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Wilnecote <strong>Warbler</strong><br />

Issue 8 <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />

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Tinkers Green Rd<br />

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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

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