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Max 14C, min 5C Friday October 15 2010 ISSUE 6 Newspaper of the School FREE 

Senior boys get UCAS sorted 

Mr Bracken leads university 

application process at City 

Bhavya Bakhda 4S Reporter 

As you readers may already know, 

in order to secure a good future, you 

need to attend a good university. But 

do you actually know how our City 

hopefuls win their place and how they 

decide where to go? 

Well, I went to Mr Bracken to get the 

answers to the questions that have 

been spinning around my head ever 

since I came to CLS. You may not 

know this, but Mr Bracken is not only 

a superb History teacher, but also the 

Higher Education Liaison Officer 

(HELO). This means he handles all 

the university applications. 

I learnt many things from what Mr 

Bracken told me. You probably 

already know that university places 

are beginning to get incredibly 

competitive especially due to 

the new A* grade introduced 

this year. 

Fortunately, you do not need to 

worry as our school’s UCAS 

Team will start to nurture 

you from the Junior Sixth 

by letting you have a session 

with a careers adviser from 

a company called Prospect. 

From that you will learn how 

to make wise course choices 

which fit your needs and 

prevent misuse of your five 

university choices. 

Not everyone can be a straight 

A student, but UCAS Team 

will guide you towards the 

smartest choices for you as an 

individual to maximise your 

chances of getting a place at a 

good university. 

Nowadays, not everyone 

offers a foreign language, but 

Mr Bracken suggests that City 

boys, all of whom have at 

least one language GCSE are 

already amongst the applicants 

who stand a better chance of 

getting onto popular courses. 

Right now, the most popular 

university course of all is 

English, but with City of 

London on your application 

any admissions tutor will be 

tempted to say, “Yes!” 

Mr Bracken is proud to be able 

to say that almost half of this 

year’s Senior Sixth students 

are applying to Oxford or 

Cambridge, but he always 

advises pupils to apply for 

a range of institutions in 

order to secure a definite, and 

achieveable, offer. 

Religious observance 

“Winter Fridays Exeats” have already 

been issued to all boys whose 

parents have requested them. 

Any remaining boys who need to 

leave school before 4pm on dark 

Friday evenings after half-term are 

requested to present a letter from 

their parents to Mr Fillingham this 

week. 

Medical Forms 

It has become school policy that 

no boy may be allowed out on a 

trip or visit unless his parents have 

returned the medical forms which 

were requested at the beginning of 

the year. Some 10% of pupils have 

yet to bring back the paperwork 

and they are urged to do so as soon 

as possible. 

S6 Parents’ Evening 

You are reminded that the Senior 

Sixth Parents’ Evening is this 

coming Monday from 5.00pm to 

7.30pm. Refreshments are available 

until 6pm on Level 2. It is normal for 

Sixth Formers to attend with their 

parents, but they are not required 

to do so.

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School news 

Charles Fillingham Assistant Headmaster 

I am in detention! I have not been a 

bad Assistant Headmaster, but it is 

Saturday morning and there are three 

boys in the room who, like me, wish 

that they were not here. 

No-one enjoys detention, but then 

no-one is supposed to! At City of 

London School, we try to use any 

kind of punishment as sparingly 

The Diary 

as possible. Indeed, the two-hour 

Saturday morning detention is both a 

rare and a serious event here. Any boy 

who serves a Saturday detention is 

being given a very clear warning shot 

across the bows - we will not allow 

bad behaviour. 

There are some elements of modern 

teenage life which a school must work 

hard to eliminate. The Headmaster is 

absolutely correct when he reminds 

pupils that he will not tolerate any 

form of bullying, theft or drug use. 

There is no place for these in a civilised 

school community. Fortunately, all 

three of these occur very seldom, at 

City, but boys have been expelled for 

them in the past and will be again in 

the future, if necessary. 

City of London School does not permit 

any form of corporal punishment. 

The aim of the School’s pastoral 

policy is to give individual attention 

Monday 18th October 

- Senior Model UN meeting (3rd Forms and above), Coulson Studio, 1.10pm 

- Creative Writing Society - The Circle, 315, 1.15pm 

- CCF Parade, 4.05 - 5.15pm 

Tuesday 19th October 

- 3rd Form Craft and Design Club, W1, 12.50 - 1.30pm 

- Maths Circle, 409, 12.50 - 1.30pm 

- Debating and Public Speaking Society, 2nd and 3rd forms, Coulson Studio, 12.50pm 

- Junior Classics Club, 426, 1.00pm 

- Water Polo, 2nd Form Tournament, Home, 4.00pm 

- Model Railway Society/Warhammer Club, Model Railway Room/308, 4.10 - 5.00pm 

Wednesday 20th October 

- 2nd Form Craft and Design Club, W1, 12.50 - 1.30pm 

- Debating and Public Speaking Society, OG and 1st Form, Coulson Studio, 12.50pm 

- Football 1st-5th XI v Sutton Grammar, Home, 1.00 - 6.00pm 

Thursday 21st October 

- Senior Debating and Public Speaking Society, 4th Forms + Coulson Studio, 12.50pm 

- 6th Form Medical Society, 501, 1.10 - 1.50pm 

Friday 22nd October 

- Barnes-Amis Society, Coulson, 12.50 - 1.45pm 

- Christian Society, 110, 12.50pm 

- Darts Society, 304, 1.10 - 1.50pm 

- Model Railway Society/Warhammer Club, Model Railway Room/308, 4.10 - 5.00pm 

Friday October 15 2010 

to its pupils. It aims to complement 

the work of the family in developing 

the pupil’s moral views, his sense of 

responsibility, his self-reliance and 

his awareness of himself in relation 

to other people and the community; 

and in preparing him to meet the 

challenges of life. 

Schoolboy punishments are intended 

to teach pupils to become selfdisciplined. 

We offer an ordered 

school environment in which pupils 

can realise their full potential. 

I hope that your son will never need 

to be given a school detention and I 

certainly hope that he will not be set 

a Saturday detention. There are better 

things to do with the weekend! 

Ms MacDonagh’s 

Cookery Corner 

Ms A M MacDonagh ICT Department 

Try munching on these healthy crisps instead 

of regular potato crisps. You can create 

a spicier crisp by altering the spices. 

Omit the dried dill and then add cumin 

powder or cayenne pepper. 

Confetti Crisps 

Ingredients: 

1 large carrot (washed and scrubbed) 

1 parsnip (washed and scrubbed) 

½ teaspoon each of paprika, oregano, sea 

salt, thyme and dried dill weed 

3 tablespoons olive oil. 

Method: 

1. Pre-heat oven at 190 °C. Line a large 

baking tray non-stick paper and then lightly 

grease with olive oil. 

2. Combine the spices and olive oil in a 

large zip lock plastic bag and mix together. 

3. Using the slicing attachment in your food 

processor or a vegetable mandolin, thinly 

slice the carrots and parsnips. 

4. Add vegetables to the plastic bag and toss 

to coat with the spices and olive oil. 

5. Arrange the vegetables in a single layer 

on the baking tray. 

6. Bake for about 20 minutes or until crisp 

and golden brown.


Getting to 

know you: 

Miss Earl 

Thomas Barton 3A and Kyle Da-Cunha 3M 

Roving reporters 

Name: Miss Earl 

Subject: Religious Education 

Year Group: Third Form Tutor 

University: Oxford 

Previous school: Hillview School for 

Girls 

How long have you been teaching for? 

Four years 

What do you enjoy about teaching at 

City? 

Discussions between boys and how they 

express their views. 

What one thing would you change at 

City? 

I would like to see more foreign exchanges 

with schools. 

Which member of staff do you most get 

along with? 

Everyone is charming and delightful. 

If you became headmistress for the 

day, what would you do to improve the 

school? 

I would create a community project for the 

day. 

What was the most embarrassing moment 

you’ve experienced at City? 

(Without any hesitation) Being too short to 

reach the projector screen. 

What is your overall impression of City? 

The boys are like gentlemen. 

If you were God what would you do to 

the world? 

Introduce a sense of social justice. 

If I had to look in your refrigerator, 

what would I find? 

Cheese! 

What is your worst quality? 

Stubbornness. 

What is the meaning of life? 

Kindness and love. 

And finally, a Citizen favourite, tell us a 

joke. 

What do you call a spider with no legs? A 

raisin 

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Lord Mayor’s 

Prize Day 2010 

Parents and boys should be aware that the 

first day after half-term is our annual Lord 

Mayor’s Prize Day event at Guildhall. Your 

son’s form tutor will go through the order 

of ceremonies for the day with your son this 

coming week. 

Please note that prizewinners will not have 

any classroom lessons on the day of Monday 

1st November 2010 and non-prizewinners, 

with the exception of prefects and new 

boys in the Third Form will be released 

from School at lunchtime. 

Calfix 

All boys should keep a copy of this term’s 

Calendar and Fixtures List in their blazer 

pocket. It is important to keep abreast of 

what is going on in the School. 

This term’s CALFIX booklet is a pale 

grey colour. Last year they were pale blue, 

mauve and then white. What colour do you 

think it might be for Spring Term 2011? 

Do you want to write for 

The Citizen? 

Regular meetings take 

place every Friday lunchtime 

at 12.50pm in room 

111. 

Schoolcomms? 

Mr C B Fillingham Assistant Headmaster 

All families should have received a letter 

through the post this week regarding 

Schoolcomms. We are fairly confident that 

every family is connected to the system, but 

we cannot tell whether or not parents are 

actually looking at the email. 

We ask that you read the letters and then 

print off relevant pages. This is particularly 

important for reply slips and consent forms 

for school trips and visits. 

If you have a connectivity issue or you want 

to add a recipient to the system, please contact 

Mr Shaw on: james.shaw@clsb.org.uk

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JCC prizes to 

be named after 

Old Cits 

Karen Sage Alumni Relations Officer 

As many of you may be aware, the School’s 

alumni association The John Carpenter 

Club, presents Junior Sixth Form subject 

prizes every year. In a move to highlight the 

many high achieving Old Citizens educated 

at the School, it has fallen to our archivist, 

former pupil and teacher, Terry Heard, to 

identify likely candidates in each subject 

area, with a view to naming the prizes after 

them from 2011. 

Can you guess which subject prizes are 

likely to be named after the following? 

Compte Max Le Mansois-Field - Chief 

Interpreter for NATO and son of W.N. Le 

Mansois-Field, who taught French at CLS 

from 1918 to 1960. 

Max Newman (CLS 1908 - 1915) - 

renowned mathematician and WWII 

codebreaker who was responsible for the 

construction of the world’s first computer at 

Bletchley Park. 

Sir Sidney Lee - biographer of Shakespeare 

and editor of his plays; founding trustee 

of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 

Stratford. 

Arthur Douglas Carey - Commissioner 

of Customs for Bombay; received Royal 

Geographical Society Medal for extensive 

explorations in Xinjiang. 

Sir William Huggins - English astronomer 

who revolutionised observational astronomy 

by applying spectroscopic methods to the 

determination of the chemical constituents 

of stars and othe celestial objects. 

Theodore Bayley Hardy (CLS 1879 - 

1882) - Chaplain in the British Army and 

English recipient of the Victoria Cross. 

ANSWERS 

M Le Masois-field - French 

M Newman - Information Technology 

Sir S Lee - Drama 

A D Carey - Geography 

Sir W Huggins - Physics 

T B Hardy - Religious Studies 


FRIENDS OF CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL 

CITY WALK -14th NOVEMBER 

“From Summer Wine to Pantomime” 

On Sunday, 14th November at 2pm join us on another City walk where we discover more secrets 

from London’s history. Meet an important Vintner, a couple of Christmas favourites, a Queen 

who knew what her people needed and a couple of measly cats. All in a short hop from the school 

and returning for tea. We will be a led by ‘Blue Badge’ guides. The route takes us east towards 

Southwark, then north before looping back to School for tea. All welcome ¬family and friends – 

suitable for all ages -the pace is set by the group. Tickets (including tea) £7. The booking form is 

in The Citizen. TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH GUIDES PLEASE RESERVE TICKETS at 

friends@clsb.org.uk. or on 07974431348. 

EVENING SUPPER FOR OG AND 1ST FORM 

On Tuesday 19th October there will be an evening Supper for parents and carers of boys in OG and 

1st Form. A booking has been made for 7.30 pm at Northbank Restaurant – on the river the other 

side of The Millennium Bridge just east from School. There is a set menu at £20 – 3 courses including 

a welcome glass of Prosecco but excluding other drinks, coffee and service. Full details will be 

emailed to those on our email list . To reserve places and for more details please email friends@ 

clsb.org.uk or contact Deborah Dorrance-King on 07974431348 or Lorette Fredericks at lorette. 

fredericks@bt.com BOOK EARLY -PLACES ARE LIMITED 

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE 

THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER 5-7 pm 

Any ‘CLS’ items ie Blazers, sports tops, sports socks and jumpers would be gratefully received. 

Overall our stores are depleted with a Sale on Thursday 21st October 5.00pm -7.00pm. If you have 

any outgrown/unwanted clean uniform in GOOD CONDITION we would welcome it. Donations 

may be left at Reception in a bag marked ‘Friends of CLS -2nd Hand Uniform’. Thank you. 

SUPPER AT NORTHBANK FOR 3RD AND 4TH FORM 

On Thursday 11th November (apologies, incorrect date last week) there will be an evening Supper 

for parents and carers of boys in 3RD AND 4TH Forms. A booking has been made for 7.30 pm at 

Northbank Restaurant – on the river the other side of The Millennium Bridge just east from School. 

There is a set menu at £20 – 3 courses including a welcome glass of Prosecco but excluding other 

drinks, coffee and service. Full details will be emailed to those on our email list . To reserve places 

and for more details please email friends@clsb.org.uk or contact Lorette Fredericks(3rd Form) at 

lorette.fredericks@bt.com or Erica Cosburn (4th Form) at Erica.cosburn@btinternet.com BOOK 

EARLY -PLACES ARE LIMITED 

SUPPER AT NORTHBANK FOR 2nd, 5th AND 6TH FORMs 

On Thursday 18th November (apologies, incorrect date last week) there will be an evening Supper 

for parents and carers of boys in 2nd 5th AND 6th Forms. An apparently odd combination but one 

that allows us to make a viable group booking. We will divide up by Year and tutor groups. A 

booking has been made for 7.30 pm at Northbank Restaurant – on the river the other side of The 

Millennium Bridge just east from School. There is a set menu at £20 – 3 courses including a welcome 

glass of Prosecco but excluding other drinks, coffee and service. Full details will be emailed 

to those on our email list . To reserve places and for more details please email friends@clsb.org.uk 

or contact Lorette Fredericks(3rd Form) at lorette.fredericks@bt.com or Erica Cosburn (4th Form) 

at Erica.cosburn@btinternet.com BOOK EARLY -PLACES ARE LIMITED 

COFFEE MORNINGS 

All Coffee Mornings for Parents and Carers are held in Cafe 101 (Salvation Army), 101 Queen 

Victoria Street, London EC4 ¬entrance opposite The Sports’ Entrance of School ie the swimming 

pool side. These are an excellent opportunity for parents to make contact with other parents. 

5th and 6th Form Coffee Morning 

Monday 15th November 8.30am -11 am 

Contact Fiona Yates 5th Form (fcyates@aol.com) Stephanie Martinez J6th (stephanie@primex. 

co.uk) Deborah Dorrance-King S6th (see below) 

3rd and 4th Form Coffee Morning 

Thursday 25th November 8.30am -11 am 

Contact Lorette Fredericks 3rd Form(see beloew) Erica Cosburn 4th Form (erica.cosburn@btinternet.com) 

OG. 1st and 2nd Form Coffee Morning 

Tuesday 30th November 8.30am -11.00am 

Contact Jane MacLean at jane.maclean@btinternet.com or Deborah Dorrance-King (see below) 

CONTACT 

Deborah Dorrance-King 0797443 1348 and Lorette Fredericks lorette.fredericks@ 

bt.com, Co-Chairs FoCLS or friends@clsb.org.uk


HANS WOYDA 

City puts the 

frighteners on 

Westminster 

mathematics: 

Are they still 

invincible? 

Daniel Hu 5H Citizen puzzler 

The Hans Woyda Competition is an interschool 

maths competition in London. It is 

named after a former head of maths at Kingston 

Grammar School and has been around 

for over 30 years. In the words of Mr Eade, 

the Head of the Maths department, the competition 

works like the Champions League. 

There are 64 schools in 16 groups of 4. In 

each group, they all play against each other 

and the winner goes through to the knockout 

rounds while the runner-up goes to the 

plate competition. For both the main competition 

and the plate, there are two knockout 

rounds, then the semi-final, and then the 

final. 

Teams are made up of 4 players - a 1st to 

3rd former, a 4th or 5th former, a J6 and 

a S6 student, like house maths. Our team 

was Nimrod Nehushtan from 3rd Form, 

Daniel Hu from 5th Form, Alex Rigby from 

J6, and Jonathan Berger from S6. There are 

7 sections per match with a maximum of 

around 70pts per team with 8 possible bonus 

points. The average mark for a team per 

match is around 35pts and marks above 45 

are rare. The first section is a starters section 

with individual questions of a 30 second 

time limit, next a geometry section in 

pairs - separated into 1st to 5th forms and J6 

to S6 - with a 90 second limit. Then there is 

an individual mental section, a team section 

and then a break. After that is the calculator 

section, the algebra section and finally the 

dreaded race section. 

Last year, we were drawn with St. Paul’s 

Girl’s school in our group of 4 and were 

destroyed by them 40-26. We came runners-up 

in our group and progressed to the 

plate competition but promptly lost to Bancroft’s! 

This year we are looking to bounce 

back from our defeat and do better. However, 

we were drawn in a group with Westminster 

School, who are the reigning champions 

and masters of maths! Nevertheless, 

I encouraged our team to stay positive and 

though we would probably be thrashed 60- 

20 or something, I introduced the possibility 

of the match being close and even us 

winning. But it was always unlikely. 

We started well in the starters round with 8 

simple questions with Westminster getting 

8 and City getting 7. The geometry round 

contained a very hard question for the 1st to 

5th Formers which neither City nor Westminster 

managed to work out, but both 

teams received full marks for the other 3 

questions. Next was the Mental Arithmetic 

round with questions such as ‘There are 5.5 

yards in a rod. There are 22 yards in a chain. 

There are 10 chains in a furlong. How many 

rods are there in a furlong?’ The answer 

is 40 and had to be written down in one 

minute. Surprisingly, both teams dropped 

marks and the score before the team round 

was Westminster 29 City 26. We were doing 

very well and were getting close to my 

target score of 30 already. 

The team round was a fun question with a 

simple idea. You had to make all the numbers 

1 to 20 using the digits 1, 9, 6, 6 (because 

2010 was another World Cup year 

where England failed to make an impact) 

in that order in five minutes. You were allowed 

to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, 

division, square roots, and brackets. 

We made 18 of them, missing out 17 and 

19, which I quickly worked out, unfortunately 

afterwards, and hoped Westminster 

hadn’t done as well. Amazingly, they had 

only made 17 and that gave us 5pts and 

them 4pts. The score: Westminster 33 City 

31. 

We still had a chance to win it in the next 

3 rounds and we continued, worried that 

we would mess up. In the calculator round 

there were some interesting questions. I had 

one which had the answer: 

A=123456789, B=123456789, 

C=123456789, and you guessed it, 

n=123456789. We were still only a few 

points away with 28pts left to play for. In 

the algebra round both teams managed 3 

questions with a question for the J6 tripping 

both schools up. 

We went into the final, vital race round 

nervous and scared, with the scores at Westminster 

49 City 43, already a major success, 

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whether we won or lost, since it was against 

Westminster. There were 16pts left to play 

for, so there was still hope of a win. Nimrod 

did well and quickly grabbed the first 2 

points. Next, it was my turn, but after thinking 

that 2 x 6 was 48, I rushed too quickly 

with an educated guess. It was wrong, but 

luckily Westminster failed to capitalise. 

The next two questions were not answered 

by either school, so with the scores at Westminster 

49 City 45, and 8 points to play for, 

both sides were very tense. Nimrod once 

again got his two points, and this time, determined 

to make up for my initial mistake, 

I got my question. This left the scores at 

Westminster 49 City 49! Everyone on our 

team and probably Westminster’s team 

were trembling with both hope and fear! 

It was left to the 6th formers to decide our 

fate. But it was all over too quickly as Westminster 

took the 4 points with a total thinking 

time of less than 10 seconds. The final 

score was Westminster 53 City 49. 

Though we lost, there were only positives 

to draw from this match against last year’s 

winners. We received our best point total in 

3 years, but Westminster was better and it 

must have been one of the highest scoring 

matches ever throughout the competition 

and no other team could be so happy with a 

loss. It was so exciting that Mr Blake left his 

inter-school chess competition against St. 

Pauls’ to watch us and support. Well done 

to Nimrod for getting all of his individual 

questions right, well done to Alex Rigby for 

staying calm until the end and for bringing 

in a large score, and to Jonathan Berger for 

bringing in an equally large score. 

“And Then They 

Came For Me” 

Parents might be interested in purchasing 

tickets for ‘And Then They Came For Me’ - 

see advertisement on page 8 of this week’s 

Citizen. 

The play was performed to CLS audiences 

in 2008 and 2009. The Third Form will be 

watching it on Tuesday 19 October in the 

Winterflood Theatre. The performance 

will be followed by a question and answer 

session with Eva Schloss, who survived 

Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Insight into this year’s charity leadership 

Andrew Vergottis J6WER Charity Correspondent 

While the school is awaiting eagerly the result 

of the charity vote (next Wednesday), 

The Citizen caught up with co-chairman 

Nathaniel Greenwold, to find out about his 

aspirations and expectations for this year’s 

Charity Appeal. 

Q - What inspired you to run for the chair 

of the Charity Committee and how well are 

you equipped for the post? 

A - My Mother runs a charity which she 

started from scratch. Her work made me 

feel that it would be very interesting and 

fulfilling to help raise money for the wonderful 

cause of our school’s charity. I feel I 

want to give back to society and the Charity 

Appeal gives me the opportunity to do so. 

I believe I am a good leader and more importantly, 

I am happy to listen and take into 

account other people’s ideas and opinions. 

Sam and I are approachable people, which 

is an essential quality for the Appeal. 

You may rest assured that I will be working 

very hard with the rest of the Committee so 

Bridget Kendall at City Politics Society 

Ezra Cohen J6MJW 

Politics & Economics Editor 

On Friday 8th October, Bridget 

Kendall, the BBC’s Diplomatic 

Correspondent, addressed the 

CLS Politics Society. 

The talk was unusual in that 

it primarily focused not on 

her current responsibilities, 

but instead addressed her past 

and the Communist Russia it 

is intertwined with – she first 

lived the Soviet Union in 1977 

and followed this visit with 

successive trips to various 

regions of the regime. 

The Politics audience 

were therefore gifted with 

a captivating first-hand 

description of another world, 

delivered with the potent 

combination of experience and 

journalistic excellence, as she 

illustrated an image unfamiliar 

that this year’s Charity Appeal is successful, 

as well as enjoyable. 

Q – Will you follow the modus operandi of 

the previous chairmen or will you introduce 

some new initiatives/innovations in the fundraising 

process? 

A - There have been various incredible fundraising 

efforts in the past, so one may think 

it difficult to be original. Certainly, there 

will be customary, money-spinning events, 

like the annual sponsored walk/swim, mufti 

days, CLX-factor, cake sales etc. However, 

I see this year’s enthusiastic committee is 

brimming with new and exciting ideas and 

has a lot of potential to fulfil our expectations 

and raise record sums. 

Q - What is your response to criticism that 

the charities have to be UK registered? 

A - It is true that this is one of the criteria 

for the chosen charities and rules are 

rules. One should not forget that there is a 

great number of charities in this country for 

worthy causes that merit our support. The 

benefits of many of these charities are felt 

in other countries too, in particular in the 

developing world; a good example is last 

year’s charity, Malaika Kids in aid of Tanzanian 

children. 

PS.: Next week The Citizen discusses this 

year’s chosen charity with Sam Joseph, Co- 

Chairman. 

to much of the audience. Of 

particular interest was the 

secrecy she described, which 

had permeated even her closest 

friendships, compelling her and 

her friends to withhold their true 

sentiments on the Communist 

state even from each other. 

The talk was, however, not 

confined to recollections – 

Ms. Kendall also exploited 

her expertise in asserting a 

cautiously optimistic view 

concerning Russia’s future, 

balancing praise for Vladimir 

Putin’s economic reforms with 

fear of a descent to dictatorship 

if Mr. Putin proposes his 

candidacy once more. 

Bridget Kendall MBE: 

Born 27 April 1956 

Education:Lady Margaret Hall, 

Oxford University (modern 

languages)


Billionaire Attacked by an Elephant 

Nima Amin 4A Reporter 

We hear many things in the news 

nowadays but none quite as 

shocking as this. A Californian 

billionaire has described how 

he was trampled on and nearly 

killed in a terrifying attack 

while on safari in Tanzania. 

Tom Siebel, aged 56, made a 

fortune of £1.06 billion from 

business software. He still 

doesn’t know what caused the 6 

ton animal to charge at 30 mph 

as he hiked across the Serengeti 

National Park at dawn. He left 

his wife and two daughters at 

the lodge when Siebel and a 

guide went tip toeing around 

the buffalo lake when they saw 

a group of elephants grazing. 

“I’m not sure what happened 

next” Tom Siebel told Fortune 

magazine. “ All of a sudden one 

Woman sues after 

Transformers 3 

accident 

Julian Green 4B Roving reporter 

The makers of Transformers 3 are being 

sued by the family of Gabriela Cedillo who 

was left with brain damage after an accident 

during the filming of the movie. 

During filming on the 1st of September, 

Mrs Cedillo (an extra), was 500 feet away 

from the stunt scene when she was hit in 

the head by a stray piece of metal. Gabriela 

Cedillo is currently being treated at the 

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. 

The accident left her permanently brain 

damaged, paralysed on her left side and 

with her left eye stitched shut. Her family 

has filed a lawsuit against Paramount 

Pictures accusing them of negligence. Total 

damages sought are in excess of $350,000. 

Paramount officials said they were sorry 

about the accident and sent their best 

wishes to the Cedillo family. Transformers: 

The Dark of the Moon is set for release on 

July 1, 2011. 

of the female elephants started 

running towards us”. 

The guard told Siebel to just 

stand there while it was running 

at him. When the elephant was 

10 seconds away, the guard 

tried to shoot the elephant but 

missed. The big elephant then, 

with her trunk, hit the guide 

to the floor and charged at the 

billionaire man. The 6 ton 

mammal’s tusk ripped the thigh 

of Siebel as well as other things. 

“ It stepped on my leg, kicked 

my leg, broke six ribs and 

ripped up my shoulder”. After 

a few seconds Siebel’s prayer 

was answered; the elephant lost 

interest and went away. The 

guide was relatively untouched 

and went to get help while the 

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News and comment 

billionaire laid in the dust for 

three and a half hours. “ My leg 

was literally still connected to 

me by skin and two tendons”. 

But the drama was not over yet. 

The medics had miscalculated 

how much plasma and 

morphine he would need during 

his emergency 20 hour flight to 

San Jose, California. When they 

had landed, he had lost twothirds 

of his blood. 

A year later Siebel, an 

advocate for the homeless 

and republican fundraiser, has 

had 16 operations with more 

scheduled. Associates say he is 

still often in pain and still wears 

protective gear around his leg 

but is determined to get better. 

Despite his love for nature, he 

has no plans to go back in the 

near future and who would 

blame him. 

PARENTS: WHY THEY DON’T 

UNDERSTAND YOU 

Jake Moss S6 Unusual Reporter 

These days it is often commented on 

how the middle-aged and the elderly are 

unable to understand some aspects of 

the modern world. Would it be better if 

our parents were “cool and hip”, or “feeling 

the cold with a dodgy hip?” Some people 

think it’s only natural that they don’t know 

the difference between Cheryl Cole and 

a bag of coal… the difference is that the 

coal is useful. 

The main area of geriatric confusion is 

definitely technology. The youth are 

always the first to grasp an understanding 

of the latest Apple product, but our 

parents seem to have difficulty. When 

you’re asked questions, such as “what is an 

‘apps’?”, you know that there is a terrible 

problem. 

Some old people think that an iPad is just 

an iPhone for people with bad eyesight 

or enormous fingers. This is not a world 

I want to live in, so I’ve devised a list of 

very basic definitions of some modern 

phenomena, for the benefit of the older 

generation: 

• “T4” – a TV programme on weekend 

mornings watched by about 8 or 9 

teenagers. Filled with chequered shirts, 

hair gel and references to Tinie Tempah. 

About as amusing or interesting as a 

tropical disease. 

• “T4 on the Beach” – an annual event 

full of chequered shirts and hair gel, this 

time on a beach. Tip: if you are middleaged 

and come across this party, do not 

mention biscuits, the financial crisis, nonchequered 

shirts or Cliff Richards. 

• “Facebook” – either a veritable 

smorgasbord of social delights, or if you 

have no friends, the height of loneliness. 

• “World of Warcraft” – the actual height of 

loneliness. 

• “Paris Hilton” – a lovely hotel with views 

of the Eiffel Tower.

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Politics: the 

funny side 

Max Twivy J6AJM Chief Political Correspondent 

Politics: boring? Uninteresting? Drab? 

Think again. In this article, with a series of 

quotes, I attempt to show that politics can 

be fascinating, exciting and witty. 

“Now is not the time for sound bites. I can 

feel the hand of history on my shoulder.” 

Tony Blair 

“To rely on a train in Blair’s Britain is to 

engage in a crapshoot with the devil.” 

Boris Johnson 

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“My chances of being PM are about as good 

as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or 

my being reincarnated as an olive.” 

Boris Johnson 

“It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds 

could go one way or another.” 

George Bush 

“I have come to the conclusion that politics 

are too serious a matter to be left to the 

politicians.” 

Charles De Gaulle 

Gladstone (to Disraeli), “I predict, sir, that 

you will die either by hanging or of some 

vile disease.” Disraeli replied, “That all 

depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your 

principles or your mistress.” 

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by Avram Liebenau 

What we can learn 

from sticky tape and 

Russians 

I will admit that one of my secret loves is 

Physics and while looking at some interesting 

Physics stories my eye was caught 

by the Nobel Prize winner for Physics. 

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, 

two Russians based in Manchester University 

shared the award for their joint work 

on discovering ‘groundbreaking’ properties 

of a newly developed element, Graphene. 

It’s not just the discovery and amazing 

properties of this element that made 

me think about this. It is the way they did 

it. 

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov 

used sticky tape and a pencil. They cut 

away the wood to keep the bare Graphite 

and ripped bits off using sticky tape, analyzed 

it under a microscope and ripped 

off the Graphene from the sticky tape and 

there it was; a new element. 

I think this is quite motivating and amazing 

that in a world with so much technology, 

we don’t need to delve that deep into 

our technological creations to find something 

new. The world we are in has a lot 

more to offer than we think. We can use 

Geim and Novoselov as examples; examples 

that you don’t need to go too far to 

find or learn something new. So the next 

time you see a piece of sticky tape remember 

what it can do and bear in mind, in a 

world of great technology and ingenuity 

we can still find out some of the most 

wondrous things by going back to basics. 

What is Avaz? 

Avaz is Turkish for “the voice”. If you 

would like to become a regular opinion columnist 

for The Citizen, please speak to one 

of the deputy editors - Louis Ross S6WER 

or Yehudah-Simcha Gaffin S6PCM - at the 

regular meeting on Fridays at the beginning 

of lunchtime in room 111.


Games review 

Mahmoud Ghanem 4B Review section team 

When Apple released their iPhone a few 

years back they could never have predicted 

that by entering the phone market 

they were also entering another market 

altogether-Gaming. 

Since then the iPhone has become the 

Gadget Show’s top portable gaming device 

as well as one of the world’s most 

prominent smartphones. So here is The 

Citizen’s top three iPhone games. 

Angry Birds 

Angry Birds is a casual slingshot game 

in which you fire chickens at small green 

monsters in wooden (or concrete) bunkers. 

Lack of plot aside, Angry Birds is incredibly 

addictive, as most students (and 

teachers) will testify. 

Doodle Jump 

Doodle Jump is a tilt based jumping game 

and nothing else, it sheer simplicity is its 

very charm. You steer a little cannon/thing 

upwards to gain points. 

Nova 

Nova is a 3D shooting game and the only 

game with a storyline on this list. In it you 

guide the hero through a Metroid style 

story line whilst shooting anything that 

gets in your way, sure it’s not COD but its 

a great touchscreen shoot em up all the 

same. 

Album of 

the week 

The Beatles - Abbey Road 

Daoud Al-Janabi J6PTB & Jack Wearing 5A 

Review section team 

Last Saturday it would have been the 70th 

birthday of John Lennon, arguably one of 

the most important men to ever influence a 

medium. So in his memory our Album of 

the Week is Abbey Road. 

Something that really strikes us is that 

the songs all feel like they are part of a 

whole which makes the album a pleasure 

to listen to. Yet at the same time the songs 

themselves are diverse and astounding in 

their own right, be it a psychedelic chant 

in ‘Because’, or a psychotic nursery rhyme 

Single of 

the week 

Kings of Leon - Radioactive 

Marcus Collier-Wright 5B Review section editor 

Ever since the release of Only by the Night 

and the venture into the unknown territory 

of chart-toppers, many old school, long 

time Kings of Leon fans have branded them 

as sell-outs. The reason? I don’t know, but 

they obviously preferred their older stuff 

to what’s coming out of the studio now. 

Unfortunately I’m not in a position to judge 

this as, well, I’ve hardly heard any of their 

old stuff (an album is on hold, but that’s not 

much use now). 

Early reaction to the material being heard 

from their upcoming album, Come around 

Quality music at 

First Form recital 

Citizen music correspondent 

Parents and friends were treated to some 

vituoso performances at Tuesday’s First 

Form recital. 

No fewer than twenty-two boys playing 

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in ‘Maxwell Silver Hammer’. However, 

the second side is the real highlight, an 11 

song medley which provides a breathtaking 

finale to the album, each track barely longer 

than a minute. These frequent changes in 

pace make it as exciting and varied as it is 

cohesive and wholesome. 

This album is definitely much more than its 

iconic cover art. 

Sundown, has been mixed: some hate it 

and others think that it’s sounding like 

their old stuff again. Listening to it from a 

“newcomer” point of view, it’s ok, catchy 

certainly, but the entire song sounds the 

same, almost like a drone, whilst the backing 

vocals leave much to be desired. There isn’t 

anything remarkably special that gives it a 

huge reason to be noticed. The proper fans 

won’t like it much, the “Sex on Fire” fans 

will love it. It’s Kings of Leon, so expect it 

to be in the top ten come next week. 

Rating: 4/10 

twelve different instruments took part. 

They ranged from relative novices to 

highly accomplished players. Highlights 

included: a strings trio, two performances 

on the guitar, some incredible piano and 

violin pieces and the longest single piece 

of music manuscript ever seen at City of 

London School. 

Well done to all the performers.

Page 10 


City boys 

outraged at 

biased exam 

questions 

by Noah Kidron-Style 5M 

It has often been said that the City of 

London School is a great school. One 

of the reasons for this is the ability of 

students and staff to see both side 

of an argument. We hold the belief 

that rational discussion rather that 

categorical statement is the only 

way to come to a viable opinion on a 

subject. For this reason boys studying 

history in the fifth form were surprised 

by leading questions in this year IGCSE 

course work on Mao’s China. 

The coursework is made up of three 

questions of which two seem to 

show a huge bias against the China 

under Mao. Question 2 for example 

asks ‘Explain why Mao’s policies had 

a negative impact on China’. The 

idea that we should be asked in an 

examination to discuss this type of 

question without any allowance for 

talking about the benefits of Mao’s 

policies seem ridiculous. 

Surely a better question would be ‘Did 

Mao’s policies have a negative impact 

on China’. Even this is a slightly leading 

question but at least it gives scope to 

talk about both sides. 

An exam is defined as a set of questions 

that test a candidate’s knowledge and 

skill. So one can assume that to gain 

marks you must show knowledge of 

facts, which are, either true or can be 

argued to be true. Therefore to omit 

any benefits of the Mao regime would 

be suggesting that there are were no 

benefits at all. 

This is untrue as Jacob Stein in 5M said, 

“The history questions completely 

gloss over the fact that this was a 

huge period in growth of the China’s 

economy.” Nor am I saying that I agree 

or disagree with the opinion of the 

question towards the Mao regime. 

Only that to not be allowed to show 

both sides is an oppression of our 

freedom of speech. Something that 

Mao himself was often criticised for. 


Global Hand Washing Day: 

what is lurking on that Metro? 

Cumar Vasudeva J6CSS 

Sub-Editor 

It is a well-known fact 

that there is a plethora of 

different causes, each with 

their own day. These range 

from the ridiculous, such 

as Talk Like A Pirate Day, 

which takes place on 19 

September, to the important 

such as Remembrance Day 

on 11 November. Today is 

Global Hand Washing Day. 

At first glance, this day 

would appear to fit in 

the first category, a day 

which should not be 

taken seriously. However 

on closer inspection, it 

becomes clear that this day 

is very important. In thirdworld 

countries in Africa 

and South Asia, diarrhoea is 

On this day 

in history 

Rafi Cohen 4A 

15th October 

1582 – In Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain 

October 4th is followed directly by October 

15th. The intermittent eleven days are 

missed as Pope Gregory XIII implements 

the Gregorian calendar which is named after 

him. 

1894 – The Dreyfus affair occurs. Jewish, 

French soldier Alfred Dreyfus is framed 

and arrested on unfair grounds of spying 

against France for Germany. Evidence 

later came to light that he had been framed 

by anti-Semites. The whole affair divided 

French society. 

1988 – German footballer Mesut Ozil is 

born. He has played for Schalke, Werder 

Bremen and is currently playing for Real 

Madrid. He has appeared 20 times for the 

German national side and he was instrumental 

in the World Cup win over England 

setting up their fourth goal as they won 4-1. 

the second biggest cause of 

death of children under five 

– only pneumonia is more 

deadly. Studies have shown 

that proper hand washing 

with soap is the most 

effective way of lowering 

diarrhoea death rates. (One 

study said that effective 

hand washing could lower 

diarrhoea morbidity rates by 

44%). As a result, the UN 

embarked on an education 

programme, trying to teach 

children in more and less 

developed countries to 

wash their hands properly. 

This work culminated in 

the International Year of 

Sanitation in 2008, and the 

work has continued with 

this day, which is marked 

around the world. 

And now, before you say 

that in Britain, a firstworld 

country, this day 

is meaningless, I’ll leave 

you with one startling fact: 

a study done by London 

School of Hygiene & 

Tropical Medicine showed 

that 13% of London 

commuters had faecal 

bacteria on their hands. 

Think about that the next 

time someone hands you a 

newspaper. 

City Shorts 

Hilton-Dennis in demand 

Reports have recently emerged stating 

that the Maths department have made a 

last minute transfer request for Mr Hilton 

Dennis after failing to sign Mr Phillipson. 

Whether or not he has accepted the offer 

remains a mystery. Watch this space. 

Turmoil at Citizen HQ 

Rumours have spread that Mrs Sage is 

trying to overthrow Mr. Fillingham as the 

Editor of The Citizen. She is apparently 

amassing an army, including the 

mysterious editor of the Invalid, to rise 

against the Assistant Headmaster. 

Tube lines for City? 

It may appear that Mr Griffin enjoyed 

his extra power in the absence of Mr 

Levin from assembly two weeks ago; 

in fact The Citizen hears that he may 

have attempted to launch a new school 

improvement initiative by commissioning 

an underground link to Grove Park. 

Unfortunately, the proposal has not 

received planning permission since it 

would appear that the link would obstruct 

the Waterloo and City line.


Maths puzzle 

Daniel Hu 5H Maths Puzzler 

Quadratic Residues 

You are given that (a) squared plus (b) squared equals (c) squared. 

Prove that one of a, b, and c is a multiple of 3 using the solution to last week’s puzzle. 

Notice that if you square any integer, you can only get an integer which either is a multiple 

of 3, or is 1 more than a multiple of 3 i.e. (3n) or (3n+1). You cannot get (3n+2). 

Solution to last week’s puzzle 

1) What are the next three square numbers after 1, 4, 9? 16, 25, 36 

2) What are their remainders when you divide by 3? 1, 1, 0 

3) Do you notice a pattern? Can you prove it? 

The sequence goes 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0 etc. 

(3n+1) squared is 3(3n^2+2n)+1 so it is 1 more than a multiple of 3 and has remainder 1 

when you divide by 3 

Therefore if you square any number 1 more than a multiple of 3, you get a number 1 

more than a multiple of 3 which has remainder 1 when you divide by 3. 

Try to do the same with (3n+2) and (3n). You should get remainder 1 and 0 respectively. 

Standing at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level, Mount Kusciuszko was last 

week’s mountain and is the tallest mountain on the Australian mainland, although 

there is a taller one on the island of Tasmania. It was named by a Polish explorer, 

after General Kusciuszko who featured in the American Civil war. Despite the height, 

it is a relatively easy mountain to climb, or there is a road to the summit for the less 

active. 

Which is this mountain? 

1. This mountain was successfully climbed the day before the coronation of Queen 

Elizabeth II. 

2. The Olympic torch passed over the summit of this mountain in 2008. 

3. It is the home of the black jumping spider, thought to be the highest altitude 

macroscopic animal on the planet. It survives by eating frozen insects that have been 

blown upslope. 

4. Its height has been downgraded several times over the years due to continual 

overestimation. 

PSM 

Classics 

Challenge 

Page 11 

Puzzle Page 

The answers to the Greek mythology Challenge 

are: (a) Hercules (b) Prometheus (c) 

Daedalus (d) Sisyphus (e) Jocasta. 

Congratulations to the Senior and Junior 

winners, Patrick Benjamin in 5H and Ariel 

Barton in OGM. £10 Bookshop tokens are 

on their way (real not mythical tokens). 

This week’s theme is another perennial favourite: 

the Trojan War. So reach for your 

Iliad and try to answer the following: 

(a) Who shoots but does not kill Paris with 

an arrow? 

(b) One of the rivers of Troy is Scamander. 

Name the other. 

(c) When Agamemnon gives back Chryseis, 

who does he take instead? 

(d) Who kills Patroclus? (Hint: the answer 

is not Apollo!) 

(e) What sort of tree do Achilles and Hector 

run past in their fateful encounter? 

Answers on paper to any member of the 

Classics Department by the end of next 

week (i.e. Friday 22 October). Correct 

answers will go into a hat, and the winner 

will be chosen by lot. Prize: a £10 Bookshop 

voucher. 

CITI-DOKU

Page 12 Friday October 15 2010 

Sport 

JCC ALERT: 

Another sporting 

international 

at City of London 

Dodgeball champion revealed 

Yehudah Simcha Gaffin S6PCM 

Deputy Editor 

After the recent success of Ben Waterman 

and several other sports stars here at CLS, 

I decided to do some digging and see if I 

could find any that had slipped under the 

radar of the JCC, and had therefore not 

received the prestigious tie. I discovered 

that Mark Marno, our School Nurse, is 

actually an international sports star for 

Northern Ireland…in the noble sport of 

Dodgeball. 

He first fell in love with the game after 

watching the film by the same name (he 

told me that I must see it, after expressing 

surprise that I hadn’t). In February this year, 

his best friend approached him and asked 

if he would consider entering the Irish 

Open, which he did. At the tournament, 

the organisers mentioned that a team 

was needed for the first ever European 

Dodgeball Championships, held on 

18th/19th September of this year. He played 

against teams from the Home Nations, and 

several other countries. The NI Knights, as 

they were dubbed, finished a respectable 

seventh, and have now been invited to 

tournaments in Sweden and Italy. 

We at Citizen HQ wish the Nurse every 

success in future tournaments, although 

his team’s defacing of a St George Cross to 

form the NI flag was disgraceful! 

by Sport Rahul That Malkani Never Sleeps 2D Sports Correspondent 

Mr J T Silvester 

In appalling driving rain and 

headwinds Jack Rains, Gabriel 

Cramer, Quincy Arthur and 

Archie Jones ably assisted by Mr 

S M Jones and Mr Silvester rode 

a gruelling 100km cycle race. 

The pack split early with Mr Jones, 

Archie and Gabriel shooting up 

the road. Mr Silvester, Jack and 

Premiership 

predictions 

Devang Shah 3C 

Arsenal v Birmingham 

Arsenal will have to get over their defeat 

at Chelsea, and take on Birmingham at the 

Emirates. Arsenal should win this one comfortably. 

Prediction: Arsenal 2-0 B’ham 

Aston Villa v Chelsea 

Villa will challenge league leaders Chelsea, 

who seem in very good form at the moment. 

Chelsea should win it. 

Prediction: Villa 0-2 Chelsea 

Man United v West Brom 

I think Man Utd will win this one despite 

having not won since mid-September. However, 

West Brom are only 2 points behind. 

City cyclists in triumphant start to season 

Quincy took slightly longer to 

warm up their legs and find a 

rhythm. At the feed station after 

25 miles, Archie rejoined the 

slower group having struggled 

with cramp. Shortly after, Jack 

found his form and left the group 

for dead on a steep hill. This was 

to be the start of a brilliant piece 

of technical cycling. Catching 

and passing a now wet and tired 

Mr Jones with 10 miles to go, 

Jack set his sights on Gabriel 

‘King of the Mountains’ Cramer. 

Catching Gabriel on the final 

tortuous ascent of Huggin Hill, 

Jack surged past and onwards to 

victory. 

With a time of 3hrs 48 mins 

and 11 seconds Jack won the 

Junior category for the day 

Prediction: United 3-0 W. Brom 

Fulham v Tottenham 

Spurs will try to maintain their decent start 

whilst Fulham haven’t won their last 4 

games. It should be a close game but I think 

Tottenham will win it. 

Prediction: Fulham 0-2 Spurs 

Blackpool v Man City 

The Seasiders who beat Liverpool will entertain 

Man City who find themselves 2nd 

in the league. 

Prediction: B’pool 0-3 Man City 

Everton v Liverpool 

The big Merseyside derby featuring its two 

great clubs both on 6 points near the bottom 

of the league. Although Liverpool haven’t 

won since August, it should be an extremely 

close match! 

Prediction: Everton 1-1 L’pool 

outright, nudging Gabriel into 

second place by the narrowest of 

margins and a City one-two on 

the podium gave the cycling club 

it’s first ever victories. 

Well done to all those involved; 

a special mention goes to Quincy 

Arthur who was riding for the 

first time. His determination was 

most impressive.


Citizen Sports Correspondent 

Recently many have added Manchester City 

to the list of title contenders with the likes 

of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United 

due to their excessive spending over recent 

transfer windows. World class players have 

been brought in to strengthen the side and 

David Silva, Patrick Viera, Emmanuel 

Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Gareth Barry and 

James Milner alone have cost somewhere 

in the region of £116 million. 

It is hardly surprising then that Manchester 

City has made a loss of well over £100 

million over the financial year. All of 

these players are good but their ability to 

work together as a team rather than just as 

talented individuals should be questioned. 

In the Manchester United stadium there is a 

banner at the Stretford End that now simply 

reads ‘34 years’ indicating the number of 

years since Manchester City has won a 

trophy of any kind. 

Main Meal 

Main Meal 2 

Vegetarian Meal 

Vegetables of the 

day 

Salads 

Hot Dessert 

Fresh Fruit & 

Yoghurt Pots 

Blue Moon rising? 

Page 13 

Sport 

Perhaps one reason why Manchester City 

has failed to win any silverware for such 

an extended period is the fact that in that 

time they have changed their manager a 

total of 23 times, compared with Arsenal’s 

6, Liverpool’s 8 and Manchester United’s4. 

Will Mancini be given enough time to 

break Manchester City’s trophy draught 

and ensure the rise of the Blue Moon? 

WEEK 1 

City of London School 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 

Lemony chicken with 

fresh coriander 

served with rice, 

poppadoms and 

mango chutney 

New Zealand Hoki 

fillet of fish served 

with parsley sauce 

Roasted peppers with 

couscous filling 

Fondant potatoes 

Italian pepperonata 

Steamed broccoli 

Toad in the hole with 

onion gravy served 

with baked beans 

Lamb meat loaf with 

pizzaiola sauce 

Sweet potato and 

goats cheese 

lasagne 

Mashed potato 

Roasted carrots 

Yellow Beans 

Turkey casserole 

Butchers beef burger 

with a wholemeal bun 

served with relishes 

and mini cobettes 

Roast beef with grain 

mustard crust, served 

with Yorkshire 

pudding and 

horseradish 

Hearty fisherman’s 

pie with a cheesy 

potato topping 

Fish of the day with 

tartar sauce, pickled 

onions and gherkins 

Autumn Green risotto Broccoli flan Pizza margarita 

Runner beans 

Tomato gratin 

Potato wedges 

Roast potato 

Garden peas 

Creamed swede 

Chunky fries 

Baked beans 

Mint mushy peas 

Selection of freshly prepared salads including mixed leaves, fresh cut cucumber and tomatoes and a protein dish 

South African melk 

tart 

Millefeuille with 

Chantilly cream 

Apple strudel with 

custard 

Citizen Quote 

Theo Serlin 3B 

“The best argument against 

democracy is a five minute 

conversation with the average 

voter” 

Winston Churchill 

Pear and raisin 

crumble with custard 

Spotted dick with 

custard 

A selection of fresh cut fruit, homemade yoghurt pots and cold dessert pots, or fresh seasonal fruit served in peak 

condition, ripened and ready to eat

Page 14 Friday October 15 2010 

Sport 

Australia’s 

amazing 

success 

Aussies take Commonwealth gold 

Alex Crichton-Miller 3H Sports correspondent 

In this year’s Commonwealth Games there 

have been many surprising results – for 

example, a Welshman actually winning 

a gold medal, but none more so than 

Australia’s extraordinary performance in 

the games and their capacity to win gold 

medals. Their staggering results read as 

follows: 64 gold medals, 40 silvers and 39 

bronze medals. This is an amazing ratio of 

gold medals to silver medals. Normally in 

such games the medals will read with the 

least golds, more silvers and even more 

bronzes, but not in this case. 

The reasons behind Australia’s triumphant 

gold-medal winning streak lie mainly in 

swimming and cycling in which they wiped 

the floor by taking twelve cycling gold 

medals. However, the main reason for this 

virtually clean sweep is that Chris Hoy, 

Britain’s Olympic Gold-winning cyclist was 

not at the games! In the swimming, no-one 

in the Commonwealth could compete with 

Independent 

Schools Cup 

victory appears 

imminent ... 

(continued from back page) 

football from both sides. Chances were had 

at either end but defences were holding 

strong. The turning point came towards the 

end of the first half as Matt Howitt picked 

up the ball wide right, looked up and 

spotted the opposing keeper off his line. 

With the outside of his right foot he struck 

an exquisite goal into the top corner while 

their keeper was stranded. 

Whether this lifted City or demoralised 

Bolton, the second half was a completely 

different affair. The team demonstrated 

some of the most impressive football ever 

the Aussies as they won another multitude 

of medals. However, although they are the 

best in the Commonwealth, Australia will 

not necessarily win many Golds in 2012 

when the likes of the Americans enter the 

pool. 

However weak the competition at the 

with Alex Conning and Freddie Evans 

running the show in the centre of midfield. 

The second and third goals were similar 

results of good possession and a neat 

through ball scored by strike partners Theo 

Sunley and then Tom Read. 

The team continued to attack and created 

countless opportunities which is pleasing 

as the game was already wrapped up. The 

journey home could not have felt any better 

knowing that the team has set a completely 

new standard for 1st XI football. 

The team will meet Charterhouse in the 

last 16 after half term and with a similar 

performance, City really should fancy their 

chances of continuing their now 12 game 

unbeaten run. 

Join The Citizen team today! 

Email Mr Fillingham at 

cbf@clsb.org.uk 

Commonwealth Games, the Australians 

have done exceedingly well. 

The question that now remains is will 

England win as many Golds as the 

Australians throughout the rest of the 

games? 

Ben Arfa’s 

broken leg part 2 

Oliver W Camp S6RE Sports Editor 

On behalf of all at Citizen HQ I would like 

to apologise for the story we brought you 

last week regarding Ben Arfa’s broken leg. 

Whilst we sympathise with Mr Arfa and 

we fully understand the difficulty which 

such an injury can cause a professional 

sportsman we do not feel that it is really 

the kind of news which needs to be printed 

in such an esteemed publication as The 

Citizen. 

Please rest assured that, whilst no physical 

harm has come to the journalists involved 

in the writing of last week’s short article, 

we shall endeavour never again to bring 

you such inane non-news.


Weird Sport: 

Hurling 

Thavin Juvanendran 5H 

Sports writer 

If there were ever a sport which 

needed helmets, Hurling is it. It is 

one of the most violent sports in 

the history of the world. Hurling 

is a combination of football, field 

hockey, rugby and a drunken fight. 

A game consists of two teams made 

up of 15 unquestionably brave men. 

The players use axe-like wooden 

sticks called ‘hurleys’ to smack 

a small ball as hard as possible at 

head height into the goals. 

A well hit ball can reach up to 

100mph, which, considering that 

no protective padding is ever worn, 

is pretty daunting. Obviously 

CLS 

K A R A T E 

CLUB 

Join the CLS Karate Club 

Lesson Times: 

Wed 4pm at the Squash 

Courts 

Thurs 4pm in the Junior 

School Hall 

More information: 

Contact Sensei Sanna at 

karate@sasori.co.uk 

this sport is only played in a 

country full of the bravest men, 

not afraid of having their heads 

knocked off by a small plastic 

ball, in other words, Ireland. 

For women, there is a similar 

game called ‘camogie.’ 

The origins of Hurling can be 

found back in Gaelic times 

and are based on an energetic 

outdoor activity. When the 

Irish began to migrate overseas, 

they tried to spread Hurling 

but everyone else was too 

frightened to take part. 

In 1931, Time magazine 

suggested the sport of golf was 

“a form of hurling modified by 

a more cautious race”. 

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Further information contact Friends@clsb.org.uk or 

Deborah Dorrance-King 0797443 1348 or Lorette 

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Sport

THE CITIZEN 

Sport 

Alex Conning First Team Midfield Maestro 

Thavin Juvanendran 5H Sports reporter 

The Citizen: Hello Alex, the first team have 

had an amazing start to the year, how is this 

year’s team compared to the previous one? 

Alex Conning: I believe we are much 

stronger this year with the impact of the 

new 5th formers. 

The Citizen: Last year, CLS won the 

Bromley Cup; are we going for more 

silverware this year? 

Alex Conning: We are going for the 

quintuple! 

The Citizen: You have been playing well 

for the team but who else is on form? 

Alex Conning: It is hard to name one person 

as the whole squad has been playing well. 

The Citizen: Do you have any hobbies apart 

from football? 

Alex Conning: I enjoy reading. 

The Citizen: What has been your most 

embarrassing moment in CLS, on or off the 

pitch? 

Alex Conning: This year, I received the first 

detention of the whole school for talking in 

lesson! 

The Citizen: Tell us a joke! 

Alex Conning: Women’s rights 

Why not try viewing The Citizen online at 

the schoool website: ww.clsb.org.uk/publications 

Alternatively if you would like The Citizen 

sent to you electronically, e-mail Mrs Sage 

at karen.sage@clsb.org.uk 

Unbeaten twelve 

game run for 

City First XI 

Mr J P Santry Team coach 

Last week the 1st XI travelled to Bolton 

School for the next round of the National 

Independent Schools FA Cup. Tube 

disruptions meant that City left without 

keeper Yates and emergency plans were put 

into place to get him to the game in time. 

In the knowledge that Bolton had players 

from local academies including Manchester 

United, the team knew the challenge that 

lay ahead. 

The first half started with some excellent 

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