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The SSL Times STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Building works tour
Masterchef Competition
Find out what our reporters discovered when they toured the building site  p. 04
Find out which house cooked up a masterpiece in the House Masterchef competition. p.06
And much more! Further articles on our House day in April, our competition with Thomas's Battersea School and see what Derek the Dinosaur has been up to!
Around the World in 80 days Our first SSL School Production was a resounding success in both the dress rehearsal performed to year 6 on 19th June and in the evening performance on 21st June. Read the student report on the whole process on page 2.
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Around the World in 80 Days Ben (Chorus)
by Eloïse and Theo This year’s Year 7 school production was “Around the World in 80 Days”. It is about a gentleman named Phileas Fogg who placed a bet with his friends that he could go around the world in 80 days. Before he departs, he finds a French servant who wants
“It was very well pieced together, it looked as though the parents enjoyed it. It was fun to be able to see it from the perspective of the audience and the actors.” Paige (Detective Fix)
“I found it very fun being in the play, even though having to stay at school to rehearse. It also took a lot of work at home to learn lines. I think it was
to join him on his travels.
harder performing for Year 6 than parents
On the trip he encounters many
end I felt sad that it was already over.”
obstacles that threaten to make him lose 20,000 pounds. Another thing that slowed him down was Detective Fix who was sure that Fogg had stolen 55,000 pounds from the Bank of England. He also makes new friends and finds his future wife during the journey. The main characters are of course Mr. Fogg and his servant Passepartout, Fogg’s ‘soon to be’ wife, Aouda and Detective Fix from Scotland Yard. We interviewed the actors about how the play went and about the characters.
because there were more people I knew. At the
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The Work
Every student contributed to the play. It started at the auditions before Easter. Each person who wanted a speaking part had to audition and perform a paragraph (that was practised in Drama Club and at home) in front of the teachers who oversaw the play. The teachers then decided on who was best for what role. Even the people who didn’t want a speaking part took part, they sang and volunteered to make props. A lot of effort was put into this production by not only the students but also teachers who offered their own time during and after school to rehearse each scene more than once to get everything as good as it could be.
An Insider’s Perspective
In Drama lessons we practised multiple techniques that were also used in the play like voice projection and singing warm-ups to name a few. In Drama Club we practised lines and positions on stage. We also read through the whole script multiple times to form an overview of what happens. On The Night
On the evening of the production, everyone arrived half an hour before the play, to perfect every aspect of every scene. Eventually, the play got started, and it went seamlessly. Everyone got a huge round of applause after it finished. It was so popular even some SSV students came.
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Exclusive SSL Times tour of the building works
While Mrs. Kemmett and Mrs Porritt debated over who gets what classroom, they then saw
by Paige, Emma and Archie
the science, DT, Food tech, Art and Drama rooms throughout the rest of the building. After
On the rain-splattered Thursday afternoon
that, they trekked round to the sides of the
of the 13th June, three lucky students were
buildings which were not yet complete. As well
granted access to the building site of the
as the (soon to be) locker areas for next year's
rapidly growing SSL!
year 7 and 8.
The pupils donned hard hats and yellow
A fun fact about the new building is that the
vests, each bearing the BSN sign and
height of each room in the original building is
slogan. One of the hard-working architects
2.85m, but the height of the rooms in the new
tread the unfamiliar route down the
building which will be ready in January 2020 is
frontal-facing reception, still under heavy
3m tall because of new laws made after the
construction.
original SSL building was built. We are all very excited for the new building and the new
After turning left at the reception, our
memories that we will make in the years to
intrepid reporters Emma and Paige (and
come.
camera-clad photography man, Dani) turned left again and entered the teachers workspace, which was probably the only time they would ever enter. They entered two classrooms which were having some of the final touches put on such as the wall surfaces and ceiling tiles.
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House Masterchef competition by Eloïse and Yuri On the 23rd of May, our SSL Food
Delft made a refreshing blue tea with Lasagne (made
Technology Teacher, Mrs.
by Solène and Sofia) with bruschetta (made by
Moore, prepared a Masterchef
Matthew) and American pancakes topped off with
Competition.
blueberries (made by Grace), with a Limoncello tart (made by Sofia).
The 4 houses (Gouda, Delft, Leiden and Amsterdam) had teams of 4
Gouda created bruschetta, and a non-alcoholic Hugo
chosen ones, creating delicious 3
mocktail as starters (made by Marcel), saffron
course meals to win the hearts of
risotto made by Yuri and Raphael as a main meal and
the judges. “The way to a person’s
polenta with lemon cake as dessert which was made
heart is through their stomach” as
by Eloïse.
they all say. We had 1 hour 45 minutes to prepare our delicious dishes and the judges took 30 minutes to judge all our amazing meals. Amsterdam created pesto gnocchi (made by Felix) with a starter of tomato soup and bread (made by Cherise), and finishing off with a red velvet cake (made by Ignacy and Quentin) .
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Leiden made cheesy garlic bread to start with (which was created by Adrian), then blue cheese and spinach pasta for the main dish was made by Archie and Alec. Ending with tiramisu created by Fidelis for dessert. The judges for this year’s Masterchef competition were Mr. Brooks (who is a teacher at ISH) and Mrs. Ulrich (who is a teacher at JSL). They enjoyed the meals quite a lot, and the student chefs were able to taste their own cooking as well as their friends. In the end after an agonising wait during the judging process, Gouda won, with the other 3 houses close behind them. The winners earned a handful of candy as well as a certificate proving that they has won the Masterchef competition.
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SSL's first House Day by Emma and Yuri On Friday 5th of April we enjoyed our first House day at SSL! The house captains of Leiden, Amsterdam and Delft prepared a fun filled morning with games, a quiz and an extremely successful bake sale. Games included Jenga, Twister, Outdoor chess, spekhappen (try and eat the marshmallows off the high rope), a table football tournament and many more! Also, with an incentive of earning 1 house point when you win a game against a member of a different house. A game that wasn’t in the incentive system is the Rock, Paper, Scissors! Competition, a series of matches (3 games for 1 match) until one remains – Teachers were allowed to participate against the students-- , sadly there wasn’t a prize for the winner, but for the winning house (Amsterdam) of the table football tournament, they earned 10 house points!
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Amsterdam also prepared a bake sale that day. Students and teachers could bake and bring in what they baked, like brownies, muffins, cookies and cakes, and sold them for 50 cents each to raise money for Right to Play! Leiden made a University challenge style quiz, where the house teams (Amsterdam, Gouda, Leiden and Delft) selected a team of four to represent their house. Leiden's house captains, Archie and Tomasz, got help from teachers for questions and acted as the quiz masters, while an individual from each house created their own buzzer using their Microbit. The winner of the quiz was Leiden who earned 20 house points, Gouda followed, earning 15 house points. Amsterdam came in third, earning 10 house points. Then finally Delft earned 5 house points.
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BSN vs. Thomas's Battersea School by Paige On Friday the 3rd of May the Thomas’s Battersea school arrived in the Netherlands to compete against the BSN (British school in the Netherlands). Students from Year 5 to year 7 went head to head against the Thomas’s Battersea in many different sports. They played Ultimate frisbee and basketball on Friday and the BSN ended up in second place. On Saturday the participants played tag rugby, hockey and football. Later that day the students enjoyed the lunch that the parents had put together. The two schools mingled and held conversation while eating. In the end the Thomas's Battersea students made it to first place once again, but they did not leave without giving the BSN three cheers and one for good luck!
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Derek the Dinosaur A comic by Archie
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Issue 3: Newspaper team Editor in chief - Ben Sub-editor - Raphael Photo editor - Theo Reporters - Archie, EloĂŻse, Emma, Felix, Paige, Yuri Photographers - Dani, Fidelis, Theo Cartoonists - Archie Graphics - Dani, Paige, Raphael, Yuri.
Issue 3: What couldn't make it to print Unfortunately, our reporters simply didn't have time to write articles for every event in the summer term. Sports day, the Outdoor Valley trip, the STEM project and wellness day during activities week all happened too close to publication date to be included. From all of the newspaper club, have a great summer holiday!