Eskdale Trip to Paris March 2012

43 pupils and 5 staff spent 4 days in Paris. We spent the first day in Paris visiting many of its beautiful historic site. The view of Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower was breathtaking. We spent the afternoon walking around the city enjoying the warm sunshine and admiring Paris’ beautiful buildings. Our walk took us from the famous Notre Dame Cathedral through the Palace of the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde (site of the executions of 1300 French Citizens including its King and Queen). After a stroll around the Artistic Quarter (Montmartre) many of the group had their portraits done by Parisian Artists. We finished our day with a scenic boat trip along the river Seine.

The highlight of the trip was our day in Disneyland. Once again we had a lovely sunny day enjoying all the rides, shows and meeting many of Disney’s famous characters. The Parade at the end of the day was spectacular and full of colour. Everyone had a wonderful day.

On our way home we stopped to have a look at a huge French hypermarket and buy some presents. Most of the students had a go at talking French during the trip and managed to  make themselves understood. Alex and Charlotte won the quiz on the coach trip home. All the staff agreed that it had been a very successful trip, thanks to the excellent behaviour of every single student. Merci tout le monde.

Eskdale Students Run to Raise Funds for Rett Charity

On Friday during a special assembly a cheque for £1,700 was presented to Kori Coates Co founder of the Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK. The money was raised by children who took part in Septembers Junior Great North Run. One hundred pupils from all year groups took part making them the largest group of children running for a single cause. Mrs Coates said "Eskdale School is particularly good at motivating their children to be charitable. Its setting the tone for how they're going to be in the future. These children took time to go out and raise money for someone separate to them, I just think that's incredibly powerfull."

Ten pupils managed to raise over £75 each with Kaan Akel raising a spectacular £135

Yorkshire Coast Book Award 2012

On Tuesday 6th March seven students from yrs7/8 &9 went to Scarborough College to take part in the fifth Yorkshire Coast Book Award. In September 2011 students from  schools in our area nominated books for a long list which then Librarians from the local schools looked over and put together a short list. Through November to March the students have been busy reading and reviewing the six short listed books which were

• Shadow  by Michael Morpurgo
• The Demon Collector by Jon Myhew
• I am no four by Pittacus Lore
• My Sister lives on the mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
• Time Riders by Alex Scarrow
• My name is Mina by David  Almond

On the day the seven students along with Mrs  Dixon & Mrs Landers mixed with other students and teachers/librarians from the other seven Schools. They discussed the books and participated in a quiz and activities devised by the librarians connected with the books. There was  a  book stall and also a talk by visiting Author Robert Rigby during the morning and a workshop and books signings in the afternoon. After an enjoyable day the students voted for their favourite book and the winning book was announced by Robert Rigby.The winning books was Time Riders by Alex Scarrow 

Visit to Castleford - Xsape

Y9 certificate Evening

On a Wednesday evening Eskdale was pleased to welcome back some of last years Year 9 students to collect their well deserved GCSE Certificates which were presented by Mr Mark Taylor.

Speak Out

On a Tuesday evening against the formal backdrop of the Saxonville Hotel, three aspiring public speakers from Eskdale School took part in the 25th annual Youth Speaks. Youth Speaks is a competition run by the Rotary Club in which teams of three students have to give a speech on subjects ranging from animal testing to war!

The Eskdalers competed in the intermediate competition against teams from Bydales and Fyling Hall, competition against older teams from the same schools. The competition was fierce but the girls put on an excellent performance to win the competition and bring the trophy back to Eskdale for the second year running!

The Trophy was presented in Assembly by the President of Whitby Rotary Mr Guy Hirst.

National Poetry Day - Winners

Over one hundred students entered the poetr competition this year, the theme was Games, and once again the standard was outstanding. Ms Malone and her English department at WCC very kindly agreed to judge the entries and the results were as follows.

1st Place – “You Cheated” by Tori Hide and Charlotte Winspear

2nd Place – “ Toy Soldiers” by Lina Cox and Polly Buxton

3rd Place –  “Games” by Amelia Hyde and Rebecc Hewison

Highly Commended “World War Dan” by James Raistrick and Joe Howard

Commended – “At the arcade” by Henry Atkinson

Children in Need 2011

Students and Staff dressed as Film Characters for the day. Form ZH organised a cake sale at breaktime and raised over £140. Over the week there were funraising activities for students and staff to get involved with. Well done to everyone that took part and helped make the day a great success.

Staff wear PINK 2011

Eskdale Staff Wore pink outfits to school on Friday to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Students were asked to provide pink items for their Form Teacher to wear, with the best dressed(creation) winning a prize for their form group.

Student Ben White baked and iced some cakes to sell among his friends and managed to raised over £7.

Junior Great North Run 2011

 On Saturday 17th September 92 students from Eskdale School, along with 8 members of staff, travelled to Gateshead to take part in this years BUPA Junior Great North Run. This is the 12th year that the school has taken part and in the last 2 years alone has raised over £4000. This years chosen charity is "Retts Syndrome"

Year 11 Student Maria Mastrolonardo completed it in 18min 46sec, closely followed by Olivia Cockerill also in year 11 , with 19min 13sec. The pair came 13th and 16th respectively out of approximately 5000 runners. Year 9 Student Jay Ferns finished in the top 20 with a speedy time of 15min 37sec.

Former Eskdale Student Gareth Giffin ran to raise money for his school friend Dale Milne and hoped to raise in excess of £400.

Cake Sale for Retts Syndrome2011

Mrs Westwood and her form JW baked cakes and held a hugely successful cake sale to raise money for and awareness of Retts Syndrome. This charity is close to their hearts as one of the students' family is directly affected by this debilitating disorder. The amount raised was £223. The cheque was presented to Charity Director Mrs Coates in a moving and inspirational assembly. Many thanks to everyone who baked, bought and ate!

Multi Skills 2011

Year 9 P.E. choice students from Eskdale School hosted the annual sports partnership year 3 and 4 multi skills festivals.  More than 150 lower key stage 2 children from local Whitby Primary Schools took part in the event.  The year 9 students designed their own activities for the afternoons and led the younger children in a wide range of challenges and games.  The afternoons were participation based and designed to develop the participant’s agility, balance and coordination skills.  Primary School Link teachers that attended the event with their children commented on how superb the year 9 leaders had been and how much the younger children had enjoyed the event. 

A very big well done and thank you to all of those involved in this event.

Comic Relief 2011 omic Relief 2011

Staff and students dressed as Pirates for a day to raise funds for this years Red Nose day- Staff walked the plank in a fun packed assembly arranged by

Mrs A M Scales. During breaktime there was a Student v Staff basketball match and at lunch time students could throw wet sponges at staff in the stocks. Students had a fantastic day and managed to raise over £500.

Africa day 2011

Students enjoyed a Cross-Curricular Day, with an African theme. Normal timetable was abandoned in favour of a choice of 20 different 'African' workshops,ranging from African Poetry, On Safari, Third World Aid, Hieroglyphics, Djembe Drumming and lots more. A good time was had by all.

The next dip into another culture will be on April 4th when Year 7 will atake part in the Anna Purna Indian Dance company, which will culminate in a presentation, for parents, in the evening.

Eskdale School Young Ambassadors

Eskdale Schools Young Ambassadors Robbie Hurworth and Catherine Laffan spent a day visiting local Primary Schools delivering assemblies on the Olympic Values.  Selected by staff their role as young ambassadors is to lead by example promoting the Olympic Values in both their own school and also within their family of feeder primary schools.  Robbie and Catherine spent a day on the road accompanied by Eskdale teacher and School Sport Coordinator Carolin Watson delivering assemblies to children at Stakesby, West Cliff, Egton, Danby

St Heddas, Egton, Danby and Castleton Schools.  They presented certificates to the chosen Young Ambassadors in each of the Primary Schools and can be seen in the photos ' passing on the torch'.  The primary school ambassadors are now set with the task of setting up an Olympic Values display within their school and helping staff to promote the values as the 2012 build up commences.

Children In Need November 19th 2010This year Students and Staff wore spots to school to raise money for 'Children In Need Appeal'. During the lunch break there was a student v Staff Basketball game which was supported by lots of students.

Money raised so far £420.

Shoebox appeal 2010

Kind hearted pupils at Eskdale School, who are sending Christmas boxes to deprived children in Eastern Europe are asking if you too would like to join in!

 The Eskdale students and staff are supporting the Love in a Shoebox Children in Distress Appeal. They will hand over their boxes to Roy Wheeler, the grandfather of a former pupil, who is a local coordinator for the appeal – and he will take them to Eastern Europe. The Appeal helps children in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, many of whom live in orphanages or are suffering from terminal illnesses..

Year 8 PSHCE – The Real Game

This week Year 8 students have received their job roles. What is it all about?

The Real Game was originally developed in 1994 by Bill Barry, a Canadian teacher whose 12-year-old daughter felt the subjects she was studying at school were not relevant to her future life. This inspired Bill to create a career and life skills education programme that would help students see the connection between school studies and adult life beyond school.

In the game, students role-play as single adults in occupational roles. They see how schoolwork relates to occupational choices and therefore to lifestyle and income. Within their job-role, students have the opportunity to explore adult realities, such as budgeting (taxes, mortgage or rent, other bills and transport), work life balance, different work and family roles and career making decisions.

The job profiles included in the game reflect a broad range of employment opportunities and demonstrate that not all jobs are created equally and in the real world some people are stuck in jobs they do not like. Students learn that if they plan ahead and make the most of their school years they may avoid this eventuality. By the end of the Real Game, students realise that satisfaction in work is a priority issue in life and that it is an outcome that they can achieve by making the choices that are right for them.

Website – www.realgame.co.uk

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