From the Headmaster Dear Parents, Mastermaze, Dungeons and Dragons, Rubik’s Cube, Rubik’s Snake, Tamiya Radio Controlled cars, BMX, ‘Duncan’ yo-yos…the list goes on of ‘crazes’ that hit me and my classmates when I was growing up at school in the 80s. As a teacher, I have also seen: trainers with flashing lights on the bottom, Heely’s, Tamagotchis, Match Attax, laser pens, Minecraft, bottle flipping, dabbing and all sorts of other things over the years. They all come and go of course but the craze for Spring 2017 has to be what my son Patrick calls, ‘fidgety spinny things’. He has one, his friends all have them and it seems that half of Wetherby Prep and Senior have them as well. As long as common -sense prevails and they are used appropriately, I have no problem with that and they’ll be onto the next thing soon enough. Sometimes boys just need to do something with their hands. My mum would never leave celery out in our house as I would just munch through it, almost non-stop, until it disappeared. Celery is probably the most unsatisfying of all foodstuffs in that you could eat a mountain of it and it still wouldn’t fill you up but I would eat it as it just gave me something to do with my hands. No problem then with ‘fidgety spinny things’, particularly when, at Year 6 lunch this week, I witnessed some very inventive ways that they are being used by Wetherby boys! My favourite ‘craze’ of all though has to be ‘Darda Cars’, wind up miniature cars that went incredibly fast, and a trip up to Hamley’s to see them race around a track on the ground floor was always such a treat. I had dozens of them, with the Knight Rider one and the Go-Kart my personal favourites. In my enthusiasm for fatherhood, when my boys were barely walking a few years ago, I went on eBay and bought dozens of these cars and loads of the track that had inspired me all those years ago. Sadly though, it was all a bit dated and none of the cars worked very well or went as fast as I remembered. The same can be said for the Tamiya RC ‘Hornet’ that I bought off eBay for a 3 year old Patrick and 1 year old Joseph. Neither were that impressed and neither was I – seemed nowadays to be a lot of faff and hours of charging a battery for barely ten minutes of action. The moral then, not to live my youth through my own children and let them find and be interested in their own ‘crazes’ in the contemporary society they are now part of. I still have my fond memories though! Have a good weekend…
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DIARY Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th LAMDA Exams in Rooms 12 and 14 Parents’ Evening - Year 7
17:30-19:30
Wednesday 10th Cricket U13 WSS A/B vs WPS (H)
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Thursday 11th Cricket U14 WSS A/B vs Harrow (A) Cricket U14 C vs Harrow (H) Cricket U15 WSS A/B vs Harrow (A) Cricket U15 WSS C vs Harrow (H) Parents’ Evening - Year 8
14:30 14:30 14:30 14:30 17:30-19:30
Friday 12th HM Assembly at Hinde St Methodist Church
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Saturday 13th Open Day Sunday 14th
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NOTICEBOARD Wetherby Pool Tournament An updated fixture sheet is up outside Room 8. Have a look and arrange your match as soon as possible! All round 1 & 2 games should be completed by Friday 19 th May. You may face elimination if you have not completed your game…!
Get involved with WSS Music Rock School: A new activity for Wetherby this term is Rock School. Boys are being taught by Mr Mckean. He has extensive Rock credentials, playing in bands such as ‘Balaam’ and ‘The Angel’ and ‘Twenty Flight Rockers’. He is a fantastic guitarist and we are very lucky to have him here at Wetherby. Boys are currently working on performing: Teenage Kicks and the all time classic, Smoke on the Water. They will also be producing a CD of their performances at the end of term. Brass Ensemble: Two new instruments have been added this term: a Tuba and a Euphonium. Brass ensemble is making great progress this term. Ukulele Club Ukulele Club for Year 9 has started and is now on Wednesdays at 13:30-1400. It’s open to all boys.
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Clubs & Food Clubs & Activities this week: Monday
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Film Review Club
Art and Design
Music Tech
Bridge Club
Philosophy YAD Fitness
Climbing Club
Basketball
Fencing
Barre Fitness
Football
Book Club Cricket Food Chemistry Football
Parkour Quiz Club
Actor Training & Physical Theatre Choir MFL Cinema Club Biology in the News Duke of Edinburgh Award
Fun Run Classics Club Junior Geographical Society Rock School Table Tennis
Community Service
YAD Fitness
GCSE Art & Design GCSE Drama GCSE Graphic Design Quiz Club
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An exclusive and unique opportunity to learn the story of Revolutionary Science.
Year 9 and 10… Be part of the revolution. * The Wealth * The Genius * The Bloodshed * The Discovery *
Includes entry to... New lunchtime science club running in Sept 17!
This October half term: travel back to the origins of modern science, see the sites of some of history’s most bloodthirsty executions, sail down the Seine, visit Marie Curie’s lab, rise above it all in a hot air balloon, watch the Foucault pendulum show the earth itself turn under your feet…
14th to 17th October 2017
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Votes for Schools Mr Hartley writes‌
This week’s Votes for Schools topic has been: Do electronic devices harm family life?
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Curriculum News From the Art & Graphic Design Department Miss Bradley writes...
Fourth Plinth Schools Award Competition Entries Last term, boys were given the opportunity to attend the Fourth Plinth Sculpture Studio with Miss Bradley and Mr Murphy to create sculptural entries for the city-wide Fourth Plinth Schools Award competition. The boys were tasked with coming up with a concept for a sculpture that would speak to all the people who might see it in Trafalgar Square and address issues that Londoners could identify with. They then created their sculptures using a diverse range of materials, selecting the most appropriate for their design. Whilst we didn’t win an award this time round, the boys came up with thoughtful, visually striking ideas which tackle a range of contemporary issues and showed impressive dedication and creativity throughout the process. The sculptures can be currently found on display in reception. Alexander Le Marchant and Tinos Psomadakis ‘The Fall of London’ On the surface, this sculpture illustrates a very serious cause: the side effects of global warming. London’s iconic landmarks, including Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral, The Gherkin and The Shard, are disappearing under rising tides caused by the melting ice caps. However, there is more depth to this sculpture: the water slowly submerging the buildings, highlighted by the swirling ink, is a metaphor for the evils that consume our cities: greed, prejudice and ignorance. The commercial and business oriented buildings are the first to be engulfed, with the rest soon to follow.
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Curriculum News Harry Gillingwater Spare Us! This sculpture is a comment on the results of the recent EU referendum and the resulting negotiations that are still taking place. The bowling ball represents the UK’s decision to leave the EU, with the scattered pins acting as a warning of what could happen to our relationship with these countries. Held static, as if paused mid-bowl, the audience remains uncertain of where it will land, just as the people of the UK wait tentatively to find out what the future holds.
Rafael Hajjar Headlines We are constantly bombarded by bad news in the media, in newspapers and on the television. So much so that sometimes it is all we can see. This sculpture explores the impact of headlines on our daily lives and wellbeing, looking at how the words used in the media can affect us and the negative emotions they can create. It is also an investigation into how news taken out of context can be hugely exaggerated, to the point that the true meaning behind it is lost.
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Curriculum News AJ Sawangpanich ‘Fragmented Forces’ This sculpture features soldiers cast in unfired terracotta clay, inspired by the legendary Terracotta Army. It serves as a reminder of soldiers lost at war who receive little recognition from society. The sculpture commemorates these soldiers for their sacrifice. The unfired clay begins to disintegrate, cracking and flaking apart, symbolising the frailty of human life and the danger that war poses to both the individual, physically and mentally, and those that they are sent to protect.
Sebastiano Butini Who will save us? Our world can be a frightening place, filled with corruption, social and economic unrest and human rights violations, in which ordinary people can feel powerless. Quite simply, our world needs a hero. This sculpture is a cynical statement about our predicament suggesting that our only hope is a fictional comic book super hero.
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Curriculum News Vasco de Noronha Save the Polar Bears This sculpture aims to illustrate the plight of the Polar Bear. Global warming is happening but there are still those that deny it, and even people who accept the fact are not doing enough to save the polar bear. The iridescent film used to create the iceberg would move in the wind of Trafalgar Square, reflecting light and creating sound to attract the attention of passers-by, encouraging them to take notice and act.
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Curriculum News Mr Meyer writes...
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In the Spring Term, a new medium was implemented into the schemes of work: metalwork. This allowed boys to look at artist, Alexander Calder. His work was characterised by the use of both the mobile and stabile sections. After learning about the man and his work, they were set the task of designing and creating a piece, considering his geometric and organic forms. Using a range of challenging techniques such as scoring and cutting into aluminium, the boys all created maquettes which are now on display around the school building.
Curriculum News From the French Department Mrs Diamond writes... This week, Year 9 created a poster about their favourite theme park in France, and presented their findings, in French, to the class. Great job, boys!
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Curriculum News From the MFL Department Miss Eaves writes‌
Foreign Language Spelling Bee Regional Finals How many words can you translate into a foreign language and then spell in a minute? Try it... it's not as easy as you think! Yesterday afternoon that's exactly what three brave Year 7 linguists had to do as they took part in the Foreign Language Spelling Bee Regional Finals. Arthur, Danny and Oscar, representing Spanish, German and French respectively, were three of the 145 pupils (out of a total of 9080) to make it to the Regional Finals; a triumph in itself. Standing in front of their adversaries, two intimidating judges and their manically smiling teachers they performed admirably and we are hugely proud of them! Whilst a little speed may have been lacking, pronunciation and annunciation were excellent and they have all agreed to come back next year and help coach the new little bees! We can't wait! Well done boys!
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Curriculum News From the Drama Department Miss Twomey writes... This term in Drama Year 9 are exploring the play The Lying Kind by Anthony Neilson, a play about two incompetent policeman who are too scared to tell civilians that their daughter has been tragically killed in a car accident. Instead of telling the truth, they bicker about who should pass on the ghastly news, get caught up in the mother's delusions and end of somehow pretending to be the captains of a cruise ship. Year 9s’ presentations of a fainting mother, immature policemen and a parent trying to get the whole situation under control were very amusing, as you can see from these photos of 9C’s lesson.
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Curriculum News From the Geography Department Mrs Deedat writes... Edoardo and Tobias presented on counterfeit goods and globalisation, respectively, in Senior Geography Forum this week. Thanks to all the Year 9 boys who attended! Meanwhile, Dylan gave a fascinating speech on population including the theory of Malthus and various population controls. He argued that GM crops may be a solution to world hunger.
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Curriculum News From the Biology Department Mrs Skinner writes... The Year 8 boys have been learning about the uses of microorganisms in industry, including the manufacture of yoghurt and alcohol. This week, they made their own yoghurt with great success, and investigated how the type of milk (cow, soya & lactosefree) affects the yoghurt product.
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Curriculum News From the Classics Department This week, boys in Year 10 have been using the Quizlet website to help with their GCSE Latin vocabulary revision in preparation for a test next week. After all ‘joining’ the game through the Quizet Live link, the boys were randomly split into two teams: the ‘Lynces’ (Lynxes) and the ‘Tigres’ (Tigers). The boys had to work as a team to correctly match 12 Latin words to their English meanings. If they made a mistake, they would have to start all over again. After two rounds, in which both the Lynces and Tigres had won one round each, there was high tension as the boys entered the third and deciding round. It was a close contest, but after a fatal mistake by the Lynces, it was the Tigres who were victorious in this fierce vocabulary battle. Well done to the winning Tigres: Giacomo D., Jack C. and Nicholas M. The boys then tested out the individual vocabulary matching game in which each boy was timed as he matched 8 Latin and English terms. By the end of the lesson, all boys had managed to better their original times but the final leaderboard showed that Nicholas M. was the quickest with a very impressive time of 7.6 seconds. This meant that he had managed to match his words at a speed of under a word per second; very speedy indeed! Hopefully these competitions have enabled the boys to feel more confident about their vocabulary test on Monday! I look forward to lots of full marks!
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Curriculum News From the English Department Miss Kirk writes… This week, Year 7 have been exploring ‘The Sea’, a poem by James Reeves. Mr Chidell and I thought that the two English classes might enjoy some healthy competition so we devised a challenge: which class could produce the most vivid poem about the sea, The sea is a powerful boxer. using an imaginative extended metaphor. Whilst Reeves And as he jabs boats get thrown back conveys the The sea is a piece of music Slowly sinking into the ravenous sea. restless, playful and Prepared for the sudden crescendo conversely tranquil Sometimes flowing freely The battling blue sea terrors nature of the sea, Then others breaking windows! Shaken seagulls. using the metaphor Shatter, crackle, smash! of a dog, our boys An uppercut sends crashing waves Window after window after window… rose to the challenge Each particle within the glass whines To the shore and sweat drips and arrived at some In pain. As rainclouds start to release truly original ideas, Freezing sleet. comparing the sea And now the salty sea grins When the new year comes to a blanket, an With his violin Battles are done. orchestra, a lone And his bass hunter and even a Getting warmed up for the real race. Now the sea is a calm, resting, weary Three! Two! One! GO! stomach! Unable to boxer; The thrash of water stay out of the fun, I Slowly sloshing around the breeze Thicker than blood had a go at my own Flowing rapidly left, right, down and The boxer goes to sleep. poem - the metaphor above. used is very close to Then pumped and powered up again all of our hearts… Then the sea strums guitar Getting ready for the next Can you guess what Playing the lovely solo Banging battle. And turning a brilliant blue it is? No deeper than five meters. Boats enter the raging ring Men, women and children run The splash splash splash From what could be a Of children playing happily. Water so smooth and forgiving Disaster. That you can see yourself Reflected. The smashing, shaking sea opens up Ready to throw the first fierce punch A tragedy happens. The sea rummages through the carnage To leave no survivors The sea wins the battle; The boxer earns his championship belt. by Jude B 20
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The sea helping you see? Making you feel sentimental and free. Now laying gently on the bay But ready and prepared for the next Sudden Crescendo! Finally, the sea waits. By Atticus C
Curriculum News The sea is a fierce monster, A colossal and mesmerising wilderness, He even kills the fearless. A famished monster He takes like away: tearless‌ The sea is hardly fed until the water has turned red Red! Red! Red! Blood! Blood! Blood! Boom! An innocent man is now, DEAD! When the storm gets closer, It gets angrier and angrier: not a drop of remorse, It swishes and sways, swishes and sways, There goes Poseidon on his wild looking horse! The sea is like a monster, Blood-thirsty and malevolent. But, in the summer its fury will diminish. Tranquil. So calm, so calm, there is not a wave to be seen. The sea is less of a monster‌ By Gabriel T An exhaustive push And pullIt holds all who halt its hurling, heaping, bellowing blasts a hopeless hostage. Imperiously, it commands order from the debris which it whips into an ordered collect before expelling from various exits. Demanding and thunderous- a gravitational force on those who have been summoned to 'Learn!' A harbour, steady on the horizon to which it directs its fleets. Welcome And 'God's speed!' It cushions the arrival of the polished and those in need of Steer. Humbly, it coaxes and cuddles the dreams of its varied flotsam before this twirls, accomplished, content through its tributary. Compassionate and captivating- a current which guides those who follow it to 'Learn'... 'Learn'... 'Learn'... By Miss Kirk The Barometer | week 28 | 05/05/2017
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Curriculum News From the Chemistry Department Miss Hoskins writes... This week the Year 7 boys investigated the composition of the Earth's crust. They created a pie-chart of the different elements, using the skills they had learnt in Maths last week.
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Sporting News Mr Sullivan writes... I am often asked this question – can I start doing weights and is strength everything? I generally answer that whilst strength is important, what counts more is your ability to express maximum force in minimum time and that level of maximum strength development may be lower than most imagine. Most importantly, skill is the key factor (SKILL IS KING). Body weight is the best area to start and then you can develop! Who are the strongest pound for pound athletes? Gymnasts and ballet dancers. Why? You can answer that! If you don’t believe me read this article on Sonny Bill-Williams – click here . Let me know your thoughts on Monday, boys. Cricket attire Summer is here and I can certainly smell the Cricket in
Attire:
the air!
tracksuit bottoms with white socks and white trainers
The correct attire for participating in Wetherby Senior Twenty20 Cricket this Summer is as follows:
In school: hoodie, white cricket shirt, black
Games Lessons/Training: white cricket shirt, black shorts or tracksuit bottoms with white socks and
Cricket Shirt:
white trainers
Matches: white cricket shirt, white cricket trousers with white socks and white trainers (if selected for the A team, boys must also bring their school blazer).
Black shorts/tracksuit bottoms:
If your son is in the wrong attire for a fixture, they won’t be selected to play. You can purchase all the above, apart from the trainers, via the Perry Uniform website. Please click on the link: http://www.perryuniform.co.uk/index.php/find-your-
White socks, white cricket trousers and trainers:
school/schools-v-z/wetherby-school/senior-schoolmarylebone-lane/sports-kit This term, we have a storage option for the heavy cricket bags. We ask that boys store their cricket bags in the storage cupboard in the courtyard (below the
Water bottle and sun cream:
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Sporting News Year 7/8 Cricket WSS As vs. Hill House Mr Underwood writes... Our second game of the season saw Hill House travel to Regent's Park for a 20/20 match. With Wetherby losing the toss, we were put into bat for the first innings. Akshay B. opened the batting for us and immediately put his mark on the game, impressively hitting to the boundary at will. After suffering a scare in the form of a dropped catch, he went on to score 35 (a team high so far this season). He formed good partnerships with Atticus C. and Oscar C., who managed their own wickets in order to build a high-scoring partnership at the crease. Max H. arrived at the wicket and stabilised the innings after some quick wickets, defending well against fast bowlers. Nico S. impressed with his first runs for the school, hitting an unbeaten 7 from 12 balls, including an unbeatable boundary. This concluded our innings, with Hill House needing 80 for victory. Hill House opened their innings with promise, scoring quick singles and taking advantage of miss-fields to gain extra runs. To halt the momentum, we turned to Atticus C. for a spell of incredible bowling. He challenged his opponents with good line and length, taking a valuable wicket after a fine catch from Nico S. at square leg. Unfortunately, Hill House were able to pick up their required runs outside of these overs and hit the winning runs with 3 overs to spare. A Man of the Match award goes to Atticus C. for a fine display with the ball, taking valuable wickets and performing very well when fielding and batting. A fantastic performance and we go 24
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on to next week against Wetherby Preparatory School - the local derby! WSS Bs vs. Hill House Mr Betts writes… On Wednesday, the U13B team had their first cricket match of the season against Hill House. It was a windy and slightly cold day, but nevertheless the boys were looking smart in their cricket whites. It was an extremely close game with Hill House posting a competitive first innings score of 68. Wetherby gave it their all but unfortunately came up 3 runs short in the final over of the game. We have a lot to learn but the boys have really made some positive strides forward. Well done. WSS C/D’s vs. Hill House Mr Sullivan writes… For the first time, Beau B was made captain owing to his hard working attitude and his willingness to learn and take on new techniques. Wetherby fielded first and the captain opened the bowling finding a consistent line and length throughout. He was rewarded for his efforts in achieving two wickets. Elsewhere, there were signs of progress in the field with Sasha E, Lucas K and Ishaan stopping the ball on a number of occasions using the long barrier. Luca O batted resolutely displaying a forward defensive throughout much of his innings. Lucas K was more expansive playing a range of cover and leg drive shots. Although the boys fell short of the opposition's target, they nevertheless have made progress, particularly in the field. With more training sessions to come, they will find yet more time to practise their hard ball batting. Man of the Match – Ishaan Bajpai
Sporting News Year 9 Cricket WSS As vs. UCS
wickets and performing very well when fielding. A fantastic performance.
Mr Underwood writes… Our second game of the season saw UCS travel to Regent's Park and with Wetherby winning the toss, we decided to Bowl for the first innings. We began bowling with good line and length as Sacha R. and Yuvraj C. opened the bowling with pace. UCS began to show their class with the bat as they took advantage of any loose deliveries. Just as UCS seemed to gain the upper hand, Sacha R. took the wicket of their best batsman, followed quickly by a carbon copy delivery from Antonio DB. As UCS recovered and began to increase their run total, Ethan E. began to bowl his spell and made an instant impact. He took 2 wickets in 2 overs, limiting the opposition and halting their momentum. Despite spectacular catching attempts from Sebastiano B. and Nour H. and a fine wicket from Sebastian P., we were unable to maintain our momentum and UCS finished the innings with a score of 160/6. Monty C. began our innings in the zone, batting smartly and with composure. He was joined by the free-hitting Antonio DB, whose innings was short-lived after quick-fire scores for the team. Yuvraj C batted assertively, spreading the ball around the field and causing problems for UCS. He formed a good partnership with Monty C. and, later on, Sacha R. After these wickets went down, Nour H. and Anthony A. brought some pace to the wicket. Despite our best efforts, including an incredible 4 from Jock S., we did not have the required number of overs remaining to chase down the lead and ran out of game time. The Man of the Match award goes to Ethan E. for a fine display with the ball, taking valuable
WSS Bs vs. UCS Mr Betts writes… On Thursday, the U14B team had a fixture against UCS. Despite the boys lack of game time experience they put on a good first innings against a very well drilled UCS unit. UCS replied with some impressive batting from both of their openers. They were able to get the total with a few overs still remaining, however, I was extremely pleased with the boys’ efforts and commitment in tying to improve their cricket in the right way. I hope they all enjoyed the experience and are motivated to improving their cricket throughout the term.
Year 10 Cricket WSS A’s vs. Harrodian Mr Fraser writes… It was fantastic cricket conditions at Harrodian school with the weather being slightly overcast. We won the toss and decided to bat first. Slightly overcast conditions meant the ball was going to swing in the air and be much harder to play than usual. Taking this in to consideration we got off to a great start with Ollie and Pip running lots of quick singles. Unfortunately, their bowlers got on top of us early with 5 out of the 6 balls pitching on the stumps. They rattled through our top and middle order batsmen bringing the lower order in early. Matthew showed great mental strength to battle through and be there at the end of the innings. Matthew was our top scorer with 15 not out. The boys knew at the midway point of the game we had to step it up, which we did.
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Sporting News The second innings started well with Pip and Luke both bowling a good consistent line and length. Matthew was brought on and continued his good form from the previous innings with the ball. A few wickets fell, but unfortunately a couple of their batsmen were experienced and knew how to finish a game from playing years of club cricket.
The final score finished WSS 90 runs, 8 wickets off 15 overs and Harrodian School 91 runs, 6 wickets off 10.5 overs. There was a stand out performance from Matthew Monaghan with a score of 15 not out and bowling figures of 2 overs, 2 wickets for 15 runs.
Sports Quote of the Week:
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Clubs & Activities Duke of Edinburgh Award Mr Dawson writes... With only two more weekends until the boys depart on their Practice Expedition they spent this week’s Duke of Edinburgh training with St John’s Ambulance, brushing up on their first aid skills. The boys were taught how to deal with some of the most common injuries that occur on expedition: minor bleeds, major bleeds and burns. Hopefully the boys now feel more confident heading out on the expedition knowing that they can look after themselves. If you haven’t done so already, please have a look over the kit list that was sent out at the end of the Spring Term and ensure you have the necessary items for the expedition (weekend of 20-21 May).
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On the Hot Seat Hello and welcome to Week 21 of “On the Hot Seat”. 21 weeks hey readers, it feels like it’s time for a celebration (takes a swig of tea). Having passed Miss Bradley for the 5th time on the stairwell today, we decided that she would make the perfect candidate for this week’s Hot Seat. She grudgingly agreed and my word, it’s worth the read… It would appear, dear readers, that Miss Bradley has always been the creative type. As a teenager she made her own historically accurate Tudor costume so that she could act as a limner, (miniaturist), in a Tudor recreation #respect. We wonder whether our esteemed editor and Head of History knows this. Perhaps he has done something similar himself? 50 points to Gryffindor if you can find out! Continuing in the clothing vein, whilst at university Miss Bradley won best dressed at the Sustainability Ball in a dress she made entirely of old magazines. Whilst we wish there was a photo of this momentous occasion, we will have to take her word for it that her award was presented by Kevin McCloud #granddesigns #welovekev.
return with an axe. After a sleepless night filled with visions of axewielding, wide eyed, plaid shirt-clad locals, they rose to face the day. As they timidly opened the front door a huge axe came crashing down and… #cliffhanger So, on that bombshell let us begin… 1) Indoor or outdoor? Outdoor 2) PC or mac? (this was a tough one) Mac 3) Winter or summer?
Miss Bradley wields her creative genius like a double edged sword. For those who come into contact with it, it can be both and blessing and curse. Take her former Head of Year at school for example… Miss Bradley once got into trouble for drawing witty cartoons of him. Thankfully he was a decent sort of chap and found them so amusing that he let the pupils publish them in the school year book. She also once illustrated a book that was, briefly, a bestseller in Amazon’s, (admittedly quite limited), humour category. In her spare time she, rather surprisingly, paints traditional oil paintings and, perhaps more unsurprisingly, makes slightly bad taste, popular-culture-referencing greetings cards #buythemhere.
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It’s not all art and design, however. Miss Bradley enjoys going on holiday to remote places so that she can take herself away from it all, stay in a cabin with a log burner and walk in the hills. Norway and British Columbia have been recent destinations of choice. At one point she found herself staying somewhere so isolated that they were expected to chop their own wood to cook their food. When they realised this, they approached the owner of the cabin who concurred and said, with a manic glint in his eye, he’d
11) If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you??
4) Portrait or landscape? Portrait 5) Wine or beer? Wine 6) Cinema or DVD? Cinema 7) Pepsi or coke? Coke 8) Scrambled or fried? Scrambled 9) Crisps or chocolate? Chocolate 10) Fiction or non-fiction? Fiction
It would be an art-house movie with a cool soundtrack. Since Wednesday Adams was always my go to Halloween outfit, Christina Ricci would play me. 12) What would be your desert island disc? Youth Lagoon 17
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From the Editor On this week’s front cover: One of WSS’s entries for the Fourth Plinth On the back: All fun and games in a Year 7 English poetry lesson For all comments and feedback please email: henry.warner@wetherbysenior.co.uk
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