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FOOTBALL LEGEND JOINS
COWLEY FOR CELEBRATION
EVENING
Accelerated Reader, the innovative online
program designed to improve reading skills for
students in Year 7 and Year 8, has had a
significant impact on raising students’
motivation in reading and in raising their
reading levels since its launch 12 months ago.
On Thursday, 8th November, Cowley celebrated
its biggest ever Presentation Evening with an
audience of over 600 people, made up of
students, staff, parents, governors and special
guest, Gordon Banks, OBE.
The English department has proudly announced
that there is a new word millionaire in Year
8: Dominic Wills with 1,000,592 words read
since the beginning of the term. Plus, two word
multi-millionaires: Kelly Buckley and Georgia
McInroy, both gaining ‘Word Millionaire’ status
during the last academic year and having
already reached a million words for a second
time since September!
Not to be outdone, Year 7 also have a ‘Word
Millionaire’ - well done Matthew Griffiths!
To add to the ‘Word Millionaires’ success,
below are some impressive statistics:
Million
words read to date
The Guest of Honour, Gordon Banks, OBE, who
is most famously known for his part in England’s
victorious 1966 World Cup Final, presented
certificates and prizes to students, followed by a
personal, humorous and inspirational speech.
99%
On Friday, 15th November, Miss Williams,
teacher of Vocational Studies and a number
of Sixth Form students, organised numerous
activities to raise money for Children in Need.
5707
The total raised on the day,
from activities such as
wearing pyjamas to
College, a cake sale and
live entertainment was over
£450! Well done Cowley!
participation
rate
47
The evening celebrated the outstanding
achievements of students from the last
academic year and a number of Special
Achievement prizes were awarded, including
the introduction of the ‘True Cowleian’ award
to acknowledge the tremendous bravery of two
Cowley students who saved the lives of two
men from a house fire recently.
books
read
in
the
last
30 days
On Tuesday, 5th November, Years 7 and 8 were
quizzed on 172 books and a whopping 322,043
words were read on ONE DAY alone!
Please continue to encourage your daughter/
son to read daily; a mere twenty-five minutes
reading every day is proven to have a
positive impact on performance in all
curriculum areas.
COWLEY STUDENT SINGS
AT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
Sixth Form student and member
of the College’s senior choir,
Cameron Ashall, sang ‘Amazing
Grace’ in front on hundreds of people as part
of the town’s annual Remembrance Sunday
ceremony, held at Victoria Square on
Sunday, 10th November.
WINTER 2013
COWLEY’S DEBATING TEAM
REACH NEXT ROUND IN
THE DEBATING MATTERS
COMPETITION
Blue Coat school in Liverpool became the
hub for heated discussion and argument as it
hosted the Merseyside regional round of the
nationally acclaimed ‘Debating Matters’
competition earlier this month.
The hosts, Bluecoat school, went head to
head with Cowley debating on subjects such
as ‘Megacities are bad for the developing
world’ and ‘Extreme views should not be given
a platform’ in front of a panel of high profile
judges, including local MEP candidate for
Labour Julie Ward, columnist and broadcaster
Will Batchelor, Annie Gosling from ‘Business
in the Community’ and Pauline Hadaway from
‘Belfast Exposed’.
Cowley triumphed in both debates and the
team are now through to the Debating Matters
North West and North Wales round, which will
take place at Manchester Metropolitan
University in March 2014.
POLITE NOTICE
As part of our duty of care, we ask that all
parents/carers ensure that their daughter/
son has enough money for each College day.
Indoor Christmas Market
Monday, 9th December, 5.00pm - 6.30pm
College Canteen, 11-16 Site
Year 12 & Year 13 Parents’ Evening
Thursday, 12th December
Cowley Hall, Sixth Form Site
Term dates
Wednesday, 18th December (Break up)
Monday, 6th January (First day back)
DIARY REMINDER
READING PROGRAMME
GOES FROM STRENGTH TO
STRENGTH!
#2
COWLEY BECOMES A
‘SCHOOL OF DREAMS’
Honda’s ‘School of Dreams’ team recently
visited Cowley International College to provide
a two-day ‘thinking skills’ workshop for 9-13
year old pupils and educators, on Thursday,
14th and Friday, 15th November.
Pupils from Carr Mill Primary School, Queens
Park Primary School and Rivington Primary
School also attended the workshop, giving
children the chance to get to know peers from
other schools and their teachers of the future.
STUDENTS SHOWCASE
THEIR DESIGNS TO IKEA
DREAM TEAM
Recently, a number of Year 12 AS level
Product Design students had the opportunity
to present their project designs to Marketing
experts at IKEA in Warrington. The students
received invaluable brand and packaging
guidance from the Marketing experts and
will meet the team again in the New Year for
further product development help.
The School of Dreams programme helps young
people to understand the importance of pursuing their dreams and strategies to help turn
their dreams into reality. It was developed by
Honda (UK) and a team of independent
education experts as part of Honda’s
commitment to giving back to the local
communities in which it operates.
Students in Year 11 have
recently taken part in
the Barclays Money skills
programme, a UK wide
initiative developed to
help improve young
people’s financial skills, knowledge and
confidence.
Mr Dickinson, Assistant Principal, said: “We
were delighted to host the School of Dreams.
We believe in providing opportunities for
students to aim high and achieve their dreams
and this initiative enabled students to develop
skills and strategies that they can use to help
turn their ambitions into reality.”
The programme aims to help young people
make independent and informed decisions
about budgeting, spending, saving, investing,
using credit, avoiding debt and improve their
understanding of the implications of their
choices.
FOOTBALL VICTORY FOR
COWLEY’S U13 GIRLS TEAM
Cowley’s U13 girls 6-a-side football team
recently won the regional round of Liverpool
Football Club’s Premier League Schools
Tournament.
The girls played some excellent football and of
six games, they won five, drew once and didn’t
concede a goal for the whole tournament!
The team will play their next match at Liverpool
Academy, with the winners of this game going
on to represent Liverpool Football Club at the
National Round of the tournament which will be
played at the Etihad Stadium, the home ground
of Manchester City Football Club.
Art teacher, Miss Winder and a number
of students from Year 8, recently created a
‘Day of the Dead’ themed pop-up boutique
selling cakes and jewellery for charity.
They raised £74 which they donated to the
Diamonds, Jewels and Stars fundraising
group.
RECENT TRIPS
Year 8 students created some marvellous 3D models as part of their Asian disasters
Geography homework. Here are just a few examples:
October
Year 8 and Year 9 Gifted and Talented
cohort visited the Imperial War Museum, The
Lowry and the BBC TV Centre to look at both
traditional and contemporary forms of Art.
Year 13 Art students visited Brighton as part of
a two-day research and resource
gathering exercise for their final projects.
Indoor
Christmas Market
Monday, 9th December
5.00pm - 6.30pm
Cowley International College
11-16 Site (Canteen area)
Free admission & free parking!
ALL WELCOME!
SCIENCE TRIP TO LONDON
A trip to London has been planned for
October half term (27th - 29th October,
2014) and is open to students currently in
Year 7 or Year 8 and those in Year 6 who will
be joining Cowley next September.
The trip includes visits to The Natural History
Museum, Science Museum, London Eye, to
two West-End Shows and meals at Planet
Hollywood and The Hard Rock Café.
There is limited availability, please contact
Mr Hargreaves (via the College main line)
for more information.
7P enjoyed a visit to the World Museum in
Liverpool to enhance their history knowledge.
The class spent the morning looking at how
Saxons used to live – some of the students even
dressed up in Saxon costumes!
November
15 Year 11 BTEC students visited Coniston in
the Lake District for a fun-packed, confidence
and team building day.
47 Year 10 students, accompanied by 13 staff/
volunteers, walked to Crank Caverns and back
as part of training for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award that takes place in January 2014.
32 adventurous students spent a weekend at
Outward Bound in the Lake District taking part
in outdoor activities developed to build on
teamwork and communication skills.