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Support your house! Don’t forget to order your T-shirt to wear on sports day. Complete the order form found in Contact and return to Client Services by Friday 3 July.

Tops

The top tutor groups who have loaned books from the library during terms 5 and 6 are shown below. If you want your tutor group to win the prize at the end of term, you may be the student who can make all the difference.

	KS3	KS4
1st	8CLN	10CB
2nd	7JMA	10SMG
3rd	8ABM	10SK

In September, this competition will be held termly and will be in house colours instead of tutor groups.

All library books will need to be returned to the library before the summer holidays. The only exceptions will be if the loan has been approved by your English teacher and myself. Keep reading.

	Sports Bulletin - 29.06.09 by J Husbands - Sunday, 28 June 2009, 05:55 PM
	Sports_Bulletin_-_29.06.09.docx This weeks' sporting activities and fixtures are attached.

This week's top 5 stories (most listened to/read) on our Radiowaves Station are:-

Why not listen to RadioWaves and see what our reporters have been up to? Listings of our latest stories are on the left hand side of the VLE front page or can be found by clicking here.

All students are welcome to join as a reporter - click on 'Set-up my space' and just follow the instructions, or just leave a comment under 'public comments'.

Keep reporting and blogging!

	Year 11 Prom Photos by D Roizer - Friday, 26 June 2009, 01:50 PM
	Please find the top 100 year 11 prom photos in the photo gallery - Click here

We are starting to design our new prospectus and are interested in what staff and students consider are the best things about the college. We would like to include quotes from staff and students; if you could email me with what you like about the college and we will print a selection in our new prospectus. Students who are quoted will also be entered into raffle with the chance to win an ipod or digital camera.

regards,

Mr Williams

Top Link is a nationwide leadership programme where young leaders plan, organise and deliver sports festivals with the guidance of a teacher. This year Emily Evison, Charles Baker, Amy Longhurst and Joe Stafford have undertaken this project and done a brilliant job.

These 4 sporting ambassadors visited the primary schools and initiated an Olympic project with the Yr 6 children. All children submitted an Olympic picture. The young ambassadors picked some out to display on a cloth flag at the festivals and the rest were displayed in the sports hall.

Whissendine, Langham and Brooke Hill came to VCC on Tues 23rd June for their day, all year sixes attended and competed in mixed teams. Oakham Cof E, Southfield and English Martyrs came on Wed 24th June. The children participated in tennis, cricket, dodge ball, basketball and a fitness circuit with a fun obstacle race at the end. The festival was delivered by 45 sports leaders over the 2 days who did a fantastic job.

The feedback from primary children, sports leaders and teachers was very positive and all involved should feel very proud.
Top Link Photo Gallery

On the 13/14th June and 20/21st June, 33 students completed their Bronze Practice Venture for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, in the Charnwood area of Leicestershire. This was the first venture undertaken at the end of almost a year of training and all attained a very high standard of achievement. Everyone walked an average of 24km/14miles over the two days with an overnight camp at Beaumanor Hall, and finished weary, but elated. We look forward to the Qualifying Venture in September/October this year.

All students were a credit to the Vale of Catmose College and A6 Awards.

Charlie O'Neill & Judith Wray. photos set 1 and photo set2

More pictures in the photo gallery

Next week a series of House hustings will be taking place. Blue will be on Tuesday 30th, Green Wednesday 1st, Red Thursday 2nd and Yellow on Friday 3rd. All assemblies will take place in the Theatre (except Red on Thursday which will be in the Sports Hall). You will need to register with your form tutor before attending the husting.

The purpose of in the hustings are to vote for your Heads of House and your House name. If you are interested becoming a Head of House, you firstly need to be a current Year 9 and 10 student. Secondly you need to apply in writing to me. In your application you must give details of;

Why you want to be a Head of House, including the experience and skills that you have.
What contribution you will make to the House System.
Your current involvement in the extra curricular life of the school.

Applications must be sent via email to me and be no longer than 500 words/one side of A4. The closing date for applications is Thursday 25th June at 4pm. Short listed candidates will then speak to whole of their house for a maximum of 30 seconds explaining why they should be chosen. The house will then have the opportunity to vote for their Heads of House.

Students will also have the opportunity in the hustings to vote for a House name. Please contact me if you need any further information.

In March we held our 5th Spotlight on Dance Show and as a result Ruth Bates, the Leicestershire Development Officer for Dance was so impressed with one of our groups, Baseline, that they were invited to attend Addicts Dance Show at the Peepul Centre in Leicester.

Only three guest groups were asked so the girls were really honoured and it was a credit not only to their talent but the hours of hard work perfecting the dance. Addict is the very successful dance company, which is based at Leicester College and regularly put on performances including which includes beginners to professional dancers. Ruth Bates is also a member of the Rutland Dance steering group and with her help it is hoped that more students will become involved in dance in Rutland.

Congratulations to Hayleigh Twose, Hayley Carmichael, Brittany Wade, Nicole Whitefield and Becki Smith.

Girls