Pocklington School Newsletter Summer 2020 | Page 8
Co-curricular Report
Thank you to so many of you who
took part in the remote school walk.
The overall House results were:
1st Place
DOLMAN - 737 miles
2nd Place
WILBER - 575 miles
3rd Place
HUTTON- 456 miles
4th Place
GRUGGEN
314 miles
ANOTHER SOLID WIN FOR
DOLMAN- WELL DONE!
VIRTUAL
SCHOOL WALK
2020 WINNERS
DOLMAN HOUSE
In this unfamiliar summer term, continuing to
engage students in the co-curricular life of
school whilst working remotely has been an
important process in allowing our students to
feel challenged, motivated and connected to
school on a deeper level than purely tuning in to
online lessons.
Duke of Edinburgh online training was a ‘first’
and a great success and ‘Drop Everything And
Read’ was a wonderful opportunity for us to
come together as school to participate in this
termly event. The interaction from students
across the year groups, letting us know about
their achievements away from their lessons has
been superb; we have seen gardening, art work,
sewing and virtual triathlons as well as ferret
breeding and photography. Our wonderful
musicians have continued to wow us with their
vocal and instrumental talents via online
concerts and our Drama students have
showcased their talents via the same platform
with monologue performances. Virtual VE Day
celebrations proved a huge success in celebrating
the 75th anniversary together and I am
delighted with how well our entire school
community has engaged with the larger scale
events such as the remote School Walk and
virtual Sports Day.
In challenging times, our Pocklingtonians have
continued to build upon their pursuits away from
their academic studies, just as they do so well
while physically at school. I am incredibly proud
of the way they have turned this unfamiliar way
of working into an opportunity to broaden their
horizons and develop their character, whilst
upskilling themselves away from their screens.
Lucy Hornby, Head of Co-curriculum
Virtual Sports Day ran for 1st - 3rd years
during their PE lessons in the final weeks
of term. There were some superb times
and distances recorded.
The overall House results were:
1st Place
DOLMAN - 819 points
2nd Place
Gruggen - 773 points
3rd Place
Wilberforce - 706 points
4th Place
Hutton -
397 points
VIRTUAL
SPORTS DAY
2020 WINNERS
DOLMAN HOUSE
Have a great summer. We hope to see you all in September!
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