The Landau Forte College Newsletter 1 Mr Coffey leads Year 7 students during Enrichment Week L I N K Autumn 2004 During the penultimate week of the last academic year, Landau Forte College’s usual routine was temporarily adjourned as the students and staff embarked on a week of activities and fun. Enrichment Week provided students with the opportunity to participate in exciting projects, far removed from the usual curriculum. Every student was involved in various activities, making the week interesting for all. For instance, there was the Sea People production by our Year Sevens, whilst Year Eights spent the week studying Native American traditions in Culture Shock and our Year Nines delved into the Wonders of Space. This year there were also several residential trips. Some of our students went to the Peak District camping, and others enjoyed a week in Barcelona or Munich. Enrichment Week provided students with fresh ideas, and everyone at the College values the opportunity of learning about unusual topics in lots of different ways. Ruth Shepherd, Year 13 A Summer of Enrichment
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The Landau Forte College Newsletter
1Mr Coffey leads Year 7 students during Enrichment Week
L I N K
Autumn 2004
During the penultimate week of the lastacademic year, Landau Forte College’s usualroutine was temporarily adjourned as thestudents and staff embarked on a week ofactivities and fun. Enrichment Week providedstudents with the opportunity to participatein exciting projects, far removed from theusual curriculum. Every student was involvedin various activities, making the weekinteresting for all. For instance, there wasthe Sea People production by our Year Sevens,whilst Year Eights spent the week studying
Native American traditions in Culture Shockand our Year Nines delved into the Wondersof Space. This year there were also severalresidential trips. Some of our students wentto the Peak District camping, and othersenjoyed a week in Barcelona or Munich.Enrichment Week provided students withfresh ideas, and everyone at the Collegevalues the opportunity of learning aboutunusual topics in lots of different ways.Ruth Shepherd,Year 13
A Summer ofEnrichment
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Developments at the College continue. Duringthe summer break the wireless ICT network ofthe College was upgraded, with digitalprojectors now being a feature of almost alllearning bases. All of the Tutorial Staff areequipped with laptop computers which willenable learning to have more visual content andprovide immediate on-line access to a wealthof resources, which can be shared withwhole learning groups. Further professionaldevelopment is being undertaken on teachingand learning styles and in helping our studentsto understand how they most effectively learn.
In respect of our examination results for 2004,the provisional headline results included 80% ofstudents gaining 5 or more A* - C grades, withthe A Level pass rate being 99%. The results area great credit to the students, their families andthe staff. There were many outstandingindividual performances at all levels of ability.
I am also delighted to share with you news ofsome of our former students. Adam Whiterecently gained a First Class Honours Degreefrom St Peter’s College, Oxford, where he readPhysics and Philosophy. Whilst at Oxford, Adamwas awarded a Landau Charitable FoundationBursary, which students from the College maybe awarded on successfully taking up theirplace at St Peter’s College. Secondly, BenEdwards achieved a First Class Honours Degreefrom the University of Durham, where he readArchaeology and Joanna Morgan, who was inour first cohort of Year 7 of students, hasrecently gained a First Class Honours Degree inPhotography from the University of Derby. Theseare a small number of the rich achievementsgained by former students. We offer ourcongratulations to each of them on theirsuccess.
We are always keen to hear from our formerstudents and to this end we are giving all ofthem the opportunity to join Landau ForteCollege Alumni. Enclosed with this copy ofNewslink is a registration form. We haveendeavoured to contact each of them at theirlast known address. I would, however,appreciate your support in passing on theinformation about this opportunity to anyformer students who you may know, in case wehave been unsuccessful in contacting them.Registration can also be made by visiting thewebsite at www.landau-forte.org.uk.
Many thanks for your continued support.
With best wishes
Stephen Whiteley
Principal
I would like to extend a warm welcome to allof the new students and their families and tothe new members of the tutorial and supportstaff who joined the College at the beginningof this academic year. We wish each of themevery success and hope that they find theirtime at the College both enjoyable andrewarding.
The staff include:
Caroline Adams English
Caroline Anderson Biology
Mark Blyton ICT
Peter Butler Curriculum Leader for Religious Education
William Goring Learning Support Assistant
Paul Harvey Physical Education
Julie Hales Science Technician
Katey Hopkinson Physical Education
Lauran McCall French
David Neville Technology
Simon Pearce German
Simon Tabiner Curriculum Leader for History and General Studies
Louise Harris Receptionist
Kiylee White Learning Support Assistant
We are also pleased to welcome three overseasintern tutors who will be with us for the entireacademic year:
Xiaowen Shao Chinese
Antony Francois-Saint-Cyr French
Karl Ellerbrock German
Earlier this term, on September 8th 2004, aThanksgiving service for the Life and Work ofthe Baroness Brigstocke CBE was held atSt Margaret’s Church, Westminster. The service,attended by several hundred people, was both amoving and fitting tribute to our formerChairman. Amongst the many distinguishedattendees was a representative of the Duke ofEdinburgh and the Lord Mayor of Westminster.The College was represented by severalGovernors including Mr Martin Landau and SirRocco Forte, along with Mr John Cox, Directorof Finance and Administration, and myself.The Dean of Westminster officiated. Mrs AnneMustoe (a friend for more than 40 years), MissJanet Gough (former High Mistress of St Paul’sGirls’ School and close colleague) and LordWatson of Richmond gave the address.
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Young Enterprise:Learning by Doing
The Young Enterprise programme waslaunched in the College seven years agounder the expert guidance of Mr. Knibbs. TheMission Statement is ‘To inspire and educateyoung people to learn and succeed throughenterprise’. The programme gives Year 12students the opportunity to experiencerunning their own company from itsinception through to liquidation.
G Williamson
There have been twelvecompanies who havetraded successfully andrewarded their investorswith a return on theirshareholding. Eight ofthese companies havehad their successrecognised by beingchosen to compete inregional finals. Forthose ex-students andparents/carers whohave had involvementwith Young Enterprise,the names EjekttDesigns, Illusion, Zodiak,Flashback, Red Leaf,Elements, Zest andAscension will meansomething to them.
Perhaps the mostinnovative company wasthe 1997 group, EjekttDesigns, who produced acatalogue of designswhich were then printedonto T-shirts, the sizeand colour of thecustomers’ choice. Theywere then packaged indecorated tins beggedfrom Mason’s Paints! Ifyou look very closely,there are still some beingworn.
The team that gotfurthest in the Young
Enterprise competition was Zodiak, who reallydid run their business like a ‘well-oiled machine’.They came very close to winning the EastMidlands final and progressing to the Nationalevent, and the Managing Director of Zodiak wasoffered a job by the Chief Executive of a BuildingSociety on the strength of her presentation.
Although the Awards are great, the mainobjective is for students to take part in therunning of a company and realise theconsequences of one department’s actions onanother. It is no use Sales and Marketingnegotiating the sale of 100 cards if Finance areunable to raise the cash to buy the raw materialsand Production do not have the time to makethem. It has happened! Any student whocompletes the programme has been ‘successful’and will have learned valuable skills to takeforward with them into the real world ofbusiness.
C Knibbs
If I were to sum up my time as ManagingDirector of Ascension, I would have to say it washard work. In this role I not only had to plansessions, delegate tasks but also ensure that allwork assigned to team members was completed,as ultimately the responsibility lay with me.However, it wasn’t all ‘working to the bone’ allof the time. I really enjoyed the Presentationevenings and not only, as one team member putit, ‘because of the food’!! The evenings were amixture of excitement, tension and pressureresulting in an electric atmosphere. Gainingawards was just the ‘icing on the cake’. It hasbeen a thoroughly enjoyable experience which Iwould vehemently recommend.
Inderjit Sangha, Year 13
Young Enterprise students display their certificates
An impressive haul of trophies
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‘A hardworking team who listen to andrespect each other is the best ever recipe forsuccess!’ These are the wise words of Year 7Landau Forte student, Ravi Talwar, who tookpart in the College’s annual Rolls-Royceevent.
For the last thirteen years our Year 7s have beenlucky enough to have a visit from one of themost prestigious engineering firms in thecountry. They get the opportunity to take part inseveral exciting tasks arranged by the Collegeand Rolls-Royce, with the prime aim ofachieving the best they possibly can! This eventhappens only a couple of days into the academicyear, it’s a great experience for our new studentsto get to know each other and familiarisethemselves with the College site.
Beginning the day with an inspiring talk from MrWhiteley, students gathered in the theatre tofind out what it means to be a student atLandau Forte College and the value of thesupport given by Rolls-Royce.
The first major task of the day was attemptingto make a nose cone from paper...prettyeasy, huh? Well, it’s not as simple as it sounds,as our students soon found out! Followingmajor discussion with group leaders andrepresentatives Sue Allen, Deborah Waite andCaroline Murphy, from Rolls Royce Plc, it wasdecided that the best possible method forsuccessfully creating the nose cone was tofollow The Five Ps. These are Product, Process,Plant, People and Programme. “Working forsuccess,” was the next task which involvedputting into practice The Five Ps, eventuallysuccessfully creating the correct nose cone.
“It was all about working in a methodical way.The students have learnt how to listen to othersand plan out the task at hand instead of delvingright into it,” says the event coordinator, MrHolmes. This was certainly reflected in thedifferent group presentations!
Before the last session of the day students wroteout their own Mission Statements in which theyspecified an aim and described the way in whichthey would achieve this. The day came to a closein the theatre with guest speakers RichardHarris and Steve Mason giving a rousing speechabout always being motivated and determinedto not only complete a task the best that youcan, but always being the best person you can!Even though it was an exciting and stimulatingday for our Year 7s, there’s definitely a lesson foreveryone to learn here....”to be the best personyou can be”.
Nisha Nath, Year 13
Has it worked?
Year 7 students measure their nose cones
Rolls-Ro
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Hard at work on the nose cones
The finished product: students admire their work
yce Day
The students all wrote their ownPersonal Mission Statements
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At the end of July 2004, students fromLandau Forte College spent the last threedays of Enrichment Week camping at Ashoverin the Peak District with several brave (ormad!) teachers. Staying in tents for twonights was a great experience and there weremany activities including: a video, footballand a team challenge game involving wetsponges, climbing through rope, runningblindfolded around obstacles and trying to fita whole team of people onto a blanket!
On the Thursday we had a walk to Matlock,collecting treasure hunt clues along the way andstopping for fish and chips when we arrived.Going back took longer as everyone washalf-asleep after a night in the tents and, to
finish us off, it started to rain as we approachedthe camp. Thankfully, Mr Rowe had a ‘shortcut’back to the tents - down a wet, muddy, slipperyhill.
Several hours later, after getting covered inmud, bruises, grass stains, nettle stings andsitting through a rainstorm, we were assembledin the dinner hall listening to everyone’s karaokeefforts. Mr Maddock got a bit carried away,showing his legs and leaving everyonewondering if he had missed his vocation in life!
Overall, it was really fun and everyone enjoyedthemselves. We would recommend it toeveryone next time.
Catherine Bathurst and Joe Milner, Year 11
EnrichmentUnder Canvas
Fun and games at the Enrichment Camp
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In July 2004, Year 7 students took part in theCollege’s Enrichment Week, which was on thesubject of tourism. During the first few dayswe took part in activities outside of theCollege. One of the activities was the DerbyGhost Walk. We visited the Old Gaol whichwas used as a prison from 1756 to 1828. Wediscussed the murders that took place inthere and lots of strange things happenedduring this discussion.
Towards the end of the week, in Maths andEnglish, we had to create a tourist brochurewith lots of help from our tutors Miss Ward andMr Hopper. Our class was given the city ofHamburg in Germany and then we were splitinto four separate groups. To start with we hadto find out as much information as possibleabout how to get to the city. Our group chose tolook into coach travel. We looked at variouscities in England that we could leave from, andthen we designed our timetables and estimatedthe different costs. We decided, eventually, thatwe would leave from East Midlands Airport.
We then looked at various kinds of transportthat a tourist may need when visiting a city, forexample local buses and taxis, before we lookedinto our different types of accommodation.I really enjoyed working out the cost of thingsand looking into the different types of hotel.With all of this information we then had to putit together as a brochure and give ourselves aname. We chose to be called Sunrise Tours. Weall worked really hard to make our project thebest it could be. We found out lots ofinformation and had to work as a team. Ourbrochure ended up being about 50 pages long!
Even though another group won thecompetition with their brochure, I really enjoyedthe week. It was a great experience and I hopethat the other Year 7 students enjoyedEnrichment Week as much as I did.
Lauren Monaghan, Year 8
Enrichment in Mathsand English
Year 7 students with their winning tourism brochures
JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGEGranny spends one third of her weekly pension onThursday night and one quarter of what remains onFriday. What fraction of the original amount is left forher big night out on Saturday?
Turn to page 16 for the answer.
A 112
B 27
C 512
D 12
E 1112
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It has taken five weeks. Five weeks ofsearching through bundles of Newslinks andreports, photos and posters, along withswathes of digital materials. In this time, Ihave learnt what it is to chart the past,namely a series of dark, dank and somewhatmusty record rooms. The end result, however,was definitely worth it.
Despite the vastness of the materials that havebeen lurking around the College for ten years,finding them was a challenge that I was ready
to meet, to produce a scrapbook of the manysuccesses, changes and tribulations for ourtenth anniversary. A book which now finds asettled home in the Information Centre.
I never realised quite how many seeminglyminor difficulties would be so ridiculouslydifficult to overcome. From spending an entireafternoon wandering around town in vain tryingto find the ‘right’ cuttings book with Mrs Coffey,to endless battles with stationers over card andembarrassing situations in photo shops afterhaving broken their machines. It quicklybecame a massively time consuming task.
But, the earliest materials were more thanenough compensation for this. The opportunityto watch a young Mr Stevenson help the firstWOSH Week students to produce newspapertents, or to see staff members wander around inthen fashionable Landau Forte neckties seems afar cry from the lanyards of today’s staff andstudents.
In the search through endless box files, I evencame across the earliest attempts at journalismin the College. A little remembered student runnewspaper, Freelance, with its now yellowedpages and faded print, provided a phenomenal,
Charting O
Landau Forte College is not yet bricks and mortar
Simon Davis and James Burke compile the Landau Forte History Project
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if somewhat concise, glimpse into the past.From comment on our originally radicalcurriculum, to our quite amateurish first stepsinto the world of performing arts, it was part ofa treasure trove of materials.
In a bid to continue the project I returned to theCollege once again at the start of the autumnterm, to produce an electronic version of theHistory Project. A website can be found on theCollege Intranet, which currently contains the
twelfth year of the College in pictures, newsclippings and articles. This site is ready to becontinued by any member of staff or anystudents who wish to have their Collegeachievements remembered and recorded.
If you are planning an event or reporting anachievement in Newslink, or feel you’ve takenpart in something worthwhile, then click the‘Upload’ link of the website and send in yourpictures and news clippings to be put into theonline world. You too can play a part in creatingan ever-evolving record of our past.
Simon Davis
Our History
A young Mr Holmes takes the lead in the first of many trips to the Roaches, Staffordshire
Christmas Concert 1994 shows the Performing Arts potential of Landau ForteCollege begin to blossom
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The day had finally arrived! We were all off toMunich, Germany. I got to College at 7:00amon the Monday and anxiously waited for myfriends to get there too. When they arrived,we compared suitcases and we excitedlytalked about the trip that lay ahead.
At Heathrow it was all a bit of a rush, as all thestudents had to hand in their suitcases andcollect their passports without getting inanybody’s way. However, once that was over, wemanaged to look around the shops beforeboarding the plane.
Before you knew it we’d landed, were out of theairport and on a coach to the Jugendherberge -
youth hostel. The youthhostel was nice, althoughthere were a lot of rules!After dinner we found anice park and most of thegroup played a game offootball. Unfortunately, itabsolutely threw it downwith rain, but I don’t thinkanybody cared, as we wereall gossiping and laughing.Afterwards, we all wentstraight to bed and had agood night’s sleep readyfor the next day.
On Tuesday, everyone woke up raring to go forour first full day in Germany. The first event wasan open-top bus ride. We toured Munich city,and saw some really interesting sights, such asthe opera house, the university and thecathedral. In the afternoon some of us visited atoy museum and a large group went to the BMW
Los nach München!
The beautiful Neuschwanstein castle
Thomas scores a penalty!
Mark Wood snapped AshleyWalker and Jake Browningsporting these outrageoushats
factory. We saw cars being made by robots andit was amazing how they pressed, cut andsprayed the vehicles. Later that night, we wentto the theatre and watched Saturday NightFever. It was performed in German and thedancing was excellent. We were all clapping andsinging along!
We all had to be up bright and early onWednesday, as we were off to Neuschwansteinto see the famous castle. It was a beautiful placeand, for once, it didn’t rain! The castle was builtby King Ludwig and it looks like it should be in afairy tale. That night, we went to the cinemawhere we watched a 3D documentary about sealife.
Thursday was our last full day in Munich. Wewent to the Bayern Munich football stadium,where England beat Germany 5 - 1. It was so bigand it was fascinating to learn that the 1972Olympic Games were held there. We had a lookaround the football ground and inside thechanging rooms. It was an interesting tour andat the end we were allowed to have a penaltyshootout. Thomas, the German Assistant, wasthe only one who scored a penalty!
We went shopping in the afternoon and boughtpresents for our families (and ourselves!) Laterthat night, to finish off the trip, we all wentbowling. It was really good fun and a great wayto end our Munich 2004 visit.
Megan Mellor, Year 10
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As part of Enrichment Week, Landau ForteCollege sent a selection of Spanish and Artstudents on a five-day visit to Spain. Thegroup of 34 students stayed in Tossa de Mar,just north of Barcelona at the Hotel NovoPark, accompanied by Miss Crocker, Mr Carey,Miss O’Mara and Mr Davies. Below is asample of students’ diary entries andevaluations of their visit. For one student itwas her first visit abroad!!!
I really enjoyed the visit to Spain. When we werethere we did activities on the beach and aroundtown. We visited the football stadium and wenton a tour around it, which was a greatexperience. We also visited many art museums. Ipersonally liked the Joan Miro Foundation butthe Picasso museum helped me with my GCSEArt work.
Sian Hughes, Year 11
If I were to describe Barcelona in three wordsthey would be: cultural, stylish and beautiful.Overall, I was very pleased with the experience Ihad whilst visiting Barcelona. Barcelona is acreative and inspirational city. It is unique, witha great atmosphere and beautiful food. AntonioGaudi has left a beautiful mark on the city withhis inspirational building, a magnificentmonument, the Sagrada familia, which modernarchitects are still finishing today. The NouCamp was great. Muchas gracias to all theteachers.
Tajah Chevelle Todd, Year 10
The surroundings were beautiful. The town wassmall and quiet with friendly, helpful residents.Overlooking the sea was an old castle which wewalked up to, experiencing great views backdown onto the town and beach. The hotelprovided buffets at breakfast, lunch and dinner.It had a nice welcoming feeling and the roomswere clean and tidy. After the week I’m sure itwas something none of the students will everforget. Experiencing a new culture andexpanding our language skills was reallymagical. A true fiesta.
Amy Humphries, Year 9
...after an early night, we went into Barcelonaand one of our destinations was Parc Guell - aplace famous for the sculptures and architectureof Antonio Gaudi. I was amazed at the detail ineach piece of work and how they stood outindividually...On Friday I was quite sad to beleaving. We all had great fun and lots of laughs.The teachers had also been great. I willdefinitely be going again.
Charlotte Hampton, Year 9
We’re All Off toSunny Spain
Time for a group photo inBarcelona
Sketching on the beach at Tossa de Mar
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Science and EngineeringSuccess
In the Summer 2004 issue of Newslink, theachievements of last year’s EngineeringEducation Scheme Team were celebratedfollowing the assessment day held at FordCollege Loughborough. It was also reportedthat they were invited to attend the regionalfinal of the Young Engineers for Britain. Thisevent took place in July at Rolls-Royce, Derby,
and was part of an assessment day organisedby Setpoint, where students of all ages wereselected to display their Scientific,Engineering or Technological projects andresearch.
Joining the EES team, Adrian Bradley, MartinCounter, Graham Holland and Sean Smith, wereseveral young scientists in Year 9, who had beenselected to display their projects for assessment.The Year 9 students had completed a BronzeCrest award as part of the Science curriculumand were selected to represent the College onthe merit of their excellent experimentalprojects. While the young scientists did not wintheir categories, they spoke with enthusiasmand in detail about their projects to the panel ofjudges.
It was also a very successful day for the EESteam who narrowly missed out on a place in thenational final by coming second in theircategory, taking home a cheque for £100. Welldone to all who attended and good luck to theforthcoming teams this year.
C Wright
At the end of lastterm Mrs Priestnalland Mr Marshallaccompanied agroup of A LevelBiology students tothe Blencathra FieldStudies Centre inthe Lake District.The week longcourse covered awide range of
biological sampling techniques. The entiregroup benefited from the expertise of Jon,the course leader, and he taught us everythingfrom working out statistics to finding ‘bushtucker’ in the woods!
Sampling took place in a variety of habitatsincluding: a river, woodland and the beach,whilst we were all surrounded by the beautifulLake District scenery. Although the studentsworked very hard, they still had energy in theevening for table tennis, karaoke and football, inwhich Landau Forte comprehensively beat acollege from Durham. Other highlights includedYousif Siddiqi’s record breaking pudding eating,Simba Ngwerume’s red trousers and, of course,Rianne Guy and Courtney Goldsborough gettingdrenched in the river!
C Marshall
A Visit to the Lakes
Martin Counter, Graham Holland, Sean Smith and Adrian Bradleydisplay their project
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The Year 7 shoe art project involved decorating a piece of footwear to represent ourselves. We used a huge variety of differentmedia to represent our hobbies and interests, such as train tickets, magazine cuttings, flags and even pages from brochures.We really enjoyed making our shoes and we are very proud of them.
Hannah Nichols-Green, Year 8
Shoe Art Project
Emily Goodrick, Year 8 Louise Fitzpatrick, Year 8
A selection of the students’ finished shoes
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On the first day of Enrichment Week,our Year 7 students arrived at College,probably unsure of what to expect.Little did they know that this wouldbe an experience that they wouldnever forget. For three days, thewhole of Year 7 would be involved ina combined arts project that wouldculminate in a public performance fortheir friends and family. Each half ofthe year group spent a day inPerforming Arts and a day in Art,before joining together to take theaudience on a magical journeythrough the eyes of The Sea People,devised by the Arts Team.
The story of the Sea People tells the taleof two islands where each has verydifferent ideas about the purpose of life.
One is concerned with having andgetting more material things, the otherwith enjoying what they already have.Much was expected of our Year 7students and they did not let us down,with each individual consistentlyworking hard. Along the way we evenfound the future stars of PerformingArts, including Rhys Neal who took onthe role of the King, his proud mannerand clear voice exuding confidence.
On the Wednesday, an excitable group of 150students met in the theatre ready to piecetogether the whole performance. During thistime, the outstanding art work, made by Year 7,in the form of beautifully decorated silkhangings were hung and folded kiteprogrammes were placed on each seat. At 2pmthe audience arrived and soon after the singingvoices of Year 7 could be heard across theCollege. The performance was a resoundingsuccess and it is here that we should thank all ofthe students, staff and parents that helpedalong the way. In particular, Mr Coffey and MissAherne for their inspiration, and Miss O’Maraand Mrs Berry for the amazing art work. (Theywere so good we’ve left them hanging in thetheatre.) I’m sure that the Year 7 would agree itwas an enjoyable and unforgettable journey!I enjoyed it too!!!
C Thackrah
Ready...
Steady... Go!
The Sea People
In July, The Dancers wereonce again invited toperform at SudburyHall’s Day of Dance.This year over 20 groupsperformed from acrossDerbyshire, inviting theaudience to experienceeverything from bellydancing to Morrisdancing.
As we gathered on the grass outside theMuseum of Modern Childhood, it looked as ifrain was imminent. The grass was already a littlewet but our Junior Dance Club members, inparticular, were too excited to let it dampentheir mood!
The Senior Dance Club began with their newpiece, which although minimalist, showed theirability to control space and time. Next up wasJunior Dance Club and they performed threeconsecutive pieces with vitality and attack.
Towards the end of our fantastic twenty-minuteslot it began to rain. The audience, who hadcome prepared, put up their umbrellas andJunior Dance Club carried on regardless, onceagain showing their commitment and maturity.Well done to all The Dancers on a very successfulday!
C Thackrah
The Dancers at Sudbury Hall
Junior Dancers at Sudbury Hall
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Sports AwardsPresentation Evening
Landau Forte College hosted their second SportsAwards Evening in July, and it proved to be a greatsuccess. In front of a full house, our students wererecognised for their individual and teamachievements. Our special guest Mr Whiteley,congratulated our students on their successes andassisted with picking the winners from our raffle,which offered a number of prestigious prizes. Duringthe interludes there were magnificent performancesand displays form our own gymnasts: KayleighFletcher, Holly and Heidi Dickson, Rebecca Abbott,Hannah Connell, Chloe Jeffrey, as well as a karatedisplay.
Here are the successful students who achieved theirawards in their respective categories and sports:
MOST VALUABLEPLAYERS AWARDS -
These are awarded to the individuals who have beenthe most influential in their sport. They can applyskills, tactics and leadership qualities both on and offthe field of play.
MOST VALUABLE PERSON
FOOTBALL
BOYS Girls
Year 7 Jamie Griffin Sophie Wheatley
Year 8 Nathan Winson Hannah Povey
Year 9 Ryan Harlow Holly Neal
Year 10 Matthew Taylor Hayley Williamson
Year 11 Richard Eley Catherine Guy
P16 Nathan Croot ————
BASKETBALL
BOYS Girls
Year 7 Tim Sithole ————
Year 8 Jonathan Wormsley ————
Year 9 Louis Jackson Sam Sutton
Year 10 ———— Jessica Roberson
NETBALL
BOYS Girls
Year 7 ———— Hannah Nichols-Green
Year 8 ———— Rajvinder Tiad
Year 9 ———— Katie Higgins
Year 10 ———— Mica Francis
Year 11 ———— Cher Constable
ROUNDERS
BOYS Girls
Year 7 ———— Jodie Jay
Year 8 ———— Charlotte Hampton
Year 9 ———— Katherine Fowler
Year 10 ———— Emily Hanney
SWIMMING
BOYS Girls
Year 9 Gary Heap ————
Year 10 Richard Jackson ————
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Sports Awards PreATHLETICS
BOYS Girls
Year 7 ———— ————
Year 8 Sam Watson ————
Year 9 Luke Sienna Megan Mellor
Year 10 Alex Spurling ————
Year 11 Lucas Brooks ————
P16 ———— Aimee Booth
GYMNASTICS
BOYS Girls
Year 7 ———— ————
Year 8 ———— Rebecca Abbott
Year 9 Callum Rodgers ————
Year 10 Stuart Parker Sapphire Anderson
Year 11 ———— Emma Ryde
BADMINTON
BOYS Girls
Year 7 Oliver Ridley ————
Year 8 ———— ————
Year 9 Robert Fogg ————
Year 10 Chris Woods ————
GOLF
BOYS Girls
P16 Gregory Babbs ————
CRICKET
BOYS Girls
Year 7 Ramandeep Aujla ————
Year 8 Ryan Burns ————
Year 9 Usmaan Hussain ————
COLOURS AWARDS
HALF - This is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated dedication, commitment andmotivation towards their chosen sport. They may not have acquired representative honours but areinstrumental to team effectiveness and cohesion.
FULL - This is awarded to students who have been recognised and achieved representative honours(whether it be district, county, regional or national level) or from acquiring high rankings or places intournaments or competitions.
HALF COLOURS FULL COLOURS
COLOURS
Ryan Harlow, Katie Higgins, BenLee, James Lomas(Year 9); James Jones,Chris Wilson (Year 10);Heidi Cooper, Andrew Gunter,Robert Toone, Emma Wheatley(Year 11).
Jack Barker, Chris Thomas, RobertWilliams (Year 8); GeorgeLawrence, Sade Lynch (Year10);Stephanie Reynolds (Year 11).
FOOTBALL
ATHLETICS Sam Watson (Year 8)Courtenay Goldsborough (Year 12)
Robbie Davy-Cripwell,flanked by Mr Maddockand Miss Smith, receiveshis trophy
TEAM OF THE YEAR - This is awarded to the boys and girls team who have achieved notableimprovement and success throughout the year in their respective sport.
BOYS - Last year this team were promoted to Division A and, out of their six league games, reachedthe top three of the league, scoring 24 goals for and conceding only 7. As for their five-a-side efforts,they won the Regional competition in which two of our players was awarded ‘Player of theTournament’, Sebastian Szondi, and ‘Goalkeeper of the Tournament’, Mark Cooper. They went on tothe National finals held at Bisham Abbey and narrowly lost out in the final stages of the tournament.The eventual winners went to Germany for the Champions League final and competed in the Europeanfinals. Therefore, the boys’ team of the year was the U15 boys’ football team.
GIRLS - A bit of history first: right from Year 8 these girls have either won, or become runners up, inevery competition that they have entered. They were Champions again this year for the second timein the U16 Derbyshire league, joint champions in the U16 National Schools regional team and haveprogressed further than any other year group in the College’s history by reaching the first round ofthe national ESFA football cup. Therefore, the girls’ team of the year was the U16 girls’ football team.
BOYS GIRLS
U15 Football U16 Football
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Sports AwardsPresentation Evening
MOST IMPROVED STUDENT - This award recognisesthe student who has improved their knowledge, skillsand understanding across the PE curriculum this year.
BOY - This individual has made excellent progressionthroughout his sporting career at Landau. He is a verycompetitive individual who is willing to mix it withthe bigger lads, especially in the contact sports. Hegives as good as he gets and we still think he has afuture career in the front row in rugby. The ‘MostImproved Student (Boy)’ went to Matthew White inYear 10.
GIRL - This individual is a very pleasant andcooperative student who is always keen to participatein her PE sessions. She never complains and is alwayswilling to participate in any activity, demonstratinghigh levels of enthusiasm and commitment. The ‘MostImproved Student (Girl)’ went to Laetitia Taylor inYear 10.
COMMITMENT TO PE - This is awarded to studentswho have expressed loyalty, reliability and devotion toa number of sports that they have participated in.
BOYS - This is awarded to the boy who hasrepresented the College in rugby, football, cricket andathletics - not to mention representing clubs outsideof College. He was a member of the successfulfootball team that were runners up the in league. Heis regarded as our own pocket battleship. TheCommitment to PE award (Boy) went to Liam Fox inYear 8.
GIRLS - This is awarded to the girl who hasrepresented the College in football, netball, athletics,rounders, tag rugby and even played for Miss Smith’sHockey team. Not to mention participating in theDerby Youth Games. The Commitment to PE award(Girl) went to Chantell Smithen in Year 10.
SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR - This is awarded to
individuals who have achieved a high level of skill inmore than one more sport. They demonstrate passion,confidence and excellence.
BOY - This student has made significantachievements in the world of wheelchair tennis year.These are his recent achievements:
National Junior Doubles Champion 2000
Cardiff indoor runner-up 2002
Nottingham Indoor Champion 2002
Represented GB juniors in 2001 in Switzerland and2003 in Italy.
Represented GB at International Junior Camps inHolland from 2000-2003
Represented GB in the International Finals in 2003reaching the quarter finals.
The Male Sportsperson of the Year - Robbie Davy-Cripwell (Year 13).
GIRL - This student has had a go at every sportimaginable and excels in most! She has representedthe College in football, netball, athletics androunders, and has played a vital role in the successesof all of these teams. In addition to this she hasrepresented the County of Derbyshire in both footballand netball (for her age range) for the last couple ofyears. This year she played in the Derby County firstteam and is the youngest female to play in the FA Cupto date.
The Female Sportsperson of the Year - SuzieCunningham (Year 11).
SERVICES TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION (STUDENTS)
Colin Jones and Clive Lawrence (Year 13)
SERVICES TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION (STAFF)
Nigel Maddock and Keely Smith
I started Wado karate in January 2001 aged 13 and have been competing in karate competitions since May 2001. I joinedthe Junior England Squad in 2002 and won both the junior annual East Midlands and National competitions in 2001and 2002. After my continuing success I was invited to join the Senior England squad in 2003 and was entered into thecadet individual category and the team senior category for kata in the 2003 European Championships, which were heldin London last October. I won bronze in both of these events, being beaten by Switzerland both times. Over 15 countriesentered teams into the competition, including Japan, who were invited as guests.
This year I have been selected to represent England in the European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland on the 23rdOctober. I am due to fly out on the 22nd October with the rest of my squad to try and continue England’s success fromprevious championships.
I have also put myself forward for selection for the World Championships, which are to be held in Japan in August 2005.
I am looking for sponsorship for help with funding both of these events. I am looking to raise about £300 for Switzerland, which includes flights andaccommodation, and over £1500 for Japan next year. If anyone is interested in helping me, please contact the College on (01332) 204040 to discuss sponsorship.If you would like to know more about the competition or speak to one of the coaches please visit: http://uk.geocities.com/wadoaiwakai/.
Hannah Collar, Year 13
Student Profile: Hannah Collar - Karate
Hannah Collar (right) demonstratesher skills
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Tall Ships AdventureDriving round the small Welsh town of Barry(the social capital of Wales), it was not hardto spot Stavros S. Niarchos, the tall ship thatwe would be spending the next 11 days on.She was 60 metres long and had twotowering masts over 100 feet high. We wereassigned to watches red, white or blue andsent to our cabins to unpack. This is when werealised how confined our living space wasgoing to be and met the other members ofour watch.
Our first task was to go ‘up and over’ whichinvolved climbing up to the first platform andback down again. It was a nerve wrackingexperience for some but we enjoyed thechallenge and couldn’t wait to go higher!
We started sailing the next day and we weresoon in open water and working in teams tokeep the ship in running order. We were headingtowards the French port of Saint-Marlo buttrouble with this harbour meant we had tosettle for the less glamorous Cherbourg. It wasgood to be on land again although our watchhad to be on harbour watch during shore leave,so we could not enjoy the night life to its fullextent!
After games of tug of war (which we gallantlylost) we motored off into the open sea where weencountered a rather large storm and we werecalled into action to take down all sails andbrace (turn round) the yards. This was anexciting and testing time for the young crew asthe storm was getting worse and we had toanchor.
When the worst of the weather had passed weset sail for London, the highlight of ouradventure! We climbed high up the mast ontothe yards for our glorious entrance into Londonthrough Tower Bridge. It was great fun wavingto the crowds on and around HMS Belfast. Aftera night of testing out London night life we weretreated to a ride on the London Eye and finishedoff the evening with our own humorouspresentations and a game of bowling.
It was hard to say goodbye to the friends we hadmade and worked with over the last week and ahalf but we promised to keep in touch and meetup soon. It was also sad to leave the ship onwhich we had had such an amazing experience,which we will never forget. We are very gratefulto HSBC for sponsoring this project.
Graham Holland and Karen Wilton, Year 13
White Watch!
Entering London
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