From the Headmaster Dear Parents, Those here last year might recall in this column my success at finding the ‘Cholesbury Dinosaurs’. The point of the article (I think!) was that, even after 10 years, there are always things in our immediate localities that surprise us. I took this a stage further last weekend, when Joseph and I took what I thought would be a canny short cut to his friend’s house; it wasn’t and we ended up going at least a mile out of our way – and stumbled across a whole field of alpacas!
Who would
have thought that you would find a whole herd of these very elegant South American beasts in homely Buckinghamshire! As the term progresses at both Schools, ‘Conference Week’ last week turns into ‘Open Day Week’ this, with the Prep School last night and Senior School tomorrow. Last night was extremely busy and you could tell from the faces of parents and boys how impressed they were with the school and in particular, the boys as their tour guides. They really are our best ambassadors and ‘sell’ the School in their own unique fashion. Much will be the same of course with the Senior School staff and boys. We
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‘Parents’
Evening
Season’. You are, of course, welcome to interact with us whenever and we put all email addresses in the front of the Calendar Card for exactly this reason but Parents’ Evenings are always an excellent opportunity to put a name to a face and have a fulsome conversation about a boy’s progress. I always like to think of myself as being well behaved and hard working at school and, in the main, I was but there was one Parents’ Evening which, unfortunately, fell just two days after I had got caught ‘breakdancing’ in the Hall with my friends, when I should have been at prep. Not the biggest crime in the world but I remember being extremely worried waiting for my parents to come home that night after seeing my teachers and my mum duly came straight up and uttered the immortal words, “Well I thought you were a good boy, Nicky. How wrong I was.” The shame of it… and something that has always stuck with me. I never did any breakdancing ever again. Have a good weekend…
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NOTICEBOARD From the Deputy Headmaster: Year 9 Parents’ Evenings A reminder that the Year 9 Parents’ evenings are on Tuesday 11th (surnames A-K) and Thursday 13th (surnames L-Z) October between 17:30 and 19:30. If you have not done so, please sign up for a ‘start time’ by emailing Tessa Stewart: tessa.stewart@wetherbysenior.co.uk . The start times are 17:30, 18:00 and 18:15 respectively – we would be really grateful if you would arrive in good time for the start time selected. Year 10 History Trip to Normandy As we tour around the various beaches, batteries, cemeteries and museums of Normandy please keep track of our progress via the History Department’s new Twitter feed! @WSSHistory
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DIARY Monday 10th
Monday Clubs
Year 9 and 10 Choir Year 10 History Trip to Normandy returns
13:30 20:30
Performing Arts Basketball Cricket Documentary Photo Club GCSE Art and Design GCSE Graphic Design Social Action Club Quiz Club Videography YAD Fitness
Tuesday 11th
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Tuesday Clubs
Selected Year 10 boys to social action and volunteer Youth Conference at Copper Box Arena Rugby Year 10 WSS A/B/C vs Mill Hill A/B/C (H) Year 9 Parents’ Evening (surnames A-K)
10:00-14:30
Art and Design Bridge Climbing Football Graphic Design MFL Cinema Club Quiz Club Wetherby Scientists YAD Fitness
14:30 17:30-19:30
Wednesday 12th
Wednesday Clubs
Football Year 7 & 8 WSS A/B vs. Radnor House A/B (A) POSTPONED Football Year 7 & 8 WSS C/D vs. Radnor House A/B (H)
Performing Arts Duke of Edinburgh Award Community Service
14:30
Thursday 13th Year 7 & 8 Choir Year 9 Rugby WSS A vs. Burlington Danes A Year 9 Parent’s evening (surnames L-Z)
Thursday Clubs 13:30 14:30 17:30-19:30
Friday 14th WSS All Stars (Orchestra) Guitar Club HM Assembly - Hinde Street Methodist Church BREAK UP FOR HALF TERM
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13:30 13:30 15:00
Book Club Classics Club Food Chemistry Junior Geographical Society Lego Club
FIELD DAY: YEAR 10 Community Service Mrs Deedat writes‌ This term the community service boys (pictured below) have been working with St Mary’s Bryanston Primary School. Monday was a great chance for the boys to spend a decent amount of time in the school and really get a feel for what they could offer in this environment. The boys mostly helped the primary pupils with reading but a big well done to Harrison Philips who actually took it upon himself to deliver a singing lesson to a group of Year 2 children.
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 10 Mr Dawson writes‌ This week saw the Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh boys head out to Princes Risborough for a day of navigation training in the countryside. As you can see from the photos we were blessed with superb weather which made the day that much more enjoyable.
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 10
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 10 Throughout the day boys were taught about route selection, orientating the map to the ground as well as themselves to the ground, measuring distances from the map, how to check that you are where you think you are, as well as pacing each leg and using reference points to mark progress. It was a brilliantly organised day by RAW Adventures and the boys gained a useful insight into what they will be having to do for the practice expedition and assessed expedition later in the Summer Term.
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 10
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 9 Mr Meyer writes‌ As part of Year 9 Art & Graphic Design curriculum, they went to Tate Britain on Monday of this week. Arguably one of the greatest Art galleries in Northern Europe, they were given an opportunity to study the work of: JMW Turner; Barbara Hepworth and David Hockney amongst others‌
Harry Gillingwater
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 9
Rocco Cairaschi
Sasha Ross
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 8 Miss Smith writes... On Monday Year 8 headed out of London and into the countryside for their much anticipated Bletchley Park trip. The day gave the boys a snapshot of World War II Britain and the decoding of cyphers. Throughout the day there were many brilliant questions asked, new facts learnt and the boys even had go at using a real enigma machine - the highlight of the trip for many!
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We learnt so much including how to crack several types of code. We learnt that there were one hundred and fifty nine quintillion possibilities in Enigma - that’s 159000000000000000000. We also saw a small version of Enigma working. Enigma worked by typing in the text into the machine it would come out as a different letter. You would then send the random letters to the other person with the cog settings. The other person would then type in the random letters and come out with the message. We also found out that Allen Turing and his team were not the first people to break Enigma. The Polish code breakers cracked it but the Germans changed the machine however the work of the Polish code breakers helped Turing’s team greatly. Historians estimate that the war was shortened by 2 years and saved a lot of lives. Dylan Auerbach, 8 Walbrook
FIELD DAY: YEAR 8
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 7 The Centre of the Cell
Miss Bennet writes… Year 7 Biologists spent the morning studying cells at Centre of the Cell and the afternoon at London Sea Life Aquarium. Centre of the Cell is a science education centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. We were fortunate enough to see the working laboratories as we entered the pod. In the pod boys played with lots of interactive games. Boys had to look after stem cells in culture, use microscopes to see if different tissues were cancerous, treat patients with bacterial infections, play top trumps with different cells and lots more! After lunch boys attended a workshop where they became microbe detectives! After listening to the patient’s symptoms, doctor’s prescription and biomedical scientist’s analysis, they had to come to a diagnosis. The patient has been suffering with Tuberculosis and needed antibiotics to treat them.
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FIELD DAY: YEAR 7 The London Aquarium
We then made our way to London Sea Life Aquarium. Here we walked over a tank containing sharks! Some boys even got to stroke sting rays as they surfaced from the shallow waters. We learnt lots about different types of shark and how they are adapted to sea life.
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NATIONAL POETRY DAY Miss Kirk writes… This Thursday, WSS celebrated National Poetry Day. For me, poetry is an extremely powerful medium of expression. It can come in a plethora of types, styles, shapes and sizes and can be open to perhaps even broader interpretation than most prose or drama, as it creatively pushes the boundaries of how we would normally communicate through language. Anybody can write a poem about anything; whether you’re lauding the virtues of a red wheelbarrow (William Carlos Williams) or criticising government for sending ‘ardent children’ to the horrors of the Somme (Wilfred Owen), a poem will accommodate your purpose. Of course, the meaning behind a poem can be a challenge to decipher but the personal endeavour to do so can reap huge rewards. In our English classrooms this week, students have been exploring a wide range of poetry, from Kit Wright’s ‘Magic Box’ in Year 7 to ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Lord Tennyson in Year 10. I have been incredibly pleased by the boys’ ability to arrive at mature and insightful interpretations of a range of poems; they have not been afraid to
proffer original readings and challenge those of their peers. I was particularly impressed by my Year 10 group’s discussion of William Blake’s social critique in ‘Holy Thursday’, which touched upon analysis that I would expect from an A Level group. Over the weekend the boys will have the opportunity to put pen to paper and produce their own poems (coming to you next week, in The Barometer!) and I eagerly await the fruit of their labour! Furthermore, not only the boys have been feeling poetic this week... In the staffroom a light-hearted limerick competition has taken place and colleagues have been selecting their favourite poems to share with their tutees in the mornings. Mr Hasthorpe, Mr Hartley and Mr Sullivan have even shared their favourite poems with the boys in assembly! Also wonderfully in the spirit of the week, Mrs Deedat sent me a copy of her favourite Yeats poem, which she thought both parents and boys would enjoy in The Barometer. I have followed this with one of my own all-time favourites. I hope that you enjoy these as much as we do- Happy National Poetry Day to you all!
Miss Deedat writes… I think the poem by W.B. Yeats is a really powerful and thought provoking poem. Yeats explores the idea of wanting to give gifts to someone he loves, and is able to give a very human gift - his dreams of happiness with his love. For me it represents how tender and precious love is, something to be nurtured and looked after.
Cloths of Heaven - W. B. Yeats Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. 16 The Barometer - 07/10/2016
NATIONAL POETRY DAY CLUB NEWS Miss Kirk writes‌ Perhaps a little too predictably, my poem of choice is Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare. Personally, I am yet to find a more apt expression of true love and find the poet speaker’s conviction in what he says both romantic and movingly sincere.
Sonnet 116- William Shakespeare Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me prov'd, I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd.
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GEOGRAPHY AND CLASSICS ITALY TRIP 2017 Ever wanted to:
Climb to the very top of a volcano?
Walk in the same arena as Roman Gladiators once fought?
Learn how to make ice cream?
Then this is the trip for you!
See Mrs Deedat or Miss Nash for more information. Spaces are limited!
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CURRICULUM NEWS From the Latin Department Miss Nash writes... Have you visited any interesting Classical sites recently? If so, please do share any photos you may have taken with the Classics department by emailing: miranda.nash@wetherbysenior.co.uk All photos are very welcome, whether taken in this country or abroad. Photos will be displayed in the Classics classroom so if you send a photo in, please do come and have a look so you can see your photography skills on display! Big thanks to William Piccione Neiss in Year 8 who has got the ball rolling by emailing the beautiful photos he took of the Greek theatre and Roman amphitheatre in Syracuse, Sicily.
From the Languages Department Hitting The Nail On The Head: Language Idioms of the Week Spanish: Olivo y aceituno, es todo uno Translation: An olive and an olive tree are all one English: It's six of one and half a dozen of the other French: Rouge comme une tomate English: red like a tomato German: Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn English: out of sight, out of mind The Barometer - 07/10/2016 19
DAVID YARROW TALK From the Art & Graphic Design Department Mr Meyer writes… On Monday evening of this week, David Yarrow presented to both the parent and pupil body images from the ‘Wild Encounters’ Exhibition. This included a thrilling insight into David’s journey as a photographer and his exploits in the field including near misses with grizzlies in Alaska and elephants in Amboseli. If you would like to attend David Yarrow’s ‘Wild Encounters’ private view at Somerset House on Thursday 20th October then please contact info@davidyarrowphotography.com, see RSVP below.
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CURRICULUM NEWS From the Art & Graphic Design Department Mr Meyer writes… In recent weeks, Year 10 has looked at ‘Natural Forms’ as a starting point for their work. This provided them with an opportunity to investigate and experiment with a range of media including the lino work you see below. Through this they also related their work to the bold, bright colours of Hockney’s ‘A Bigger Picture’, series which was exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Manuel Costa
Alan Azeaz
Lachlan Walker
Nelson Tobin
Massi Malgari
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CURRICULUM NEWS From the Art and Graphic Design Department Mr Meyer writes… Year 10 went to Tate Britain as part of their ‘Natural Forms’ unit. Working with a tonal stump, putty rubber and an array of Graphite Pencils they developed a working understanding of Henry Moore’s distinctive drawing style and his impressive series of sculptures from the ‘Reclining Figure’ to ‘Mother & Child’ series.
Lachlan Walker
James Hall
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SPORTING NEWS From Games Department Mr Sullivan writes… On Thursday 6th October it was National Poetry Day. A yearly mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical, takes place. It is an initiative of the Forward Arts Foundation, a charity that celebrates excellence in poetry and widens its audience. We bring together leading poetry, literacy and literary organisations around a shared purpose: promoting the enjoyment, discovery and sharing of poetry. SO – Enjoy, Discover, Share Please below for my favourite poem:
The Man In The Glass (Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.) When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass. He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest For he’s with you, clear to the end And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend. You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you’ve cheated the man in the glass. What do you think this poem means? Come into my office and share your thoughts. The Barometer - 07/10/2016 23
SPORTING NEWS
Year 7 & 8 Football WSS A vs. Hill House A Mr Montgomery writes‌ Hill house started well with some excellent passing from their strong central midfield player who was always in the right place at the right time. Their first goal came from an unfortunate error in goal as a cross was left gliding over the goalie’s head into the goal. Wetherby bounced back with an outstanding run from Joao who was looking great all game. He was too quick for the defence of Hill House forcing a good save from the goalie. From the corner Daniel Silver was unlucky not to score as his shot was blocked. Hill House scored again from another corner making the score 2-0.
WSS B vs. Hill House B Mr Underwood writes... In the fourth match of the season, Wetherby entertained Hill House International School. Despite Wetherby dominating the open play, Hill House took advantage on the counter-attack, scoring three goals in quick succession. Having recovered from this shaky start, Wetherby resumed their strong possession. After superb play from Gabriel Tournant intercepting the ball, Oscar Cornaby dribbled past two players and found Rafael Hajjar. 24 The Barometer - 07/10/2016
Changes were made with Maxime back in goal and Alessandro and Billy coming on leaving George and Alex on their own at the back. Wetherby looked like they had much more attacking prowess and created many chances. Himat-Vir scored after 10 minutes of the first half from a corner, a well-placed shot too good for Hill houses goalie. Billy came close soon after just pushing the ball wide of the right post. Max kept our heads above water saving a penalty but we just could not score to level the game. Despite many chances in our favour the final score was 2-1. Man of the Match Joao Correia Da Silva.
Rafael turned and shot with one motion. 3-1, game on! Two minutes later, the ball fell to Oscar Cornaby in the box. The ball hit the back of the net and Wetherby were within touching distance at 3-2 before the break. Both teams hit the ground running in the second half, trading blows and scoring goals. Vinnie Xiong benefitted from a loose ball, dribbling past two defenders and slotting it into the far corner. After a period of sustained pressure from the team, Hill House resorted to their counter-attack system. After two quick goals, the game had again turned on its head and Hill House had pulled out a 6-3 win. After a superb performance in the centre of midfield, blocking and intercepting the ball, the Man of the Match award goes to Gabriel Tournant. He excelled in the first half, restarting attacks and defending to a high standard.
SPORTING NEWS WSS C vs. Hill House C Mr Betts writes.... The third match of the U13C team was against Hill House. It was a great game from start to finish with Wetherby showing how much they have improved as the term has gone on. Faisal was a key figure in the game scoring 2 fantastically worked goals. Matteus managed to grab himself a goal after a beautiful solo run through the opposition midfield and defence. Despite conceding a late goal, Wetherby ran out victorious with a solid score line of 3-1. Another fantastic day and a huge result for the lads. Well done.
Year 9 training hard:
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CLUB NEWS From the Music Department Miss Valentine writes... In Year 9 Music Activities this week, the boys began learning to play Samba. introduction to Brazilian music and the Rio Carnival, we learnt about each of the different instruments and how to play them. It was very noisy, but the boys had an excellent sense of rhythm and picked up the different patterns easily. Next week we hope to put it together into a structured piece. Here are the boys (and Miss Kirk) giving it a go!
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CLUB NEWS WSS Quizzards Mr Hasthorpe writes... Senior Quiz There was no quiz this Monday due to Field Day. Owing to an error by the quizmaster last week, the winning team was not recognised in the Barometer. Here they are - the winning team: Alex, Harry, Talal and Giacomo
Fancy yourself a quizzard? This week, something a little different! Some capital letters can be coloured in, others cannot. The letter "A" can be coloured in as it has a closed triangle in it, but "G" cannot as it has a gap to the right. Similarly, Q can be coloured in, and so can B, but not Y or V. How many countries can you think of whose names, when written in capitals, contain no letters that can be coloured in?
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VOTES FOR SCHOOLS This Week’s Topic has been: 'Does the UK need more Nuclear Energy?' This week has seen positively radioactive debating among the boys as to what the solution might be to our future energy needs. They have discussed cost, risk, energy security and much more before coming to their final decision and voting. See below for results.
Year
Yes
No
7
5
1
8
8
4
9
26
21
10
12
12
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ON THE HOTSEAT “ON THE HOT SEAT” Hello and welcome to Week 3 of “On the Hot Seat”. After much deliberation we decided it was time the hot seat played host to one of our female members of staff. With that in mind our much anticipated guest this week is Miss Webb, our latest fabulous addition to the History department. Readers, did you know that Miss Webb played “Gryffindor 592” in several Harry Potter films. (I know, we nearly wept with jealousy too). She is also very definitely part English, Jamaican and Chinese but we’ve also heard rumours of West African and Cuban heritage further down the line. Strangely enough, she really doesn’t like eating fruit in public and readers, steady yourselves, Miss Webb eats a cornetto every day of the year. EVERY DAY! So, on that bombshell let us begin… 1. Manicure or Pedicure? Manicure 2. Fire or water? Water 3. Sunrise or sunset? Sunset 4. Chips or mash? (She struggled with this one!) Chips 5. Dog or cat? Cat 6. Modern or ancient History? Modern 7. Prosecco or champagne? Prosecco 8. Fruit or vegetables? Fruit (but obviously not in public!) 9. Oxford or Cambridge? Oxford 10. Bond or Bourne? Bourne 11. What 3 items would you want if stranded on a desert island? My Kindle, a strawberry cornetto and a box set of The West Wing 12. Choose a movie title for the story of your life: “Catastrophe” Readers, we will let you read into that what you will……
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From the Editor On this week’s front cover: Year 10 check the map on Duke of Edinburgh. On the back: Year 9 get closer to nature on the Rugby pitch. For all comments and feedback please email: henry.warner@wetherbysenior.co.uk
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