The Weekly Buzz 16 November 2020
Noticeboard WEEK 3 Every Day
Salad Bar Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Fresh Fruit Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Main Meat Free: Meatball with Tomato Sauce
Yoghurt
Soup of the Day (Vegan) Main: hunter chicken
Main: Beef Burger
Meat Free: Veg ball with Tomato Sauce
Meat Free: lentils
Meat Free: Veggie Burger
To Go With: Sweet Potato Rice Sweetcorn with black bean Sauce
To Go With: Cauliflower Chips Peas
Dessert:
To Go With: Mashed Potato Beans Courgette
Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Dessert:
Main: Fish
Dessert:
Flapjack
Beetroot Cake Apple Crumble and Custard Meat Free: Soup of the Day (Vegan)
Pasta Bake
Main: Roasted Beef
To Go With: Carrot Roasted Potato Mushroom
Dessert: Rice Cake
Gluten-free options available on each day
Front cover image by Jake Cossey Y10
Meat Free: Veg Nugget To Go With: Oven Baked Fries Crushed Peas Baked Bean Dessert: Chocolate cake
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YEAR 11 SCIENCE REVISION SESSIONS
Wednesday - Physics Thursday - Chemistry
Friday - Biology All sessions will run from 1:10-1:45pm/H1
Noticeboard Growth Mindset Thank you to Action for Happiness for their inspiring November calendar! At Portland Place we strive to develop our curiosity and become lifelong learners.
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“All a poet can do today is warn.” Wilfred Owen (1918)
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Post 16 Noticeboard Post 16 Options – Sixth Form I have been catching up with our Year 11s this week and am very pleased that most students have chosen several colleges that they are in the process of applying for. If I haven’t seen them yet, I will see them next week. I am also available for post 16 drop-ins in the library Mon-Thurs, from 1pm. If your son or daughter hasn’t located a Sixth form college to apply for yet or if you would like to arrange a mock interview for your child, please get in touch. My email is belinda.carvalho@portland-place.co.uk Additionally, if you have any further enquiries please let us know.
Scholarships
Ashbourne currently has a limited number of A-Level scholarships for talented students of Music and Drama, offering up to 100% discount on our tuition fees. Applicants are asked to submit a filmed audition of either a musical performance or dramatic monologue as well as attend an interview with our Director of Studies & Scholarship Panel and sit online admissions tests. Please contact the Admissions Department at admissions@ashbournecollege.co.uk or
call 0207 937 3858 for further details.
Open Evenings Some schools still have open days going forward into November. Kensington Park School have added a Virtual 3 D tour of the school to their website here: https://www.kps.co.uk/admissions
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CAST LIST Aunt Em Dorothy A Munchkin Farmer Mayor of the Munchkins Good Witch Wicked Witch Scarecrow Tin Woodman Lion Private Foremost General Growlie Gloria Wizard of Oz
Georgie Cox Jemima-Frances Hyam Basma Alquraishi Lloyd Day Isabella Corney Lexi Horne Jesse Francis-Baum Josh Cooper Lawton Ballbach Rachel Winch Rudy Bigoni James Mitcheson Olivia Solomou Kieran McKintosh
Chorus (including smaller roles to be assigned during rehearsals)
Basma Alquraishi Zaid Alquraishi Rudy Bigoni Isabella Calvert-Bull Lloyd Day Nils Madelin-Hill Iasmin Magomedova
Nora Masciaro Samara Mayers James Mitcheson Olivia Solomou Daniil Vasilyev Rachel Winch
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We have been designing water wheels in STEM club over the last few sessions. This is part of our desert island survival task. Here is our progress so far!
Noticeboard Extra Languages 2020-2021 RUSSIAN
JAPANESE
ARABIC
CHINESE Mandarin
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Lunchtime Room 24
After school Room 36
After school Room 36
Lunchtime PPS Hall
Ms Zalesny
Ms Eren
Mrs Elshlmani
Ms Huang
Harrisson B-T Y6
Gabriel A Y8
Rafer M Y7
Avi W Y7
Mia L Y6
Arjun L Y9
Kadi B Y7
Rachel W Y8
Iasmin M Y6
Jenny Z Y8
Gene A-T Y9
Samara A-M Y8
Humphrey B Y6
Emily Z Y8
Rhiya H Y7
Mia L Y6
Sasha C Y8
Huxley N Y8
Arad M Y7
Harisson B-T Y6
Lloyd D Y9
Harry P Y9
Yaqoub B Y7
Miguel P-P Y8
Avi W Y7
Irene P- P Y10
Rachel W Y8
Humphrey B Y6
Miguel P-P Y8
Miyu A Y9
Irene P- P Y10
Zaid Al-Q Y6
Zaid Al-Q Y6
Basma Al–Q Y6
Samara M Y8
German R Y8
Sam O Y8
Martin R Y7
Albert T Y8
Plus new Arabic Advanced classes on Mondays
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ARABIC advanced Monday Lunch time Room 24 Ms Elshelmani
Rhiya H Y7
NEW!
FRENCH GCSE
SPANISH GCSE
Tuesday
Friday
Lunch time Room G33
Lunch time Room G32
Mr Lalande
Ms Magniez
Joshua H
Sam I
Amitis J-P
Anton P
Beatrice C
Dylan Y
Manuela P-S
Bea C
Caspar W
Eleonor G
Will M Faris R Ben W
Jude BC
News Shakespeare Schools Festival On Thursday the cast of Hamlet spent their day polishing their performance of Hamlet for the Shake-
speare Schools Festival, which will be filmed on the 20th November. The cast of Year 9s and 10 have only had 6 weeks learning lines, staging and rehearsing this abridged version, putting a modern spin on the classic. Hamlet is riddled with angst and of course murder most horrid, which made for a very intense day of acting.
The students have worked and continue to work incredibly hard, and with 7 days to go to “One Night of Shakespeare�, the Drama Department are excited to see the final product! Well done and keep up the good work! Mrs Judd & Mr Chivers
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News Art Year 9 had to use the words Pop Art in their first Pop Art pieces
Isabella Trautman
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Harry Powers
Isabella Corney
Harry Powers
News LEGO Design Club Update – Building Living Things LEGO Design Club on Wednesday met for its first targeted build: living things! This theme is a favourite of LEGO designers all over the world because of the challenge of turning inanimate, rectilinear plastic blocks into realistic facsimiles of living creatures. So much so, in fact, that the official interview for the position of LEGO Product Designer frequently has ‘build an animal’ in its test questions… The group had an excellent session with lots of great builds arising.
Miles Sellens-Flack – his design going really well with the moss on the ledge!
Ethan Smither’s ‘Green-Tailed Cyclopian Monster’
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‘Pig and Chicken’ – by Sam Osborn. A naturalistic take... very funny, Sam!
‘Magic Tree Delivery Creature’ by Daniil Vasilyev
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‘Croccy the Crocodile’ by Samara Mayers
‘Albino Reindeer’ by Isabelle Therese Alfeche
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News Art
Georgie Cox Y7
News ‘OVERHEARD’ in Art ...
News English as an Additional Language Well done to Hazuki Kita (Year 7) who used his imagination skills and wrote a beautiful letter home from the perspective of a soldier fighting in WW1. Keep up the good work, Hazuki! I am really proud of you and your fantastic progress!
Dear Mum and Dad, I hope my letter finds you well. I miss you a lot and I cannot wait to see you again when the war is over! There are many things I am missing from home, but I am trying to stay strong and positive... I miss spending time with you and I keep thinking about how I used to play chess with my brothers in the garden at sunset. These memories keep me going when I am having a tough day here, in the trenches. Mum, I miss your cooking and I would do anything for a nice, warm dinner! I really miss looking at the blue sky and feeling on top of the world.
Let me tell you what I do during the day. When I am not fighting or patrolling, I stay in the trenches and try to keep busy. All the soldiers have to clean their rifles and be ready in case there is a sudden attack - which happens quite often. Sometimes I talk to my comrades about our families and the war. The terrible thing is that I hear bombs exploding all the time and this reminds me that death is nearby‌
News When the war ends, I want to do so many things at home. For example, I want to design and make fine furniture for my family and friends. Also, I want to help as many people as possible rebuild their lives after the terrible war. I know a lot of people have lost their homes during the bombings and many of them are starving because they have no food to live on. I have to go now, but you are always on my mind and in my heart!
Love, Tom
Sports report This week in health related fitness our Y6 &7s and most of our Y9s have completed multi-stage fitness tests, more commonly known as the Bleep Test. It involves the participants running 20m shuttles in time to gradually decreasing time intervals,
marked by a beep or whistle. Each level speeds up until the performer is unable to keep up. It is a well-used test of cardiovascular endurance for sports teams and also for certain jobs, such as the police or fire brigade. All the pupils put in a great effort, in what is a quite daunting challenge. Here are the top scores for boys and girls in each age group:
Y6 & 7 Girls
Boys
Georgia Cox 4/4 Fritzi Jacklofsky 4/4 Isabelle Therese Alfeche 4/3
Jake Gadney Hazuki Kita Rafer Moge
8/7 8/7 8/1
Y9 (2 out of 3 classes performed the test) Girls Jemima Hyam Lexi Horne Violet Brody
Boys 6/7 5/4 5/1
Leo Newberry Tom Hallam Kai Ibrahim
9/8 9/2 8/10
Sports report Best Ever Performances Whilst no official world records exist, there are records kept of the best ever performances of this test which goes all the way to level 23. There are also many unauthenticated performances, many of which are very doubtful, such as David Beckham completing it! Here are the top 6 authenticated results for
men and women: Women rank
score
name
sport
notes
1
15/0
Suzie Muirhead
Field Hockey
testing of the New Zealand Field Hockey team (the Black Sticks) (from March 2007)
15/0
Diana Weavers
Field Hockey
testing of the New Zealand Field Hockey team (from March 2007)
3
14/5
Heather Anderson
AFL
from AFL Talent Search screening in Darwin
4
14/0
Micaela Cocks
Basketball
The Oregon University women's basketball team record is by New Zealander Micaela Cocks scored this result in 2007
14/0
Fiona Johnson
Field Hockey
one of the fittest players in the Australian Hockeyroos squad (reported in the Australian Online, Aug 08)
Men rank
score
name
sport
notes
1
17/1
Jose Romero
Australian Rules
VFL/AFL player at North Melbourne (1988–1994) and Western Bulldogs (1995–2001)
=2
17
Sebastian Coe
Athletics
commonly reported result from this UK middle distance champion runner
=2
17
Lee Gong Dook
Football (Soccer)
Premier League player
=2
17
Zain Wright
Field Hockey
Tasmanian Kookaburras player, score confirmed by explayer and by AIS staff member.
=2
17
Steve Nash
Basketball
NBA point guard, played with the Dallas Mavericks
=2
17
Neil Back
Rugby Union
Flanker Neil Back wrote in his autobiography that he reached level 17
Noticeboard Enrichment—Autumn Term 2 Activity
Room
Staff
Chess Club
G32
RFI
Claymation Movie Making
PP 43
DFL & PZA
Cookery Club
Dining Hall
SBI & DJA
Comic Club
PP 10 & 11
BCA
Cross Stitch
G24
LRO
Debate Club
G44
ABA
EPQ
G23
LOD
Photography
Art Rooms (HH)
LDE
Horse Riding
PE Corridor
CBY
Junior Maths Puzzle Club
PP 22
LBE
Lego Design Club
PP Hall
TTC
Samba Drumming
PP 1
CBO
Sports Leader Award – Level 1
PP 35 & 36
SRI & JKU
West End Musical Theatre
Drama Studio (HH)
DCH & AJU
World on Film
G33
KOL
Yoga & Meditation
PP 11
LVW
Year 11 Football
PE corridor
LST
Diary CLUBS Monday
15:50—17:00
Art Club, H10 & H11 Chamber Choir, Ms Boyle, R1
12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Table Tennis Club, PPS Hall
16:00—17:00
12:50—13:40
Y6-8 Drama Club, Drama Studio
Friday
12:50—13:40
Y6-8 Book Club
12:50—13:50
GCSE Art Club, Miss Dever, H11
12:50—13:40
Advanced Arabic, Ms Elshelmani, R24
12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Table Tennis Club, PPS Hall
12:50—13:40
Y11 GCSE Art Club, Ms Osborne, HH12 (invite only)
12:50—13:40
Digital Theatre & Club, Drama Studio
13:15—13:45
KS3 Science Journal & Book Club, H1
12:50—13:40
GCSE Spanish, Ms Magniez, G32
12:55—13:40
UKMT Maths Challenge practice, G41
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Biology), H1
Tuesday 12:50—13:35
Senior Weights Club (Y9-11), PPS Changing Rooms
12:50—13:45
PPS Music Tour Choir, Mr Hill /Ms Boyle, GPS 4th F
12:50—13:45
GCSE French, Mr Lalande, G41
13:00—13:45
Cyber Discovery (age 13+), Mr Whiteside, G34
13:15—13:45
KS3 STEM Club, H1
15:45—16:45
Japanese Club, Ms Eren, R36
15:45—16:45
Y11 GCSE Design Club, Ms Birtles, B1
15:50—17:00
Art Club, Ms Dever, H11
Wednesday 12:50—13:45
PPS Choir, Mr Hill/Ms Boyle, GPS 4th Floor
12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Fitness Training Club (HIIT/Circuit), Rm 11
12:50—13:40
GCSE Computer Science (Y11), G34
12:55—13:40
Maths Puzzles, G41
13:00—13:45
PPS TERM DATES Autumn Term 2020 Term starts
Monday 7 September
Russian Club, Ms Zalesny, R24
Half term
Mon 19 Oct – Fri 30 Oct
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Physics), H1
End of term
Friday 11 December
15:45—16:30
KS3 Maths Club (Y6-9), R24
15:45—16:30
GCSE Statistics & Additional Maths, G33
Spring Term 2020
15:45—16:30
Arabic Club, Mrs Elshlmani, R36
Term starts
Monday 4 January
16:00—17:00
Fencing, GPS Hall, meet PPS changing rooms 15:45
Half term
Mon 15 Feb – Fri 19 Feb
End of term
Thursday 1 April
Thursday 12:50—13:40
Y6-11 Dance Club, Rm 11
12:50—13:40
Y8-11 Creative Writing
12:50—13:40
Chinese/Mandarin Club, Ms Huang, PPS Hall
13:10—13:45
Y11 Science Revision (Chemistry), H1
15:45—16:30
KS4 Maths Club (Y10-11), G33
15:45—16:45
KS2/3 Design Technology Club, Mr Bradford, B1
Summer Term 2021 Term starts
Thursday 22 April
Bank holiday
Mon 3 May (school closed)
Half term
Mon 31 May – Fri 4 June
End of term
Friday 9 July
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