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OxjamIt’s a boy – oh no strike that it’s a girl!A2 Business Studies students, fromthe Woodroffe School have organizedthe first ever Lyme Regis Oxjam MusicFestival event. The fundraising event,which was held at the Marine Theatre,proved to be a great success for allinvolved. Student Sebastian Board whowas project manager, said, ‘I thoughtit was a very successful event and weall worked very well together to get it torun smoothly. We hope that it will leavea legacy for future Oxjam events in thearea. ’Teacher Mr. Banfield said “I am reallypleased at how professionally thestudents organised the event and it’sbeen a valuable learning experiencefor them all.” Overall they managedto raise £200 and are very grateful foreveryone who attended and supportedthe event. They would also like to thankall the bands, including Boy le Monti,Bag of Rats and The Devil’s Rejects forproviding such good entertainment andgiving their time for free. Year 13 MusicTechnology students, Sarah Nicholson,Callam Thom, Dom Kirtley, JakePerrett and Joe Bailey donated theirtime and expertise giving the eveninga professional edge. Harry Robsonand Miles Ford from Year 11 madeoutstanding stage hands.Alice GayThank you to all students, colleagues and parents who sent messages of supportfor the Pearson UK Teaching Awards event in London on Sunday. It was agreat experience with the ceremony held in Victoria Palace Theatre hosted andintroduced by Clare Balding. The UK winner was announced, chosen from theseven regional winners. The Ted Wragg Lifetime Achievement award for theUK, the category in which I was representing the SW, was deservedly won by aheadteacher of a special school in Scotland who for 35 years had provided greatsupport for numerous physically and mentally handicapped children and theirparents. The ceremony was followed by a most enjoyable reception in a nearbyhotel overlooking the Thames.2012 Senior Team Maths Challenge Training eventAt The Blandford School on the 17 October, 14 students attended the SeniorMaths Challenge practice event. We entered 3 teams and we were up against 4other teams from across Dorset.When we got there we were set practice questions to do in our teams. Thesewere then analysed altogether to see what strategies could be used for solvingthem. After thoroughly going through the mini-relay and cross-number rounds andpractising competition techniques, we had a break where coffee was provided.Due to the coffee, Alice Jenkin was very motivated and was fortunately placedin our team for the real competition. Once we were underway in the first roundeven Alice’s fidgeting couldn’t distract us from the brutal questions. Then wewere split up into 2 pairs within our group. More questions were fired at us, butour team, consisting of Alice Jenkin, Oscar Bailey, Tom Kiernan, Joe Blackledgeand I, previously considered to be the underdogs, came third overall. We beat theother two Woodroffe teams, including the favourites, much to Dr Kelly’s surprise!Now she has some major thinking to do, to decide who to put forward into the realChallenge competition next month in Taunton.Huge congratulations to Head of Year 7,Mr Brown and his family on the birth oftheir second child, Megan Brown.Megan was born on 02 October at ahealthy weight of 8lbs 8oz. The Brownswere a little surprised as they hadbelieved they were expecting a boy,therefore their original name choicessuddenly did not seem appropriate!After moving from London to startwork at Woodroffe in September, theBrowns found the Maternity ward at theDorchester Hospital to be lovely, warm,friendly and relaxed. In fact Mr Brownwas so relaxed he popped out of thematernity ward for a bite to eat whilstMrs B was in labour.Mr Brown said “Thank you to everyonefor all your kind wishes. It has been abusy time but my wife, Megan and herolder sister are all doing well.”James ThomasBy Dan Fuzzard