Leehurst Swan School

GCSE RESULTS – 96% of Pupils gained 5 A* – C grades including English, Mathematics and Science

Bev — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:45:45 +0000

Year 11 pupils have achieved some excellent results again this year.

All pupils gained A* to C grades in Mathematics and English (100%)

96% gained 5 A* – C grades including Mathematics, English and Science.

The average number of subjects taken per pupil at GCSE level was increased to 10.5 up by an additional subject overall.

Headmaster, Mr Leake says “ These results are outstanding, reflecting the hard work of the pupils and staff”.

Former Head Girl, top pupil Lucy Robson, gained 8A*, 2As and a B.

Year 5/6 Summer Concert

Bev — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:54:45 +0000

All Pupils in Years 5 and 6 sang a fond farewell to Mrs Feltham, Mrs Herlihy and Mrs McDermott who, sadly, will be leaving us at the end of term.

The concert consisted of songs such as “The Time of My Life” and “Blaydon Races”, songs which hold special memories for the three teachers.

The pupils performed enthusiastically and gave the ladies a rousing send-off.

Students take part in Foreign Language Competition

Bev — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:12:05 +0000

Y10 pupils recently participated in a Modern Foreign Languages Speaking Competition, held at the Royal High School in Bath. The competition was organised by the Routes into Languages Initiative, led by the University of the West of England. Various Schools from the South and South West took part. There were different categories: KS3, KS4 and near-native speaker. Pupils had to give a presentation in front of an audience in either French, Spanish or German. All pupils performed extremely well, despite their nerves. Project Director Irene Wilkie said the aim was to encourage more young people to continue studying languages. She said “It is so encouraging in this difficult time for foreign language teaching in our schools to see that there are still many young people who really do possess excellent foreign language skills and have an enthusiasm for language learning. The older students were a real inspiration to the young ones and even the teachers commented that it had given them a boost to be involved in such a celebration of foreign languages.”

Wilfie Cross won a prize and Matthew Day and Lottie Hawkins gained Certificates of Merit. It was a fun day and everyone enjoyed the challenge.

Prep Sports Day

Bev — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:48:54 +0000

The morning events started with Reception to Year 3 children having their events with the emphasis on fun whilst Year 4-6 pupils in the afternoon had a interhouse competition. Field event competitions had taken place in lessons prior to the track afternoon and the following pupils won their events.

Year 5 Boys Long Jump 3.20m Golding, Joseph Renshaw

Year 6 Boys Long Jump 3.50m Fawcett, Harry Baker

Year 5 Girls Long Jump 2.95m Golding, Holly Dennis

Year 6 Girls Long Jump 3.55m Herbert, Tilly Cuff

Year 5 Boys Throwing 38m Fawcett, Zak Ford

Year 6 Boys Throwing 35m Herbert, William Stoner

Year 5 Girls Throwing 27.45m Herbert, Tara King

Year 6 Girls Throwing 15.80m Constable, Sophie Fooks

There were some pleasing performances from all the pupils in the sprint and hurdle events in the afternoon but notable winners were Ottilie Knight in the Year 4 girls sprint, Max Woodford-White and Jonathan Mitchell in the Year 4 boys sprint. Tara King, Zak Ford and Christopher Birkbeck ran very well in the Year 5 sprint and Emma Dearden and Oliver Battersby ran very well in the Year 6 sprint.

Hurdle Races were won by Millie Wolverson, Golding and Marcus Burgess, Constable in Year 4.

Year 5 was Thomas McFarland and Tara King

Year 6 Matteo Scaburri and Emma Dearden

The Year 4 and 5 did a Shuttle Relay with Herbert winning both and the Year 6 pupils did circular relays, boys, girls and mixed.

When all the points were totalled Herbert came out as the winners of the competition this year.

Treehouse Theatre Company

Bev — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:02:20 +0000

Pupils saw the school hall turned into the Globe Theatre when the Treehouse Theatre company came to introduce us to ‘Give us a Shake’ a fun way to look at Shakespeare. A game show with 3 teams, Tragedies, Histories and Comedies got into the Shakespeare mood. This was followed by our participation in acting scenes from ‘A Midsummers Night’s Dream. Years 7, 8 and 9 all took part and had a really good morning.

Polo Team win their first competition

Bev — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:27:35 +0000

Leehurst Swan took part in its first ever Polo Tournament proving that good teamwork is more important than tactics. Leehurst Swan came first competing against Marlborough and Sandroyd.

It was a surprising victory, being our first ever competition but well deserved. Our team consisted of Robin Ormerod, Izzy Humphreys, Romily Lacey and Amy Parsons.

Senior School Sports Day

Bev — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:57:24 +0000

This years Senior Sports Day has to be one of the best, in terms of weather, interhouse sportsmanship and new records achieved.

The day started with the Year 7&8 field events followed by the Year 9&10, three records were broken in the Junior competitions, Christopher Phillips broke the High Jump record of 1.15m established by Sam Hudson in 2009 by clearing 1.25m. Sam Hudson also in Year 8 broke his own record of 24.8m in Javelin by throwing an impressive 30.6m. In the Junior Girls shot putt competition Amy Parsons broke the record of 7.20m set by N.S. Payne in 1995 by outing the shot 8.5m. No records were broken in the Senior field events. Matthew Day came very close to doing so in the Boys High Jump. Danielle Scott with a personal best of 1.44m in the High Jump was unable to match the record of 1.50m set in 1998 by R.Hammer. However, Danielle did break the Girls 800m record quite convincingly in the afternoon by knocking 7/10ths of a second off the existing record of 2.43m set by J. Grundy in 1991. Danielle has represented the school and the county in this event this year at the South-West Region Athletics Championships, narrowly missing selection for the England Schools Athletics Championships. By coincidence the Junior Girls record was also broken this year by Anna Lever in Year 7 who beat the 1989 record of 2.47minutes set by J.Grundy by 4/10ths of a second running it in 2.43:19secs. Anna’s performance in the Senior IAPS Athletics Championships earnt her second place in the event and selection to run at the IAPS National Athletics Championships at Birmingham on Monday 5^th July where she came a very creditable 5^th.

Four other records were broken on the track in the afternoons events, Christopher Phillips established a new record of 1.09:07secs in the Junior Boys 400m. William Garston broke the Senior Boys record in the same event recording a time of 1.06:18secs, the previous record being 1.06:61secs (2004, H. Cameron).

The Year 7&8 Girls relay team broke the previously held record of 1.10:46secs with their time of 1.03:93secs, the Year 9&10 Girls established a new record of 1.02:41 the record of 1.03mins being convincingly beaten.

Constable House were the deserving winners of the shield, all nine record breakers coming from members of Constable! This will be a hard act to follow next year!

Salisbury Primary Schools Athletic Championships

Bev — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:43:55 +0000

33 schools took part in these championships this year held on Wednesday 23^rd June at SWGS track. It was a very hot sunny afternoon and all the competitors performed extremely well considering the temperatures.

Leehurst Swan was represented by the following pupils-:

Girls

Year 4

Olivia Gorvin- Long Jump & Year 5 Shuttle Relay

Millie Wolverson- 800m & Year 5 Shuttle Relay

Ottilie Knight- Year 5 150m & Year 5 Shuttle Relay

Ruby Cooper- Year 5 Shuttle Relay

Year 5

Tara King- Long Jump, 800m & Circular Relay

Pippa Shakerley- 800m

Year 6

Emma Dearden- High Jump & Circular Relay

Amy Esser- High Jump, 80m & Circular Relay

Tilly Cuff- 80m & Circular Relay

Boys

Year 5

Zac Ford- High Jump, 150m & Shuttle Relay

Troy Cooper- Yr 6 150m

Thomas McFarland- 800m & Shuttle Relay

Tom Lever- Shuttle Relay

Elliot Penny- 80m & Shuttle Relay

Year 6

Harry Baker- Long Jump & Circular Relay

Will Stoner- Cricket Ball, 150m & Circular Relay

George Woodford-White- 80m & Circular Relay

Oliver Battersby- 80m & Circular Relay

All our field event competitors got through the Monday preliminaries to take part in the finals of these events on Wednesday.

Notable performances were made by Tom McFarland who came 5^th in the final of the 800m and Olivia Gorvin who in Year 4 came 6^th in the Year 5/6 Long Jump event for the girls. Ottilie Knight in Year 4 came 4^th in the final of the Year 5 150m final, Tara King 4^th in the Year 5 80m girls final, Troy Cooper 5^th in the 150m boys final and Elliot Penny 5th in the Year 5 80m sprint.

Special mention must go to the Year 4 girls who came first by along way in their heat for the Year 5 shuttle relay and then 6^th in the final.

Zac Ford must be congratulated on coming 3^rd in the Year 5 boys 150m and Oliver Battersby in the Year 6 80m final. Both boys had some very stiff competition, but ran their socks off to earn their well deserved medals.

Students visit Brittany

Bev — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:52:44 +0000

Students from Years 7 and 8 have recently enjoyed a visit to Brittany. We stayed in a comfortable hotel in St Brieuc .We visited the picturesque town of St Malo , the History Museum and we walked around its impressive ramparts. We also explored Mont St Michel with its narrow hill main street and its stunning Abbey with magnificent views. The pupils enjoyed participating in the various activities such as buying crêpes for lunch, choosing fruits at the Saint Servan Market, speaking French for the quizzes and town trail activities and still had time for a splash in the sea at the end of each day where we all enjoyed the beautiful wide beaches of Brittany. The trip was a success and pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed it.

Police Helicopter lands at Leehurst Swan

Bev — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:12:25 +0000

Leehurst Swan Pre-Prep pupils had a visit from London Metropolitan Police when they flew their police helicopter into the school grounds. Captain Daly and his two officers joined some very excited Pre-Prep children who stood very patiently watching the helicopter land, before they were able to climb into the helicopter to see all the controls inside.

Captain Daly agreed to visit the Pre-Prep as part of their ‘People who help us’ topic as his son attends the school. It was a wonderful experience for the children.