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News round-up week ending 12 May 2012

Details: Created on Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:49

Y11 Leavers' Service

On Thursday, Year 11 students reached a milestone in their educational careers as their period of compulsory education came to an end, prior to their GCSE examinations next week.A number of the students had put together a Yearbook, financed by the Former Pupils' Association, which featured a page on each individual member of the year group.This will, no doubt, become a cherished reminder of their time at Fulneck, although of course we expect to see many of them in the Sixth Form next term.After the Leavers' Service in church, which was also attended by a number of parents, the day was rounded off by a buffet lunch in the East Hall.

News round-up week ending 5 May 2012

Details: Created on Friday, 11 May 2012 12:07

U13 Leeds Rhinos 9-a-side Festival

The U13s Rugby League squad played their first ever fixture at the Leeds Rhinos' 9-a-side tournament on Tuesday 1st May. Playing against some of the strongest Rugby League schools in Leeds, Fulneck gave 100% effort and can be proud of their performance. After losing narrowly 4-2 to Carr Manor, Fulneck hit back with an excellent victory over the Co-operative Academy from Harehills. Edmund Okpala, Jorge Bentley, Luke Gamson and Kelvin Odunuyi all scored some excellent tries. Charlie Ellis was instrumental in running the attack from hooker and Mustafa Mahmood produced an excellent try-saving tackle.

News round-up week ending 28 April 2012

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Sixth Form Posts of Responsibility

As the current Upper Sixth approach their A-level examinations in the near future the reins of responsibility will be handed to those in the Lower Sixth.Most of the year group have been given key positions.We are pleased to announce that the new Head Boy is Sam Lawman and Head Girl, Jade Watt.Their deputies are Calum Archibald and Bethany Hird.The Heads of Boarding are Shota Suzaki and Freya Macphee, while the Heads of House are Connor Avery (Griffin), Paula Owino (Pegasus) and Max Weatherhead (Phoenix).

News round-up week ending 31 March 2012

Details: Created on Saturday, 31 March 2012 11:44

Grease

The postponed production of "Grease" took place to full houses on the nights of Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th of March.Despite the various changes that took place due to one of the lead performers breaking his foot, the cast and crew coped admirably with the situation and delivered a lively, tuneful and ambitious show.Gurbinder Takhar stepped calmly into the role of Danny, while Charlotte Lazenby (also responsible for the amazing choreography) took on the role of Doody at the last minute.Mention should also be made of Charlotte Nash who played Patty for one night when Olivia Hellas was unable to.The production could not have taken place without the amazing help of Mrs Doyle and Mrs Brien backstage who between them conjured up some amazing costumes and effects, besides being calming presences backstage and at all the rehearsals.
We also heard the final Fulneck performances of some of our musicians, notably our head boy, Elvis, and Quentin Chiu. The musical accompaniment lead by Mr Rhoades admirably supported the cast in one of Fulneck's most ambitious productions of recent years.

News round-up week ending 24 March 2012

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Physics and the Olympic Games

On 22nd March, as part of National Science Week, the Physics Department took 45 Year 10 students to a lecture at Leeds University.During the lecture, pupils found out how scientists and engineers are using physics to boost the chances of national success in the London 2012 Olympics.

News round-up week ending 17 March 2012

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Local MP inspires aspiring Sixth Form Student Leaders

Stuart Andrew, Pudsey's local MP, met with our Lower Sixth students on Friday 16th March to share his own experience of politics and provide an insight into community leadership.
He outlined how he had progressed from being a committed charity fund-raiser all the way into the House of Commons, with a range of fascinating anecdotes along the way.

News round-up week ending 10 March 2012

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KS4 Pupil Council Meeting

On Thursday lunchtime, we had our termly Pupil Council meeting with KS4 representatives from each of the Year 10 and 11 forms.As we hoped, having just KS4 pupils at this meeting, meant that there was more open discussion about the items on the agenda.Pupils gave their views on extra-curricular activity, requesting more non-sporting options.It was felt that extra-curricular activities should not be compulsory for pupils but they should be strongly encouraged to attend one or two each week.

News round-up week ending 3 March 2012

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Enterprising Year 8

Following the success of the 'Solutions for the Planet' Enterprise Day in January, our top two Year 8 teams were invited to attend the Regional Conference held at the Royal Armouries on Friday 2nd March. The two teams involved were 'Blazing A Trail' and '3B.com'.

News round-up week ending 25 February 2012

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Trio represent Fulneck in Geography Quiz

Three Year 10 pupils showed off their intellectual talents in a very competitive inter-school Geography quiz held at the start of the Spring Term. They ended up fourth in the Leeds round of the Geographical Association's World Wise Quiz, which was held at Guiseley School on 9 February. The trio, David Dolding, Sam Dover, and Mohsin Tariq, did our School proud against much larger schools.

News round-up week ending 11 February 2012

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It appears that some senior school parents are unaware that a weekly news update is produced and added to the school's website. The bulletins dating back to September can still be found in the news section. http://www.fulneckschool.co.uk/index.php/about-us/latest-news

In order to ensure that you are kept informed, we will now send the news-updates by 'School Post', as well as using the website.

News round-up week ending 4 February 2012

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Diamond Jubilee

Our school was one of the recipients of a Jubilee tree pack sent by the Woodland Trust to public organisations, to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. In this pack, there is one Royal Oak coming from the Queen's Royal Estate. This tree is to be planted in the place of a massive conifer which was blown down last month in the very strong winds. It was planned that the eco-group would carry out the tree planting this week, but due to the recent hard frosts the ground is too hard to dig. They hope to carry out the work after half term.

Fulneck Juniors amazing success!

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Year 6 broke all records for the levels of achievement they attained in the recent Fulneck Senior School Entrance Examinations.

Fulneck Junior School (FJS) pupils grabbed all top 4 places in the entrance examination academic charts! They went on to achieve 10 of the top 20 spots!

Every single child achieved at or beyond their personal targets set for English and mathematics for the year!

News round-up week ending 28 January 2012

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Performance Tables

This week saw the publication of the Department for Education's School Performance tables. We at Fulneck were delighted to discover that, based on the average points score of each student in the Advanced Level examinations of 2011, Fulneck was ranked in the top 4% nationally, ahead of all other Independent Schools in Leeds and Bradford. A more detailed table is published on the School's website.