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GCSE Pupils Achieve
96.4% A* to C Grades
Ten candidates are to be congratulated on
achieving 10 or more passes graded A* or A.
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Very Good A Level
Results for 2010 Sixth Formers
69.2% of grades achieved at A level by our Sixth
Form leavers at Pocklington School were A*, A or B.
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Phil Packer Appeals to
Pocklingtonians to Help Others
Phil Packer shared his remarkable story and
inspiration with parents, governors, staff and students before
presenting this year’s prizewinners with their awards.
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Best Ever Round Wins the Day
James Kerr (3 Gruggen A) hit the best ever round
in the School Golf Championships to win the Hamilton Putter for the Best
Golfer in the school, at The Oaks Golf Club on Tuesday 29th June 2010.
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Charity Week Raises Over
£6,000 for Good Causes
The money is still being collected from
Pocklington School’s biennial charity walk which was held on 24 June but
the proceeds from this year’s charity week will be in excess of £6,000.
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The Last Five Years
Poised between a song-cycle and a musical, Brown's
piece has a smart dramatic conceit. Across 14 songs, it describes the
arc of a marriage from two perspectives.
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The Dolman Lecture
2010
On Monday 21st June the school held the innaugrual
Dolman lecture and invited Dr Mark Nicholls, President of St John's
College, Cambridge to speak to mark the occasion.
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Pocklington School
Thanks Young Enterprise Business Mentors
Young Enterprise Business Advisors Peter Smith and
Alastair Burnet are stepping down after 11 years and 10 years
respectively.
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Grace wins Place at
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Grace Andrews, who joined Pocklington School from
Beverley High School at the start of the sixth form has always wanted to
become an actress.
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Lower School Play - Dracula
Based on Bram Stokers original novel adapted by
Mrs Alexander, the play tells the story of Jonathon Harker and his
encounter with Dracula in Transylvania.
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The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years is an intimate and evocative
musical about the marriage of Jamie (Ben Chandler), a rising novelist,
and Cathy (Grace Andrews), a struggling actress.
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2010 Summer Holiday
Sports Coaching
Mr David Byas , Director of Sport has organised
a number of sports camps and full and half-day coaching sessions
during the summer holidays at Pocklington School for Tennis, Hockey,
and Rugby.
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CCF Biennial
Inspection
On May 13 2010, Air Commodore Ian Stewart,
Commandant Air Cadets, RAF College Cranwell visited Pocklington School
to carry out the Biennial Inspection of the Combined Cadet Force.
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Pocklington and Lyndhurst
Go Green
On Tuesday 11th May 2010 both Pocklington 6th Form
and Lyndhurst pupils helped raised funds for the Green Committee by
undertaking in a number of exciting events throughout the day.
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OP Rob Webber Selected For
England
With the World Cup only a year away it is great to
see Pocklington's own Rob Webber elevated to the Senior England squad
for their tour to Australia this summer.
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Fifth and Lower Sixth
Form Team Building
The Lower sixth and fifth year students attended
their annual teambuilding session during the morning of Friday 7th May.
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Red Pepper, Goat’s Cheese
and Onion Challenge
Pocklington sixth formers Barnaby Platt, Jason
James, Charles Jude, Harriet Slater, Eamon Bedford, Will Mason and James
Wilkinson competed last Tuesday in the final Masterchef competition for
this academic year.
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Pocklington School
Cadets Flying High
Pocklington School CCF cadets Hannah Crompton and
Hannah Dawson, both in year 12, have recently successfully completed
gliding scholarships at RAF Topcliffe.
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Modern Languages
Thriving at Pocklington School
Pocklington school pupils recently welcomed 35
French lower 6th pupils and 5 members of staff on a highly successful
French exchange project.
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ICT and Design Gaming
Competition
The Upper 6th ICT and Design students spent a day
at the Platform 2010 event in Hull, hosted by Old Pocklingtonian Lindsey
West.
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The Pocklington Pals'
Battlefields Trip
At the beginning of the Easter holidays, a number
of students (ranging from 13 to 16 years old) and staff from Pocklington
School made a poignant and memorable trip to the First World
battlefields of the Somme and Ypres.
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Lyndon Johnson Told the
Nation...
In March, Historia wrapped up its regular
programme of talks with the visit of Dr Sylvia Ellis from Northumbria
University and the subject of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Pocklington
School Invitation Sevens Tournament
The annual Pocklington School U16, U13 and U12
Sevens Tournament on Saturday 20 March was not favoured by the weather.
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Open University Exam
Success for Sixth Formers
Last year Pocklington School piloted an Open
University Scheme offering short university level courses to sixth
formers.
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Pocklington School
Captain Voted Player of Tournament
Referees at the Fylde National Rugby Sevens held on
13 March voted Richard Skowronek the player who was the 'Outstanding
Embodiment of the 5 Core Values of Rugby'.
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Tosh Askew Helps Rugby
Sevens Squad Improve Skills
Pocklington School 1st Rugby VIIs squad recently
enjoyed a visit from Tosh Andrew currently coach to Leicester Academy
Backs and formerly coach to the England U19s.
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Notable achievements for Singers at Music Festival
Olivia Turner, a Y10 pupil at Pocklington School
last weekend carried off the trophy for best performer with distinction
at Pontefract Music Festival.
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Mrs Sarah Cobb
Appointed to Teach Y2 Pre-Prep
We look forward to welcoming Mrs Sarah Cobb to her
new post at Lyndhurst in September 2010.
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Pocklington Student
wins Trophy for Best Public Speaker
Ross Cronshaw, a lower sixth form student at
Pocklington School eloquently talked himself into a top public speaking
award in the Youth Speaks Competition organised by Rotary Clubs in Hull
and East Yorkshire.
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Pocklington U13 Team are
East Riding Netball Champions
Nine schools participated in the recent U13 East
Riding Netball Tournament at Wolfreton School in which Pocklington U13
Netball team emerged as the clear winners.
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Pocklington
Singers Collect Cups at Cottingham Music Festival
Peter Micklem Cooper who is a Year 7 pupil at
Pocklington School won the cup for the U12 Chorister class with his
rendition of The Call by R Vaughan Williams.
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Martin Barrass Puts
Thespians Through Their Paces
Martin Barrass, the popular York pantomime
performer visited Pocklington School to share some of his considerable
skills with Pocklington Sixth Form Drama students.
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Hutton win
2010 House Music
Yet again the House Music Festival served up a
series of musical treats to the packed audiences.
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Sausages and Mustard Gain
First Place in Competiton
Ali Moran was the winner of the latest Masterchef
competition held before Lent half-term at Pocklington School with two
dishes: Sausages in cream and mustard sauce and Sausages in a sauce with
mustard mash.
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Their Names Liveth for
Evermore
Pocklington School second form pupils have have
been studying the Great War in their History lessons for the past term
and, as part of their final work, 2Z have been investigating how the war
had an impact on the local community.
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Ben Designs an
Anti-Cyberbullying Desktop
To raise awareness of anti-cyberbullying a
competition to design the desktop wallpaper for all school computers was
launched.
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Easter Sports Courses
Local sports organisers are operating Easter
courses in golf, rugby and hockey which may be of interest to young people.
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Pocklington Raises Over
£2000 for Heroes
Pocklington staff and students put on an Old Time
Music Hall Show in the Tom Stoppard Theatre on Wednesday 27 January
which raised over £2000 for Help for Heroes.
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Native American
Traditions Come To Pocklington
Strange noises and unusual figures have long been
heard and seen coming from Pocklington's History Department, but this
week it has been the students and not the teachers to blame.
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Historians Brave the Russian Winter
In January, the History Department ventured deep
into the Beast of the East. 52 students and 6 staff spent a week
visiting both St. Petersburg and Moscow.
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Lyndhurst
Announces Opening of Pre-prep
Ian Wright, Headmaster of Lyndhurst School is
delighted to announce the opening of a new pre-prep department in
September 2010.
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The Royal
British Legion Festival of Remembrance
Hannah Crompton represents the RAF Section of the
CCF at The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance
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Rob Webber Returns to Open New Changing Rooms
Pocklington School’s new £1.4m school changing
rooms constructed by George Houlton and Sons were officially opened by
Wasps' Hooker, Rob Webber OP.
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Pocklington School
Officially Opens New Sixth Form Centre
The newly created Sixth Form Centre at Pocklington
School was officially opened by Mr Christopher Oughtred, Chairman of the
Governing Body, on Friday 23 October.
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Girls Catch the Eye of
Selectors
Chloe Stokes, Sophie Duncan, Abbie Brant and
Georgia Byas have all been selected for high level sport.
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96.4% achieve A* to C GCSE Grades
Thirteen candidates achieve straight A* or A passes in all their subjects.
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