Week 33 Barometer

From the Headmaster Dear Parents, Those

associated

with

the

Senior

School enjoyed an excellent evening on Tuesday as we celebrated our first year and looked forward to the next with current and future parents at the Will to Win Club, Hyde Park.

There was a

wonderful atmosphere and Mrs Deedat and 9 Fleet did a superb job selling raffle tickets, thereby raising money for our school charities. The first year of the Senior School has really flown by; it has been an incredibly successful one and, with lots more interesting and capable boys, together with talented, enthusiastic

and

typically

#teamwetherby teaching staff, swelling our ranks next year, the future for the School

is

a

tremendously

exciting

one. Certainly, compared to this time last year, when the previous occupants were yet to move out and building work not then begun, I can look forward to a far more restful summer, safe in the knowledge that our school is secure, with a buoyant and dynamic future ahead.

As with our Pioneer Prep School parents in 2004, Pioneer Senior School parents have been behind us right from the outset and it is clear that, over the course of this initial academic year, and so much in evidence on Tuesday, a strong sense of being ‘in this together’ has united us to forge close, strong bonds. Thank you all; you’re a wonderful bunch!

If it were needed, further evidence of the success of our first year can be seen below, as Wetherby Senior becomes a significant destination school from the Prep School, with roughly the same number of boys remaining with us as joining Eton and Harrow, and contributing to the success of, what we believe at the Prep, is our strongest exit group to date.

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From the Headmaster There won’t be many schools up and down the country that can boast these sorts of statistics, particularly when we remember that Wetherby Prep has, and always will be, proud of the fact that we recruit boys of ‘mixed ability’. It would be so easy to take only the brightest boys from our hugely popular assessment days and get them into the ‘top schools’ but we always take siblings; always take children from our own, mixed ability pre-prep and always look for boys who, though possibly not performing quite so well at 7+ and 8+, have that something uniquely ‘Wetherby’ about them.

A fantastic achievement then for all boys, parents and our immensely capable and compassionate staff, who took as much pride and excitement in the results this week as the boys.

Without wanting to

embarrass them too much, I would also like to note that, whilst I have overseen every exit group, these boys, our strongest exit group ever, started their Wetherby Prep careers at the same time as the current management team of Miss Bailey, Miss Hart and Miss Olney – something

that

cannot

simply

be

a

coincidence. We’ve had the ‘2009 Pioneers’ but I’m christening the 2016 Year 8 leavers as the ‘Bailey, Hart and Olney Generation’. They’ll be the benchmark for many years to come, I am sure.

Anyway, I could go on but I’m writing this from Terminal 5 and have to get on the plane now. Hopefully, by the time I land in New York, England will have beaten Wales…

Have a good weekend,

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From the Headmaster Wetherby Prep 8+, 11+, 13+ exit group 2016 Day School

Boarding School

Notables

City

Bradfield

King’s Scholarship – Eton

City

Bradfield

Sports Scholarship – City

Emanuel

Bryanston

CE Commendation – Wellington

King’s Wimbledon

Bryanston

King’s Wimbledon

Charterhouse

King’s Wimbledon

Charterhouse

King’s Wimbledon

Charterhouse

Latymer Upper

Charterhouse

St Paul’s

Charterhouse

St Paul’s

Eton

St Paul’s

Eton

St Paul’s

Eton

St Paul’s

Eton

UCS

Eton

UCS

Eton

UCS

Eton

Westminster

Eton

Westminster Under

Eton

Whitgift

Harrow

Whitgift

Harrow

Wetherby Senior

Harrow

Wetherby Senior

Harrow

Wetherby Senior

Harrow

Wetherby Senior

Marlborough

Wetherby Senior

Marlborough

Wetherby Senior

Marlborough

Wetherby Senior

Marlborough

Wetherby Senior

St Edward’s

Wetherby Senior

Stowe

Wetherby Senior

Stowe

Wetherby Senior

Stowe

Wetherby Senior

Wellington

Wetherby Senior

Wellington

Wetherby Senior

Winchester

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DIARY & LUNCH MENU Monday 20th

Monday Clubs

Summer Examinations for all pupils No Year 9 Games WSS All Stars - CANCELLED

Basketball Videography Future Writers Art and Design

Tuesday 21st

Tuesday Clubs

Summer Examinations for all pupils No Year 9 Games

Chess & Backgammon Fencing Football Grub Club Wetherby Science

Wednesday 22nd

Wednesday Clubs

Summer Examinations for all pupils Cricket Year 7 Inter-Trib @ Regent’s Park Art Festival Week - Year 7 and 9 - Parents’ Art Evening

Rock Band Quiz Soc History Film Club Table Tennis

14:15 18:30-20:30

Thursday 23rd

Thursday Clubs

Cricket Year 9 U14 WSS A/B vs UCS A/B (A)

14:15

Lego Table Tennis Samba Percussion

Friday 24th Art Festival Week - Year 9 Houser and Wirth Talk School Choir HM Assembly

am 13:30 15:00

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th Menu for Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Soup/Soupe

Cream of Tomato

Courgette

Moroccan

Green Pea and

And Basil

Chick Pea

Watercress

Meat main /

Spiced root & lentil

Pork and Leek Sausages with Fried Onions

Cow Pie Minced beef, baked beans and cheese

Chicken Breast with a Creamy Bacon and Sweetcorn Sauce

Plat principal

Meat free main / Plat végétarien To go with / pour aller avec Served with / servis avec Puddings / Dessert

Casserole

Stuffed Portobello Mushroom with Vegetarian Bolognese

Onion Tart with Black Olives and Herbs on a Puff Pastry Base

With Baked Beans

Vegetarian Sausages with fried onions

Steamed

Mashed

New

Roast

Rice

Potatoes

potatoes

Potatoes

Sticky Sweetcorn

Savoy Cabbage

Green Beans

Roasted Carrots

Chocolate and

Jam Sponge served with

Blueberry Cheesecake

Banana and Peach

Cheesy Jackets

Orange Mousse

Custard

French Friday Carotte et ciboulette Ailes de poulet caraïbes servis avec du guacamole Gratin de chou-fleur et pomme-de-terres au fromage

Grosses frites au four Salade d’herbes mélangées

Gelée de fraise avec des fraises à la crème Crumble with Cream

Always available Fresh Fruit, Salad Bar, Homemade yogurt and Dressings / Toujours disponible Fruits frais, Bar à salades, Yahourt frais et assaisonements

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ON THE NOTICEBOARD Exam week From the Deputy Headmaster: Dear Parents, I wish to draw attention to a number of changes to the school day in the first half of next week as the boys write their examinations. The exam timetable has been reproduced for your information but you will see that Year 9 have games on Monday afternoon and Year 7 will be free to leave after their revision period ends at 1615. Year 7 bus boys may, of course remain in school until the normal collection time. Year 7 have games on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and Year 9 will be free to leave at 1615 on both days after their revision period or activities end. All bus boys may, of course remain in school until the normal collection time.

Thank you

ADVANCED WARNING Parents’ evening start times on Tuesday 28th and Thursday 30th (Year 9) and Monday 4th (Year 7) have been brought forward so that the evening will run from 1730 to 1930 with the boys in attendance.

The Prize Giving Assembly on Friday 1st July will be held in Hinde St Methodist Church and will start at 1430 not 1500 as advertised.

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EXAM INFORMATION Year 7 Exam Timetable Wednesday 22nd June

Time Slot

Monday 20th June

Tuesday 21st June

08:55-10:00 (08:35-09:55 ET)

English

Chemistry

Maths 1

Break

Break

Break

History

Physics

Biology

11:20-11:40

Break

Break

Break

11:45-12:50 (11:35-12:50 ET)

Latin

French

Maths 2

12:50-13:45

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Geography

Games

Games

14:55-15:05

Break

Games

Games

15:10-16:15

Revision

Games

Games

10:00-10:10 10:15-11:20 (10:05-11:20 ET)

13:50-14:55(13.35-14.55 ET)

Year 9 Exam Timetable 08:55-10.00 (08:3509:55 ET)

Geography

10:00-10:10 10:15-11:20 (10:0511:20 ET)

Maths 2

Break History

11:20-11:40 11:45-12:50 (11:3512:50 ET)

Chemistry

Physics

9a Biology 9b Art 9c English

Break Latin

12:50-13:45

French

9A Art 9B English 9C Biology

Lunch 9A English 9B Biology 9C Art

13:50-14:55(13:35-14:55 ET)

Games

Maths 1

14:55-15:05

Games

Break

Break

15:10-16:15

Games

Revision

Activities

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EXAM INFORMATION WETHERBY SENIOR SCHOOL EXAMINATION RULES Pupils who arrive late must come to Reception. Teachers supervising the exam will be notified by the Office Staff and then they will be escorted into the exam by a teacher. No additional time will normally be given.

Pupils who behave inappropriately will be awarded zero for the exam and/or be placed on detention.

Parents will be contacted.

Blue or black pens must be used. All necessary stationery must be in a clear plastic sleeve or pencil case.

Pupils are responsible for checking that all sections of their exam answers are handed to the supervising teacher at the conclusion of the exam.

CONDUCT DURING EXAMINATIONS You Must: Follow the day-to-day rules of the school; Remove all essential exam equipment from your bag and leave the bag outside the room; Turn off mobile phones and other electronic items and leave them in your bag; Follow the supervisors' instructions at ALL times; Sit at the desk allocated to you; Behave in a polite and courteous manner during the exam; Make a serious attempt to answer all questions in the examination; You Must Not: Speak or communicate to any other person other than the supervisors after entry into the exam until you have completely left the exam room; Eat in the exam room. (You may however bring a clear water bottle which contains water only); Behave in a way likely to disturb the work of others or upset the conduct of the exam; Attempt to communicate with another pupil. This will be deemed as an attempt at cheating and you will be removed from the exam Take into the exam room any books, notes, dictionaries, electronic dictionaries or other equipment unless stated by your teacher; Take a mobile phone or any other electronic device into the exam. Mobile phones must be switched OFF and left in your bag. Music devices must also be left in your bag.

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SUMMER PARTY

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CURRICULUM NEWS From the Art and Design Department Mr Meyer writes...

Art & Design Club this term has allowed boys to look at sculpture considering the artist Naum Gabo, one of the pioneers of the movement 'Constructivism'. They were provided with a

Lachlan Walker, 9C

Jack Connolly, 9A

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number of challenging resources from a craft knife to a glue gun to help create their piece.

Throughout this process they were taught to think three-dimensionally not just the front but also looking at the form on the back of the head.

CURRICULUM NEWS From the Philosophy Department Mr Hartley writes…

A brain teaser from the Philosophy Department: An argument is valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false. So, which of these arguments are valid and which are invalid? Answers in next week’s Barometer. Don’t ask any boy in 9A or 9B; they will know the answer!

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CURRICULUM NEWS From the IT Department Mr Bray writes‌ I have recently been investigating smartphone apps that our boys can use independently to extend their computational thinking skills. Writing and manipulating code is best done with a full size keyboard, but smartphones are ubiquitous and can effectively be used as tools for learning. The best app that I have found is Learn Python by SoloLearn, which is free and available for iPhones, Android devices and MS phones. This week in IT, Year 9 have been trying out the SoloLearn app to revise and extend their Python coding skills. The boys found it intuitive and were able to make good progress; they should be encouraged to continue using this app in their own time. Some boys are also keen to use other SoloLearn apps to learn alternative languages, such as Java, C++ and HTML.

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CURRICULUM NEWS From the History Department Mr Warner writes…

Before Easter the boys were invited to submit entries for the Historical fiction competition. I have been really impressed by the quality of the entries. Here is a shortlist of the best stories. Judging will be announced next week.

The man in the military suit interrupted. He briefed us on when we had to work. Apparently this machine was a Tuesday 16 January 1941 German machine called “Enigma” and our job is to Today was a bit unusual. Despite coming home from a decode every message that this machine had to offer. rotten day from school having been beaten up by my The trouble is that they change the code at midnight, so we can’t look at yesterday’s messages for evidence. peers, I discovered a new world of opportunities.

The Puzzles of War by Manu Dixit

It all started when I advanced off the bus home and brought a newspaper to solve the crossword. Crosswords were my specialty. I read a note over the crossword which said: “If solved in under ten minutes call 078022 5013 for an exciting career opportunity.” I didn’t know what an exciting career opportunity meant, but I eagerly started straight away (after all, it was going to be exciting.) I had finished and had checked the time I took. I was surprised, as I had done it in five minutes and forty-two seconds!

Nervously I called the number and I am currently waiting for a response.

Friday 12 July 1941

Saturday 17 July 1941 I am writing at one in the morning. I had until midnight to crack the code that will be reset. Messages are first intercepted at around six in the morning, meaning that we each get around six hours of sleep each night and eighteen hours of code breaking. It’s extremely difficult because we intercept a huge number of messages, we have to know what they mean as they could be German attacks, and we have to decode all of them by midnight, by which case it’s reset. When it was midnight the room went down in shouts such as “Really!” or “Today was a bloomin’ waste.” I had only realised this would be the same for every day until Alan thought of a solution to reduce the amount of work that we had to do. The trouble is I’m not sure if it will work

I was heading on a rather bleak train journey to a place called Bletchley.

Everyone was sad because of the breakout of war, but the evacuated children cheered happily as if there was nothing happening. I guiltily kept really quiet because Wednesday 19 October 1941 my parents didn’t know I had escaped home last night. I Alan was put in charge. He was only in charge because of watched the green flash by and the grey clouds roll. this ridiculously expensive machine that he thinks will When I got there I was rather confused as this place was decode all Enigma messages ever! It could be good bet massive. A man dressed in a military suit came to greet as well because if we carried on working it out manually, me. A few minutes later I was interviewed on what I do then, according to my calculations, we will be code and my achievements. This man in the officer uniform cracking for 20 million years! The catch is we don’t have spoke to me very coldly as if I was one of those boys at enough time to build the machine, let alone do school who kept getting into detention. I got to meet all of calculations ourselves. We had to set to work building the my other comrades and they were more or less a mixed machine and we had a month, or Alan did, to make it bag of people. The leader of them, a tall man called Hugh work. It was pretty unfair because the military suit man Alexander, was rather like the man in the military uniform who told us to do this clearly wants Alan to leave this minus the age and the uniform. We were left to fiddle program. We offered six months, but military man makes around with a wooden machine that closely resembled a it one! Great! Just brilliant! The blockhead in the military typewriter, only that it was the most complicated machine suit doesn’t understand that we need to get it to work as well!? ever, to see how it worked.

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Wednesday 18 November 1941 This midnight our team had low hopes for Alan’s machine working, we hadn’t yet figured out the fastest way of using it. Sadly, it hasn’t worked as well as we expected yet. There has been one hundred thousand pounds invested in this bloomin’ Christopher and it will come to waste. Tomorrow morning senior officers are coming to test the machine. We tested it one more time.

If this time it didn’t work Alan, and possibly the rest of us, would be fired. We turned it on. Everyone hopelessly chanted “Going, going, going.”

Brrring!

Gone!

Wednesday 18 November 1941 This midnight our team had low hopes of Alan’s machine working, we hadn’t yet figured out the fastest way of using it. Sadly, it hasn’t worked as well as we expected yet. There has been one hundred thousand pounds invested in this bloomin’ Christopher and it will come to waste. Tomorrow morning senior officers are coming to test the machine. We tested it one more time. If this time it didn’t work Alan, and possibly the rest of us, would be fired. We turned it on. Everyone hopelessly chanted “Going, going, going.”

Brrring!

Gone!

Thursday 19 November 1941 Alan would have been fired if we hadn't stuck up for him!

He was being a bit unreasonable over this past month.

Reluctantly, military man (I don’t actually call him that because that would get me fired.) decided to let him stay.

The machine is really interesting actually. There are a lot of ways that the machine can work better than what it

8703221 and Kurt by Joshua George Oppong 8703221: Death itself is tolerable.

Its coming is what all men fail to overcome. You see, death is a transitional phase; you pass from this world to the next. Death is futile, Death is weak… Death is just a figment of our imagination.

The number 8703221 is draped across my body. I have no name, what use would it be. I devour my stale bread, as if to become the mongrel I am treated.

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already does and I like doing that.

This is Britain’s equivalent of Enigma.

Alan’s massive “Christopher” still doesn’t work because it takes too long to figure out the code. Last midnight, the “Christopher” was set five minutes before midnight and it figured out the code afterwards. Everyone was cursing dirty words (at Alan) that can’t be written down. However, this machine was crucial because there was 20 million years worth of settings. If the machine can’t win the war, then the Nazis will do so and make our lives all very miserable. Military man (for once) is actually making sense. He is trying to project that we have a lack of time and the machine is using too much of it. The problem is not waiting for the machine to think, it’s building it fast enough for it to do the thinking.

Saturday 11 march 1943 After more than a year, Alan’s huge machine works and can find the code for every Enigma message ever written. In this year we had to persevere and try to keep out of mind what happened to the civilians. I had to skip out this whole year because I kept being traumatised about my parents in the firing line. I still had to do a lot of midnight tasks. With clear heads we managed to work our way around the problem. We can read where the Germans are and almost pinpoint where they will attack.

The best news is I can finally get done with crosswords for fun!

I stand and dig, dig to the underworld in which these Nazis will be thrown. The work is laborious.

Can’t do it. Why me? Why them? Why us? We seem to have some sort of futile hope… longing for a God who has punished us. Hell on Earth.

Kurt: Digging their own graves.

Ironic? We, the Nazi’s are the ones that need to dig our own graves – The Allies are coming.

General Hanz F. told me to suppress my guilt. “Bekämpfe es!” he would roar… How can I fight it? Which mortal could?

“Dig! Dig like you’ve seen a penny in the ground!” The whip eludes my hand (I wouldn’t that, I wouldn’t), catching this Jew on his left thigh.

His scream is unearthly. I am not this person, what am I? What have I become?

Kurt: I was wrong…this is fun. His childish whimpers are hilarious.

They bring me pleasure, satisfaction.

This is what we fought for.

Jewish annihilation.

8 7 0 3 2 2 1 : “oooooohhh,oh,oh,oh” an indelible blood red mark is smeared across my quadriceps. “ooooooh,oooooh, ohhh!”

I feel stupid, weak. A man like me shouldn’t cry.

never stop!

I can’t see anything. I can’t see.

The l as h e s are co m i ng f ro m everywhere but I can’t see. Can’t see. Can’t see. God help “awwwwwwww, ohhh,oooohhh”

The Narrator: 8703221 died soon after. Kurt was tried and found guilty of war crimes. He pleaded guilty.

8 7 0 3 2 2 1 : Yahweh make it stop!

Kurt:

I

will

8703221: Forgive me!

Kurt: What’s wrong?

8703221: “STOP! I beg you!”

Abu Ibrahim was a blend of being unique and traditional in appearance, he had blue eyes that marked him as a Pashtun, a long dish dash, a kapi, curly, greasy hair that was a light brown like mud corrupted with rain and a long beard reaching his breast in a sort of deformed triangle with a dyed red tip.

Yet Abu Ibrahim faced persecution. Being a fairly well off man with a sizeable farm, the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan in 1979 gave an offer to Abu Ibrahim, one he could not refuse. He was to either pay an 80% tax to the socialist government on all produce and profits he made or to hand the farm over to the state. If he refused he would be imprisoned for however many years the joke of a judge could think of.

Desolation by Salem Nusseibeh It was a brisk day in Kunar Valley, Abu Ibrahim’s hands were shivering as he grasped onto his hoe as if his life was dependent upon it. Abu Ibrahim with four children and one young wife whose green eyes pierced like a sword through her once black niqab that had now been stained with the dirt of the farm, was a fairly simple man with few demands and interests. Abu Ibrahim was a farmer himself, providing for his family with strong self-sufficiency and the collection of a few Afghani every Friday after he went to pray Jummah Salat (Friday Prayer) in the local town market.

Abu Ibrahim in a state of perpetual stress and fear of the Soviet backed government that visited him now weekly to ask for their due that they calculated with immense accuracy was crying every Fajr (short ‘Fajr Salat’ or dawn prayer). Making barely enough to keep him from becoming as frail as the branch of an Abies Spectabilis he decided to allow his wife to divorce him taking their three children; Osama, Ibrahim and Bushra. His wife then two weeks later found a richer husband with whom she was content with in central Kabul.

The months passed and entered far into Safar (depending on the year, the winter month). Abu Ibrahim grew more hungry and tired.

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On his way to Jummah Salat he saw people gathering. A new Sheikh had arrived he was young with an Arab accent.

with a Kalashnikov in his hand pointing upwards. Unlike in the Mosque he spoke with a hushed voice.

He had a small beard but ebony glistening eyes. After prayers the young Sheikh made his Khutbah (speech made after prayer). In a stirring voice he proclaimed “O Muslims of Afghanistan! How long has communism and secularism trampled you? How long have you waited for the Jihad to be established yet neglected it for fear of persecution or having your farm land confiscated?! Do you not see the Najibullah lives in a fine Palace with his uncovered women and his golden plated car paid for by the Russians? Where are you? Poor, starving? The Muslims are coming back and they didn’t forget you!”. This speech was not met by the usual nodding of the head nor the occasional applause or tear. The people all rose in synchronization, their index fingers pointing to the heavens shouting at the top of their lungs “There is no God but Allah and Allah is great!”.

What was a mere event in a mosque spiralled into a massive protest.

Stricken with woe, Abu Ibrahim found himself in the middle of the rebellion.

“Ibn Muhammad, worry not. They will not come here. The PDA is falling apart, with the help of Mujahid Zia Ul Haqq we have taken the entire Kunar River. Our Soldiers have become well equipped with Russian weaponry. We know well of your trials from your wife and children…”

With a crowd of several hundred, rocks were propelled across the streets against gravity and the wind. Afghani military police, ill equipped with sticks and batons tried to quell the outburst, but it would not do. Abu Ibrahim himself picked up several rocks that he tossed with his frail arms that had been denied proper food for months. The line of protesters stood strong until a beast arrived.

A metal, massive monster whose tracks left behind terror and destruction. Humongous in size and marked with Soviet symbols, it rumbled and tumbled, destroying the market stalls made of stone and wood. It drove at a slow but menacing pace towards the protesters who had never seen a Tank before. They fled quickly ducking beneath the hills, others rushed to the side roads and some went into the mosque. As the BMD-1 marched towards Abu Ibrahim he caught sight of a bird of war launched at immense speed towards the tank. It almost missed and as it penetrated the beast, it broke its armour in half causing an abundance of gas to be freed into the purely turquoise sky. The Bird was commonly known as the RPG-7. Abu Ibrahim, then looking for who this Bird was freed by, saw amidst the smoke the two shining black eyes that started the entire battle.

Abu Ibrahim ran to his hut. Where he shivered in fear of death but also with a childish excitement. When he opened the door he saw the same young Arab siting on the floor

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Abu Ibrahim’s eyes shot with light as the memory his loved ones passed through him like an electric shock. But then rationality interrupted and he interjected “No I shall not join your war band of rebellious foreigners.

I have no money, nor food. I am poor and I give all my money to a system that doesn’t even benefit me.”

The Arab chuckled with a smile that revealed all his perfectly white teeth “And that is exactly why Justice must be brought to these people. Anyhow we are not asking for you to fight. Our men are approaching this land and liberating it as we speak.

However, we ask you to protect this farm land as a safe haven for which our men may dwell and we are willing to pay you in Afghani and wheat.”

After a brief period of silence, Abu Ibrahim answered with a smirk.

“And what is better, a life under the fear of death and starvation or one where I am rich helping the war against a Jahilli Taghut (an ignorant Tyrant)?"

They shook hands and the Arab rose and disappeared.

As the days passed into the early Spring of the beginning of the 1980s life was good for Abu Ibrahim. His fat began to become apparent again, he had a bolt action rifle to protect himself and his collection of books grew extensively. The crops seemed to get only better and the fighters were kind. But the memory of his family haunted him. Soon however another disaster would ruin Ibn Muhammad’s life.

Raining from the skies at immense speeds were metal tears of fire. The KGB reported to Russian Air Support about Rebels in Kunar and days of bombing proceeded.

Abu Ibrahim saw the missiles flying from the heavens into his crops and nearby. Explosions and death ensued.

Hundreds died. The Local mosque was blown up and crops set alight.

Various soldiers tried to shoot down the planes with bullets or dig tunnels but both proved unsuccessful. A land of emerald grass and pure crystal water had turned burnt black.

Abu Ibrahim often spoke to the fighters descending from Kunar to Kabul. One stuck out to Abu Ibrahim, it was a Shia from Iraq. Abu Ibrahim could see this by how he prayed and what time he broke his fast. He then approached the man and asked him in a slightly anxious way “Brother, uhm. I can tell you’re not the average.” Abu Ibrahim paused The young Shia gave a smile and pierced the soul of Abu Ibrahim with a message that implied “Go on”. They waited a bit before he spoke “That I am not a Sunni?”

Abu Ibrahim shook his head.

“And I am Shia. And inspired by the events in Iran I have come to another land yearning for freedom and Tawhid (monotheism of Islam). So why should I neglect my brothers if they pray differently? I have come to a land ruled the lesser Satan and I have no plan to leave.”

Tears crawling the cheeks of Abu Ibrahim were scratching at his retina trying to break free. Until Abu Ibrahim’s eyes went a deep red and he hugged the young man. And with that no more words were needed, they mutually understood that in this land was unity against an enemy.

One day from the Pakistan border a unit of soldiers arrived one equipped with an FIM-92 Stinger. As the jet dipped in for the bombing of more crops, the solider locked on tracing the dragon with his spear before launching it directly into the side of the beast. Jumping occurred as the jet exploded above the air and cries of “God is Great!” echoed throughout the valley. Abu Ibrahim laughed and screamed absolute nonsense as he felt a sense of hope.

But to Abu Ibrahim's and his comrades' disappointment what seemed as a victory only attracted more unwanted attention. Over the months Abu Ibrahim hid away as bombing intensified. His hut was destroyed and he was forced into the Panjshir Valley where he saw intense

fighting. Refusing to actively participate with the war, Abu Ibrahim grew his capital. Never remarrying he gave extra money to Rebel charities and oversaw the war.

Now a great funder of the cause; various weapons were bought courtesy of Abu Ibrahim. This however did not grow his popularity amongst some as various newspapers branded him a "Terrorist" and an "American agent".

Yet with increasing enthusiasm he wrote various books used as propaganda against the Russian invasion.

The days grew darker and more complicated. The Arab sheikh was killed by another rebel faction and various rebel groups started infighting for land in Abu Ibrahim's home of the Kunar Valley.

The war grew. Organizations were formed, terrorism and sectarianism grew. The cause corrupted. Shias no longer fought with Sunnis and every group deemed one another to be “un-Islamic”. Abu Ibrahim stopped his writings and the grey in his beard became greater. As the war turned into civil conflict, Abu Ibrahim gave up his supportive role.

Instead every Monday and Friday he lectured at the local mosque in Kabul to which he moved.

Far into the crimson valley passed the moments of youth. It wasn’t until the white hairs of Abu Ibrahim declared their conquest, when his eyes turned from blue to a pale shade of transparent celeste that he realized that life was no longer as easy as it was once In this small Mosque which had a bright violet carpet and a single dome with beautiful calligraphy stating the names of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad in it and one large cream coloured minaret, people came and went. But one Friday, he saw a familiar face.

A young boy stumbled in with a missing eye and his arm scared by shrapnel. He performed his prayers and then sat looking directly at Abu Ibrahim. Abu Ibrahim recognized it as his son Osama, a rush of joy overwhelmed his curiosity into why the Boy was so badly hurt. He sat next to him crossing his stick thin legs. They looked at each other for a while and then their hands gravitated towards each other.

Abu Ibrahim began to weep and a single tear from his son trickled down from his lone eye.

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“What happened to you my boy?” Abu Ibrahim said as his tears and happiness choked him at the same time.

kissed him on the fore head and stormed quickly outside the door.

“Your money did this!" The boy whispered angrily

Later that evening Abu Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad in his mosque rocking back and forth trying to learn the Quran but too distracted by his encounter wrote his will. He made sure every letter was thought meticulously and wrote the script as if it was a fine poet of art. And with that he felt an ease of heart of which he only felt from before the war and in the warm embrace of his wife. Feeling content he then rest himself by the Mosque wall, cupping his hands to make his last prayers, reciting the Quran he declared the Shahadah (the Islamic testimony of faith) and died.

"Every time you funded those rebels you funded a death.

Initially it was the death of a tyrant or invader but then slowly it became the death of any person on the street passing. My mother Khadija whom now is dead because of one of your friend’s missions was blown apart and I was standing a streets width apart from her. I know you were here, so I came to tell you to repent for your sins. And I am telling you, a heart only pure for a political intention is a heart easily corrupted. Your friends either died or became murderers and I can only blame you for not knowing better!" The boy lectured.

And on his unmarked grave no man visited nor cared.

Abu Ibrahim’s grip loosened, as the he lay back. Osama

Air Raid by Dylan Auerbach I sat down at the table and watched my mother cooking the sausages that I had bought with the money I got washing Mr Brown’s windows. I still had tuppence left and I intended to spend it at the sweet shop. Just as my mother said that the sausages were about 5 minutes away the airraid siren went off. My mother was angry that the expensive sausages were going to go to waste, but she was more interested than getting the family in the air-raid shelter that was shared with that end of the street. We went out of the house and ran to the shelter that was in Mrs Johnson’s garden. My father was in the air force and would probably be getting ready to take off. I went into the shelter and closed my eyes trying to imagine that it was me in the plane feeling the power of the shuddering engine, but just as my imagination took me to the air my mother called me over to help with the candles. Once I had finished we all fell silent and listened to the aircraft and explosions.

The bombs whistled as they fell in their hundreds all over England.

Bang, Bang, Bang. That was the sound of the anti-aircraft cannon at Waterloo. A great volley of Bangs 18 The Barometer - 17/6/2016

could be heard behind them; that was the cannons at Canary Wharf. I heard

a whistling much louder than any before and in those few seconds it felt like an hour, everybody worked it out at the same time. We had barely opened our mouths to scream when an incendiary bomb smashed into the exact place where the entrance to the air-raid shelter was. The miracle was that of all of the candles that fell over and smashed none of them caught fire on anything.

However everything that was in the shelter from the beds to the crates of food was thrown around and on the people in the shelter. I managed to strike a match and I found that I was one of the only 4 people standing of the 52 in the shelter. I helped up about 5 people before I had the sense to light one of the candles. I then realised when I looked up at the door that we weren’t going to get out. The door had buckled and caved in and was bent into the side of the thick metal roof.

Two people were clearly dead and about three were injured badly. My mother who had been a nurse looked after them while I focused on lighting candles.

Afterwards the people in the shelter held a meeting and sat around taking it in turns to try and work out what they were going to do in the meantime. It was my idea to take all the fragments and melt them and put them into a cylindrical shape to create more candlesticks. Food was not a problem we all had brought down food for several weeks in case of a long air raid and we now had about five weeks’ worth of food but our water case was not good. We only had about enough water for ten days maybe twelve if we were lucky. A few of the people helped to replace the beds into the correct position. I call them beds but really they were only lumps of wood with a blanket on top.

We didn't know how long we were going to be there for so they kept

one candle going in the day and they were out at night so that they would ration for a while.

Food was limited to two meals a day and water was rationed even further.

A few days passed with not a lot of change and then we heard the sound of bombs falling again not far from where we were. And another familiar sound like a whistle sounded falling down towards us.

It struck the ground near our jammed door and miraculously it blasted a hole i n t o t h e aluminium and cleared all the mud and dirt from near it. It was the first time that the fifty people in the bunker had seen the light of day for five days but the hole was way too small for any of them to get through. Me and a few other children were given the task of trying to pull the aluminium before realising that tools were needed. A few metal rods were recovered and given to us and we started to prise away the metal by using the stick as a crowbar. When the hole was big enough I crawled through and sprinted to the nearest house.

I got help and finally everyone who was in the bunker was out. The story was printed admittedly only on page seven in the local paper and there had been a radio interview of Mrs Johnson and we were relieved to see that the only damage to our house was a smashed window and a few broken tiles but the house was otherwise fine.

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The Apprentice by Pip Evans London, 1837. Billy, the finest pickpocket in the city is hunting for his next prey and he doesn’t even have a surname. He is an orphan, abandoned by his parents at a young age and

couldn’t stop thinking about the man. Billy thought why he didn’t hit him more and not even kill him. Billy looked at the small bruise on his chest and went to sleep in the attic above a bakery. Billy did not sleep that night.

taken in by the backstreets of this devilish city.

The next day Billy went to the same pub to try

Paradise for the rich, hell for the poor.

and find this man and ask him why he didn’t kill

Billy is small and sneaky. He has dark scruffy hair. He has no home and lives by stealing. He

him or hurt him. Plus why he just walked off without saying anything.

works alone. He has had offers to join other

The night came swiftly and the man walked to

gangs but has declined. No-one will hurt him

the entrance of the pub and stopped and said, “I

because he is the king

wasn’t expecting you

of

here

the

streets,

again,

come

impossible to catch and

inside and I will buy

with

coat,

you something to eat.”

impossible to see at

Billy followed the man

night.

and sat down with him.

He sneaks around one

When the server came

of the expensive pubs

over she smiled as if

near the muddy river

she knew the man.

called the Bank Side.

She was very beautiful

He finds a man with a

and made Billy blush.

strange beard. He is of average size and quite

Everyone was greeting

thin, and to Billy’s delight, he is alone. He is

him with smiles. Billy looked surprised. The

holding a walking stick in one hand but is not old.

server said, “hello Charles, what will you want to

In the other hand he is holding a ream of papers

eat?” The man called Charles replied, “we will

with scribbled ink over them.

share a roast pigeon and have your best ale”.

his

long

Billy creeps around this man an puts his hand into his pocket but the man swings around and

Billy couldn’t help smiling. He felt something that he had never felt before.

smacks Billy with his walking stick. Billy is

They chatted for a long time about what they

shocked. This is the first time that this has

both did. Charles was a new writer and Billy was

happened to him. Billy is unarmed and on the

a pickpocket. Charles wasn’t shocked. Billy felt

ground with his opponent standing over him. He

embarrassed but that was soon over when the

inspects Billy an then walks off swiftly.

meal came. It was the largest amount of food

That night Billy scuttled off very quickly and

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Billy had ever seen.

He thanked Charles very much for this then the

tonight you should come and buy me a drink.”

ate like kings. In this case like Queen Victoria.

Billy blushed and Tara left.

They chatted about names and how Billy did not

That evening Billy went out the pub and saw

have a surname and then the man’s name was

Tara looking as beautiful as ever. Billy walked

revealed. He was called Charles Dickens. After

over shyly and greeted her. She kissed him on

their meal Charles invited Billy to stay with him

the cheek. When Billy started drinking he relaxed

for the night as he had a spare bed. Also Billy

and managed a proper conversation with Tara.

was homeless and Charles felt sympathy for the young man.

Charles was scratching his chin when Billy found him later. He didn’t know what to call his new

After a good night Charles, who was in a rush to

book. The book was about the Papers of a club.

get to the river woke Billy up. Billy put on his

He also needed to find a name for the club. Billy

clothes and followed Charles out of the door and

read parts of it and couldn’t stop laughing. Then

ran over to the Thames where there were crowds

out of nowhere Billy said, “how about the

of people. They finally got a good view of the

Pickwick club and the book shall be called the

river and then with loud cheering two boats went

Pickwick Papers”. Dickens said, “I love it!!”

past at speed. Charles shouted “c’mon Oxford.”

This was the Boat race between Oxford and Cambridge.

One month later Charles and Billy went to this huge party to celebrate his new book called the Pickwick Papers. It was a huge success. Tara

When the two men were having lunch Charles

was there and kissed Billy. There were going to

asked Billy if he wanted to be his apprentice. Billy

get

would have to study and learn from Charles and

married

collect his supplies for him. He would also have

next

to give up stealing and live with Charles.

month.

Thinking over this decision, Billy decided to go

Billy now

with it and become Charles Dickens’ apprentice.

wears

Billy’s first job was to buy some food from the

suit. Billy

market. As it was a Saturday the crowds were

and

pouring into the city centre. Billy squeezed

Charles

himself through to the front of the stalls and

approach

bought the fruit and vegetables. He then bought

some

some meat. He then returned to the pub.

people

At the pub there was the beautiful server who

and they

looked at Billy and cam over and sat down next

say to Billy, “what’s your name?” Charles winks

to him. He tried to make conversation with this

at Billy and replies, “his name is Billy Pickwick

girl who was called Tara. It was a hopeless

Dickens and he is my nephew.” Billy and Charles

attempt from Bill. Finally Tara said, “I’m off duty

then burst out laughing.

a

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Year 9 visit Geneva Mr Dawson writes...

the boys tell you all about the trip, I would like

Year 9 headed to Switzerland last week for

to say a huge thank you to all the boys and

their residential so that they could visit CERN

parents for their support, and most importantly,

and the beautiful city of Geneva. Before I let

for managing to get to school on time for such an early departure!

DAY 1 Last Wednesday the whole of Year 9 plus Mr Dawson, Mrs Deedat, Mr Hartley, Mr Hasthorpe and Mr Bray went to Geneva. We met in school at 5am and then departed for Heathrow. After checking in we went straight to the IT Discovery Centre. First, we had a tour showing us technology through time and then we played on the tablets.

Afterwards, we had a talk about the origins of the World Wide Web.

By Adin and Rory 22 The Barometer - 17/6/2016

Y9 scream for ice cream

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DAY 2 With the information packed CERN earlier in the day, it was now time to relax at GenevePlage. As we boarded the boat for a 5 minutes ride it was hot and the water was tropical despite

being

in

central

Europe! Arriving on the beach most of us couldn't resist a game of football and some

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were just gazing at the lovely

where we saw the control

lake Geneva. We put our legs

room.

in the water and Mr Bray even

groups and were given talks

had a swim. It was a great

about what each part of the

ending to our second day in

hadron collider was and we

Geneva.

even got to see the cryogenic

Louis, Tyburn

testing lab for the magnets. It

We took the 18 tram early in the morning to CERN. We had a very interesting lecture by physicist

working

at

CERN

telling us about how the Large Hadron Collider worked and the current research hey were undertaking. We then took a coach to the ATLAS detector

After that we split into

was really fun.

Pip, Tyburn

Original Geneva Convention We woke up bright and early at 6.30am on Thursday and proceeded to eat breakfast.

After a series of trams we arrived at CERN HQ. After a long but interesting briefing from a ‘particle wizard’ we made our way to France.

While in France we saw and learned about many parts of the particle collider. After this, we

travelled

Switzerland

and

back went

to

We then watched a 3D film on

By Nelson and Josh, Fleet

the Hadron Collider and then

After the Red Cross Museum

went outside for lunch before

we went back to the hostel

returning to the hotel.

and grabbed a few drinks. We

By Armand and Thomas, Fleet

walked down to the ice cream

After lunch we went to the Red

café next to Lake Geneva and

Cross

made the most of the beautiful

Museum

greeted

by

‘Petrified

being

sunshine. We then

the Ones’

which are a group of

first

statues

of

went on a boat trip

Red Cross foot

to the other side of the lake and played

people about to be

on the beach. We

executed.

played football and

We

played on a game

used

which

playground

aimed

to

the which

help people prepare for a

was constructed of

hurricane. This museum was

tyres and was extremely fun.

stunning

We then returned to the hotel,

and

a

poignant

reminder of the challenges we

had dinner and went to bed.

face across the world.

By JP and Will, Fleet

to

ATLAS HQ, (ATLAS is a particle detector), where we learned about the structures and use of ATLAS. We then saw the control room where a team

were

undertaking

maintenance on the collider.

CERN explained

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DAY 3 On the final day we woke up at 7am and went to the canteen for an amazing breakfast. We then went to the UN Headquarters. We learnt about the UN itself, the grounds and how it evolved following WWII. We then went to the airport.

Thank you to all the teachers for organising such a fantastic trip.

By Massi and Jack, Fleet On our final day in Geneva we took the trip to the United Nations Office. Our tour guide gave a very detailed explanation on every aspect of the building and history of the UN. The building was aesthetically beautiful. From very aged rooms of the original League of Nations to the new and beautiful ones.

Every aspect of the visit made a great end of the trip.

Ben Dye, Tyburn After an early breakfast and packing we headed of to the park.

The sky was a crisp baby blue and we could feel the warm sun comforting our skin. At the park we play football and rugby in front of the shinny lake. Then we headed of to the United Nations (UN) Office. There we explored the impressive conference rooms, hallways and overall structure of this palace like building whilst learning a lot about the history and the future of the UN. We headed back to the hostel to collect of bags and took the train to the airport where we had a quick lunch and then headed back home.

Oli, Walbrook

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The UN

Inside the UN

Wheeeeeeeee!

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SPORTING NEWS From the Games Department Mr Sullivan writes...

Good luck to everyone next week taking your exams. I have a few tips for you.

Exercising for exam success A healthy body means a healthy mind. Take care of yourself during the exam period by eating

well,

sleeping

well

and

exercising

every other day.

Exercise releases endorphins that make you

regularly.

Exercise helps to oxygenate the brain and release tension, helping you to keep calm, mentally relax and study more efficiently.

feel good, reducing stress and helping you to get good night’s sleep - but avoid stimulating activity just before bed, to give your brain time to wind down.

TOP EXERCISE TIPS

Know what works for you

Little and often

Plan your exercise during periods when you You

a

know you generally won’t study. Some people

great deal of time

work better in the morning, some at night – if

sitting

the

you plan your exercise around your study

computer or with

schedule then you won’t miss out on valuable

your head in a

revision time.

book

spend at

when

revising for exams. You can’t revise effectively

Use your feet

for excessively long periods, so take regular

If your exam is

breaks to stay productive. A simple walk to the

close to where

shops can be enough to help you clear your

you live, why not

head so that you return refreshed to your

walk

studies.

instead of been

Develop a routine A balanced routine of work and play is essential during revision and exam time. It might feel like you’re too busy, but try to maintain a regular exercise schedule - aim to get active at least 28 The Barometer - 17/6/2016

there

driven or taking the bus? A short walk before an exam helps you to relax and focus your thoughts.

Good luck, boys!

SPORTING NEWS Year 7 Inter-Trib Cricket

Year 7 Cricket Our first ever Year 7 Inter-Trib Cricket is on Wednesday 22nd June

2016

2:15pm.

and

Come

starts down

at and

support your TRIB! Come on Fleet, Walbrook & Tyburn!

Venue: Regents Park – Sports Hub (See below). All the RED circled numbers are Regents Park Cricket pitches we will be

Wetherby Senior School As vs Wetherby Prep School As Mr Meyer writes...

The forecast was for rain during much of the week, but thankfully the heavens held off and the inaugural cricket fixture against Wetherby Prep School took place at WSG under the warming June sunshine.

The boys were blessed and fortunate to play on a beautiful square.

using. If you intend to watch

We won the toss and our captain Finlay Waters elected to field

please be aware that there is

first. The whole team had an opportunity to bowl. Jude Jones

no parking onsite and please

bowled with a consistently tight line always getting the batsman

use the pre-paid parking bays

to play a shot. Alexander Piggott Testa bowled economically

outside the park.

achieving a maiden over.

George Gerson bowled with great accuracy getting an lbw with his

first

bowl.

In bat, Billy Macpherson batted defensively allowing the captain at the other end to play with a sense of freedom scoring 27 runs without loss.

Wetherby narrowly missed out on a victory but can take a lot of heart from their performance.

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SPORTING NEWS Wetherby Prep School B vs. Wetherby Senior School B Mr Murphy writes‌ Wetherby Sports Ground played host to the much anticipated Wetherby derby.

The weather was much improved from the preceding days with the sun shining.

Wetherby Senior School opened the batting and steadily built up some runs ending on a solid total.

With WSS in the field they faced some accomplished

batting

from Wetherby

Prep

School, scoring a flurry of 4s and well directed shots.

Notable fielding performances must go to Misha for a great catch; Beau and Jacques displaying great technique with their long barriers and Bohemond and Leo for some solid deliveries culminating in a number of wickets.

The game ended with a narrow defeat but all the boys applauded each other's effort with great respect and dignity. Above all, this was a thoroughly entertaining game which Mr Sullivan would

have

been

pleased

to

see

the

development from both the batting and in the field.

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SPORTING NEWS Year 9 Inter-Trib To be continued on Monday 27th June…

Tier 1 Inter-Trib Cricket Mr Frasers writes…

Fleet v Walbrook The inaugural game of Year 9 First Tier Inter-Trib cricket was played between Fleet and Walbrook. Both teams were full of energy throughout the match

and

played

some

fantastic cricket. Fleet opted to bowl first and got off to a great start with Josh George Oppong getting a wicket with the third ball of the match.

The captain of Fleet, Jack, backed up Josh with a great over of his own, getting a wicket with just three runs coming off the over. With a slow start and losing two wickets

the

captain

of

Walbrook, Oli Lind, came in and smashed the ball around.

Oli was ably supported by the rest of his team and posted a very good score of 26 runs for 3 wickets off their 6 overs.

Fleet had their chance to gain back authority of this match

that looked like it was slipping

between the wicket, along

away from their grasp, after a

with

great start. Luke had a shaky

bludgeoned

start, but finished the first over

cover

off fantastically with 4 dot

infield. Fleet’s innings came to

balls. Giacomo was up to

an end, scoring 20 runs for 5

bowel the second over, which

wickets.

was the best over of the day

ultimately

with figures of 1 over, 0 runs

number of wides that were

and 1 wicket. He followed this

bowled by both sides, and

up later in the game with

with Walbrook bowling fewer ,

another superb over, scoring

they were victorious.

his

captain two

drives

The

who

fantastic

through

match

decided

on

the

was the

just the 2 runs off it and getting another wicket. With the bowlers on fire, it was very hard for the batsman of Fleet to score many runs. Marcos tried his best to manipulate the

field

and

run

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SPORTING NEWS Tyburn v Fleet

Tyburn to defeat them. Paul

Fleet were sent in to bat

got off to a great start

straight away as we were

dismissing

losing time between innings.

Gouilliard with the third ball

Jack and Josh were sent in

hitter

of the innings. This however

to bat first and got off to a

brought

great start, scoring 15 runs

players in to bat. For the

off

next

the

first

2

overs.

two

three

first

team

overs

they

However this quick start

showed why they were in

was halted from a wicket

the first team, with some

midway through the second

powerful hitting and mainly

over by Matthew and a

with

great over from Sean . Sean

communication and running

bowled the second wicket

between

maiden of the day, which

Tyburn

could not have come at a

would

better time for Tyburn. From

needing less than a run a

there on it was quite an

ball with 5 balls to go.

even contest, with neither

However a magical ball from

the

Jack dismissed Masri and

bowler

nor

batsman

some

great

the

wickets.

looked cruise

like to

a

they win

hand.

brought in new batsman

Edouard, Pip (who got 2

Rahul. 2 balls were left and

getting

the

upper

wickets in his second over) and

Matthew all

bowled

2 runs were needed for the win, meaning Tyburn scored

good line and length, but

32

Nelson, Paul and Massi

Unfortunately a wide was

were determined to keep

bowled and due to the rules

the scoreboard ticking over.

of the day it meant that 2

Fleet ended up with 31 runs

runs were scored. It was a

for 5 wickets in their innings.

fantastically fought match,

The bar was set very high

by Fleet and would take a great team innings from

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big

runs

for

2

wickets.

that came down to the last couple of balls of the match.

SPORTING NEWS Tier 2 Inter-Trib Cricket Mr Meyer writes…

Match 1: Fleet 50 for 0 vs. Walbrook 37 for 1 This was an excellent first game with Armand 8* and Will 14* batting from start to finish. The best bowling figures came from Michael who only let 6 runs go by in his 6 ball over.

In the second innings, Alan made 7 but was caught and bowled by Armand and Lachlan made 8 not out. Walbrook fell 14 short of victory.

Match 2 Fleet 40 for 3 vs Tyburn 36 for 1 This was an extremely close match with Fleet winning by a 4 runs. Well done to Ben Dye (Fleet) who got 2 wicket for just 3 runs; very economical figures indeed.

Match

3

Tyburn

66

for

1

vs.

Walbrook 34 for 0 This was a largely one sided affair with Tyburn winning handsomely. Vadim’s innings of 13 not out showed how far he has come as a batsman. Harrison bowled well, also, displaying sound line and length throughout his over.

With the Tier 1 matches yet to finish, we shall wait with baited breath as to who the winner will be…

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SPORTING NEWS Mr Meyer writes...

Well done to Luca Grinceri,

Dylan

Auerbach,

Adhémar

and

Bohemond

Foucault d'Amécourt who took part in the IAPS

triathlon

Dulwich

at

Cranbrook,

Kent, on Sunday of last week. rain

With the unrelenting

throughout the day, conditions were more like

a

November’s

day, but the boys never

gave

up

swimming

-

250

metres, cycling 4000 metres and running 1km. They showed great

commitment

throughout completed challenging

and

all the

course

with a set of very impressive times and finding a new sport that

they

can

continue to work at.

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IAPS Triathlon

Euro 2016 Fantasy Football Well done England on beating Wales yesterday 2-1

(sorry

Murphy).

Mr

More

important matters

–

congratulations to Fancy a busquets – who is this secret leader?

Plenty of games ahead and I think Miss Valentine could take it all.

Sports Quote of the Week ‘No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you’ Follow us

for

results

and

updates on

Twitter

via

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CLUB NEWS Grub Club

Miss Lillington writes...

In Grub Club this week, the boys made Italian pasta salad using a variety of different ingredients including olives, sun dried tomatoes, peppers and parmesan.

The highlight of the session was watching Himat and Maxime have a jalapeĂąo eating contest!

Star bakers were Beau and Maxime for their beautiful colourful dishes!

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CLUB NEWS Chess Club

Mr Warner writes‌ Here are this week’s chess results.

A particular mention must go to Edouard and Bennett who managed to fit in 7 games of speed chess. As usual the scoring is red for a win, blue for a stalemate.

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CLUB NEWS

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CLUB NEWS Quiz Club Winners this week were Walbrook!

Today's quiz question for parents to try - The Danube flows four capital cities. Name three!

Winners Tom, Lachlan, Michael, Talal

VOTING NEWS Mr Hartley writes…

The results for last week’s voting on whether women should be obliged to wear high heels to work. More on Votes For Schools next week.

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From the Editor On this week’s front cover: Year 9 in front of the United Nations building in Geneva. On the back: Year 9 outside the CERN visitor centre. For all comments and feedback please email: henry.warner@wetherbysenior.co.uk

http://www.wetherbysenior.co.uk/