Sports Awards
Check out the winners

Famous victory over Uppingham
& Rugby Academy reports

Under 16s Leicestershire & Rutland County Football Cup
Read about VCC's victory

Swimming Classes in the new pool - Find out how to enrol

Fixtures
All finish/return times are approximate

Tuesday 6 January
Girls football academy 3.30-5.30pm.
Spotlight on Dance 3.30-4.30pm.

Wednesday 7 January
Yr 9,10,11 girls basketball v CBEC (A). Return 5.15pm.

Thursday 8 January
Yr 7 indoor athletics v CBEC. Return 5.30pm.

Friday 10 January
Badminton and cheerleading 3.30-5.00pm.

Sports Centre
The Sports Centre will be closed from Wednesday 24 December to Thursday 1 January inclusive.

Any queries out of office hours should be directed to the sports centre on 01572 756181

PE Lessons

Students who have been excused from PE must still bring their PE kit so that they can take on the role of a coach/ref etc. They will be allowed to wear their coats to keep warm but we are conscious that some students are getting their shoes and trousers rather muddy when the lesson is on the grass.

Thank you for your support.

Cold weather

With the weather getting colder students are strongly encouraged to wear layers underneath their school PE tops and black tracksuit trousers when participating in sports lessons outside.

Black shorts and white polo tops to be worn inside.

On Friday 5 December we held our annual inter school swimming gala against Uppingham and Casterton and although we were missing a couple of key swimmers we had to make a couple of late changes due to illness we were optimistic that we had a strong enough team to retain the trophy.

A number of students got through to the final and when we heard that the year 8 team had come first overall and the year 9 came second we were hopeful that we had done enough to win. Unfortunately we scored 117 points and Uppingham 118. Beaten by one point. We were devastated but I am sure that had we had our full squad we would have won convincingly. Hopefully this defeat will make us more determined next year to practice more and win the trophy back.

Many thanks to all the students who represented the school on this occasion and supported one another enthusiastically throughout the competition. I was pleased with the peace and quiet on my return to home!

A special mention must go to Molly Spawton, William Bird, Grace Rock, Anthony Landucci, Jack Crankshaw and Hannah Duncan who not only won their finals but whose swimming was a pleasure to watch. In addition, a big thank you to our higher and sports leaders who helped with the scoring and timing. Yet again you did a professional job.

Year 8
Philip Gwyther, Hannah Brown, Jamie Palmer, Hannah Duncan, Jack Crankshaw, Georgina Adams, Oliver Maxwell, Ashleigh Curtis, Anthony Landucci, Emily Wilkinson, Ryan Waterman, Molly Spawton

Year 9
Kieran Ludlam, Laura Wilkinson, Chris Williams, Miranda Green, Adam Rosillo, Grace Rock, George Swift, Amelia Lewis, Karl Simpson, Laura Sowerby, William Bird, Imogen Bell

Sportleaders
Amy Longhurst, Emily Wardle, Stephanie Lightfoot, Sarah Spence, Josh Budgen

Year 8

The boys have definitely showed a vast improvement since the start of the season. They have learnt a variety of tactics including man to man marking and plays to develop the lay-up shot.

Well done to all the boys who have represented the team, continue to develop your basketball skills through lessons and the extra-curricular session. Well done for all your efforts and hopefully the boys can demonstrate their improvements next year.

Year 8 Results
Longfield - 18 Nov. - Lost 27 - 5
Belvior - 20 Nov. - Lost 31 - 8
CBEC - 25 Nov. - Lost 26-20
J. Ferneley - 2 Dec. - Lost 46-22
UCC - 11 Dec. - Lost 20 - 6

Squad: Danny McKay, Jack Ramsey, Max Boulton-Smith (c), Oly Maxwell, Jamie Palmer, Jordan Poole, Ryan Walterman, Joe Williams, James Cole.

Year 9

A very talented group of year 9s have placed themselves in an excellent position to win the Rutland & Melton Basketball League for the first time in the college's history.

Some excellent performances have seen the boys win all 5 of their games so far. The boys have demonstrated their commitment and determination to taste success by displaying advanced skills and tactics in some very well contested games.

The boys now need to maintain their concentration and work extremely hard to achieve positive results in their remaining two games. I look forward to working with the team to secure the Basketball Championship. Well done.

Year 9 Results
John Fernley - 6 Nov. - Won 32-25
Longfield - 18 Nov. - Won 23-15
CBEC - 20 Nov. - Won 39-18
Belvior - 26 Nov. - Won 18-14
UCC - 11 Dec. - Won 14-10

Squad: Adam Johnson (c), Josh Hodgkinson, Alex Mackie, Caspar Irso-Coombes, Carl Simpson, David Williams, Jack Moore, Alan Wade, Kieran Smith

VCC Rugby Academy in Association with Oakham RFC

Is your child interested in rugby? The Rugby Academy is open to both boys and girls from all year groups and is held every Monday evening from 3.30pm to 5pm. It is a great opportunity for students to get specialist coaching through coaches from Oakham RFC. To book your place in the Academy please see Mr Hajat for an application letter.

No kit policy

The PE department would like to reinforce the importance of students bringing their sports kit. Incidents of no kit will be dealt with through the use of the following sanctions:

* 1st no kit: Verbal warning;
* 2nd no kit: Verbal warning;
* 3rd no kit: Telephone home;
* 4th no kit: Letter home and compulsory attendance at catch up sports club on Friday after college.
* 4+ no kit: refer to senior management.

In addition to this the PE department would like to introduce their new policy in which students are expected to bring their PE kit and get changed as normal even if they have a note excusing them from PE. We feel that the students can still take an active role in PE whereby they can help set up equipment and fulfil a coach/officiating role.

PE department