Year 10 News Archive
The World of Physics l Sculptures l Enrichment l Tour of Britain races through Mytholmroyd l Construction Academy l Birdboxes l Valentine's Day Business
2006/7
The World of Physics
 On Tuesday 3 July a group of 13 Year 10 students travelled to the University of Hull to take part in an event organised by the Institute of Physics (Yorkshire branch). The event involved a series of lectures and practical workshops which were all related to the students science GCSE studies.
The day started with an engaging lecture on ‘The physics of computer games’ where students heard about the physics behind some of the latest computer games and also future developments which will be appearing in the next release of top end games.
There then followed a series of hands on workshops covering topics such as low temperature physics (where pupils made and ate ice cream), physics of polymers, electronics and optics.
The final event was a very entertaining and highly appropriate lecture entitled ‘The life and death of stars’. This was given by an astronomer from the Yorkshire Planetarium at Harewood House.
The students were a credit to the school throughout the day – well done to all.
Mr J Lodge, Physics/Science Teacher
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Sculptures
Year 10 art students have visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at Bretton Hall to see the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition, as part of their GCSE preparation. They created 18 Century costumes from old bits of plastic!
More photos of the sculptures can be seen on the Calder Art Wiki.
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Enrichment Days: 24/25 May
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On Thursday 24 May the 10X classes took part in a 'Law and Order' Day and the 10Y classes were doing Science and English Enrichment. On Friday 25 May the activities will be reversed.
The 'Law and Order' Day included sessions with West Yorkshire Police officers, journalists from the Halifax Courier, and staff from the CPS, Lifeline and the Youth Offending Team. |
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Tour of Britain races through Mytholmroyd
When the Tour of Britain cycle race speeds through Calderdale later this year, the competitors will be following a route suggested by a Calder High School student. Sam Larner, 14, wrote to the race organisers last year with some innovative route changes, and did the same again this year. His ideas were taken on board by British Cycling which organises the race, and Sam was invited to the press launch of the event.
He went to London last week with his father, Dai, also a keen cyclist, to face the press as the 2007 Tour of Britain route was unveiled to the world’s media. “It was great – a really exciting day,” said Sam, who competes in cycle circuit racing at Ogden and belongs to a family of keen cyclists. “I wrote to the organisers last year one day when I was bored, and they followed up my suggestions.”
This year’s race will start in Gateshead on September 9 and finish in London on 14 September. And on 12 September the cyclists will race along Burnley Road in Mytholmroyd, just below Calder High School, thanks to Sam.
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Construction Academy: Student of the Month
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Calder High student, Cameron Robertshaw, was chosen as achiever of the month in February because of the attitude and effort he has displayed at the Academy.
With this achievement, Cameron will also be entered as a nominee for student of the month for the whole of West Yorkshire.
He works hard and does particularly well at individual tasks and has demonstrated that he has the capabilities to develop a good career in construction. |
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Birdboxes for Nut Clough Wood 
Mr Unwin's Technology students made ten birdboxes during their Technology lessons for National Bird Box Week. Jason Boom, environment and community warden in Hebden Bridge collected the boxes before February half term.
Jason Boom who is the environment and community warden in Hebden bridge collected the boxes from Cameron Robertshaw, Luke Blackwell, Travis Downs and Daniel Gibbon (pictured above) who helped make them. The boxes are to be put up in Nut Clough Wood by the Friends of Nut Clough Wood. All the wood for the boxes was recycled from waste material donated to the Technology department.
Mr Unwin received a thank you letter from Jason Boom who was very pleased with quality of the construction. The next project may involve building bat boxes.
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Valentine's Day: Cash raised for Roof over Youth
Girls from Year 10 Business delivered about 200 roses around school on 14 February. They were busy delivering roses from 8:30 until 9:30am. Over £100 was raised for Roof over Youth in Mytholmroyd. Orders for the roses were taken in the LRC, IB office and by the business students themselves. Thanks to all students and staff for their support with special thankyous to Amy Schofield, Natalie Jaskowlski, Year 10 business group.
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