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UCKFIELD COLLEGE LIFE

February 2019

Uckfield College Win the Wealden Cup 2019

Our current Year 13 students have much to celebrate, having retained the Wealden Cup against
strong competition from Hailsham Community College and Heathfield Community College. Over
several months our students have been competing against these 6th Form colleges in a series of
sporting, academic and creative challenges.

Uckfield College’s path to victory began in June with a competitively fought opening round of
University Challenge which was won by Hailsham, with our valiant team finishing in third position.
Undaunted by this early setback, Uckfield later went on to secure a victory in the football competition
and a second-place position in the netball, which was won by Heathfield. The Masterchef round of
the Wealden Cup took place in October. A​ ll of the teams worked incredibly hard and the standard of
the food that was prepared was very high. The team from Uckfield College performed superbly to win
on the day, with a very impressive meal of pan-fried duck breast with a blackberry sauce and a
dessert of raspberry and mascarpone opera cake served with a passion fruit coulis.
The final round, the debate competition, took place in January at Hailsham College.
The Uckfield team took part in debates on the topics “Humanity should fear advances in A.I.” and
“Tourism is good for the world”. All of the judges were impressed by the quality of the arguments put

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forward and were wowed by some highly effective rhetorical flourishes. Hailsham won this round,
with Uckfield just a few points behind in second place.
This final result means that the winners of the Wealden Cup 2019 are Uckfield College, with Hailsham
in 2nd and Heathfield in 3rd.
As a multi-disciplinary competition, it was necessary that a wide range of students should take part,
giving up much of their own time to prepare for each stage. The quality of teamwork and
sportsmanship throughout has been superb. Congratulations to all those who took part!
University Challenge Team:​ Megan Lyne, Josh Mankelow, Lily Joyce, Robert Ross
Netball Team: Lizzie Moisan, Harriet Cox, Caitlin Mileham, Joanna Sippetts, Lily Cullip, Sophie
Godbold, Sasha Coates, Sejal Patel-Roberts, Rosie Prince
Football Team: George Lofthouse, Alfie Smith, Harrison Smith, Tomek Baxter, Conor Mills, Jake
Scholes, Zak Mansfield, Alex Ridler
Masterchef Team:​ ​Sophie Godbold, Louis Bissett, Chloe Cranfield and Milly Volkova
Debate Team:​ Aisha Collins, Lizzie Moisan, Max Clarke, Holly Peat, Rhiannon Hobby, Harry Maher

Winter Concert

The music department presented it’s annual Winter Concert at the end of January with fantastic
performances from the school’s ensembles alongside wonderful soloists from all year groups.
From arrangements of Abba and Stevie Wonder to a Baroque sonata for flute and violin, a violin
concerto, jazz improvisations and acoustic arrangements of pop songs, rounded off by the College
Jazz Band, the audience were treated to an eclectic mix of musical styles.
Don’t miss our next concert - The Music Department Showcase - our A Level recital evening on 6th
March for first class performances from our top musicians.

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District Masterchef finals

Finn Goulson in Year 12 took part in the Rotary District Masterchef Finals in Orpington during the first
weekend of February. He fought off stiff competition with a mouth watering three course meal for
two that Heston himself would be proud off. Finn was awarded second place and is now eligible to
attend the Regional final in mid March.
Many congratulations Finn, you have done an amazing job!

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Southern School Book Awards 2018 Winner announced!

On Friday 25th January the College Book Club were very fortunate to attend the SSBA presentation
evening at Roedean school. Four of the shortlisted authors (Will Hill, Teri Terry, Susan Wilson and
John Young) attended the evening presented by Lisa Heathfield, author of ​Paper Butterflies and the
winner of last year’s SSBA. We listened to the authors’ presentations and Q and A sessions after which
the winner was announced, and the winner is ….. W​ ill Hill with ​After the Fire. T​ his was followed by
the opportunity to meet all of the authors and get our books signed. What an amazing evening!

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Year 12 Warner Bros trip

On Friday 8th January we took 16 of our Year 12 Media students to Warner Bros European HQ.
Students were treated to an exclusive screening of the fabulous Lego Movie Part 2 and a fascinating
insight into the marketing. Overall “Everything Was Awesome”!

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Lecture by Dr Stephen Wilkins

On Friday the 18th of January, Dr Stephen Wilkins, Senior Lecturer In Astronomy at the University of
Sussex, came to give a talk to our Year 12 and 13 Physics students. He spoke about Astrophysics, the
Webb Telescope and the latest research in Astrophysics at Sussex.
Students were all completely engaged and in awe throughout Dr Wilkins’ lecture, which was topped
off by some really quite interested questions from our students.

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LGBT+ Charity Fundraising Day

Thank you all for your amazing support!

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North Wealden Sporthall athletics

The 6th form BTEC students helped to run the event that our Year 7 and Year 8 sportshall athletics
teams took part in. Our students competed against students from Heathfield, Beacon and Uplands.
Our Year 8 team came second, and our Year 7 team won. Our Year 7 team will now represent North
Wealden at the Sussex Champs. Well done all!

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KS3 and KS4 Badminton

The KS3 and KS4 Badminton teams took part in the Sussex Championships today. All players did really
well against tough opposition, with our KS4 girls' team finishing second. Well done all!

Drama returns from The Unreturning!

On Thursday 24th January, drama students from Years 10 through 13 travelled to London to watch
Frantic Assembly’s latest creation, The Unreturning. With a focus on soldiers returning home after
war, three unique stories are told from 1918, 2013 and 2026. Using seamless transitions and physical
theatre, we were presented with three tales with moments of laughter, sadness and concern. The
students were a credit to the college, particularly the Year 12 and 13 students who assisted in guiding
their peers safely through London’s busy streets. The trip was enjoyed by everyone and the students
themselves helped make the day delightful.

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Photographs credited to Tristram Kenton from the​ Evening Standard​ newspaper review.

Year 11 students celebrate success in trial exams!

Year 11 students spending an afternoon celebrating their success in their trial exams!

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Waging the War on Waste!

A new bottle recycling scheme is starting at the College from Monday 25th February. Students can
pick up a loyalty card, hand in empty bottles at the tills and then a stamp on the loyalty card will be
given for each bottle returned. Collect 10 stamps and claim a free cookie!

 

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Troy Southall, 10K, wins orienteering league series

The final event of the Orienteering Autumn League was on Saturday 26th January at Chailey Common
(South).

Troy Southall in 10K, who is a member of SouthDowns Orienteers, came 5th on the BLUE course
(6.1km, the hardest and longest course) out of 37 finishers which was enough for him to win the
league series (best 5 runs out of 9 events to count), beating Neil Crickmore, the Club Captain into
second place.

Well done Troy, what a fantastic achievement!

.O​ pen wi

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Prince William Award

We have received great news that the Duke of Cambridge is continuing as the Royal Patron of the
Prince William Award. 
 

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Local artist shows in Heathfield High Street

Portrait painter, and our Head of Art, Bethan Archer is having an exhibition of her work at Walls of
Fame, Heathfield High Street. Bethan paints large scale portraits of humans and animals. She sells
work around the world and has recently been asked to paint the portrait of Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Bin Mohamad. She also paints to commission, portraits of people, dogs, cats, horses and has
a large collection of orangutan paintings.

The show opens Friday March 1st at 6.30pm - all welcome.

Please keep in touch!

We always love to hear news of our students’ achievements out of College, so please do e-mail to
keep us updated with the fantastic range of activities they are involved in. Please e-mail details to
Toni Fletcher,​ ​[email protected]​.​ We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

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