Pre Prep House Poetry Competition

Pre Prep pupils have been taking part in a House Poetry Competition with over 70 pupils submitting poems on the theme of “Friendship”. The competition was then judged by the poet Deryn Rees-Jones. She was very impressed by the standard of the poems produced: ‘I liked the ones where the writer allowed me to see the world or feel a feeling a little bit differently. Reading the poem meant that something had somehow changed in me.’ Dr Rees-Jones congratulated all children who entered and also the many who decorated their poems so beautifully.

The house winners were:

  • Fox- Iris R3
  • Owl- Joel 2Q
  • Rabbit- Heidi 1P
  • Badger- Emmie 1Q
  • Hedgehog- Rowan 1Q
  • Squirrel- Alice 1P

The year group winners were:

  • Reception- Mariella R2
  • Year 1- Keira-Lilly 1R
  • Year 2- Noah 2Q

Well done to all the pupils!

Mrs Gannon

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Rugby Awards Evening

We celebrated the end of a successful rugby season on Thursday with an awards evening in the MV Hall, organised by Mr Hewitt (Director of Rugby). The evening recognised and celebrated the success and commitment of our pupils and all those involved in the rugby programme at the school.

Each team coach presented an overview of the year and awards were then presented for each team as follows:

Year 7 (Coach - Mr Hewitt)
Most improved player: Jacob W
Player’s player of the year: Marcus F
Player of the year: Oliver H

Year 8 (Coach - Mr Hammersley)
Most improved player: Lucas M
Player’s player of the year: Jan M
Player of the year: Jude R

Year 9 (Coach - Mr Hall)
Most improved player: Mitchell C
Player’s player of the year: Ethan F
Player of the year: Rafi B

Year 10 (Coach - Mr Muscatelli)
Most improved player: Mahbubar R
Player’s player of the year: Ross F
Player of the year: Ciaran R

2nd XV (Coach - Mr Brady)

Most improved player: Tom P
Player’s player of the year: Ryan H

1st XV (Coach - Mr Heeley)
Most improved player: Max E
Player’s player of the year: Sebastian C
Player of the year: Adam M

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Liverpool College Wins Law Competition

Liverpool College triumphed on Saturday when they became winners of the Magistrates Court Mock Trial Law Competition in Merseyside. The Magistrates’ mock trials are a national competition in which schools across the country analyse a court case and compete against each other. It aims to give Year 8 and Year 9 students an insight into the judicial system, the laws and how the courts function.

The event took place in Wirral Crown Court, in real court rooms, which were presided over by real Magistrates. The team, comprising of Year 8 Wilton Scholars, have been preparing for this event for several months and were incredibly fortunate to benefit from the support of Mrs Doran, Mrs Gill Ashworth (Senior Crown Court Prosecutor) and Judge, Mr Richard Baker, in preparing for the event. The team comprised of numerous individual roles including Magistrates, Legal Adviser, Prosecution Lawyer, Prosecution Witness, Defence Lawyer, Usher, Defence witness, Defendant and Court Reporter. During the competition, each role is scored individually meaning every pupil’s performance was vital. The event required weeks of preparation, both in school an at home, which culminated in an in school mock trial last week. Witnesses were expected to memorise their statements in order to answer the lawyer’s questions, and use their drama skills to convey their character. Lawyers were expected to come up with questions to bring forward their evidence from the witness, opening and closing speeches. Magistrates had to practise note taking skills while observing the trial, in order to make a decision as to whether the defendant was guilty or not. The legal advisor has to become familiar with the nuances of the law including the Turnball guidelines and Standard of Proof. Each part, regardless of its significance was integral to our success as a team.

After participating in a full day of trials against other schools on Saturday, the students were thrilled when announced overall winners of Merseyside – a truly incredible achievement.

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An Unbeaten Term of Football for the U12 Team

The U12 football team are celebrating an excellent term of football having finished their season 19 matches unbeaten, winning 17 and drawing two matches.

The U12s played their final match on their home patch on Wednesday versus Kings Leadership Academy, Warrington. The feedback from their school was that they were going to provide us with a tough match boasting some impressive results. Although the first half ended goalless, the College finishing unbeaten was never in doubt, as despite suffering the setback of hitting both the post and bar and having a goal disallowed in the first half, the U12s completely dominated the second half scoring two quick fire goals early on to allay any fears of defeat. The second half also showed that the importance of playing numerous matches and endless training sessions as our opposition ran out of steam and could not cope with the electrifying pace of the College forward line. Although it was our centre half who stole the show, Saadullah P provided much steeliness in defence and powering forward whenever the opportunity arose.

This has been a term of U12s football where every individual has played an important role in the team and each match has seen a different individual set up and demonstrate excellent leadership skills by taking charge of the game and encouraging others to improve their effort levels. The term of football has been an educational experience where they have learnt the importance of communication in the game, fighting to win each ball, tackle and playing football using the full width of the pitch to create numerous chances.

Well done to all the U12s, who are already planning for football in Y8 and playing 11-a-side.

Mr Cook (Sports Coordinator)

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Maths Ambassador Mastery Event

The Maths Ambassador Mastery Event took place on Thursday morning with our Year 7 pupils.

The Year 12 Maths Ambassadors were trained in how to deliver Mastery activities and then created their own mini maths lesson to teach groups of Year 7 pupils.

It was a huge success and all the Year 7s thoroughly enjoyed being taught by the Sixth Form pupils.

Miss Stone

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Durham Schools Debating Competition

We took two teams to the Durham Schools Debating competition, the largest residential debate in the world with 150 teams from nearly forty schools competing. We were one of only four non-fee paying or non-selective schools participating. This was a steep learning curve for our new debater Hajra K who, guided by the experienced hands of her team mate Cate D, improved rapidly across the two days.

Jan and Lehtu had a remarkable competition comfortably making the novice semi-finals. Along the way they beat more experienced senior teams from Westminster College, St Pauls Girls’ School and George Heriot’s School among many others. Both teams debated on six motions ranging from abolishing the minimum wage, removing patents from pharmaceutics, considering the rise of ‘cultural cancelling’, and examining the merits of introducing a ‘negative vote’.

In the end it was only their age which stopped them progressing even further. The sixth formers they were up against simply had more knowledge.

Ahead of the ICYD finals at the end of this month we will be doing some serious cramming of economic principles, free market policies and electoral systems.

Mr Barnicoat

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Opening of the Peach Centre for Business and Economics

Mr Roger Peach OL opened the eponymous Peach Centre for Business and Economics in our new Sixth Form Centre. Mr Peach was inspired to make a substantial donation to his old school by the memory of his old economics teacher Mr Chris McNally. After a career in banking, Mr Peach set up his own business. He is a great supporter of the OL Society and a Foundation Member. Pupils, teachers and friends of the College were on hand to tour the facility and thank Mr Peach for his generosity.

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