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MARCH 2014
Dates for your diary
6 Mar Curriculum consultation evening 7pm
11 Mar Year 9 Dalehead Foods trip
14-15 Mar ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ 7.30pm
17-21 Mar Science Week
20 Mar Year 10 Art trip to Tate Britain
26 Mar GCSE Dance
27-28 Mar GCSE Music
2 Apr GCSE Drama
4 Apr End of term
Tickets are selling fast
for the whole school
musical Little Shop of
Horrors. Buy your
tickets on Squid now!
LVC CRICKETERS SCOOP ROY BURRELL TEAM AWARD
The Year 11 girls cricket team are celebrating after
winning the prestigious team award at the Roy
Burrell Sports Awards at Netherhall on 4 March.
The awards recognise exceptional sporting
achievement among year 11 students who have
competed at county, regional or national level. Over
their five years at LVC, this group of girls have won
five indoor and outdoor county championships and
taken part in the regional finals at Trent Bridge,
narrowly missing out on the national final at Lord’s.
Many of them play for local clubs and they have
recently formed a Linton women’s team. ‘It is 12 years
since LVC last won the team award and this is a
fantastic reward for all their hard work, success and
enthusiasm,’ said head of PE John Maddock.
The award caps a brilliant few weeks of sport at LVC. The Under 14 girls basketball team
were crowned district champions and the Under 16 boys and girls both reached the semi-
finals of their events. Year 10 sports leaders organised a Key Stage 3 badminton and table
tennis tournament as part of the Sainsbury’s School Games and LVC teams won both
events. The Under 13 girls cricket team will represent Cambridgeshire after coming second
in the Lady Taverners indoor competition, while the Under 15 girls came third. Four LVC
athletes will represent the county at the English Schools Cross-Country Championships on
15 March. There are sports fixtures after school every Wednesday, and over 100 students
are taking part in Thursday after-school sports clubs ranging from fencing to fitness.
Twelve talented LVC swimmers travelled to Sawston Village
College to support disabled swimmer John Willis in his 50:50:100
challenge to swim 1,000 metres in 50 different pools. You can
read John’s inspirational story and support his charity at
www.power2inspire.org.uk
The spirit of the Olympic legacy is alive and well at LVC!
From the Principal…
Dear Parents,
It is finally spring and with this season of new growth,
Linton Village College enters a new phase of its
development. From 1st April, we will become a multi-
academy trust with The Meadow School, Balsham.
The two schools will be governed by one Board of
Directors and will report to Board committees on their use
of resources and pupil standards. The Trust is to be called
Chilford Hundred Education Trust, but both schools will
retain their current names as part of it.
I will become Executive Principal of both Trust schools and
continue as Principal of LVC. A head teacher for The
Meadow Primary School will be appointed before the end
of April.
Now that my role has grown, we have needed to appoint
a slightly bigger senior team at LVC. From September,
Helena Marsh (currently Assistant Principal at Sawston)
joins Tim Darby as Deputy Principal. Our wonderful
Denise Hall is taking retirement at the end of the year and
will be replaced by Shahla Matarazzo (a senior teacher at
Saffron Walden County High School) who joins Doug
Brechin and Angela Cassidy as Assistant Principal. This is
an exceptionally strong and talented group of people and I
very much look forward to working with them.
Enjoy the daffodils and the sunlight.
Caroline Derbyshire
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sQuid online payment deadlines
Duke of Edinburgh award OVERDUE
South Africa 2nd deposit OVERDUE
Year 8 Enrichment Week deposit OVERDUE
Haverhill bus February OVERDUE
Tate Britain 10 March
Little Shop of Horrors (Friday) 13 March
Little Shop of Horrors (Saturday) 14 March
Ypres choir trip deposit 21 March
LVC Sailing Club 24 March
Enrichment Week final payments 30 April
South Africa final payment 1 May
Ypres choir trip final payment 13 June
When making payments of less than £10 for ‘Trips and
Offers’, you must top up your online purse by £10 to
avoid a 25p administration charge.
Please address any sQuid queries to helen.fenn@lvc.org
and trip queries to amanda.clay@lvc.org
STUDENTS TRAVEL TO FRANCE AND AUSTRIA
Year 10 GCSE
French students
spent a week at
Château de la
Baudonnière in
Normandy,
immersing
themselves in
French language and culture. ‘The experience has really
helped to boost my confidence when speaking French and I
had a really good time as well,’ said Amy. ‘You pick up a wide
range of language that you wouldn’t necessarily learn in
class,’ said Matt. ‘A great way to immerse yourself in the
French language,’ said Harry.
A group of Year 10 and 11
students spent February
half-term learning to ski
in the Sportwelt Amada
region of Austria.
LVC TECH STUDENTS PICK UP ANOTHER PRIZE
Year 9 students
took part in the
annual Rotary Club
Design Technology
Tournament at the
Freemasons Hall in
Cambridge.
The students had to solve a ‘make and design’ challenge
against the clock without any help from teachers. The
LVC team won the award for best design portfolio and
presentation for the fourth year in succession. Well done
to James, Megan, Amy, Ivor, Zoe, Tom, Archie and Clara.