Opps Newsletter December 2018 2

Welcome to the twelfth edition of the
Cotswold School Opportunities Newsletter.
December, 2018
The aim is to celebrate and advertise some of the many learning opportunities with which
you may wish to get involved. We hope that a few things might take your interest and spark
some thinking and discovery. Enjoy!
History
Recently we commemorated 100 years since the end of World War I
This exhibition at the Cheltenham Museum examines life after the war:
‘At Last Fighting is Over’ —‘At last fighting is over’ is a quotation from a letter sent by
Bernard Wilson (the explorer’s older brother) to his mother in Cheltenham, written on 11 November
1918.
This collaborative exhibition with Cheltenham Borough Council, is the brainchild of Neela Mann
and the Cheltenham Local History Society, and is made possible with a Heritage Lottery grant‘
Click on the link for more details: At Last Fighting is Over - exhibition
The exhibition runs until the 31st March
English
Creative Writing—do you think you could be the next
Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pulman or Suzanne Collins?
Mrs Sewell challenges you to have a go at entering
one or more of these creative writing
competitions:
Click on the link below for more details:
Creative Writing competitions
Mr Edwards (History) invites you to write
a story set in any historical time period
you wish. You decide the plot, characters
and setting, but make sure it balances historical
accuracy with drama and engagement!
It could be about somebody or
something famous, or maybe something
more everyday, but set in significant time
period. Help the reader to transport themselves
back in time through your story.
Library
Try these Apps’ to help inspire or overcome
writers block!
‘Write About This’:
‘Writing
Prompts’
Brainsparker-creativity cards
Mrs Williams—
Why Not Read…...
A collection of
short stories from 12 award-winning children's
authors including Malorie Blackman and Adele
Geras about WWI.
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Wellcome Photography Prize 2019
Wellcome Photography Prize, 2019
Science
We invite photographers and other image makers from all disciplines
to enter the Wellcome Photography Prize, which celebrates
compelling imagery that captures the stories of health, medicine and
science.
Deadline for entries is: 17th December, 2018 Please click on the link
below for more information on how to enter the competition and key dates:
Please note: people under the age of 18 must have consent from a parent or legal guardian
before submitting images into the prize and by entering they confirm they have given permission.
STEM
Every Idea has the Power to Shape our World
‘A good idea can come from anyone, anywhere. If you’re between 13-
18, we’d love for you to join us and share your best idea using Science, Technology,
Engineering and Maths. It doesn’t matter if you use pen and paper or
a full-scale lab’, it’s all about the idea and the thing behind it—no matter how
big or small…’ - CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 12th, 2018
If you don’t enter the competition, it’s still worth exploring the amazing
and inspiring resources provided.
Click on the link for more details: Google Science Fair competition
PBE
Mrs Holland asks:
What was wrong with President Trump’s Diwali
Tweet?
Click here for more information: Diwali Tweet
What is Diwali? Who celebrates it? Why?
Can you answer this RIDDLE?
What is the longest, yet the shortest thing in the world. The swiftest and yet the slowest, the most
divisible, the most extended. The least valued, the most regretted, without which,
nothing can be done.
Which devours everything, however small and yet opens the life and spirit to every
object, however great?
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Derivation: English

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Enter this competition:
The Cambridge Religion on Film Competition
single or group entries, including a £500.00 PRIZE.
Closing date is the 10th December, 2018.
PBE
For more details click on the link below:
Maths
If you like a puzzle or
two, then this book is
for you!
A Mathematical conundrum—what year?
The Year, 1978 has a special property. If you
add 19 to 78, the result of the sum is equal to
the year’s middle two digits, 97.
What will be the next year with this property?
And the year after that one?
Created by the
UK Mathematics Trust
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MFL
MFL websites for Stretch & Challenge
Access news articles aimed at various age groups, age 10+ – links within the website to
Spanish & German equivalents: MFL - News Articles
Video clips to answer questions posed by primary school children e.g. what is poverty?
What is biodiversity? Great for yr11 / 12/ 13: Video Clips
Free to subscribe – great news articles, and most weeks on an A-Level theme: News Articles -
A-level themes
All you need to know about top sports events worldwide: Sports
UK German Connection is great for yr7 / 8 German vocab’ building.
News site in Spanish is useful for A-Level: Spanish news
Ideas provided by Mrs Newby

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Feeling festive? Interested in learning more about the festive period along with it’s many traditions?
English Heritage have a huge range of activities available to get involved in: click on the link
for more details of events: English Heritage - Christmas
And in the spirit of commemorating 100
years since the start of WWI find out more about
the Christmas Truce of 1914.
Research the history of Christmas, for example
you could look at Christmas under Cromwell
(basically, it was banned).
Bill Tutte: Mathematician + Codebreaker
ICT
An exhibition on the life and work of Bill Tutte—to celebrate the
centenary of Bill Tutte’s birth, our newest exhibition gives an insight into the
life & work of this elite codebreaker.
Click on the link below for more details: Bill Tutte - Bletchley Park
At The National Gallery—Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne
A celebration of major Impressionist paintings —open until 20th January, 2019
Click on the link for more information:
The National Gallery - Courtauld Impressionists
Everyman Theatre Company presents—Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett—7th to the 16th
February, 2019
Click on the link for more details: Waiting for Godot
An Evening with the History Guy—Dan Snow at The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, Tuesday
22nd January
Click on the link for more details: Dan Snow - The History Guy
If you like Art, Design, Science and/or Engineering the MAD Museum is for you!
‘MAD’ stands for Mechanical Art & Design—promoting STEM & Design.
Click on the link for more details: MAD Museum
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Seasons Greetings to one and all!