Gundog Challenge Accepted for School Pupils
Two schoolgirls from Cundall Manor School are celebrating reaching the finals of the ISA Gundog Challenge. Tallulah Lascelles and Hattie Attwood, both reached the final of the Independent Schools Association Gundog Challenge at Weston Park in Shropshire earlier this week. The pair progressed into the final following an impressive showing in qualifying rounds. Both of the girls managed to be one of two selected for the final of eight contestants from four larger qualifying groups. Hattie placed 4thoverall and Tullulah 5th. Hattie also managed to claim the ‘Judges Choice Award,’ an accolade which comes with the enviable prize of a solid silver dog whistle. The competition was held at the annual Midland Game Fair which took place on the 17th & 18th September at Weston Park in Shropshire. John Robertson, owner of The Gundog Company, enjoyed showing the enthusiastic crowd the tricks of the trade. He said: “The purpose of the competition and show is to allow younger children to gain a knowledge of the gun dog and how they work. “By the time I am finished explaining how they work and what they do, the children have a good knowledge and are eager to put it into action with the dogs.” The competition is run in association with the ISA and John has so far visited nearly forty schools up and down the country. The business, based near Leicester, has had busy summer with appearances at Countryfile live at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire and several game fairs and county shows. Eager to embed the skills within the curriculum, the school have now secured a series of Saturday morning enrichment sessions with the business, starting later this month. To find out more about Cundall Manor School, call 01423 360 200, visit the websitewww.cundallmanorschool.comor simply come and see for yourself at the next Open Morning on Saturday 15thOctober from 10am.
New wave of research for GCSE pupils
A recent trip to Swaledale provided pupils from Cundall Manor School with the opportunity to conduct some valuable field work into the local river system. GCSE pupils from the school benefited from some kind weather conditions as the investigated how a river changes as it moves downstream. The youngsters performed an analysis on FIVE sites of Cogden Gill, a tributary of the River Swale, in an attempt to ascertain whether the Gill follows Bradshaw’s River Model which argues that rivers will get wider, deeper and faster as they make their way towards the sea. Pupils will now use this data to complete their Geography GCSE controlled assessment worth 25% of their final grade. Miss Stovin who led the excursion added: “Our pupils behaved themselves impeccably. We hope that everyone enjoyed the trip.”