The Drum Issue 1

THE DRUM @WOODFORD

I 01 M h 10th 2023

Who Are We?

by Keilana Buikoto

Woodford International School

Welcome to The Drum!

We are pleased to bring you Woodford International School’s official first issue of our student newspaper, The Drum!

We have worked hard to provide you with this publication, so please sit back, and enjoy

Currently, there are four students operating The Drum in 2023. We are (right to left) Taffy, Keilana and Tumu, your writers, and Charli, our head editor – we’re all seniors this year! If you have any concerns relating to the Drum, you can email us (linked below) or find us at school – we are happy to help.

This is our first issue (how exciting!) and from here on we will be publishing an issue of the paper every fortnight/every second week, so be sure to check out The Drum for new articles that are for the students, by the students.

As a fun activity, our articles will include puzzles, codes/clues and other activities, so please be sure to check out our future issues for the chance to take part.

We are “The Drum”, the student run newspaper of Woodford International School, dedicated to providing accurate information in a fun and understandable way

What is The Drum?

by Tumuteku Rore + Editor’s note

As mentioned, The Drum is a new project at Woodford this year. It is going to be a newspaper run by us, to provide you, the student body, with all the up to date information and facts about plenty of different topics

It will update everyone on the happenings in and around school, including upcoming events, and topics relating to our wonderful international school This newspaper will report news,

publish the opinions of students about different things at school, and may even run announcements for the student council We hope that you take the time to read the school newspaper to be aware of upcoming events

In order to keep this very student led and student read, we will find topics and issues that interest you and explore these for your own fact finding journey, while still keeping it simple and enjoyable

This newspaper is for you, and so of course, we will be taking suggestions on topics, activities and even ways to improve the overall experience of The Drum in order to make it the best possible publication we can give you You can reach the editor for any queries at charlotte.preece@wis.edu.sb , and our writers for suggestions at tafadzwa machiridza@wis edu sb , tumuteku.rore@wis.edu.sb and keilana buikoto@wis edu sb

Go Green!

by Tafadzwa Machiridza

In support of the BSP (Bank South Pacific) campaign to find ways to reduce the negative impacts we have on our environment and enhance the world we live in; on Friday 3rd of March, we had a clean-up around our school

As much as we don’t like to pick up rubbish, we must remember that our environment is what we make it. Throw a piece of plastic on the ground now, and it can lead to adverse reactions later on. It can contaminate our drinking water, and even destroy the ocean’s ecosystems. So, let us all stop complaining and start taking the initiative to dispose of our litter correctly and make our environment better, not just on Go Green Day, but every day. #Go Green!!

Go Green Catalogue…

Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to read our first issue and to hear what we are all about. We hope to get you involved, publish what you have to say, and bring our community together through each publication of The Drum!

For more WIS student news, check us out online:

www.wis.edu.sb/thedrum