Library Newsletter - Amy Kelly Vol 3-1

Sing It On!<br />

Sing It On is an American TV show produced<br />

by John Legend, which is available on<br />

Netflix, 5USA or My5.com. Sing It On follows<br />

five of America’s best A Cappella<br />

groups through their ICCA championship<br />

journeys. The five groups are:<br />

The Nor’easters from North Eastern University<br />

No Comment (NoCo) from the University of<br />

Illinois<br />

All Night Yahtzee from Florida State University<br />

AcaBelles from Florida State University<br />

Pitch, Please from North Eastern University<br />

Sing It On is what I’d call ‘real life pitch<br />

perfect’ but better. I’d highly recommend<br />

the show to anyone who likes Pitch Perfect<br />

or music (especially A Cappella).<br />

<strong>Amy</strong> <strong>Kelly</strong>, Student Librarian, Year 11<br />

Is technology really as bad as<br />

they say?<br />

You hear many people, particularly the older generations,<br />

talk about how technology is going to take<br />

over our society and turn us into ROBOTS! Well<br />

that’s not always the case.<br />

Technology in the past few decades has developed<br />

into a wonderful thing that can help many people<br />

keep fit. The new FitBits have been strapped to the<br />

wrists of many students in this school; monitoring<br />

their steps, heart rate and even sleeping patterns. I<br />

personally think the new smart wrist bands and<br />

watches will help students focus better in school as<br />

they will have better sleeping pattern and will be<br />

more prepared for the day ahead. Take 5 minutes to<br />

go and look at buying one. Not all technology is<br />

bad.<br />

Zoe Saunders, Student Librarian, Year 10<br />

*Note from the School Librarian—not ALL older<br />

people think this, Zoe! However it is important to<br />

use technology in a responsible manner.<br />

GCSE Results at Our School<br />

We’ve done it again! For the past few years at The Cotswold School, we have seen an increase in<br />

GCSE results at A* - C grade and this year we saw a 7% increase from last year. 82% of candidates<br />

from our school received 5 or more A* - C grade results, including Maths and English AND over half<br />

of our candidates received the English Baccalaureate. This bodes particularly well for year groups to<br />

come. While the national media reported that GCSE results across the country had dropped by 2.1%<br />

this year, citing the new, tougher examination regime, The Cotswold School has excelled, clearly showing<br />

its preparedness when facing the challenges of changes to the National Curriculum. It is clear that<br />

students at our school are hard working and, for the most part, committed to their education and doing<br />

well. Aided by the excellent teaching staff and supported by their families, I can truly say that I am<br />

confident that our school will continue to succeed in GCSEs and A-Levels, despite the further challenges<br />

we will face in the next couple of years. - <strong>Amy</strong> <strong>Kelly</strong>, Student Librarian, Year 11<br />

Results information sourced from The Cotswold School’s website, 2016

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Richard Hadfield Leaves BGT Stars Collabro<br />

Since their victory on<br />

Britain’s Got Talent in<br />

2014, Collabro have<br />

had phenomenal success,<br />

signing with Simon<br />

Cowell’s record<br />

label SYCO and having<br />

two top ten albums.<br />

However, no one saw<br />

this coming. Richard<br />

Hadfield decided to<br />

leave the group in May<br />

2016. But why?<br />

Hadfield has admitted,<br />

in interviews since the<br />

split between himself<br />

and the now four piece<br />

group, that he has not<br />

been completely happy<br />

in the group.<br />

However there was a<br />

good reason for Tom,<br />

Jamie, Matt and Michael<br />

to be unhappy in<br />

their situation.<br />

Richard was releasing<br />

solo covers on YouTube<br />

as part of his solo project,<br />

Swingfield, which<br />

the group felt was compromising<br />

them. It’s understandable<br />

that the<br />

four others felt unhappy<br />

with this.<br />

Hadfield told the group<br />

after coming off stage<br />

at the Britain’s Got Talent<br />

final this year (they<br />

were part of the tenth<br />

anniversary celebrations),<br />

that he had decided<br />

to leave the<br />

group. In the following<br />

days, the group sat<br />

down together to discuss<br />

a statement. Richard<br />

is continuing to develop<br />

his musical career<br />

as a solo artist and Collabro<br />

are performing<br />

as a four piece.<br />

I’m glad that Collabro<br />

are happier and are<br />

working on album<br />

three. To be honest, as<br />

Collabro knew each<br />

other for just a month<br />

before auditioning for<br />

Britain’s Got Talent ,<br />

two years together and<br />

four of the five members<br />

getting on well is a<br />

great achievement!<br />

<strong>Amy</strong> <strong>Kelly</strong>, Student<br />

Librarian,<br />

Year 11<br />

Anime/graphic novels<br />

Well summer happened, and I wasn’t<br />

very active, instead choosing to rewatch<br />

one of my favourite animés,<br />

Yuki Yuna is a hero. Set in a postapocalyptic<br />

society (which they could<br />

have made a bit clearer), it tells the<br />

story of four girls who discover that<br />

they are destined to save the world.<br />

Unsurprisingly, the main character is<br />

called Yuki Yuna. I’d recommend it<br />

to anyone who likes things like Sailor<br />

Moon, or Tokyo Ghoul, as it has<br />

great fight scenes, but also focuses on<br />

the relationships between the characters.<br />

As for graphic novels, I’d heavily<br />

recommend reading DC’s hit series<br />

Bombshells. An alternate universe<br />

version of all the best female superheroes<br />

fighting against Nazi zombies<br />

in World War 2 – what’s not to love?<br />

Also, since it’s independent of the<br />

current DC timeline, they can get<br />

away with whatever they want, and<br />

not get bogged down in continuity<br />

errors. Well that was a fun 148<br />

words! Have fun surviving the new<br />

school year, and I’ll be back next issue.<br />

Rosie Bowers, Student Librarian,<br />

Year 11<br />

Left the group: (right)<br />

Richard Hadfield<br />

Collabro: (pictured<br />

left) L-R: Jamie<br />

Lambert, Tom Redgrave,<br />

Matt Pagan,<br />

Michael Auger

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<strong>Amy</strong>’s YouTuber Recommendations<br />

Mac Harmon – Mac is a dancer and influencer from Canada. His channel includes<br />

footage of his dancing, short films and various other videos.<br />

RobertIDK – Robert is an American YouTuber who posts musical, gaming, comedy and<br />

various other videos. He’s a real fanboy with lots of talent and I highly recommend him.

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Competition time!<br />

We are running a creative writing competition and you could win!<br />

To enter, you should write a minimum of half a page and no more than<br />

two sides of A4 based of the prompts we provide. You need to include<br />

your name and tutor group on your entry so that we can contact you if<br />

you win as well as which prompt inspired you. Your entry will be judged<br />

by a panel including guest judges, and we will award first, second and<br />

third place prizes.<br />

Your prompts are:<br />

This picture<br />

Or<br />

A piece entitled ‘My Wildest Dreams’.<br />

Good Luck!!