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SHERBORNE AT HOME 2020

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INTROD

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ORNE I am very sorry that we aren’t able to welcome you to Sherborne this term for Sherborne at Work.

We would love nothing more than to give you a taste of life at the School, but I’m sure you understand that, we can’t do so at the moment.

Instead, we are bringing Sherborne at Work to you and I’m delighted to welcome you to your very own Sherborne at Home.

In this booklet you will find a series of challenges from six departments at Sherborne: Art, DT, Sports, English, History and Maths. From code breaking to juggling, creative writing to mechanism design; this pack has several fun and interesting challenges that I hope you will enjoy taking part in. There are other items enclosed to help as you embark on the activities, and your Sherborne thinking cap should come in useful too! We’ve also produced some short challenge videos that, along with your parents, you can view together.

Please visit www.sherborne.org/ sherborne-at-home. Our current Lower Sixth Digital Media boys filmed these for you and this web

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page will be live from Monday 19 October 2020.

You do not have to take part in any of these challenges if you don’t want to as these do not form any part of the assessment process for a place at the School. However, this is an opportunity to see some of your future teachers, test your knowledge, learn a new skill and perhaps, most importantly, have fun along the way.

I hope that you enjoy taking part and I very much look forward to seeing how you get on.

Take care boys and good luck!

Dominic Luckett Headmaster

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This pack contains items designed to help you rise to the Sherborne at Home challenges with ease. You will find the opposite items enclosed

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LET’S

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Using the balloons enclosed within your pack and the household items listed below, have a go at making your very own Sherborne juggling balls.

YOU WILL NEED • Flour • 3 Sandwich Bags (or similar) • 6 Balloons • Scissors • Tablespoon METHOD • Cut the neck off from two of the balloons and set aside • Spoon approximately 3.5 heaped tablespoons of flour into one of the sandwich bags • Form the flour inside the bag into a ball by twisting the bag and then secure with your fingers or a thin elastic band • Cut the rest of the bag away, leaving just the flour filled ball • Put one balloon over the bag, ensuring you cover the twisted end of the plastic bag so no flour can escape • Use the second balloon to cover the rest of the ball, starting from the opposite side. You should now not be left with any exposed plastic bag • Repeat twice more!

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Assembly complete, roll up your sleeves and put your juggling skills to the test!

CHALLENGE 1: BEAT THE CLOCK How long can you keep the juggling balls up in the air for? Time yourself and don't forget to ask a parent to capture this on film!

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CHALLENGE 2: BEST USE OF TRICKS Can you master the behind the back, yo-yo or reverse cascade? Develop your own juggling style by adding tricks to your repertoire.

Ask a parent to film your performance and share it with us!

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MATHS

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Meet the

teacher Mr Lim Head of Maths WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH? I never thought about becoming a teacher, but a few years teaching part time at a tutorial college when I was at university, changed my mind. Now, I absolutely love it.

Nothing can replace the spark I see in students eyes when they discover something new or interesting.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? As a child my main focus was on being with my friends, roaming around in the fringes of the forest near our village climbing trees, catching spiders and fishing by the pond.

SURPRISING FACT? I was very much in love with Kung Fu and Chinese Lion Dance when I was a teenager. I still use the exercises as my workout routines from time to time even now.

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TECHNOLOGY

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Meet the

teacher Mr Chillingworth Head of DT WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH? A group of D&T pupils! I was working as a designer and had the opportunity to help out in a school D&T activity.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? My junior and senior school lay under the landing flightpath of Hawker Sidley, the aircraft manufacture’s runway. To this day if I hear an aircraft I can’t help but look to the sky to see what aircraft it is and so I wanted to fly (but then who doesn’t).

SURPRISING FACT? I started my career as a designer spending long days helping to build the Red Dwarf mothership for the BBC!

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D&T CHALLENGE

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GRIP MECHANISMS Welcome to the D&T challenge.

Your task is to first fold, assemble and glue the card cube enclosed within your pack.

Then, using card or plastic from packaging such as cereal packets or plastic containers, cut up and build (using scissors, Sellotape, glue etc) a mechanism to solve the following challenge….

Build a device to grip the cube by its opposite sides without crushing it.

The device must then be used to pick up the gripped cube off of a surface, turn it over and place it gently back onto the surface before releasing it.

You can hold your mechanism to rotate it to turn the cube over but the grip and release must be controlled by your mechanism.

This task is a test of ‘manual dexterity’ used to assess the degrees of control an industrial robotic arm possesses. Conduct a little research before starting to design your solution. Enjoy exploring how levers and linkages support good articulation. Use the paper fasteners (pictured above) provided to help build pivots, if required.

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CREATING USEFUL STRUCTURES Stiffness - in order to reach out to pick up your cube you will need your materials to be stiff enough to support themselves and the weight of your grabbing mechanism.

The word stiff is an adjective (a word that describes something) and it means ‘not easily bent or changed in shape rigid’.

Making our cereal packets stiffer Many tall office blocks use thin sheet metal to form the floors and onto this thin sheet they lay steel reinforcement before casting tonnes of concreate into thick slabs. The thin metal sheet would collapse if the tonnes of concrete were poured on….but the engineers make the metal much stiffer….by folding it into corrugations.

Make a corrugated beam from your cereal pack using the scoring skills you developed when making the cube.

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Glue a corrugation to a flat sheet of card to make a beam.

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Exploration Investigate folding and gluing a beam structure from some of the cereal packet card. My beam became stiff enough to hold the scissors 30 cm from my hand. How will your beam do?

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ARTICULATING A GRIP OUTPUT MOTION

Linkages transfer motion from one place to another. We are trying to pass movement of our hand and transfer it to the grip that will pick up the cube.

Experiment and see how the input motion is transferred along the beam to form an outcome motion with an arrangement like the one shown on the left.

Maybe get help with making the hole in the card for any paper fasteners used. The hole should not be larger than the head.

INPUT MOTION Really stuck?

Try using the Internet to run an image search for ‘litter picker design’ or ‘grabber mechanism’?

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Splay the ‘legs’of the paper fasteners out to secure the pin.

Exploration Finally experiment with the method of gripping the cube. Try altering the shape of your pivoting output arm so that it pinches against your beam. Which design worked best and why?

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WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH?

I love to tell stories, and I really wanted to use my History degree in my everyday life. I love that teaching gives me the opportunity to do both of these things! I worked with young people and children since I was a teenager and knew that I wanted to spend my time around them – I enjoy the energy of the classroom and love seeing that ‘eureka’ smile moment when a pupil understands something new or gets something right.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? I wanted to either write stories about History, or to be a spy! Strangely enough being a History Teacher and a Resident Tutor uses most of the same skills!

SURPRISING FACT? In my Gap Year before University I won the British entry for the Courchevel cup end of season ski competition.

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Meet the

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Mr Guy Director of Sport WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH? Both my parents were teachers and I was enthused by several games coaches at my senior school who provided opportunities for me to enjoy sport with my mates.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? Originally I wanted to be a professional footballer with the one and only Bristol Rovers.

SURPRISING FACT? I am also Head of Ski Racing and spend far too much time dreaming of blue alpine skies and fresh powder.

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t r e p x E e h t Beat As you would expect, our sports coaches love a bit of healthy competition. Take them on head to head in these three ‘beat the expert’ skills tests.

Head to https://www.sherborne.org/sherborneat-home to see them in action as they take you through the challenges.

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Mr Howden Director of Rugby Coaching

Jack In A Box Take on Mr Howden (Jack!) to knock a water bottle into a box with a ball.

YOU WILL NEED: • A rugby ball • A water bottle • A cardboard box INSTRUCTIONS: • Stand 10 meters away from the box and throw the ball at the water bottle • Hit the water bottle and knock it into the box Creativity, style, location and extra distance is encouraged!

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Mr Weale Director of Football Coaching

The Wealey Bin Challenge Take on Mr Weale to shoot and score a goal in a wheelie bin.

YOU WILL NEED: • A football • A wheelie bin INSTRUCTIONS: • The ball must start from the floor • Only your feet can be used get the ball off the floor • The ball has to remain off the floor by using your feet to keep it up all the way to the wheelie bin • The ball needs to go into the bin for the challenge to be complete Can you beat Mr Weale's distance from the bin of 3 meters?

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YOU WILL NEED: • A tennis ball • A goal INSTRUCTIONS: • Set a goal up in front of where square leg would field • Tap the tennis ball up 10 times and use the last tap up to give yourself a bounce feed • Play a pull shot and hit the ball into the goal

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Meet the

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Mr Bone Head of Art

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH?

My English teacher at Hazelgrove Prep School - a man who instilled excitement into every class and activity,

but especially English, Rugby, Canoeing, Drama and even bee keeping.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? Helicopter pilot, my best friend's Dad flew in the Navy and was chief test pilot at Westlands.

SURPRISING FACT? I am an Old Shirburnian and apparently whilst at school I pinned Chris Martin from Coldplay to The Digby lawn with croquet hoops, a fact which I can neither confirm nor deny!

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PAPER PLANE ULTIMATE

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• Challenge someone in your family to a Paper Plane build-off – this will make things more fun!

• Research using Google/YouTube how to make the best paper plane in the world…

• Find a step by step guide to building an amazing aeroplane… grab some paper and give it a go!

COMPETITION 1: best built aeroplane Whether you choose a simple or complex design – go for it!

COMPETITION 2: best decorated aeroplane Now get the paint or pens out and get creative with your decoration – go wild!

COMPETITION 3: Longest recorded flight Go fly! You must video your best flight and then pace out the distance, then proudly announce how far your plane has flown!

NO CHEATING PLEASE! All photos of design/build and flight videos to be sent in for judging.

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Meet the

teacher Harriet Cant Head of English WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TEACH? As a graduate, I spent a year at a boarding school as a graduate resident tutor. It made me realise how much I enjoyed working with young people and helping them to reach their potential.

CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB? To be a top equestrian.

SURPRISING FACT? I enjoy writing short stories and novels.

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The Challenge...

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Write a 200-word short story prompted by this image of a door.

An extraordinary door must lead to an extraordinary world....

• What makes it so inviting?

• What lies behind it?

• What could happen if you go through it?

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WHAT’S

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We really hope that you enjoy taking part in Sherborne at

Home. We would love to see your efforts and invite you to

share photos and videos of the various challenges you take on. The Admissions Team will be in touch with details on how you can share these with us. You can also email

classof2022@sherborne.org and, with parental permission you may like to share your challenge progress on social media using the hashtag #SAHClassof2022.

Prizes are available for the most impressive entries and we can’t wait to see you take up Sherborne at Home!

Good luck Class of 2022.

Sherborne School Abbey Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 3LF 01935 810403 classof2022@sherborne.org sherborne.org