Celebrations

Congratulations to our gymnasts who won the following medals at The Yorkshire Schools Acrobatics Championships in March 2010:

U13 Girls Tumbling - 2nd Katie Ormerod, 3rd Georgina Harris
U19 Girls Tumbling - 1st Laura Wadsworth
U19 Girls Pairs - 3rd Laura Wadsworth and Georgina Harris
U19 Boys Pairs - 1st Mackenze Mattock and Oliver Firth, 3rd Adam Parkinson and Chris Barr
U19 Mixed Pairs - 3rd Jessica Brearley and William Forsyth

Congratulations to our Street Cheer Team who are National Street Cheer Champions after competing in the National Street Cheer Competition held in Birmingham on 18th October 2009. The team is made up of: Rebecca Sabin, India Shibil, Laura Wadsworth, Gabrielle Capone, Jessica Brearley, Megan Brearley.

Prizes awarded at Speech Day 2009 were:

Form Prizes

7NA Merit Prize - Piers Sunter
7NA Achievement Prize - Sophie Smith
7SA  Merit Prize - Isaac Stollery
7SA Achievement Prize - Polly Carter
8AF Merit Prize - Oliver Firth
8AF Achievement Prize - Amy Myers
8CC  Merit Prize - Andrew Featherstone
8CC Achievement Prize - Aaminah Aqeel
9KW  Merit Prize - Sophie Nicholls
9KW Achievement Prize - Harriet Crossland (Halifax)
9PS  Merit Prize - James Hopkins
9PS Achievement Prize - Lizzie Bell (Bradford)
10AG Merit Prize -  Elliot Craven
10AG Achievement Prize - Declan Baxter
10SC  Merit Prize - India Shibil
10SC Achievement Prize - Callum Shaw
10FC  Merit Prize - Will Rukhala
10 FC Achievement Prize - Nicole Campbell

Rotary Club Prizes:

Lower School Laura Dickinson
Upper School Rebecca Sabin
Sixth Form Albert Gaukroger

GCSE Subject Prizes:

Art - Kirsty Narey
Biology - Mark Saville
Business Studies - Ben Wood
Chemistry - Peter Gavin
Design Technology - Tom Nicholson
Drama - Elliot Davis
English - Alex Vaughan
French - Kelsey Smith
Geography - Michael Major
German - Ruth Peckett
History - Rhys Davies
ICT - Ian Porter
Mathematics - Alistair Gavin
Physics - Sumaiyah Basir
Religious Studies - Tim Rowntree
Science - James Firth
Sports Studies - Jack Hoyle

A Level Subject Prizes:

Biology - Arabella Fox
Business Studies - Matthew Parker
The R.B. Jones Chemistry Prize - Amar Saddiq
Classics - Ben Bland
Design Technology - Lorna Butler
The Jack Wilkinson English Prize - Albert Gaukroger
French - Will Parker
History - Albert Gaukroger
ICT - Christus Ferneyhough
Music - Ben Bland
The Sutcliffe and Riley Mathematics Prize - Luke Brocklehurst
Physics - Paul Allen
Sports Studies - Matthew Parker
Religious Studies - Albert Gaukroger

Poetry Whiz

Polly Carter, a Year 7 pupil has been successful in a competition run by Young Writers Magazine. Eleven-year-old Polly will have her poem, Whiz, Pop, Bang published in a new book: A Medley of Verse: A Collection of Poetry From Young Writers which is published on 31st July 2009. Well done Polly!

Marathon Star

Liam Stedman, one of The Grammar School's Sports Scholarship holders, made the School proud on Sunday 26th April when he ran the Mini London Marathon, an event for young athletes.

Liam, from Birkenshaw, ran the three-mile course in just 17 minutes, finishing ninth in his age group (11-12 year olds), a fantastic achievement! Liam is a talented athelete and represents the school, as well as Calderdale & Spenborough Athletics Club, in many cross country events.

Snowboarding European Champion

Congratulations to our Sports Scholarship holder, Katie Ormerod who proved she could be a future Olympic champion snowboarder after a series of important successes.

Katie was named overall champion of the Burton AM 2008/2009 Snowboarding Tour, as well as achieving three first places at this year's BRITS competition, in Laax, Switzerland.

Katie also finished first in the youth section in the Big Air competition at the BRITS, which is regarded as the highlight of the British snow season. This sees riders taking to the skies on large ramps, rails and half-pipe.

Young Musician of The Year 2009

Year 7 - Daniel Gallagher who played Linden Lea on Saxophone

Year 8 - Angus Hirst who played Nothing Else Matters on Guitar

Year 9 - Katie-Faye Moorhouse who sang I'd Give My Life For You

Year 10 - Luke Dyson who sang The Luckiest

Year 11 - Peter Gavin who played Raiders' March on Euphonium

Years 12/13 - Albert Gaukroger who played Ave Maria on Euphonium

Maths Challenge 2009

Year 11

Silver Certificate - Ashley Williams
Silver Certificate - Peter Gavin

Year 10

Silver Certificate - Josh Helliwell
Bronze Certificate - Emma Addison
Bronze Certificate - George Rogers
Bronze Certificate - Thomas Williams
Bronze Certificate - Liam Neimantas
Bronze Certificate - Rovinya Sollit
Bronze Certificate - Luke Dyson

Year 9

Gold Certificate - Alistair Gavin (also best in school certificate)
Silver Certificate - Liam Mooney
Bronze Certificate - Lizzie Bell
Bronze Certificate - Jenny Rowntree

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