Autumn Term 2013
Celebrating Academic Achievement at Culford Prep School
Welcome This third edition of Endeavour celebrates a broad cross-section of academic achievement but focuses especially on some excellent art and poetry. I hope you enjoy it. The front cover image shows three members of the Enrichment Programme creating a challenging board game based upon this term’s topic of Multidimensional Medicine. It reminds us of the fun that can be had learning together. We are a community of learners which takes pride and pleasure from one-another’s successes. To those whose work has been included in this edition, we offer congratulations: it is lovely. I hope, however, that the items herein prove to be inspirational models to others and that all the children will aspire to have pieces in Endeavour over time. Nicholas Hopton Director of Studies
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Lower 1st Art: Self-Portraits Oliver Ford
Anouska Fernandes-Cardy
Adam Waterman
Lucy Allum
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Lower 1st The pupils have been writing biographical poems
Anoushka Daughter of Meriam and Peter Lover of chocolate, ice-cream and dancing Who feels happy when with family Loved when cuddling with family And sad when alone Who needs family, friends and cuddles Who gives friendship, happiness and snuggles Who fears bullies, the dark and being told off Who would like to win the lottery with family and be rich rich rich Resident of Stowmarket England
Bella Daughter of Helen and Harvey Sinclair Lover of mummy, daddy and Chloe. Who feels happy when playing with friends. Loved when with my mummy. And sad when bullied and alone Who needs friends and mummy and daddy Who gives friends and family joy Who fears the dark and breaking a bone Who would like to fly and do magic Resident of Ingham. England.
Ben Son of Clare Lover of food, playing and rugby Who feels happy when cuddled by mum Loved when with family And sad when hit Who needs love, friends and chocolate Who gives smiles, cuddles and happiness Who fears nightmares, forests and falling in a hole Who would like to fly, be rich and have a swimming pool Resident of Brick Kiln House England 3
Lower 1st Cecily Daughter of Alison and Graham. Lover of Doctor Who, Cake and family. Who feels happy when family’s around . Loved when we go out as a family. And sad when people are mean. Who needs love, hugs and family. Who gives laughter, fun and happiness. Who fears snakes, spiders and power cuts. Who would like to be a moomin, be tall and float in space. Who has 1 sister and 2 brothers. Who also loves moomins, chocolate and art. Resident of Chevely, Suffolk.
Finley Son of Rob and Rain Lover of football, pizza and Norwich city FC Who feels happy when playing football Loved when playing football And sad when losing Who needs cake, football and Motorhead Who gives help, miracles and kindness Who fears Man Utd, ,wasps and sharks Who would like to fly , go to Rome and Rio Resident of Bury St Edmunds
Lalita Daughter of Sujarta and Anil. Who feels happy when it snow. Lover of Cadbury’s world , family and movies. Loved when hugged by family And sad when people make comments. Who needs love, care, and family. Who gives joy, kindness and laughter. Who fears anacondas and crocodiles . Who would like to be invisible , be miniature and fly. Resident of Hawsted, Fylets Manor
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Lower 1st Olivia Daughter of Jo and Matt Lover of cake , rounders and tennis Who feels happy when I play with my friends Loved when Mummy kisses me And sad when daddy goes away Who needs puppy, family and cousins Who gives present, kindness and help Who fears wasps, lions and tigers Who would like to fly, go to Legoland and be invisible Resident of Mickfield
Tom Son of Romy and David Lover of cakes, sweets, chocolate and MONEY! Who feels happy when cakes are around. Loved when hugging a teddy And sad when being annoyed Who needs cheesecake, white chocolate and jelly beans. Who gives strength and chocolate Who fears spiders, rubber and potatoes Who would like to be small and eat cake all day Resident of Thetford
Charlie Son of Sophie and Matt Lover of food, fun and maths Who feels happy when played with Loved when kissed by mummy And sad when alone Who needs family, friends and drink Who gives love, fun and cuddles Who fears burglars, sharks and fighting Who would like to fly, be an engineer and a scientist Resident of Ipswich England
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Lower 1st Charlotte Daughter of Debbie. Lover of dancing, walking my dogs and swinging . Who feels happy when hugging dogs. Loved when being with family. And sad when lonely. Who needs chocolate, dogs and family. Who gives friendliness, friendship and love. Who fears tennis balls, darkness and a car crash. Who would like to have one hundred dogs, to fly and to be a dancer. Resident of Old Nowton England.
George Son of the Watsons Lover of and pizza, Wii Who feels happy when playing Loved when cuddled by mum And sad when kicked and alone Who needs a rabbit and a big water park in the garden Who gives sweets, cuddles and piggy back rides Who fears a car crash, dark forests and dragons Who would like to have loads of Eddie Stobart toys and to be James Bond Resident of Thurston England
Grace Daughter of Sally and Robert Lover of laughter, playing with friends and jokes Who feels happy when hugged by Dad Loved when Cuddled by Mum And sad when alone Who needs pets, to play and laughter Who gives jokes, friendship and fun Who fears the dark, spiders and sharks Who would like to do magic, fly and be a swimming champion Resident of Bury St Edmunds England 6
Lower 1st Guy SON of Andrew and Samantha Lover of dogs, chocolate and football Who feels happy when cuddled Loved when watch a film with family And sad when kicked by brother Who needs friends, love and laughter Who gives jokes, help and fun Who fears tarantulas, crocodiles and the savannah Who would like to be in the SAS, a helicopter flier and an actor Resident of Cockfield England
Josie Daughter of Sarah and Simon. Lover of pets, laughter and fun. Who feels happy when playing family games. Loved when cuddled by mummy and daddy. And sad when alone. Who gives kindness, jokes and affection. Who fears rollercoasters, snakes and getting lost. Who would like to fly, have a horse and do magic. Resident of Newmarket England
Lara Daughter of Meriel and Jamie Lover of school, Food and Mrs.Veitch Who feels happy when with family Loved when asleep with cat And sad when left behind Who needs sleepovers, sleep and ice cream Who gives help, friendship and fun Who fears bears, sharks and graveyards Who would like to get a puppy, a kitten and be a zookeeper Resident of Barnham Rymer Lodge England 7
Lower 1st Lucy Daughter of Karen and Tom Lover of dancing Who feels happy when walking my dog Ben Loved when getting cuddled by mum and dad And sad when hurt Who needs friends and family and pets Who gives kindness, affection and fun Who fears snakes , the dark and being lost Who would like to fly, do magic and play the cello Resident of England
Megan Daughter of Emma and Gareth Lover of playing with pets Who feels happy when watching a movie with family Loved when cuddling mummy and daddy And sad when going to bed Who needs pets, family and friends Who gives cuddles, laughter and help Who fears sharks, nightmares and the dark Who would like to be a vet, fly and to have a pet dog Resident of Cambridge England
Niall Son of Chris Lover of cake and toys Who feels happy when playing with hamsters and working Loved when hugging mum And sad when getting hit Who needs food, water and air Who gives jokes, ideas and fun Who fears piranhas, sharks and getting lost Who would like to run like a lion and stay up to watch TV Resident of Thurston England 8
Lower 1st Ollie Son of the Fords Lover of drinks, Xbox and food Who feels happy when scores a goal Loved when hugged And sad when kicked Who needs food, hugs and teddies Who gives kindness, fun and respect Who fears zombies and sea urchins Who would like to be a footballer, to play for England and be a Fifa maker Resident of Drinkstone England
Oscar Son of John and Helen Bridges Lover of sports, food and jokes Who feels happy when I’ve achieved something great Loved when cuddled by mum And sad when bad memories come back Who needs family, friends and food Who gives kindness, friendship and love Who fears a car crash, a tarantula and a bull Who would like to be a police man, a business man and make a movie Resident of Newmarket England
Tudor Son of Phillipa Lover of pheasants, stroking Pets and swords. Who feels happy when playing games Loved hugged when And sad when thumped Who needs friends, pets and love Who gives hugs, kisses and pizza Who fears spiders, fish and goofish Who would like to fly, have claws and a tail Resident of Lackford England
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Upper 1st Science: Solids and Liquids Investigation
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Upper 1st Isobel Melville-Ross reports on a Viking visitor On Thursday 17th we all dressed up as Vikings for are Viking day. We looked amazing in all our costumes! Our Viking day began in Cadogan Hall where we all sat in a circle. Suddenly a woman dressed in a real Viking helmet with a real sword burst in! We started by learning how Vikings would fight using our shields we made in art. It was boys against girls. No one won. After that we passed round lots of real Viking objects like sharp swords and a huge, heavy and wooden shield. After passing things round we did a play about Viking law. There was a Dhal, two body guards with sharp spears, a suspect and an investigator. The suspect and the investigator had three people each to defend themselves. The Dhal came to the village only once a year to see if anyone had anything to declare. The body guards always came with him in case anyone tried to attack the Dhal. If the suspect has a good excuse she or he will have a stone put in there hand and cotton wrapped round it. If the hand was all infected and horrible the gods will have decided they will not live, if it is clean the person they suspected will be killed. The Dhal has three choices of punishment for the person: to have nothing and stay alive, for the person to be sent away or for the person to be killed. Next we played a Viking game. There were two lines of about five wooden blocks with a wooden castle in the middle. There were two teams. You had to throw some sticks and try to knock the blocks over. But you couldn’t knock the castle until all your opposite blocks were knocked over. Next we did some more passing round of things like sheep’s wool. After that we did another play. But this one was about gods. The three main characters were Freya, Thor and Loki. Freya is the god of love and beauty, Thor is the god of thunder and Loki is the god of mischief. One day Loki saw Thor and Freya and thought they’re so perfect. Anyway Loki cut Freya’s hair off one night. But he left his shoe outside. Thor knew whose shoe it was so he called Loki. Loki knew where to get some more hair luckily for him. He went into a dwarf’s world and got some new hair and some gifts for the other gods in case they were angry as well. When he was walking along some dwarfs said “Hello Loki what are you doing down here?” so Loki told them about how he cut Freya’s hair off. Then he said “I bet my head no one can make any gifts better than this.” That was a bad thing to say to dwarves though because they never give up on bets. So the dwarfs started making the gifts. Loki was worried he might lose his head so he turned himself into a hornet. While the dwarf was pumping away Loki bit him but as he was a professional he didn’t stop. When he was on the second gift Loki bit him again but he still didn’t stop pumping. Finally when the dwarf was on the last gift Loki bit him again this time he let out a huge scream and stopped for a second. This meant that the gift wasn’t going to be perfect as the hammer had a slightly short handle. Loki turned himself back again without the dwarves seeing and took all the gifts back up to the gods world. He gave the gifts to the gods. In the end they decided they liked the hammer best because it had a short handle. The dwarves that had followed him grabbed him. When Loki said “ You can’t take my head because it’s attached to my neck and you would be taking my neck as well,” This was true so the dwarfs couldn’t have his head. The gods forgave him what he did and everyone was happy. We then went to the art room and put ruins and patterns in clay. It was a wonderful day.
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Upper 1st Cross-Curricular: Autobiographical posters by Freddie Preston and George Williams
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Lower 2nd ICT: This shows some work with a piece of software called Flowol. In it, the pupils have created complex sequences of instructions to control virtual devices. This has included the highly complex concept of subroutines. All the pupils used techniques of trial and error very efficiently to de-bug their work.
Alex Hutchinson
Alicia Hassan 13
Lower 2nd
Isabel Turner
The following pieces of work were created using the programming software Alice.
Luca Bomberg 14
Lower 2nd
Maisie Fitton
Alex Williams 15
Lower 2nd
William Gibbs
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Lower 2nd Lower 2nd have been writing poems based on the novel Street Child. They imagined what it would be like to live in a workhouse.
This wretched place hits my face and sucks the life out of me. He grumbled, his head bowed in shame. Everlasting shame of horror. Waiting in pain and tragedy. Oozing out of his bed into ragged clothes. Racking pain in his throat of the food for his lungs. Kayaking down the hallway on tears. Handful of bread for his heart Overcast on his head. Undercover for ever. Sorrow in his heart Eating in from his lungs. Alex Hutchinson
The wretched workhouse is a ghastly place to waste life in. Hopelessness is what happens when you stay at the beastly workhouse for too long. Only emptiness fills you from head to toe, making you a lifeless zombie with endless sorrow. Ruthless teachers take all your happiness, chuck it down a well and replace it with misery. Keeping secrets will make you feel even more alone, especially in this bitter, unpleasant place. Hosing down under the pump makes your body go numb, warning you of the hideous day ahead. Optimism is useless in this vile workhouse as there is no bright side. Uneasy is the feeling when you walk through the colossal oak doors of the workhouse, unprepared for indescribable doom. Sordid, squalid, diabolical food and a roof over your head is the only payment you get for your hard work. Endless gruesome work they make you do, making sure there’s never even a distant smile. Aryan Baghat
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Lower 2nd
Torture, droning voices, aching bones, burning muscles, heavy eyes. Heaving your head out of bed, unable to shut out the clanging of the bell, thick with sleep, sick with hunger. Emotional nights, weeping tears running down your cheeks, your head swimming with thoughts all cramped in together. Woeful faces, staring eyes burning into your back, whispers follow you wherever you go. One o’clock in the morning, you’re still awake, snores and whimpers, your body a block of ice, lips blue with cold. Ravenous with hunger, pale papery skin, the cold winter air bitter on your tongue. Kidnapped grief-stricken, no sense of consciousness, slowly crawling through endless days. Hatred burning in your heart, drumming in your ears, tingling through every bone in your body. Opportunities are crushed, all hope is soon destroyed, faith shatters in a million pieces. Uncomfortable eyes shift from one place to another, sunken and unfathomable, hollow and dead. Soulless, bleak, grey, a vast concrete building, no life at all. Empty hearts, cold blooded, icy cold stare, piercing eyes. Emma Arbuthnot
The moments of us will not die. He is here, creeping up, he wants me to die. Empty inside, I want to get out. Working all day, wishing to see Ma again. Objecting to this black-hearted man, he is trying to kill us. Rats scuttling around your feet. Keeping me here, it’s worse than jail. Hatred like a river, it flows around you. Ordered about as if he is our puppet master. Unless Emily and Lizzie send me the money Evil is Mr Sissons. Tayla Edwards
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The Gallery Aboriginal drawings by pupils in Art Attack
Cain Green, Max Milner & Oliver Marrs
Lulu Surti, Victoria Holt & Josie Gooderham
Kimaya Surti & Jasmin Celik
Amelia Fox & Polly Fothergill
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The Gallery
Georgia Preston & Ruby Harris
Bella Sinclair & Mimi Deane
Amy McCullough & Louisa Gooderham
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The Gallery Paintings based on Tiger in a Storm by Rousseau
Ronan Rutnam
Zain Robson
Yaa Zuta
Alex Hassan
Alvaro Sanchis
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The Gallery Lower 3rd paintings in the style of the Post-Impressionists
Hugo Clifford
Henrietta Carter
Mason Bickers
Cameron Couch
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The Gallery Aliens: Lower 1st exercise in using colour and applying paint
Patience Leslie
Max Griffiths
Leah Fitton
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The Gallery
Holly Reynolds
Isabel Turner
Georgia Preston
Jack Vickers
Kira Dowling
Amelia Brayshaw
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The Gallery Work by pupils in Upper 3rd concentrating on figure drawings
Lucy Flynn
Georgie Vaughan
Mary Godfrey
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The Gallery
Kira Dowling
Victoria Holt
Mimi Deana
Cain Greene
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Upper 2nd Religious Studies: Freya Horseman-Sewell wrote about churchgoing in the twentyfirst century. Here is an extract from her essay. I think we can’t change the population of churches because more and more people are believing scientifically proven facts. This means fewer people believe in God. People also think that it is more important to have a parking lot than a church, so they would vote to knock down churches and build places like malls and McDonalds in their place. Fewer churches will mean that fewer people go to church. To increase churches’ populations we could make churches more enticing and play exciting music. Perhaps instead of just sitting down for a long time doing nothing but listening, we could do fun activities linked to God which would be fun for children. By holding big events we could draw in a variety of people who could maybe have second thoughts about churches. I think it is important for there to be a place for people to express their feelings so churches are good.
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Upper 2nd Religious Studies: church designs for the twenty-first century
Yiannoula Fernandes-Cardy and Imogen Guntrip
Max Brais
Victoria Holt
Maisie Fitton
Amelia Brayshaw
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Upper 2nd Here are the winning entries from the recent English Department Poetry Competition. The theme was that of National Poetry Day 2013: Water, Water Everywhere.
Winner: Charlie Wakefield - The White Horses Far, far out to sea The white horses begin to appear. They show off their amazing beauty, Galloping around and diving under. Gradually, they each start their epic adventure, Trotting towards the start line, Their miraculous golden manes glowing in the sun And finally their engines go from 1 to 1,000 And they begin. Tearing away from the main field like a bullet, A single horse rockets past the dumbfounded seagulls. The fish are flabbergasted and so is the ocean. The golden, sandy shores are in sight! His life is nearly over. As he crashes into the awaiting pebbles, He clumsily topples over And retreats back into the jaws of the ocean. 2nd Place: Michael Ahrens - The Sea Wolves The sea is a pack of wolves Preparing for the hunt. Today they’re very hungry And they’re going out to lunch. They leap and frolic merrily Around the deep, blue lake Then they smell and unwary soul. They’re going to feast today. They corner their prey in a valley And snap and lunge at its legs. It’s nearly given up now. The wolves have won this race. Hanging its head in shame, It stumbles then falls. The last thing it remembers Are the wolves’ soft pads and razor claws.
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Upper 2nd 3rd Place: Georgia Preston – Sea Senses See reflections shimmer and shine. Sea is inky blue, sublime. Dancing waves hit the sandy stage, Moonlight directing, they’re trapped in a cage. Feel the cool splash as it hits your toes. Feel the sinking sand and the wind under your nose. The freezing water numbs your hand. The slimy, slippery seaweed when the sea reveals land. Hear crashing waves on the rocks. Windy breezes which ruffle your locks. Dripping and dropping, spit spot. Flowing and ebbing it never stops. Taste the salty water as it touches your tongue. The coolness and smoothness, oh it’s so fun. Wet, tasteless and refreshing, It can sometimes be used as a blessing. Smell the water, all salty and fresh Though sometimes it can smell like a really big mess. The crystal clear water which swirls and swirls Which in your nose twirls and twirls.
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Upper 2nd Science: William Gibbs produced this superb habitats project
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Lower 3rd Here are the winders from the Lower 3rd section of the English Department’s Poetry Competition. Winner: Lola Goodall – Water Music
The show had begun! The storm clouds opened the show like elephants, Just keeping in time with the music. Dark, grey, lumbersome shapes billowing across the sky, Spraying large, fat rain drops from their trunks. The ballerina-like rain drops performed the overture, Painting their toes as they sang ‘Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.’ Delicate droplets jumping and tumbling from the painted leaf tips Before joining the rushing river beneath. The first act was the group dance, Sending ripples through their bodies as they sang ‘splish, splosh.’ Their costumes blue glass, Their surface gliding over rocks and pebbles in their way. Form ever changing to fill every space they touched. After the interval came the grand parade, Banging and playing and laughing with the audience, Rushing and turning as they made their way. They bumped and chased into each-other, falling over the rocks. The crowd running together until they find their mother. The orchestra played the finale, All rising and falling, fast and slow, Reaching the crescendo before flattening to silence. Waves towering above the small bobbing boats, Rushing and slushing with the wind.
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Lower 3rd 2nd Place: Charles Whyte – Captain Shingle We’re off to Treasure Island We’re going to find some booty Aha, yo ho! The sea shore was full of shells And shingle washed to shore Aha, yo ho! We have voyaged through the seven seas The waves dancing and swaying Aha, yo ho! The danger we faced The journey we’ve been on Aha, yo ho! The monsters we faced The lives we’ve lost Aha, yo ho! But now we’ve found the booty We’re heading back home Aha, yo ho! Drinking bottle after bottle of rum We’re as drunk as can be Aha, yo ho! The people we met on the way back Went faster than they came Aha, yo ho! We are the best Shingle and his crew Aha, yo ho!
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Lower 3rd 3rd Place: Rohan Salisbury – What is the Sea?
What is the sea as it charges and retreats? A wonderful blue box just waiting to be opened Or deep, dark gloom where death lingers. Nobody knows, nobody knows, nobody, nobody, nobody knows. What is the sea as it charges and retreats? A salty paradise for fish and coral. As it bashes on the soft, shingly sand It washes up and sets sail for nothing. What do the birds think when they witness the death Of the fish and the humans the sea claims? What happened to all these things? Nobody knows.
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Lower 3rd History: Tommy Freeman researched the history of the scythe before making his own
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Lower 3rd Some of our mathematicians have been creating proofs for Napoleon’s Theorem, Van Aubel’s Theorem and their inversions
Libby Rushforth – Van Aubel’s Proof
Clare Scott – Napoleon’s Proof
Charlotte Moulton – Inverted Napoleon’s Proof Charlie Stephens – Inverted Napoleon’s Proof
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Lower 3rd
Chloe-Jèane Parsley – Reflex Van Aubel’s Proof
Yaa Zuta – Van Aubel’s Proof
Zain Robson – Inverted Napoleon’s Proof
Lola Goodall – Reflex Van Aubel’s Proof
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Lower 3rd English: Aly Hutchinson wrote this vivid piece of creative writing
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Lower 3rd Science: The pupils wrote poems to help them learn about respiration
Respiration As the gaping hole you call a mouth Sucks in a breath The oxygen flees the breeze To the waiting lungs ahead Here is where the things take place That keep you alive all day. The gas is now exchanging here And the oxygen is pushed away. As the oxygen is absorbed Into the long, endless stream The blood lets the oxygen Disappear from the scene. The CO2 unwanted stuff Is barely ever there As it’s given by the blood To be the exhaled air. Finally it’s breathed out Leaving the body for good, Only to start the process again As it always should. Clare Scott Olly the Oxygen O is the symbol for Olly Discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele Olly was absent on earth 2.5 billion years ago Wo! that must have been one big deal About 21% of air is Olly All life on earth is based on four basic elements: Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and hydrogen, Which help us live and sleep like elephants! Bethany Farrow
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Lower 3rd To Breathe, or Not to Breathe Air through your mouth Or into your nose Passes into your trachea, That’s how it goes Down your airways, Bronchi to you, Then enter the lungs, So simple to do. Alveoli there are millions Of tiny air sacs. Oxygen now absorbed into the blood. These are the facts. Now to remove the Carbon Dioxide, Let’s figure this out. Pass through the alveoli To be breathed out. Chloe-Jèane Parsley Breathing Once I had a fascination About the act of respiration It’s like a postal service Air goes in and air comes out And it all begins by travelling down the spout (Trachea) Air full of oxygen Sucks through the bronchi On the way to make you stronger than Popeye Down the bronchioles to the alveoli Wouldn’t it be funny if they were called ravioli? Here oxygen gets absorbed from the air Passes into the bloodstream Then pumped round your body To give our muscles energy But it doesn’t finish there Turn it all backwards And the lungs squeeze the air out Which is full of carbon dioxide Twists and turns Then rushes out of the spout. Charlie Stephens 45
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Lower 3rd English: Charlotte Moulton wrote this haunting imagist poem.
Moon The night light plays Behind a curtain of curly clouds There is the star of the show Lost in a starry sky It shines like a pearl in the spotlight Dancing in the sky Glittering and gleaming Stars watching and waiting for the grand finale The moon’s song a soft, shy lullaby Before the sun closes the show Like a pair of red curtains
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Lower 3rd Science: Artwork based on explorations of different cells
Francesca Sanderson
Charles Whyte
Warok Rai
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Charlie Stephens
Libby Rushforth
Lola Goodall
Charlotte Moulton
Isobel Whyte
Daisy Grant
Yaa Zuta
Edward Baines
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Upper 3rd Here are the winning entries in the Upper 3rd Poetry Competition. Winner: Mollie Howarth – Souls of the Sea I’ve wandered the surface of the deep, blue sea, No-one for company; just poor, old me. Hopeless and lost I have been for years. No-one has heard me, My screams, cries, nor tears. I feel so abandoned, left here by myself Like an old, dusty book Left to rot on the shelf. I once did have loved ones But they disappeared Along with my hopes and dreams, All of which seared. I am spurned by the land, A slave of the sea. Drifting with the tide Doesn’t matter to me. I wanted to be someone But now I am none. Used to have a heartbeat, But he too moved on. Refused by the heavens, Damned to the sea, In my watery grave, Oh, woe is me. Every crash of the waves And splash of the foam. Every lost cave; That’s what I call home. So next time you visit And are by the seashore Please remember the lost souls Who like me are no more…
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Upper 3rd 2nd Place: Ellen Farthing – Water The sea washes away my tears. In neck-deep, shivering all over, Wondering who, somewhere in the sea, Could be feeling the same. It starts to rain, Washing the salt from my skin. Colder and harder it falls From the sky. The salt from the tears, The salt from the sea, The sting of the rain on my face It’s all the same, Ocean, tears, rain. Because, when all is said and done, All these things flow into one.
3rd Place: Ophelia Yannaghas – Water, Water Everywhere Bubbling brooks and rivers and streams; Cascading down the waterfall screams Like flowing silk or dripping milk. Water is everywhere. Wide oceans, seas and crystal lakes; The bobbing motion that water makes; The gift of God – it may seem odd But water is everywhere. Showers, taps, sinks and baths; The silent dew on the sweet, new grass; The liquid of life like pure gold; Hot, warm, freezing or cold Water is everywhere. Ravines, lochs, ponds and burns; The angry waves turn and turn; A vast universe or a small tear; A life saver or a constant year.
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Upper 3rd PSHCE: As part of their Citizenship morning, the Upper 3rd explored issues associated with human rights.
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Upper 3rd Geography: Work on geology by Jordan Asiama
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Upper 3rd Geography: Tilly Ruffell’s information sheet
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Upper 3rd Science: Mary Godfrey compiled this excellent project on the Sun
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Upper 3rd
Thomas Hudson
Fergus Schofield
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Upper 3rd Religious Studies: Extracts from Common Entrance Coursework on World Faiths. Thomas Day charted the history of Christianity by exploring his local church.
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Upper 3rd Lucy Flynn looked in detail at the Baptist movement.
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Upper 3rd Charlotte Anderson completed a detailed study of Hinduism.
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Upper 3rd Anna Hutchinson researched Roman Catholicism in the UK today.
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Enrichment Programme Members of the Enrichment Programme have been exploring Multidimensional Medicine. They developed their persuasive writing skills in this letter-writing activity.
Señora, (Madam)
My name is Rodrico Clappersnapper and I am an anaesthetist at West Suffolk Hospital. I treat patients with all sorts of problems, injuries and diseases. I completely and utterly agree with the letter that you sent but I do think that it could have improved in some areas. Your fabulous was intriguing and I couldn’t put some of the phrases better myself. I mean, millions of people would have died without the lives of very few animals. Animal experimentation in my opinion is perfectly acceptable and I really think that people against it are entirely mistaken and their opinions are erroneous. One problem with your letter was that many people could argue that the poor animals don’t get a choice and the method won’t be used on their species. Also why are humans any better than animals? What can’t we test it on a human? If we keep testing on animals more and more people’s lives could be saved and we may find cures for lots more diseases and problems. Another possibility would be that scientists and testers could take animal testing to a whole different scale we could find cures for animal diseases such as Myxomatosis. I hope you take my opinion into account and develop your letter even further. ¡gracias! (Thank you) Yours sincerely Rodrico Clappersnapper U2H)
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Enrichment Programme Dear Mrs Burrow, Thank you very much for your letter and taking the time to write. I partly agree with your statement as I care for the animals and make their short lives a comfy as possible until they get rashes and itches from tests. Unfortunately I cannot take away their suffering but I can make their lives as happy as possible. I am sure that the medical research has come far from animal testing but I still think that there can be other ways than killing lives that are as important as our own. I know that animals are killed for food but that is different because we need the nutrients in meat to live. I can see the benefits but is it necessary? I understand that if a life is coming to an end we may think to take advantage of the more helpless, but can’t there be a better way that can’t classify us as murders. There could be many objections such as it’s a life, how are we more important but personally if it’s just three animals sacrificed to cure cancer then we should do it but not for one little disease that isn’t really life threating and certainly not for beauty products. The use on beauty products is absurd. It just to make people look better but can’t we accept who we are without killing animals for a powder on our face. If some companies can manage to ‘fight animal testing’ such as ‘Lush’ then can’t we all? Thank you for your enquiry. Yours sincerely, Lylis Shire
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House Music Competition
House Music Finalists 2013
Winners Runners-Up Highly Commended
Oscar Hamilton & Catherine Howells Amelia Fox, Lucy Flynn & Hermione Weyers Coco Clifford, Catherine Howells, Isabel Turner & Isabel Whyte
Finalists
Joshua Cope
Catherine Howells
Lucy Flynn
Evan Sykes
Coco Clifford
Isabel Whyte
Hermione Weyers
Oscar Hamilton
Brandon Ng Lap Hin
Molly-Anne Gimson
Florence Wilson
Kimaya Surti
Aryan Bhagat
Jack Vickers
Amelia Fox
Alice Wilson
Rosie Williams
Lily Wetherell
Christina Storey
Isabel Turner
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House Music Competition
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The Bigger Picture Upper 1st enjoying a game played by the Vikings
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