Challney News July 2008 - Challney High School for Girls

10 Challney News
The awards went to:
Mimoza Maci – for the most spectacular
hairstyle, Selina Ahmed – for the most
spectacular dress, Hannah Montrose – for the
most original dress, Arina Vailionyte – the Gala
Queen.
The girls’ behaviour during the evening was
exemplary and they were a credit to themselves
and the school. All the girls seemed to enjoy
the evening dancing and socialising with their
friends and eating their way through the
chocolate fountain.
The school wishes all the Year 11 girls every
happiness and success in the future.
C.A.Js – Challney’s
Adrenaline Junkies!
‘Challney’s Adrenaline Junkies’, as the
Kingswood Crew have been nicknamed. Eleven
of us travelled all the way to Colomendy, North
Wales, for an extreme adventure­packed
weekend at Kingswood. We pursued thriving
activities such as abseiling, zip­wiring, fencing
– all sorts! Our favourite was most definitely
the 3G Swing! The rush of falling at a G­force
of 3 was amazing.
The weather may not have been up to our
extreme standards, but we were! Overall it was
interesting and hilarious to get to know each
other better, and that was also a major
encouragement to those of us who were
terrified of heights or of getting mud in their
faces and hair *cough cough*.
We’d love to go back any time and I’d like to
say a huge thank you to Miss Jackson and Miss
Morgan for taking care of us and being
supportive group leaders. Hooray for
Kingswood!
The C.A.J.s consisted of:
Sade Chaplin and Vaishali Shah 9A,
Zawditu Lewis 9I, Yasmin Saddler, Alice
Wheeler and Naomi Yonas 9N,
Tereze Gaile, Sisia Magaya and Miriam Kimani
9B, Maya Modi 9O and Kiran Afzal 9W.
Maya Modi, 9O
The Indefatigable Mrs
Peacock
Fresh from her success of winning the regional
School Chef of the Year award, Mrs Peacock, our
Junior Dining Room Kitchen Manager, set off for
University College Birmingham on Thursday June
10 th to take part in the national finals. She was to
compete against eight other regional winners for
the honour of being named national School Chef
of the Year 2008.
In keeping with the importance of this
prestigious event, Mrs Peacock along with all the
other contestants were wined, dined and
accommodated the night before in a local hotel so
that they would be well rested and prepared for
the competition itself the next day. “The hotel was
lovely,” she said.
Mrs Peacock, along with the other finalists, was
asked to prepare once more the dishes with which
she had already won her regional heat, so you can
imagine that the competition was very stiff. In
fact, the standards were so high that the panel of
judges took an eternity to decide who should win
the award.
In the end, after an agonising wait, Mrs Peacock
was judged to be a runner up. Was this enough to
deflate Mrs Peacock? Not at all. “The whole event
was an experience and in our own way we were
all winners,” she said. “But someone’s dish had to
be picked on the day.”
Mrs Peacock is already looking forward to
entering next years’ competition when she will
again first have to win the regional title if she is to
qualify to compete in the nationals. “I’ve got the
bug now,” she explained, “So fingers crossed!”