ENDEAVOUR
TOGETHER
CYL
Dear Girls, Parents and Staff,
This year marks the third Challenge Your Limits Week at Godolphin and Latymer, following on from a very successful programme over the last year two years.
The philosophy behind our Challenge Your Limits programme is the belief in the importance of developing resilience within our students, so that they have
the confidence to surmount challenges and overcome fear of failure. With every year that has passed since the first event in 2015, this ethos has become
more and more embedded in school life. Challenge Your Limits has always been about making the most of new opportunities, trying something new and
not worrying about it going wrong. This year, the theme for Challenge Your Limits 2017 is Endeavour Together, where the aim is to promote the idea that
we cannot overcome challenges, fear of failure or be truly resilient without the support of others, whether that be family, friends, members of our school
community or others. Teamwork is essential in order to reach our full potential.
Girls, whether it is contributing to our lower corridor wall display, taking part in our Great British Bake Off-style Technical Challenge, testing your patience with
giant board games, or coming along to lunch time talks with speakers such as Channel 4 News presenter Matt Frei, there are activities to suit everyone!
Parents, with Challenge Your Limits week running from Monday 27th February to Friday 3rd March, it is fast-approaching, so please encourage your daughters
to participate in as much as possible. You are more than welcome to attend any of the talks and activities too. Additionally, we warmly invite you to attend an
evening talk by Dr Aric Sigman on Monday, which is solely for parents. Please see the attached brochure for how to register your attendance.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the PTFA for their very generous sponsorship of our Challenge Your Limits week, as well as all the speakers
who are giving up their time to run events. In addition, thank you to all departments who have designed subject activities to tie in with this year’s theme too.
Please see the attached Challenge Your Limits 2017 brochure for further information on the scheduled events. Girls will be advised how to sign up for the
events by their tutors and Heads of Year.
Best wishes,
Helen Nohlmans
Pastoral Enrichment Assistant
Monday 27th February
All Week
Library The Library Team invite you all to take on their
reading challenge to read from a non-fiction, factual book for
20 minutes per day over the course of CYL week. House
points are on offer for participation, so get reading and visit
the Library for further details!
Assembly
10.50-11.15 Bishop Centre We are delighted to
welcome back Lucy Lamb, an Old Dolphin, to launch this
year’s Challenge Your Limits week. Lucy is a Clinical Fellow at
Imperial College and as an expert in infectious disease, she
helped on the front line of the recent Ebola crisis.
Lunch
13.10 - 14.00 Room 16 CYL Film Screening Apollo 13 Part 1 Come along to see this Oscar-winning
take on NASA’s Apollo 13 mission which highlights the
collaborative effort needed from the NASA team and
astronauts to get their spacecraft safely back to Earth after a
series of catastrophic technical faults. All are welcome
to attend and please bring a packed lunch if you
wish.
Afternoon Lessons
Period 5
14.10-15.05 Hall Dr Aric Sigman will be speaking to
Year 9 about alcohol awareness, utilising a new, thoughtprovoking approach to alcohol education based on his book
Alcohol Nation.
Evening
13.25-14.00 Hall As Europe Editor
and presenter of Channel 4 News, Matt
Frei will be sharing his experiences of
leading the Channel 4 news coverage of
events such as the tensions in Crimea to
the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17. This
talk will also provide an insight into the
challenges of live broadcasting and the role
of teamwork in producing an award-winning
news programme. All are welcome to
attend.
Period 6
15.05-16.00 Hall Dr Aric Sigman
will be speaking to Years 10 and 11 about
alcohol awareness, utilising a new, thoughtprovoking approach to alcohol education based
on his book Alcohol Nation.
18.30-19.30 Hall Based on his book, The Spoilt Generation, the esteemed scientist, author and speaker, Dr Aric
Sigman, will be taking the opportunity to speak to parents to explain how and why authoritative parenting leads to
better-adjusted and more competent children. The importance of authority and boundaries, particularly when it comes
to young people’s social lives, and use of mobile phones and social media, will also be discussed. Parents are warmly
encouraged to attend. Please email [email protected] to register your
attendance for this event.
13.25-14.00 Bishop Centre
Film producer, Tim Bevan, talks
about the challenges of producing
box-office hits like Love Actually,
Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary,
and his experience of co-founding his
own production company, Working
Title Films. All are welcome to
attend.
Tuesday 28th February
Break
10.30-10.50 Hall Fancy some fun? Come along to the
Hall at break time to participate in team challenges
such as the Human Knot and play giant games including
Jenga, Twister and many more! You’re never too old! All
are welcome to attend.
Form Time
10.50-11.15 Form time will be dedicated to creative
ways of exploring the importance of resilience and
teamwork in overcoming challenges.
Before Lunch
Period 4
12.10-13.05 Hall Following her incredibly interesting
talk last year, Emma Lovell returns to give a talk to
UVI girls on global political and cultural resilience
in response to natural disasters, with a focus on the
partners, governments and communities that she works
with at the Overseas Development Institute.
Lunch
13.05-14.00 E2 Are you a fan of the Great British
Bake Off? Fancy yourself as the next Candice or Nadiya?
If so, get involved in this Bake Off Technical
Challenge, where you and a partner will be able
to test your true baking abilities. This event is open
to all Lower School girls via a sign-up system
coordinated by the Food Technology Department.
Afternoon Lessons
Period 6
15.05 - 16.00 Hall
Olie Hunter-Smart will be expanding on the
topic of his lunch time talk to give Year 8 girls the
exciting opportunity to hear about his experiences in
more depth, and view a wider selection of his stunning
photography.
13.10 - 14.00 Room 18
CYL Film Screening - Apollo 13 Part 2 - Come along to
see the second part of this Oscar-winning take on NASA’s Apollo
13 mission which highlights the collaborative effort needed from
the NASA team and astronauts to get their spacecraft safely back
to Earth after a series of catastrophic technical faults. All are
welcome to attend and please bring a packed lunch if
you wish.
13.25-14.00 Hall
From his journey down the whole length of the Amazon
River, to unsupported treks through the Belizean jungle,
Olie Hunter-Smart has spent much of his life
pushing himself to the limit in challenging environments.
This is a superb opportunity to hear him speak about his
experiences, and view some of his breathtaking photographs
at the same time! All are welcome to attend.
Wednesday 1st March
All day
08.40-16.00 Astro or Sports Hall
(weather dependent) Godolphin and
Latymer host our very own It’s a Knockout
event, complete with inflatable obstacle
course, team challenges and competitions.
Fancy a four-man sack race or challenging
relay races? This event has it all! All girls
will be participating throughout
the day.
Break
Period 1 - All Year 10 girls
Period 2 - All Year 9 girls
Period 3 - 8M, 8O, 8W
Period 4 - 7L, 7R, 8D, 8V
Lunch - Year 11 (optional)
Period 5 - 7N, 7M, 7W and 7G
Period 6 - LVI and UVI
10.30-10.50 Hall Fancy some fun?
Come along to the Hall at break time
to participate in team challenges
such as the Human Knot and play
giant games including Jenga, Twister
and many more! You’re never too old!
All are welcome to attend.
challenge!
Lunch
13.05-14.00 E2 Are you a fan of the
Great British Bake Off? Fancy yourself as the
next Candice or Nadiya? If so, get involved
in this Bake Off Technical Challenge,
where you and a partner will be able to test
your true baking abilities. This event is open
to all Lower School girls via a sign-up
system coordinated by the Food Technology
Department.
13.25-14.00 Room 16
Melissa Scott joins us to
share her experiences of visiting
Palestinian refugee camps and
helping to set up a charity
to support refugee centres,
overcoming challenges and
showing resilience in light of the
sights and stories she came across
whilst there. All are welcome
to attend.
13.10 - 14.00 Room 8 CYL Film
Screening - Invictus Part 1 Come
along to watch this critically acclaimed film
outlining the struggles of former South
African President, Nelson Mandela, to
unite the apartheid-torn South Africa, and
how he enlisted the help of the national
rugby team to achieve his goal and bring
his people together through the universal
language of sport. All are welcome to
attend and please bring a packed
lunch if you wish.
13.25- 14.00 Hall Move to the
Music Miss Morris will lead you in a
variety of fitness challenges against a back
drop of fast-paced, motivating music. No
dancing involved; all you need is enthusiasm
and energy for the challenges, which are
suitable for everyone! Please wear suitable
PE or gym kit and trainers are essential.
All year groups welcome but
there is a maximum of 40 places
available. Heads of Year will be
coordinating the sign-up system
for this activity.
Thursday 2nd March
Friday 3rd March
Break
10.30-10.50 Hall Fancy some fun? Come along to the
Hall at break time to participate in team challenges
such as the Human Knot and play giant games including
Jenga, Twister and many more! You’re never too old! All are
welcome to attend.
Form Time
10.50-11.15 Form time will be dedicated to creative ways
of exploring the importance of resilience and teamwork in
overcoming challenges.
Lunch
13.25-14.00 Room 9, 12, 14, Staff and students will be joining
forces to talk about their own personal experiences of challenging
situations and overcoming their fears. This event will be held across
several classrooms, with 3-4 speakers making up each panel. All
are welcome to attend.
Ms Osborne - My campaign to save History of Art
Miss Graham - Dyslexia: my friend, not foe
Ms Dubois - A wee lost in translation: my year abroad in Scotland
Miss Halifax - The trial of the tall ships
Miss Alsowmely - Women in computing - experience of a
recent graduate
Miss Smith - Volunteering to teach English in Cambodia
Amal Priestley - Working with refugees in Beirut
Hattie Symons and Karma Chalabi - Volunteering in the
Amazonian Rainforest
Uma Goldsmith - A summer spent travelling through Guatemala
Afternoon Lesson
Period 6
15.05-16.00 Hall Amigo the Magician will be
making a welcome return to Challenge Your Limits Week with
Year 7 being given the chance to delve into the world of
magic. Each girl must bring their own pack of cards and a coin
to this session.
MUFTI - House colours theme - £1 - All
proceeds will go to Place2Be, a leading Children’s
Mental Health Charity who provide emotional and
therapeutic services in schools, helping children
to cope with issues such as bereavement, bullying,
trauma and family breakdown.
Break
10.30-10.50 Hall Fancy some fun? Come along
to the Hall at break time to participate in team
challenges such as the Human Knot and play
giant games including Jenga, Twister and many
more! You’re never too old! All are welcome
to attend.
Assembly
10.50-11.15 Bishop Centre Dr Helen
Sharman will be guest speaker at our closing
assembly for Challenge Your Limits week 2017. As
the first British astronaut and first woman to visit
the Mir space station in 1991, she is certainly no
stranger to overcoming challenges, and in the most
hostile environment possible!
Lunch
13.25-14.00 Hall This is a unique House
competition where the aim is to try to build
the tallest free-standing tower made solely from
balloons of your House colour! Teams will be
organised in advance by House Leaders,
but all are welcome to come along and watch the
mayhem unfold!
13.10-14.00 Room 11 CYL
Film Screening - Invictus Part
2 - Come along to watch this critically
acclaimed film outlining the struggles
of former South African President,
Nelson Mandela, to unite the
apartheid-torn South Africa, and how
he enlisted the help of the national
rugby team to achieve his goal and
bring his people together through the
universal language of sport. All are
welcome to attend and please
bring a packed lunch if you
wish.
13.40-14.00
Bishop Centre
Back by popular
demand!
The Staff Choir
has once again agreed
to put themselves
in the spotlight to
showcase their singing
talents. Come along to
support them and see
the staff challenging
their limits.