23 April - Laude San Pedro International College
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Secondary School Weekly Bulletin Monday <strong>23</strong> rd <strong>April</strong> – Volume 1, Issue 24<br />
MARCH STAR STUDENTS INTERHOUSE CHAMPIONS!<br />
Also, a big thank you to our wonderful<br />
host, Josh Martin, who led the stage<br />
and our in-house DJ Alberto Saavedra<br />
for producing the tunes.<br />
Last Thursday in assembly we<br />
celebrated our <strong>April</strong> Star Students,<br />
nominated by their teachers for their<br />
academic achievements during this<br />
month. A big congratulation goes to<br />
all the following students:<br />
KLARA CZURAJ<br />
JULIA PIETRAS<br />
ITZIAR POMARES,<br />
OLIVIA GAMBLE<br />
AGATA MINAMORE ESPINOSA<br />
PHOEBE BRIGGS<br />
PALOMA PÁEZ<br />
CESAR SAPIENZA<br />
ALVARO ANTON<br />
Last Thursday in Assembly, the<br />
Secondary School at <strong>Laude</strong><br />
celebrated the winners of our last<br />
InterHouse Volleyball tournament:<br />
FIRE!. Their House Captain, Mari<br />
Carmen, proudly collected the trophy,<br />
in the name of her fellow house<br />
mates, who showed great skills on the<br />
day. Congratulations FIRE!<br />
Mr. C. Marchand – Head of Secondary<br />
A very tough competition as the level<br />
of talent was extremely high.<br />
Between the five rounds of acts;<br />
dancing, singing, gymnastics, pianists<br />
and theatrical entertainers the three<br />
judges had their work cut out for<br />
them deciding who would win this<br />
year's <strong>Laude</strong>'s X-Factor.<br />
In 3rd place there was a draw<br />
between two acts: Singers Olga<br />
Mashankaya and Inga<br />
Semenyachenko (year 8) and Rapper<br />
Yura (year 10)<br />
In 2nd place: Christopher Sunden<br />
(year 12) playing his own composition<br />
on piano.<br />
In first place: Sonya Hopman who<br />
wow-ed the crowd with her amazing<br />
ball gymnastics.<br />
WELL DONE!!!<br />
Miss M. O´Reilly – Arts Department<br />
MACBETH COMES TO LAUDE<br />
Mr. C. Marchand – Head of Secondary<br />
HUGE congratulations to all the acts<br />
who took part in this <strong>Laude</strong>'s X Factor<br />
2012.<br />
Year 9 students have been studying<br />
our greatest English playwright:<br />
William Shakespeare. If Shakespeare<br />
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had been alive today it is highly likely<br />
that he would be working in films<br />
writing screenplays, since after all he<br />
was a clever businessman. With this<br />
in mind Year 9 have been involved in<br />
giving a new twist to Shakespeare’s<br />
Macbeth by creating a modern and<br />
unusal context. The three sinister<br />
witches expertly played by Camila,<br />
Ines and Isabella used satellite<br />
navigation, King Duncan (a majestic<br />
Daniel) drowned in a hot tub, and<br />
Georgina’s cunning, wicked and<br />
extremely polished performance as<br />
Lady Macbeth together with her<br />
ladies in waiting was most<br />
entertaining. Sophie Tonge’s portrayal<br />
of Macbeth was impressive. Banquo<br />
(Cesar), Prince Malcolm (Markian) and<br />
Dr. McTavish (Ryan) had the audience<br />
in fits of laughter with their amusing<br />
jokes and Scottish accents. All<br />
students collaborated well during<br />
rehearsals and fully deserve to be<br />
congratulated for a fine team effort.<br />
The English Department would also<br />
like to thank Georgina Gamble and<br />
Susan Briggs for expertly assisting<br />
with the props.<br />
Mrs. H. Palmer & Mrs. F. Munoz –<br />
English Department<br />
This week students in year 8 have<br />
explored the topic “What caused<br />
people to believe in witchcraft in the<br />
17 th Century” They were asked to<br />
identify reasons for these beliefs. By<br />
1500 people had believed in witches<br />
for centuries. In small villages, where<br />
most people in Europe lived, little was<br />
known about health, medicine or<br />
about how the natural world worked.<br />
This meant that anyone who acted in<br />
a strange way was looked on with<br />
suspicion. People did not understand<br />
mental illness and were frightened by<br />
it. Students also learnt about the<br />
methods used at the time to identify<br />
witches. They were also asked to<br />
produce a poster warning others how<br />
to spot signs of witchcraft as<br />
homework for next week. Most<br />
people at this time could not read or<br />
write so the poster has to be largely<br />
visual, using a few words as possible.<br />
Watch this space next week to find<br />
out who produced the best poster.<br />
Mr. F. Marcos – Head of Humanities.<br />
Having been looking recently at the<br />
topic of ecosystems, this week Year 9<br />
geography students have focused on<br />
the need for conservation with<br />
regard to wildlife. On Wednesday<br />
they watched a video produced by<br />
WWF (World Wildlife not Wrestling<br />
Federation!) showing a variety of<br />
endangered animals whose very<br />
existence is threatened, followed by<br />
another which showed the result of<br />
poaching, killing for tusks, skins, etc.<br />
For homework they have been asked<br />
to write a 500 word report in which<br />
they are describing the problem,<br />
identifying how the problem is, or<br />
could be, solved and giving their<br />
opinions on the issue.<br />
Mr. J. Hill – Humanities Department.<br />
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This week in Sociales, Year 8 students<br />
have been studying the history of<br />
Rome, one of the great Empires of<br />
the Antiquity. They learnt how,<br />
according to Roman mythology, the
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city which was built by 2 brothers –<br />
Romulo & Remo – who took it from<br />
being just a small city in Italy to being<br />
a strong empire, controlling most of<br />
Europe, the Middle East and North<br />
Africa. This is probably why they<br />
called the Mediterranean Sea “Mare<br />
Nostrum” (Our Sea). The Roman<br />
Empire finally fell to pieces in 476 DC<br />
due to multiple invasions from<br />
barbaric tribes from Northern Europe.<br />
Every student in the class produced a<br />
presentation using PowerPoint. This<br />
was a very enjoyable learning<br />
experience for all students involved.<br />
Well done Year 8!<br />
Mr. F. J. Morón Cuevas – Spanish<br />
Department.<br />
The UKMT Junior Maths Challenge<br />
takes place on Thursday 26th<br />
<strong>April</strong> and the Maths Department has<br />
selected 20 of our top students in<br />
Year 7 and 8 to take part in the<br />
competition. Natalia Mirón will no<br />
doubt be hoping to come out on top<br />
again, especially now that she is a<br />
year older, but there is some stiff<br />
competition coming through the<br />
ranks in Year 7. In any case, everyone<br />
taking part will gain a lot from being<br />
challenged to think laterally and<br />
logically on these cleverly designed<br />
puzzles.<br />
More information about the Junior<br />
Maths Challenge and other UKMT<br />
intiatives can be found at:<br />
http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/<br />
LAUDE´S<br />
CYCLING<br />
CLUB<br />
Mr. P. Teale - Head of Maths<br />
Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand - Head of Secondary