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UGANDA SUPPORTPupils at Churnet View MiddleSchool have been showing theirSpiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural(SMSC) beliefs during the autumnterm. During a whole school approach,a group of Year 8 Geographyenthusiasts collected a number ofitems from the school community.Lego, pens, stationery and pencilcases were all generously donated forthe Ugandan children.Subsequently, a Ugandan man visitedschool and gave an informative presentationduring whole school assembly withthe help of the lady who organised thepartnership. Our pictures show the SMSCassembly and our Year 8 with Mrs Chidlowhanding over the sample of the gifts.More gifts such as unwanted clothes,toothbrushes were also given as gifts.During their lessons, pupils wroteletters to the children in the villagewhere the Ugandan families live.They wrote about life here at CVMSbefore receiving letters back.Reported By the Media Team Members

VOUCHERS FOR SCHOOLS...YES PLEASEPupils, parents and staff at Churnet viewhave been busy collecting Morrison'svouchers they have collected a grand totalof 5,100 Morrison's Let's Grow vouchersfrom their recent promotion.It has been agreed that the vouchers will beused to purchase a computerised weatherstation for use by the Science and Geographydepartment and a range of variouskitchen equipment such as scales, thermometersand baking equipment for theDesign and Technology Department.A huge thank you from Mrs Knott, MissHenning and Mrs Smith to everyone whocollected and donated the vouchers. Theywill enable us to purchase equipment to enhancepupils' learning in the new year.Reported by Ben Milner Y8

LADDEREDGE COUNTRY PARK AUDIO TRAIL - GEOGRAPHY FIELD STUDIESGeography Field Studies with MissHenning is very fun & exciting. Wegot to record an Audio Trail aroundthe Ladderedge Country Park. Thepeople that took part were: Xenia,Amy, Phoebe, Jack, Georgina, Aaron,Izzy, Joe, Kim, Kyra, Abby, Edith &the two Wills.Geographers Kim and Xenia enjoy the great outdoorsWe used the Green Screen Room to Recordthe Audio Trail with Mr Parr & DanBoys (Audio Trails Creative Director). Everyoneloved going to Ladderedge.We worked in this option group for 5weeks, and Group 2 completed itfirst. The first week the team hadan educational trip to its recreationarea, visiting 8 sites and they werebeautiful. We were shown around byMark Preece (Countryside Officer)and he told us about the history &heritage of the various sites.The files for the audio trail can be foundon the Staffordshire Moorlands website ifyou type audio trail in their search facility.If you have an MP3 Player you candownload them to your device then listento them as you walk. A video documentaryaccompanying the MP3 files can also beseen on our Geography You Tube educationchannel. Just type in: Churnet View AudioTrail, then search, listen, learn and enjoy.Reported By Amy Buxton

YEAR 8 CAMP AT LACHES WOODAlastair Knight 8B: Camp wasAMAZING. The best activity wasarchery, I got a few bulls eyes nearthe end. I was in group H with Ben,Maddie, Libby, Sam and Lauren. Therock climbing instructor left me danglingin mid air. Problem solving wasalso really good.On the 1 st until the 5 th of October the majorityof y8 went on a thrilling five day trip toLaches Wood. This incredible experiencewas enjoyable for both children and staff.The staff that went were Mr Marsh, MrsFarrel, Mr Simpson and Mrs Knott.The children where split up into 12 groupsA-L and in those groups they had to completechallenges and work as a team. Theactivities were BMX, canoeing, problemsolving, archery, bush craft, climbing, CardingMill Valley walk, Labyrinth, Orienteering,Photo Trail.Becky Bailey 8B: I thought camp wasgreat, I liked all the activities we did. Thebest one was canoeing because peopletipped over. Also at camp you learned howto do more sports.Reported By Ben MillnerLuke Mortar 8C: I thought it wasgood because all the activities wereawesome. My favorite activity wasBMX.Maddie Marsh 8C: I thought campwas really good my favorite activitywas the labyrinth, it was really goodfun and we got to go in as manytimes as we wanted. And our groupteam won overall!!!

CHURNET VIEW’S CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION OF ALADDINThe CVMS Cast with Miss Buxton and Mrs GoodwinOur school production of Aladdin took place overthe Christmas period . During the final week ofterm, separate performances were held for parentsand local residents, and also pupils had theopportunity to watch the play which was somethingdifferent from the traditional shows in previousyears. Even though some of the performerswere ill, the pupils who stood in were fantastic.As always, the children worked extremely hard tolearn lines, perform music, create costumes,make props and celebrate the festivities. It wasalso a time to say a huge thank-you & farewell toMrs Goodwin who spent her last Christmas withus. Our music teacher leaves school on a highafter co-organising the event with Miss Buxton.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTSDuring Christmas lunch, each resident of the localcommunity received a hamper full of Christmasgoodies. Pupil’s who were part of the CommunityEnterprise Group, during Friday afternoon’s options,generated their own funding and resourcesafter contacting organisations including ASDAand Moorland’s Housing. The group raised £260from a previous event that was held at the schoolas part of the Douglas Macmillan Coffee Morningsin September & the profits were split .Reported By: members of the Media TeamThe pupils decorated the tables, filled thehampers, waited on and served the meals toour residents. It is always a great occasionwhen members of our local communityvisit the school especially at Christmastime.Headteacher Mrs Turner said:‘The Christmas sale, lunch, hampers andpantomime were all brilliant. Every yearwe invite our neighbours for Christmaslunch, it’s a tradition...usually we give theneighbours a box of after Eights, but thisyear we gave them hampers, which hadbeen put together by the school’s CommunityEnterprise Group. We are a communityschool and have always had close linkswith our neighbours. They live so close tothe school we feel that they are part of theschool and we want the children to care foreveryone in the community.’

CHRISTMAS LUNCH...NO, THIS PAPER IS NOT EDIBLEWe would also liketo thank our teachingstaff whoserved us and endureda lengthyperiod withouthaving a singlenibble. Don’tworry they did inthe end. Thelunch included:Turkey, pigs inblankets, stuffing,roast and mashedpotatoes , sprouts,carrots, peas andgravy. Not forgettinga pudding.Well firstly we have to apologise for makingour readers hungry. Churnet View MiddleSchool held their Christmas lunch and it wasworthy of a Michelin star! Pupils, staff andthe local residents all enjoyed a wonderfulmain meal and pudding during an extendedlunch. A huge thank you and well done toSteph and her team for making Christmaslunch an experience well worth waiting for.

THURSDAY NIGHT FEVER!!We all know how popular the school discos are withthe legendary DJ Fryer playing the tunes. Butwhat do we all really think of the `fun` night out?Peace out!Although the teachers seem to enjoy thedancing and definitely the fizzy drinks, wethink that throughout the year groups, pupilsseem to think that the disco's are becomingboring as the same songs and thingshappen every time. However, a new additionto the discos are the BBQ `s, cateredfor by Mrs Callaghan`s and Mrs Moore'smasterful cooking skills! Disco's are also achance for the pupils to come together,socialise and have a bit of fun, so makesure you don't miss out on the next disco.Disco's normally take place on a Thursday eveningfrom six pm to eight pm, where all years are invitedto have some fun and gobble up the schoolssweetie stash however, do the pupils actually comeand enjoy the night? We asked some year 7 pupilstheir views and this is what a few of them said:”Enjoyable, very good but maybe a better varietyof songs and more tuck-shop stock as by the middleof the night all the good stuff is gone”Mr Fryer and Mr Parr `rockin’ out!OTHER OPINIONS: Kim Sheldon: They have got good songs butmaybe tone it down on the Justin Bieber and one direction not all girlslove them! Harri Lawton: They have overpriced tuck and not enoughsweets! Ben Milner: They have funky music! Josie Glass:Good laugh!Nice dance moves!Reported By Lottie Moss

YEAR 8 BTEC SPORTS...WHAT ON EARTH IS IT?!?During the Autumn term, 10 year 8’s werebeen given the opportunity to complete acourse and pass a BTEC sports exam. Thiswas basically a number of GCSE taster sessionsfor sport with 4 parts to it and for eachpart you must complete 30 hours of revision.These 10 gifted and talented pupils have beenputting themselves through many exhaustingexercises such as the bleep test. This was basicallyrunning up and down for a very longtime while steadily increasing your speed.This was an eye opening experience for all involvedas they got the chance to learn abouteach others sports and realize how hard it wasto compete to the standard of others. Oneamazing treat they had was that Olympicchampion Michelle Vidler (when she was competingshe was called Michelle Roberts) cameinto school to teach us judo, below are whatsome people thought of the experience ...Mental Toughness TrainingEloise Baker, Josie Glass, Xenia Balderstone, Kim Sheldon, LottieMoss. Sally Higton, Alex Hurst, Luke Harrison and Sam LeeseTime was spent learning about the 6 ‘championmakingvalues.’ (1/2) Mental Toughness which wasall about the desire to achieve. They had to test thisby standing against a wall as if they were sitting on achair. (this was very painful and I don't advise it) Thepicture above says it all. (3) People Skills they hadto learn about the people that they would need tosucceed. (4) Sports and Life Knowledge wherethey had to know the facts of sports like the rules andregulations. (5) Breaking Barriers to acknowledgethat the only difficulties you have are the ones yougive yourself. (6) Planning for Success which wasall about knowing where your are heading to andplanning for your future to make it the best it can be!Lottie Moss 8a:It was very inspiringSally-Ann Higton 8b:It was very good and you got to learn a lotabout judoSam Leese 8a:I wanted to do more physical but it was OKXenia Balderstone 8a:Didn't do any JUDO moves but it was still anamazing experience.Michelle Vidler in Olympic ActionReported By :Josie

THE KEY STAGE 2 TUNNELS PROJECTMolly Edgerton said that her favourite partwas when Mrs Turner fell down a hole. Some otherpupils (Holly Billings and Alec Hodgkinson) said thatthey enjoyed missing a week of lessons and learninglots of interesting facts. Tia Baker’s favourite experiencewas watching videos with lots of ‘ brilliant‘ facts about mining.Pupils in PE engage in a themed lesson about mining.From the 22nd to the 26th of October the year 5 tookpart in a project all about mining and the safety proceduresthat take place before and after a tunnel is used. Tunnels wasa week-long county project that encouraged year 5 pupils torealise that school was not just about learning separate subjectsbut also to help them understand that all lessons canhave a cross curricular approach. To realise this, mining wasthe central theme used to enhance learning.More team work and communication skills.Primary schools across Staffordshire all engaged in similarprojects over the same week in October 2012. All sharingin the experience, questions, answers as to why there was aunit from the Royal Engineers stationed underneath theirschools!! There was a site set up on SLN2 where the pupilswere able to come together and share in their findings andactivities.Many students said they enjoyed taking part and learningmore about such a dangerous job. Jessica Everill said, “ Ilearnt a lot about the dangers of mining but I would haveliked to have learned more about other parts of mining”. Pupilswho took part in the project said that they learnt a lotabout safety and risks that occur in the world and how minersrisk their lives. to give us energy and various fossil fuels topower our world.Reported By Lauryn DeavilleThe caretaker examinesthe tunnels onschool grounds whileour Y5 look on.

OPTIONS –LEEK HIGH SCHOOLAt Leek High School the children madePhone Holders.Also at Leek High they have Hi-tech equipmentthat Churnet View doesn’t supply likea Laser Machine and Flux. The people thattook part were: Xenia, Amy, Phoebe, Jack,Georgina, Aaron, Izzy, Joe, Kim, Kyra,Abby, Will, Edith & Will. The teacher whohelped us with the Phone Holder andtaught us how to make them was MrsWheat, Mr Garnet, Mr Garner, Mrs Wheatand Mr Somme.The Finished example madeby Ben 8BBen 8B:‘It is amazingbecause welearntdifferent skillsThe Skills that you learn to do at Leek High are bendingplastic, using the Laser Machine to Cut the shapeyou want on your wood or plastic and how to programit on the Computer and use Flux to hold the Solder onthe wires.Robert connecting his Phone Holder up(nearly finished)The other option groups are:Computer and Programming with Mr Karim you do Extensionprojects with computers and build skills,Geography Field Studies with Miss Henning you make a AudioTrail around Ladderidge Country Park or photography.Outdoor Survival with Mrs Smith you make camp fires, hotdrinks, wooden tents and have lots of fun.Drama with Miss Higton you perform on different genresand learn about role playing.Sports with Mr Simpson you do sport and learn skills forSports like Football and Netball,Cooking and Catering with Mrs Dow you make differentfoods and have fun and you serve different people atChristmas,Science with Miss Mulderrig you do fun Science activitiesand make things like Bath Bombs,Community Enterprise with Miss Buxton you go aroundpicking up litter, plant trees, make time capsules and makea positive contribution to the community.Reported By Amy Buxton