40 <strong>Chailey</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>Summer</strong>, 2012Winning poets bringShakespeare to book!ON Monday, June 25th, Ms Hall’sYear 8 English class received somegreat news, writes Megan Ricca-Richardson (Yr 8, Firle).A few months before we had been seta homework task to write a poem aboutShakespeare’s life or plays. Ms Hall enteredthem into a competition run by‘Young Writers’ called Shake Up Shakespeareand all the winning entries were toTom Coughlan:Shakespeare wrote comedies,Shakespeare wrote tragedies,He loved life, he loved death,He loved lies so he wrote Macbeth,He loved revenge, he created a heroWho killed himself, this was Othello,Shakespeare remains in everyone’s mindEspecially at the Globe at Bankside.William Johanson:A poetic pioneer, too strong to challenge,A creator of worlds, liking to play with our emotions,One in a million, a historical lion,A literary genius, a god of languageA contributor to culture, never to be forgotten.Hattie Roberts:Can 38 plays be too much of a good thing?154 sonnets just salad days?Surely not much ado about nothing?Tis Foregone conclusion that to someHis works are the be-all and end allBut to others perhaps just a tale,Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing…(Only the first part of Hattie’s poem is copied out)be featured in a book called ‘Shake upShakespeare across the globe’ that wouldbe published and sold.On Monday, Ms Hall took us into ourlesson, and told us that we were to bevisited by the Headteacher. When MrsYoung arrived, she had some good news.24 students in our class had been selectedto appear in the book. We received acertificate, a letter of congratulations anda copy of our poem. We were all over themoon about the outcome!But the competition is notover yet! Two more poemsare to be selected, and publishedinto a special anthologyof Shakespeare’s life,called ‘The life and times ofShakespeare.’Now all we can do is wait,and keep our fingers crossed!List of winners: LizzieMaltby, Luc Deane, MillieJenkins, Orlando Muñoz,Kate Gregson, Hattie Roberts,William Johanson,Georgia Barton, Louis Cox,Daniel Brayne, Rachel Lenzi,Katherine Meloy, Josh Curling,Poppy Whetton, JosieAldrich, Tom Coghlan,Megan Ricca-Richardson,Liam Nye, Alex Ranson,Robert Sillett, Ollie Stenning,Lucy Watts, MeganScott, Ethan Wood.
<strong>Chailey</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>Summer</strong>, 201241CHAILEY celebratedThe Queen’s DiamondJubilee with atraditional Britishbuffet in June.Catering ManagerMrs Steer and theFeast fit forthe Queen!catering team deckedthe canteen in buntingand producedsandwiches, sausagerolls, pizza, trifle andeven a cheese andpineapple tree. It wasa feast fit for aQueen!Comedy with The Merry WivesON Wednesday, June 6th, we wereblessed with beautiful weather for ourtrip to Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wivesof Windsor’ by The Players in the Parkat Wivelsden Farm, writes MsHutton.The Players support the St Peter and StJames Hospice and we were delighted tobe invited to see this open air productionin aid of such a worthy cause.After a picnic in the sunny meadow wesettled to watch one of Shakespeare’smost famous farcical comedies. Thesauciness of the comedy, fast pace of theaction and eye catching costumes madethis evening a real treat, roundedoff perfectly by the delights in therefreshment tent!The night air made is necessary for usto huddle under our picnic blankets,however, despite the chill we had alovely evening.Many thanks to The Players in the Parkand to the St Peter and St James Hospicefor an excellent production andwonderful hospitality.
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