A HUGE community effort will bring cheer to families who really need it this Christmas. Volunteers, businesses, schools, churches and the council have joined together to deliver over 180 food parcels to Ilkley families. In a year that has been tough on many people, this community effort will make Christmas a little better. Led by the Ilkley Great Get Together, a number of separate initiatives came together to support the families in need. A baking competition at All Saints school, local cafes collected coffee vouchers, supermarket vouchers were donated and food was collected to be delivered to homes in time for Christmas. 200 Christmas cakes have been made or bought by Ilkley residents and have gone to families using free school meals and to young carers. The food parcels were packed and delivered by an army of 200 volunteers but it was an even bigger team effort than that, says Becky Malby, of Ilkley Great Get Together: “It has been heart-warning to see how the whole commu
SCHOOLS around the country are approaching the end of the first full term with students in school since the start of lockdown. It has also been the first term for Jamie Gutch in a new role as Deputy Headteacher at Ilkley Grammar School (IGS), with responsibility for Post-16 and Personal Development. Here he reflects on how IGS (the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust) and the wider community have adjusted to new ways of working FOR Post-16, the new academic year starts in mid-August with A level and GCSE results days. Results days this year were like no others ever before, delivered virtually against a national backdrop that was changing almost daily. These were times of extraordinary uncertainty for students and parents.
SCHOOLS around the country are approaching the end of the first full term with students in school since the start of lockdown. It has also been the first term for Jamie Gutch in a new role as Deputy Headteacher at Ilkley Grammar School (IGS), with responsibility for Post-16 and Personal Development. Here he reflects on how IGS (the founding school of Moorlands Learning Trust) and the wider community have adjusted to new ways of working FOR Post-16, the new academic year starts in mid-August with A level and GCSE results days. Results days this year were like no others ever before, delivered virtually against a national backdrop that was changing almost daily. These were times of extraordinary uncertainty for students and parents.