UCC SCHOOL BULLETIN

In THIS ISSue

• Hello and welcome

• Thank you Beaconside

• A gradual re-opening at UCC

• Childcare Hub moves back to UCC

• CCC helpline

• Student work

• Hearts for the NHS

• Congratulations!

• Year 7 at UCC

• Local updates

• Time to read!

Hello and welcome to our May newsletter.

Please keep the dialogue going – nothing motivates us more than receiving

thanks from a member of the UCC community and it is always useful to

learn what we could be trying to do better. This is all the more poignant at

the end of a Mental Health Awareness week under the current circum-

stances. It’s not always easy – but is always beneficial – to talk, so take a

moment to reflect on where we are and maybe give a friend or a family

member a call and catch up. Believe me when I say, it’s always

appreciated.

Once again, you will find some useful links and updates in this newsletter.

We’ve been trying really hard to keep everyone engaged and aware of all

the things that continue to happen at UCC, even during these strange

times. Our website and Facebook page are always a good source of

current correspondence and news about events linked to the school and I

would encourage you to visit them when you get the chance. There are

some wonderful personal stories and profiles there of our current and past

students and what they are doing to support the community and the country

in its time of need

The well-being of our students and staff is always going to be the most

important thing to us. With that in mind we have included information (see

page 2) about how we might be able to provide our year 10 and 12 students

with some face-to-face time over the coming weeks. There is also a lot of

detail in some of the associated documents that I hope will go a long way to

reassure you how carefully we are planning for a safe phased return.

No updates on our end of year celebrations yet but rest assured, at some

point in the future our school Proms will happen!

As always, we will continue to do everything we can to support all your

efforts. These are testing times and all I can say once more is - Just keep

trying your very best!

Mr Gilby, Headteacher

Ullswater Community College Website: www.ullswatercc.co.uk

Issue 5 – May 2020

THank YOu

BeaCOnSIde!

As a “thank you” to Beaconside

Primary School for hosting students

from UCC at the Hub since lockdown

started, UCC students re-planted

bulbs in the Beaconside playground.

The Hub moves to UCC from Monday

25 May 2020.

Mr Pattinson

Ullswater Community College Website: www.ullswatercc.co.uk

COnTaCT uS

We are always pleased to hear from

parents. Please get in touch with us

if you have any concerns:

E-mail: admin@ullswatercc.co.uk

Or visit the school website:

www.ullswatercc.co.uk

a GraduaL re-OPenInG aT uCC

The government has asked secondary schools in England to explore the

possibility of offering some educational opportunities to the current year 10

and 12 students to help them prepare for the next academic year. The on-

line provisions for all year groups will continue at the same time.

At UCC, our over-riding priority is the well-being of our staff and students

and we feel that enabling those who are in a position to do so, to return to

school and go some way towards re-establishing their old routines will put

them in a better place to start again in September.

These coming weeks will be nothing like the previous experience of school

and the chance for students and staff to interact in a safe way will be an

important step as we move towards plans for the next academic year.

Whilst there is a possibility that these plans may need to change, we are

planning for some year 12 students to return on the morning of Thursday 4

June. After that, year 12 lessons will take place every Monday to Thursday

morning from the week commencing 8 June. We anticipate between 30 and

40 year 12 students on each morning, split between 5-7 groups of approxi-

mately 5-10 students.

Classroom-based activities will run from 9.30 to 11.00 am, with some slight

variation to support staggered start and end times. The classrooms will be

set up to take the reduced numbers and students will be expected to follow

all the necessary behavior requirements.

We expect a typical morning to be:

• 9.10–9.20: year 10 students arrive in the Cumberland yard; year 12 stu-dents arrive in the visitors’ parking area in front of the maths block; so-cial distancing will be maintained at all times

• 9.20–9.30: students are escorted to classrooms, where their teachers will be waiting

• 9.30–11.00: Lesson activity

• 11.00–11.05: classes dismissed – in turn – and leave the site

These will not be ‘normal lessons’. Instead, they will enable the teacher to

check-in with the students, discuss their recent experiences and look at

what they have achieved during lockdown, before moving on to discuss

what they recommend them to focus on in preparation for September.

The year 10s will receive a ‘lesson’ of each of their core subjects, an EBbac

subject and an option subject before the summer break. Year 12 students

will receive 1 lesson of each subject per week until the end of the summer term.

We are liaising with the County transport team and hope that the school

buses will run on Thursday 4 June and then Monday to Thursday from the

week commencing Monday 8 June. Our intention is to run the scheduled

classroom activity, with students and parents determining their best ways to

get to school.

We know you will have a lot of questions about this and will be sending out

much more detailed information to the affected families in the very near fu-

ture.

Mr Gilby, Headteacher

CHILdCare HuB mOveS

BaCk TO uCC

The Childcare Hub is relocating to

UCC (from Beaconside Primary

School).

The arrangements stay the same –

this provision is for the children of

priority workers and vulnerable stu-

dents.

during the coronavirus (COvId-19)

outbreak, vulnerable children and

young people are defined as those

who:

• are assessed as being in need

under section 17 of the Children Act

1989, including children who have a

child in need plan, a child protection

plan or who are a looked-after child

• have an education, health and

care (EHC) plan and it is determined,

following risk assessment, that their

needs can be as safely or more safe-

ly met in the educational environment

• have been assessed as other-

wise vulnerable by educational pro-

viders or local authorities (including

children’s social care services), and

who are therefore in need of contin-

ued education provision.

CCC HeLPLIne

The Cumbria County Council Covid-

19 helpline has now supported more

than 5000 vulnerable people in the

local community.

Ullswater Community College

STudenT WOrk

Students have been working hard during lockdown. We’d like to give you a flavour of what they’ve been doing...

LIBeraTInG eurOPe aT THe end OF WWII

Well done to Joseph robinson, Year 9, who has completed an excellent

research project in history. Joseph chose to find out about his great gran-

dad's involvement in World War II.

Joseph’s great grandad Fred was a corporal in the Medical Corps and Jo-

seph’s project describes Fred's involvement in the d-day landings, which

was the beginning of the end of the war. Joseph said:

"...my Grandad joined the army when he was 14 years old and his par-

ents told him to lie about his age so he could go to war. He joined the

Army and was put into the royal Army Medics regiment. On the morn-

ing of June 6th 1944 Allied forces staged an enormous assault on Ger-

man positions on the beaches of Normandy. My Great Grandad was

part of this battle, he chose not to carry a rifle on this day and to carry a

stretcher instead, he was incredibly brave. due to this he had to run

through enemy fire and was blown up in a small group of soldiers. He

was the only one to survive.”

Joseph's project goes on to

describe how Fred (shown next

to the dog in the picture) was

involved in the liberation of the

Belsen concentration camp

when the war was over. After

the war, Fred continued to work

as a medic, managing ambu-

lance stations in the North East

and then Cumbria.

Well done Joseph - an excel-

lent, and inspiring piece of

work!

Mrs richardson

amazInG Year 10

STudenTS

In addition to their school work, some

of our Year 10 students have

achieved some truly amazing suc-

cesses! We’re so proud of them…

YOuTH CLImaTe SummIT

SPeaker

Congratulations to Year 10 student

Naomi Frost, who spoke at the

National Youth Climate Summit in

April.

This was a world-wide online event

and Naomi delivered an inspirational

10-minute speech.

You can watch Naomi on this link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f5OkMOmvzxE evereST CHaLLenGe

Molly Casey is currently doing the

Everest Challenge in her garden to

raise money for the international

Gurkha appeal. She’s climbed to

around 5000 meters already (using a

11-cm step). She’s also planned and

undertaken her bronze duke of

Edinburgh expedition during

lockdown.

a LOnG WaLk – PenrITH TO

manCHeSTer

Chloe Allison was caught up in the

terrorist attack at the Manchester

Arena in 2017. To mark the third

anniversary, and to raise money for

the Carlisle Eden Mind, Chloe has

been walking the distance between

Penrith and Manchester Arena – 99

miles – locally during lockdown. She

raised more than £1000 through her

Just Giving page.

Mr Castle

Head of Year 10

SnaILS!

Tilly Watson in Year 7 has been very

busy over these past few weeks – she

has set up a ‘snailarium’ and is keep-

ing a snail notebook, where she is

making lots of observational drawings,

diary entries and reading.

Tilly has also been very active in her

local community…

Mrs Pickup

Ullswater Community College

SOLILOquIeS BY Year 8

BaSed On WILLIam SHake-SPeare

To do my homework, or to watch tv?

That is the question

Is it better to do it and get the pain over

and done with

Or to relax and say your dog ate it

And while doing it, be frustrated and

annoyed

To write? To relax?

Isabella Hodgkinson

To go or not to go

That is the question

Is it better to stay in bed?

Or shall I risk sighing in

And getting tons of online work

To sleep? To work?

Uh, I have not got a clue

To say we sleep one thousand days

But online school has just begun

To sleep? To work? To do homework?

Bobbi Cope

To Work or not to work

That is the question

Whether it is best to suffer the conse-

quences of oversleeping

Or to do the mildly annoying work

And, bored, give in to the teachers

To sleep? To work? To decide?

I shall commit the rebellious sin

I fear the dreaded ATL 4

To work? To sleep? To get an ATL 4?

Courtney Kirkwood

To exercise or not to exercise?

That is the question.

Is it better to go outside for a bike ride

or a run,

Or stay home in bed,

Away from the virus,

To run? To Swim? To Sleep?

Is it better to watch Netflix,

Or go and be productive,

To swim? To run? To sleep?

That is the question?

Ronan Dogi

To lie or not to lie?

That is the question.

Surely it’s better to tell the truth

To have no regret looming over you

Or shall I lie my heart out

And, not get an ATL4

To lie? To suffer? To regret?

What more could I do?

I have lied and lied till I shall lie no

more

For I just wanted to be free.

To lie? To suffer? To regret?

Emily Atkinson

To play or not to play?

That is the question.

Is it wiser to do homework

Or embrace a physical activity

And, while enjoying the sun.

To play? To run? No more?

For homework becomes me

However unwillingly I come

It must be done

To achieve? To sleep? To dream?

Grace Gardiner

To get up or to not get up?

That is the question!

Is it better to get ready now

Or be late for school

And, as time ticks, I get ready now

To get ready? To stay in bed?

As comforting as my bed is

I have to be responsible

To get ready? To stay in bed?

Asha Boak

To get up and get ready for school or

stay in bed?

That is the question.

Is it better to stay in bed

Or to late the boredom which school

offers

And learn new things I did not know

To sleep? To learn?

Bailey Richardson

To sleep or not to sleep?

That is the question.

Is it better to sleep and satisfy my

brain

Or anger my brain and go to dreadful

school

And never recover throughout the

drawn-out day.

To sleep? To learn?

Ben Smithies

To sleep or not to sleep?

That is the question.

Is it better to be well rested?

Or lay awake staring at one’s ceiling

And nor get the well needed rest for

tomorrow.

To sleep? To rest? To become deprived

of sleep?

That is the question.

Sara Davies

Unto thee I propound,

The eternal question

That is obvious to the common man,

But plagues the lethargic and languor-

ous

To work? Or to sleep?

That is the question.

Whether it is better to flout the

Siren of Slumber’s calls or

To concede and sleep but five minutes

more.

To sleep? To get up and work? To not

to do that soliloquy work that was due

on Saturday but you were far too preoc-

cupied in doing nothing so you left it

and did it the proceeding Monday,

much to the annoyance of your English

teacher?

For woe!

How is a single man to decide!

And so again I find myself asking

The eternal question

That is obvious to the common man,

But plagues the lethargic and languor-

ous

To work? Or to sleep?

Lukas Lewthwaite

To drink or not to drink

That is a silly question

Is it better to feel the fizz?

Or not that is a suggestion

And not feel the wizz

To be hyper? To not be hyper?

Ollie Ogden

More to follow in

the next edition...

LOCaL uPdaTeS

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response to coronavirus in Cumbria is

available from Cumbria County Council.

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Ullswater Community College

COnGraTuLaTIOnS…!

To… George Usher, who has been accepted onto the National Youth

Theatre’s training programme.

To… Tiegan Lowthian, who has been accepted into the National

Children’s Orchestra and the Junior royal Northern College of Music’s

Saturday programme.

Tiegan also played her trombone on a video recording of The Last Post

for vE day. You can see her here: https://drive.google.com/file/

d/1jXzpMboOr-Sz6v-Ia9YgqlkIHdOl9Sqk/view

Year 7 aT uLLSWaTer COmmunITY COLLeGe

I can remember the first day of year 7 at Ullswater. I was scared but I

had my friends with me and the teachers seemed really kind and made

me feel better – me and my friends didn’t know where our classes where

but the teachers were there to ask.

Some of my classes were with two of my friends, which was nice as we

could sit together. At lunch time I got a pizzini and a brownie and it was

so good. The dinner hall was so big but there were teachers and lunch

ladies there helping us and showing us what we had to do. The teachers

were kind and helpful. They are always around when I need help with my

work.

As time went on the teachers know that I needed some more help so

they arranged some extra literacy and numeracy classes. I am finding

them useful and I think they are really helping me to improve my skills.

They also arranged for a teacher to sit in my classes to help me when I

needed extra help. My mum has meetings with the teachers to discuss

other strategies to help me improve on my work. They are really trying

their best to get me to do the best work I can do they are always there

when I need them.

Now we are in lockdown everything is different, we are getting home

schooled. The teachers use an app called Google Classroom where they

can give us work every day. It is a strange time – we can’t see our

friends or family. Even though we are in lockdown the teachers are sup-

porting me not just with my work but with my mental health. I can’t wait

to go back to school and see all my friends and my teachers after going

through a tough few months in lockdown.

Sarah-Jane Wilks

Year 7

HearTS FOr THe nHS

Isla Cooper, in Year 7, has made

some beautiful ’thank you’ hearts for

NHS workers. She sent them to local

GP surgeries, the ICU at the Cum-

berland Infirmary in Carlisle and to

key worker hubs in Penrith.

They will have been truly appreciated!

TIme TO read!

We’re encouraging students and staff to

enjoy reading during the lockdown.

We’ve been surprised at some of the

replies we’ve had!