Dear all, Here is issue 1 of a new magazine produced by students for students. It covers, Science, Sport, Technology and so much more. If you like football, ITFC, memes, dingbats then there should be something in here for everyone. It may also be particularly good for tutor time to discuss topical issues like the Scottish referendum. Please read it and spread the word if you like it. You can find it online if you would like to read more of it later. Follow the link below: http://issuu.com/snippet/ docs/issue_1/0 Issue 2 will be out next month and we hope you’ll become a regular reader. Kindest regards, The Snippet Team
Editor’s Note: this issue is written in the style of a new Year 7 student trying to fathom the language of older students in school. Handwritten for authenticity.
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ou may have heard about
the upcoming Scottish referendum on September 18th. The United Kingdom took hundreds of years to create and is something we all take for granted. Will this historic event lead to a new beginning for Scotland, or is a break-up a destruction of the most successful union in the world?
In 2007, when the SNP (Scottish National Party) leader Alex Salmond made his debut as first minister of Scotland, the campaign for Scottish independence began. He worked to try and get a referendum for his country’s future, but he didn’t get his way in law until the 14th November 2013, when his referendum bill was passed through the Scottish Government.
Currency
Alex Salmond decided he wanted to appeal independence to all political sides, by saying a yes vote is not necessarily a vote for the SNP. However, Alistair Darling, a labour MP and the leader of the cross-party group, Better Together (which includes the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Labour and Scottish Conservatives) thinks independence would be a disaster for the UK and Scotland.
The Trident Nuclear Missiles These weapons of mass distruction are currently serviced in Scotland. The SNP are against nuclear weapons in Scotland, so they want the missile to be looked after by the UK. Scottish independence would give them the power to decide where to put them.
The SNP want the pound for Scotland, rather than the Euro or an independent currency, because it would be safest for the country. The Chancellor says that there could not be a currency union. This would be bad for Scotland anyway, because they would have no control over interest rates, which the Bank of England decide.
Who will win? Yes or no? Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, ( bottom right) and Alex Salmond, leader of the Yes Campaign (above).
The no campaign say jobs would be lost in Scotland if the missiles were moved and it would cost the UK government billions of pounds.
Since 25th June 2012, the two sides have been battling in a brutal campaign war, dominated by three live debates between the two leaders broadcast on television. Even the queen has advised voters to ’think very carefully about the future’ when it comes to the referendum.
and Scotland for years to come. Even if there is a no vote, Scotland will continue its devolution, gaining more powers, such as making more of their own laws. In this case, Alex Salmond has said he will not campaign for another vote.
In summary, whatever Scotland decides, it will certainly affect the relationship between England
Oil So far, 40 billion barrels of oil have been extracted from around Scotland. This has earned billions in tax revenues for the British government.
Politics Scotland’s constituencies are mostly held by labour (yellow) candidates, with a few SNPs (red) and Conservatives (blue). This significantly contrasts with England, which has much less labour. With a Conservative lead government, Scotland feels left out by the UK government.
Devolution will give the Scottish Parliament more powers over its own laws, which will reflect the people more. In fact, devolution can give Scotland more powers, while keeping the safety of a union—the best of both worlds. Scotland has its own identity without needing to leave the UK.
Oil would secure the future of Scotland, with plenty of tax revenues and money into the economy. Fracking could help get even more oil and gas too.
A reliance upon oil would be dangerous, because the country would be dependent on the fluctuating price and it will probably run out in 30 years anyway. Any ideas of fracking is probably wishful thinking.
OR NO?
The start of the year can be quite scary and intimidating because you don’t have any idea where you are going and Mr Tighe could come out at any moment and catch you doing something you shouldn’t be! But once you have been around certain places a certain amount of times, you tend to learn your way around your timetable. Nearer the last half term, you practically know the school like the back of your hand! Finding new friends can be hard, but as you progress through school, you will gain lifelong friends by joining extracurricular clubs and doing the Lower School production. Year 7 slogans would be “follow the rules” and “don’t misbehave”. You can also tell the Year 7s apart from the other years because of the pristine uniforms and wide-eyed looks. Homework is a monumental change, because there was a lot more of it almost straight away. But once you get used to it, it seems to shrink from the start of the year; each piece you complete is one less you have to carry around. Getting the rooms correct can be a challenge, as each individual lesson is in a different room and each room has a different set of expectations. Now for the dreaded part! If you get signed up three times (this could be for forgetting books or having the wrong uniform), you get taken to S1 (detention room) with all the other detainees (obviously, professing their innocence) to spend an extra 40 minutes learning.
Answers in the next issue.
Has the Beautiful Game Turned
Ugly?
Luis Suarez is spotted biting the Itlaian defender, Giorgio Chiellini
Opinion by Oliver Bowman
The World Cup: a fantastic celebration of footballing talent from around the world; a wonderful event watched by over half the world’s population. This year’s competition was different, though, and left a bad taste in the mouth. So much so that many people have almost forgotten who won, and are still talking about the bad and the ugly. Picture it now: Italy vs Uruguay, the winner goes through to the next round. Tension is high. The score is 0-0 and just as a Uruguayan cross is about to be sent curling into the box, there is an incident between Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan striker, and Giorgio Chiellini, the Italian defender. Both the players hit the ground, then Chiellini is straight up again, furious, shouting at the referee and showing him a mark on his shoulder. The commentators are going crazy. And on the replay, the world sees what can’t possibly be true. Suarez has bitten an opposing player. And not for the first time. In the following weeks, Suarez was on the receiving end of criticism and abuse from football fans and many in the footballing establishment for not only spoiling the World Giorgio Chiellini showing his bite marks it the aftermath of Cup, but also damaging the reputation of football. Suarez’s World Cup fiasco. Amazingly, the striker still denied having bitten the Italian. He said this in a press conference after the event: ‘These things happen in the box. We were in contact, chest against shoulder and I got a knock in the eye.’ Of course, we know this statement is complete rubbish. Suarez eventually apologised and received a two-month ban from any football-related activity. But what does this mean for the game? It could be argued that football is taking a bad path towards more cheating and violence. The Suarez incident is not the only example of cheating and appalling sportsmanship. Diego Maradona, who is regarded one of the best layers of all time, is sadly most famous for his 1986 ‘hand of god‘, where he knocked the ball into the goal using his hand. Another example of football taking a darker path is that even though Suarez has committed three terrible offences - two other biting offences committed when playing for his club - he has only ever
received, in my opinion, lenient punishments. As well as this, he has, since the World Cup incident, made a £79 million transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona. Despite his on-field antics, he is still a sought-after player. This must have brought some relief for Liverpool. They had, on the one hand, a brilliant player scoring magnificent goals, but, on the other, a troublemaker who damaged their reputation and presented them with a dilemma: Do they leave him on the bench to punish him, or overlook the behaviour because he is their best player? As the new Premier League season starts, they’ll be relieved that instead of a volatile player, they’ve got a huge wad of cash.
Luis Suarez
It’s very easy to focus on the dirty aspects of the game; the pictures of violent incidents are gripping. The headlines are everywhere. When there’s a controversial occurrence, it’s inevitable that it’s widely talked about. But we must remember that the reason it’s so widely talked about is precisely because it’s so rare. Let’s not forget that the violence and occasional horror that is now part of the modern game is still a tiny aspect of it. FIFA, football’s world governing body, estimates that there are 265 million people in the world who regularly play the game, and a further 5 million officials; that means about 4% of the worlds population is actively involved in the sport. Nearly all of the games of football being played pass off without incident. Football brings people together, brings happiness and gets people active. We shouldn’t focus on scarce idiots like Suarez, talented though he is, but instead on the good things that come out of football around the world.
Thomas Irvine’sITFC
Season Preview This week, Tom looks into the drama of the new season at Ipswich Town. Ipswich Town’s 2013/14 season was a season of, as so many are: hope followed by disappointment; however the Town faithful should be heartened by the fact that disappointment was in narrowly missing out on the play-offs; and not another season of fighting for survival. As their thirteenth consecutive season in the Championship gets into full swing Ipswich fans will be eager for a season of hope, followed by a rather unusual sense of success.
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As Mick McCarthy begun his first full season as Ipswich Town manager a year ago, the ITFC fans expected a season of consolidation and building, McCarthy and Terry Connor were to build their own team, which could then mount a serious promotion push in the following season. The summer of 2013 had featured many comings and goings, and it was thought the team may take time to gel. Despite a tough start to the season, which featured recently relegated teams QPR and Reading, the supporters were left feeling slightly underwhelmed with the position of Mick McCarthy has been manager for just over a year. nineteenth after five games. However, the season picked up ing league game against Fulham at and after an eight game unbeaten run, Portman Road. Could this be the year Ipswich were in the play-offs after 24 the club ended their long wait to get games. The fans sensed an optimism back into the Premier League? Could not felt since multi millionaire Marcus the new signings make an instant imEvans took over the club in 2007. With pact in what would be a difficult game a first chance at the play-offs in over against recently relegated Fulham? five years, many Town fans felt this The team was already facing a mini was the time that Marcus Evans would injury crisis: David McGoldrick was open his chequebook to boost the club unlikely to start, new signings Camerinto the Premier League. The team on Stewart and Jonathan Parr were was crying out for a creative midfielder both out, and Paul Anderson and Steto contrast the hard-working midfieldphen Hunt were both sidelined. ers of Hyam, Skuse and Tabb. Much to Only one new signing started the Town fans dismay however, there against the Cottagers, Balint Bajner was no transfer activity in the January played up front with Daryl Murphy window. with David McGoldrick a sub. After a By mid February Town had nervy opening half hour Daryl Murphy slipped to tenth, six points off the powered Town ahead, after only 43 David McGoldrick will be playing for play-offs and star striker David minutes new signing Balint Bajner was Ipswich this season McGoldrick, who had netted sixteen subbed off for David McGoldrick, leavtimes already, was sidelined with a next four games to go into the final ing no new signings on the pitch. knee problem for the rest of the seafour level on points with Reading in Shortly after the break David McGolson. The focus was now on next seasixth; none of the challenging teams drick slammed home the second, deson, when the team could make a could hold together a winning run so it spite a late barrage from Fulham with proper push and finish in sixth or high- was now or never for Town’s final a Tim Hoogland goal in the 85th Town er. push. Unfortunately no wins from held on for three points. A month later although after an their next three left Ipswich out of the Town travelled to Crawley on away win at Play-off challengers running on the final day and the fans the following Tuesday for a Capital Brighton and a dramatic home win to eager for August to roll around and the One Cup first round tie. Town fielded a Derby left Ipswich three points off the 2014/15 season to get underway. weakened team and the League One play-offs and the Town fans buzzing For the first time in years, Ipsoutfit snatched the match with a draonce again. The loan signing of Crystal wich Town went into pre-season matic winner in extra time. Palace attacking midfielder Jonny Wil- knowing their first team squad did not On the Saturday the tractor liams had excited everyone and he had need a complete makeover, the squad boys made the trip to the Madjeski, been influential in both wins. had its building blocks and a just a few where they played Reading in a reWith Williams’ loan ex- additions were needed. match of last season’s opening entended until the end of counter. The only change from the the season, Town took Excitement was building around Fulham was game was the return of seven points from the the club as Town went into their open- David McGoldrick to the team. Both
TheSquad
Cameron Stewart
Balint Bajner
Alex Henshall
Bartosz Bialkowski
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Date
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Fee
Position
Alex Henshall
27-06-14
Man City
Free
Winger
Cameron Stewart Kevin Bru
01-07-14
Hull City
Free
Winger
01-07-14
Levski Sofia
Free
Midfielder
Jonathan Parr
07-07-14
Crystal Palace
Free
Full Back
Bartosz Bialkowski Balint Bajner
15-07-14
Notts County
Free
Goalkeeper
31-07-14
Borussia Dortmund
Free
Striker
Out: Kevin Bru
Jonathan Parr
teams had chances in the opening exchanges but Town conceded a sloppy goal after a David McGoldrick mistake on the 25th minute. More chances came for both teams throughout the match but no more goals were scored and Town left Reading empty handed. Town made a new signing, Connor Sammon came in on a season long loan from Derby County and he started against Birmingham on Tuesday night. He replaced David McGoldrick who still needed to regain full match fitness after missing much of pre-season. Town went behind early on through a poor goal but pulled it back just after the interval with a Christophe Berra header. On the 62nd minute Cole Skuse gave the ball away and Clayton Donaldson broke away to score. Town did managed to scrape a point though, centre back Christophe Berra became Towns top scorer when he headed home a last gasp equaliser. It was now on to the East Anglian derby with Norwich: the fierce rivals had not met since April 2011 when the Canaries humbled Ipswich 5-1 at Portman Road. This was a match that Town fans wanted to win more than any other. David McGoldrick and Paul Anderson’s returns to the starting line up were the only changes. Town started
Name Aaron Cresswell
Date 03-07-14
well but Lewis Grabban headed in an offside goal in the 24th minute. The atmosphere among the home fans went very flat for the following 66 minutes as they succumbed to another derby defeat, suddenly after an excellent win against Fulham, Town had only picked up one point. Town’s next game was very difficult trip to Derby; the Rams had narrowly missed out on promotion last season. David McGoldrick was missing from the Town squad, there had been rumours circulating about him moving to Leicester so it was presumed amongst the Town support he was in Leicester. Cole Skuse and Elliot Hewitt were also missing due to injury, and Tyrone Mings was dropped to the bench. Jonathan Parr, Kevin Bru, Teddy Bishop were all given their league debuts. Derby started well and went ahead through a scrappy goal. A cross was blocked by Tommy Smith, Luke Hyam’s attempted clearance went to Chris Martin whose header was saved by Dean Gerken, another header came in that was blocked by Parr but this time former Norwich striker Chris Martin was on hand to knock it into the net. Despite Derby’s continued dominance Ipswich equalised through Christophe Berra heading in a Paul An-
To West Ham
Fee £4M
Position Left Back
derson free kick. Town really came into the game now and very nearly won it in the final half hour. The Tractor Boys walked away from Pride Park very happy with their point. Town held on to David McGoldrick, in a frantic deadline day Town reportedly rejected an £8M offer from Leicester City. Ipswich sit nineteenth, four points off the Play-offs and will hope to overturn the deficit sooner rather than later. Town now face visits from Millwall and Brighton where they will be expecting to pick up six points to get their promotion campaign back on track. Question marks remain over some positions: Who can offer creativity in the middle, Kevin Bru and Teddy Bishop can but they are not the finished article? Are Alex Henshall and a fit Cameron Stewart the exciting wingers Mick is looking for? Does Connor Sammon offer good enough back-up? And most importantly can Town return to the Premier League? I can’t wait to find out.
Welcome to Beats & Blockbusters, your number one column for everything related to music and films.
Now over in films (or Blockbusters) I’m going to look at the films over the summer giving actors and actresses big breaks!
Maleficent This time in Beats, as our theme this issue is beginnings, I will look into the new artists who hit the stages at the big festivals during summer holidays. Glastonbury kicked off the festivals with new act M+A hitting the stage.
M+A produce an awesome pop-disco combination, this Italian duo won Glastonbury’s 2014 Emerging Talent and got the chance to perform at one of the festival’s main stages (West Holts). They also won £5,000 pounds! Their catchy single “Down the West Side” is a perfect pop tune for summer. This duo is an up-and-coming band that produces effortlessly catchy tunes. 9/10!
Another notable band at Glastonbury was Imagine Dragons, an American rock band, who wowed the crowd with their hit singles “Radioactive” and “Demons” among many others. Their album “Night Visions” is an awesome rock album and they are taking the rock world by storm. 9/10!
The new (ish) actress Ella Purnell had the immense task to portray Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) as a teenager; she rose to fame in “Kick-Ass 2” last year! Disney makes a twist on traditional fairy-tales with this dark take on “Sleeping Beauty”, but instead the film is seen through the eyes of the villain Maleficent! Angelina Jolie portrays the title character majestically and this story will leave you questioning fairy-tales. The film weaves an intricate backstory leading up to Jolie’s character’s fall from grace and the events that led up to the fateful birthday. However you continue through the classic story from Maleficent’s viewpoint until the dramatic conclusion. 8/10!
The Fault In Our Stars This beautiful romance stars Shailene Woodley as Hazel and Ansel Elgort stars as her star-crossed lover Augustus; Shailene and Ansel both were shot into the public eye due to their main roles in “Divergent”. The Fault In Our Stars though is a love story, however this isn’t an ordi-
nary love story with the dark shadow of cancer overcasting throughout the film. Cancer though doesn’t dominate the plot, as this isn’t a story about cancer, this is a story of a girl and boy who fall madly in love. Cleverly written, the plot strings you along until the twist ending that will leave you shocked. Prepare yourself for the tragic yet beautiful and realistic ending, as it will leave you crying. 9/10!
Top ten games worth waiting for...if you’re old enough! Evolve It’s not often that you get a 4 v 1 multiplayer game, however Evolve seems to be basing its commercial campaign on it. The concept is to kill the beast, however to do so you have to stop the beast from “evolving” and regaining armour to kill it at its weakest moment. This can be done using one of the 4 different human classes available in the game and co-operating with online players to set traps and track down the beast.
Assassin’s Creed Unity Assassin’s creed unity is based in France during the time of the French revolution and is therefore based mostly in cities. The whole sailing/pirate theme from the last game will be dropped, however assassins creed unity has got new features like the 4 player online multiplayer where other missions can be completed along with exploring the vast open world.
Splatoon Splatoon is one of the only child friendly shooters you will find the market in this day and age however in this game you do not shoot bullets and you do not kill for points. Splatoon is based on gaining territory but the only way to do that is to splash, roll and explode paint all over the world to claim it as yours. The main selling point of this game is the ability to turn into squid and swim around in the paint of your team’s colours. Though marketed for a younger audience, Splatoon stays competitive due to its multiplayer making it a great game regardless of age.
The Division The Division is a post-apocalyptic shooter game based in a dense city much like New York in the future where after a disease being tested in a lab manages to escape its containment; it is unleashed to the world causing havoc far and wide. The whole game is multiplayer and contains a huge open world area for you to play with as well as a full year cycle bringing the game to life and using the next gen consoles to a new level. As well as all of this the division has a tablet controlled drone in the game allow players to join in the fun on their tablets making this a great game.
New Super Smash Bros For Wii This is the 4th in the series of Nintendo Beat 'Em Ups. It pits many famous gaming characters (such as Pac-Man and Mario) against each other in a gimmicky fight. This edition will be different to the others as it focuses on characters’ individual gameplay styles rather than having an overwhelming amount of characters and stages.
Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare is closely related to the other call of duty games in the sense that you have weapons and you have to kill the bad guys. Advanced warfare is based in a futuristic scene with holograms and flying objects as well as brand new amazing guns making this a great addition to the call of duty franchise.
Mario Party 10 Despite being called No.10 this game is about the 13th in the Mario Party series. This game keeps a mechanic of moving around the party board as one item but switching the ‘leader’ each turn (The leader will get or lose any items of the turn. Also a new mechanic in this edition of the series is that one player (specifically the gamepad player) will take the role of bowser and pester the other players. A great way to ruin friendships!
The Crew The Crew is a driving game were you and your buddy’s can drive around and have a laugh, however what makes this game different is that it has a huge area to drive and drift in in fact it is a recreation of the united states that is fully open world. As well as this fully open world playground you can partake in races to try and become the top underground racer there is.
Sims 4 Sims 4 is much alike the other Sims games however in this game you get to play around with emotions. If a Sim enters a room with red walls and decorations he will be romantic due to the mechanics in the new game however if you were in a green room you might fell smart, also if a character plays sad music your other Sims will be sad. On top of this, Sims 4 has a new customization technique for characters allowing more detail.
Far Cry 4 Far Cry 4 is based in Kyrat, a mountainous area of the Himalayas adding a new sense of adventure and freedom to the game as you fly, climb or fall of mountains and hills. Far cry 4 has added in some new forms of transport as well as the already existent cars and bikes as you can now ride elephants and trick them into giving you an advantage over your foes. The Far Cry 4 storyline is single player however all of Kyrat can be explored with a friend in open world multiplayer. Overall Far Cry 4 is great game to play alone or with a friend making this the perfect game to buy.
A reservoir of water has been discovered 400 miles (700km) beneath North America by scientists. It could be the largest reservoir of water on Earth; as much as three times the volume of all Earth’s surface oceans. This discovery could help explain where our seas came from. Some scientists believe that our oceans came from comets as they hit Earth but they are questioning this theory as they now think that the seas came from within the planet. Two thousand seismologists studied the seismic waves which were travelling through the Earth’s crust created by more than 500 earthquakes. Measuring the speed of these seismic waves, they could work out what types of rocks were beneath the area they were studying. The reservoir showed up because the seismic waves slowed down, as it takes longer for these waves to travel through water. Because of the discovery of water in the transition zone, (the area between the upper mantle and the lower mantle,) scientists did some experiments to see if Hydrous Ringwoodite (a type of rock which can contain water,) was present. The Earth has four main layers: lithosphere, asthenosphere, upper mantle, and
Scientists think Hydrous Ringwoodite can explain an underground ocean, showed in the diagram.
lower mantle. In the scientists’ experiments, they found that there was in fact Hydrous Ringwoodite inside the Earth’s mantle, 700km (400 miles) down. Ringwoodite is a blue rock, which is like a sponge and soaks up water. Ringwoodite has a crystalline structure, which allows it to attract Hydrogen and store water. At depths of 400 miles, the Ringwoodite should melt partially. “When a rock with a lot of H2O (water) moves from the transition zone to the lower mantle, it needs to get rid of the H2O somehow, so it melts a bit,” Schmandt, a seismologist from the University of New Mexico said. “This is called dehydration melting.” After the water escapes from the rock, it gets trapped in the transition zone, creating a reservoir. It is thought that plate tectonics cycle water in and out, which could be evidence of a whole-earth water cycle. The only place scientists have evidence of the presence of Hydrous Ringwoodite is beneath the U.S. Scientists now want to find out if there is Hydrous Ringwoodite all around the world.
A sample of Ringwoodite.
Why you should Start Reading Adrian Mole’s Diaries Adrian Mole. Teenager, intellectual, lover. It seems that at a glance the 8 books in the series may be seen as either old fashioned or out of date. This couldn’t be more wrong. Originally written in 1981 by Sue Townsend, the first book, The Diary of Adrian Albert Mole, aged 13 ¾ focuses on a colourful variety of teenage problems such as spots, the delusion of undying love, and overestimating oneself. The protagonist himself, Adrian, is a very cynical, melodramatic individual. As he nears 14, the sudden realisation that he is an intellectual (or so he thinks) motivates him to somehow break free from his humble upbringings and become a great writer. Comedy, tragedy and drama feature in these unconventional novels. Adrian’s’ persistent pursuit of the stunningly intelligent and beautiful Pandora Braithwaite shows his more sensitive (yet lustful) side. The narrator’s romanticism of his supposed future wife is hilarious, ambitious and exaggerated. I would recommend this series to anyone who wants to read books that are relatable and based around adolescence, without being as clichéd as teen fiction novels. These books are very different from others in the young adult category as they feature a mix of mature and juvenile humour. There is a slight political atmosphere to certain sections, which means this book is great for those interested in the politics of the 1980s and Thatcherism. The book also comments on many significant events in the 80s such as the royal wedding, the fear over the use of chemical weapons, as well as references to the popular music, literature and broadcasting at the time. This, I must point out, does not mean this book is unconnected to today’s society. There are some aspects of adolescence that will never change and as long as teenagers continue to develop acne, rivalries, romantic relationships and their own opinions in the world, this book shall always be relevant.
Hello! Have you ever been interested in things like obliviously blowing up into a demonic inferno of scorching fire? Have YOU ever wanted to? Probably not, but here you go anyway! Basically, as the combustion is spontaneous you don’t know where the fire comes from but when it does come, your clothes act like a wick of a candle and your body fats act like the wax. Your fat slowly seeps through your clothes keeping you alight for longer until you slowly ‘melt’ and then blow up like an organ filled water balloon. The latest account of this type of combustion was in 2010, where a man was found burnt and when the fireman came they saw no source of fire and no form of pyrotechnics around. A feature of spontaneous combustion is that your hands and feet usually survive, you leave a greasy residue behind and your surroundings are left unharmed.
Please, don’t try this at home!
Thankyou to all of the contributors to Farlingaye’s first ever
Oliver Bowman Riki Buckles Alexandra Cole Sonny Da Silva-Peters Polly Dawson James Frost Elena Ferretti Mati Ferretti Olivia Goldsmith Thomas Irvine Euan McKenzie Emily Mitchell India Parkinson Beth Scahill Will Stevens Raffi Thomas Rachael Vickery Raffy Zoio