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C V M S
2010 2011

Churnet View Middle School, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6PU Tel: 01538 384939
Email: office@churnetview.staffs.sch.uk Visit: www.churnetview.staffs.sch.uk
SUMMER 2011
NEWSLETTER
We will create, for everyone, an environment of opportunity within a culture of success.

Word From The Head
As we come to the end of another very busy and successful year for
Churnet View, I would firstly like to wish all Year 8 pupils the very best
in their new schools. I am very proud of their achievements and the excellent
progress they have made in this school.
I would also like to say a very fond farewell to Mr C Ward and Mrs L
Dennis who have both been teaching here for thirty years. They will
both be very much missed and the whole school community wishes
them a long and happy retirement.
We have had so many highlights this year but one outstanding recent
achievement was Mrs Moore’s invitation to Downing Street after winning
a National Award for ‘Technician of the Year’ and student, Leonie Law
who is one of the three finalists in the ‘Get Set To Exercise Your Taste
Buds’ competition in London.
I hope you will enjoy reading about all our achievements, visits, latest
news and appreciate the very high standards that are achieved and expected
in this school. Learning is important here.
Finally, I would like to thank parents for their ongoing support and the
staff who are a fantastic team of people – all focussed on raising standards
and ensuring that every pupil gets the very best education at
Churnet View.
J R Turner
Headteacher

Y8 LEAVERS
Congratulations & good luck to the 2011 leavers
from the Senior Management Team, Teachers &
Support Staff. Hoping you are successful in the
goals you have set yourselves from this
moment forward.
2011 CVMS Leavers

AFTER 30 YEARS AT CHURNET VIEW...
As you already know, Mr Ward, our
Deputy Head, and Mrs Dennis, our
Special Educational Needs Coordinator,
will be leaving Churnet View at
the end of the school year. Both Mr
ward and Mrs Dennis have been
teaching here for nearly thirty years
since Haregate Primary became Churnet
View Middle School. We asked Mr
Ward some questions about his time
at CVMS:
What have you most enjoyed?
‘I have most enjoyed teaching all the
wonderful children that have come
through the doors at Churnet View.’
What are the highlights of your career
here?
‘One is seeing people who I once have
taught become teachers and working
with them as colleagues. Another is
being chosen to represent the technology
subject for the national curriculum.’
Are you looking forward to the work
that is being done in the quadrangle?
Yes, I am very excited and I hope we
can get it finished in time for September,
I would love to see it finished before
I leave.’
Mr Ward (the one in the middle) is pictured along with
a few of his 7A/B class in the woodwork room; a
place where Mr Ward most wants to be remembered.
Mrs Dennis is also leaving at the end of the year and
we found out some information about Mrs Dennis’
time at Churnet View:
What lessons do you teach?
‘Over my career I’ve taught... English, Maths, Science,
RE, Art, History, Geography, PSHCE, DT and Music!’
What was your favourite subject to teach?
‘Y5 Science - there are lots of practical activities you
can do. Often things go wrong and don’t work the way
they should - but that’s just Science!’
What was your happiest moment?
‘There is too many to pick just one.’
So... Before the break up for the summer holidays
make sure you wish farewell to two brilliant teachers
that have worked at Churnet View for so long.
Mrs Dennis next to one of her many favourite art exhibits
that are positioned throughout the school.

NEW ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Y4 Display
NEW HEAD OF YEAR 5
Miss Higton will be the new Head of Year 5 in September
2011. She’s already been working hard, with
Miss Frazer, during the Year 4 transition week
which saw the pupils from our many feeder schools
settling in quickly. She said, ‘I am
really looking forward to my new role
especially now that I’ve met all the
new year 5 during new intake week. I
am excited about getting to know all
the children in my year group and
eager to take on this new challenge.’
Learning Resource Centre Assistant Manager
Mr Parr is the new full-time LRC Assistant Manager,
which includes looking after the Library. We
caught up with him to listen to his ideas, for the
area, in September 2011. He stated, “my vision is
to open the two learning areas for all pupils and
staff by introducing more reading, in the form of
research, into each curriculum subject. I will also
be partly responsible to promote our school using
video, audio and other media formats some of
which will be used during lessons and non teaching
time. I’ll also be working on future newsletters,
the learning platform, life channel and website.’
Design Technology Teacher & Science Technician
Mr Mason is taking on more responsibilities as a
Design Technology Teacher in Resistant Materials.
It’s a position he’s all too familiar with having experience
in this area over a number of years. He
said, ‘I feel very excited about my role and look forward
to the new challenges.’ Mrs Knott also has
new duties to undertake as a Science Technician to
run alongside her current position. She added, ’I
have enjoyed my current role of Cover Supervisor
enormously and now look forward to my next chapter
in my working life - I know I definitely won’t get
bored in the new academic year in September.’

SKY RAINFOREST RESCUE SCHOOLS
Who Are We? We are a group of keen students, working with Sky’s Rainforest Rescue
Schools Challenge, aiming to help stop deforestation and save energy. We meet on a Tuesday
lunchtime with Miss Henning, our Geography Leader. We work throughout the week
helping to recycle paper and walking around the various classrooms and other learning areas,
turning off electrical appliances and lights when not in use. We believe that if you turn
off the lights and the wood burning stove today then the sun will shine and give warmth tomorrow.
Here are some key facts and tips to reduce your own carbon footprint.
What is Deforestation? Deforestation is when people cut
down the forest to use the wood. It must stop. In 1 second
an area the size of 1 football pitch disappears. It is rapidly
killing the animals of the rainforest. Just cut back on it.
Don’t use as much wood for burning and for the workshop.
Energy Saving Top Tips
Use energy efficient light bulbs.
Cut down on using cars and public
transport. Walk or use your bike.
Turn off gadgets and other electrical
items when not using them.
Cut down on using your computer;
alternately ,play out side instead.
Switch off lights when you are
not using them.
Recycling Group
(From the right)
Megan Shaw,
Megan Strutt,
Leonie Law,
Hannah Hoolie,
Georgia Cummins,
Lucy Egerton,
Eden Asplin,
Jessica Howarth
Energy Group
(From Bottom Right)
Louis James-Dow,
Jack Flower,
Mathew Sergeant,
Daniel Sheldon
(From Top Right )
Ethan Welsh
Jac Davies, Alex
Burrows, Sam
Gibbs, Aaron Rommelrath,
Adam Smith.

In line with Sky’s Rainforest Rescue Schools
Challenge, aiming to help stop deforestation
and save energy, Leek High School would like
to announce that their newsletter is not being
circulated to other schools including Churnet
View. Instead, it will be uploaded onto their
website and copies will be located in their reception
to pick up.
Visit: http://www.leekhigh.staffs.sch
YOUNGER MIND
Family Relationships
Bullying
Anger and Frustration
Someone Being ill or has Died
From September, we will have a
‘counsellor’ available from ‘Younger
Mind’ for a half day, to discuss any
issues which may arise or be troubling
some of our pupils. The counsellor
will be fully trained in providing
‘emotional support’ for pupils
and will be qualified to give advice
and support with many issues.
School Issues
Life Pressures
Anxiety
Any Other ‘Experience’ which
may be ‘Troubling’ a Pupil.
The counsellor will see pupils who have been referred by staff or parents
and will also hold a ‘drop in’ session during our lunchtime for any pupil who
may want to gain advice. If you would like more information, please contact
Younger Mind on 01782 262199 or Email youngermind@nsmind.org.uk

SCHOOL TRIP TO FRANCE - JULY 2011
BAYEUX TAPESTRY
The artwork depicts the events leading up to the
Norman conquest of England as well as the
events of the invasion itself. The tapestry is annotated
in Latin and is exhibited in a special museum
in Bayeux, Normandy called Musée de la
Tapisserie de Bayeux where the group visited
during their tour. They studied closely the 0.5-
by 68.38 metre long embroidered cloth with
mythological animals, Viking Ships, Norman and
Saxon cavalry that illustrates the exploits of Harold
around the time of 14th October 1066.
AMERICAN CEMETERY
It is not possible not to be moved by the rows
and rows of graves that great you when you
enter the American Cemetery. It is the final
resting place for nearly 10,000 American soldiers,
airmen and navy personnel killed during
World War 2. Of the thousands of graves
at the American Cemetery, one of the most
notable is that of General Theodore Roosevelt
Junior: Plot D, Row 28, Grave 45, the eldest
son of American President Theodore Roosevelt.
For his bravery, Theodore Roosevelt
Junior was awarded the Medal of Honour.
ARROMANCHES 360 CINEMA
Built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
D-Day the Arromanches 360 is a circular theatre
of 9 screens showing the poignant film ‘The
Price of Freedom’. This film mixes news-reel
images and archive material from war correspondents
with modern day pictures. There is
no spoken commentary, simply the sounds and
noises of the D-Day sections and music covering
the modern sequences. The students stood
and looked all around them to view the film
footage, that lasted for 20 minutes, and took in
the experience along with our members of staff.

Students were given the opportunity to build on the outstanding work that Mrs Berrisford has produced
during her French lessons. Recently, she was formally congratulated on her teaching methods.
DISNEYLAND PARK (Paris)
Students were rewarded with a trip to one of the
world’s most famous theme park and tourist
destinations after a busy week of sight-seeing.
Disneyland Paris was the venue where they enjoyed
what was on offer including: amazing attractions
in themed areas, meeting the Disney
characters and of course shopping. Sammy
Butcher (7A) said, ‘I was overwhelmed by the
size of the park but enjoyed walking around the
vast array of shops and arcades. There was
plenty of opportunity for shopping’.
MONT SAINT MICHEL
During the trip, students were given the chance to
visit Le Mont Saint-Michel. The island has been a
strategic point holding fortifications since ancient
times, and since the 8th century AD it became the
seat of the Saint-Michel monastery, from which it
draws the name. The Island is situated just off the
north coast of France where during the Hundred
Years' War, the English made repeated assaults
on the island, but were unable to seize it due to
the abbey's improved fortifications. To this day,
two wrought-iron bombards left by the English in
their failed 1423–24 siege rest near its outer wall.
ARROMANCHES LANDING BEACH
After viewing the short film at the cinema,
students were taken down the cliff path to
the beach to see the Mulberry docks. These
were a number of British built temporary
harbours, that were developed in World War
II, to offload cargo onto the beaches during
the Allied invasion of Normandy. They were
assembled off the coast of Normandy as part
of the D-Day invasion of France in 1944.
George Burns said, ‘It was good because I
got to see the Mulberries discarded on the
beach and the huge concrete boulders’.

Laches wood- A great week of camping
Archery
Archery was undertaken outdoors on the purpose–
built range, or indoors when the weather was bad.
The staff organised a competition between each of
the nine groups, including the best male and female
archer or the Robin Hood and Maid Marion of the
school. Points were added together during several
rounds which included 2 points for hitting the white
area, 4 points for black, 6 points for blue, 8 points
for red and a maximum of 10 points for gold. Our
archery team champions were TEAM J, and individual
winners, James Gray and Charlotte Taylor.
BMX Biking
A new activity introduced to the education
centre during the last few years and has
quickly become a huge favourite with the
students. Staff enthusiasts have designed
and built an outdoor track, for varying abilities,
in the woods surrounding the residential
area. This includes tricky seesaws, wooden
bridges and platforms, tight bends, ramps,
hills and descents and other themed obstacles
throughout the track. Rachel Andrew
said, ‘it was really enjoyable. Even though I
fell off a few times, I’d still do it again’.
Canoeing
The groups spent a 1/2 day in open Canadian
canoes called ‘canoe catamarans’. The activity
took place on the Staffordshire & Worcester canal
which borders the site. We were taught the
main points in steering the catamarans using
our own paddles and asked to complete various
fun tasks. For example collecting plastic ducks
from the water and racing the other team to certain
sections on the water. We kept as dry as
possible...obviously. It was extremely good fun
and the time went by too quickly unfortunately.

Between the 23rd-27th May the Y8 visited Laches Wood Outdoor Education Centre. Before
lunch we pitched our tents then it was straight into the planned activities. As well as
those listed on the two pages, others included: The labyrinth - an indoor caving system
creating an exciting atmosphere in a safe environment. Orienteering (around the 12 hectare
grounds) Search and Rescue - an exercise involving radio communication, map skills
and teamwork and a Photo hunt - a search for places around the centre from photos only.
and other enjoyable, fun learning activities!
Climbing Tower
The centre’s 6 metre climbing tower offered a
variety of routes, each challenging in it’s own
right. The three climbing areas on the tower had
the pupils eager to conquer them. One had an
easier angled slope so we could hold onto the
surface better, another was straight and vertical
which still didn’t deter us and the hardest had
the big cheeses blocking our way to the top.
Perhaps the Cheese Weasel couldn’t get to this
food source to help those struggling to overcoming
these obstacles? Well done to all!
Bush craft
An even newer activity than the BMX track
was bush craft. We were taught about the basic
tools in collecting the correct types of timber
and using appropriate fire lighting materials
to build our group’s campfire. Due to the
damp conditions under foot, we used dry
wood already fallen off the surrounding trees
found on the forest floor. A small stone circle
was made before the different sized branches
were used for the fire. After a hard working
session in gathering materials, marshmallows
and bread dough were our reward.
Carding Mill Valley Long Mynd
Carding Mill Valley, near Church Stretton in Shropshire,
was the perfect location for a challenging
walk in real hill country with good map work opportunities.
With a packed lunch and waterproofs
borrowed from the centre, we headed up the valley
towards the waterfall and plateau. The views were
amazing and we realised why this was a popular
tourist area for keen walkers and other groups.
The café at the end was a welcoming site too. We
were beginning to see the benefit of having a good
nights sleep, ready for this trip, and also the action
packed activities throughout the week.

The FA Cup Final sponsored by E-on
Man City’s
Road To Wembley
FA Cup 3rd Round
Leicester 2 - 2 Man City
Bamba (1) King (64), Milner (23) Tevez (45)
9th Jan 2011, Walkers Stadium
FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
Man City 4 - 2 Leicester
Tevez (15) Vieira (37) Johnson (38) Kolarov (90),
Gallagher (pen 19) Dyer (83)
18th Jan 2011, City of Manchester Stadium
FA Cup 4th Round
Notts County 1 - 1 Man City
Bishop (59), Dzeko (80)
30th Jan 2011, Meadow Lane
FA Cup 4th Round Replay
Man City 5 - 0 Notts County
Viera 37', 58', Tevez 84', Dzeko 89',
Richards 90+1'
2nd Feb 2011, City of Manchester Stadium
FA Cup 5th Round
Man City 3 - 0 Aston Villa
Yaya Toure 5', Balotelli25', Silva 70'
28th Feb 2011, City of Manchester Stadium
FA Cup 6th Round
Man City 1 - 0 Reading
Richards 74’
13th March 2011, City of Manchester Stadium
On the 14th May 2011, a tale of two cities began
as they both battled it out for the FA cup
trophy. Manchester City had not won anything
for 35 years, but Stoke had a 100% record at
Wembley before the match (although only being
there a couple of times).
Stoke City went into their first FA Cup Final as
underdogs according to their manager Tony
Pulis while Manchester City manager Roberto
Manchini saw in-form Stoke's underdog tag
as a risk for complacency.
There were fitness doubts over key players
for both teams, Carlos Tevez for Manchester
City and Matthew Etherington for Stoke City,
who suffered a hamstring tear only 17 days
before the final, but both were able to start the
match.
Both managers wanted the win but on the
day, Manchester City were the better of the
two sides.
FA Cup Semi-Final
Man City 1 - 0 Man Utd
Yaya Toure 52’
16th April 2011, Wembley Stadium
Blue Moon!

Manchester City vs. Stoke City
Stoke City’s
Road To Wembley
Reported by Ali Copeland & Sam Nettel
In the first half, the match was even, but it remained
0 - 0 after a few on and off target
shots with no keeper really being tested to the
limit. However, you could see the hunger and
flare in the Manchester City side.
After Baring the injuries in mind, the unfit
Matthew Etherington gave way to Dean Whitehead,
this gave the team less width on the
pitch- where Manchester City could strike.
In the 74th minute the blues finally broke
through Stoke’s wavering defence (as Robert
Huth was injured). Yaya Toure shattered the
Stoke players and the fans’ dreams. With little
time to strike back, Stoke couldn’t get a goal
and the match ended in a 1-0 win for Manchester
City.
Both teams had broken their cycles as
Stoke’s 100% record at Wembley ended and
Manchester City won their first piece of silver
ware in 35 years. It was a great match that
kept everyone in suspense, but for Stoke
fans, they went home empty handed.
FA Cup Third Round
Stoke 1 - 1 Cardiff
Tuncay (45)Chopra (8),
8th Jan 2011, The Brittannia Stadium
FA Cup Third Round Replay
Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke
Walters (92, 115)
18th Jan 2011, City of Cardiff Stadium
FA Cup 4th Round
Wolves 0 - 1 Stoke
Huth (81)
30th Jan 2011, Mollineux
FA Cup 5th Round
Stoke 3 - 0 Brighton & HA
Carew(14) Walters(22) Shawcross(43)
19th Feb 2011, The Brittanna Stadium
FA Cup Quarter Final
Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham
Huth (12) Higginbotham (63), Piquionne (30)
13th March 2011, The Brittannia Stadium
FA Cup Semi Final
Bolton 0 - 5 Stoke
Etherington (11) Huth (17) Jones (30) Walters (68,
81)
17th April 2011, Wembley Stadium
My My My
Delilah

GEOGRAPHY
Design an Olympic stadium and menu for athletes.
As part of their homework projects, Y7 Geography and
Y8 PE students had to design and create Olympic stadiums,
nutritional menus and themed mascots linked to
our community. Some fantastic work was shown. A special
congratulations to Leonie Law who's homemade fish
with goji berries, shiitake mushrooms and ginger, boiled
jasmine rice and stir-fried Chinese leaves has impressed
judges. Her menu is one of three finalists, from over
6,500 entries, aiming to have their creation cooked for
athletes by top chefs during the London 2012 Olympics.

The Olympic Bid
Home work Projects in Y7 Geography and Y8 PE

School Staff Receive Top Awards
Not only have the students here at Churnet View Middle School
been showing off what they can do, It is also our school staff who
have been busy, working hard and receiving recognition during the
year. Mrs Moore has been formally recognised as the holder of the
National Technician of the Year Award. She was initially nominated
by our Headteacher, Mrs Turner, after receiving glowing feedback
from support & teaching staff. She won regional and national heats
before being rewarded with a day out of her busy schedule, with a
visit to the world’s most famous front door. She joined other national
winners in a tour of the property which included photograph
opportunities, a plush meal and presentation. One of our after
school activities has been stirring up quite a reputation for itself.
Not only is ‘Let’s Get Cooking’ a popular club for pupils at Churnet
View, it has also been receiving attention from the wider community
with children who attend other schools, parents and other community
groups all benefiting from what’s on offer. A huge congratulations
to Miss Keily (Head Chef) and Mrs Knott on their certificate.

SPORTS DAY 2011
Well Done to All Who Took Part

Sports Day! Sports Day! Sports D
This years sports day took place on Tuesday
28th June. The six teams, chosen from the
commonwealth countries, competed in all
sorts of events to crown this years sports day
winners. Fiji showed great support and all the
teams tried their best. The final result was: 6th
- Jamaica, 5th - Fiji, 4th - India, 3rd - Australia,
2nd - South Africa and this years champions of
Churnet View 2011 were Canada.
Dan Sheldon, Y7 pupil, states ‘I am competitive
in my athletics and have lots of favourite events,
sports day is a day where I can express myself.’
Some of the events for sports day were held in
lesson time to free up space on the day. On
to the events, there were in total 9 events for
KS2 including: 100m - 400m, 800m, ball throw,
long jump, 4x50m relay and 4x100m relay. For
KS3, it was a big jump from year 6 to year 7,
javelin, shot put, discus and 1500m were
added to the other 8 events.
Mr Smith, school governor, said ‘I loved sports
day when I was at school because it was held as
a team event and I knew that the points that I
gained would go towards the total for my house.’
The moral of sports day has been interpreted
differently throughout the world over many
generations. So to find out what our PE department
thought, we asked Mrs Chidlow and
Mr Marsh for their views on the topic…
Mrs Chidlow gave her opinions of sports day,
she said ‘I think the moral of sports day is to respect
all who take part.’ We also asked Mr
Marsh who added ‘Sports Day is about many
things including working with others, self-esteem,
determination, courage and it is good to have different
years working together in one team.’
Reported by Ali Copeland 7A

ay! Sports Day! Sports day! Sports
Do you know any facts about your team country?
Well if you don’t here are some interesting
snippets that you may like to know…
Australia
• The indigenous people of Australia are called
the Aborigines.
Canada
• The population of Canada is around 34.4 million
people.
Fiji
• The currency in the Fiji islands is called the
Fijian dollar.
India
• India is the seventh largest country in the
world with an area of around 3287520km².
Jamaica
• Today more than 90% of the population of
Jamaica is of African decent due to slavery.
South Africa
• In 1948 the white government enforced a
separation of races called the apartheid.
Hopefully now you know a fact about the
country you will be representing this year!
Here is our Head Teacher, Mrs Turner, with her views:
What do you think is the moral of sports day?
‘I think the idea behind sports day is to do your best. It’s
the taking part that counts.’
What is your favourite event in the Olympics?
‘My favourite event is the 100m because I am amazed at
what speed the athletes can run.’
What message would you like to give to the pupils,
competing in sports day?
‘ My message would be that of Oscar Pistorius, "A loser is
not one who runs last in the race. It is the one who sits
and watches and has never tried to run!’

Olympic Runner Visits Churnet View!
On the 17th May, Daniel Caines (a now retired
World Indoor 400m Champion, Olympian,
gold medallist in the Commonwealth
games) paid a visit to Churnet View. He
taught a session on running to a number of
lucky pupils in each of the four year groups.
Years 7 and 8 were the first during period 1,
however it was very slippery on the playground
so they had to take extra care. To
get the pupils warmed up Daniel set them
off for a short run around the caged area
three times. Conditions were bad and they
returned to the hall to stretch before the
main session. After all were stretched, it
was outside for some sprint start training.
All the pupils crouched down into a one
handed sprint-start position and in groups
raced off to the other end of the caged area.
They also worked on keeping a steady pace
during long sprinting. At the end they had a
relay race to practice what they had learnt.
Finally, there was just enough time for Dan
to sign a number of autographs and have
photos taken before the end of the lesson.
A selection of Dan’s medals that’s he’s won,
including a photograph of his dad and coach.
Reported by Ali Copeland
In period 2 it was year 5 and 6’s turn with
Daniel, the warm up was a simple run around
the hall to get the heart pumping followed by
stretching. The main sessions included how
to improve your sprinting and relay races.
Alex Hurst said ‘He was awesome! It was good
meeting someone who had so many medals!’
Tom Kelsall said ‘It’s great to work with someone
who has worked so hard to achieve.’
So what about Daniel Caines achievements?
An Olympic athlete in the 400m and 4x400m
in Sydney; a Commonwealth gold medallist
for the 400m; European gold and bronze medallist,
400m and 4x400m; world indoor 400m
silver medallist and champion… It is obvious
that Daniel Caines worked hard on his dream
as a child. Ask yourself, what is your dream?

PARALYMPICS
BT Paralympics World Cup 2011 Manchester Regional Arena
Repoted by
Lucy Mellor
On Friday the 27th May 2011, Churnet View Pupils in years 7 and 8 were given
the chance of a lifetime to go and see the BT Paralympics World Cup at the
Manchester Regional Arena. School staff: Mr Sergeant, Miss Henning, Mrs
Chidlow and Miss Fernyhough were also invited and witnessed Team GB compete
on home soil against the Americas, Europe and the Rest of the World in
an exciting team format. Some of the year 8 pupils also observed a press conference
and met a few of the athletes competing, including the legendary
Blade Runner. It was well and truly a day to remember as CVMS pupils stood
in the stands cheering on Team GB as well as receiving lots of free Olympic related
merchandise! Ezra Colclough remembered having, ‘an amazing time and
enjoyed meeting the people participating in the competitions.’ She also said
that, ‘it was a great experience and I will enjoy looking back at the memories.’

SPORTS
South Africa
Canada
Australia

DAY 2011

KEELE: Inspiring Science Days
On June 20th and
21st, Year 8 students
were given
the opportunity to
visit Keele University.
They were
introduced to a
number of activities
during the
science-inspired
activity days.
After a warm welcome and briefing from the university's
lecturers, students were divided into two
groups and taken through the different workshops
to explore and experience practical science. Here
are the activities that were organised during this
learning process including their objectives:
Sustainable Energy Lecture
Explaining the causes and impacts of climate
change, and introducing renewable and clean energy
technologies and their role as part of a sustainable
future.
Students construct a recycled solar powered machine.
The Solar Power Scrapheap Challenge
Practical hands-on session where the students designed,
built and raced solar-powered cars made from reused materials
(working in groups of 3 or 4).
Trace Evidence Microscopy
Practical hands-on session in which the students used actual
forensics techniques and equipment to examine microscopic
trace evidence.
Fingerprints Workshop
Practical hands-on session in which the students learned
about the art of finger printing and examined their own fingerprints.
Here’s what the Year 8’s thought about the day: Hannah
McNamara said she, ‘enjoyed the car building because it
was a chance to work as a team with my friends.’ Molly
Hale thought, ‘the best part
was the forensic science with
the finger prints’. Rachel Andrew
agreed, ‘the best bit was
printing our fingerprint and
learning all about them’. Ben
Channon added, ‘it was fun
looking at my own fingerprints’.
Charlie Eyre said the whole
day, ‘was cool because it was
interesting and informative.’
Overall our young scientists
thoroughly enjoyed the experience,
looking at current
scientific technology.

Year 8 Students Explore Organs
As part of the Health: Substance Misuse topic,
students observed the dissection of a heart and
lungs. They were asked to make judgements
about each organ and discuss its structure and
function within the body. The year 8 were invited
to take a closer look and examine the organs before
being asked to explain their role in the process
of respiration. Here is what our young scientists
thought:
Jade Wilson (8B) thought the activity, “was fun
because it was really different to other lessons.”
Chloe Myrick (8D) found her lesson, “really interesting
when Mr Fryer opened up and showed the different
sections of the heart.”
Georgia Goldstraw (8B) added, “it was really
fun and interesting because we saw what was
inside the animal’s organs.”
Joel Furniss (8D) said, “the lesson was fun
because it was nice to see something different
and interactive.”
Simon Hambleton (8B) concluded that, “the
lessons were good because Miss Watley
helped us to view what was inside the organs,
which I wouldn't normally see.”
Overall, a fun, interactive and informative
learning activity shared by all.
Ashleigh Williamson (8C) believed, “it was fun and
cool but felt a little weird.”

Sasha Roberts 8B
Our year 8 students have shown outstanding work in the Health: Respiratory
System topic. They examined the passage of air taken
through the key organs and the gas exchange within the alveoli. This
was followed by the journey of oxygenated blood to the muscles in the
body through arteries, veins and capillaries and how the heart pumps
the deoxygenated blood back to the lungs ready to be exhaled.

Y8 SCIENCE
Melissa Bates 8B

Ruby Harrison 8A
The Year 8 continued to look into Health topic by examining
substance misuse. This included the negative effects that
smoking, alcohol and other drugs has on our bodies; the diseases
and conditions that they bring about and the medicines
used to treat them. A case study was researched and
up to date key facts were presented to target audiences.

Y8 SCIENCE
I need medicine
to make me
better.

Year 7, Set 1 English- Dragons Den
Earlier this year, Mrs Broadhurst’s year 7,
set 1 class were set a project to create a book
aimed at children under 5. The pupils took the
challenge head on and started building up
ideas for their book, creating mind maps and
rough drafts of their story.
As well as the book itself, each pupil had to
make a persuasive poster and a presentation
to promote their creation in front of the
‘dragon’s den’ pupil panel.
The day arrived and the presenting was under
way; each person took their turn to promote
their book in front of a judging panel of
four pupils. The judges were harsh but gave
good constructive and positive comments
about both the book and presentation.
At the end Mrs Broadhurst had a big decision
to make. One girl and one boy had to be
chosen for the first prize and in the end the
winners were Ali Copeland- ‘I see the sea’,
and Marius Dobel-Ober- ‘Jimmy’. The runners
up were Lucy Woods- ‘Lid’s Dream’, Megan
Strutt- ‘Brave Prince Samuel’ and Georgia
Cummins- ’Butterfly Birch’.
Mrs Broadhurst said ‘I think the children
really enjoyed the topic as it gave them the
option to create something of their own and
be in the position to persuade others as well.’
Marius Dobel-Ober said ‘The story was about
an elf who got scared by the noise of a
dragon and made friends with it. My favourite
part of the book was the illustrations.’
Ali Copeland said ‘I thought that the topic
was really good and I enjoyed creating my
own little book. In the end my story was
turned into a long poem about the sea. I made
the book on the computer creating images to
describe the words. As well as that, to add
effect, I did some pop-up words and maDe
the book more fun.’

Y8 Literacy students have been focusing on their studies right up until
the end of the final term. Work has included: descriptive assignments
on dream holidays by Cassie Roberts, mysterious figures, persuasive
writing to enlist recruits at the time of World War 1 & Sophie Shaw’s
letter writing skills from a fictional character’s viewpoint.

Y8 LITERACY
Chloe Morris 8D

Y8 LITERACY

Y8 LITERACY

Y8 LITERACY

On the week commencing 4 th July, pupils in years
5 and 6 took part in Numeracy Lead Week. Normally,
a year 5 event only, year 6 had the opportunity
to experience a ‘follow-on’ week to last
year’s activities for the very first time. The week
commenced with a launch lesson with the whole
of year 5 witnessing how maths is truly a magical
and beautiful subject.
Throughout the remainder of the week, each
class dedicated a day for each of the mathematical
operations: addition, subtraction, division and
multiplication. Pupils took part in games and activities
where they had to use both mental and
written methods to solve problems.
Numeracy Lead Week challenges pupils to a
homework competition in the form of a poem involving
maths. The winning poem can be seen
opposite. Congratulations to Jack Dale 5B.
A champion was chosen from each set, in year 5
& 6, for their attitude and effort for the duration of
the whole week. Well done to these pupils for
their contributions during Numeracy Lead Week .
Year 5 Overall champions:
Hannah Rowbottom
Milly Allen
Claudia Leigh
Ashley Pickford
Year 6 Overall Champions:
Laura Kirkham
Will Street
Kim Sheldon
Brodie Morris
My Poem
Sum times I like sums.
Sum times I don’t like sums.
Sum times sums are hard.
Sum times sums are not.
Sum sums you divide.
Sum sums are multiplied.
Sum sums you take away.
Sum sums are used everyday.
Conner Hudson
Brooklyn Ryder

Work from our School Private Eye Department.
Maths Detectives: Sam Hayes,
Cassie Roberts and Billy Goldstraw.
The Maths department enlisted the help of
the students to find out who dunnit? They
had to undertake a series of investigations
to eliminate the suspects one by one
until the murderer was brought to justice.
These included: code breaking by translating
letters from the suspects that were
written in code; filling in character profiles
that included various data from a number
of logic charts; working out what doors
were locked and open in the mansion at
the time of the murder using number grids
to work out various multiples; map work
to calculate who was where and when during
the fatal evening from CCTV cameras;
calculating account numbers and the income
and expenditure of the suspects
bank accounts and finally analysing footprints
found on the property and the angle
of the shot that killed the victim.

The Y8 have been studying and working hard on the New York
Cop (NYC) Investigation. Both Lucian Dobel-Ober and Jessica
Evans have explained and presented excellent work during lessons,
predicting, creating formula and drawing charts and graphs.

NUMERACY

Other students showing outstanding work include Liam Roberts
with evidence in ‘ruler of alternate, corresponding and
supplementary angles’, Joe Edwards, ‘creating loci problems’,
and Liam Pointon, ‘problem solving - focusing on ratio.’

NUMERACY
The Maths Department have recently invested in
some brand new Nintendo DSi’s. they have brain
training and are used to brush up on your mental
maths skills. Miss Evans, Head of the Maths Department
said: ‘The Nintendo DSi consoles are a fantastic
way to engage pupils in applying and developing
their mental arithmetic skills. They proved an excellent
resource during one-to-one tutoring so I was
very keen to get a whole class set. We are extremely
fortunate to have been able to do so. The feedback
so far has been unsurprisingly positive.
We currently have the ‘More Brain Training’ game
which challenges pupils to calculate change; subtract
and add integers; solve time problems and
much more. The majority of pupils are competitive
and always want to improve their score – this is an
ideal opportunity to capitalize on this. Even the
math's teachers get addicted to the games! We are
hoping to purchase more games eventually but the
consoles have already proven to be a fantastic resource.’

Y8
Graphics & Electronics
Designing a Greeting Card

Graphics & Electronics
Designing a Greeting Card
Y8
Our Y8 students have been busy designing and producing a greeting
card with a moving part. Using Paint Shop Pro, they used a number
of techniques to change, manipulate and enhance photographs
and wallpaper backgrounds. These skills included using the selection
tool to change irregular shapes within the main picture; inserting,
smaller pictures and words to show the greeting message and
using the Kaleidoscope effect on some examples to make reflection
patterns. Cards were then printed, laminated and peer assessed.

Y8
Resistant Materials
DESIGNING A TRAVEL

Resistant Materials
DESIGNING A TRAVEL
Y8
As always, the Year 8s have been working hard at an outstanding level in Resistant
Materials. They designed and made a travel game, using various hand tools and machinery,
with restrictions on size, materials and its decoration. Students were assessed
on their design folders, including their evaluation, and also the practical skills of using a
range of materials to cut and shape, file, sand and the presentation of the resource.

See you all next year. Media Team 2011

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