National Doodle Day is about having fun while raising money to help people whose lives are affected by epilepsy and neurofibromatosis. Since the very first National Doodle Day in 2004 over £185,000 has been raised to help support the work of two charities, Epilepsy Action http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/ and the Neurofibromatosis Association http://www.nfauk.org/

This money has been raised by schools, companies and individuals who have put pen to paper and simply doodled!

Usually what happens is the doodle cards are available in school for the week in the large dinning room at a recommended donation £1. The students then do their doodle and return it to me and they are entered into a competition which the can win prizes and so can the school. The 2 charities are Epilepsy Action and Neurofibromatosis Association.

More info here and pic’s

http://www.nationaldoodleday.org.uk/get_involved/schools.html

As part of our school improvement, and to foster even more pride in our school, from next September 2010 we will be adopting a new school uniform. The first group that must wear the uniform will be Year 7. The new uniform will be a compulsory school jumper with a school tie and a white formal shirt. Badged white shirts will be available at Identity, the uniform supplier and would be a great addition to the uniform. However the shirt can be obtained from any retail outfit. The current UVHS polo shirt and sweatshirt can still be worn by other years but they are not items of uniform for Year 7.

Although the new uniform will become compulsory, by September 2012, parents are at liberty to purchase it for the children at any time. With the exception of Year 11, all students will be expected to be in the new uniform by September 2012.

This change reflects the views of students and parents. It comes after a lengthy discussion period involving ‘The Great Uniform Debate’, The Parents Advisory Group and a student consultation. I am confident it is the right thing to do at the right time.

Identity only has a very limited number of polo shirts available. Parents who wish to replace a polo shirt may purchase the new school shirt which I am informed is less expensive and there is a special offer – buy 3 shirts get £4 off. During this summer term either the polo shirt or the new shirt will be acceptable as part of our uniform.

Parents’ Evenings

Wednesday 24th March 2010 – Year Twelve  4:30 – 6:45 pm.

Wednesday 14th April 2010 – Year Eight 4:00 – 6:45 pm

Thursday 22nd April 2010 – Year Seven 4:00 – 6:45 pm.

Year 6 information for pupils transferring to UVHS September 2010

JUNE 2010 - INDIVIDUAL WELCOME MEETING

(Parents will have an individual appointment with a member of staff)

1st and 2nd JULY 2010 - 2 INDUCTION DAYS

(Yr 6 pupils will spend 2 days at UVHS)

Normal school day - finish 3:30pm

1st JULY 2010 -INDUCTION EVENING & UNIFORM SALE

(for parents and pupils)

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Parents will receive letters in the near future with more detailed information regarding these events.

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The beginning of half term found the Ulverston orienteering club taking a short journey to Ulpha Park at the bottom of the Corney Fell road. This area provides a complete range of terrain.  All the courses went through the lower slopes of deciduous woods. The yellow & orange courses finished past the fields next to the Duddon River, while those on light green went into a new wood previously unusable because of dormice (ferocious creatures!). This area of beech trees is very welcome as it enables the longer courses to gain access to the open land around Frith Hall by climbing gradually. From there they entered the dark, coniferous plantation, and the rough open land of Penn before finishing with the steep drop back to the finish.

Following the training weekend many of the younger UVHS pupils ran their usual first course before trying a more difficult second course (or part of it). Jack (12) completed the hardest & longest course (Brown) finishing an excellent 3rd. Malachy (10) ran very well on his first Blue course and Will (9) and Lois (8) both won their race on Light Green and Orange respectively. Lois finished 11 mins ahead of second, but she would have been beaten by 2 mins by Kirsten (8) if Kirsten had not made a silly mistake by punching the wrong control near the finish.

The Ulverston pupils are hoping to continue to use their new skills at the next event at Ilkley next Sunday.