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Dr Stephen Winkley

Newly Appointed Head of Rossall School

Leading Educationalist Named Head of Rossall

One of Britain’s most prominent figures in independent education, the former Chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association, Dr Stephen Winkley, has been appointed Headmaster of Rossall.  Dr Winkley will take over as Head in June 2008 when current Head, Tim Wilbur, vacates the office to move to New Zealand to take up the post of Headmaster at Wanganui Collegiate School on the country’s north island.

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A career educationalist, Dr Winkley has been lured from retirement to take up the position at Rossall and joins the school on a four year contract to oversee a programme of planned development on the 160-acre campus. He retired from education in 2006 as Headmaster of Uppingham School, Rutland, a position he had held for 15 years. Prior to this he spent six years as Second Master of Winchester College Hampshire.

In 2003 Dr Winkley was elected Chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association and is now recognised as one of the country’s main spokespersons for the independent education sector. His time as Chairman of the Association saw the sector experience a resurgence of interest with schools buoyed by increased boarding numbers, following years of steady decline.

Born in Norfolk, Dr Winkley was educated at St Edwards School and Brasenose College, Oxford, gaining an MA in Mediaeval and Modern Languages and a Doctorate in Byzantine Hymnology. He is married with two sons and two daughters and currently lives in the Kettering area.

Commenting on the new appointment, Rossall School’s Chairman of Council, David Stockton said: “Stephen Winkley has an excellent reputation and possesses the intellectually powerful leadership style that will inspire staff and pupils in equal measure. I am delighted that we have such a distinguished and capable man at the helm.”

Dr Winkley commented: “When approached about the position I had already been yearning for a return to education, believing that I had retired too early. The school and its plans provided the stimulus needed to return to education and I am relishing the next four years.”

Success Brewing on India Tour

Rossall's cricket first XI is certainly up for the cup as it embarks on a ten day tour of India.

We are brewing up a recipe for success to take on two of the country’s top young cricket teams in 20/20 competitions in Calcutta and in the world’s tea capital, Assam. The ten-day tour will include three matches against Excelsior Cricket Club in Calcutta, before the party moves north where it will play two, 20-overs matches against the impressive Assam Valley School, which lies in the heart of the Indian tea growing region.

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Cracking New Facility

After shelling out on a six figure development to extend its Infants' section Rossall marked the occasion in cracking fashion, with a giant Easter egg.

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Arts Week Round-Up: Friday 7th March - Saturday 15th March

This year’s Rossall Arts Week was the busiest and most exciting yet. The School was transformed into colour in a very wet and windy week. All areas of the School were involved from the Infants & Juniors, to the Seniors and Common Room.

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There are too many highlights of the week to choose a favourite, but it is a delight to report that the efforts of the students and staff raised £1415 for Brian House Children’s Hospice.

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To read about the individual events that made Arts Week such a fantastic success, please click here

Maths Challenge!

Daniel Liu, Georgina Barry, James Gregory, and Hazal Kurtcu, competed in a full day of mathematical gymnastics, which included practical maths tests, team challenges and a maths relay event. En route to the national final, the team beat all the area’s independent schools including Arnold, Kirkham, King Edward & Queen Mary’s, Lancaster Grammar, Clitheroe, QEGS Blackburn and St Mary’s Hall. The event was held at Arnold School in Blackpool.

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As the North West champions, they take on sixty schools from other regions on 23rd June at Kings’ College London, in the hope of being crowned number one.

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For more details and to read the full press report, please click here.....

Activate Sport - Rossall Action

On Friday 22nd February we enjoyed a taster afternoon from Activate Sports who will be running activity camps at Rossall over the Summer holidays.  The children had a great day experiencing a variety of activities ranging from hockey to SNAG golf!

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Activate Sport is open to all pupils aged from 5 - 18 years and is not limited to Rossall children.  For more information, please go to www.activatesport.co.uk or call 0800 345 7480.

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Pictured: Luke Sutton (current Lancashire CCC wicket keeper) and his Activate Sports Coaching Team

and Rossall pupils having a great day!

Sample early dinner menu (click above)

Full a la carte menu 

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Enjoy a World of Difference in 2008

There is a world of difference to enjoy on Rossall School campus in January 2008, as Mondo Café by Pulcinella’s opens its doors for the first time to give pupils, parents and friends the finest in international food in superb surroundings.

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Mondo Café is a brand new restaurant operated by leading local restaurant company Pulcinella’s. It is situated right at the heart of Rossall’s campus and is open exclusively for the use of pupils, their parents and friends to enjoy food of an exceptional standard in a relaxed and informal environment.
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The restaurant is the first of its kind in the UK and its name reflects the truly cosmopolitan nature of Rossall School and the exciting menu, which has been created with a fusion of some of the favourite dishes and ingredients from the world’s five continents, prepared by our team of talented chefs. 
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Mondo is open from Tuesday to Sunday (closed Monday at present).  The early bird is available 4pm-6pm from Tuesday to Friday offering two mouth-watering courses from our menu for just £8.00. From 6.00pm a full a la carte menu is available.

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We are also open most early evenings for coffee, so mums and dads will now have a great place to go while waiting for children involved in after school activities.

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Patrons of the Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre, are also invited to use Mondo Café if they wish.
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Why not drop in for a meal or a drink.
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Mondo Café is for Rossallians only and is not open to the general public.

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School Counts on the Power of Three

How many maths teachers does it take to open a new maths block? The answer for the Fylde’s oldest independent school is one to the power of three!

Rossall School, Fleetwood decided that three heads were better than one when it came to launching an £80,000 extension and refurbishment of the school’s maths facility, so guest of honour, Alan Clube, a former head of maths between 1966 and 1973, shortened his odds of success by inviting another more recent former head of department, Dr Robin Murphy and current maths head John McCaffety to divide duties between them.

The trio officially opened the completed development, which for the first time sees the school’s mathematics department under one roof and benefiting from an investment that has also helped to preserve an important building on the oldest independent school campus in the area. Work began on the project in Summer following funding from the Rossall Foundation, which was set up to generate funds to cover maintenance and development projects on the 164-year-old campus. For this particular project the Foundation benefited from a generous donation from a former pupil, Simon Borrows, in whose honour the facility will be named

Four new suites have been created, together with administration facilities for teachers and the new development will be commissioned immediately, with the previous, disparate classrooms amalgamated into other departments within the senior school.

Guests at the opening included members of school council led by chairman, David Stockton; representatives of Rossall Foundation; headmaster, Tim Wilbur and many Old Rossallians.

Battlefield Memorial for Rossall's Fallen

Eighty nine years after the end of World War One, the fallen soldiers of the Fylde Coast’s oldest independent school have been given a permanent memorial on the site of one of the War’s most infamous battlefields.
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Rossall National Fives Championship:
6th - 7th October 2007

Schools Entered 
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St. Olave's
St. Bart's Newbury
Oakham
Malvern
Westway
Lancing 
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In total there were 75 entrants from all over the country, to this year's Rossall Championships. Well done to everyone, for such excellent results!

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New Head of Juniors

We are pleased to welcome Simon James as our new Head of Juniors. Mr James has arrived from King's School, Chester and has quickly settled in to life at Rossall.

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Rebecca's Making Waves in the Swimming World

The London Olympics might be five years away but Rebecca, aged 12, is making sufficient waves in the swimming world to be in with a chance of competing when Britain hosts the Games in the Capital for the first time since 1948. For the full story, please click here...

Rebecca pictured left

Rebecca Does It Again!

Rebecca competed in the Lancashire County Swimming Championships, which was held over 2 weekends in March 2008. Rebecca had an outstanding meet, obtaining National age group qualifying times in the 200m Butterfly (currently ranked 3rd in the UK) and 800m Freestyle (currently ranked 6th in the UK).
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This qualifies Rebecca to once again swim in the British National Age Group Finals to be held at the Ponds Forge International Pool, Sheffield on 24th - 27th July 08.
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She finished as the County's 2nd best 12 year old girl .

Rossall Refurbishment

Completed

Rose House:  complete refurbish

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Old Rose:The house has undergone a phase 1 upgrade to comply with new fire regualations and to install a new central heating system. The house is currently being used as a holding house for Pelican pupils, while a major refurbishment of Pelican is undertaken.
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Maths Dept:  re-location of the Maths Department in a suite of 10 refurbished rooms. Thus for the first time in many years all Maths teaching is in one area.

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Infant and Nursery Extension:  The building is now complete and in use.  Fencing will be remade in the next couple of weeks and the wall and turf to be finished in the next couple of months when hopefully we will have less rain!

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Chapel: The second phase of the refurbishment of the Chapel has been completed with the decoration of the nave.  As you can imagine the Chapel looks beautiful now it has been fully restored.

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Design Technology:  the area has been revamped with the creation of a new classroom and the practical areas have been reconfigured. Art has also gained two classrooms with a view to teach ceramics and textiles. We are now introducing a BTEC qualification post 16 into the Art and Design area of the curriculum, which would incorporate virtually all sub-disciplines within the art and technology sphere.

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MF: new shower block on 1st floor.

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SE: completely refurbished

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Mondo Cafe: a complete re-furbishment of the old Senior Club ground floor has resulted in the creation of the new Mondo Cafe which opened in January for Rossallians and friends and associates of Rossall.  The cafe is run by local restauranteurs, Roberto and Alex, from Pulcinella's in Cleveleys.

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Pelican:  refurbishment - work in progress.