Bradwell bus, Friday 18 May
We are aware of the issue with the Bradwell bus this evening. We have contacted the bus company and await their response.
Newcastle Geography Field Trip
Y10 and Y11 students travelled up to the north east on Saturday 21st April, stopping at the Angel of the North on their way to the Gateshead Quays. This has been a huge regeneration project for the last 20 years, totally transforming both the Gateshead and Newcastle Quayside by the River Tyne. Geography students study examples of regeneration, so this is an excellent case-study. Examples of projects on the Quayside include the incredible Baltic Mill (a converted flour mill) which now houses contemporary art from around the world. Across the Tyne is one of the most energy efficient moveable bridges in the world.
The Gateshead Millennium bridge has sometimes been called the ‘Blinking Eye’, in an attempt to explain how it lifts to let large ships pass underneath. Immediately upstream is the futuristic Sage Music Centre, overshadowed by the iconic Tyne Bridge itself. In the evening, students enjoy a meal in the historic Quayside quarter, where the old Scandinavian trading houses stood. On Sunday, the group travel to the Sunderland coast and experience Marsden Bay. This beautiful cliff-lined bay is an excellent example of coastal erosion, with caves, sea stacks and even a beach-level restaurant called Marsden Grotto, built into an old smuggler's cave, with a lift shaft to bring guests down from the cliff top. The last site the students visit is Dawdon Bay, about 15 miles further south. This strange beach is almost entirely human-made, with the heavily polluted sediment having built up over 200 years as mining waste and general Victorian refuse was ejected over the cliff top.
Thank- you to Jane Tomlinson Walk Volunteers
A HUGE thank-you from Alix, on behalf of HVC PTFA, to everyone who volunteered to help out with breakfast catering at Sunday's 'Jane Tomlinson Walk for All' on Sunday 29th April. The late Jane Tomlinson CBE established the Appeal to raise funds for children’s and cancer charities. Alix said “It was a particularly vile day for people to turn out of bed so early on a Sunday morning so appreciation of your efforts is even greater”. Thanks to HVC student volunteers, Becci Banks, Hannah Banks, Emma Furness, Emily Minter, Sophie Minter, Joseph Oscroft, Harry Raw, Sophie Renshaw, Daniel Repton, Emily Smith,Katie Thompson,Freya Williams and Lizzie Wright. Special thanks to Stephen Hunter for undertaking a lot of the organisation and being the prime point of contact on the day and also to those who were prepared to be on 'stand-by' should we have needed your help (we know you too would have got out of bed if required!).
For those of you who saw the last stragglers coming back into Hope late Sunday afternoon, wrapped in space blankets and totally wet through, rest assured that they may not have made it round without that great bacon sandwich! (You even get a mention in the Yorkshire Post online: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/video-peaks-walkers-show-true-grit-as-skies-open-on-jane-tomlinson-s-walk-for-all-1-4499010
Aspire Young Enterprise Team 'Wow' Judges
Although they didn’t make it through to the Derbyshire finals, the HVC Young Enterprise Aspire company team, represented on the night by Helen Baker, Rebecca Rowland, Abbie Hickinson, Martha Wragg and Emily Wingfield did achieve great success by winning the Derbyshire Area Board Most Innovative Company of the Year award at the Regional Young Enterprise final on Wednesday 28th March in Matlock. Mr Beeden described how “the judges were wowed by their products”.
Buy your own sock monkey costing between £3.00 and £4.50, depending on size, from Emily Wingfield or Martha Wragg. Aspire team member, Abbie Hickinson said “I’m so proud of all my monkeys – why don’t you buy a friend for life today?”
There are 12 members of the Aspire team who all contrributed to it's success; Jacob Gilbourne (Managing Director), Rebecca Compton, Freya Williams, Charlie Whitehead, Megan Harby, Harriet Pullen, Scarlet Lynch as well as the students who represented the team at the Area Final.
Peter Rabbit Comes To School
Hope Valley College celebrated its own Book Day in style when staff came to school disguised as well-known book characters. More than sixty members of staff took part in the character quiz, which saw Al Capone helping out in the Construction department, Scarlett O’Hara teaching History and Tom and Jerry supervising at lunchtime. Students had just one day to find and identify as many characters as possible, whilst teachers and other staff carried on with their work as normal.
Overall winner of the quiz was 12-year-old Scarlett Cameron who was awarded a box of chocolates for her efforts. In a student poll, the best-dressed character was named Mrs Hannah Watson who spent her day in the guise of Dickens’ Miss Havisham from “Great Expectations” and was seen taking PE lessons in her tattered wedding dress and grey wig. Mrs Watson received the Best Dressed Prize awarded by the Library.
