Head’s Message . . . · phone after the performances. Good luck Yazdan!! Yazdan is through to...
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Yarm Preparatory School Issue 529
Friday 24th February 2017
Head’s Message . . . I have been delighted to see that many children have returned full of bounce and verve after a decent break over the half term. Tales of adventure (and rest!) have rolled off many a tongue this week. Immersion in the woods as part of Woodland Week has allowed for outdoor escapades of all kinds to take place. It has been brilliant to see a huge range of activities, beyond the bounds of the classroom, feed into the pupils’ learning in so many ways. We look forward to Woodland Week next term when we plan to be further afield in Burn Wood near Urlay Nook!
We are having a big push currently on developing independence in all of our pupils. Being able to think for yourself as well as organise and take responsibility for your belongings is fundamental to developing independence during the Prep years. A short survey of the mounds of lost property we see daily would suggest we have some way to go on this front! I therefore ask that all parents support this drive by ensuring that the children carry their bags to the playground in the morning and carry them off site in the evening.
Heads’ Challenge: : The day before yesterday, Peter was 17 years of age. Next year he will be 20. How?
Bill Sawyer @HeadPrepYarm
Visit the Prep School Pages:-
www.yarmschool.org
Cyber Bullying Raps
Yo Yo Yo my name is Joe, I don’t like cyber bullying I don’t like it at all, It makes me cringe, It makes me cry cause I had to tell my mom about this guy, He was bullying me, abusing me, It made me sad, So I hit that famous button to end it all, Just like that.
Theo G, 6L
Yo Yo Yo my name is Joe, I go on the internet, I don’t care because I’m not aware, I wasn't shy, I met this guy, He was going to try and make me die, His real name was Kie, I boasted about it at school, Now everyone thinks I am cool, But really inside, I knew I was a fool.
Max Dempsey, 6L
We are delighted that Yazdan is through to the finals of Let It Shine with his band, Five To Five! Last Saturday they performed Billy Joel’s track Tell Her About It and got fantastic reviews from the judges. The final is on Saturday at 6.45pm. If Five To five are successful, Yazdan will star in a musical, The Band, based on the music of Take That! Please vote for Five To Five! You can vote via the BBC Let It Shine homepage and phone after the performances. Good luck Yazdan!!
Yazdan is through to the finals of BBC1’s Let It Shine!
Polite Reminder: All visitors to the school site must report to Miss O’Hara to drop off any equipment or collect their child if leaving for an authorised appointment. Access to the school buildings during the school day is not permitted un-less by prior arrangement. Whilst this may seem officious, it is meant with the best intentions and to ensure the safety of our pupils. Thank you for your assistance in this important matter.
Year 4 Music—Chinese Dragons At the end of their Chinese Dragons topic in Music, Y4 worked in small groups to create Dragon dances. I was hugely impressed by their teamwork and wonderful ideas. It made for a very enjoyable Friday afternoon!
Mrs H Craven
Junior Ski Trip 2017 Last week thirty eight pupils, including nine from the Prep
School, departed from the Senior School on Saturday
morning for an eight day ski trip. After a long journey we
arrived at the village of Uderns near Mayrhofen in Austria
and collected ski gear ready for the slopes on Monday
morning. This year there was snow on the ground in the
village and not a cloud in the sky. Indeed for five days
there was blue sky, plenty of snow and amazing children
who had perfect ski conditions for either learning or
practicing known skills. The snow conditions, weather,
mountain restaurants, hotel accommodation and evening entertainment were all perfect. Fresh air,
exercise, living together and building independence skills were honed during the day on the slopes and in
the evening, when the children went either swimming, bowling or took part in a traditional Tyrolean
evening. All the children made a huge amount of progress with
the Ski Astons instructors during the week. It was a wonderful
adventure and experience and hopefully there will be more Prep
children joining us next year. Letters for the next ski trip will be
available soon; please come and see me for more information if
you are interested for your son or daughter who will be in Year 5
or 6 next academic year.
Kate Jennings
Telford Cake Sale Just before Half Term, on 9th February 2017, Telford held
their annual charity event in the form of a bake sale which
was supporting a charity for autistic children. The bake sale
took the theme of Valentines Day and the array of cakes
was really wonderful, one plate more eye-catching than the
next! In addition to the cakes, Lola Vasiliou and Poppy Faulkner ran a competition for
‘Guess the sweets in the jar’ which was won by Oscar Simmonds and Emma Foster ran
a raffle for a delightful toy dalmation puppy dog which was won by Grace Harbinson.
Huge thanks must go to everyone who supported our House Charirty event but espe-
cially to our parents who helped to bake all those delicious valentine cakes. We raised
£326.25 for our charity which was a fantastic result. Thank you to everyone from Tel-
ford House.
Komal S, 6L & Ava M, 6M
DNA makes us who we are. We get it from our parents. We were visit-
ed by Nottingham University, they came to teach us about DNA and to
also extract it from strawberries. Firstly they showed us a power point
to explain to us what DNA is. After they showed us the slide show we
did an experiment on extracting DNA. Firstly we took the top off the
strawberry and then we put it into a bag, we squashed it so it had no
lumps. We poured a glass of detergent and mixed it all up. After we
did that we got the cup and put some filter paper in it, we poured the
squashed up strawberry and detergent into the coffee filter and let it
filter. After it had about a centimetre of extract we put it into the test
tube with nothing in it.
Rosie F, 6G
Year 6 Extracting DNA from strawberries
Year 6 recently took part in a science outreach session looking at DNA. Not only was the DNA topic, supporting presentation and investigation perfectly pitched to appeal to all abilities and interests, it was also wonderful to see our more able students being stretched and challenged as they were given the opportunity to ask quite probing scientific and philosophical questions and benefit from detailed subject knowledge on DNA, inheritance and future food production methods. My favourite question was 'Would vegetarians feel OK about eating meat tissue produced in a laboratory if no animals were used or killed in the process of its production?' A super and fascinating question still to be debated for many years to come...
The children came out buzzing and it certainly was a super way to reinforce that science is great fun and also a rewarding area to take further into university and a possible career for both boys and girls.
Mr J Grundmann
DNA makes us who we are. We get our DNA from our
parents. We get the Y chromosome from our dad and the x
chromosomes from our mum. DNA is made up of 4 bases
ATCG in a certain order and it is different for everybody.
We crushed the strawberries because we needed to
expose the tissue cells because they contain the DNA and
put them in a bag with some detergent , the detergent
would separate the DNA from the tissue cells so we could
extract it. We put some ethanol into the filtered
strawberries because the DNA is separated and the ethanol
sticks it together. Adhi D, 6G
First we crushed up a strawberry to expose its cells. Next we added some washing up liquid to help separate the
DNA and then added salt to group the DNA together.
After that we put the strawberry, fairly liquid and salt into a test tube and added some ethanol and that made
the clumped together DNA float to the top. One of the ladies that came works in a lab specialising in fermenta-
tion. I asked if meat was grown would vegetarians eat it?
Samantha B, 6G
Woodland Week
My favourite part of Woodland day was making my stickman with Maya; we lashed the sticks together with string.
Eve G, 5J
Woodland Week has once again been a tremendous success with enthusiastic teachers and children alike. Activities have ranged from building fires and dens to using books as a stimulus. The children have been engrossed in activities and the end of the session is often met with a groan and “When are we coming back?”
Mrs K Jennings
My favourite part of the morning was making my stick man and decorating it with leaves.
Alice W, 4S
I enjoyed making and building dens in the free time that we had after the activities.
Paddy W, 4S
My favourite part of
the woods was
looking for an
interesting object
because it was a great
opportunity to
explore the woods.
Lola V, 4P
5B went to the woods.
We read the stickman
and then we made our
own stick man in groups.
My group was called Lady
Ga Ga. My favourite part
of the woods was
toasting marshmallows.
Annabel L, 5B
6G went down to the woods to have
our woodland day. We had to be
responsible by not running or being
silly because it was very slippery.
First, we had to collect some objects
that Mrs Mavin had told us to
collect. We also did the tent pole
challenge, cooked marshmallows
and bread and also made
spitfires/buccaneers. It was amazing
trying new things, it is a day I will
never forget.
Ammar S, 6G
Woodland Week
In the woods we made stick men but the part I enjoyed the most was weaving and creating a tepee.
Rose T, 4S
I really enjoyed making the tepee as it was a challenge weaving and I got to work with my friends.
Zeph A-T, 4S
We made stickmen out of sticks and
string because we had read “The
Stickman”. 5B had a great time. I
thoroughly enjoyed toasting the
marshmallows.
Christina F, 5B
5B and 4J went to the
woods together. We creat-
ed stick men out of sticks
that we found on the floor,
we did this because we had
read the stickman story.
Oscar T, 5B
4P went to the woods. First we
had to look for something
interesting. My favourite part was
building a stick man. We also
made teepee’s.
Teddy K, 4P
Slipping on the mud we strolled to
the senior school woods. We were
responsible by making sure we were
as a safe as possible and enjoying
ourselves. We cooked bread and
marshmallows over a roaring fire.
We made a model spitfire out of
sticks and string. It was a thriving
opportunity as I had never done it
before. Overall, I enjoyed it as it
was an extraordinary experience
and I would be pleased to do it
again. Callum N, 6G
We waded through mud to the
senior school woods. We did a
team building challenge, we had to
balance a ball on two tent poles
and move around as a team. Mr
Grundmann gave us each a piece of
dough which we cooked on the
open fire. We also enjoyed
marshmallows. In groups we
hunted for materials to build our
aeroplanes.
Danielle D, 6G
Year 6 Biographys
I have two men I admire the most in the world my Dad and my Grandpa, because of what they have both achieved from humble origins. My Grandpa was born in Luveve Township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in a family of four girls and three boys. The country was known as Rhodesia at that time. Although grandpa’s family was poor, his parents were determined to educate all their children and grandpa remembers their father sitting them down every end of school term and asking each of his children to explain why they didn't come top of the class. He always said: “If you start school at the same time as the boy or girl who came first in your class, there is no reason why you shouldn't top the class yourself. You just need to work harder.” After completing his primary school education at Mbizo, Grandpa went on to a local secondary school, Luveve secondary school. He tells me that his favourite subjects were English and History, but he loved sports and played football, tennis, and basketball for the secondary school team. From an early age, grandpa enjoyed writing and used to charge his friends 10 pence each to compose letters for them to send their girlfriends! Grandpa told me that the naughtiest thing he did when he was 13 years old was to travel Harare – which is 300 miles from Bulawayo – without telling his family. “I wanted to be with my football team to play in Harare but my father refused me permission. But I went anyway, which was very naughty of me. I came back a week later and my parents and brothers were so relieved to see me that I was forgiven without any punishment.” After secondary school grandpa said he found a job in a local factory producing hosepipes. Although his mind was set on studying journalism the Rhodesian newspapers at that time didn't want any black journalists. Once Grandpa had saved enough money to buy a plane ticket to the UK, he left Rhodesia in 1979. In the UK he studied English literature and Economics, and then enrolled at the Polytechnic of Central London to study print and Radio journalism. While studying at the PLC one of his lecturers was impressed by grandpa writing skills that he appointed him Editor of the Polytechnic's publication, INNER CITY. His first job as a journalist was for a London-based publication, Caribbean Times. The newspaper gave him the opportunity to meet leading politicians, writers, musicians and sportsmen. Among the politicians grandpa interviewed are Nelson Mandela (the late president of South Africa), Kenneth Kaunda (the former president of Zambia). Among the sportsmen grandpa interviewed were Mohammed Ali, John Barnes (who used to play for Liverpool) and former heavyweight boxer, Frank Bruno. Grandpa has also written seven books, including three adult novels, Comrade Vs Mister, Slavery Stole my Identity and Once upon a Time in Haringey. He has also written four children's books titled: The goat who wished to be a lion, Thabo on Space mission 2000 and Thabiso and Tosin encounter with an alien. My favourite is: The elephant in my back yard. I love it because that story is about my sister (Hannah) and I! In September last year, Grandpa surprised my sister and I by giving us copies of CD's containing music he composed. He plays guitars and piano ; all self taught .Grandpa has told me that his next two projects are writing a book about Africa and making a film based on a film script he wrote two years ago. Last September grandpa started a website called Team Buntu Africa on which he publishes positive news about Africa. Although he is now 60 years old, grandpa says he doesn't feel that he has done enough and will continue working! My Great Grandpa Would be proud, Just as I am!
Nathan M, 6G
Dreaming to be a professional football player as I grew up in
Ireland since I was 4, I raced back from school every day and
played football with my older brother. As I got older I grew to
love football even more. Then I decided to join a football
team in Dublin called St Kevin’s at the age of 12. It was one of
the best football teams in the country. At the age of 14 I got
scouted and went to West Ham on trial. It didn’t work out
there but I was determined and focused to sign for a team in
England. At the age of 15 I came home from school to a
surprise. There was a letter inviting me to Leeds United on
trial for a week, after the trial I returned to Ireland and waited
to hear from them. A week went past then I had a phone call
from Leeds to say that they would like to sign me. I was
absolutely delighted! On 1st June 1992, age 15 and a half I
moved to England, I was really excited to get there and I was
looking forward to the challenges ahead. Shortly afterwards I
was homesick missing all my family, but my parents told me
everything will be fine. At the age of 18 I made my
professional debut. I played for 12 years at Leeds United and
played in the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Premier
League where I was luck enough to be selected in the Premier
League team of the season. I then moved to Spain and signed
for Levante, I played there for 3 seasons playing against teams
like Barcelona and Real Madrid. I then returned to England
and signed for Sunderland, before I moved to Reading FC and
enjoyed 3 seasons with them. We were lucky enough to win
the Championship! We celebrated this on the pitch getting
the trophy and medals with our families. I let my daughter,
Lily have my medal around her neck and come on the parade
bus. My last team was Bournemouth and I spent 2 seasons
there and helped get the club promoted into the Premier
League. Shortly after that I sadly retired and became a
football agent. I really enjoy doing this and helping young lads
on their journeys.
Lily Harte, 6G
Biography of my Dad (Roger Holmes) Introduction—My Dad Was a Fighter Pilot in the Royal Air Force and he flew in 3 major conflicts. He then became an Airline Pilot and moved to Hong Kong, here are his main events in his life... Childhood—My Dad was born on the 15th of February, 1970. He was born in Radlett which is a place near North London. My Dad started school when he was 5 years old in Farnham Common First School. After he finished middle school at 12, he did his 12+ exams, he passed and got into the local Grammar School. Early Adulthood—My Dad got his first job in Australia, he worked for a moving company to help people move out of houses across the country, he travelled thousands of miles around Australia! He then moved back to the UK he applied for a job in the RAF, and that is how he became a pilot. RAF Career - My Dad was in the RAF for 10 years, from 1989-1999, he Flew the Harrier jump jet (which does not exist today) in two conflicts and a war. The two conflicts he flew in were the first Iraq war and in Bosnia The First Iraq war: His objective was to Bomb enemy aircraft preventing the fighters affecting the Kurdish population (the Kurdish population was Iraq’s target under their leader Saddam Hussein) he had to take photographs and videos of Iraq troops and activity. Bosnia: His objective was to bomb troops surrounding a city called Sarajevo, because the troops were blocking Sarajevo, starving the population. He also flew in the Kosovo Crisis (which was the war he flew in). Moving to Hong Kong When my Mum and Dad left the Royal Air Force in 1999, my dad started to look for work, he heard that one of his friends got employed for Cathay Pacific (which is Hong Kong’s Airline). So he flew to Hong Kong to Interview with Cathay’s bosses, happily, he got a job as an Airline Pilot. They moved on the 1st January, 2003 and stayed there, when I was born in 2006, their plans of moving back to the UK were gone in an instant! In 2009, my Mum and Dad had my sister, and then the four of us lived in HK until De-cember 27, 2016 Moving back to The UK On the 27th Dec last year, my Mum, my little sister and I took off at 23:55 at night from HKIA to London Heathrow, My Dad would not make this journey until the 6th January, Now he has got a job at Jet 2, he got 99% on his exam, and he has got a happy family. Roger Holmes 1970 - Not anytime soon!
Oliver H, 6G
6G Assembly—'The Selfish Giant' based on the short story by Oscar Wilde
'By building the huge wall round his garden, the giant not only made himself unhappy but also all the children who wanted to play in his garden.
In the end the giant realised how selfish he had been and that sharing things, not only made him happy, but also made all the children happy.'
6G performed a play called
The Selfish Giant. I played
the part of Jesus/the young
child. The meaning of the
play was that we do not be
selfish and let people into
our lives.
Roman A, 6G
I had great pleasure in
participating in 6G’s assembly,
The Selfish Giant. I had great
fun learning my part. The
performance was spectacular
and I could see that everyone
in 6G really enjoyed
performing.
Jennifer U, 6G
6G performed their class assembly
The Selfish Giant. I was the grandad.
Everyone learnt their lines well. The
moral of the story was the more you
give the more you get.
Ammar S, 6G
In 6G’s assembly I was child 2. I
liked that part because the children
had to act as well as saying our lines.
The meaning of the play is not be
selfish.
Phoebe T, 6G
It was amazing doing the
assembly. When I did my
first line (which was ex-
tremely loud) the teachers
jumped out of their seats!
The moral of the story is to
share is always the best. My
favourite part of the play
was the dance.
Lily H, 6G
6G performed a play called The
Selfish Giant. My favourite
part of the play was sprinkling
the white petals on the giant
as my part in the play was the
flower/tree. What made the
play special was the meaning
behind it and we got lots of
pleasure out of it. One of the
difficulties was sprinkling the
white petals because I was
afraid that I would drop them
all at once. The meaning of
the play was not to be selfish.
Adhi D, 6G
6G performed The Selfish
Giant, we were amazing!
My favourite part was when
Rachel called Grandpa
weird. It was so funny!
Nathan M, 6G I loved doing the 6G assembly be-
cause it was very fun to do. I was
the North Wind in the play. Izzy,
Louise, Danielle and me had to do a
dance. I really enjoyed doing the
play as it is nice to perform things.
The moral of the play is to share be-
cause if you don’t you will feel sad.
Also, if you share you will feel really
good.
Rosie F, 6G
6G performed their assembly,
The Selfish Giant. My part was
child 4 which was my favourite
part of the play. Being a part
of the play was special. I did
not have any difficulties with
the play. The meaning of the
story is if you keep something,
you keep it from yourself.
Ollie H, 6G
Next Week:
Mon 27 Arkwright House Duty
U8/9 Netball and Football v Barnard Castle (home; 3.30pm start)
Tue 28 House Pancake Races
U11 IAPS Netball (Stonyhurst; 6.45am depart, 5pm return)
Wed 1 U9 Netball v Bow (away; 2.45pm depart, 4pm start, 5.45pm return)
Reception trip to Seven Stories, Newcastle
Music theory examinations
Thu 2 World Book Day
Book Fair arrives
Y2/3 transition event
VMT Parents’ Evening (Senior School; 4-6pm)
Year 5 London trip – meeting for parents (4S; 4pm)
Fri 3 James Wharton MP—visiting school
U10/11 Netball v Cundall manor (away; 3.15pm start, 5pm return)
U10 A/B Boys’ Hockey v St Olaves (away; 12.45pm depart, 2.30pm start, 5pm return)
Sat 4 Harrogate Festival begins
Mon 6 Brunel House Duty
Year 3 trip to Murton Park
Quiz Club regional heat (Prep Hall; 10-11am)
Tue 7 HMC Netball and Football (at Hymers College; 9am depart, 11am start, 4pm return)
Wed 8 Year 5 London trip departs
Thu 9 Book Fair departs
U9 House Netball
Fri 10 YPSSC meeting (9am; Atrium)
North-East In2 Hockey Finals (at Barnard Castle; time to be confirmed)
U11 Bradford Grammar Hockey Festival (tbc)
6M Class assembly PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Sat 11 Year 5 London trip returns
Darlington Speech and Drama Festival
Prep Celebration Assembly 3A Endeavour— Sabeeh Q. Values— Yara C.
3H Endeavour— Edward L. Values— Hajra S
3N Endeavour— Grace B. Values— Zac P.
4J Endeavour— Summer H Values—Joseph B.
4P Endeavour— Hannah M. Values— Hannah W.
4S Endeavour— Alexander C. Values— Evie B.
5B Endeavour— Yusuf S. Values— James W
5J Endeavour— Eleanor L. Values— Kiyan B.
5P Endeavour— Ben D. Values— Ameen K.
6G Endeavour— Jenifer U. Values— Louise A.
6L Endeavour— Erin S. Values— Tom V.
6M Endeavour— Miriam A. Values— Sophia K.
Head Teachers’ Awards:
Jude C., Frankie P., Naila K., Claudia C. (Year 3); Matthew L. (Year 4);
Henry P., Joshita M., Pearl L., Kyra H., William L. (Year 5); Tom W.,
Theo G., Max D., Kitty B. (Year 6).
Well done to all of the award winners!
Summer Uniform
Pupils can now begin to wear summer uniform!
Naturally, we will take into consideration the weather
but summer and winter uniform is acceptable for now.
Mr Stone
March
Thu 16th—Yarm U9 Football and Netball tournament
Fri 17th—6L class assembly
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Fri 17th—Brunel charity event
Mon/Tue 20th/21st—Parents’ Evenings (4-6pm)
Thu 23rd—Year 6 trip to Durham Cathedral
Thu 27th—Jess Dunkley Dance Assembly
Wed 29th—Term finishes—no after school care
April
Mon 3rd—Fri 7th—Easter Holiday School
Thu 20th—Summer Term begins
Mon 24th—Knockout Chess begins
Mon 24th—Knockout Table Tennis begins
Coming Up: