Summer 2012 Newsletter - St. Marylebone CE School

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Jubilee Celebrations The Maths department took the opportunity to celebrate the Jubilee in style. The Year 7s took part in some excellent themed Maths activities, such as ‘Royal Top Trumps’, ‘Target 60’ and ‘Can Will and Kate get to the Church on time?’! One of the most enjoyable activities was the Royal Murder Mystery, where students had to solve Maths problems to discover who in the Queen’s family tree performed the murder. We also had some special visitors along to see that all the lessons were right and proper! Imperial War Museum Trip On Friday 22nd June, three classes of buzzing Maths students emerged from the train station of Lambeth North, filled with anticipation and excitement. They were off to the Imperial War Museum for a trip that was destined to be a day they would never forget. In Secret War Gallery they saw display cases lined with memorabilia and secrets, whispers from the past, objects, and pictures that reflected the work on ciphers completed in class and echoed with the cries of soldiers long gone. There was an ‘Enigma’ machine used by the Germans in World War II, there were portable communication systems as big as suitcases and hidden listening devices inside brushes and pens. Historical events were linked to Maths lessons and everyone was fascinated by the knowledge and passion displayed by Mr McIvor regarding the “Little Boy” – a toscale representation of the Hiroshima bomb that devastated the lives of so many. In the Cold War Gallery students learned about the 25 megaton missile developed by the Russians – 1,500 times more powerful than Little Boy. This was the kind of weapon that brought fear to the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1963. After all this death and destruction came lunch and an opportunity for pupils to explore the rest of the museum, climb inside planes and experience a virtual air raid. It was a great day that showed how maths can be applied to all aspects of life, the good, the bad and the ugly. LILY DOUGLAS, KITTY LOW, AMY LEUNG AND MILLIE O LIONSIGH BAILEY (YEAR 9 MI5 AGENTS)
Every year, our top students take part in the UK Mathematics Trust Individual Challenge. These involve 25 maths based problem solving questions. The results are in for the Junior Challenge (Years 7 and 8) where 37 of our students received awards. Particular congratulations go to Anglela Sun (Year 8) for getting the highest marks in her year group. Further to this, Kira Miller (Year 7) received the highest mark overall. Well done girls! Engineering at St Marylebone The beginning of May saw the completion of the Engineering Education Scheme, with all of the teams from London schools attending the Celebration and Assessment Day at Halcrow in Hammersmith. Our Marylebone team submitted their report, delivered their presentation, and showed off their display stand to the assessors and other engineers. After six months of working after school every week, the team were rewarded with excellent feedback on their project about designing a dam in Burkina Faso. They gained especially high praise about their presentation and were rewarded with the highest mark for their presentation across the London schools. The students have also been awarded with the British Science Association Gold Crest Award, recognising that the students did over 100 hours work on this project. This achievement is equivalent to achieving an A at AS Level. Our team must be congratulated on their achievement this year. They have gained many new skills throughout the course of this project and will take it through to University and beyond. A video featuring St Marylebone School’s Team can be found on the school website at http://intranet.stmarylebone.westminster.sch.uk/community/ news.htm 10 members of Year 7 and 8 had the opportunity to represent St Marylebone School at a both enjoyable and educational workshop at Queen Mary’s University, to experience a day of engineering. When we first got there, we didn’t really see engineering as a job, but just something you do when your car breaks down! But a lecturer came to talk to us about his research, and how important engineering is every day. We then went on to the first workshop, a parachute building one! We were all in teams and we had to build a parachute out of bin liner, string, and sellotape, but we had very strict rules. We had to protect a cup of rice as it landed without spilling any. We then launched our parachute. Both our teams did well and managed to protect the rice and landed it as close as possible to the target. After lunch we had an amazing tour of the entire University, where we got to see the library and shops and even where the students live. It’s like a little village that has everything! Finally we had the bridge building workshop which was similar to the parachute one. We had to build out of straws that would hold as much weight as possible until they broke. Overall, it was an inspiring, educational trip that I would recommend any one who has the chance to go…to go! Luma Abbas Year 7
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