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Winning with style
Hello again and welcome to our first newsletter of the school year
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PGL activity trip to France
It had been a long time planning, and it seemed even longer in anticipation
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The SchoolBusiness Manager Goes to France
In the last week of the Summer Term, a Modern Foreign Language trip went to the North of France for 4 days
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Summer School 2008
This is the fourth Summer School that Wentworth High School has run
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Language Day
In July a small group of Year 8 Students took part in a special Languages Day at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
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Mini Games 2008
On Friday 27th June, a group of our dedicated young sports volunteers took part in the prestigious Greater Manchester Mini Games.
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Vist to Corner House Cinema
Just before the end of the Summer term a group of year 9 students were invited to the Cornerhouse Cinema in Manchester.
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Halle Impresarios
On Tuesday 24th June seventeen Business Studies students accompanied by Mr Kennedy and Mrs Sharman set off for Lancashire County Cricket Club
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Alan Gibbons vists Wentworth
At the end of the summer term the famous author Alan Gibbons visited Wentworth.
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Poetry Day
On 17th June pupils from Wentworth High School and Wentworth’s feeder primary schools took part in a poetry day
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Year 11 Leavers Dinner 2008
The annual year 11 Leavers’ Dinner was a really glittering affair
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Trip to see the Mayor
On Thursday 10th July, seven lucky pupils were invited to have tea with the Mayor of Salford at her Parlour at the Civic Centre.
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UK School Games
James Cook was invited to compete in the UK School Games, an annual multi-sports competition for the country’s elite young athletes
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Lacrosse
Our three former pupils, Rob Grubisic, Dan Grime and Max Leonard, who took part in the Under 19’s Lacrosse World Championships in British Columbia, Canada
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U16 Girls Basketball
The Under 16 girls road to becoming National winners of the Developing Schools’ Division turned out to be a roller-coaster of a ride
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New Staff
Meet the new staff
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UK School Games – Held in Bristol and Bath 29th – 31st August 2008

UK School Games

I was invited to compete in the UK School Games, an annual multi-sports competition for the country’s elite young athletes.

The UK School Games began in 2006 and has since grown bigger and bigger. The aim of the games is to get the country’s elite competitors in athletics, swimming, fencing, table tennis, volleyball, gymnastics, hockey, judo and badminton ready to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics and also to give athletes who may have not done such an event before an idea of what to expect.

For me the Games began on Thursday, when the Manchester area’s athletes met up at the JJB Soccerdome for the journey down to Bath. This was followed that night by the opening ceremony, which was hosted by Jill Douglas and featured a parade of all the competitors competing in the Games. There was also a parade of past Olympic athletes and the official opening of the Games by Beijing double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington and the patron of the School Games, Jason Gardner.

On the Friday, the team trained with the coaches, including Commonwealth Games silver medallist Susan Moncrieff.

Saturday saw the actual beginning of the athletics competition. I had been due to race in a 200m heat, but this had been cancelled and would instead go straight to a final on the Sunday.

On Sunday came my turn to race, and I ran in the Ambulant 200m against 5 other top athletes with differing disabilities. I came a respectable fourth, with a time of 32.01 seconds.

Coming away from these games I have realised the hard work needed to truly perform and succeed at the very highest level. However it has also made me more determined to press on in athletics and to have the honour of representing my country in London in 2012.

James Cook