Farra News Issue 12 - Sunderland Learning Hub

Page 2 FARRA NEWS Easter 2010 

WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF FARRA NEWS 

As we reach the end of another busy term at Farringdon, a lot has happened since I last wrote to you in the 

newsletter. PE received a subject OFSTED and were deemed ‘outstanding’, a huge congratulations for their 

constant hard work and commitment from all of us. The school has been allocated a budget of approx £10 

million for our BSF rebuild and by 2015 we will truly have ‘the school of our dreams’. We have also set up 

links with a school in Washington, USA – read more below. 

Y11 are working very hard as they prepare for their final examinations this summer. We wish them every 

success and already they are on course to be one of our highest achieving year groups ever. Sadly we lost 

one of our Y11 students, Rhianne Wake this half term. On behalf of all staff and students our deepest condolences 

go to Rhianne’s friends and family. We are currently working with Rhianne’s close friends to 

create an appropriate permanent memorial in the school. 

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Sunderland Young Achievers ceremony at the Stadium of Light. This event is one of the 

highlights of the year and I was once again delighted that Farringdon had more finalists than any other school in Sunderland. Our 

young people were a credit to themselves, our school and their families. 

Please look after yourselves, enjoy the summer term and continue to work hard. I am delighted with the way the school is improving 

and I thank all of you for your part in our success. 

CALLING 

AMERICA! 

All of Sunderland’s secondary schools are making 

links with America and Farringdon has been partnered 

with Columbia Heights Education Campus in 

good old Washington, USofA. 

The school has 1300, mainly Hispanic students, and 

is near the city centre. Mr Thornton went to visit the 

school in January and despite the ferocious weather 

(yes, even worse than ours!) snow 3 feet deep he managed 

to meet Maria Tukeva the Principal at CHEC 

and have a tour of the school. 

The building is amazing, with new facilities recently 

opened cost $80 million. The sports ‘hall’ seats 3,000 

and the superb theatre over 1,000. The school is inclusive 

and multi lingual, staff and students speak over 

25 different languages between them. Maria’s aim is 

to send 100% of the students to college following their 

graduation. 

We discussed possible future projects starting with 

regular video conferencing & skype between students 

and staff. We would like our students to take part in 

an exchange possibly based around sports teams. 

Joint performing arts projects and cultural activities 

are planned and next year it is hoped that Farringdon’s 

lead teacher, Miss Rowland, will also be able to 

visit DC in preparation for our students visit. 

TIME FOR CHANGE 

In November we had a visit from council officers allocated as BSF 

project managers to Farringdon. BSF Means ‘Building schools for 

the future’ and in case you didn’t know by 2015 we will have a new 

school! 

The planning process has begun and there will be further visits as 

planners complete their initial site surveys. This is a bit of a coincidence 

but, the city architect who is part of the team is the son of 

William Avery the first ever Farringdon student in 1958! 

All staff worked on a vision programme on the Inset day in January. 

Staff had the opportunity to have their say on what they can hope to 

achieve with the new buildings. All students have been involved in 

the consultation exercise following an assembly delivered in January. 

Y7 spent their recent Community Day designing and visioning 

their ideas for the new school, after all, they’ll still be here when it 

happens. From all of this Mr Thornton has worked on a Vision 

Statement which will be presented to the city BSF team which details 

the principals on which education will be delivered at Farringdon. 

CHANGING: How will the new entrance look in 2015? 

Look out for clues throughout the newsletter—if you can spell the ‘hidden word’, tell Mrs 

Bird and there may be an ‘Easter-themed’ prize for you—good luck!


HE’S BEHIND YOU!! 

It’s been a while but then so has our last newsletter! As ever 

just before Christmas, a week of celebration began. Staff and 

students had rehearsed hard all term to put on what has to have 

been their most fantastic panto performance yet. ‘Jack and the 

Beanstalk’. 

With impressive cast, as you can see above, the play was also 

co-written by Y11 student, Jonathan Chambers. All year 

groups got into the spirit laughing and shouting out as 

prompted, and as usual, Mr Early looked more glamorous than 

everyone! 

Y7 had ‘heard rumours’ of the greatness of the Christmas panto 

and are truly looking 

forward to the next four 

to come. 

Y11, despite being the 

oldest in the school, 

laughed along and 

joined in perhaps more 

than any other year 

group—knowing it was 

their last panto—they’ll 

have to make do with Sunderland Empire next year—we’re 

sure it won’t compare!! 

PARTY TIME!! 

Y7 Christmas party was held at the Lakeside, a much loved 

Farra venue. Almost the whole of Y7 donned their finest to 

celebrate for the afternoon. Miss Harris commented that the 

atmosphere was fantastic and she really enjoyed her first 

Christmas celebration with her new year group. 

Y8, and some Y9 students, celebrated Christmas in style at the 

Stadium of Light on Wed 16th Dec. 115 students attended, a 

fantastic turnout and an unbelievable night. The atmosphere 

was amazing and all who attended were quick to praise and 

requested more parties in the future. 

Mr Horsley says he isn’t sure he can hold one at both Easter 

and summer but next years Christmas party is already booked 

at the same venue! Some of the dresses and outfits worn were 

truly spectacular. Mr Horsley has said he would like to personally 

thank the students for a mature, well behaved evening. 

Some Y9 groups also celebrated by having a ‘Christmas meal’ 

with their tutor group – 

one of these was 9G who 

celebrated Christmas with 

their tutor Mrs Leyson and 

Head of Year Mrs 

McNaught at Nandos Restaurant 

in Sunderland city 

DELICIOUS:Y9 in party spirit 

centre. Mrs Moore, 9E also took her group to Panda along with 

Mrs McNaught. It was a great way to end the year! 

Christmas also spilled over into lessons with our Opening 

Minds curriculum groups investigating festivals and celebrations 

in Soft Tech and working on various recipes which led to 

them being able to create fantastic Christmas hampers. The 

department also worked with members of the after school club 

to make Christmas items as gifts and hold a small buffet for 

local senior citizens who use the jubilee centre. 

We hope you have all had a great 2010 so far!


AT THE HEART OF THE 

COMMUNITY 

As ever Community Day was a whole heap of fun as well as all about learning new things. The format remained as in previous 

days with each year group doing something new and lots of outside providers' coming in to work with staff and pupils. Y7 had 

the big task of designing our new school—not literally but working together in groups to come up with a vision of what they 

thought it should include—you can see some very creative models below! 

Y8’s theme was being healthy and various activities were available : Boxercise, trampolining, healthy eating, judo and even 

some Bollywood dancing. Y9 learnt about staying safe and took part in various activities, several students worked with Miss 

Sharkey and Mrs Bird to enter two competitions, one raising awareness of the need for road safely for the charity Brake, the 

other to raise awareness fo the ‘true cost of alcohol’ in a competition run by the local city council. 

Y10 either visited Houghall College or Sunderland University learning more about option available to them when they leave 

school. Y11 focussed on a similar theme and a conference was held for them offsite. Staff and students worked together looking 

at ways to make the best of their time in the months they have left, also learning about budgeting finances and top tips for 

revising and remembering facts. All designed to help them as they prepare for exams and life out there in the big wide world! 

If you are interested, 

one of the providers 

regularly involved in 

Community Day, The 

Box Youth Club run a 

key group every 

Wednesday in D10 3- 

4.30pm. Pop along to 

find out more. 

There will be another 

Community Day before 

the summer hols. 

GOOD 

DAY: 

Everyone 

gets into the 

community 

spirit on 

these much 

loved days. 

What S am I? 

Experiments in C block. Explosions maybe, 

but what could I be……

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JUBILEE NEWS 

The Jubilee Centre is attached to our 

school but what is it actually there for? 

We spoke to Mrs Wilkins who told us 

more. The centre is a community facility 

that gives advice and offers 

learning services in the South Sunderland 

area. It is a ‘one-stop’ information 

centre for young people and 

adults. The centre was established in 

September 2002 in response to the 

lack of community facilities in the 

area. Some of the adult learning services 

offered include courses. 

This Easter there will be courses in: 

• Beginners IT 

• Computers for Beginners 

• Introduction to the Internet 

• Internet Media and Communication 

• Surf into Work 

• Card Craft 

• Ceramics 

• Sugar Craft 

• ‘Eggsclusive’ Craft Club 

• Pergaman 

COMMUNITY: The Jubilee Centre serves Farringdon and surrounding areas 

There are also lots of activities running all year round….. 

• Jubilee Watercolours Club— Wed 1.00-3.00pm. Meet other budding artists 

and create some great ‘masterpieces’ 

• Jubilee Babes / Toddler Group— Wednesday and Friday 9.30-11.00am. A 

chance to get out meet people 

• Kids Club— Thursday 4.00-5.00pm. A chance for 6-11 years olds to spend an 

hour with their friends 

• Pilates/Yoga— Thursday 6.00-7.00pm. 

HELP FINDING WORK CONNEXIONS FOR YOU! 

A Job Start Mentoring Scheme is another one of the projects 

that runs in the Jubilee Centre. Lisa Hunter delivers a 

Job Start Mentoring service across Sunderland South. The 

scheme offers confidential, friendly one-to-one advice, 

guidance and support in the progression into work or training. 

The Job Start Mentor will be working in multiple venues 

across Sunderland South. These are Farringdon, 

Silksworth, Doxford Park, Moorside, Hall Farm, Herrington 

and Plains Farm. 

For more information on this contact Lisa Hunter on 0191 

5228447 

The Job Start Mentor can: 

• Help you produce a personal CV 

If you are aged between 13-19 and looking for Careers Advice and 

Guidance, support with CV’s etc. Call in to our Drop in Sessions 

on Tuesdays between 12.30-2.00pm or phone Tracy Peverly on 

0191 4432897 

If you would like 

any more information 

about what 

goes on in the Jubilee 

Centre, call in 

and see us, situated 

in the grounds of 

the school but with 

our own entrance. 

• Help you with jobsearch 

• Give help and advice filling in job applicationS 

• Give advice on training and interview techniques 

Give us a ring on 0191 5228447 

E-mail us on info@jubileecentre.net 

Check out our website at: www.jubileecentre.net


ALL ABOUT LAUNCH PAD 

We deliver a wide range of youth activities for young people living in Farringdon. Keep 

reading to find out what exciting things we have going on here at the Launch Pad. If you 

have any questions or thoughts then please drop in and speak to Danielle. 

All the staff who work in the Launch Pad are qualified youth workers, first aiders and have 

been CRB checked and child protection trained. We also have qualified staff on hand to deal with any issues that young people 

may need support with. The staff and young people at the Launch Pad have created a safe and welcoming environment for the 

young people to come and hang out with their friends and access facilities on offer such as: 

POOL 

AIR HOCKEY 

INTERNET ACCESS 

Wii 

TV/MUSIC 

ARTS & CRAFTS 

GARDENING 

COOKING 

HAIR & BEAUTY 

FILM CLUB 

ISSUE BASED WORK 

COMMUNITY PROJECTS 

IN & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 

TRIPS 

SHOWT CARD 

CHLAMYDIA TESTING 

HEALTH ADVICE 

QUITTING SMOKING SUPPORT 

VISIT: Drop into Launch Pad for more information 

CROSSED FINGERS FOR A 

TREAT! 

Earlier this year, Mr Earley got students from a number of form classes 

in each year to fill in a survey about their computer habits and access to 

internet. This survery was for the LEA just to find out what was going 

on with young people today. Up for grabs, just for filling in the survey, 

was the chance to win one of 4 mini i-netbooks—swish, state of the art 

machines. 

As she sent back the 80 replies, Mr Thornton’s secretary, Miss Parker 

added an extra message ‘fingers crossed for a laptop’ - well it must have 

worked as lucky Louise Davison’s name was drawn from the thousands 

of returns across the 

city. There will be a 

presentation at the 

Mayor’s Parlour this 

week when Louise 

will be officially given 

her prize. Just remember—if 

you fancy winning 

something it 

might be worth having 

a word with Miss 

Parker first!! 

Youth Parliament 

Elections 

Every year now we hold elections to give 4 young 

people the chance to stand as representatives for 

young people, not only in our school and town but 

nationally through the UK youth parliament. It is a 

big responsibility and we are always very proud of 

the people from out school who stand. 

This year we had a number of candidates: 

McKenzie Brandon, Kate Ferguson, Ben Lathan, 

Mark O’Donnell and Gavin Taylor. 

During registration student council reps organised the 

voting and when the votes were returned we had a 

representative. Gavin Taylor was elected as a 

DMYP—that’s Deputy Member to you and me. We 

wish him every success in his role and we would like 

to congratulate all the candidates who stood and spent 

time campaigning. 

Clue: What R am I? I can 

keep you fit although I 

may be tiring on your legs! 

THERE’S MORE ONLINE. AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO VIEW THIS VERSION OF OUR 

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER AT THE USUAL SCHOOL WEBSITE ADDRESS, YOU WILL ALSO 

SEE EXTRA PAGES. GO TO: www.farringdonschool.co.uk


PE: ‘OUTSTANDING’ - 

IT’S OFFICIAL! 

Earlier this term the PE department were visited by OFSTED. This is always a difficult time for staff and students alike but the 

pressure is really on when you have been designated a Sports College. The PE department worked their socks off and clearly 

impressed the OFSTED inspector as the department was deemed ‘outstanding’ in terms of the teaching and learning and facilities, 

clubs and activities available to students - well, we’d expect nothing less! 

After the stressful few days PE celebrated their success with a hard earned rest. Congratulations to the department and the staff 

and students who were observed and who answered questions during the inspection. 

YOUNG APPRENTICES GET STUCK IN! 

Cohort 6 Young Apprentice judged Sunderland’s first primary school 

gymnastic competition, a Level 1 qualification allowing them to judge a 

range of events scoring each individual competitor. The competition was 

a great success, with the apprentices gaining many accolades. Yvonne 

Setchel, competition manager said, “Without the apprentices the event 

could not have ran, they were a credit to their school.” 

Cohort 5 Young Apprentice helped to organise and run a rugby event for 

Y6 pupils from our feeder primary schools. The Apprentices completed a 

tag rugby refereeing award prior to the day, allowing them to referee the 

tag rugby games. They set up pitches, organised fixtures and compiled 

results. The event was a great success with all the primary schools fully 

enjoying the day. 

Cohort 6 Young Apprentices supported Mill Hill’s challenge to get all 

pupils and staff to run a mile in aid of Sports relief. The apprentices ran 

with the primary school pupils, helping them by giving support and telling 

jokes. They also helped pupils in their warm-ups prior to the run. 

A HELPING HAND: Our students help primary pupils with their fun run for 

Sports Relief 

JUDGING: Students gain skills judging and working with 

primary children 

SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR REGULAR SPORTING UPDATES.


BRING ON THE 

CHAMPIONS! 

The Y11 Football team are currently top of the Sunderland 

schools league and need to win their last two games to be 

champions. Mark Beck is top scorer and has also signed a 

two year contract with Carlisle AFC. He has been playing 

for Carlisle’s under 16 and under 18 sides. He also represents 

Durham County under 16’S. David Henderson, Steven 

Callen, Michael Hackett, Adam McCann and Sanvir 

Randhawa are all part of the new link we have set up with 

Sunderland College and have applied to be part of the colleges 

Football Academy next year. 

CLUE: What A am I? This subject 

lets you be very creative! 

SPORTING 

SUCCESS 

ASD Pupil, Alex Sawyer-Copus is part of ‘Team North East’ and competed with 

them in the National Junior Disability Sports Event in Sheffield on the 6th and 7th 

March. Alex was a great competitor and really rose to every challenge set in his 

event, swimming. 

He gained: 

• Silver – 100m freestyle 

• Bronze – 50m backstroke 

• Bronze 50m freestyle 

Alex also got 3 personal best ribbons and a 

team medal for taking part. We think he deserves 

a huge congratulations for doing so 

well. 

But it doesn’t end there! On 27 th March Alex 

will be also taking part in an international 

judo competition in Holland representing 

Washington Judo Club. 

Well done so far and good luck in Holland 

but watch out Alex’s family—you may need 

to move house to accommodate all the medals!! 

RECRUITMENT 

TO THE 

COACHING 

PROGRAMME 

The programme goes from strength to 

strength with more of our current and ex 

pupils helping in the school sports programme. 

Recent additions to the team 

are: 

• Hannah Collins -working with 

Y6 pupils and Mr Peart with 

swimming coaching 

• Michael McKeown - working 

with the Y7 Football team and 

the Sunderland schools under 13 

team with Mr Golightly and Mr 

Wilkinson 

• Billy Hedgely working with the 

Y10 Football team with Mr 

Stoddart. 

• Y10 pupils Joanne Parkinson, 

Rachael Corner, Natalie Aichson 

are working with Y6 swimmers 

two mornings a week with Mr 

Peart 

• Rachel Imeson of Y10 is working 

with the trampolining club on 

Thursdays after school with Mr 

Cowell. 

SPORTS CLUBS: 

ATHLETICS 

BADMINTON 

BASKETBALL 

CRICKET 

FOOTBALL 

NETBALL 

TABLE TENNIS 

FOR MORE INFO SEE 

THE DEPARTMENT 

QUICK 

Sanvir Randhawa, Dale Cuthbertson, 

Michael Hackett and Jordan Sothern 

attended the County Leadership camp 

at Durham F.A. all day on Wednesday 

10th of March. 

Oliver Hassan and Stephen Menzies of Y9 

won the Y9 Badminton double competition. 

16 pupils entered the competition that 

was held in the sports hall on Wednesday 

3rd July.


PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS 

This issue we have decided it would be nice to include our feeder primaries as part of our news section - after all, most of you 

used to go to one of them and might have brothers and sisters there too. We hope for this to become a regular feature so if you 

have friends or relatives at the school encourage them to get in touch and send us news. It would be great to hear from you! 

SUSTAINING AND 

SINGING 

ECO-AWARE 

In January 2009, Benedict Biscop CE Primary School introduced 

the sustainability curriculum to pupils, parents, staff and 

governors through an exciting and innovative whole school 

day. Everyone involved made a ‘pledge’ to do something to 

help save the environment. In March, a Community Earth Day 

was planned and hundreds of people including, local businesses, 

parents, grandparents and ex-pupils worked with staff 

and children to help transform the grounds. Bushes were 

planted around the whole perimeter fence, as well as the creation 

of a butterfly and bee garden, a quiet reflection area, herb 

garden, bird feeders, new plant pots painted, an orchard, allotments, 

green house and more. It was such a rewarding day, 

everyone was shattered …but the grounds looked amazing. 

With so many new developments to look after, the site manager 

couldn’t manage alone so Mrs Thompson, the headteacher, 

decided that all children in KS2 would also be responsible for 

looking after certain areas of the school grounds. The schools 

Eco Council have been continuing the developments and put in 

a successful bid for £1000 to ESH who were so impressed with 

what was going on, that they visited the school to see for themselves 

and put us forward to the north east finals of the competition 

where we won one of the runners up prizes of £100. The 

children keep the staff from ESH updated termly about the developments. 

Everyone at the school is delighted with the way the grounds 

now look and are constantly thinking of new ways to improve 

the environment even further. The children and parents are so 

proud of their hard work and it helps them to take ownership 

and responsibility of the natural environment where they spend 

their days. We’re looking forward to seeing the grounds in 

Spring Term and in the summer when it is in full bloom. 

HITTING THE HIGH NOTES! 

At the Sunderland Empire on Sunday the 14th of March 

(Mothers Day) the Benedict Biscop choir sang on stage! We all 

sang these songs– Mo Li Hua ( the Jasmine Flower song) and a 

well known song from the play Annie, It’s the Hard Knock 

Life. We all really enjoyed singing on the stage and for some of 

us it’s the first time performing in the famous theatre. We all 

had a very good time and we really enjoyed seeing other 

schools perform on the stage. Even though we didn't win we 

were winners because 8 out of 88 primary 

schools got through and we were 

one of them! We were there practising 

for about six hours before the performance!!! 

I’m sure everyone was tired 

when they got home. Only two representatives 

could go up on stage to represent 

their school at the end of the 

competition. The two children chosen 

from our school were Marrianne Hume and Bradley Logan. 

Also another proud moment for two of the choir pupils was 

when Marrianne Hume and Madeline Squires were interviewed 

live on Sun FM Radio a few days before the actual performance 

took place! He kept calling Marrianne Marine and was 

obsessed with saying the words brownie points! The Mayor 

and his wife joined us for the special event and we were also 

joined by Sunderland’s own Lauren Levern. We all definitely 

enjoyed it and I’m sure that every mum watching the competition 

thought it was the perfect mothers day gift. We all enjoyed 

singing on stage (especially eating the ice-cream in the interval) 

and we had a ball! I’m sure Mrs. Atkinson was very proud 

of us and would love to see pupils in the future perform just as 

perfectly as we did! This article is dedicated to our hardworking 

music teacher Mrs. Atkinson. 

By Marrianne Hume and Bradley Logan. 

SOUNDS GOOD: The choir pictured with the mayor. 

CLUE: This T helps you know 

where to go for lessons.


THE FUNDRAISER AND THE TREES! 

HATS FOR HAITI 

Following global news reports and assemblies 

held in school regarding The Haiti Earthquake 

disaster, Mill Hill Primary School Council 

decided they wanted to help. The school council 

consulted the rest of the school and the children 

decided to raise money by having a “Hats 

for Haiti” day in school back in February. The day was a huge success, virtually 

every child wore a hat (the sillier the better) and brought in money for the 

privilege. Children watched video clippings of the disaster, of how aid was 

getting through and how other children across Britain are trying to help. A 

whopping £447.98 was raised on the day. The School Council thanked all 

parents and carers for their support. The staff and governors also commended 

the school council for their global 

community spirit and their care and consideration of others less fortunate than themselves. 

PLANT AND GROW 

Mill Hill Primary School planted a variety of trees and hedging as part of National 

Tree Week. The whole school worked with parents, volunteers and Gentoo to plant 

26 trees, over 2000 hedge shrubs and approximately 1000 daffodil bulbs in the 

grounds of the school as part of their ambitious outdoor development. 

Every child from Reception to Y6 was involved and, despite bad weather conditions 

the planting continued and a couple of great muddy days were had by all! The children 

delighted in carrying and setting out the trees and shrubs, digging holes and planting. 

Mill Hill thanked The Tree Council for funding the cost of the trees and The Community Chest for funding the cost of the hedging. 

Very special thanks also go to Gentoo for their excellent gardeners as well as Councillor Gibson, the Friends of Doxford 

Park and parents for their help in digging and planting with the children. 

A BUSY SCHEDULE 

Here at New Silksworth Juniors we 

have had a very busy terms. Listed are 

just a few of our most recent events: 

First up - a Valentines disco for the whole school back in February - music and dancing and fun for 

all! Next, Y3 travelled to Segedunum in March to enjoy a day learning interesting facts about their 

local area. 

Y5 had a trip to Winter Gardens on 19th March, its an interesting and fact filled museum, sometimes 

we forget how many local attractions there are and how entertaining they can be. Y6 took a trip to the 

Centre for Life, this is always a great place to visit and Yr6 had a great time exploring and learning new scientific info. Finally 

Yr 6 went to Derwent Hill, we’re sure you’ll agree—primary and secondary schools alike love out outdoor centre. Its great to be 

there with friends and try new things. 

We have also recently raised money to set up a games room with a Wii console. We’re not sure 

where we found time but we have also used our 

Morrisons vouchers to buy lots of gardening 

equipment. We bought planters, raised beds, a 

greenhouse and mini-frame and gardening 

equipment. Each year group have a raised bed 

to care for and have planted potatoes. Our aim is 

to see which year group can raise the most potatoes 

by summer, we’ll be using data loggers etc 

to find the optimum potato conditions—watch 

this space! The pictures show Y4 planting their 

potatoes.

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SWINGING, SINGING AND SALES 

AND THE WINNERS ARE ... 

Mrs. Hair, East Herrington Primary Schools 

Music Teacher, has formed a fantastic choir. 

They have entered in competitions before, 

such as Joseph unfortunately, we did not succeed 

on that occasion. Yet at City Sings, we did. We chose two songs to 

perform - Funiculi funicula, which is Italian, and Winter Nights. 

It was our first time in City Sings, therefore it was all new to us. When 

Mr. Oster, the leader of the show, came to take our auditions, we did 

very well and we were in, feeling exited we practiced hard. 

Despite our nerves on the day we performed extremely well and many 

people commented afterwards. While the decision was being made, a 

group of African dancers entertained us with head spins and back flips. 

They were absolutely brilliant and the whole Empire was clapping 

along. After this, every school’s representatives went onto the stage. 

East Herrington Primary’s (e.h.p.s.) were Abigail Errington and Kate Potts. The Mayor and Mayoress were welcomed on stage 

to hand the winner their well deserved cheque of £300.The audience fell into silence as Mr. Oster announced that the primary 

school winners were… E.H.P.S.!!! The choir screamed in amazement and delight as the trophy was handed to Abi. What an 

achievement! Many thanks to Mrs. Hair who lead us to victory!!! By Kate Potts and Isabel Grainger 

HAITI HELPLINE! 

Myself and a few of my friends came up with an idea of a jumble sale to raise some money for 

the Haiti earthquake appeal. Mrs Hodgson, signed the papers to say what we are going to do. 

We started the jumble sale on Tuesday the 3 rd of March. We did it on the bench in the school 

yard. On the first day of the jumble sale we raised £11.00. A lot of people came to us and 

bought things, there was a big queue! On the second day of the jumble sale a lot more people 

came to buy things, there was alos a book sale - it was really crowded when we’d set all of 

the things up on the floor. Everyone was shouting. “Can I have change?” “Can I have this?” 

We raised £23.00 in total so we took the money to the office and filled the final papers in with 

the amount. We had lots of fun doing something important. Charlotte Hopper, Erin Malkin and Abby Stevens. Year 4 

THE FABULOUS DEATH SWING 

Year 6 pupils went to Derwent Hill in February and a firm favourite 

was the ‘Death Swing’ where you experience butterflies from head 

to toe as you swing through the air like a bird! Many of us 

screamed all the way down but we were cured of our fear of 

heights! Dan, our instructor, even pretended to fall which was 

really funny when we realised he’d been strapped in all along. Canoeing 

in the ice was also interesting as we used the oars to crack through the ice. The 

super high Gladiator Wall was exciting because it was such a challenge to complete. The 

Saturday night disco and dance off were a great deal of fun too! 

THEATRES AND PERFORMANCE 

In March we were visited by Paddy from ‘Theatre Mimi’ – he taught us all about 

marks and miming and did you know that the world’s smallest mask is a clown’s 

nose? We have been visited by several theatre companies this terms, one of the favourite 

ones was where we had to act out a play using only a piece of rope. This was 

while we worked with the ‘No Limits’ Theatre group who came to our school for the 

second time. They set us several fun challenges before performing a play for us called 

‘Cuckoo Jack’. It was great to watch but the moral was helping and caring and responsibility 

for others.


COUNT ON ME! 

3 rd March saw some of Farringdon’s finest testing their mental 

Maths skills in a series of 1 minute quizzes against other children 

from all around the world. For each quiz, the computer 

chose up to three opponents from around the globe, then it was 

“game on” - you had one minute to answer as many questions 

correctly as you could and beat your opponents to 1 st place. 

In total, 92 students logged on to take part and answered a total 

of nearly 20,000 questions correctly throughout the day. Well 

done! 

High fliers include Kate Bell from Year 11 who achieved the 

highest overall score of 871 from a total of 37 games. Mitchell 

Young from Year 10 achieved a top score of 39 questions correct 

in one minute showing he’s quick on the keyboard as well 

being lightning fast with his mental Maths. 

Congratulations from the Maths Department to everyone who 

took part! It was great to see you all getting into the spirit of the 

competition. 

Congratulations to Bradley Crook (Year 10) and Sarah Hollingshead, 

Josh Norman and Sarah Barton (Year 9) for their excellent achievements 

in the National Mathematics Challenge examinations. 

WORLD BOOK DAY followed 

World Math Day on the 4th of March and in order to promote 

reading for pleasure Miss Collings arranged a series 

of activities for KS3 students to participate in. Staff posed 

behind their favourite books as they were ‘caught reading’. 

Y7 and 8 were issued with a list of all the staff in the 

school and challenged to find out their favourite books. 

Many Y7 and 8 students got into the spirit of the task and 

visited many staff. Also as Y7 have been using book 

boxes during registration they were also set up with a carousel 

of reading activities in their English lesson time, 

hopefully this will promote use of the library and reading 

for fun! 

CAN YOU WORK OUT WHO 

THE TEACHERS PICTURED 

ARE—THEY’VE ALL BEEN 

CAUGHT OUT READING!!


GENIUS GEOGRAPHY 

GREAT DAY: New 

experiences on the landbased 

diploma masterclass. 

In January 2010 we visited the East Durham Houghall Campus 

in Durham City to attend an ELB masterclass. This visit involved 

students looking at what they would study as part of a 

land-based diploma. The students took part in and observed 

tree surgery, animal care, equine studies, horticulture and farming 

studies. 

The students showed a great interest in the visit and several of 

the students were able to gain knowledge of how the diploma 

would be taught and the activities they would undertake. They 

were able to gain an insight of how it would give them practical 

experience of animal welfare and the science behind the studies 

of topics such as agricultural and horticultural studies. 

Some of the students expressed an interest in animal care and 

how it could lead to a career in veterinary services or agriculture. 

The students were also able to share this experience with 

students from Sandhill View and Oxclose Schools. 

THE BIG FRENCH TRIP - 

COMING SOON! 

On the 16 th – 23 rd July this year 37 KS3 pupils will be visiting 

France. The visit is a slight departure from the usual format to 

France or Germany as it is at a PGL Centre “Château de Grande 

Romaine” near Paris which specialises in group bookings. During 

the Easter holidays Mrs Leyson will visit the centre along with Mrs 

Parker and Mr Fearon. 

Château de Grande Romaine is a 19th Century château and was 

formerly a 3 star hotel used as the training camp for the Brazilian 

national football team when they were preparing for the World 

Cup. The centre is set in 30 acres of land, just 20 miles from Paris 

and is the ideal base from which to explore France’s capital. 

The visit will give pupils an opportunity to experience the history, 

culture and language of the region, to try out new and fun activities 

and also practise the language. There are a number of on site facilities 

including tennis and volleyball courts, a boules pitch, a floodlit 

basketball court, a full size football pitch, a mini floodlit football 

pitch and an outdoor heated swimming pool. Adventure activity 

sessions in abseiling, climbing, archery, initiative exercises, low 

ropes courses, team challenge, trapeze and zip wire are also available 

at the Château. 

During the visit there will also be a number of evening activities 

such as team games, mini Olympics, quizzes, scavenger hunt, 

French Evening and disco. Day excursions will include a day at 

Euro Disney and 2 days in Paris to visit the Eiffel Tower and Montmartre 

and for a boat trip on the Seine River. Other visits may be to 

a traditional market, a waterpark and Fontainebleau.


MUSIC AND THEATRE ROUND-UP 

Y11 - THEATRE BASED 

CAREERS ADVICE! 

On Friday 5 th February Y11 received an extra long assembly 

with a visit from the ‘& Theatre Company’. The main purpose 

of the show that was presented was to show the year group, in a 

fun and entertaining way, the options they have available to 

them after Y11. The play gave information on EMA’s, learning 

styles, apprentiships, BTECs, NVQ’s and other routes. 

Students left clutching vital information and a pen – an excellent 

resource for the day ahead! 

Students were treated to scenes ‘in the style of’ the X-Factor, 

Gavin & Stacey, Gok Wan, Strictly Come Dancing and Dr 

Who – who showed one of the characters his future without 

further study. The show was rounded off by ‘Britain’s got the 

Quiz Factor’. 

Deciding what to do with your future is always scary but the 

three strong theatre company certainly made it a little more fun. 

On thing is for certain though – it is a big decision and qualifications 

can open doorways. 

BILLY ELLIOT IS COMING THIS SUMMER TO 

A THEATRE NEAR YOU! 

Recently students auditioned for the school production of Billy Elliot. The auditions were a joy to watch as Farringdon's students 

pulled out all of the stops and showed off all of thier amazing talents. The parts are all now filled and production is well 

underway. students are working both on and off stage and this is a joy to see. It is still not to late to get involved and if you 

would like to do anything within the show come and see Mr Fearon. The show itself is on Tuesday 6th - Thursday 8th July at 

7:00pm in the school hall. Come along and join in the fun with Billy Elliot. 

BRING ON THE 

BARD! 

On Friday 12th March ‘The Black Cat 

Theatre Company’ graced the Farra stage 

when they delivered a Shakespeare 

workshop to Y7 pupils. 

Y7 have to study Shakespeare (as we all 

do) for their English lessons. As you 

know Shakespeare can be difficult, so to 

help our youngest members of the school 

gets to grips with ‘The Bard’, The English 

Department drafted in three actors to 

run a workshop on Romeo and Juliet. As well as performing 

scenes from the play, pupils answered questions and even got 

up on stage and acted out scenes themselves. 

A particular highlight was Romeo and Juliet 'chav' style, which 

raised more than a few laughs form the audience. Charlotte 

Hope, who helped with the prologue translation, said "it was 

good fun and I now understand the play much better" Lauren 

Hunter also said, " Shakespeare did seem hard and scary at first 

CITY SINGS 

but the ‘charver’ version made me 

laugh and made it all make much 

more sense." Y7 were impeccably 

behaved and showed their knowledge 

at the end of the workshop 

when they eagerly took part in a 

Romeo and Juliet quiz. 

The school choir auditioned, and were accepted, to be in the final of City Sings to compete against other 

schools at the Sunderland Empire. The school choir spent a lot of time on learning and rehearsing the songs 

they were to perform for the occasion. 

The students performed their songs well and were a great credit to the school. Unfortunately they were 

piped at the post and beaten by East Herrington Primary School—see our primary news section for more. The event was enjoyed 

by all and it was a great opportunity for the choir to perform in such a large venue in front of a large audience.


Key Stage 3 

China Project 

Children from Y7, 8 and 9 Green 

pathway have been working on a 

joint project with Sunderland Museum. 

The title of the project was 

‘China’. They have taken part in lots 

of different challenges such as working 

in a group to make a large Chinese 

dragon’s head, taken part in 

Chinese cookery and learnt about the 

Willow Pattern story. They have also had the opportunity to 

learn to speak some Mandarin with Miss Reay and Mrs Roll. 

Chinese artist, Lip Lee, visited our school and made lanterns 

SCHOOL CINEMA 

In February the Y11 A Level English group 

held a film morning to watch ‘The Lovely 

Bones’ as part of their coursework. They 

have to listen to the speech in the film as 

part of their course. To make it a little more 

fun the group, and Mrs O’Brien turned her 

room into a cinema for the morning with 

cinema style seating and cinema food! 

for Chinese New Year. Some 

of the children accompanied 

Miss Reay to Moxbray Park on 

the evening of Friday 26 th February 

to take part in Sunderland’s 

very first Chinese Lantern 

Parade. Although it rained 

heavily that evening the parade 

went ahead and was a huge 

success. 

The project will end at Easter 

and there are still more exciting 

things planned. Chun Chao, 

another Chinese Artist is visiting 

the school to do some Chinese 

Calligraphy and also to 

hold a Tea Cermony with the students. 

CLC ANIMATION TRIP 

Earlier this month Mrs Bird and Miss Robson 

took Y7 and Y9 pupils to St Roberts CLC to 

produce animations using computer generated 

programme ‘Scratch’. The session was led by 

Jane Adamson who explained the programme 

to us and the morning was spent ’trying it out’ 

before the afternoon task of creating the animations 

students have planned before hand. 

Scratch produces excellent animations but does 

take some getting used to and all students said 

they would have loved even longer to work on 

their entries - well, luckily they could! Scratch is a free download so some of the 

students continued working on their animations back at school after Mr Haw set it 

up for use in A21. Some of the students were 

even so enthusiastic that they took their animations 

home to work on them there! 

The students concentrated extremely hard and 

were very well behaved. Thanks also to Mr 

Wright and Mr Stoaddart for their chauffeuring 

services! If you would like to try creating animations 

in Scratch you can access it at 

http://scratch.mit.edu/ and see Mrs Bird or any of 

the students who went for advice on how to use 

it! 

ROCK SCHOOL ‘ROCKS’! 

As part of the BTEC Performing Arts students recently went into the community and 

performed for a group of disabled people. They arranged the event at the City of God 

and performed a set of songs as their band ‘Kafunnapar.’ The audience really enjoyed 

the performance and were grateful of the students hard work. The students 

themselves really enjoyed performing and producing the show. 

They are working hard on the next event which is going to be a Rock Night at school 

on Tuesday 30th March at 6:30pm. So why not come along to the event and enjoy a 

good night of Rock and Roll. The evening consists of many different bands 

and the school choir performing.


SKI TRIP - A BIG 

THUMBS UP! 

In January, Mr Thornton, Mrs Moore and Mr Roberts took a 

number of pupils skiing in Italy. The pupils gave us their comments 

on the visit: “For some of us, this was our third visit to 

the Italian slopes, and for others it was something new. The 

well prepared ones had pillows and a Nintendo DS for the 

coach trip and others had DVDs and snacks to enjoy.” 

“This is an amazing experience, exciting and entertaining due 

to the fact that the instructors and teachers were enthusiastic 

about everything we did, and it 

is non stop from beginning to 

end. The quality of instructors 

was very good as usual and 

everyone enjoyed the snow. 

Not only was the skiing great 

but the teachers and our rep, 

Tilly, made sure we were involved 

in many activities such as bowling, karaoke, pizza night 

and arcades. The disco was held in a different location this 

year, and by the end of the night it was hard to remove people 

from the dance-floor! Our 

presentation at the end of the 

week was a time when we felt 

really proud, as everyone did 

really well and some pupils 

from Farringdon received 

high awards.” 

“Our skiing groups were really well organised this year, 

with beginners, intermediates and advanced groups skiing 

all over the mountains every day and we made new 

friends with people from other schools. One advanced 

group took a day trip to La Thuile and had a fantastic 

time on fresh powder snow, trying jumps and new runs, 

even having a go in the snowboard park! Mr Roberts 

looked really cool as a boarder. He still fell over more 

times than anyone else but he went for the jumps along 

with us and it was brilliant to have the teachers skiing 

with us so we could show what we could do. There are some 

fantastic photos so we know we will have the memories forever.” 

If you love hot chocolate (in pint glasses!), pizza and snow, get 

yourselves booked on to the next trip – it is well worth it and 

something you will never forget! 

CLOSER TO HOME—THE IEP ENGINEERING CHALLENGE 

7 students from Y8 attended the IEP Engineering Challenge Day at RedHouse Academy this term, coming 3rd out of 6 schools 

there overall. Megan Giles teamed with St Anthony's girls’ school, as they were one student short and we were one student over, 

and that team actually won the day and are through to the next round of the challenge. 

St Anthony's are going to forward some of the prize money to us here at Farringdon for our part in their success. The students 

behaved exceptionally well and were a credit to the school. This point was noted by several staff during the day, and they were 

commended for their fantastic team working and communication skills, for which they ranked top amongst all 6 schools. 

CLUE: I help you learn for your future in life, what ‘E’ am I?


WELL DESERVED AWARDS 

On Thursday 11 th March, the annual Sunderland Young Achiever’s Awards Ceremony took 

place at the Stadium of Light. The ceremony is an opportunity to recognise the achievements 

of young people in Sunderland. The evening was hosted by Anna Foster, presenter of Tony 

Horne in the Morning on Metro Radio. 

Numerous important people in Sunderland attended and presented awards, including SAFC’s 

Darren Bent, Craig Gordon and Farringdon’s own Jordan Henderson. 

Once again Farringdon Community Sport’s College was very well represented and the following 

students were highly commended and presented with awards: 

• Jack Davison – Personal Achievement 

• Katie Cowell – Young Carer 

• Victoria Hayes – Service to the Community (11-14 years) 

• Sarah Gordon (ex-Y11) – Service to the Community (15-20 years) 

Jonathon Chambers was the winner of the Music and Performing Arts category, and finished 

the ceremony wowing the audience as Fagin, with a performance of “Reviewing the Situation” 

from last year’s school production of Oliver. 

The ceremony was attended by Mr Thornton, Mr Fearon and Miss Harris, and it was a fantastic 

opportunity to recognise some of the amazing students that Farringdon can be very proud 

of. Well done to everyone who was nominated and we look forward to recognising more 

achievements from everyone at Farra over the coming year. 

WINNERS: Collecting Awards at the ceremony 

What E am I? We all study this in school and speak it every day!


FUND RAISING FRIDAY! 

On Friday the 19th March we held a non-uniform day at Farringdon to raise funds for two charities: Sports Relief and Brake - a 

road safety charity that Y9 students worked with on Community Day. 

Students were encouraged to wear something sporty and many turned up in favourite 

football kits for the occasion. The other option was to wear something bright in 

honour of keeping safe and being seen on the roads. 

At lunch time British Cycling worked with some students on the tennis courts creating 

a speedway track. The boys 

who participated had great fun. 

There was also a raffle to guess 

the number of sweets in a jar 

and also to name a bear. Beth 

Fairless of Y8 won the sweets, 

guessing correctly with 301 and 

Kate Flett, also Y8, guessed that 

the bears name was Jack. 

The total raised was approx 

£560 which will be split between 

the two charities. Thank you Farringdon for supporting these two causes, we think you are all really generous! 

William Hussey, author of the Witchfinder Trilogy, came into 

school on Weds 17 th March to coincide with the publication of 

the first of his books, 'Dawn of the Demontide'. On the visit he 

gave readings from his work and answered questions. 

AUTHOR’S VISIT 

Two of our Y7 English groups took part in the visit. Hussey 

also signed copies of the book for the Students. The pupils and 

Miss Hughes though it was quite an honour to meet a real life 

published author. 

For more info on the books see: www.witchfinderbooks.co.uk 

Also lined up for July, the Author/Artist Emma Vieceli will be 

visiting us. She has 

worked on various Shakespeare 

Manga books, She 

will be doing various 

workshops with students 

throughout the day. 

For more info see: 

www.emmavieceli.com 

GOOD ATTENDANCE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE 

In Y7 46 students achieved 100% attendance and received a certificate in recognition of this achievement during assembly. 70 

students achieved an impressive 95-99% attendance. The Year Group as a whole, has achieved 95.6% attendance within the first 

term. 7F achieved the highest attendance in the year group with an impressive 96.7%. 

During the first term Y8’s attendance has stabilized at 95%. This is a great start to the academic year. The number of students 

who stay off most regularly has reduced significantly since this time last year. 

An attendance of 93.3% for the first term was accomplished by Y9. This was a brilliant achievement by all, despite the inclement 

weather at the beginning January. Seven Y9 pupils were awarded various prizes from the L.E.A for their brilliant attendance. 

Two pupils have never been absent since starting at Farringdon Community Sports College, both have received a £10 

reward Y9 forms continue to compete against each other for the highest attendance which has been won by 9C for the first term. 

The form received a tin of chocolates to share well done!


CARTOON CORNER 

Look what the 

Easter bunny 

left me! 

You still believe 

in that junk? 

How can 

you say 

that!? 

If it’s not real 

then what's this? 

Please let me be hallucinating!!! 

This Easter themed cartoon was designed by our own, Yasmin Mustard of Y9. Yasmin draws and scans her anime characters 

before colouring them in on her computer. We are sure you will agree she is pretty talented. 

BROUGHT TO YOU BY FARRA NEWS TEAM 

The News Team for this issue: 

Rachel Eastick—8E 

Ben Lathan—8D 

Matthew Lawton—8G 

Savannah Lindley- 

Richardson—8G 

Megan Giles—8G 

Kate Ferguson—8G 

Amy Cuthbertson—9F 

Jasmin Mustard—9A 

David Griffith—9F 

Also thanks to Mr Duncanson 

How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket? 

Only one – after that 

Why did the Easter egg hide? 

He was a little chicken! 

it’s not 

What’s the best way to send a letter to 

the Easter Bunny? Hare mail! 

How do you know carrots are good for 

your eyes? Have you ever seen a rabbit 

wearing glasses? 

Why did the Easter Bunny cross the 

road? To prove he wasn’t chicken! 

What do you get if you pour hot water 

down a rabbit hole? 

Hot cross bunnies! 

HAVE YOU SOLVED OUR EASTER CLUES HIDDEN 

THROUGHOUT THE NEWSLETTER TO MAKE A WORD? IF 

YOU HAVE GIVE YOUR NAME TO MRS BIRD FOR THE 

CHANCE TO WIN AN EASTER EGG!


Revision Tips 

This might seem like the worst time of their lives for students in Y11 right now as they try to cram for their 

exams getting all that knowledge into their heads but it’ll be over soon and worth it (hopefully!) when the 

results roll in, in August. We decided it would be a good time to give you a 15 useful tips—things you 

probably already know but its worth a reminded: 

1. Don’t go for more than 1 hour each subject and make sure to take regular breaks too, it could also 

help to have a snack handy to keep up your energy 

2. Good websites to help you study would be BBC bitesize or SAM Learning 

3. Find a quiet place to study and make sure you are sitting comfortably 

4. Make sure your desk is well lit and keep background noise to a minimum 

5. Avoid studying in an area where there will be distractions (like television!) 

6. Have everything you need to do your revision to hand before you start 

7. Study with a friend and test each other’s knowledge, but remember you are meeting to revise rather 

than to chat! 

8. Work through past question papers – and use a watch to time them so that you can practise timing 

your answers. 

9. Choose study and revision guides sensibly. It’s not hard to find help with revision – as well as established 

published revision guides, there are hundreds of websites offering help and advice. The problem 

is not how to find such help, but how to judge which is the best source for your needs. Save valuable 

time and get recommendations from your teachers 

10. Remember course notes are also a valuable source of extra help – you didn’t just fill exercise books 

for fun you know! 

11. Keep yourself more alert by changing revision methods during a session. For instance, try switching 

from note taking to memorising; from reading to asking someone to test you 

12. Attend any revision classes that your teachers may be running at school and get their advice on revision 

methods 

13. Look after yourself – Sometimes revision can become a competition – 

who stayed up latest, who worked longest, who’s worrying the most. 

But the more tired you are the less efficiently you’ll work. You need to 

rest as well as study, eat well, drink lots of water and make sure you 

pace yourself. Don’t rush, and equally don’t over-revise by doing too 

much too soon 

14. Keep calm and consolidate 

your existing knowledge 

rather than trying to learn new 

topics 

15. Don’t stay up all night 

revising; being overtired will 

not help you to do your best. 

MOST OF ALL Y11— 

WE WISH YOU LOTS 

OF LUCK—HAPPY 

REVISING!!


What is Easter Really About? 

We know that Easter is all about eggs and chocolate 

but what is Easter really about. Easter is about when 

Jesus was put on the cross. Why do we get Easter 

Eggs and Chocolate—well this is why. 

On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection 

of the Lord, Jesus Christ. It is typically the most 

well-attended Sunday service of the year for Christian 

churches. Christians believe according to the 

scripture, that Jesus came back to life, or was raised 

from the dead, three days after his death on the 

cross. As part of the Easter season, the death of Jesus 

Christ by crucifixion, is commemorated on 

Good Friday, always the Friday just before Easter. 

WHAT IS EASTER: What do you think Easter is really about 

What's on in Theatre-land? 

Perhaps over Easter you’ll be looking for something to do. We have 

researched what is on at the local theatres and here are our recommendations: 

Sunderland Empire– If you liked the film Mamma Mia you might enjoy 

the production Abba Forever. On the 2nd April A 6 piece band 

electric and acoustic band and of course the Abba lads and lasses. 

Theatre Royal Newcastle-On 21st—23rd April, if you like dance than 

you will love Rambert . Rambert are a dance company who skillfully 

blends dance and science in to a striking energetic performance. If you 

love dance this is the must see performance. 

Durham Gala Theatre– If you would to release your inner childhood 

why not go and see the Gruffalo on the 3rd and 4th April, a story of 

mouse on a adventurous journey into the deep. Mouse scares away animals 

telling them about the Gruffalo but what happens to he comes face 

to face with one? A imaginative story for the young an old. 

Tyne Journal Opera House—firm family favourite, The Wizard of Oz 

takes to the stage on 7th—11th April staring none other than Tracy 

Beaker (Danni Harmer) as Dorothy. Who can resist this magical musical—but 

will it beat our school play version of a few years ago? We 

don’t know! 

Customs House South Shields– The Magic of Music and Dance on 

13th April showcases the talents of 

young people from our region from the 

Karen Shields School of Dance. It 

would be a great night of entertainment 

and would support our young 

people too. 

If you would like to write a review of 

something you’ve seen at a local theatre 

we would love to hear from you. 

See the newsteam or Mrs Bird to tell 

us more. 

That was just the basic story but if you want to 

know more go on to: www.christianity.about.com 

there you find the whole story about how Easter 

happened. 

What do you think the best Easter 

Egg is? A difficult decision at this 

time of year as everyone buys you 

eggs. 

• Cream Egg 

• Kit Kat Chunky 

• Mars and Friends 

• Cadburys Caramel 

• Other 

We asked the newspaper team 

what their favourite was and they 

said it would have to be the 

Cream Egg—it can’t be beaten!!


FASHION FIESTA 

The newspaper has been doing it’s research, and has been finding out what’s 

cool, and what’s so last season: 

I’m a picture! 

Checks 

are 

definitely 

in 

The 

shape of 

this 

dress is 

very 

stylish. 

Casual jeans 

are what 

everyone is 

wearing. 

Ever since 

these UGG 

boots came 

out they 

have been a 

massive hit. 

These bags 

are the most 

fashionable 

around and 

very eye 

catching. 

Check out this outfit. What do you think? 

v 

v 

v 

ol 

v 

Fashion through out the ages 

Can you recall the fashion accessory which everyone used to wear. Hats. Until the time 

in which these hats came out no-one had ever seen such a colourful, strange hat as this. 

Not only did it look good, it also felt good as it kept the heat in and the cold out. Soon 

everyone was wearing one of these hats. 

As you may have noticed the latest fashion at Farringdon is currently scarves. This 

fashion accessory came when winter was on it’s way and ever since scarves have 

stayed. Many different types of scarves have been worn through out this time. However 

is it time for a new fashion accessory to take over. 

Bags are also making a big impression. However, it is a certain type of bag that seems 

to what every one is wearing. But it’s not the actual bag which makes ti so popular. It is 

it’s special feature, straps which are wrapped in a gold chain. This makes that certain 

bag unique, different and fashionable. 

Did you know ? 

Stone age people were the 

first to invent and wear 

clothes. Wearing clothes 

was a way of keeping 

warm and the material 

they used was probably 

animal skins. 

What do you think is best? 

Hats Scarves Bags


Horoscopes 

Every issue we bring you your horoscopes and Easter 2010 is no different. Hope they bring you good luck 

and good fortune this month ... Read on. 

Capricorn- December 22 nd - January 20 th - Things may seem bad at home or maybe at school but don’t get 

in the way and things will sort themselves out; but be patient. Things won’t sort themselves out over night, 

they need time... 

Aquarius- January 21 st –February 19 th – Stacks of homework coming your way so don’t wait until the last 

minute to do it then you’ll still have lots of free time left to socialise. 

Pisces- February 19 th – March 20 th – Time to move on. Whether it’s from a relationship (that’s ended), a 

friendship (that’s lost) or an argument move on and don’t bring it up again. Soon you will get a discrete sign 

that will point you in the right direction. But it won’t be obvious. 

Aries- March 21 st – April 20 th – It’s been a tough month but it will start to get better, just be patient. Hang in 

there and soon all your bad luck will move on. Nothing will get better over night but it will get better, just 

make sure that you don’t bring recent events up. 

Taurus- April 21 st – May 20 th – A great idea will soon come your way so wait for the inspiration to come 

before you rush into anything. This idea will bring you praise from someone close to you. But don’t take 

advantage of this praise. 

Gemini-May 21 st – June 20 th – Someone close to you is annoying you so confront them but don’t be harsh. 

Just tell them what’s annoying you and hopefully they’ll thank you for it. 

Cancer- June 21 st – July 21 st – Problems with a close friend will become apparent soon. You may not be 

able to work through these issues but all this will uncover a new and unexpected friend. 

Leo- July 22 nd – August 22 nd –Life seems pointless at the moment but someone unlikely will help you 

through. This person maybe someone who you didn’t realise existed or never noticed but they will be there 

for you if you let them. 

Virgo- August 23 rd - September 21 st –This term will be difficult but with enough hard work and persistence 

everything will work out. There will be rewards after all the pain!! 

Libra – September 22 nd – October 21 st – This may be a confusing time for you and friends/family members 

but luckily everything will become so much clearer soon. Just keep your head down and try your best and 

something good will come your way. 

Scorpio- October 22 nd – November 21 st – Arguments with friends are getting annoying but don’t worry everyone 

will realise the truth in the end. All you need to do is not say anything you’ll regret. 

Sagittarius- November 22 snd – December 21 st – Although nothing seems to be going 

right at the moment later in the week everything will fall into place. So don’t fret about 

silly little things and everything will turn out for the best.

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