A* Cambridge University Student Returns to PRS

My Experience at The Crown Court
By Alfie Winsberrow
I am involved with a charity in mainly based in Aylesbury, Community Unity Projects. Being part of this
charity I go along to events, not always ‘representing’ as such but learning about the local area and people’s
stories and how the community works. I was invited to go to the Crown Court. It was nothing like I was
expecting.
I arrived at the Crown Court in the morning and we had been invited by the judge, Judge Sherindan, as
guests of honour. Even before we got through the doors to the courtroom we went through a metal
detector to make sure we had no weapons or anything like that. I wasn’t expecting that at all! It being
Aylesbury, the place I have grown up in I wasn’t expecting to see that high security. After we got through
we went to the waiting area, we saw two big doors. One of which had a smiling face carved into the wood
above it and the other frowning. The door with the frowning face above had a huge chain and padlock on it.
That was because back when we had the death penalty if you walked out of that door you would have been
sentenced to death. If you walked out of the other you hadn’t.
We went into Courtroom 2, we had to turn our phones off because
the signal interferes with the court equipment. There was
microphones at the stands and where the lawyers would sit and
present their evidence. What we saw was mostly people saying their
pleas and documenting what the plea was. There was a mixture of
people everywhere. It was all very proper and very official. Not at all
what I had expected.
To conclude the day was an experience to remember, it was seriously
real. That is what I got from the day, this stuff is real. A surprising
thing was that the people that worked there if you spoke to them
outside the courtroom they are almost different people they were
just normal people. I am very lucky to have the connections and
ability to be a part of this charity and thankful to have this
opportunity.
New School Tie — Coming Soon!
After feedback from our parents and students
regarding costs, we will be making a slight
change to our uniform, specifically our ties.
We have been unable to source a cheaper
alternative to the tie that we have, so after
consulting our suppliers and then our students
voting on their preference, our new school tie will be look like the image below and will
cost approximately £6.50, (our suppliers will be confirming in the New Year), roughly
two pounds less than the present cost.
We do not expect anyone to go out and buy the new ties immediately, our Year 7
students in September 2017 will all be wearing the new tie. However for our existing
students we would ask that when their ties are being replaced, you replace them with
the new version.
Our suppliers expect the new tie to be available in a few months and are currently
sharing stock with each other to ensure that the current version is available in both
Aylesbury and High Wycombe stores.
If you have any further feedback please do not hesitate to contact us via the school.
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www.princesrisborough.bucks.sch.uk Winter 2016
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