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Infants & Juniors<br />
<strong>NEWSLETTER</strong>!<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2015<br />
Junior News<br />
Mensa Marvel!<br />
JUNIORS<br />
Year 6 pupil Aahil Jouher has gained the highest possible score after taking a Mensa IQ test.<br />
Aahil said, "I just thought I'd get an average score. When I found out I just thought 'Oh my word'. I was really quite<br />
surprised. I thought I was just like every other ordinary kid."<br />
Aahil’s favourite subjects are maths and science, and he spends his spare time inventing things.<br />
He added: "I want to be a scientist when I grow up. I like inventing things, most of the time they go wrong. I'm building a<br />
small computer at the moment, let's just say it's a work in progress."<br />
His proud father, stroke consultant Dr Jouher Kallingal said: "We decided to send him for the test when he reach 10 and<br />
a half. When we got the results I rang Mensa to ask what it meant and they explained he had got the top score of 162.<br />
We were obviously surprised after the test, he had told us he didn't think it had gone well.<br />
‘The Headmaster was delighted to learn of Aahil’s success. “The School has a long history of academic success stretching<br />
back over 500 years and it is excellent that Aahil has already made his mark in this way. We are all very proud of him.”<br />
Quality. Excellence. Guidance. Success.<br />
SINCE 1509
JUNIORS<br />
Robinwood Remembered<br />
Day 1<br />
Once we got there (we had to walk a mile or two) we were shown our dormitories and made the beds (HORRIBLE)<br />
but lunch was tasty. Then we got to do some activities!<br />
The zip wire, pretty much how you would expect it to be - we rode a zip wire, it was great! Then we made bottle<br />
rockets and launched them using… the power of water and pressure, much cooler than it sounds trust me!<br />
We did an obstacle course, it was embarrassing, I may have been slightly terrible, but fun though!<br />
The giant swing was amazing, then we did archery, I was actually alright at this. Then we played snakes and<br />
ladders using our bows to shoot arrows into the target! Then finally bedtime, and hottie choccie!<br />
Day 2<br />
We woke up and there was only one thing on our minds, breakfast – following that came climbing, caving, lunch,<br />
then Piranha pool! We were locked in a room with a pool full of Piranhas and we only had 40 minutes until they<br />
were released, riddles puzzles padlocks, safes and much more!<br />
Following this was the trapeze - 4 metres high with a bar to catch the trapeze beats them all, apart from the fact I<br />
was terrified I was going to fall off the whole time! We then had the crate challenge, stacking up crates, incredibly<br />
high, while standing up on them (WOW!).<br />
Day 3<br />
Canoeing - time to get wet in a very cold lake - oh no! Then raft building, how bad can it be… what? We have to<br />
jump in? You must be joking!<br />
Then it was Knights Quest - bring it on peasants, you’re no match for the nobles!<br />
It’s time to go home, oh no, another 2 mile walk!<br />
Bye bye Robinwood, we will miss you!<br />
Alex Bateson and Jibran Karolia<br />
Sports Day<br />
The Junior School were blessed, yet again, with beautiful sunshine for their Sports Day.The children spent the full day at<br />
Lammack enjoying cricket and rounders in the morning and a picnic lunch. The afternoon began with a parade around the<br />
field in front of lots of parents, guardians and friends. The children took part in sprint races, long distance running, long and<br />
triple jumping, cricket, rounders ball and javelin throwing, with them all scoring points for their Houses. Mr Whall also did a<br />
sponsored run with the children in aid of Brian House Childrens' Hospice. The Years 5 and 6 also had a Tug-of-War<br />
competition with Raleigh showing their strength as champions. The Sports day trophy was eventually won, after a closely<br />
fought battle, by Grenville. Thomas Sleigh as House captain received the trophy from Mr Corns.<br />
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF<br />
TEL: 01254 686300 FAX: 01254 692314 EMAIL: headmaster@qegsblackburn.com WEB: www.QEGSblackburn.com
JUNIORS<br />
Cake Mania<br />
The idea of raising money for a charity interested me.<br />
In my Arabic school we were asked to raise as much money as possible for a charity called Kids4Orphans. This charity supported<br />
orphans around the world that have no help and nowhere to live.<br />
On the way back home I told my mum about the charity and that we should do a cake sale in school to raise money. She agreed<br />
it was a good idea and said we should ask Miss Wharmby. So on Monday my sister Nabaa asked Miss Wharmby if we could do a<br />
cake sale and she kindly agreed. After school my sister and I told my mum the good news and<br />
she started making the most wonderful cakes and the results were amazing!<br />
On Wednesday we took all the cakes and our friends’ cakes to the music room and set everything<br />
up ready for the sale. By the end of the day nearly everything had been sold and we raised a lot<br />
of money! The next day we came with even more cakes and they were all sold out! Finally my<br />
mum baked her very best cakes ready for our last cake sale. Almost the whole school came and<br />
we raised a lot more than we expected! We raised £280!<br />
Thank you to all who contributed because without your help we couldn’t have raised any money!<br />
Omar Al-mitwally<br />
Mr Whall thanks you<br />
A massive thank you to all the children who completed their 1km sponsored run alongside me at the Junior School Sports<br />
Day this year, it was a fabulous effort on such a sunny and eventful day. Nearly everyone in Junior School took part and<br />
there was an impressive attitude and camaraderie shown by all who ran. However, a special mention must go to<br />
Mahfooz Valli, Adam Hussain and Cameron Hegg who really stood out with the support and encouragement they offered<br />
others on their way round. Overall, we have raised a phenomenal £964 for Brian House Children’s Hospice! Our top<br />
fundraisers, and t-shirt prize winners, were Amaarah Aslam, Niamh Hamilton, Sebastian White and Laura Lake who<br />
between them raised more than £150! With a few more sponsor forms still to be returned we might even reach the<br />
magic £1000 for running 1000m, well done and thank you all.<br />
I have now completed my first ever marathon, running 27.5 miles across the North Yorkshire Moors in just over 5hrs.<br />
Thank you for all the kind words of support and generous donations, only another 70 or so days of running to go, and the<br />
small matter of a 35 mile race across the Lake District, and then I can finally put my feet up and rest – until the next day<br />
when we are back at school for the start of a new term!<br />
Year 4 Trip to Grassington<br />
On a fairly hot Friday, the day after Queen Elizabeth Grammar School<br />
Junior School sports day, Year 4 set off on a trip to Grassington in<br />
the Yorkshire Dales. The aim of the trip was to study the local area,<br />
in particular the River Wharfe. After a quick toilet trip the 40<br />
children boarded the coach for the long and windy journey.<br />
When the children arrived they set off on the ‘river walk’ equipped<br />
with everything they needed for the day ahead. The half way point<br />
of the walk was marked by an old wobbly bridge above the beautiful<br />
River Wharfe. After a deep breath, the children stepped onto the<br />
bridge with a teacher leading them.<br />
When all the children had safely crossed, they saw the mysterious<br />
hill that would be the venue for the picnic lunch. It was magnificent!<br />
After what seemed like forever everyone arrived at the top of the<br />
hill with red faces and sore legs.<br />
After lunch, the responsible children collected all the litter and set<br />
off back to the centre of Grassington. The walk seemed a lot longer<br />
on the way back. Mr Clare had a little surprise for the long coach<br />
journey back. Forty bags of individually packed Yorkshire Mix from<br />
the local sweet shop. A good day was had by all.<br />
By Aaminah Patel 4C.
Mia makes a big splash!<br />
JUNIORS<br />
Year 5 swimmer Mia Smith, who swims on average, five times a week, has just been ranked fifth in<br />
Britain for 100m butterfly in her age group.<br />
Her proud mum Gill, Deputy Headteacher at Haslingden High School, said: “She has been swimming since she<br />
was a baby and she first joined a competitive swimming club when she was seven. She started competing in<br />
club galas at eight.<br />
“She is now a member of Pioneer 79 Swimming Club of Accrington and swims three-four nights after school and<br />
every Sunday at 7am.”<br />
Mia, from Helmshore, earned her national position after the Blackpool Rocks meet at Palatine Swimming Pool, which she<br />
entered after having achieved the qualifying times to compete against other young swimmers.<br />
Mia said: “I enjoy swimming very much and felt really proud when I won so many medals at Blackpool and gained PBs in almost<br />
all my events. I have good team mates and love training with them and working towards our competitions.”<br />
Gill said: “By the end of the weekend meet she had won six golds, two silvers and one bronze.<br />
“She competed in 50m, 100m and 200m races swimming different strokes over the two days.<br />
“Mia was up against swimmers from all over the North West region and she ended up winning the top girl prize for her age<br />
group on points. When the rankings came out we found out she was fifth in Britain for 100m butterfly.<br />
“It was an amazing weekend and we are incredibly proud. She has worked so hard. Mia is quite a shy, quiet little girl but when<br />
she dives off the blocks and swims she has a lot of confidence and she wants to win.”<br />
Mia has already potentially qualified to swim for the first time in the Lancashire County<br />
Championships in the 200m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke and the<br />
aim there is to gain experience of long course swimming with the future goal of gaining a<br />
place in the regionals.<br />
She is confident swimming all different strokes but her preference is currently for butterfly.<br />
“I knew she was talented because when she was five she completed a sponsored swim and<br />
swam 2,000 metres – that’s 80 lengths of a normal swimming pool,” said Gill.<br />
On top of her national placing, Mia also recently regained her title as Blackburn with Darwen<br />
butterfly champion at the Primary Schools’ Swimming Gala where she competed against older Year 6 pupils.<br />
DIARY DATES<br />
July<br />
Junior Dates<br />
2ⁿ July Prize Giving<br />
8 July Junior School Production<br />
Infant Dates<br />
1 July Sports Day<br />
3 July Infant School trip to Legoland-Manchester<br />
Michaelmas Term starts Thursday<br />
September 3 rd<br />
CREDITS<br />
20 Credits<br />
Ibraheem Musa, Jamal Rehman, Mohammed Patel, Mackenzie Cunningham<br />
50 Credits<br />
Amaan Ali, Hamid Hussain, Isabel Veluthepilly, Mohammed Murtaza, Aysha Imran,<br />
Rudi Callesen-Catterick, Hasnain Jillani, Zakaria Akhtar, Nabaa Almitwally, Rayyan<br />
Karolia.<br />
75 Credits<br />
Amelie Roberts, Mohammed Adam, Safwaan Jogee, Shaun Santosh, Mueed Malik,<br />
Zaid Desai, Oskar Chadderton, Freddie Watson-Wright, Joseph Parkinson, Lilly Short,<br />
Sofia Carrera Knowles, Mia Smith, Fahad Shaikh, Harris Aznat, Moeed Sheikh,<br />
Madison Roberts, Phoebe Young, Niamh Hamilton, Saffron Barnes.<br />
100 Credits<br />
Sufyaan Ravat, Hamza Bux, Abdul Ghafour, Yahya Congress, Joseph Parkinson, Laura<br />
Lake, Libby Neal, Mariam Omar, Amelie Roberts, Uma McGoay, Sami Hussain,<br />
Aaminah Patel, Nathaniel Charnock, Muhammad Adnan Omar, Shaun Santosh, Assia<br />
El Sakka.<br />
125 Credits<br />
Mohammad Mulla, Khadijah Debar, Charlie Wood, Fatimah Asif, Inaaya Khan, Billie<br />
Caffrey, Jessica Mathew.<br />
150 Credits<br />
Mohammad Mulla, Inaayah Balapatel, Rayhan Motara, Alayana Ahmed, Ruby Caffrey,<br />
Reyah Kazi.<br />
175 Credits<br />
Inaayah Balapatel<br />
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF<br />
TEL: 01254 686300 FAX: 01254 692314 EMAIL: headmaster@qegsblackburn.com WEB: www.QEGSblackburn.com
Infant News<br />
INFANTS<br />
Fun Learning Together<br />
Year One have really enjoyed their Fun Learning Together sessions and were able to share a variety of activities with their<br />
mums and dads. The children created fairy tale settings, read stories, decorated buns, made patterns with beads, wrote<br />
stories, matched animals to their countries and names, played snakes and ladders, used the bee-bots and completed some<br />
challenging jigsaws. Parents and children alike enjoyed taking part in the activities and had fun completing challenges<br />
together. It was a great opportunity for parents to see how much fun the children have in school! Everybody had a fantastic<br />
time and really enjoyed spending quality time in school with their parents.<br />
<br />
Round the World<br />
A fascinating and fun packed time was had by all the Infants on Friday 19 <strong>June</strong>. In the last few weeks each class has studied a<br />
different country and Friday was the day to share that learning around the Infants. Instead of normal lessons, each class experienced a<br />
little of the work being covered in each classroom. This saw the children making boomerangs in ‘Australia’,<br />
chef hats in ‘Italy’, and Masai masks in ‘Kenya’. They also enjoyed sampling fajitas in ‘Mexico’, designing an<br />
outfit in ‘Antarctica’ and dancing the flamenco in ‘Spain.’<br />
The children said they had thoroughly enjoyed their whistle stop world tour and who knows whether this<br />
will spark an interest in travel in some children. It was a very worthwhile educational experience and lots of
Reception’s adventure to<br />
Thornton Hall Farm<br />
INFANTS<br />
The children were thrilled to explore the countryside in our latest trip to the farm. They marvelled at the baby lambs and<br />
cows, they enjoyed feeding them their breakfast of warm milk. The children saw many animals and even got to hold some<br />
including puppies, guinea pigs and rabbits. Whilst exploring the foxes’ hideout, the Reception children had a race down<br />
the hill to see who could get to the top of the straw-bale pyramid first. What a delight it was for the children to visit the<br />
paddocks and collect their very own hens’ eggs, Miss Cheng and Mrs Dutton even took some home. To finish off our<br />
hectic day the children were able to relax and enjoy the fresh air by riding a ‘Caterpillar’ attached to a quad bike. The<br />
homemade ice cream went down a real treat alongside milking the pretend cow! What a fabulous day out for Reception.<br />
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Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, West Park Road, Blackburn, BB2 6DF<br />
TEL: 01254 686300 FAX: 01254 692314 EMAIL: headmaster@qegsblackburn.com WEB: www.QEGSblackburn.com
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