Farra News Issue 12 - Sunderland Learning Hub

Page 17 FARRA NEWS Easter 2010
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?