ‘it’- when something belongs to something. The dog wagged its tail. The school is proud of its students. It’s- the shortened form of ‘it is’, or ‘it has’. It’s another sunny day. It’s been a long time.

Quiet- an adjective, the opposite of ‘loud.’ Please be quiet. It’s too quiet in here. Quite- an adverb which means ‘very.’ Their new album is quite good. He was quite exhausted.

Passed- is an action/a verb. It has to be done by someone/something. The Government passed many laws. He passed his exams. Past- is not an action, it is a description. The book is set in the past. He ran past the window. (here the verb is ‘ran’, so ‘past’ tells us how they ran, in this case it’s an adjective).

Our- is a possessive pronoun. It is our decision. Our house, our rules. Are- is a verb, from ‘to be’. We are deciding. These are our rules.

Whether-means ‘if.’ She didn’t know whether it was a good idea or not. Weather- means sun, rain etc. ‘And here is Paul Hudson with the weather’.

Practise- is a verb (think of ‘is’ as a verb)- something you do. She is practising her serve.

Homophone (noun) a word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning or spelling, or both: The words 'sow' and 'sew' are homophones.

Fortnightly Focus; Homophones (1D Style!)




Practice- is a noun (think of ‘ice’ as a thing)- something you go to. Tennis practice is hard work.

No- the opposite of ‘yes.’ No, I disagree. No, I will not be quiet. Know- to have knowledge of something. I didn’t know that. Who knows the right answer?

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Purple Tie News These are successful times for Year 7 both in terms of what they have been doing in the classroom and also the enrichment opportunities outside lesson time. The recent tracking deadline has shown students in Year 7 to be working really hard and making good progress. It has also been great to see the progress that some students are making from attending the twice weekly maths top up sessions led by post 16 iLeaders at lunchtimes. Students have really benefited from sitting alongside talented A level mathematicians when working on their Khan Academy programme. Well done for attending so willingly everyone! Outside lesson time I was delighted to hear that so many students have been involved in the Readathon and that an incredible £836 has been raised for two very worthy children's charities. It is great to know that following the success of World Book Day, students have really embraced the challenge of reading for pleasure. It is to be hoped that this becomes a life-long habit and not simply something done for a one off event. Well done everybody and a big thank you to Mrs Harrison, the school librarian, for organising the event. Finally, in another great example of iLeadership has come in the form of the weekly Friday Youth Club. So far we have 'sold out' of tickets for this session every week. Students have really enjoyed the wide variety of games available to play during this lunchtime session. Youth Club has been great fun, the highlight being the drop in dodgeball last week, if a little noisy! Well done Year 7, you are really giving your Personal Best and making the most of what IGS has to offer. I hope you will continue to do so for the rest of the year!




Use a Tree…Plant a Tree Our Business and Finance Director, Ali Kaye, has committed to use a tree…plant a tree. We are now able to measure how much printing and photocopying we do and what that means in environmental terms. Watch out for news on the trees due to be planted.

GCSE Revision

Career of the Week: Financial Services

The Work: the UK has a large financial services industry with a huge variety of roles in it. You are likely to need organisational skills, business sense and be good with numbers to do these jobs, but you will also need people skills too. Typical jobs include: accountancy, banking, financial adviser, insurance, pensions, stocks and shares and tax adviser/inspector.

Entry Requirements: these will vary with the level you enter the industry at. Expect to be asked for at least good GCSEs in Maths and English with subjects like business studies also proving useful. It is possible to enter this work after completing level 2 or 3 college courses in subjects like business administration or after doing an apprenticeship. Many employers also offer graduate entry schemes. Training: most employers in the financial services sector will support you in achieving the relevant professional qualifications needed to develop your career. See the directions website below for details of further qualifications in accountancy, banking, finance, insurance, investment and pensions.

Pay: after level 3 college courses or apprenticeships pay will typically be around £10-£12k. Management trainees with a degree can earn between £18 and £25k. With experience salaries can exceed £40k a year. These figures are intended as a guideline only.

Further information: www.nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk, www.directions.org.uk, www.apprenticeships.org.uk and www.ucasprogress.org.uk – for information on full and part time college courses.

Post 16 News Year 13 Options: All Year 12 students should have handed in their Year 13 subject options by the end

of today, Friday 21st

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence ICT Apprenticeship: ICT opportunity for students that finish their A Levels in 2014. [email protected]

Hunters Apprenticeship: Hunters Ilkley opportunity for an apprentice to join the team of the UK’s fastest growing independent estate agency. Interested parties should send CV along with covering letter explaining why they should be the next apprentice to Helen Donald at Craven College [email protected]


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Digital PR & Social Media Apprenticeship: Opportunity at www.contactmusic.com, local internet-based music company for a student with a passion for music and keen interest in social media. See Mrs Mitchell in KS4 Hub if interested

Pitscards Business Apprenticeship: Recruiting an apprentice to undertake varied administration duties at their busy Ilkley office. Please contact Pitscards direct on 01943 603600

Spooners Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship opportunities in various areas of the business. See Mrs Mitchell in KS4 Hub if interested

Ilkley Moor Medical Apprenticeship: Recruiting an apprentice to undertake administration and reception duties at their busy practice

Pendle Sportswear Summer Staff: Looking for students heading to university who wish to join their operations and warehouse departments from July – September. If interested send a CV and 2 referees to Liz Wilson, Office Manager [email protected]

Vacancies Geography Teacher: closing date Tuesday 25th March 12 noon

We are seeking to appoint, from September 2014, a well-qualified and innovative teacher of Geography who is able to inspire outstanding learning and progress at all Key Stages. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking, popular and ambitious department. We are looking for:

a dedicated and passionate teacher of Geography who has resilience and a strong work ethic

a commitment to providing high quality lessons to engage, challenge and inspire our students

the potential to teach across all age ranges and abilities, including Post 16

the ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team a strong commitment to extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities

Director of Mathematics: closing date Monday 31st March 9am

Leadership spine L8-12 We are seeking to appoint, from September 2014, a well-qualified, innovative and inspirational teacher of Mathematics to lead this key curriculum area at our successful and oversubscribed Converter Academy. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to lead and develop a wide ranging and successful curriculum area. We are looking for someone with vision, creativity and a dynamic approach to leadership. The successful candidate will lead our experienced team to ensure every student receives a world-class mathematics education. This is significant middle leadership post, part of the school's Extended Leadership Team, and is an ideal opportunity for someone interested in developing their leadership potential, in readiness for Senior Leadership in the near future. This role will provide the opportunity to lead on whole academy initiatives and become a key leader within our vision to go beyond outstanding. We place great emphasis on high standards here. Our most recent Ofsted inspection of October 2011 confirmed us as a good school with outstanding achievement and enjoyment of learning. In summer 2013 a subject inspection of mathematics judged this department to be outstanding. You will have:

a passion for the teaching of Mathematics

experience of leading change in Mathematics

a commitment to providing high quality lessons to engage, challenge and inspire our students

the potential to teach across the full age and ability range

a strong commitment to extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities

Please see our website for further details www.ilkleygrammarschool.com


http://www.contactmusic.com/


http://www.ilkleygrammarschool.com/



Please help contribute to our iCentre – any tips, apps

or pitfalls that you have come across as a parent can

be shared with others – positive and negative!

Email [email protected] or

[email protected]

One to Watch Reddit is a social news website that displays news based on your personal preferences and what the community likes. Your preferences are determined based on your history of voting stories up or down. There is no real control over what you will see and what people post. The website is not new to controversy, and has been accused of rumour mongering and ‘organising a witch hunt’ with regard to items in the news.

Are you familiar with Showbie? It’s one of the apps we regularly use when setting and marking homework. Next time you son or daughter has some homework set on it…take a look!

Our Website We are really interested in hearing your views, good and bad, on our school website ilkleygrammarschool.com. We are planning over the coming months to make some changes and improvements to the site and would appreciate your comments beforehand. Please email your comments to [email protected].

All IGS iPads should have the name and tutor group of the student owner as

part of their lock screen image. This helps when reuniting owners and iPads in

cases of forgetfulness!




Dates for the Diary Term Dates

SPRING TERM 2014

Friday 11 April Close

Easter holiday: Monday 14th April – Friday 25th April

SUMMER TERM 2014

Monday 28 April Re-open

Monday 5 May May Day (School closed)

Friday 23 May Close

Half term holiday: Monday 26th May – Friday 30th May

Monday 2 June Re-open

Thursday 24 July Close (1.15pm)

Summer holiday: Friday 25th July

AUTUMN TERM 2014 Friday 5 September Training Day

(School closed to students)

Monday 8 September Training Day (School closed for students)

Tuesday 9 September Years 7 12 13 start

Wednesday 10 September School opens fully to all students

Get in touch and stay in touch! We would be interested in any feedback on these bulletins. Also, if you would like further information on anything within them or, wish to request other information items, please get in touch! It is really important we can stay in touch with you; if you need to change your contact details please email [email protected] or contact the school office.

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01943 608424

Website: www.ilkleygrammarschool.com

@ilkleygrammar

March Friday 21 Madrid visitors arrive Saturday 22 Year 11 Rugby Yorks. Cup Final Wednesday 26 NUT Strike: Years 11-13 only in

school Thursday 27 PTA Quiz Night, 7pm Friday 28 Madrid visitors return Year 12 Ripon Workhouse Visit

Payment due date for Auction of Promises

April Wednesday 2 Year 10 Parents’ Meeting 4-7pm Friday 4 Coutances visitors arrive Friday 11 Coutances visitors depart Take-a-Break 10am School closes for Easter 3pm

14-25 April Easter Holidays Iceland Visit 21-15th April

Monday 28 School opens Tuesday 29 PTA Meeting 7pm Lower Library Wednesday 30 Year 6 iLearning Evening

May Friday 2 Year 8 girls’ HPV Vaccination Monday 5 May Day – school closed Friday 9 Year 11 leave Year 12 begin study leave Monday 12 Summer exams start Thursday 15 Year 7 Parents’ Meeting 4-7pm




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