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IN THIS ISSUE<br />
Headteacher’s message<br />
Author visit<br />
Recipe of the week<br />
New school day times<br />
Rounders success<br />
Contact details<br />
Dear Parents and Carers,<br />
I hope all our Year 11 students should be revising every night now as our<br />
exam season has begun. Revision sessions are available after school, during<br />
half term and there are guides on our website under the Exams section:<br />
http://www.childwallssa.org/Students/Exams<br />
Some of our Year 8 students are off to Clwyds on Duke of Edinburgh Silver<br />
award practise this weekend, so good luck to them all and I’ll look forward to<br />
sharing the photographs with you on their return.<br />
Mr Kerfoot - Headteacher<br />
VISIT OF AUTHOR ALAN GIBBONS INSPIRES STUDENTS TO WRITE<br />
Local award-winning author Alan Gibbons carried out workshops in our school on Tuesday the 15 th May<br />
with groups of Year 7, 8 and 9 students. He is the author of books including: The Trap, An Act of Love,<br />
Shadow of Minataur and Total Football. The students were enthralled listening to him as he encouraged<br />
them to write. His use of language was infectious and his passion for story writing really inspired the<br />
students as they listened to how anyone could become a successful author as he did. Following the<br />
talks, he went on to work with each group on a piece of creative writing based on the theme of ghost<br />
stories (the students’ interpretations of ‘The House on the Hill’ are on the next page.)<br />
Head of Year 7, Mr Backhouse said: “The students were completely engaged and each gained a lot from<br />
the session and some of the stories they have written are superb. I hope they left inspired to read more<br />
and to put pen to paper and get creative.”<br />
The Year 7 students left with their own copy of Alan’s book “Street Corner Dad” to enjoy reading at<br />
home. We look forward to their book reviews of this heart-warming tale that's set in Liverpool.
Students’ interpretations of ‘The House on the Hill’<br />
The House on the Hill by Neil Austin<br />
Foggy, orange clouds growled overhead. Thunder rumbled, like silvery fingers lightning flashed in the sky.<br />
Giant, big raindrops smashed on the ground. Sonic belted through the woods, looking for shelter. Presently,<br />
an enormous shadowy silhouette formed in the rain. Before long, a strange, vast hulk appeared in the<br />
storm. That’s when a column of moonlight illuminated the house. I followed Sonic through the open door.<br />
We hadn’t gone far when we heard creaking noises throughout the house.<br />
The House on the Hill by George McCarthy<br />
The dense gunmetal-grey clouds swiftly swept overhead. The thunder destroyed the silence as the time<br />
passed. Like sound the lightning beamed down from the sky. The enlarged, swollen, raindrops rebounded<br />
off the ground. Reece being the dope he is, sprinted through the wild woods gazing for cover. Soon a bloblike<br />
figure appeared out of the dusty rain. That’s when the shape of the house bloomed under the<br />
moonlight. I followed Peter into the never ending cellar only to gape on a creaky, crooked door. We hadn’t<br />
gone far when the tell-tail sound of uneven floorboards snapping floated toward us. Suddenly a glacial cold<br />
climbed up my back and up my head and embraced me. A ghostly spectral face welled up and emerged<br />
before us in the darkness.<br />
The House on the Hill by Caitlyn Riddell<br />
Thick indigo clouds swarmed overhead. Thunder growled like an irate hound. Like flashing strikes, lightning<br />
scintillated in the sky. Gigantic, thumper raindrops sploshed on the ground. Mo Salah sprinted through the<br />
woods searching for shelter. Soon a strange, vast shadowy hulk appeared in the storm. That’s when a beam<br />
of moonlight illuminated the ground. I followed Mo Salah inside through the open door. That’s when, as if<br />
opened by an unseen hand, the door opened only for me to stumble upon a crumbling doorstep. We hadn’t<br />
gone far when the sound of a child weeping seeped through the walls. Then the tell-tale sound of uneven<br />
floorboards snapping floated towards us. The temperature around us dropped like a stone. At that moment,<br />
the air chilled our skin. A face, a translucent face, surfaced before us in the blackness.<br />
The House on the Hill by Logan Shaw<br />
Dark, inky clouds floated overhead. Thunder boomed like a wounded beast. Like bright razors lightning<br />
scintillated in the sky. Swollen, gigantic raindrops crashed on the ground. Mack slushed through the<br />
overflowing woods, peering for shelter. Sooner than he thought, smack, he ran into a quartz pillar. As he<br />
looked up he saw the three storey house. Before long it gloomed like it has not been touched in centuries.<br />
Mack slowly turned the rusty old door knob, he tripped over the chipped pieces of wood. I followed him<br />
into the house. As we were walking down to the icy cold basement there was rising damp crawling through<br />
the soft plaster. A ghostly face popped out from underneath the stairs and whispered “Help me”.
Recipe of the week:<br />
Chewy chocolate chip cookies<br />
Ingredients:<br />
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125g plain flour<br />
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda<br />
¼ teaspoon salt<br />
90g margarine, melted<br />
100g light brown soft sugar<br />
50g caster sugar<br />
1 egg<br />
75g of chocolate chips<br />
Serves: 12 cookies<br />
Method:<br />
Prep: 10 min Cook: 15 min<br />
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas mark 5. Grease 2 large baking trays<br />
2. Weigh 125g plain flour onto a plate. Add ¼ teaspoon of bicarbonate soda and ¼<br />
teaspoon of salt; set aside<br />
3. Weigh 90g margarine into measuring jug and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds<br />
4. In a mixing bowl weigh 100g of light brown sugar and 50g of caster sugar. Pour into<br />
your mixing bowl the melted margarine and beat with a wooden spoon until well<br />
blended<br />
5. Beat in the egg until mixture is light and creamy<br />
6. Mix in the 125g plain flour and beat with a wooden. Stir in the chocolate chips using a<br />
wooden spoon. Using a tablespoon drop a portion of cookie dough onto the prepared<br />
baking trays, for each cookie use 1 tablespoon of cookie dough. Do not flatten the<br />
dough. Cookies should be about 6cm apart on the tray<br />
7. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted.<br />
Cool on baking trays for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling wire to cool<br />
completely<br />
8. Enjoy. Share them with friends and family. Or not.
New School Day timings: a reminder<br />
Following our consultation with students,<br />
parents and staff, the decision to amend the<br />
times of the school day has been made.<br />
From September 2018, the school day will<br />
finish at 3:05pm, instead of 2:55pm.<br />
The new timings of lessons and breaks are<br />
detailed here ><br />
New School Day Timings<br />
Arrival on site: 08:30<br />
Form time: 08:40 – 09:00<br />
Period 1: 09:00 – 10:00<br />
Period 2: 10:00 – 11:00<br />
Break: 11:00 – 11:20<br />
Period 3: 11:20 – 12:20<br />
Lunch: 12:20 – 13:05<br />
Period 4: 13:05 – 14:05<br />
Period 5: 14:05 – 15:05<br />
CHILDWALL GIRLS WIN LSSP ROUNDERS TOURNAMENT<br />
Childwall Girls gave an outstanding performance last night at the LSSP city rounders tournament. They<br />
were amazing; the best fielding I’ve seen from a Childwall team in a while.<br />
To get to this point, they drew with Broughton Hall 3 ½ rounders each, but we won on the number of<br />
outs caught. They then went on to beat ASFA, they caught/fielded every player out with 7 balls still to<br />
go. They then went on to play Broadgreen in the final and won 6 ½ rounds to 1 ½.<br />
The winning team members celebrate: Maram, Caitlin, Lydia, Sharday, Molly (Captain), Huma, Quinn, Abby, Eve, Jess and Darlene
Tel: 0151 722 1561<br />
Email: contactus@childwallssa.org<br />
Website: www.childwallssa.org<br />
Address:<br />
Twitter<br />
Fiveways, Queens Drive,<br />
Wavertree, Liverpool L15 6XZ<br />
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If you need to contact a specific teacher or member of staff,<br />
please find our email addresses on our website:<br />
http://www.childwallssa.org/Staff-E-mails-by-Faculty/<br />
Childwall Learning Gateway (CLG)<br />
The CLG can be accessed through the school website<br />
www.childwallsss.org followed by the CLG link (top left of<br />
the screen). You will be prompted for your username and<br />
password. CLG allows you to view key information<br />
regarding your child’s attendance and attainment.<br />
If you have any <strong>issue</strong>s with logging in to CLG or with your<br />
username and password, email your query to<br />
CLG@childwallssa.org<br />
Parent View<br />
Give your opinions on our school on OFSTED’s Parent<br />
View page: www.parentview.ofsted.gov.uk<br />
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY<br />
Summer Term 2018<br />
June 14 (6 – 8pm)<br />
Year 12 ‘Which Way Now?’<br />
July 12 (4:30 – 7:30pm)<br />
School Open Evening<br />
July 20<br />
Last Day of Term<br />
USEFUL LINKS<br />
Term Dates: Term Dates 2017-2018<br />
Uniform:<br />
Policies:<br />
Sixth Form:<br />
CSSA Uniform<br />
CSSA Policies<br />
CSSA Sixth Form<br />
CSSA Parents: CSSA Parents<br />
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