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SETTLEBECK HIGH SCHOOL
On Thursday 23rd March Yr 7/8 cricket team went to a tournament in The Lakes School in Windermere.
The first match was against Queen Katherine School.
The score was SHS 21 QKS 66.
We lost. We bowled well but running between the wickets needed some improvement.
The second match was against Queen Katherine again due to Cartmel Priory not being able to come. We batted first , the running between the wickets was better and the bowling excellent . Luke Cragg took a wicket and Lee Raw was a good wicket keeper. The score was SHS 18 QKS 21.
The third match was against The Lakes School in the semi-final. The score was SHS 45 LS 85. Our best batting performance top scoring batsmen was Lee Raw. It was a tough game but we tried our best.
After the tournament we went for a picnic by Lake Windermere. We ate our lunch then played a game of cricket and drove back to school.
Beth Poole
SETTLEBECK HIGH SCHOOL
Settlebeck Grounds
You cannot fail to have noticed the recent improvements to Settlebeck's entrance and drive but are you aware of similar work taking place behind the school?
Paul Wilkinson, our YDNP ranger has been working this year with students from year 10 on the footpath behind the primary school and the wooded area leading down to Settlebeck's fields. A new fence has been erected, steps down to the fields and all the undergrowth in the woodland tidied up to prepare for some replanting. The area will become a nature reserve on the site and we are looking to develop disabled access at the back of the pavilion. This initiative continues the excellent work with Paul has done in recent years with successive year 10 groups, planting trees, mending walls and slowly upgrading the appearance and sustainability of our site boundaries.
The work on our entrance and drive has been planned for several years but we always lacked the funds. Recently we have benefited from capital funding from the government for small scale projects and we were finally able to replace the fencing, re-tarmac the drive and provide proper pedestrian and disabled access, keeping people separate from vehicles. The old Settlebeck gate has been stored away for the moment waiting for an opportunity to reinstate it elsewhere on site. Any ideas anyone?
All that remain now is to fit a new School sign.
Dear Editor
Tim Farron, in his piece last month, was congratulating the electorate for electing a Lib Dem councillor. It will be interesting to see how much time a full time lecturer can give to the job. Paul Winn, a conscientious councillor, had to give the job up as he could no longer afford the time to do the job properly and run his own business.
Another point worth noting is that those of you who vote Lib Dem are not only supporting a party which wants to be in the EU but also in the euro. If we were not, as a net contributor, subsidising our competitors in Europe, especially Spain, Ireland, Greece and Portugal , who are net recipients, to the tune of £billions we would be able to afford a decent NHS without closing wards at the Westmoreland General and other parts of our own society could also benefit. We could very nearly solve third world debt on our own on the money we waste on the EU. What do we get in exchange? More idiotic legislation from an undemocratic, corrupt organisation that hasn't had its accounts signed for 10 years.
Classic examples of legislation being the saga over the railways and postal service. Mr Farron did not answer this point in a recent letter to me. If you have plenty of time go to HM Government's web site and the EU web site to check out my figures. Brian Wright
WARDEN'S WALK
The Dales Way runs for 80 miles from Ilkley to Bowness and passes through Millthrop and Akay Woods. As a personal challenge and in an effort to raise funds for St Mark's Church, Cautley and World Vision, the Cautley Churchwardens Judith Bush and Linda Hopkins will be walking the Dales Way starting from Ilkley on Monday 10 July, finishing at Bowness on Saturday 15 July
If anyone wishes to sponsor them or join them during part of their walk they would pleased to hear from them. Their telephone numbers are: Judith (20058) and Linda (21455) Linda Hopkins
DIALECT DIGEST
Education is often in the news lately, but discussion about its effectiveness goes back many years.
In the days when a local accent was frowned on if you wanted to get ahead in the world, a Dales farmer was concerned about his son speaking dialect. So he decided to pack him off to Oxford for private lessons with a professor of English, who kindly agreed to put the lad up. A month later, the farmer visited his son, and was greeted by his offspring with these words: "Ah, Pater! It's jolly nice to see you again. How have you been keeping? I trust all is well with you and Mater at home?" "That's amazin'" said the farmer to the professor. "Ah's ivver soa grateful." "Think nowt on it," replied the professor. "Ah can't tell tha hoo gradely it 's bin, hevin' thy Ernie stoppin' 'ere wi' me an' t missis!"
A teacher asked her pupils, after a lesson on architecture, "Can anyone give me three types of windows?" "Easy, miss," said a lad. "Oppen, shut, an' brokken!"
One dialect word was always associated with general happiness among pupils.
At the end of each day, the cry went up - schooil's loosin'! This simply meant that everyone was leaving to go home. Michael Park
SPELLBOUND THEATRE
"Settle-Carlisle" by Kim Lyon has been performed countless times in the Dales and South Lakeland since it was written in 1977. In 1978/79 the play won through various local and regional competitions to be part of a national W.I. drama event and was performed at the Royal Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, by a bunch of mainly farmers' wives from the tiny village of Dent.
The story of a poor Dales farmer who reluctantly leaves his young family to go and earn "ten bob a day" on the building of the Settle-Carlisle has stunned and moved audiences for 28 years! It has had several casts and gone through many regenerations, including the addition of original songs by local musician Ken Pope. This performance by Spellbound Theatre, who specialise in local history and dialect, will be presenting its 6th and newest re-write, commissioned by Sedbergh's Book Town group.
It will be performed at the John Arden Lecture Theatre, Busk Lane, Sedbergh on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th July at 7.30pm, with a matinee performance on Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets will be available from Sedbergh's Tourist Information Centre, telephone: 015396 20125.
The company will also be presenting extracts from the play at Kirkby Stephen railway station on Saturday 8th July as part of the celebrations commemorating the 130th anniversary of the opening of the Settle-Carlisle railway.
To quote the play itself, "Theer's na doubt, it's a wonderful feat o' engineerin'!"
St ANDREW'S CHURCH
St Andrew's in Sedbergh is a beautiful church. Open all day, we take it for granted that any time we want, we can use it and that it will be in a clean and respectable condition. We are proud of it but rarely give a thought to those who keep it so.
Nearly all the tourists who come to Sedbergh visit the Parish Church. They appreciate the peace which is to be found there.
Unfortunately, these things do come at a price. We have a dedicated band of cleaners, some of whom are beginning to feel it is too much for them.
The church is divided into sections, some of which take no more than half an hour every two or three weeks to clean.
Will some of you who care about our church please give a small amount of your time?
Please contact Lucy Morris tel. 20467.
SEDBERGH TOWN BAND
Blackpool 2006.
Nearly all playing members of the Band were able to attend a practice and learning course spread over the period Tuesday 30th May to Friday 2nd June. The venue was the Norbreck Castle Hotel just outside Blackpool. This massive hotel provided comfortable accommodation, good and copious quantities of food and a large conference room that served as the rehearsal and playing centre.
The days were divided in a pre-lunch session, 9 am to 1 pm: the afternoons were free and after supper there was a period 7.30 - 9.00 for further playing. The musical programme was varied: full band playing, small sectional group coaching and lessons on musical theory. Many members from the Band's repertoire were practised and polished: a number of items new to the Band were introduced and will be featuring in forthcoming concerts.
The weather was particularly benign throughout our visit and band members plus families who accompanied the party made use of the free afternoons to sample the town, the Pleasure Beach and the coastline.
An excellent and most valuable time was had by all: our thanks go to secretary Hilary Hodge for her organisation, director of music Alan Lewis for planning and running the course, and Tony Crofts and Stuart Shields for their expert instruction. G. B.
SETTLEBECK HIGH SCHOOL
Genetic Masterclass
On 27th April we went to Appleby Grammar School to do a Genetics Masterclass. During the morning we were split into groups with people we didn't know and we extracted DNA from cells from our mouth. This was a difficult but interesting task.
In the afternoon we researched different animals and their suitability for gene modification. Then, in our groups, we had to give a talk to the other groups about what we had researched. Overall, the day was very interesting.
"I really enjoyed the Genetics Masterclass which I took part in at Appleby Grammar School. We used various chemicals and equipment to gather together DNA from our saliva, enabling us to see it. I found the whole process very interesting and learnt a lot. I also enjoyed working in a groups with people I didn't know."
Ed Bannister
"At first I think we were all a little nervous about being in a group with people we'd never met before, but after a while it became really easy to talk to each other. The experiment we did enabled us to see a strand of our own DNA and keep it in a small glass necklace. I found it very interesting. The highlight of my day, however, had to be seeing Mr Burrowes climb on to a table on all fours and pretend to be a pig! We decided to disown him as our teacher."
Jenni Lamb
SEDBERGH TOWN BAND
Sedbergh Annual Gala.
The Town Band again led the procession from the traditional starting point of the parade, Maryfell, to the site of the Gala, the Lupton playing field. Thanks to the hard work of the Sedbergh School groundsmen the field was in immaculate shape.
In the course of the afternoon the band played a wide ranging selection of numbers to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.
Following a successful inaugural use of the recently purchased marquee the previous week at the opening of the Dent Heritage Centre the marquee was again used. Fortunately it did not have to provide protection from the forecast rain that failed to materialise, but it did keep a keen wind at bay.
G. B.
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