Sports Hall - Update The picture tells it all. Real progress is now visible as the steelwork is installed, outlining the shape of the new facility.

Year 11 Leavers’ Events Year 11 students celebrated the end of their normal timetabled lessons on Thursday 27 May. All that is left now is a little matter of exams! The Class of 2005-10 Prom in the school hall on Wednesday 26 May was a great success. Students gathered in their finest suits and dresses at the school, arriving in an array of transport including a limousine, horse and carriage, sports cars, a tandem and something never seen before, mobility scooters! The evening started with photographs for the albums of the future, outside the school, with friends and families looking on. Students then went in to the school hall for a disco. At the end of the evening the Prom King and Queen were announced having been selected by some of the teachers present – Naomi Messruther was Prom Queen, Craig Foster Prom King. The following day – the final day in school, students attended a final assembly, then had a reception at breaktime, more photos at lunchtime, followed by a final school lunch. The afternoon was filled with entertainment ranging from video clips, special awards, songs, speeches, and two pieces from The Band With No Name. There were tears at the end of the day as emotions got the better of some students.     Year 11 students arriving for their Prom.

School Play in a Week - The Wizard of Oz Friday 2 July and Saturday 3 July 2010 West Wing Hall - 7.00pm Please keep this date free in your diary Tickets will be available early in June from West Wing Reception.

Biggest Ever! Annual Art and Design Exhibition Thursday 24 June 2010 at 7.00pm Our annual exhibition of artwork is a chance to view the work of all A-level and GCSE art students, and to find out who is the winner of the Emma Howard Memorial Prize for this year. We hope for a pleasant summer evening when guests can stroll around the wide variety of exhibits, talk to staff and students and enjoy the talent on show. There is no charge for admission and there will be a licensed bar available on the evening.

Malton and Pickering Mercury Newsgroup We would like to take this opportunity to welcome some of our Year 7 students into our newsgroup. We work together with the Ryedale Mercury Newspaper to produce news stories that are printed every four weeks. Our articles are about both our school and our surrounding area. We say a fond farewell to some of our older newsgroup members, Amos Abrahams, Jacob Hughes and Jamie Green, we wish them well with the next chapter of their lives. Our excellent news team now comprises, Adam Craig, Eleanor Green, Arik Abrahams, Lucy Mitchell, Alice Walker, Daniel Wildon, Esme Queen, Emily Farrow, Katy Bradbury, Emma Campbell, Evie Fothergill, Kirsty Martinson, Katie Mitchell, Jemima Myers and Holly Johnson.

Year 6 Induction Evening - West Wing Hall For Year 6 students and parents/carers Thursday 8 July 2010 - 7:00 to 8:30pm Refreshments will be available

Sporting Success Well done to the Year 7 Rounders team who won the Whitby and Ryedale Rounders Tournament held at Lady Lumleys School on Tuesday 25 May 2010. The players in the team were: Emily Miller (captain), Beth Armstrong, Emily Liversidge, Katy Simpson, Kristina Dickinson, Emma Wharrick, Sami Heslop, Maddie Dean and Alex Donavan.

Sports Day Sports day will be held on Tuesday 13 July 2010. (Tuesday 20 July has been reserved in the event of bad weather.) We welcome guests to the track events in the afternoon - invitation letters will be going home to parents in June.

Gymnastics On Saturday 13 March 2010 the annual Scarborough and District Gymnastics Competition was held at George Pindar Community College. Three teams from Malton School entered: all the girls involved performed exceptionally well on both floor and vault. A special mention should go to Katy Bradbury who won a bronze medal for her individual performance.     The Malton School gymnasts who took part in the Scarborough and District Gymnastics Competition and Katy Bradbury showing her Bronze Medal Trophy.

Congratulations to Maisie Bulmer who has represented the North Yorkshire Girls’ Centre of Excellence for Football this season.

Dates of Terms - 2010-11 First Day Last Day Day Closures Thurs 2 September Fri 22 October Weds 1 September Mon 1 November Fri 17 December Fri 24 September Weds 5 January Fri 18 February Tues 4 January Mon 28 February Fri 8 April Fri 8 April Tues 26 April Fri 27 May   Mon 6 June Fri 22 July Fri 1 July Bank holiday: Mon 2 May

A-Level Leavers

Year 13 A-level students finished normal timetable classes at Malton School on Friday 14 May. They had lessons up to breaktime, followed by a special assembly. The school then put on a buffet lunch for them before they departed to make the necessary preparations for the prom in the evening.

Over 70 students plus 25 staff guests attended the prom at The Royal York Hotel in York. The weather was fine, the beautiful surroundings were used to take photographs in the pleasant evening light.The prom was thoroughly enjoyed by students and staff alike. Particular thanks go to Senior Students Will Smailes, Emma Bean, and Matthew Wilson for organising this event.

This excellent group of students are now wished well with their exams over the coming weeks and we look forward to our usual high quality results in August.

Year 13 students enjoying their Prom at The Royal York Hotel in York. Year 11 Prom & Year 13 Leavers Photograph CDs are available from Mrs Audsley (Deputy Head’s PA) East Wing - 50p each

Auschwitz Trip

Jonathan Drake and Josephine Smith, two Year 12 students, have recently taken part in the government funded 'Lessons from Auschwitz Project'. The project selects two students from every Sixth Form in the country to represent their school and their community. They attended several seminars at Leeds University, heard the testimony of a Holocaust survivor and flew to Poland on a one day visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The next step of their project is to disseminate the lessons they learned and their personal thoughts and experiences to the wider community.

"A reddish glow through the mist was flickering in the weirdest way and there was a sickly, fatty, cloying smell. Mother and I glanced at each other, baffled. Who could be roasting meat, great quantities of it, at this hour in the morning?"

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Will Smailes performing at the A-Level Evening.

A-Level Music Live Recording

Thursday 29 April saw Year 12 and Year 13 music students perform an informal concert to record their AS and A Level performance coursework. The evening was very enjoyable, and the standard of music exceptionally high. Our thanks go to Mr Macbeth & Mr De Cogan from Ampleforth College for their help with piano accompaniment and sound recording.

A group of budding guitarists attended a concert at Pickering Memorial Hall, performed by solo artist Richard Durrant, who has created music for television adverts as well as performing on radio one. The event was enjoyed by all.

Head Boy and Girl 2010-2011

With Year 11 departing, we said farewell to our current Head Boy and Girl and Deputies, which meant it was time to elect four new officials for the coming year. 27 students from Year 10 were nominated by their classmates. An election was held in which staff and Year 10 students voted, using a transferable vote system.

The winners were:

Head Boy - Ben Stubbings
Head Girl - Harriet Beecroft
Deputy - James Poole
Deputy - Aimee Machin

In third place were Joseph Bulmer and Alice Lloyd. Thanks to all who took part in the elections. Thanks also to retiring Head Boy and Girl, Harry Francis and Alex Tate Smith, and Deputies Ian Mason and Ellie Hogarth for their excellent work during the year.

UK Maths Trust - Team Maths Challenge

On 4 May, Emily Farrow and Steven Fenwick (Year 9) and Imogen Smith and James Simpson (Year 8) represented Malton School in the UK Maths Trust's Team Maths Challenge in York. Out of the 23 teams that entered, Malton came 13th – a solid result against some of the best schools in North Yorkshire. Well done to all.

Students taking part in the Prison Me No Way workshops.

Prison Me No Way Workshops

On Wednesday 28 March Years 8 and 9 were involved in a day of workshops within school. The Prison Service brought along two real prisoners to give talks to students about prison life, which sounded very scary. The Red Cross came in and taught students how to deliver CPR. Railway Safety Officers taught us about rail safety, and the Fire Brigade spoke to us about prank calls and fire safety. We rounded off with a vote of thanks and a prize draw, with terrific prizes of chocolates and sporting goods being won. It was a great day.

Year 10 History Trip - World War One Battlefields of France and Belgium

• What was it really like to fight on the front line during the First World War?
• How could millions of people die during a single conflict?
• Were conditions in the battlefields really as appalling as they sound?

These were some of the questions on our minds as about 40 Year 10 students plus staff headed on a trip to the battlefields of Northern France in late April. Everyone had different reasons for wanting to go on the trip: some were looking for relatives; others were simply interested in the history that surrounded the sights we were going to visit. Mr Williams, our Head Teacher turned tour guide, supplied us with plenty of useful information as we visited various war memorials and cemeteries. These included trips to Thiepval, the largest British War Memorial in the world, and Tyne Cot, which is the final resting place of nearly 12,000 Commonwealth soldiers. The highlight of the trip for many was participating in nightly Last Post ceremony in Ypres, which commemorates all the soldiers of the British Empire who died during the Battle of Ypres. The service took place at the Menin Gate Memorial. All the surrounding walls were full of the names of soldiers whose bodies had not been found. Knowing that each name represented a man who had sacrificed their life for their country really brought home the sheer scale of the losses suffered nearly 90 years ago. Everyone felt that they had gained a lot from the trip - both educationally and emotionally. Visiting the battlefields in person helped us begin to understand some of the horrific events that our grandparents experienced during the First World War.

The Ulster Tower - One of the many cemeteries visited on the Battlefields Trip

Sports Ambassadors’ Trip to Romania

Thank you to all those students who have helped Pippa Hammond and Joshua Garcia-Hall raise money for their trip to Romania. Joined with ambassadors from Norton College, Lady Lumleys and Ryedale the group have been busy preparing for their trip, when they will be taking vital sports equipment across and leading a variety of sporting activities.

North Yorkshire Dance Competition

Well done to the Malton School Dance Team who competed in the North Yorkshire dance competition held this year at Escrick School in York. The team had workshops in break dance, street dance and musical theatre and competed against 11 other teams from North Yorkshire. The team consisted of Chloe Potts, Betsie Potts, Maisie Northing, Imogen Smith, Jacob Tildesley, and Jack Batty.

Members of the Malton School Dance Team competing in the North Yorkshire Dance Competition held at Escrick School.