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Wilnecote <strong>Warbler</strong><br />
Issue 8 <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Double<br />
Tinkers Green Rd<br />
Wilnecote<br />
Tamworth<br />
Staffs<br />
Champions 20<strong>18</strong><br />
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wilnecoteschool<br />
thewilnecoteschool
Welcome<br />
As I write this Year 11 are in one of their first exams and as is usual for exam season<br />
the weather is beautiful, except for those suffering any form of hayfever! I am so<br />
proud of our Year 11s who have worked so hard over the course of their GCSE’s,<br />
revised thoroughly over recent months and who have now developed a strong,<br />
collective attitude towards doing their very best. Whilst I have not known them for long I have been so impressed<br />
by their resilience and tenacity. We are looking forward to the other events next half term which will celebrate<br />
their time at The Wilnecote School, the Leavers’ Assembly and the Prom at Drayton Manor. To you, their parents<br />
and family, it probably seems like a blink of the eye since they were taking their SAT’s in Year 6. To those of you<br />
reading this who are in Year 6 or have a Year 6 child we have been thinking of you too over the last weeks. We hope<br />
the SAT’s went well and we wish you a wonderful last half term in your primary schools. We can’t wait to see you<br />
when you come here to visit us on our Transition Days.<br />
I hope the weather during half term remains good and enables you to enjoy the outdoors.<br />
Wishing you a restful half term break - except for poor Year 11 who need to keep up the hard work.<br />
Best wishes<br />
Siân Hartle<br />
Heads of House<br />
Attendance 93.5% Attendance 95% Attendance 93.5%<br />
Whole School Attendance 94%<br />
We would like to start by wishing all the Year 11’s the best of luck in your GCSE’s. It is not an easy time<br />
with the pressure of exams but there is light at the end of tunnel for you, with your leavers assembly,<br />
prom and the next exciting part of your lives to look forward to - you need to keep your heads down and<br />
working hard ensuring you give yourselves the best chance of achieving your potential, allowing you to take<br />
full advantage of the world after Wilnecote.<br />
For the rest of us it is very important that we keep working hard to make the school a better place. Our<br />
student voice groups are working on some really exciting things that will make the school community a better<br />
place for all of us. Our final half term at school is just as important as the first. We must continue to work<br />
hard and keep striving to be the best we can be.<br />
We hope you have a restful and enjoyable half term and come back ready for the important final few<br />
weeks of this school year.
Year 7 and Year 8 Doddle is a new innovation at The Wilnecote School this year and we are excited<br />
about how it can be used to help students make real progress. It also allows you, as parents, to<br />
support your child more fully in their learning. We hope that you will use Doddle on a regular basis and, for<br />
more information or if you have any comments or queries or a reminder on your Parent Key, please visit<br />
our Doddle webpage at:<br />
www.thewilnecoteschool.com/doddle<br />
Reminder for parents that if any of your personal details<br />
change please let school know i.e. address, email,<br />
telephone etc...<br />
www.thewilnecoteschool.com/contact<br />
Year 10 Work Experience<br />
Learning about the world of work has many advantages to every student. Not only does the student<br />
gain respect from fellow adult colleagues but also learn valuable routines and practices, being careful<br />
around the working environment and take responsibility for their own personal safety health and wellbeing.<br />
Work experience can take many forms, from shadowing to guided supervised practical work where you do<br />
the job of a full employee.<br />
If you have successfully completed a work experience placement and are looking to pick up some part<br />
time work afterwards, you are in a very strong position and more likely to be considered if you have had a<br />
positive impact.<br />
If you need help there are people in school to assist you in making a good choice.<br />
Get involved, take charge and be prepared for your future!<br />
Derek Upton<br />
The Wilnecote School<br />
PE After School<br />
Tuesday<br />
Wednesday<br />
Thursday<br />
Rounders club 2.40. - 4pm<br />
Athletics club 2.40 - 4pm<br />
Rounders club 2.40. - 4pm<br />
Year 11 VCert PE intervention continues on :<br />
Tuesday - 2.40 - 4pm<br />
Wednesday - 2.40 - 5pm<br />
Thursday - 2.40 - 4pm
100% Attendance<br />
Over the past few weeks we have<br />
been celebrating student success of<br />
achieving 100% attendance for the Spring<br />
Term. We held two celebration brunches<br />
during tutor time for our fantastic<br />
students, in total we had an amazing 74<br />
students. All students were sent a letter<br />
home praising their achievement along<br />
with a personalised invitation.<br />
To celebrate all students had brunch<br />
together with the Pastoral team and senior<br />
staff it was a great opportunity to celebrate<br />
such a fantastic achievement and we are<br />
all immensely proud. The pastoral team sat<br />
and spoke to all students after serving the<br />
students their brunch.<br />
We will continue celebrating high<br />
attendance within the school so make sure<br />
that you are here every day, and maybe<br />
you will receive an invite to our next<br />
celebration brunch. Keep up the good<br />
work.<br />
Geography Fieldwork<br />
On Friday 4th <strong>May</strong> a number of Year 10 students undertook their Geography GCSE<br />
fieldwork in Birmingham City Centre. This was the first of two fieldtrips that they<br />
will go on to collect and analyse data in preparation for the Geographical skills exam<br />
that they will sit in the summer of Year 11.<br />
Students were put into groups and individually completed a number of surveys at 5<br />
locations around the city centre in order to test the hypothesis: ‘Regeneration of<br />
Birmingham City Centre has had a positive effect on the quality of environment’. The<br />
surveys carried out included: a pedestrian count, a traffic count, a quality of environment<br />
survey and field annotations. The surveys were completed during the<br />
morning and then again in the afternoon to gauge the effect that different<br />
times of the day may have had. There was also a little bit of time for them<br />
to visit the Bullring and make a couple of purchases!<br />
Students will now be using the data to produce a range of graphs in order<br />
for them to analyse and test whether their hypothesis was correct, or<br />
not, ready for the summer.<br />
The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and conducted<br />
themselves in an appropriate manner. Well done Year 10!
UK Maths Challenge<br />
Wilnecote students from Years 9 and 10, took part in this year’s UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust)<br />
Intermediate Maths challenge this month. The Intermediate Challenge is aimed at students in England and<br />
Wales and involves answering 25 multiple choice questions in one hour and is sat in school under normal exam<br />
conditions.<br />
Some questions and/or topics from the Intermediate Challenge have been used as enrichment material in the<br />
classroom, across the ability range. The top 40% of high performers across the country receive a gold, silver or<br />
bronze certificate.<br />
“To support all the good work that is going on during curricular and extra-curricular maths lessons, it is good to<br />
give students experiences such as these. The National Curriculum places a great deal of emphasis on problem<br />
solving, reasoning and challenge, which competitions such as these encompass,” commented Miss Grice, Leader<br />
of Learning for Maths.<br />
The Wilnecote School had plenty of success with the following students achieving awards and another three<br />
students missing out by just one mark.<br />
Intermediate Maths Challenge<br />
Year 10 Medalists<br />
Leah Carvel - Gold<br />
Louis Govani - Silver<br />
Aaron Lee - Bronze<br />
Ryan Aidney - Bronze<br />
Beth Snell - Bronze<br />
Year 9 Medalists<br />
James Culligan - Bronze<br />
A massive well done to Leah who<br />
qualified through to the second tier<br />
of round 2 and has just sat the ‘Pink<br />
Kangaroo’ paper.<br />
UKMT Team Maths Challenge<br />
Four students, Cira Wyton, James Burton, Adam Bevington, and Sona Urbanova, travelled to Castle Rock High<br />
School to take part in the UKMT Team Maths Challenge Regional Finals. Although nervous, they worked hard<br />
as a team to pick up points over four challenging tasks. Throughout the day they were adjudicated by a member<br />
of staff from another school who passed on his compliments for the effort and enthusiasm shown by the team.<br />
This earned them a deserved <strong>18</strong>th place out of 28 against some very strong opposition. Well done guys.<br />
UKMT Maths Circle Event<br />
We were fortunate this year to be offered the opportunity for two students to attend the UKMT Maths Circle<br />
Event. The event took place on the 8th and 9th March 20<strong>18</strong> at Aston University Engineering Academy and<br />
introduced students to new mathematical ideas and concepts, inspiring their mathematical thinking. The two<br />
participants learned much over the two days and returned very enthusiastic, and stronger from the experience.<br />
Fingers crossed we get an invite next year!<br />
Further information can be found at: https://www.ukmt.org.uk/
Hannah Gilbert, Year 11, is a champion horse rider. She is extremely talented and we were<br />
interested in finding out more so we sent a reporter from the <strong>Warbler</strong> to find out more.<br />
How long have you been horse riding?<br />
I’ve been riding since I was four which is quite a long time, around eleven to twelve years I think.<br />
What made you want to take up horse riding?<br />
I’ve wanted to do it since I was little. I saw a programme about horses on the TV and it looked like a lot of fun<br />
and they looked really cute so I decided to join and take it up.<br />
What’s your favourite thing about horse riding?<br />
I love doing the cross country. Cross country is when you have to go around twenty one jumps and not stop<br />
while going over them. If you miss the jumps and don’t get over them, then you get points taken off you. The<br />
whole track takes five minutes to get around and it’s just really fun. It’s quite dangerous to do but I’ve had loads<br />
of training and I wear all of the safety equipment so I’m fine when doing the track.<br />
Have you got a least favourite thing about horse riding?<br />
Probably dressage, it’s really boring. Dressage is when you dress up the horse so it looks pretty and take it<br />
around and you get judged on it how it looks and how it performs.<br />
Do you own your own horse?<br />
Yeah my horse Elsi. I’ve had her for three years now and she’s eight years old this year.<br />
What awards have you won for horse riding?<br />
I’ve won quite a few first, second and third rosettes and a few trophies as well. Throughout the year you earn<br />
points from competing and the places you come so at the end of the year they count them. From these I’ve won<br />
a lot of first and second trophies. I do show jumping competitions which is a course of fourteen jumps. For the<br />
first seven jumps you can’t knock anything over then the last seven you have to go as fast as you can while still<br />
not knocking anything over.<br />
Where do you go horse riding?<br />
I go to a place which is five minutes from my house. It’s just a little yard where I keep my horse.<br />
Do you look up to any professional horse riders?<br />
Yeah I do. Nick Skelton because he’s won so many gold medals in the Olympics.<br />
Are you considering a career in professional horse riding?<br />
Yeah I am. I want to go to the Olympics one day.<br />
How has horse riding changed you as a person?<br />
I’ve learnt how to solve things by myself without asking for help. From doing horse riding since I was little it’s<br />
made me more independent.
Wilnecote on Tour<br />
During the last week of this half term a group of students will<br />
be going on a music tour of local primary schools. The students<br />
have been working incredibly hard to get their performances<br />
ready for the tour and on Wednesday 16th <strong>May</strong> they had the<br />
opportunity to show friends, family members and staff at<br />
Wilnecote what they have been doing in a preview music<br />
concert here at the school.<br />
The students did a fantastic job and we are really proud of<br />
them. It was lovely to see such a range of performances,<br />
from drumming to piano and of course lots of singing. It was<br />
also really nice to see students challenging themselves by<br />
performing more than one song, or in James Bartholomew’s<br />
case by learning to play a whole new song on guitar in six weeks!<br />
“It was such a pleasure to see the results of the student’s<br />
hard work and be able to be part of such a fantastic, enjoyable<br />
evening. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported<br />
the evening, we hope that you enjoyed the show!” said Mr<br />
Hyden<br />
A massive thank you to music teacher Mr Hyden and technician<br />
Carl Savage who put a lot of hard work in supporting the<br />
students during rehearsals, without them we would not have<br />
been able to provide students with this opportunity.<br />
Keep any eye out for more information on the Primary School<br />
Tour in the next edition of The Wilnecote <strong>Warbler</strong>.
Fazeley Shield C<br />
The Shield co<br />
Good Friday saw Wilnecote’s two goal hero Will Kerley win the Fazeley Shield in an<br />
epic encounter at the Lane.<br />
The Easter eggs and Easter celebrations were all put on hold as The Wilnecote School<br />
continued it’s successful tradition in the Tamworth area’s most prestigious football cup<br />
competition by winning the Fazeley Shield 2-0 against local district rivals Rawlett. With two<br />
goals from in-form striker Will Kerley in an entertaining encounter at New Mill Lane, home<br />
of Coton Green FC on Good Friday and regaining the title the school last last won in 2013.<br />
The Fazeley Shield is one of the areas most coveted football competition’s.<br />
It’s beginnings originated in 1906 with the first winners ironically being<br />
The Wilnecote School and on Good Friday Wilnecote secured yet<br />
another Fazeley Shield title, 112 years from the first time they won it.<br />
The Wilnecote team have been together as a team since 2013 and from their first<br />
game together in the English Schools Cup competition away to Willenhall five years<br />
go on a wet and windy Wednesday evening in September 2013, they have come<br />
a long way together having previously always being the bridesmaid and never<br />
the bride in terms of winning a major cup competition. Having been runners up<br />
in the county cup in 2015 and reaching the latter stages of the English schools FA<br />
competition it was last chance saloon for the boys in their final cup campaign together.<br />
Having comfortably dispatching LFA QEMS in the semi-final the final was destined<br />
to be a stiffer encounter but preparation, togetherness and the experience<br />
of playing together over five seasons was the key to the success on the day.<br />
Wilnecote aimed to dominate the game early in terms of both possession and territorial<br />
advantage and attempted to turn the Rawlett defence at every opportunity. They looked<br />
to progress and penetrate in the final third as effectively as possible. Out of possession you<br />
could see Wilnecote’s defensive organisation and on losing the ball in their own half Wilnecote<br />
recovered and put players behind the ball at every opportunity,as a result of being organised<br />
and compact it gave Rawlett no space or opportunity to build any worthwhile attacks.
hampions 20<strong>18</strong><br />
mes home<br />
s Wilnecote dictated play in and out of possession particularly in the midfield third,<br />
transitions and changes in possession within the game became important and the opening<br />
goal came from Wilnecote securing possession from a Rawlett forward in their own<br />
defensive third and a quick instinctive counter attack forward ball played into space from<br />
defender and captain Josh Russam. In the channel between the Rawlett centre back and left<br />
back saw Will Kerley break free in to the Rawlett penalty box. Kerley’s first touch from the<br />
pass , angled his run towards goal and from 12 yards dispatched the ball clinically across the<br />
goalkeeper and opened Wilnecote’s account to make it 1-0 after approximately 15 minutes.<br />
Rawlett struggled to get a significant foothold in the game and were reduced to just<br />
counter attacks that were quickly and efficiently dealt with by a commanding Wilnecote<br />
rear back four defensive unit who stifled the Rawlett attacks getting any momentum and<br />
any significant end product. The game continued in this vein for the next 10 to 15 minutes<br />
with Wilnecote having the lion’s share of possession and best territorial possession of<br />
the ball and more importantly dictating the physical areas of the game which allowed<br />
them their superior possession.<br />
Wilnecote then undeniably produced the moment and team move of the match where<br />
they retained and built possession from midfield with several Wilnecote players involved<br />
and with one touch; high tempo; combination passing they managed to work the ball<br />
onto the left, into space behind the Rawlett fullback. It was a square ball across the<br />
Rawlett six yard box that saw Will Kerley dispatch his and Wilnecote’s second goal,<br />
This was worthy of winning any football match and wouldn’t have been out of place<br />
as a clip on Match of the Day! A truly fine team goal that had all the attributes of good<br />
attacking principles and a goal that makes football known as ‘The Beautiful Game.’<br />
The game then ebbed and flowed and was interspersed with general midfield battles<br />
and exchanges. Neither team really produced any clear cut chances but with Wilnecote<br />
having the best opportunities, they finished the half stronger with some long range<br />
shots that were narrowly wide of the Rawlett goal. That is how the half finished with<br />
Wilnecote the team clearly on top and taking a 2-0 advantage into half time. They were<br />
now only 40 minutes away from lifting a trophy they hadn’t won in five years.
TSSA District<br />
Football champions<br />
Congratulations to the Year 11 boys football<br />
team who were crowned Tamworth School<br />
Sports Association District Champions earlier this<br />
month by beating Lichfield Cathedral School 4-2<br />
at Coton Green in the final. Goals from Sonny<br />
Cartwright, Kieran Whelan, Harry Fox & Oliver<br />
Woodroffe. That trophy can be added to the<br />
Fazeley Shield they won last month, well done to<br />
all the boys!<br />
Congratulations to the Year 10 boys football<br />
team who were crowned TSSA district football<br />
champions by beating Landau Forte Amington<br />
in the cup final 2-1 earlier this month. To cement<br />
their unbeaten league campaign they also won<br />
the district Futsal tournament earlier this year.<br />
Well done boys and here’s to another successful<br />
season in Year 11, where we will be focussing on<br />
the County Cup and Fazeley Shield.<br />
Eggciting Competition<br />
Before the Easter holiday we had a whole school Easter Egg Competition. Each tutor group was given a<br />
polystyrene egg which they had to decorate. We had some ‘eggcellent’ entries with a wide variety of different<br />
themes. Mrs Hartle had the tough job of choosing the winners.<br />
•The winner for MacGregor House was Schregg by WM8<br />
•The winner for Peel House was Eggbraham Lincoln by RP7<br />
•The winner for Grazier House was Stephen HawkEgg by CG3, also a special mention to CG1 for Egg-<br />
White House.<br />
The overall winner was Stephen HawkEgg by CG3.<br />
A BIG thank you to everyone that participated in the Easter Egg Competition, everyone in the Pastoral Team<br />
and Mrs Hartle were delighted that so many people got involved and enjoyed the friendly competition between<br />
tutor groups and the houses.
Do you want a future job in the police force? Police cadets can be a great way to start.<br />
Gabby Shackles (Year 11) has been cadet for the past year.<br />
What do you do at cadets?<br />
It differs each week. One week we might see the<br />
drugs dogs and officers, or another week we could<br />
have a talk from the search and rescue team.<br />
It’s hard to say one thing because there’s a wide<br />
variety.<br />
Why did you join?<br />
I’ve wanted to join the police (once I’m old enough)<br />
for a while, but there wasn’t a way of getting<br />
involved with the force without actually joining<br />
(which you have to be <strong>18</strong> for), so I joined cadets.<br />
Who can join?<br />
Anyone between the ages of 13-<strong>18</strong>, and once you<br />
turn <strong>18</strong>, you could become a leader shortly after.<br />
What are the costs and how often do you go?<br />
Its £2.00 weekly, but the uniform is free. It is every Thursday for the Tamworth unit, but you may have to go<br />
on events at weekends.<br />
What events would you go to? Is it compulsory?<br />
There is a range of things and places. In July we will help out with HQ open day in Stafford but in the middle<br />
of <strong>May</strong> we will help out with a private railway in the outskirts of Tamworth, so there is a variety. They aren’t<br />
compulsory but you have to complete at least four events per year.<br />
What do you think is the best part?<br />
Everyone gets along with each other, and most of us are close so it’s good to have somewhere where there<br />
won’t be arguments. For me, some of my closest friends go which makes it more enjoyable.<br />
Would you recommend police cadets to others?<br />
I would recommend it as long as people have the right attitude. There is an element of discipline, and you have<br />
to make sure you give a good impression to everyone, including your social media.<br />
If anyone would like to join, please visit www.staffordshire.police.uk/cadets<br />
ART NEWS<br />
“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the students on their hard work and wish them all the<br />
best for their upcoming examinations.” Said Mrs Marsland. She continued “Many of the Art students have<br />
grown in confidence and have now acquired the skill to follow their own creative path, whether through<br />
further Art and Design study or recreationally. It has been our real pleasure to teach them all.”<br />
Many students will wish to take home their GSCE art work. The portfolios will be available to collect from<br />
the art department on the following days 5th - 8th and 12th- 15th November 20<strong>18</strong> from 2.40pm -4pm. We<br />
are unable to release the work before these dates due to Ofqual rules and regulations. As we are short of<br />
storage space, please be aware that we are unable to keep the work indefinitely and as a consequence may<br />
have to dispose of uncollected work.<br />
We take a lot of pride in the skill, time and effort which many of the pieces require. To this end we will be<br />
exhibiting some of this talent next academic year around the school to inspire our younger students and to<br />
share with the community. If any of your work is selected you will need to collect it at the later date of July<br />
2019. This work will be stored for up to five years if uncollected.
GCSE EXAM TIMETABLE 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Monday 4th June AM History Medicine in Britain<br />
Tuesday 5th June AM English Language English Language<br />
Paper 1<br />
Tuesday 5th June PM Geography Geography Paper<br />
2<br />
Wednesay 6th June AM Business Studies Building a Business<br />
Wednesday 6th<br />
June<br />
PM Music Listening and Appraising<br />
- Written<br />
Paper<br />
1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
Thursday 7th June AM Maths Calculator FOUNDATION 1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
Friday 8th June AM English English Language<br />
Paper 2<br />
Friday 8th June PM History Superpower Relations<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
Monday 11th June AM Biology Biology Paper 2 FOUNDATION 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
AM Combined Science Trilogy Biology<br />
Paper 2<br />
Monday 11th June PM Geography Geography Paper<br />
3<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
FOUNDATION 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 15<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
Tuesday 12th June AM Maths Calculator FOUNDATION 1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 30<br />
mins<br />
Tuesday 12th June PM History The USA 1 hr 20<br />
mins
Wednesday 13th June AM Chemistry Chemistry Paper 2 FOUNDATION 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
AM Combined Science Trilogy Chemistry<br />
Paper 2<br />
Thursday 14th June PM Food Food Preparation and<br />
Nutrition - Written<br />
Paper<br />
FOUNDATION 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
Friday 15th June PM Physics Physics Paper 2 FOUNDATION 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 45<br />
mins<br />
PM Combined Science Trilogy Physics Paper<br />
2<br />
FOUNDATION 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
Monday <strong>18</strong>th June AM German Listening Test FOUNDATION 35 mins<br />
HIGHER 45 mins<br />
AM German Reading Test FOUNDATION 45 mins<br />
HIGHER 1 hr<br />
Tuesday 19th June AM Design & Technology Graphic Products<br />
2 hrs<br />
Unit 1<br />
Thursday 21st June AM German Writing Test FOUNDATION 1 hr<br />
HIGHER 1 hr 15<br />
mins<br />
Friday 22nd June AM Design & Technology Product Design Unit<br />
1<br />
2 hrs<br />
Message from the Exams Manager<br />
Seating plans will be put up in the Common Room.<br />
If you have any questions regarding exam entries or room arrangements please see me<br />
as soon as possible, in the office behind reception.<br />
Please look carefully over the Information for Candidates form which you received on<br />
the Year 11 Conference day and which is also available on the school website. This form<br />
outlines all the rules and regulations of the exams.<br />
Good luck in your exams!!!<br />
Miss Brolan
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Science Exam Warm up Sessions<br />
The Science Lab<br />
• Chemistry 1 Thursday 17th <strong>May</strong> 8.00 am room 27<br />
• Physics 1 Tuesday 22nd <strong>May</strong> 2.45 pm room 14<br />
• Biology 2 Monday 11th June 8.00 am room 26<br />
Science Exam Warm up Sessions<br />
• Chemistry 2 Wednesday 13th June 8.00 am room 26<br />
• Physics 2 Friday 15th June 8.00 am room 14<br />
• Biology 2 Monday 11th June 8.00 am room 26<br />
• Chemistry 2 Wednesday 13th June 8.00 am room 26<br />
• Physics 2 Friday 15th June 8.00 am room 14<br />
Good luck to all Y11!<br />
Good luck to all Y11!<br />
In numbers this month:<br />
• 25 The weight, in kg, of fish estimated to be eaten by an adult<br />
In numbers bottlenose this month: dolphin in a single day<br />
• 68 million<br />
• 25 The<br />
The<br />
amount<br />
weight,<br />
of<br />
in<br />
mercury,<br />
kg, of fish estimated<br />
in litres,<br />
to<br />
that<br />
be eaten<br />
could<br />
by<br />
be<br />
an<br />
released<br />
adult bottlenose<br />
into<br />
dolphin in a single day<br />
the atmosphere by the thawing of the permafrost in the northern<br />
• 68 million The amount of mercury, in litres, that could be released into the<br />
hemisphere, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey<br />
atmosphere by the thawing of the permafrost in the northern hemisphere, according to a<br />
new study by the US Geological Survey<br />
It’s been a good<br />
month for:<br />
Its’ been a bad<br />
month for:<br />
The Bilingual.<br />
Parlez-vous francais? A study at<br />
Montreal’s Concordia University has<br />
found that speaking a second<br />
language may help to protect you<br />
from age relayed cognitive decline by<br />
boosting tissue density in the brain<br />
areas associated with memory<br />
Underground commuters<br />
Sound levels on some London<br />
underground journeys can reach<br />
upwards of 85 decibels, leaving<br />
passengers at risk from potential<br />
hearing loss and tinnitus, researchers<br />
at the University College London<br />
have found<br />
It’s now the cricket<br />
season! Any students<br />
interested in playing<br />
cricket for the school<br />
training is Wednesday<br />
after school and will be<br />
every Wednesday between<br />
2.40 - 3.50pm. All years<br />
and abilities welcome<br />
This half term check out amazedbyscience.co.uk