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WETHERBY SENIOR SCHOOL WEEKLY JUNE 18th 2018 | WEEK 9

GABRIELUS EST VERSIPELLIS!

HEADMASTER’S NEWSLETTER NEXT WEEK’S DIARY IMPORTANT NOTICES SPORTS NEWS

FROM THE HEADMASTER

Dear Parents, Following a very successful Duke of Edinburgh expedition last weekend in which all boys passed, the year 7-9 are to take on the challenges on Snowdonia in the penultimate week of term. The end of the Summer Term is a good time for these types of challenges, but as this edition illustrates it is also a good time to take the boys off the syllabus and provide a range of learning experiences: be it composing a short play in Latin about a werewolf; doing some ecological sampling in Biology; or by looking into the medical treatments and techniques of the past. I am not sure if Hippocrates was covered in the lesson on medieval medicine but his contention that ‘walking is man’s best medicine’ is one that I hope all will keep in mind as they tackle Snowdonia. It is a great opportunity for the boys to work together and conquer a significant challenge.

Another great example of teamwork was the Year

7-9 production of Lord of the Flies which was on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Conveying the menace of Golding’s novel is hard in any stage production, but the boys did this well with some strong performances and some great ensemble work. It was another fantastic evening in the Drama Studio and I congratulate all the boys, Mr Giles (the director) and Miss Twomey on such a strong show. The creativity of years 7-9 is also on display this evening at the Saatchi Gallery and I am greatly looking forward to seeing the work they have produced in Art and Graphic Design as well as for the Marcos Burnett Photography Competition.

Art is vital for the selfexpression that it allows and the chance to examine both personal and global issues. The benefits to a pupils’ wellbeing that come from these opportunities, as well as the opportunity to learn to communicate their experiences, is an important one in this age where children find themselves increasingly

under pressure. In order to help you support your children, there is a talk by Harry Biggs Davison from PAPYRUS UK on Wednesday evening next week which will tackle issues around pupil health and wellbeing. If you would like to come and you have not already done so, please email admin@ wetherbysenior.co.uk. This will be a popular talk and it would help us greatly to know numbers in advance.

With best wishes,

WEEKLY DIARY MONDAY

25.06.18

Games Years 10 NO PREP, GAMES OR ACTIVITIES FOR BOYS IN YEARS 7-9 TODAY (Finish 15:30) Boys in Years 7-9 leave after tutor period 15:30 Year 11 Work Experience Week

TUESDAY

26.06.18

Years 7-9 Residential trip to Snowdonia National Park departs

WEDNESDAY

27.06.18

Games Year 10

THURSDAY

28.06.18

FRIDAY

29.06.18

SATURDAY

30.06.17

SUNDAY

01.07.17

HM Assembly at Hinde Street Methodist Church - Year 10 only 15:00-15:30 Years 7-9 Residential trip to Snowdonia National Park returnss

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Monday 25th June School finishes at 15:30 for boys in Years 7, 8 & 9.

There will be no prep or activities for them on that day.

Wednesday 27th June Year 10 Trip to Go Ape, Battersea Park Boys are to meet in their Form Rooms at 7 50am, unless parents email Nicki Ridley beforehand to organise individual arrangements.

There will be no activities in the final week of term (week commencing Monday 2nd July).

A date for your diaries: Speech Day Thursday 5th July, 2:00pm St Mary’s Church, W1H 1PQ

MENU

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Soup: Tomato

Soup: Minestrone

WEDNESDAY

Main: Spaghetti and Meatballs Tomato Sauce

Main: Steak pie

Soup: Leak and potato

Meat Free: Vegetable and cheese pizzas

Main: Stir-fry chicken

To Go With: Garlic Bread Baby carrots

To Go With: Mashed potatoes Steamed kale with five mixed beans Sweet potato wedges

Meat Free: Grilled peppers and cheese quesadillas

Dessert: Summer fruit salad

Dessert: Rice Krispie Squares

Meat Free: Ratatouille served with couscous

THURSDAY

Soup: Tomato Main: Prawn or beef with veg and rice noodles Meat Free: Fuselli pasta with three cheese sauce

Dessert: Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

To Go With: Steamed green beans Oven roasted vegetables Dessert: Chocolate Mousse

Freshly Made Bread

Main: Hot Dogs, brioche buns

To Go With: Oven Roasted Chips Caramelised onions Seamed mixed vegetables

Meat Free: Pesto pasta with sun dried tomatoes and rocket

Dessert: Chocolate fudge brownies

Homemade Salads Vegetable CruditĂŠs With Hummus Sandwich & Wrap Selection Meat & Cheese Platters Fresh Fruit Yogurt Pots

EVERY DAY

FRIDAY Soup: Chicken Noodle

To Go With: Egg noodles Steamed rice Black beans Broccoli

DUKE OF EDINBURGH EXPEDITION Mrs Skinner writes...

Last weekend, a large number of boys in Year 10 descended on Dorking, Surrey, to complete their Qualifying expedition for the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. During the two day expedition, the boys had to demonstrate to their assessors that they were able to work together as a team to navigate their way around the beautiful Surrey countryside, cook their own meals and set up camp for one night.

Mrs Deedat, Miss Nash and I were really impressed with the boys’ resilience, team work and good humour over the weekend and are thrilled that all boys were awarded a pass by the Duke of Edinburgh assessors for the expedition element.

By now, most of the boys should have finished all four elements of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh and therefore they are strongly advised to spend the next few weeks uploading all of their evidence on DofE, so that they can be awarded. Â

POETRY FROM YEAR 8 Mr Morris writes...

“Think long thoughts in short sentences.”

In English last half term 8A studied a range of poetry loosely linked by the theme of identity. One of the key poets we looked at was the American artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti: beat poet, playwright, painter and publisher who is still living and working in San Francisco today at the grand old age of 99.

One of my favourite poems

by Ferlinghetti is ‘the pennycandy store beyond the el’, taken from his collection ‘A Coney Island of the Mind’ and first published in 1958.

After reading and studying the poem, I set the boys the task of using the same free verse structure of the original to create a poem of their own, about a memory of a place and time which they feel is part of their own personal identity. I was genuinely delighted with the results, and a selection is printed after the original poem below.

In a wheat field in northern France Is where I first fell in love with simplicity

Goa Behind the wood-shack Is where I first fell in love With the sea Happily, feeling the breeze lap against my face Like a dog Comforting

Those motionless golden brown fields Brushing the coarse bristles of wheat as I kneeled A grass hopper hidden below moved among The wheat The grass and nothing else

Friendly

To the right A ship run Aground Covered in rust A deep crimson red I walk along The cobblestone path Sand filling the gaps between stone The sun The sun

By Ishaan B

The sound of silence deafened the surrounding area The sun appeared from behind the clouds The kiwi garden by the street is where i first fell in love with reality

A tractor came into view Its paint was dull and uneven Its engine was hungry in the massive field

the old tree resting in a corner the grass growing, always greener

The horizon was fuzzy And the wind was singing Just this just this

A bird flew and never stopped over the small tables and the children’s slide and the kiwis field

By Rafael H

The sun started to fall sleep the sky turned purple on that summer evening A dog ran in his fur filled with leaves his owner, old, resting on a bench Then the moon was rising whispering Its time to go. Its time to go.

By Lorenzo S

A tropical waterpark by the sea Is where I first fell in love with childhood The slides curled around like colourful snakes Into big pools of different shapes A little fish swam below the sea

The Tamplation hotel in Vietnam Is where I first Fell in love with fantasy Vibrant turquoise colours seemed to fly around me Like birds sawing through the sky Cries of laughter were heard from miles away As I made my way out my room Through the restaurants fountains And shops Outside lay a stray dog, his eyes shining as he lay motionless The rain started hitting the concrete ground as if punching it A waiter ran in His smile was fake His hair was sweaty and smelled in that little room

Amongst the waves And the sand Of this magical land On the shore, a kid screamed on a slide The sun stared at the sea A girl ran in Her hair was moist Her face was smiling after the ride On the shore a kid screamed on a slide and he cried Once more! Once more!

By Erdem G

That Gold Coast beach along the broad walk Is where I first Fell in love With sandy sea shores The water glittered fantastically in that blazing hot summer afternoon A seagull flapped towards a sandwich The beach was dotted with pink luminescent shells like pink icing on a sponge cake The palm trees bent down with their green glowing hair And the sand was swished by the ongoing waves Away from the beach was metallic grainy city life but here were the calm soothing shores The tide began to come in closer closer and closer A dog came in on to the beach Her hair was a lush golden yellow Her tongue was dropping out and flapping about

Too soon, too soon

Among the metallic grey city cars zoomed busily There was little time left on the beach Little time, little time

By Gabriel T

By Matteus S

Outside the dog was lying And barked

THIS WEEK IN BIOLOGY This week in Biology, the Year 10 students have been learning about ecological sampling techniques in Biology at Paddington Street Gardens, including how to use a quadrat to estimate species richness and population size.

MEDIEVAL MEDICINE This week Year 8 scientists were challenged to go back in time and learn about medieval medicine.

They examined the symptoms of ailments ranging from baldness to warts and prescribed remedies determined by the signs of the Zodiac. They investigated a range of intimitdating medieval medical instruments and learned about the medicinal properties of plants and herbs. All the boys thoroughly enjoyed their two interactive workshops and were very professional when acting as doctors to ‘cure’ the patients presented to them.

MEDIEVAL MEDICINE

‘CENA’: A LATIN PLAY Year 8 Latin boys have spent some of this term writing their very own play…..in Latin! We hope you enjoy reading through their play below and seeing how much you understand! For a translation, please turn to the next page.

1. hoc vinum est optimum!

6. ecce….est versipellis!

11. custodes et versipellis pugnant.

2. ego sum laetus quod cibus vos delectat.

7. eheu! omnes sunt mortui!

12. versipellis est mortuus!

8. custodes nar

rrabo.

3. Gabrielus rogat “ubi est latrina?”

4. ubi est Gabrielus?

9. Zacharius inquit “versipellis omnes necavit!

13. euge!!

14. eheu! versipellis est non mortuus!!

5. eheu! quid erat ille sonitus?

10. versipellem necare debemus!

15. versipellis susurrat “tacete! nolite narrare…!”

FINIS

‘CENA’: A LATIN PLAY Translation: Title: The dinner party 1. This wine is excellent!

2. I am happy because the food pleases you!

3. Gabriel asks “Where is the toilet?”

4. Where is Gabriel?

5. Oh no! What was that sound?

6. Look…..it is a werewolf!

7. Oh no! Everyone is dead!

8. I will tell the guards.

9. Zach says “The werewolf has killed everyone!”

10. We should kill the werewolf!

11. The guards and the werewolf fight.

12. The werewolf is dead!

13. Hooray!

14. Oh no! The werewolf is not dead!!

15. The werewolf whispers “Be quiet! Do not tell….!”

Finis = The end

SPORTING SUCCESS IN YEAR 8 On Sunday 17th June, Santiago E. and Zachary G. in Year 8 took part in the Sandgate 6-a-side Football Tournament as part of Foxes F.C. 24 teams were split into groups and only the top two teams would make it through to the quarter-finals.

Despite a rocky start in which the Foxes conceded a penalty in their opening game, the team safely made it through to the quarter-finals!

Santiago E. writes: “Zach scored the second goal for our 2-0 win in the quarter-finals.

He was also a brilliant keeper for the semi-finals. We ended up getting to penalties in the semi-finals and I then went in goal for this. Each team had 3 penalties. The other team scored their first two penalties but then I saved their third! I also scored my penalty which meant we had made it to the final! In the final, I got an assist but the game ended 1-1 so we went to penalties again. We managed to win on penalties 2-0. CHAMPIONS!

MATCH REPORT

Cricket U15 WSS A v John Lyon John Lyon - 83/5 WSS - 62 all out John Lyon won by 21 runs Man of the Match: Sacha R. U13 WSS A v Radnor House Twickenham WSS - 52/5 WPS - 81/1 Radnor win by 29 runs Man of the Match: Atticus C.

InterTrib Cricket Year 7 Whitestone - 56/3 Serpentine - 46 all out Whitestone won by 10 runs Year 8 Whitestone - 85/3 Serpentine - 46/5 Whitestone won by 39 runs

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