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Prize Giving 2011 For the first time Subject prizes for 2010-11 for Years 7-10 were handed out in special Prizegiving Assemblies during the week commencing Monday, 21st November. The Head boy and girl and their deputies provided speeches and hosted the event, presenting awards and certificates. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students in each year group to see their peers receiving their awards and provide something to aspire to next year.

YEAR 11 AWARDS Art Emma Gardiner Hannah Walsh Business Studies & Retail Applied Business Ava Bannister Emma Biles Melissa Bre5 Zoe Thompson Dance Megan Pe<5 Ka>e Wallis Drama Rebecca Hayward Joshua Truelove Design and Technology Gabriel Agapiou Perry Bates‐Powell English Cameron Bhachu Carly Witheridge Geography Thomas Bailey Oliver Myles‐Hu5on History Joel Burton‐Lowe Ben Topley ICT Thomas Bailey Francesca Westwood Maths Robert Shilcof Liam Simmons Music Georgina Bell Atlanta Whitlock MFL Lydia Benne5 Sarah Ki5eridge PE Andrew Bent Demetrios Izekiel Bradley Shoesmith Philosphy and Ethics Emily Carter Georgina Higgs RE Ka>e Bryan Catherine Poole Science Thomas Bailey Emily Carter Child Development Shelley Buckingham Amy Plant Food Technology Megan Allcock Molly Howells TexHles Grace Goodman Francesca Westwood

YEAR 10 AWARDS Art Will Benne5 Lucy Rostron Business Studies & Retail Applied Business Eloise Howard Alexandra SwiR Dance Georgia Benson Charlo5e George Drama Holly Benne5 Edward Winter Design & Technology Rebecca Utley Jack Wolverson English Alex Court Alexandra SwiR Georgraphy Eleanor Felton George Howson History Kiana Arashvand Jacob McCauslin ICT Jacob McCauslin Jesse Painter Maths Natalie Dyer Daniel Somerville Music Will Benne5 Rebecca Cooper MFL James Cockerill Madeleine Cooper PE Amelia Benjamin Fredricka McClean Philosophy & Ethics Sorsha Elson Cur>s New RE Eleanor Felton George Howson Science Kiana Arashvand Sophie O’Malley Child Development Isabella Danks Paige Reynolds Food Technology Georgia Garrard Alice Packwood TexHles Alice Hyland Lucy Rostron

YEAR 9 AWARDS Art Harri Hampson Megan Walsh Dance Emily Jones Raphaella Nicodemou Drama Alfie Bradshaw Aaron Gill Design & Technology Robyn Miller Jake Underwood English Jake Underwood Jacob Varnish Geography Hannah Co5er Kitkay Orejola History Maya Pammenter Amy Shackleford ICT Jack Barre5 Elliot Walker Maths Kitkay Orejola Elliot Walker Music Sophie Edwards Rachael Webber MFL Dara Coates Eve Masefield PE Max Craven Harri Hampson Emma Johnson RE Harriet Kirby Megan Walsh Science Evie Frith Jonathan Watson Technology Simon Moore Georgina Longhorne

YEAR 8 AWARDS Art Alice Ramsey Eve Shipp Drama Amy Batchelor Taylor Ma5hews Design & Technology Emily Joeres Hebe Lockyer English Jordan Kelly Aaron Prince Geography Ella Johnson Luke Richards History Max Harvey Florence Williams ICT Jack Kelly Chris>ne Prince Maths Beth Heaton Sophie Somerville Music Cameron McCormack Annabelle Silverton MFL Chris>e Jones Ellie Mitchell PE Georgia Davies Joel Kirsten Becky Parsons RE Jamie Cawser Sophie Robinson Science Ma5hew Davies Nicole Reynolds Technology Jamie Cawser Hannah Maguire

Microbiology Road-show comes to Arthur Terry A team of Aston University lecturers and scientists came to The Arthur Terry School to deliver a 2-day event to the whole of Year 9 covering many aspects of microbiology. The team bought microbiology to life for the students. Led by Dr Anthony Hilton, an internationally renowned award-winning microbiologist, the Aston students investigated the effects of handwashing on the number of microorganisms found on their hands. Students were astounded by the results and have been washing their hands ever since! One student was extremely impressed to find his belly button was cleaner than his hands.

A lecture on sexually transmitted diseases, which had students squirming in their seats, was closely followed by an engaging practical simulating the spread of such diseases. These sessions raised awareness of the importance of safe sex. All aspects of the days focussed on minimising the spread of infection and disease including the very current and worrying hospital acquired infections. The year 9 students were impressed with the wealth of knowledge presented by the Aston team who seemed to be able to answer every question thrown at them. Mr Singh, Head of Biology at Arthur Terry, agreed there was no doubt that the event would help support the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scientific knowledge and help them in forthcoming exams.

The school would like to thank the microbiology team at Aston University for dedicating their time and resources to 245 young people who will now understand the miracle of microbiology.

Remembrance Day at Arthur Terry At 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011, the na>on paused and at Arthur Terry two minutes silence was held to reflect on the sacrifice of our brave Service men and women from conflicts past and present.

Many of you will know the history of 11th November and its significance – at 11.00am on the 11 November 1918 the Armis>ce began that was to mark the end of the Great War or World War One as it is now known. In 1919 on the first anniversary of the Armis>ce a service was held – and now each year on the Sunday nearest to 11th November Remembrance Day, at 11 O’clock in the morning, a Remembrance Service is held at the Cenotaph.

The wearing of a Poppy started just aRer World War One. The ba5les of World War One caused unparalleled devasta>on across parts of Western Europe, specifically in parts of Belgium and France. Millions were killed and wounded and where the ba5les took place trenches had been constructed. As a result of the figh>ng the ground was churned up and all that was leR was mud and the stench of death and destruc>on.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, s>ll bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields

But why does it maNer today?

Those events and the need to support ex‐Servicemen and their families led to the forma>on of the Royal Bri>sh Legion in 1921. The charity’s role was to provide welfare and support for ex‐Servicemen and the families of those that served. Over 90 years the Legion’s work has con>nued and expanded – and its messages of welfare and Remembrance are just as important and relevant today. As the years from 1921 passed, the Legion was there to support ex‐Servicemen and women from all conflicts.

Un>l recently, when people wore a Poppy and went to a parade on Remembrance Day, they probably mainly thought about those people whose lives were affected by World Wars One and Two. But actually Remembrance Day is about the people who are affected by all the conflicts since World War One. Every >me there is a conflict, a new genera>on realises how important a day of Remembrance is to them. In recent years the Poppy and Remembrance Day has been par>cularly important due to Bri>sh and Commonwealth involvement in wars involving large numbers of troops and large numbers of deaths and casual>es.

Moment of reflecHon: November the 11th provides us with one special day a year when we can all reflect on those, past and present, who have been affected by war and conflict, men and women of all ages who have had their lives destroyed. By remembering them and suppor>ng them, we have an opportunity to reflect on why peace is so important and why courage and compassion are such valuable human quali>es.

The Poppy Postcard Project: Through the History department the Poppy Postcard Project gave form groups the opportunity to write a postcard of support to a veteran from conflict past and present, a bereaved family or injured serviceman or servicewoman.

The five designs and some examples of the moving words produced by forms can be seen over these two pages below.

Have you Ever Heard of ‘The Clubhaus’?

by Abby Taylor and Angela Sohal On Thursday the 15th of September Year 9 Business Studies students got to meet up with the innovative and determined entrepreneur who, in October 2010, created his own website business ‘the Clubhaus!’

Lee Macdonald gave us an overview of his business, which taught students about the aims and objectives of his business venture. From walking into shops and seeing plenty of grooming products for women, Lee decided it was time for men to feel comfortable whilst buying products that were traditionally targeted at women.

His aims were to supply products especially for men in a way that the customers would feel more comfortable.

Furthermore he wanted to sell products of a high quality that actually worked. He wanted to make the buying process easier and give men honest feedback about the effectiveness of products.

His presentation on Thursday benefited the year 9 business students as it has prepared us for the future and is helping us understand the life of business and how it is not as easy as we thought it would be.

From now until Christmas we are completing a project based on his business. We will be giving him advice about the packaging he uses, helping him design promotional material for his site and recommending a new product we think he should introduce based on market research we are carry out. The winning advert design is also currently being used on his website as part of his Christmas marketing campaign and can be viewed on the website at www.theclubhaus.co.uk.

“The work that Year 9 students have

produced so far is incredible given that they have only studied Business for three months. They are creative, industrious and enthusiastic, showing that they have many of the key attributes to become successful entrepreneurs themselves in the future.”

- Mrs Hurn

Gifted & Talented Peer Teaching

by The Art Department The Art department are extremely lucky to have students that take pride in their Art education and are pro- active in passing on their extensive skills to peers. Sixth Form students Dominic Stevenson and Daisy Craven have been running a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drawing Master classâ&#x20AC;? with a range of Y11 Art GCSE students. The outcomes are truly excellent, and we are hoping this will motivate other Art students to engage in this sort of experience. If you like the sound of this and you are a Y12/13 student with knowledge of Art media, or a Y11 that wants to extend your knowledge and understanding of new media SIGN UP! SIGN UP in the B3 corridor.

Gifted & Talented Math Challenge Success

by Mrs Halfpenny Eight of our Year 7 and Year 8 G&T Maths stars where picked to represent Arthur Terry in the Northern Network G&T Maths Challenge. Our two teams spent the afternoon at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Technology College competing against five other Schools.

Each team of four students had to complete eight timed tasks and their scores were recorded. There was an air of strong competition in the hall, particularly between the two Arthur Terry teams.

The girls in particular were competent in good communication, task sharing and cooperation and showed great maturity and managed to hold their own against the Y8 boys. We had a fun afternoon with the team of Sophie Somerville, Nicole Reynolds, Chris Moring and Ed Shilcof claiming 2nd place behind Sutton Girls Grammar School.

All our students expanded their team building skills which will be useful to transfer into the classroom situation.

Arthur Terry Sixth Form Success!

Arthur Terry School is an 11-18 comprehensive school with 1700 students on roll and a thriving Sixth Form of 460 students, making it one of the largest school based Sixth Forms in the West Midlands.

Arthur Terry Sixth Form is the first choice for the majority of the Year 11 students who already attend the school, however a large number of students are joining the Sixth Form from a wider geographical area. Over 100 students from 40 different schools in Warwickshire, Staffordshire and across the West Midlands join the Sixth Form each year.

Arthur Terry Sixth Form has a fully comprehensive intake, with students required to achieve 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and Maths to gain a place in the Sixth Form where 31 different A level subjects are on offer. A level results for 2011 were impressive with a 100% pass rate and 45% of entries gaining an A*,A or B grade.

Neil Bowater, Assistant Headteacher and Director of Sixth Form Studies stated that “we ensure that all of our students are fully inducted into the Sixth Form, are happy and able to achieve their full potential, it is a real team effort with staff at all levels committed to delivering an outstanding education. Students leave us with excellent academic results and fully prepared for their next life stage.”

In fact, Ofsted have recognised the quality of Sixth Form education at Arthur Terry School as “outstanding” the only school Sixth Form in Sutton Coldfield to achieve such an accolade. Ofsted highlighted the school’s “excellent support which is provided both with study needs and in terms of future progression routes, whether to university, to which the vast majority of students progress, to other courses or directly into careers” Over the last 4 years between 85 and 90% of Year 13 students have applied to University, 100% of the students who have applied to University have been successful in gaining a place, with students choosing a range of Universities including the Russell Group and 1994 group.

Sixth Form students at Arthur Terry School are recognised as Leaders of Learning and are vital components of a Vertical Tutoring Programme. Each Sixth Form student works with their tutor to support and deliver sessions to younger students every morning as well as participating in an in-class support programme with subject teachers. Students are actively encouraged to take on leadership roles within school and to fully participate in an enrichment programme which includes fund raising events, Duke of Edinburgh Award, sporting activities, extended projects etc.

Ajayta Rai a Sixth Form student at Arthur Terry School sums up her experiences so far “Arthur Terry School surpasses everyone’s expectations of being a fantastic, supportive student environment. Personally, I felt it was one of the best choices I’ve ever made to come here. Moving to a brand new school can be a daunting task because one would have to deal with making new friends and building a good rapport with teachers. Arthur Terry undeniably welcomed me and other prospective students with open arms and wide smiles making life at sixth form much easier. As a representative of Arthur Terry I can safely say it has provided me with a sense of accomplishment, triumph and success like no other school before.”

200 Club July Winners 198 197 32 68

H. Gould J. Bannister C. Stone A. Ray

September Winners £50 £25 £15 £10

October Winners 146 135 101 78

N. Hill A. Ray S. J. Bicknall A. Kennedy

£50 £25 £15 £10

70 W. S. Davis 135 A. Ray 170 Mrs Saridaki

77 N. Hill

£50 £25 £15 £10

Sutton Constituency, Walmley Juniors & Fairfax School Celebration Event

by Mrs Humphreys A fantastic evening of celebration took place on Monday 7th November at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall. Sutton Constituency, Walmley Juniors and Fairfax put together the event for Sutton schools to celebrate the achievements of schools involved in the Mall ‘shop project’ along with secondary schools in Sutton Coldfield who were asked to nominate one ‘Super’ Work Experience student.

Andrew Meikle (current Year 11) was nominated on behalf of Arthur Terry. Andrew was determined from the outset to get the most out of the work experience fortnight, writing to many organisations in the hope of securing placements in his favourite field – the Army and Flying!

Andrew spent his first week at the MOD in Nuneaton on the Army insight course, where the aim was to test individual skills and the ability to work within a team.

Andrew excelled on the course receiving excellent feedback at the end of the week.

Andrews second week was at Wellesbourne Airport where he was involved with all departments including the control tower where he showed great initiative and a vast general knowledge. He was also lucky enough to be able to go out on a flight. Andrew’s supervisor commented that Andrew was confident and mature well beyond his years and was the best they had ever had at the airport on work experience Ashia Hansen (MBE) presented each student with their award and then went on to give an inspirational presentation. Ashia is a triple jumper, at the 1998 European Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain she won the gold medal with a world record jump of 15.16m.

She is also the UK record holder for the outdoor event.

Her story told of a very driven and passionate individual with aspirations to go a long way, yet having to overcome many challenges along the way.

Year 12 BTEC Visit to Moor Hall

by Mrs Hurn On Monday 12th September Year 12 BTEC students visited Moor Hall hotel as part of their research for their first project examining Human Resources and Finance. Students were invited into one of their conference rooms where they received a presenta>on and discussion from the Human Resources Manager and the General Manager. The informa>on they gathered from their visit is invaluable in helping students complete their projects.

Giving students the opportunity to visit a Business to see first‐hand how they operate is extremely beneficial and helps students to understand the theory they learn in lesson. We are very lucky that Moor Hall hotel has supported Arthur Terry Business students over a number of years and hope to con>nue working with them in the future.

Flying High with Design Technology

by Mrs Suthons-Hart This week saw the culmination of a new joint venture project between the Graphics and Textiles department.

Year sevens are now fortunate to have more lessons dedicated to the two subjects and are therefore able to design and make a product that carries a challenging and high skill demand. As you can see from the photographs, they are taking this in their stride. Both Mrs Maidment and myself have been so impressed with the way that our new year sevens have been able to master the technical skills and understanding of a subject that is fairly new to them. The thinking behind this joint project has also been to raise awareness in Design Technology that each area is not a separate department and that whether you are studying ; Food, Resistant Materials, Metal, Textiles or Graphics, they all have a common thread.

Well done Year Seven and happy flying!

SPORTS LEADERS

Rugby Leaders Course Before the start of term, over twenty of our Key stage 4 and 5 students attended a Rugby Leaders Course, run by the RFU. They learnt some techniques and skills, but focused on how to pass on their skills to others. They will complete their awards when they spend time leading other people. Some have already done this, but hopefully others will have the opportunity to fulfil this later in the School year, by going into some of our feeder primary schools.

Frisbee Coaching A number of our Year Eleven players have been going into Coppice School to coach Frisbee. Bradley Shoesmith, Lucy Cinnamond, Charlie George, Mollie Howells, Sam Pitt and Scarlet Gibbs gave up several nights after school to coach the Coppice pupils. This will recommence in the Spring.

Multi-Skills The Wilson Stuart annual Multi Skills competition has been taking place over this half term. Pupils from Key stage 1 and 2 carry out a range of different tasks for thirty seconds and their scores for each event are recorded. The schools who score the highest points are invited to the finals.

Our Year nine Sports Leaders were invited into Little Sutton School to help all Year one, two, three and four pupils to take part in the competition. The leaders did a fantastic job, organizing and encouraging the youngsters and recording their scores.

With our help, Little Sutton have qualified for the finals of both the Key Stage One and Two competition.

Young Referees Arthur Terry has hosted a couple of girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; five a side football tournaments for our local primary schools. These have proved very popular. In both tournaments, Tom Hendry and Jake Underwood did fantastic jobs of refereeing the matches.

Year Nine Football In terms of results, this does not appear to have been a particularly successful start to the season. The team has suffered heavy defeats against John Willmott, Hodge Hill and Great Barr. However, all three of these teams are very strong, and there is no disgrace in losing to such schools. We must take pride in the fact that in all three games, we never gave up, and at times matched the opposition. While respecting the quality of the opposition, some of the difference was down to size, strength and speed; hopefully as our team grows we may close the gap between us and these very good teams. Our one victory was against Barr Beacon, in the West Midlands Cup. Hopefully, we will enjoy some success in this cup.

Next term, when we resume our league fixtures, I am convinced that our team spirit and ability to play good football will be rewarded with better results.

Year Nine Basketball Competitive basketball is back at Arthur Terry. After a break of three or four years, the North Birmingham League has been reformed and our Year Nines are delighted to be involved. We have been practicing hard for over six months and so far our hard work has been rewarded with some promising results.

There are over twenty boys practising regularly at the Year Nine Basketball Club, and numbers are growing. The quality of play is good and enthusiasm is high.

We played a friendly fixture in the summer against Fairfax and won handsomely.

Since October Half term we have been playing league fixtures. So far, we have played Hodge Hill and Handsworth Grammar School, winning 35-24 and 49-24 respectively. Top scorers are Rory Smith and Max Craven, but most of the squad are capable of scoring points. Other members of the squad are Kitkay Orejola, Matthew Hurrell, Tom Hartland, Chris Moring, Eddie Sheppard, Sam Harvey, Simon Moore, Adam Evans, Alex Keeley, William Harrison and Will Collins.

There are many more boys who are training regularly who, I hope, will soon get the chance to represent the school at basketball.

K.Stonebridge

Unbeatable!!

Will the record continue?

The Year 7 boys football team have made a fantastic start to the 2011-12 season, having registered an impressive four wins from their opening four fixtures.

All matches played so far have been cup ties; and already the team have secured their place in the Erdington, Saltley and Sutton Coldfield district cup semi-finals.

Comments from Team manger Mr Byrne:

S A M B A K ER Sam Baker has been a member of the Water Polo England Talent Squad for the last three years. He is currently in the Under 17s squad but has qualified for the U18s Europeans.

His weekly training of around twelve hours involves stints at Wyndley, Stechford and Erdington pools with Boldmere Swimming Club. He hopes that all this training will stand him in good stead to be selected for the U20s squad for the European Championships in two years time.

‘…It has been fantastic to see the team gel together so quickly. The standard of football produced in the opening games has been of real quality and a pleasure to watch. There are some very talented players in the squad, but the collective efforts and resolve of all players has been the key to maintaining their unbeaten record.’

Football fixtures and training will resume in the New Year and the team will be looking to extend their list of victories and keep this impressive 100% record intact.

Y7 Football 2011-12 Season Results & Scorers so far…

26/09/11 Travel West Midlands Cup Round 1 Colmers 3 v 4 Arthur Terry

Brelsford

Hutchinson 2 Francis

12/10/11 Travel West Midlands Cup Round 2 Hampstead Hall 2 v 10 Arthur Terry

Lewis 3

Watts 2 Francis 3 Hutchinson (P) Thomas

22/11/11 Travel West Midlands Cup Round 3 Plantsbrook 1 v 2 Arthur Terry

Francis

Watts

30.09/10 ESS District Cup Round 1 Highclare 0 v 6 Arthur Terry

Francis

G I R L S F O OT B A L L In November, the Year 7 girls' football team took part in the Sutton Schools Under 12's Five a-side tournament held at Sutton College. Having been told by their year 8 counterparts that they came runners up in last year's competition, it became the girls' goal to go the distance this year...however, they didn't make it easy for themselves!

As the tournament began, Highclare school made it very clear that they meant business; they had won their first two games where Arthur Terry had lost. When it came to face the league leaders, Arthur Terry put their best foot forward and went on the attack straight away. A fantastic forward partnership between Captain Katie Gregory and leading goal-scorer Emma Watson gave our girls the first of many wins, eventually placing them runners up in their group and sending them through to the Semi-finals against Edmund Campion. The game was taken to penalties, where goalkeeper Jasmine Hodgkiss made some fantastic saves to take Arthur Terry through to the finals. Again, this was against Highclare, who had thrashed their opponents in their Semi-final match.

ESS District Cup Quarter Final Washwood H. A - v - Arthur Terry

After a goalless match, which saw many Arthur Terry opportunities thwarted by the Highclare keeper, penalties were once again taken to decide the tournament champions. More great saves came from Jasmine Hodgkiss before Esther Marsh scored the winning goal to give Arthur Terry a well-deserved victory. All of the girls performed exceptionally as individuals as well as part of a team and did the school proud!

Arthur Terry progress as Washwood Heath concede the tie

If you are interested in joining the year 7 and 8 girls' football team, see Miss Worthington or come along to training Wednesdays after school.

Logan,

Watts 2 Hutchinson Swift

Netball Emma Johnson and Erin Benbow from year 9 along with Amelia Berry and Holly Felton from Year 8 have been selected to attend netball Satellite Academies. These provide training for girls who have been identified as players with potential. The academies focus on training individual skills.

Players at each County Academy are invited to the regional festival where they play a Varsity Tournament. It is in this arena that some athletes are scouted to attend the West Midlands Pre Screening. Congratulations to all the girls for their commitment to netball and good luck in the future.

Birchfields National UK Junior Championships The team now goes forward to represent the UK in Europe next year!

International Relations

by Miss Cresswell Everyone talks of Birmingham being a multicultural society as part of a multicultural world. But are we truly? Everyone would agree that learning about other cultures and traditions is of extreme importance in today’s society. It gives students the sureness and capability to fully take part in life, and it is our role as teachers and parents to help them to meet the challenges by offering them opportunities to explore the issues faced by the global society today.

As part of a school which aims to be world class, we believe that students’ school lives are not only about passing exams but about expanding their life experiences and giving them the tools to respect others. We want our pupils to have a greater understanding of the issues faced by people from all around the world and encourage them to think of ways to tackle these difficulties. One way we have begun to achieve this is through the Connecting Classrooms Project.

Connecting Classrooms is a British Council learning project which offers collaborative opportunities for learners. It is a global programme that creates partnerships between clusters of schools in the UK and other countries. These partnerships bring an international dimension to young people’s learning, improving their knowledge and understanding of other cultures and preparing them for life and work as global citizens. All schools involved in Connecting Classrooms work with partner schools on collaborative curriculum projects which enable learners to interact across geographical boundaries and enhance their understanding of each other’s societies, languages and cultures. Connecting Classrooms is central to the British Council’s work in intercultural dialogue and they have designed the programme to embed an international dimension in education systems worldwide.

We, as a school, have enrolled students from across year 9 to take part in this exciting venture which has enabled them to communicate with pupils from Italy, Bulgaria, Israel and Russia and begin to understand that we have many similarities. We have been doing this in an assortment of creative ways to encourage students to voice their ideas and opinions, and to give a variety of experiences for our pupils here at Arthur Terry.

The project is designed to develop the student’s cultural awareness and responsibility by having regular communication with their partner schools and completing activities which allow them to explore the similarities and differences in an international format. This is done through art, music, cuisine, dance, sport, history, education and languages.

Over the past year students have had the opportunity to: • Research the 7 wonders of their partner countries

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Create a dictionary of key terms and phrases which has allowed them to access 4 different languages

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Taken part in Young Leadership training on a residential course in Bockleton

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Created videos about their school and country

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Hosted country lunches where they have been able to taste the exciting cuisines of the countries they have become partnered with.

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Attended the Connecting Classrooms conference in Birmingham where they met representatives of their partner schools from Italy, Israel, Bulgaria and Russia

I thank all those who have supported and continue to support the Connecting Classrooms project and urge more young people to get involved and make a brighter future for tomorrow.

On Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd of November William Millington and Megan Walsh each went to the Paragon Hotel in central Birmingham and met up with 4 other countries including Russia, Israel, Bulgaria and Italy, and discussed the meaning and aims of Connecting Classrooms. All the other countries could speak fluent English and it was nice to communicate with people who have completely different opinions to us here in England. We went into our clusters (which are groups of 25 schools from the 5 different countries) and spoke about different tasks we were set by the Birmingham Council. Discussing further meetings and further trips to their countries we enjoyed getting to know the students and sharing ideas about what we would like to do in the 3 year project. This project has changed our perspectives of the way we think about things, made us more tolerant, and allowed us to make new friends who we are now connecting with via Facebook, Edmodo and email. We can’t wait for the upcoming tasks and trips ahead when we meet again. If you are interested in joining connecting classrooms please see Miss Cresswell in C1.10 or ask the Connecting Classrooms representatives.

By Megan Walsh On Wednesday 23rd November I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to meet people from countries such as: Israel, Bulgaria, Russian and Italy. At first I was apprehensive but everyone was really nice and spoke amazing English. This event was an international meeting to plan what we were going to do in the rest of this year in the Connecting Classrooms Project.

We first chose an umbrella topic for everyone to discuss: tolerance. This was quite a wide topic and therefore allowed us to decide on sub-topics such as racism, sexism, disability and bullying. After this we had to plan our activities to discover what each country could offer the others. We decided to complete a Flash mob (where one person starts something and eventually everyone joins in) to find out about the diversity of cultures involved in the project. We then decided to complete a games competition to discover how the issue of tolerance could be explored. (For example you could play football blind folded). The third activity we designed was to create a video from various perspectives so that we could better understand why people are intolerant and how we can change this in Britain and elsewhere in the world. Finally, to end the year we want to host a big event where we can inform people about what we do in the Connecting Classrooms project and raise money for charity to aid the achievement of tolerance on a global platform. I really enjoyed the Conference and the Connecting Classrooms project is really good fun!

By William Millington

Urban Heat Island by Sophie Beattie GA3 At the start of October, the Year 13 Geography students undertook a fieldwork investigation into Birmingham’s Urban Heat Island. We started on the rural-urban fringe of Shenstone and gradually made our way into Brindley Place in Birmingham’s CBD, stopping at 17 different sites to record sky view factor, temperature, humidity and wind speed and direction.

We found a great difference of temperatures across the city due to many factors such as anthropogenic heat, humidity, and the specific heat capacity of the surrounding surfaces.

The trip was a fantastic opportunity for us to see the effects of a city’s urban heat island first hand as well as gain valuable skills and knowledge needed for our geographical skills exam we will sit in January. On behalf of all the students I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Napper and Mr Vaughan for organising such a useful and awesome trip.

Ashes Hollow by Lauren Murphy GB3 November can only mean one thing to our dedicated Geography teachers….. Ashes Hollow! Although a misty, dreary day that required a billion layers of clothing. On a wet Wednesday Year 12 Geographers arrived in Little Stretton in high spirits. We looked amazing in our standard green Wellies with one member of the group “borrowing” his little sister’s size 4 ones!

Our very own “Bambi on Ice”, Dan Bright, battled fiercely with the boggy conditions but unfortunately lost out on a record number of 7times in just under an hour. The rest of us courageously battled the conditions in search of the river’s source and measured river and valley characteristics at 15 different sites along the course of the river.

The enthusiasm and teamwork we shared allowed us to work ferociously and to everyone’s surprise we finished with time to spare. We would like to that Mr Vaughan, Mr Napper and Mr Homer for their support, guidance and enthusiasm during the trip and hopefully another triumphant trip to Ashes Hollow has enabled us to collect some excellent data for us to use in our exams!

Parliament - Home & Away by Mr Zarifeh Last month thirty year nine students from Arthur Terry visited the Palace of Westminster to learn about the structure and function of Parliament. The students enjoyed a tour of the House of Commons before participating in a mock parliamentary session debating a proposed new law to tax the high earnings of premier league footballers. Sutton Coldfield MP and International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, kindly gave up his time to come and talk politics with his young constituents.

This trip was followed up with a visit from Lord Hunt of Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heath who last week addressed over two hundred and fifty Arthur Terry students about the role the House of Lords plays in our parliamentary democracy. Just forty-eight hours earlier Lord Hunt had closed the House of Lords debate on the strongly contested Andrew Lansley NHS reform bill which despite Lord Huntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best efforts, passed through the Lords.

Multicultural Britain?

by Mr Zarifeh This year’s year 10 & 11 Citizenship controlled assessment seeks to evaluate Britain’s and Birmingham’s reputation as a tolerant, multicultural society.

On Tuesday 22nd November year 10 students were fortunate to be able to hear key note addresses, as well as ask small group questions, to two influential visiting experts in this field. Sir Keith Ajegbo authored the 2007 government report on diversity and Citizenship in schools whilst Ramsey Zarifeh, Deputy Head of World News at Al Jazeera English, flew in from Qatar especially for the event.

On Friday 9th December year 11 students have their chance to influence the first of their two visiting experts when International Development Secretary and Sutton Coldfield MP, Andrew Mitchell contributes to our students’ enquiry.

Macmillan Cakes

Year 9 G&T English Students spend an afternoon working with Matilda Egere-Copper by Mrs Halfpenny What would you ask a music journalist who writes for the Independent Newspaper?

On Thursday 6th October five of our Y9 GCSE students had that opportunity as they joined Great Barr School to experience a creative writing workshop run by Matilda Egere – Copper. Our ingenious creative five worked with other students in the school library and spent two hours being challenged by Matilda, who expanded their learning and familiarity with creative writing styles and techniques.

To add more inspiration, Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate Jordan West dropped in to promote poetry and performance.

Jordan told us how he was inspired to start writing poetry in Y9 to impress a girl, and how he won her over through writing love poetry. Before leaving he treated us to a performance of his poem “Dreams”. We were all spell bound as he delivered his rap style poem that used words to twist and turn through his experiences and gave us a small insight into his life.

This left us ready to have discussions about planning, structure, description and layers. The whole group were removed from their comfort zone into deliberating about introduction, turning points and resolutions.

Thinking about scene setting, characters and plot we were encouraged to write.

Guidelines we were given when planning were, know your characters, ask your characters questions, what is their favourite colour? Who is their idol? When describing your characters, use metaphors and people you already know for inspiration, making it easier for you to write about your characters. Describing personality traits and the theme of good against evil, gives you scope for dramatic story lines.

We all enjoyed our afternoon of creative writing and now feel inspired to use these new skills in our English GCSEs and feel confident they will help to raise our grades.

RUG BY

by Mr Shilcof

Army Rugby Sevens Tournament 2011 Arthur Terry sent twelve hardened rugby players to the tournament played last Friday in the blistering heat. Their opening two matches were played against Coseley and Haybridge who went on to win and come runner up in the entire tournament.

The first match was fiercely fought against Coseley who left the field worthy winners by two try’s to one ours being scored by Jake Lines, the second match went Haybridge’s way by three try’s to nil.

Game three against Hagley was an entirely different matter and after what was clearly an inspiring team talk from their coach the team took to the field in blistering fashion. Jamie Humpage scored possibly the fastest hat trick of try’s ever seen in rugby history getting all three in the first three minutes of the

game followed by try’s from Rob Shilcof, Josh Truelove and Jack Littley, Arthur Terry ran out worthy winners by six try’s to nil.

Game four brought on the mighty Kings Norton and the boys were still in the mood to take no prisoners Scoring commenced with Tom Poole, two try’s from the blistering pace of Josh Truelove, a try from Perry Bates-Powell all finished off by a try from our newly found scrum half who I do forgive for passing the ball straight to his opposite man Gordon Ramsey. Arthur Terry left the field five try’s to nil.

Although the boys did not progress further than the pool stages in the tournament, the way they conducted themselves throughout the day gave me a great sense of pride to be their coach.

Our thanks go out to all teachers who allowed their students to attend.

The team was comprised of;

Rob Shilcof LB1, Perry Bates-Powell LA7, Josh Truelove LA1, Tom Poole GA7 Capt, Jake Lines YA8, Jamie Humpage GB7, Rory Atkins HA3, James Ramsey HB1, Will Stodart GA2, Sam Daly YB7, James Davey LA4.

The old saying of ‘There’s only one way to go when you’ve reached the top’ unfortunately came true last night.

Our opening match of the evening was against a very strong Great Barr team who we beat two weeks ago and clearly were out for revenge. They started off at a blistering pace scoring two wonderful tries helped in part by poor tackling from A.T. and we turned around at half time two tries to nil down. Following pearls of wisdom from their coaches during the break the boys rallied round and answered Great Barr with two tries of their own making for a thrilling last few minutes. Great Barr were camped on the A.T. try line and following a massive effort by their forwards managed to cross our line to score the well deserved winner.

A.T. 2 tries Great Barr 3 tries.

The boys went off with their coaches for more pearls of wisdom and a few tweaks here and there expecting to take the field against our local neighbours Plantsbrook.

The RFU coaches thought we would be far too strong for Plantsbrook and asked if we would mind playing our final game against a very good Handsworth Grammar team.

Right from the first whistle the match was played at blistering pace with first AT looking in control and then Handsworth taking over. This was maybe a little confusing to the spectators as both teams were playing in almost identical kit however the referee did a sterling job, and we were rewarded with two blistering break away tries taking us into half time two tries to nil up. The second half started and Handsworth soon levelled the scores through well worked play of their own, however AT had one last trick up their sleeve and pulled out a fantastic match winning try just before the end.

A.T. 3 tries Handsworth Gram. 2 tries.

Year 7 & Year 8 North Birmingham Emerging Schools Rugby - First Round To say we entered this years competition with some trepidation is no under statement. Our team this year is in the main from year seven with a sprinkling of year eights, if you’ve seen them on the sports field training on a Tuesday evening you may be forgiven for having thought they in the main are somewhat lacking in height and weight and not your typical rugby team.

Having arrived at Aston Old Edwardians RFC the opposition dismounted from their buses and the night was clearly going to be Arthur Terry versus Goliath, some of the boys were huge and would be welcome in my year eleven team any time. I could hear coaches who clearly hadn’t seen our boys at this stage saying “You need to watch out for Arthur Terry they won it last year” and I must admit for the first time in many a year I even said a little prayer.

The boys played three matches, the first against Great Barr whose coach had been boasting earlier how they had always played rugby league but couldn’t find any opposition strong enough to make it a worthwhile match. Well they may have been big and strong but they met their match against the sylph like skills of Arthur Terry we beat them by three tries to one.

Next came Streetly Comp who to their credit played very well and held us to a one try each draw, helped maybe by an over enthusiastic Streetly parent (obviously a footballer) who felt the need to assist the referee and called one of our players as being in touch as he was hurtling towards scoring.

Our final match of the evening was against the Bishop Walsh Bears aptly named (they had entered two teams). Arthur Terry got off to a fantastic start and were taking them apart bringing up a lead of four tries to nil by half time. Bishop Walsh then made a crafty substitution bringing on a giant of a boy from their other team who was almost unstoppable. The scores were level but in the dying minutes of the game a late try from Arthur Terry left us the more than worthy victors five tries to four.

We ended the evening as victors of our pool and look forward to taking on the leaders of the other pools. The boys were magnificent their bravery on the pitch was only matched by their exemplary behaviour off it, they are a credit to our school.

I must mention the RFU schools liaison officer, who happens to be a Welshman, so presumably Chris he knows his onions, whispered in my ear that A.T. were in his view possibly playing the best rugby in the tournament. This is clear testament to the fantastic coaching they have received from Dave Craig and Sandy Owen from Spartans RFC so well done you two.

OLIVER HINES LB7 DAN USHER HB4 JACK KNOWLES YA7 MAX MANLEY HB1 WILL PREECE HB9 JAMES HUGHES GB2 LUCAS COOPER HB9 ELLIOT LEWIS LB10 TOBY HAYNES GB6 AIDEN HARRISON YB8 JOE TIPSON YA10 BEN CARDIN GB5 JACK THOMPSON GB4

It almost goes without saying the boys behaviour both on and off the pitch was impeccable and again I return to school a very proud man.

A massive thank you must go to Dave Craig and Sandy Owen from Spartans who have done a fantastic job with the boys giving up their own time to come in and coach the boys.

Year 9 & Year 10 North Birmingham Schools Rugby Competition First Round Arthur Terry entered this competition, just like their younger brothers in arms from years 7 & 8, as the reigning champions of the competition and boy o boy they played like it.

First game of the evening was against Streetly Comp who put up a strong opposition. However they were unable to withstand the pressure from the mighty AT pack and the amazing speed from our sylph like backs. Arthur Terry came out on top winning the game 4-1.

A.T. 4 Streetly Comp. 1.

Next up was North Birmingham Academy. Once again the pack dominated, pushing North

Birmingham back in almost every scrum then unleashing our ferocious backs who were cutting through their defence almost at will. Being six tries to nil up it looked like it was going to be a white wash when out of nowhere North Birmingham found their legs and produced two amazing tries making the final .

A.T. 6 North B’ham 2.

Once again the standard of play was outstanding, a testament to Alex and Mike’s coaching, the boys behaviour was exemplary across the board and they were a shining example of good sportsmanship and we can be proud of our boys.

The team was comprised of;

JONATHON WATSON yr 9 GB5 LOUCA MILLOSHA yr 9 HA7 TOM MCGUIRE yr 10 GA1 TOM MERRINGTON yr 10 GA1 JOE ZARIC yr 10 YA7 CHARLIE BAMPTON yr 10 YA3 NICK BAILEY yr 10 YA4 JOSH EELES yr 10 LA1 ASHLEY TERRET yr 10 LA5 GUY MERRINGTON yr 10 GB6 ISAAC BEECHEY yr 10 HA2 JACK WOLVERSON yr 10 YA10 ED SHILCOF yr 9 HB9 TOM GOODALL yr 10 LB9

Year 7 & Year 8 North Birmingham Schools Rugby Competition Second Round Last night was the final round of the ‘Pool’ fixtures leading hopefully onto the finals where the strongest Birmingham North teams take on their counterparts from Birmingham South. The story to date is Arthur Terry have played five matches three wins, one draw and a solitary loss, so clearly we had everything to play for.

We started the evening with a fixture against a well drilled and clearly improved Streetly comprehensive team who started the game with a great intensity and were definitely getting the upper hand in the scrums, an area where Arthur Terry normally dominate.

There were three tries scored in the first half two to A.T. and one for Streetly taking us into a very exciting second half where the play literally went from one end of the field to the other with both teams making superb try saving tackles.

Streetly made a great break and

scored a try levelling the scores, this fired A.T. up and they threw everything they had at the Streetly defence who to their credit stood firm making the final result a draw two tries each.

Our second match was against local rivals Plantsbrook who we have never played before.

Following a rousing team talk in the minibus from Dave, the boys took to the field as if it was the World Cup finals and it was England v Wales (we Chris of course were England). They played their socks off scoring four unanswered tries in the first half and four more in the second making it a magnificent win. England, I mean Arthur Terry 8 Plantsbrook nil. It must be noted that the Plantsbrook boys stuck to their guns right to the end making some great tackles and were a credit to their school.

I know I say it every week but it’s true the boys behaviour was exemplary on and off the pitch and they were a credit to Arthur Terry OLIVER HINES LB7 DAN USHER HB4 EDWARD COURT GB10 JACK KNOWLES YA7 MAX MANLEY HB1 WILL PREECE HB9 LUCAS COOPER HB9 ELLIOT LEWIS LB10 TOBY HAYNES GB6 JOE TIPSON YA10 LAWRENCE COLE GA8 AIDEN HARRISON YB8 JACK THOMPSON GB4 LOUIS HALE LB2 KYRIACOS IEZEKIEL LA8 Thanks again go to Dave and Sandy from Spartans, roll on the final’s which we hope will be played as a pre Moseley RFC league match entertainment.

Year 9 & Year 10 North Birmingham Schools Rugby Competition Second Round I’m sure you’ve all been waiting for this report with baited breath so here we go.

Our opening game of the evening was against an immensely strong Great Barr Comp’ team who regularly play rugby league together. Their forwards were colossal and clearly very very powerful, it was literally ‘David versus Goliath’. As I’m sure you will all remember those giants don’t take too kindly to being beaten by ‘regular’ sized people and that was certainly the case last night. Arthur Terry took the field like men possessed their courage in tackling was the best I have ever seen and the forwards drive and determination in the scrums was brilliant, pushing back Great Barr’s pack time and time again creating quick ball for our magnificent backs to literally carve their way through the opposition like a hot knife through butter, Arthur Terry soon notched up three great tries, not to be outdone Great Barr rallied round and forced their way over our line to score two well deserved tries of their own taking us into half time three two up. The second half was once again noted for the bravery of all those players on the field making tackle after tackle to keep Great Barr out, finished off with one more fantastic try by Arthur Terry. We ran out very worthy winners A.T. 4 tries Great Barr 2.

Our next match was against local rivals Streetly Comprehensive, we had beaten them only two weeks ago and they were clearly out for revenge. The boys played the game with the same intensity that they had in the previous game and there was no way they were going to come off second best. After a superb game of rugby we came off the field worthy winners.

A.T. 3 tries Streetly 1.

The final match of the evening was to be against North Birmingham Academy, the organisers realised Arthur Terry were probably too strong for them and with our agreement, beefed up their team with players from other schools. You would never have guessed the boys had already played two extremely draining matches of rugby as they started this match as if it was their first, and we had soon notched up three tries. To their credit North Birmingham came back with a great individual try of their own taking us into the second half three tries to one up. The second half was a much tighter affair with Arthur Terry scoring one more try to nil making us worthy winners.

A.T. 4 North Birmingham 1.

For me the night will be remembered for the amazingly brave tackling by our players and also for the odd comment or two by spectators who thought as an ‘Emerging Rugby School’ A.T. could show a few of the known rugby playing schools a thing or two. Alex and Mike have done a great job with the boys.

The boys behaviour once again both on and off the pitch was exemplary and they were all a credit to our school.

The team was comprised of;

HARRY TAYLOR yr 10 YA7 JONATHON WATSON yr 9 GB5 LOUCA MILLOSHA yr 9 HA7 TOM MCGUIRE yr 10 GA1 TOM MERRINGTON yr 10 GA1 JOE ZARIC yr 10 YA7 CHARLIE BAMPTON yr 10 YA3 NICK BAILEY yr 10 YA4 JOSH EELES yr 10 LA1 ASHLEY TERRET yr 10 LA5 GUY MERRINGTON yr 10 GB6 MAX CRAVEN yr 9 YB5 ISAAC BEECHEY yr 10 HA2 JACK WOLVERSON yr 10 YA10 ED SHILCOF yr 9 HB9 TOM GOODALL yr 10 LB9

Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal by Hayley Bristow YA6 As this season is traditionally a time for giving, YA4 and YA6 have been working hard to ensure they leave a child smiling this Christmas!

Over the past couple of weeks both tutor groups have been bringing in various items to contribute to the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal. The Shoebox Appeal is something held every year by the Samaritan’s Charity where gifts are sent from the UK to various locations such as Zimbabwe, Kenya, Central Asia, Montenegro and many more. Last year a tremendous 109 million shoeboxes were sent from the UK to these countries.

The Shoeboxes were wrapped full of goodies ranging from colouring books, crayons, toy cars as well as daily essentials such as toothbrushes and bars of soap. These are just a few things many of us take for granted, but I’m sure they will mean the world to many underprivileged children this Christmas.

The shoebox appeal was great to get involved with and we hope all our efforts will spread love, joy and lots of smiles to children in parts of the world who really need them!

Student Leaders

Team Gloucester

Journalist/Photographer Hannah Cook 7GA3 William Elver 8GA1 Tamar Johnson 12GA5 AddiHonal Photographers Fraser Bailey 8GA8 Cameron Collins 8GA10 Jack Kelly 8GA10 Gabriel Hammond 8GA7 Rebecca John 12GB1

Student Change Team Will alternate students from our School Ambassador Team

Charity RepresentaHve Jaipreet Gakhal 7GA6 Bethany Ward 7GA6 Faith Westwood 13GA2 Grace Westwood 13GA9 Abby Millard 13GA9

Sports Co‐ordinator Keily Clayton 7GA3 Chris>ne Prince 8GA4

School Ambassador Oliver Bradley 7GA4 Bhevan Aujla 10GA6 Francesca Westwood 11GA3 Abigail Barnes 11GA6 Rachel Smithson 12GB3 Shanshan Claxton 12GA5 AddiHonal Simran Devgun 12GA9

Team Gloucester

Team Hereford

Team Hereford

School Mentor Jess Shu5leworth 10GA6 Esther Smith 11GA8 Rebecca John 12GB1 Simran Devgun 12GA9 Alice Bevon 13GA9

Mentors Abby Johnson 13HA9 Eleanor Knight 12HA10 Aimée Harding 12HA6 Sophie Copson 13HB7 Aisha Ul‐Haq 12HB5 Hannah Warrier 12HB10 Charlo5e Needham 12HB10 Hannah Feld 13HB10 Carmen Gameson 12HB10 Danielle Young 13HB1

Ambassadors Jordan McVerry 8 HA8 Eleanor Grace 8HA5 Jake Underwood 9HA5 Charlo5e Weston 12HA5 Harnam Singh 12HB3

AddiHonal helpers include Tamar Johnson 12GA5 Shanshan Claxton 12GA5 Abigail Barnes 11GA6

Charity reps Amy Shah 7HB2 Alex Gonzalvez‐Smith 7HA8 Lauren Wall 7HA8 Amelia Cox 7HA8 Azar Jadar 12HA5 Heather McCaw 10HA8 Journalist/Photographer Charlie Viles 13HA8 Megan Emery 8HA1 Tasnim Chowdhury 12HB7 Priya Samrai 13HB3 Emily Smith 13HB9 Pierce Brosnan 12HA1 Student Change Team Demileigh Collins 13HA6 Liberty Benyon 11HA2 Elizabeth Robinson 12HB

Sports Coordinators Lauren Wall 7HA8 Oliver Lewis 7HA5 James Burdock 7HA5 David Krivovyaz 7HA7 James Perry 7 HA7 Tom Hendry 9HA8 Max Watkins 9HA9 Ellio5 Walker 9HA9 Amelia Benjamin 10HB9

Student Leaders

Team York

Team York

Team Lincoln

Mentors Becky Andrews Hannah Foster Imogen Pallister Natalie Hobbins Hannah Woodhead Harrison Raybould Sophie Thompson Luke Gurney YA4 Sarah Ouaddah YA10 Lauren Edwards YA7 Abigail Thomason YA10

Journalists Hemma Chopra Leah Fennell Annie Mander Gab Agapiou Ellie Riley YA4 Tayla Gibbs YA4 Sarah Arrowsmith YA5

ParHcipaHon Sport Steven Jobson LA7 Tom Goodall LB9 Hannah Leonard LB5 Yr 8 Emma Johnson LB4 Yr 9 Athanasia Agapiou LB7 Yr 7 Georgiana Agapiou LB7 Yr 7 Abigail Carter LB7 Yr 7 Sam Harvey LA9 Yr 9 Eve Masefield LB4 Yr 9 Tom Hartland LB3 Yr 9 Simon Moore LB8 Yr 9 Connor Benbow LB9 Thomas Bevington LB6 Jamie Cawser La6 Joshua Bisse5 La6 Chris>e Jones La7 Amar Sanhu LB5 Sam Felton LB6 Jenna Maying LB5 Sarah Jukes LB6 Aneisa Kayoni LB4 Daniel Bennet LB5

Ambassadors Vinay Sinai Nic Pears Charlie Richardson Vicky Hendry Luke Gurney Ryan Brough YA7 Megan Hines YA1 Charity Reps Rob Dixon Tom Scholes Tim Clarke Ella Sheasby YA10 Jessica Walker YA10 Olivia Haley YA4 Connie Jervis YA4

Sports Co‐ordinators Ma5 Hurrell Mollie Ellis Becky Parsons YA10 Joseph Zaric YA7 Joseph Haigney YA3 Bryce Hall YA3 School Change Miles Carlisle

ParHcipaHon Events Nadia Kamali LA6 Millie Buckland LA7 Molly Su5leworth LA2 Heidi Bryan LA9 Alfie Bality LA1

Jake Nooe LB9 Madie Cooper LB3 Simran Bhagrath LB3 Lauren Morgan LA6 Nushafarin Saidi LA8 Louisa Neal LA10 Amelia Emmerson LA10 Jake Barnsley LA10 Ka>e Forde LA1 Bethany Wharrier LA1 Jasmine Sangha LB8 Emily Stableford Lb4 Cerys Woodcock Lb6 Lucy Jones LB9 Leah Norman LB4 Academic Sophie Headley La6 Hannah Stewart LA6 Tom Hulin LA3 Sophie Robinson LB5 Bllie Elison LB5 Emily Jores LA4 Sasha Marsh LB5 Sophia Brown LA4 Emily Rollings LB1 Francesca Pa5erson LB6 William Pe5 LA10 (TBC) Alayna Merstafa LB2 William Kirby LB8 Anisha Patel LA6 Sara Hussian LB1

No Poultry Excuses Allowed by Vinay Saini YB9 !

Mental Health Awareness Week by AM

We are a group of young Year 8 boys from Arthur Terry School called ‘Break the Lock’ trying to make a difference for chickens in the UK. Picture this, lush green fields, grazing farm animals and chickens free to run and lay their eggs as and when they wish. It’s not difficult to imagine, however the reality is far from this picture of tranquillity. We all want to save a couple of pounds on our meat such as chicken, but would you want to save those couple of pounds if you knew what was done to your chicken in order to save a bit of cash, behind closed doors...Would you?

But the reality is this... you are in a big dark shed with no sunlight, you have less space than an A4 piece of paper, chickens have diseases and you are gradually dying crippled because you are being pushed beyond your On the 17th October 2011 mental health awareness biological limits. You know you are about to be killed in week began again for the 21st year to help increase the awareness of mental health globally. During the most gruesome way possible because you have mental health awareness week campaigners from nearly reached your 40 days of living some may not across the globe help to organise events to raise even reach that day. You have been starved even more awareness of community outreach and the public so you will fatten up some more, your legs give way education. Mental health can affect everyone in it’s because they cannot support your body weight. You own way, whether it’s because you know someone have reached your 40 days; you hope your salvation is who suffers with mental health or because we near but you are far from it. You are being stuffed into ourselves suffer with it. boxes and being driven away to your death, you are Either way mental health can affect anyone and the being lined up and cut in the throat; you’re plunged in to point is that mental health should not be ignored or be a bath hotter than 100°c and then DEAD!!! something to be ashamed of. Some people feel that there is not enough information on mental health so Your meat has been through all of this in order for YOU to when people hear about them it can become save a couple of pence, you are definitely not eating frightening, however it’s not something to be scared chicken you are eating cruelty...But thank God that is of and foundations such as the Mental Health Foundation are here to help raise awareness of mental something you can change by buying free range chicken and your chicken will be in a lush green field and will be health and help anyone with questions unanswered.

Mental health week not only informs people about free to eat and lay eggs when they want! mental illnesses but helps reduce the prejudice surrounding mental illnesses by giving out the correct Gandhi said that the greatness of a country can be and useful information to the public. Across the world judged on the way its animals are treated. In the UK many people have benefited from the help of Mental around 59 billion chickens are killed in inhumane Health Week as a loved one has suffered with a conditions every year. mental illness and the Mental Health Week give out the right information. “I didn’t realise Alzheimer’s YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY SIGNING OUR disease was a mental illness until my grandma had it.”

Many people have felt like this but thanks to the work ONLINE PETITION AT www.breakthelock.weebly.com AND BUYING FREE RANGE CHICKEN. SAY NO TO of the Mental Health Foundation and Mental Health Awareness Week more and more people become CAGES AND YES TO BREAK THE LOCK!!! informed about mental illnesses every year. Next year we hope to see Mental Health Week, for the 22nd year, continuing to raise awareness for mental illnesses.

O U R S T UD ENTS

I was very “I love Judo because before I started

confidence.” shy but as I started to go I grew in - Sam Perry HB5

“I’m going to carry on pla ying rugby but I will have to move to Lic hfield RFC because that is the nearest girls team.

At the moment I play fo r Sutton Rugby Club.”

- Katie Gregory HB6

“I attend s tagecoac and have h (singing performe , acting & d dancing) a t th e NIA, Old Rep.” Rep and T he New

- Parris M ckoy-Ove rton HB2

ed the under “I’m a breakdancer and was award

en part in many 10’s breakdancer of the year and tak shows including Sutton Town Hall.”

- Louis Morris HB3

at the “I was chosen to be guard of honor

Leicester.”

Friends Live T20 for Somerset and - Harvey Timmins HB8

“I’m starting to race motor bikes” - Alex Cartwright HB7

ting up on “I love singing so much and love get

stage - it’s my home!”

- Katie Gill HB8

“I enjoy p laying my lovely sou clarinet be nd!” cause it m akes a

- Helen K ent HB4

“I am part of the clu stage sing ster choir, ing. It’s ve I love bein ry fu g on n and exc

it ing!”

- Molly Sto ddart HB 3

“We raised over £130 fo r children in Need!”

- Amy, Maisie and Nata sha

“I’ve been a mascot fo r Arsenal F.C.”

- Kosta Makry HB5

“I’m part of a French ra cing club in the south of France. I sail catamarans on the Mediterranean Sea.”

- Lucas Cooper HB9

Gloucester We are nearly through the first term of the school year and it has been, as ever, a very busy one. it has been lovely to see all our students looking very smart in their school uniform - just a reminder that it is a blue tie for Gloucester. We have had some lovely and very moving assemblies this term and this has led to the tutors and tutor groups working together on producing publicity about what they have learnt - special mention to Ms Gellis who really made us all think about mental health.

Gloucester A have had a Form Board competition this term Thank you to everyone for making an effort with their Form Boards, it is lovely to see students taking ownership of their space so thank you to tutors for supporting them with this.

1st Place - GA1 for effort and originality 2nd place - GA4 for effort and creativity Also this term we have had a huge response to our requests for school leaders. All the names and responsibilities can be found on the student leaders page.

York

Lincoln

York School have been a busy bunch over the past term making a great start to the year. Katie Hill and Miss Price made a Charitable start by organising and running both student and staff MacMillan coffee mornings in October.

Delicious cakes were served and delighted at and a generous amount was made for patients and families fighting cancer. Both were extremely successful and began what will hopefully be a charitable year for York house. A big thank you to all who made, sold and bought the cakes.

More recently Mrs Gordon has had us all reaching into the Christmas gift box by providing gifts for children all over the world through the Samaritanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Purse shoebox appeal. York staff and students have been very generous and will hopefully be bringing some Christmas joy to children all around the world. The annual winter fair will follow in December and hopefully will be just as successful and will continue to show Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generosity to others.

The first term of the year is always exciting and this year has continued in this manner for us. We lost some wonderful staff at the end of the summer but we gained outstanding staff who started in September, and these have further strengthened us as a community. Miss Cresswell replaced Mrs Barnes as our Activities Co-ordinator and has done a fantastic job of getting the students to represent Lincoln in all of the available activities and make students aware of their responsibility in representing their House Group.

With a first place position early on, students and staff have been keen to maintain the York lead in the annual House competition. Our new mascot the York Yeti and Mr Glazebrook have led us brilliantly so far and have been very well supported by student participation and success in a range of House Activities including a sweeping victory in the year 7 Girls football competition- well done to all involved and what a great start to the year.

We hope as we head towards Christmas that you all have a wonderful holiday and a happy new year.

Will it be York victory at the end of the year? With success and hard work already evident, we certainly think so! Well done York.

As well as having lost a number of brilliant staff we said goodbye to our wonderful Year 13 students. Incoming to our family we have been lucky to have fantastic new Year 7 and 12 students who have again added to the success of the group.

Our School Leaders are doing a wonderful job in a number of areas such as Sports, Charity and Academic mentoring and they are becoming a real force within our school.

Miss Cox, Mrs Cornell and Mr Hanlon

York House Sport Year 7 Netball Last week, York House Netball Team competed in the House Netball Tournament and Won! Not to be biased but the York House definitely deserved it, and an astonishing 3-1 was put up on the leader board leaving a handful of Year 7 girls feeling triumphant, happy and proud to be York.

We caught up with Georgia Cinnamond, who played centre and here’s what she had to say about herself.

Did you Win? Yes How did it feel when you won?

Happy, excited *Yeah!

Did you have a full team?

No, but Lincoln acted like part of the team.

Do you enjoy playing Netball?

Yeah, it’s always lots of fun, I like netball because the thrill of winning is great.

Why did you decide to sign up for the netball team?

I wanted to sign up because I like to represent York House and I love a good competition.

After that great match in netball, let’s just hope were as fortunate in Football next term.

by Hemma Chopra

Year 8 Netball The KS3 York Netballers have thrived! Both Years 7 and 8 have won their tournaments but how were the players feeling before, during and after the event.

Below is an interview with Jaipat Basi and Hebe Lockyer How did you feel during the match?

We felt nervous at the start but we overcame this and really started to enjoy it as we have great attackers and shooters.

How did you feel at the end of the tournament, knowing that you had won?

We felt happy and proud to be in York.

Did you enjoy it?

Yes we did and even though there were substitutes everyone got to play. In fact Hebe helped organise the team and event making sure everyone was there and had something to do.

This has been a successful start for York Boys and Girls in Years 7 & 8 in the House Competitions, For as well as the Netball, The Year 7 & 8 girls football team won their competition and in the Boys football competition the Year 7 came second and the Year 8 team won their event.

Well done Everybody!

Community Spirited Chantele Chantele‐Lacey Price, one of our Year 12 students who joined the Sixth Form from Castle Vale School, has been praised for her community ac>on. Following the death of 10 year old Callum Henry on Farnborough Road, one of the busiest roads in Castle Vale, Chantele took it upon herself to take an ac>ve role in colla>ng a pe>>on to Birmingham City Council reques>ng a pedestrian crossing outside the swimming baths. Eventually over 4000 signatures were gained, which was the largest pe>>on received by the City Council since the 1970s. The Council have now agreed to provide the crossing and thanks to community spirited people like Chantele lives will now be protected.

We are pleased to welcome Chantele into our Sixth Form and wish her every success in her Maths, Biology, Dance and Law A Levels.

Hereford Raises over £1,000

On Friday the 12th of November, Hereford house raised an amazing £1008.45 for The Newman Holiday Trust and The Norman Laud Foundation. A charity which gives disabled children an experience of a lifetime. Established in 1981, the Trust began running one week holidays for children with special needs. Today it takes over 120 disabled children, aged 5-16 years old, to various locations up and down the country. Because of the complications of special care or financial circumstances the Trust needs donations and this input from Arthur Terry will do a great deal to help. The trust is run only on 200 volunteers who dedicate their time to helping the 120 children so that every penny is spent on the kids.

The money was raised by selling various treats made or bought by the students of Hereford and their form tutors. Intuitive and unique ideas were used by everybody including students carrying around a gingerbread man sign, sandwich boards, and selling drinks or melted chocolate from a chocolate fountain. All together it was an incredibly successful event breaking the target of £1000. Congratulations are in order for everyone involved.

“What more could we ask for? A tremendous day celebrated by the whole school! Well done Hereford - can’t wait for the next one!!!”

- Tasnim Chowdhury HB 7 came to our “It was so much fun, lots of people

n more money!” stall. We hope next year to raise eve - Megan Emery HA1