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ME WELCO Thanet School News is the first publication coming out with our new look front cover and with some new ideas that our new team have had.

This is the 18th edition of Thanet School News and after 2 years we have grown and our success in Thanet has helped us to move into the Dover, Deal, Sandwich area, the schools in this area absolutely love their new publication and so we have decided to increase the number of publications to 5, we will be moving into the

Canterbury area, deadline 23rd May, the Whitstable & Herne Bay area, deadline 4th June and the Folkestone area, deadline 10th June.We are now based within the Marlowe Innovation Centre.

Part of our new team includes Tracy Mistretta, our marketing Executive within Thanet and Dan Williams who is going to work with the schools on editorial and helping them get their name out in the local area.

The deadline for the next edition of Thanet School News will be Friday 30th May.

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- Radio Star at the Marlowe Academy - Haddon Dene Excel in Thanet Speech & Drama Festival - East Kent Mencap & Foreland School enjoy host of activities - Dane Court Supports Pilgrims Hospice - Inspire & Attwood Academy Choir play host to Thanet Schools at St Paul’s Cathedral - LOTTIE EVANS - Bridging the gap between education and the workplace (Part 1) - Thanet RELAX - Hartsdown Celebrate successful Word-Up festival - Charles Dickens Starlet Ryan Huddard signs for Arsenal - St Peters….Ready…Steady…Cook - St Peters Meet Taekwon-Do World Champion - Cliftonville raise money for Sports Relief - Holy Trinity Get Egg-stra Creative - Free Family Gardening Sessions at Garlinge - Primary Handball Stars of the Future - Newington Centurians Celebrate in Style - Newington Dress up as characters from Peter Pan - St Mildred’s take trip to Council Offices

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However, this station also provides a significant role in the advancement of practical real-world media education in Thanet schools. Based at the Marlowe Academy, Academy fm plays a pivotal role in identifying, nurturing Zach currently runs his own 3 hour interactive live show and developing upcoming talent in students. on a Friday evening and does so on a voluntary basis in addition to his regular studies; Zach Webb, 15, student at the Marlowe Academy and rising star of Academy fm, joined the station when he was “I would say to anyone wanting a career in media to just just 13: do it, it was an incredibly steep learning curve, but is very rewarding.”

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Haddon Dene School children been awarded eight first place medals and three prestigious trophies at the Speech and Drama Section of the Thanet Festival. Gabriella Rothman, in Year 5, won the ‘Franks Trophy for Bible Reading Year 8 and under’, whilst Oolong McPherson in Year 3 won the ‘Year 6 and under cup for Speech’, alongside which Thomas Blades from Year 4 won the ‘Lanes cup for Overall Performance’.

Mrs Bourne, the schools Director of Drama said “Every year I am overwhelmed by the exceptional standard of work produced, and the high level of discipline maintained by the children, this year was no exception. With only 13 children entering (all of whom take speech

and drama classes and work towards their LAMDA examinations at Haddon Dene) their dominance remained throughout all classes entered. My congratulations go to all of the children, all of which they took their time to learn their lines with such accuracy and performed their selections with outstanding control and precision.”

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East Kent Mencap - February Half Term activites in conjunction with The Foreland School During the February half term holidays, East Kent Mencap ran a 3-day youth club providing activities and the chance for 12 young people with learning disabilities to meet up in the community, make friends and have fun!

EKM received £1,000 from Kent County Council, & £3,076.50 from the Ladbrokes Charitable Trust for the club, running from Monday through to Wednesday.

The Forelands School in Broadstairs, provided a drop off/pick up point for parents on all three days, and the activities included trips to the Powell – Cotton Museum at Quex Park, Bowling at AMF, and Pick ‘n Paint a Pot in Cliftonville.

‘This was the first time we were able to provide activities for the group in the February Half-Term,’ comments Youth Coordinator Ange Brown, ‘With only 3 days available, we had to make each day count.

Thanks to KCC & Ladbrokes Charitable Trust for making the event happen, all staff & volunteers who didn't stop moving, Forelands School for having us again, as they have hosted our Summer Club in the past, Keiko Higashi at the Powell – Cotton Museum, AMF Bowling Margate, and Teresa & Stuart at Pick ‘n Paint a Pot.’

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Dane Court Grammar School supports Pilgrims Hospice Students at Dane Court Grammar School have been raising funds for one of the chosen house charities, The Pilgrim's Hospice. Both Barcelona and Sorrento, two of the Houses at Dane Court joined together and organised a range of activities some of which were fairly unique.

The fundraising began with Emily Bennett 14, from Broadstairs (Pictured Right) of Sorrento organising the first ever school sleepover for her year 9 class in the process the students raised over £200. This was followed by girls from Barcelona spending two weeks collecting as many coins as they could to fill a massive heart at a 20p Bazaar Event hosted by both Houses.

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Emily said ‘I spoke with our Head Teacher to ask if I could organise a sleepover and Bazaar, the meeting went very well and I was given permission to organise the sleepover much to the delight of my class. As a result of all this fundraising we managed to raise an amazing £660. I was really proud of my class as the events were a huge success. I would like to thank Mrs Riley, my head of house, for the tremendous encouragement and support she gave me whilst I was organising these events’

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Inspire Event Plays Host to 5 Thanet Schools at St Pauls Cathedral with the Attwood Academy Choir

On the 13th March, more than 600 children from five Thanet schools travelled to St Paul’s Cathedral, London for an Inspire event. The “Inspire” service and celebration was organised by the Attwood Foundation. Northdown, Newlands, Salmonstone, Drapers Mills and Dame Janet, all part of the The Kemnal Academy Trust, took part in the service and the Attwood Academy choir sang four beautiful songs. The choir was made up of 206 pupils from the five schools and led expertly by Sam Palacios.

Sam has been working with the children since September and this was the second concert they have performed. In December they sang a variety of songs at Margate Winter Gardens. However, the opportunity to sing in the hallowed Cathedral inspired and awed the choir.

Banners from each school were paraded during the service and former Scotland Rugby winger Kenny Logan gave an inspirational speech and described to the children how he had difficulties at school but never gave up. ames Kendall, head teacher of Northdown Primary School, said: "The trip to St Paul's was an incredible opportunity for our children to visit one of the most historic and iconic buildings this country has to offer. It is essential that we give our children as many

experiences as possible in the early years of their education and the excitement that it has generated will remain at the school for a very long time."

The Attwood Foundation is the brain child of Tom Attwood – businessman who has set up Attwood Foundation to help children in Thanet. Tom Attwood, Chairman of Thanet Academies Governing Board and Commissioner of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and the brainchild behind the event said:”Alongside addressing the immediate need to provide high quality education, one of our guiding principles is striving to instil in our pupils a sense of ambition, the capacity to communicate and team work, inspiring them to succeed in all walks of life. That, in essence, is what this service is all about – a celebration and recognition of continued hard work and determination.

St Paul’s has hosted some of history’s most momentous events, and our students performing at such an iconic building in the capital will go down as one of our proudest moments.”

Lotties Journey: Bridging the gap between education and employment Name: Lottie Evans Age: 18 Job Title: Media & MarketingAssistant - School News Group Currently studies at: Canterbury College Currently Studying: BTEC Level 3 Media Print and Journalism Studied at: Dane Court Grammar School Ambition: Crime Writer - Journalist We are constantly reminded that we live in difficult times.

Finishing an education course is no longer a guarantee of finding work. Employers are stressing the importance of work experience now more than ever. But does that mean that we should abandon the education route for vocational training? Lottie Evans is a shining success story of the can do attitude that is encouraging a new generation of students into education.

Lottie is an aspiring crime journalist, currently working within the media sales department here at School News group. A distance learning student at Canterbury College, Lottie brings to the team a range of skills, and an ambition to succeed in the world of media publishing, "I'm just getting started, but my main role is in sales and marketing; which involves developing relationships and networking with local businesses. It's difficult at times, but exciting at the same time".

However, Lottie has ambitions outside of sales and has also been published "I've always wanted to write, and at school it's the thing I was best at. And looking into what I wanted to do in the future, Journalism was the course that sparked my interest at college." Lottie credits this drive to her current studies at Canterbury College, and also her current work here at School News Group.

When asked why she decided to complete her studies via distance learning, Lottie was very vocal about the importance of combining studies with real world work experience, in order to be successful "I think it's very important that people understand how valuable it is to have a good mixture of education and work practice, it helps you start off in work with a better

understanding of what's going on around you. Distance learning works for me because I find it easier to work from home because I don't get distracted. I have weekly tutorials with my lecturer and pick up work from the college on a weekly basis".

Lottie is published within this edition of Canterbury School News - give her some feedback at lottie@schoolnewsgroup.co.uk

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Christopher Smith, 15, who attends Sir Roger Manwoods in Sandwich has written a review on War Horse the play performed at The National Theatre in London’s West End. “War Horse is a fabulous play, adapted from the book written by Michael Morpurgo to fit the beautiful stage in the New London Theatre. The use of props to make the horses come to life was fantastic, the puppeteers blended in well with the horse’s colour so that you didn’t notice them. It is normal that, when a book is turned into a play, the connection between two characters is somewhat lessened. However, this wasn’t the case with War Horse; the love and affection between Albert and Joey from the book had been smartly transferred

by Nick Stafford onto the stage without the connection between the two characters being weakened. Those final scenes of the show sent even the toughest men teary eyed” overall I rate War Horse a 6.

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St Saviour's Church of England Junior School Celebrating Multiculturalism

Equality and Diversity education is alive and well in Thanet, and has been brought to life by Mrs Rye, head of Year 5 at St Saviour's Church of England Junior School.

As part of their geography unit of work, students were taught all about African life

“The children start off by looking at Africa as a continent and not a country, we then look at the different countries and environments and also the animals that live there. The students would then look at the differences between the countries and the different cultures that exist there, comparing these with life in the UK.” In order to celebrate and showcase the good work that the children do; students participate in an “Africa Day” whereby different events and activities are held during the day including African Drumming and Mask building.

Brandon McGinty (pictured with his mask), age 10, loved learning about African culture - his mother Gemma Griffiths said that “Brandon loved learning about Africa, and in particular the African Masks, he was really excited when he came home and told us how much he had enjoyed these lessons”.

The childrens work is showcased within the school for all to see.

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A gala night show celebrated the second annual successful Word Up Literacy Festival at Hartsdown Academy in Margate.

The month-long festival is part of Hartsdown’s ongoing literacy drive and it featured workshops with visiting professionals including authors and poets, creative writing, storytelling, and film-making.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I this year’s festival had a War and Peace theme that explored conflict and resolution across the centuries up to the modern day.

Students visited the war graves in Ypres in Belgium and laid wreaths at the Menin Gate for the Last Post ceremony to the television series, a reading of In Flanders Fields, fallen, writing inspired poetry in the cemeteries.

Investigating Operation Dynamo and the part the little ships comedy sketches written by students , films and an awards ceremony. played in the D Day evacuation was carried out by students in Dover and Ramsgate, while the Home Front educational bus with four wartime scenes and artefacts on board visit the college.

As part of the festival celebration performing arts students put on Mikey the Mod’s story, specially written for Hartsdown by award-winning children’s author Geraldine McCaughrean.

It was adapted from her acclaimed new book the Positively Last Performance that is built around folklore and true stories about Margate, renamed Seashaw for the book.

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Pictures: Ryan Huddart signs for Arsenal with Arsenal legend and head of youth development Liam Brady; top young gunner Ryan Huddart

Young Gunner Ryan Signs Up Rising soccer star Ryan Huddart is well on the way to achieving his dream of top flight soccer – he signed professional terms for his beloved Arsenal this month on his 17th birthday.

The 6ft 3in England under 17 squad goalie put pen to paper with Arsenal legend Liam Brady who is the club’s head of youth development – a big step forward for the former student from The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs, which supported his move to the Gunners Academy aged 15.

Ryan – whose father and granddad are well known in sporting circles – moved from schoolboy soccer to Charlton Athletic to Arsenal and his first pro contact will keep him there at least until he is 19.

In the recent Arsenal programme for the Champions League match against Napoli, Ryan is featured in a two-page special.

From beginners to intermediate He says he “hasn’t looked back” joining the Academy at Shenley. He writes: “This has given me a massive FREE TRIAL boost especially as I got the chance to train with one of my all-time idols, Jens Lehmann.

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Ryan, who has already appeared for Arsenal under 21s this season, said: “I am working hard to keep progressing and, having had a taste of playing at that level, I want more.”

Head teacher Andrew Olsson said: “The school is following Ryan’s excellent progress closely – he 0800 292 2170 g certainly is working hard and learning well. He may oin 01843 280422 w d ive be another young England keeper in the mould of Joe No r D lf Se ire Hart.”

H Sports master Gary McClennan, who oversaw Ryan’s move from The Charles Dickens School to the Arsenal Academy, added: “We are all extremely proud of Ryan.”

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News from St Peter in Thanet CE Junior School Taekwon-Do Ready Steady Cook An exciting live cookery show, organised by Chartwells the school meals provider, came to St Peters last week.

Led by chef, Tim, two teams of pupils and teachers competed to produce the best balanced meal within a 15 minute period. As part of the show pupils had the chance to vote on the dish they thought was the best.

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Last week, Lucy Wolf, a world champion, came into school with her team to promote Master Wolf’s Taekwon-Do clubs.

They worked with the Year 5 children who were all given the chance to participate.

Simon Hillier, Sports Development Manager, said ‘It was a really good experience for the children to work with a world class tutor. All of the children and staff enjoyed the sessions and it is hoped that some will try TaekwonDo outside school hours.’

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Sport Relief Record Breaker

Cliftonville’s Sport Relief Superstars

Cliftonville Primary School pupils have played their part in this year’s record-breaking national Sport Relief Appeal.

Pupils, staff and families worked together to collect a bestever total of £771 during a week-long programme of fun events.

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These included collecting more than £200 in coins which were laid out in the playground in a Sport Relief emblem; a whole school dance-a-thon with 670 pupils dancing to the Sport Relief school song called Step It Up; a relay mile; a bake-off competition; and a non-uniform day where staff and pupils dressed as their favourite sportsperson.

The final total was unveiled by assistant head teacher Claire Whichcord at the school’s end of term celebration at Holy Trinity Church, Cliftonville.

Ms Whichcord praised everyone who took part and added: “The School Council organised and ran all the events which were fantastic. It was one of our most successful charity appeals.”

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Good sports at Cliftonville Primary have raised more than £500 as part of the nationwide Sport Relief Appeal.

Pupils, staff and famlies took part in a weeklong programme of fun events and every child in the school played their part.

Assistant head teacher Claire Whichcord said: “These included creating our Sport Relief 'coin art' mural in the shape of the charity’s emblem on the playground which alone raised more than £200 in donated coins.

“We have been lucky enough to have our 'coin art' mural on the Sport Relief website (http://www.sportrelief.com/schools/prima ry).”

The busy schedule also featured a whole school dance-a-thon with 670 pupils all dancing to the Sport Relief school song called Step It Up. A sponsored Sport Relief relay mile around the playing fields was tackled by more than 200 pupils, while the Great Cliftonville BakeOff saw more than 30 entries of tempting and tasty treats made by staff and parents judged and then sold off very cheaply to raise more funds.

The non-uniform day had a theme for staff and pupils to dress up as their favourite sportsperson. There were some fantastic costumes from the pupils, while among the staff strong contenders were Mr Briggs who looked great as snooker champ Steve Davies, and Mr Clayson who dusted off his cricket whites to be 'Bossingham's best fast bowler, ever.

Ms Whichcord added: “All the activities were developed and run with the School Council who were amazing. They organised and led the events ensuring that everything went smoothly. Well done to all.

“A big thank you goes to all the parents who helped their children whether by baking a cake or making fantastic costumes.”

Eggs-cellent Creativity Inspires Children at Holy Trinity

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Pupils at Holy Trinity, Margate, were shocked and ‘eggs-cited’ as they walked into school and saw a giant egg partially hidden on the bank within their school grounds. What was it? Who had put it there? What could it be for?

Of course none of it was a surprise to the staff at the school. It is all part of their creative drive to engage and inspire children at their school.

“In fact,” explained Head teacher Mr Short “all the talk and rumours were ‘eggs-actly’ what we planned! Anything that gets their minds thinking and puzzling is just the start for the teachers to build on.”

That is precisely what they have been doing all week. With some classes going up to investigate and others writing elaborate stories and talking about the egg all children have been getting innovative with the subject. “It has been very fertile for hatching original ideas” quipped Mr Short.

The school, which less than a year ago got a resounding ‘Good’ in its OFSTED inspection, is putting creativity at the heart of its learning. With a new curriculum being rolled out across the country from September Holy Trinity intends to blaze a trail to develop such thinking at the centre of its approach. The school confidently believes this will take it from good to Outstanding.

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PRIMARY HANDBALL STARS OF THE FUTURE Handball was one of the most popular sports at the London Olympics and it is certainly beginning to make a mark on Thanet. With the newly formed Thanet Handball Club up and running, it is great to see many schools are also getting into the spirit of this fast moving and exciting sport. The Club had its first match at Kent University last weekend. On the evidence of the recent Primary Handball Championships, the talent pool for the future is very good indeed.

The Primary event was a wonder of co-operation. It was organised by School Sport Organizer at Chatham and Clarendon GS Dave Walton, who is also Honorary Chairman of Thanet Handball Club. Using contacts from his previous role as an SSCO in Thanet, he was able to get portable goals from Dane Court and use the sports hall at Ellington&Hereson to ensure a quality experience for all those who took part. The referee was Matt Everett, Hon Secretary and Coach at Thanet Handball Club.

Sixth form sports leaders from Chatham&Clarendon GS ensured the smooth running of

the event. All deserve great thanks Teams from St Peter’s Dame Janet, Upton and St Nicholas were engrossed in some thrilling matches, many of which were not decided until the final seconds. The semi-finals were tense affairs. St Peter’s had too much experience for Upton `B` and Upton `A` just overcame a wellorganised St Nicholas `A` with a late goal.

St Nicholas `A` overcame Upton `B` 2-1` to take third spot. The final was excellent. Upton `A` worked hard to compete with an accomplished St Peter’s side. They conceded an early goal, but then held out and had chances to level. In the end St Peter’s were just too good and scored to late goals to run out easy winners 3-0. They

went away with the title of Thanet Primary School Handball Champions and fully deserved the title. The coach, Simon Hillier, deserves every credit for getting them prepared for the event.

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News from Newington Community Primary School

Neverland came to Newington community primary school when pupils celebrated world book day.

The inspired and inspirational work of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan saw pupils and staff dressed as characters from the classic children’s story including Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Capt Hook, Smee, Tiger Lily, Crocodile, Wendy and the Lost Boys.

Head teacher Cliff Stokes said: “Literacy is a daily part of our curriculum but on world book day we come together as a school with a central theme.

“This year it is Peter Pan and our boys and girls are encouraged to really get involved with the story, dress as characters, and focus entirely on reading for pleasure.”

A visiting theatre group presented a short stage version of the show for pupils, who used their writing skills for follow up work.

Parents were also invited into Newington to read with their children as part of the series of activities where families work with pupils on a range of topics which also include English, Maths and Science.

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Centurions Celebrate in Style

The Newington Centurions have celebrated their rewards for good behaviour and showing respect.

Pupils become centurions when they collect 100 coloured counters – they can be awarded a counter at the end of the day when they show the right attitude with fellow classmates and staff over work and behavior in and around the school.

They collect the counters through the weeks and can redeem them for ‘rewards’ or save them up to become members of the newly-launched Centurion Club.

The latest senior pupil Centurions cashed their chips and voted for a laser quest challenge using laser guns, while younger members of the 100 club chose to have a tea party.

Head teacher Cliff Stokes said: “These two events show the diverse rewards that our pupils can earn by consistently demonstrating important life lessons about respect, behaviour and tolerance of others.”

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St Mildreds School Council Takes a Trip to the Council Offices On Wednesday 5th March, our School Councillors took a trip on a mini bus to the Thanet Council Chamber for the launch of the KM Green Champions initiative.

At the event they learnt about the traffic problems affecting Thanet schools. The school councillors listened to facts out about congestion and pollution which is caused by cars driving to school everyday.

The children also learnt about the new ‘Green Champions scheme’ and how they can promote it at St. Mildred’s!

The children were fantastic ambassadors for our school as they listened keenly and asked intelligent questions when talking to Thanet councillor, Iris Johnston. ‘ How can we encourage grown ups to walk us to school when it is raining?’

Maya, Viking Bay Year 2 They got to sit in the councillor's seats in the Chamber and use their special microphones to speak.

‘Why doesn’t every school have a Lolly Pop Person?’

Nathan, Pegwell Bay Year 1

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Keep an eye out for ways you can be involved with ‘Green Travel Champion.’

The School Council will be leading St. Mildred’s to promote green travel to school.

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