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Westfield Star
15th March 2012
Westfield Junior House, Oakfield Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
A Series of Assassinations
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By Lexie Wilson and Abby Hillier
As Leon Panette came down to
land, a civilian drove a burning
truck along the tarmac runaway.
It burst into flames within 75
metres of the US defence secretary yesterday night. The Afghan, who set himself alight,
was held at gunpoint and arrested. Meanwhile Leon was bundled away by his body guards.
The highly embarrassing lapse
with security, at Camp Bastion
in Helmand, dominated David
Cameron’s press conference
with President Obama in the
Rose garden of the White
House. The ISAF, or the International Security Assistance
Force, in Kabul said, “We are
aware of a stolen vehicle incident today at Camp Bastion,
which injured one coalition service member. The alleged perpetrator was apprehended by the
base security personnel. We are
currently investigating to determine more facts.”
Last night the man was receiving treatment for horrendous
burns. A British service man
was also injured when he attempted to stop the truck being
taken a few moments before it
was driven onto the runaway
and is being treated for his minor injuries. The arrival of the
VIP was meant to be a secret as
they always are meant to be, but
the invasion was put into action
seconds after Mr Panette landed.
The truck sped straight through
a security cordon, dodging gaps
in the concrete, before crashing
into a ditch and bursting into
flames.
It wasn’t clear that the man was
part of the Afghan Security
though his action may have been
in connection with the deaths of
16 Afghan Civilians, 9 of whom
were children. The man who
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The truck in flames in the ditch.
caused the civilian deaths was an
American serviceman and after
he committed these horrible
crimes there was a lot of anger
and dismay among the Afghan
community.
Earlier, 30 people, including 6
American soldiers, were killed
after US officials burned copies
of the Koran. Last week, 6 British soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing.
To show that the weekend carnage was the work of one man,
the US military released footage
of the man aged 38, who has not
been named, returning to Camp
Bastion and surrendering his only
weapon. He has now been flown
out of the country.
Reading Standard Stalled!
Other leading nations are overtaking England because progress on
literacy has been stalled, says
head school inspector, Sir Michael
Wilshaw.
“Reading standards have not improved since 2005.” he says.
Speaking ahead of a speech on
Thursday , he said he will call for
higher targets for 11-year-olds but
teaching unions say that big improvements have been made in the
past 20 years. They accused both
the government and Ofsted of,
“playing fast and loose with international data.”
Sir Michael, who took the leading
role of head inspector in January,
said that “Standards in literacy and
reading went up between 1995 and
The weather and national news is on page two. Pages 4,5 and 6 is local news.
2005.”
Sir Wilshaw said that one in five children were not reaching the required
standard expected at the end of primary school. That means they cannot
access the curriculum in Secondary
school and in the end they find it
difficult to find jobs.
It is hoped that in the future we will
be the leading country once again in
reading and literacy.
Westfield Star Page 2
Star: News
Newsday Catches the
Headline!
By Ishpreet Kaur Gill and Merit Arndt
On
Thursday
15th
March, more than 30,000
young journalists in over
1,000 locations across the
UK will try to file their
reports in time for the
1600 GMT deadline.
Classrooms all over the UK
are transformed into newsrooms and almost all 11-16
year olds win national audiences for the stories they
unwind.
The students have had a
wide range of interviews,
even with PM David Cameron,
Deputy PM Nick Clegg’s
mother, Ed Miliband and Alex
Salmond.
Hundreds of school websites
have their students work on
display to a wider audience.
The sixth annual Newsday
should be super as there are
some great things going on like
the London Olympics and the
Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
This year more students are
taking part than ever before.
Thursday 15th March 2012
Tsunami and earthquake
anniversary in japan
By Rino Okada
It is one year on since the Japanese
earthquake
and
tsunami
anniversary, however, a quarter of
a million people face five years in
shelters.
Many Japanese feel that Japan has
wasted the entire year since a giant
earthquake and tsunami destroyed its
north east coast. The Japanese Red
Cross stated that it has come to light
that more than a quarter of a million
survivors face up to five more years
in temporary shelters.
A British woman who runs an animal
rescue charity in Japan has
condemned the government’s failure
to care for domestic pets and
livestock in the exclusion zone
around the Fukushima plant as
“absolutely appalling.”
It is obvious that it is going to take a
very long time for Japan to socially
recover from the devastating effects of
the tsunami.
Falling cliffs of Dover
By Ishpreet Gill
Today’s Weather
The cliffs of Dover have stood
for centuries over the channel
as a symbol of this country’s
defiant spirit.
But their white chalkiness is a
clue that they are not as sturdy
as we might imagine. In fact
they are steadily crumbling
away, exposing fresh rock.
Every now and then there is a
major collapse like this onewhen an area the size of a football field falls away, throwing
thousands of tons rubble 300ft
down onto the shore.
It fell on privately owned land
close to Crab Bay and is one of
the largest falls in living
memory.
This huge fall was blamed on
February’s cold weather. The
rain had been absorbed by the
chalk and had then expanded as
it froze.
This cracks the rock, later causing it to weaken enough to
cause a huge collapse.
The cliffs of Dover stretch east
and west of Dover for a total of
eight miles.
Star: News
Electricity from Bacteria…..What Next?
By Abby and Lexie
Bacteria usually found 30km above
the earth have been identified as a
excellent way of making electricity.
The bacteria are microbes normally
found in high concentration in the
stratosphere orbiting around the
earth with the satellites. They are
the central component of the new
'super' biofilm which has been
created by a team of scientists from
Newcastle University.
The research team had to isolate 75
different species of bacteria from
the Wear Estuary, County Durham.
The team also had to test the power
-generation of every single one
using a Microbial Fuel Cell.
By selecting the very best pieces of
bacteria, like a kind of microbial
'pick and mix', they created a type
of artificial biofilm. This enabled
the electrical output of the
Microbial Fuel Cell to be doubled
from 105 Watts per cubic metre to
200.
potential of this technique for the
future; there are billions of
microbes out there with the
potential to generate power.”
While still quite low, there would
be enough power to run an electric
light and could provide a very
much needed power source in
places where there is not any
electricity.
This is not the first time microbes
have been used to make electricity.
This idea has been used previously
in the treatment of waste water in
sewerage plants
Grant Burgess, professor of Marine
Biotechnology
at
Newcastle
University, states that: “ What we
have
done
is
deliberately
manipulate the microbial mix to
engineer a biofilm that is more
efficient at generating electricity.
This is the first time individual
microbes have been studied and
selected in this way. Finding B.
Stratosphericus was quite a surprise
but what it demonstrates is the
Lambs in Danger
By Lexie Wilson
Schmallenberg is a new virus
which has hit farms all over the UK
causing lambs to be born dead or
have terrible deformities. It affects
cattle and has killed many animals.
74 farms were affected in Southern
and Eastern England alone.
In Europe 1000 farms were harmed
with Schmallenberg and a few
farmers from the country have said
they have lost 20% of their lambs
since the terrible virus appeared in
January.
The lambs who caught the virus
were either stillborn, born dead, or
had ghastly deformations such as
misshapen heads, fused limbs or
twisted necks. This means they are
unable to suckle so they therefore
starve. Many farmers have had to
shoot their animals to put them out
of their misery.
The ewes show no sign of being
harmed right up until the point the
lambs are born by which point it is
too late to save the unfortunate
offspring. The sickness does not
affect humans and the disease has
been thought to have been carried
by midges and has been named
after the small town it originated
in.
Alistair Mackintosh, chairman of
the National Farmers Union says:
“For any business to lose 20% of
its stock would be a huge blow. For
a farmer it is catastrophic. If it was
50% you would be put out of action. I know one farmer who says
10% of his 6000 ewes have become
barren, so that is 600 animals producing nothing.”
This is very worrying for farmers as
there is no vaccine for this disease
and it could take 2 years to produce
one. Scientists are frantically
searching for a cure which is what
happened with foot and mouth disease in 2001. It resulted in being
millions of animals in being tragically killed.
Everyone is desperately hoping a
cure can be found soon as it could
prove vitally important for both
man and beast. But this is only the
beginning of the lambing season so
Hopefully in the future this dream
will be fulfilled as these bacteria
could lead us down the path to a
brighter, eco-friendly tomorrow.
Bacteria Stratosphericus.
Eastenders
Star comes to
Sunderland
Spider String
Spun into Violin
Strings!
By Lottie Riley
Spiders have been working hard
for millennia spinning their webs
but a new more tuneful use for
their precious strands has been
found—making violin strings!
The man behind this is Shigeyoshi
Osaki. He has been studying silk
spiders for a number of years now.
In particular he has studied
"dragline" silk that spiders dangle
from. Using an electron microscope showed that, while the
strings were perfectly round, in
cross-section the strands had been
made into a lot of different shapes
that all fit together leaving no
space between them. Dr Osaki
used exactly 300 female silk spiders.
For each string Dr Osaki twisted
between 3,000 and 5,000 single
strands of silk in one direction to
form a bundle.The strings were
then prepared from three of these
bundles twisted together in the
opposite direction.
He then set about measuring their
tensile strength - a critical factor
for violinists wishing to avoid
breaking a string in the middle of
a concerto.
By Myla Kida
The spider string silk took less
tension before breaking than a
traditional, but rarely used, gut
string, but more than an aluminium- coated nylon core string.
Myla Kida considers herself very
lucky for not only has she got a
part in ‘South Pacific’ in the role
of Ngana but she (along with two
other children called Neil Maromo
and Beth Emily Starke playing
Jerome and Bloody Mary’s assistant) are also going to meet
Eastender star Samantha Womack
who is going to be playing the lead
role.
Dr Osaki suggests that it is the
close fill feature of the strings that
lends them their strength and their
tone.
The first time that the three lucky
children will meet Samantha
Womack will be on the 30th April
2012 and hopefully they will all
develop an outstanding relationship and, who knows they may
end up on television or even join
the cast of Eastenders!!!
An electron microscope image
shows a section of the bundle just
70 millionths of a metre wide.
Star: Local Interest
Northumberland County
Show
By Kay Errington
Northumberland County Show is a
traditional agricultural show held in
the village of historic Corbridge on
Bank Holiday Monday 4th June
2012 from 9am to 6pm. The Show
will be awash with red white and
blue as organizers celebrate the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
shearing, KC dogs, poultry, rabbits,
stick dressing, competitive homecrafts
and
Cumberland
&
Westmorland Wrestling and much
more. This year’s main ring
attractions are Jason Smyth
Adrenaline Tours and the Blazing
Saddles Equine Display Team.
The 2012 Show, the last at
Corbridge’s Tynedale Park before
the annual event moves to a new
home at Bywell, coincides with the
weekend of the celebrations to mark
the Queen’s 60 years on the throne.
Banners and bunting will be the
order of the day as the Tyndale
Agricultural Society celebrates a
Rule Britannia theme. Visitors are
invited to come to the Show dressed
for a right royal knees up with a
one-off fancy dress class at the
event.
The Journal “TASTE” event with
top North East Chefs; 300 trade
stands from large agricultural
machinery to delicate crafts; a full
working milking parlour, horseshoeing
demonstrations;
beekeeping demonstration, stick
dressing
and
hedge
laying
demonstrations, as well as a
funfair.
Other events include competitive
livestock showing, classes for
horses, cattle, sheep, alpacas,
The Committee look forward to
welcoming you to enjoy the
Diamond Jubilee festivities.
Working hunter show, a series of jumps designed to
look like bushes and trees.
Kay Errington is
going here!
Big discounts are available on
advance
tickets
visit
www.northcountyshow.co.uk
Internationalism at Westfield
By Kay Errington
Westfield has always placed a
great importance on expanding
girls horizons with a view to the
world; being a Round Square
school all the pillars are supported.
There are seven pillars altogether
which the school applies; Service, Leadership, Adventure,
Environment, Democracy and
Internationalism.
There are a number of fantastic
opportunities for the girls to follow and support the Round
Square ethos which is mirrored
throughout the whole school.
Internationalism and Service are
ways in which Round Square is
supported in Lower Three. Each
year a few girls are nominated to
take part in Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV).
It is an honour to be nominated
as it shows the teachers feel you
have the qualities for this challenging opportunity. It is an
opportunity for young people of
different countries to make
friends and gain an understanding of the wider world.
Two boys and two girls from
the north-east are chosen for
each destination. Westfield
School have been particularly
successful as they usually have
one or two delegates attending
Villages each year. This year
Kay Errington will be grasping
the terrific opportunity of going
to South Korea. Kay says she
is “absolutely delighted to have
been chosen to go to one of the
Villages. I am really looking
forward to visiting South Korea
to learn about the people and
their culture. I am also looking
forward to meeting children
from all over the world and the
challenge of communicating with
them if English is not their first
language!”
CISV was founded in the aftermath of WWII by American psychologist, Dr. Doris Allen who
saw that “the ultimate source for
peace, long term, lay with children”. The first Summer village
took place in 1951 in Cincinnati,
USA. CISV now offers a range
of six international programmes
as well as local activities Programmes are aimed at youth and
adults, using diverse formats and
themes.
During Kay’s visit to South Korea she will be learning by enjoying creative activities, games and
simulations, music and drama
which lead to lively discussion
and consideration. The delegates
will take an active role in programme planning, developing
key leadership and communication skills. Before leaving
for South Korea on 21 July,
2012, Kay will have the opportunity to meet her fellow
delegates at several evening
get-togethers.
In Senior House, the International
opportunities
for
Round Square continue. The
Head Girl, Venetia Dickinson, has recently been on a
Round Square Conference to
Cambodia.
An alternative Christmas,
Venetia did not know anybody before she arrived but
everyone was very kind and
she soon had lots of friends.
They helped build a school
for the nearby children and
painted the surrounding wall
with colourful pictures.
Star:Local Interest
Lighting the Way to the Games!
Lexie Wilson
The Olympic Games are drawing
close and everyone is preparing.
From bunting to balloons, cake to
caviar and destinations to dates, the
torch is the most important factor
by far.
People from all over the UK have
been chosen to carry the torch
including Zoe’s dad’s secretary,
Hannah, who has many medical
problems and Simon, aged 15, who
used to be a very shy child and who
is also disabled, but was absolutely
determined to swim. Another
Simon aged 32, whose life was
changed forever at the age of 25
when he was cruelly shot in the
face in Iraq when he was rescuing
six of his colleagues is also part of
the team. All of these people are
either inspirational or have done
many things to help charity.
Apart from Zoe’s father’s secretary
there is also another local torch
bearer. Many of the other torch
bearers are from other places, but
not local. Nick, aged 55, who was
the creator of the North Shields
Hockey Club for the school boys at
John Spence School, is another
torch bearer.
The modern idea to carry the torch
from Greece to the Olympic venue
began in 1936 and this year the
torch will be carried relay style
from Greece to London! There is
also a tradition for lighting the
huge Olympic cauldron which is
where the last runner of the relay
gets the honour of lighting it; this is
usually a famous sportsperson, who
has either retired or
is just
generally famous or has done
something brave, good or kind. The
first well known athlete to light the
cauldron was Paavo Nurmi. People
don’t necessarily need to be famous
to carry the Olympic torch.
Another reason people get chosen
is
because
they
symbolise
something. For instance, Japanese
runner, Yoshinori Sakai, was born
in Hiroshima on the date of the
sixth of August 1945, the day the
nuclear weapon named ‘Little Boy’
completely and utterly destroyed
that city; Yoshinori signified the
rebirth of Japan after WWII when
he opened the Olympic games in
Tokyo in 1964. Another time in
1976 in Montreal, two teenagers,
one from the English speaking part
and one from the French speaking
part, symbolised Canadian Unity.
As the torch carriers wait for the
date of the 10th of May to begin the
relay, the rest of the UK lies in wait
excited and impatient, willing the
games to begin.
The Titanic’s 100th Birthday
By Myla Kida
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s
maiden voyage It took three
whole years to build the Titanic
was thought to be unsinkable.
On the 10th April 1912, the
Titanic left Southampton and
headed towards New York City.
The Titanic carried over 2,200
people, made up of 1316 passengers and 900 members of the
crew. To travel on board the
Titanic you had to be very
wealthy, many millionaires travelled on board such as John
Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim and Isidor Strauss.
Many people all over the world
paid lots of money to travel on
board this luxury vessel for the
first time ever.
Fourteen days after the Titanic
set off from Southampton, at
11.40.p.m., she collided with an
iceberg, causing her hull plates
to buckle inwards in a number
of locations on her starboard
side opening up five of her sixteen watertight compartments to
the sea. Two and a half hours
later the ship had filled up with
water and it sank to the bottom
of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Elizabeth Gladys Millvina
Dean was the youngest passenger on board the Titanic at the
age of 2 months and 13 days,
she was travelling with her
mother and father. She was
born on the 2nd February 1912
and died on the 31st May 2009
at the age of 97.
There are lots of events happening around the country to commemorate the Titanic during
2012 including, in April, the
event ‘Titanic … An Experience’ at the White Swan Hotel,
Alnwick, which has the dining
room of the Titanic’s sister
ship, the RMS Olympics,
bought during the depression in
the 1930s when the ship was
scrapped.
The ship which sank on its maiden voyage.
An Invention from Nissan
By Molly Wilson
Nissan is once again playing a
major role in boosting the
North East economy by building a compact car, the Invitation, at its Sunderland factory.
The announcement was made
at the Geneva motor show in
Switzerland.
The Japanese car maker said
that its £125 million investment would create 2000+ jobs.
The government is helping by
supporting the project with a
£9.3 million grant.
Nissan are saying that 400 of
the new jobs would be at the
Sunderland plant and around
1600 on the local supply line.
Trevor Mann, Senior VicePresident of manufacturing for
Nissan Europe, told the BBC,
“When we’ve looked at the
numbers before, it’s usually for
1 person we employed in the
facility there are 4 in the local
supply base.”
The production of this amazing
car is planned to start in mid
2013, Nissan plans to build
100,000 of its new Invitation
model per year at its plant in
Sunderland, where at the moment it makes about 480,000 of
its Qashqai, Juke & Note models each year
So when will you be able to get
your hands on an invitation?
Sales are planned for the middle of 2013 costing around
£11,000 to £16,000.
Star:Local Interest
Cartoontastic
By
Emily Mia Keeton
Westfield girls had a real
treat when Mr David Jones
came to the school. You
may not have heard of David, but he draws cartoons
for a living and works for a
comic called ‘Viz’.
David came in to do a workshop with Lower Three.
Questions were asked, such
as how David started out
drawing.
David said he
entered a competition for
young cartoonist of the year
and he won. David also
attended a school in Hereford, his home town, on the
border of England and
Wales; coincidentally Mrs
Rabey-Wilson, Junior House
art teacher, studied at the
same school.
When David was older he
started to draw cartoons for
his school paper. On the
right hand side you can see
some cartoons that David
did that were very professional. There are some pictures showing a cartoon
diver. The Westfield girls
Changing Libraries
By Lexie Wilson
Recently, libraries in the
North East have been changing
for a variety of reasons.
Wooler library, tucked away
behind the High Street, moved to
the new Cheviot Centre in November. The library moved into
new premises to make room for
new housing and to make it easier for visitors. Apparently this
has happened in other areas.
picked up some handy tips on how to draw
their characters from different angles. There
were dogs to sword fish and devils. Funny
jokes added the personality and individuality
seen in each cartoon and every comic strip.
At the end of the art lesson all the girls
agreed they had thoroughly enjoyed the
lesson.
The performances were held
from 27th- 31st of January 2012.
Myla was one of 64 successful
children that were chosen for
these roles; Mrs Johnson and
Abby Hillier went to see the performance but unfortunately didn’t
go on the nights that Myla was
performing!
Last month Monkseaton residents heard the mayor would
keep their library open and
would work with the community
to make the library better.
The moves at Wooler and North
Shields also seem to be helping
the community. They will bring
a range of counselling and community services under a single
roof.
Libraries in many other places
have been facing changes: two
libraries in North Tyneside have
been under threat because of
budgets. North Shields has also
experienced a similar tale, except the building was closed.
The old building, which was
built in 1975, was closed due to
need of refurbishment on the 25th
of November, a month before
Christmas. The books were relo-
This will save money but the
main reason the library wanted
to move is that it will be easier
for the public to get to and park.
Also in Wooler they have said
they will turn the old library
into affordable housing.
By Myla Kida
On Myla’s last night a woman in
the crowd named Jo Hawkes
spotted her and was eager to set
her up with another audition.
On the 6th of March, Myla went
to an audition for another Roger
and Hammerstein’s production
called ‘South Pacific’ and she
auditioned for one of the main
roles of Ngana, a beautiful island
girl during World War 2. Myla
received a congratulatory email
and was told she had got the role
of Ngana to be shared with two
other fortunate girls. Myla was
overjoyed; she hopes to be ableto follow her dream ambition to
become a famous actress.
cated to a nearby empty North
Tyneside business centre. Over
25,000 books were moved to the
makeshift building but unfortunately there was only room for
8,000 on the shelves!
A Wooler resident, Mrs K Irving
said, “It's really good that the
library will be open for longer,
but it is sad to say goodbye to
the old building because it had
such character.”
Ambitious Westfield Girl Treads the Boards
During the middle of January,
Myla Kida became involved in a
production held at the Theatre
Royal which was Roger and
Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’.
She was offered an audition
through Stagecoach at Gosforth
High School which she goes to
every Saturday afternoon from
2:30-5:30.
Success
headed
Myla’s way and she managed to
get a part to play one of the Siamese children.
New Library in Wooler
This move should
help the
community but at what cost?
Only time will tell.
Star: Green Pages
Fair trade
By Ishpreet Gill.
Fair trade is a social movement
that aims to help improve
producers in developing a
country’s trading conditions when
selling goods in the western
world.
It makes the payment higher so
that the exporters will get a fair
amount of money as well as
higher environmental standards. It
focuses in particular on exports
from developing countries to
developed countries. Fair trade
products are mainly crops like:
coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas,
honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit,
chocolate, flowers and even gold.
Many UK schools are buying fair
trade
products
including
Westfield
School.
Fair Trade fortnight is an annual
event in which ethical trading
values are celebrated. It was
started by the Fair Trade
Foundation, held for the very first
time in 1997 in Scotland, and was
directed by Barnaby Milne. Its
national launch was on the 12th of
February 1997 at Augustine
United church on Edinburgh’s
George IV Bridge by Lady
Marion Fraser; she broke a bar of
fair trade chocolate to launch the
event.
Fair Trade Fortnight spread to the
rest of the UK the following year
and now it is celebrated in several
Thunderous
Thursday
By Hannah Moore.
At Westfield we have a charity
day, every year, called Thunderous Thursday. It is normally the
day before the half term holiday.
On this day we get dressed up
and bring a pound for charity.
This year the theme for dressing
up was favourite famous sports
personalities. Most of the girls in
Lower Three were horse riders.
Their teacher, Mrs Meeson
countries
including Ireland,
Canada, Australia and New
Zealand. This years ‘fortnight’
was held from February 27th –
March 11th.
In Westfield school we are
raising awareness about Fair
Trade in fact Upper 2 and Lower
3 have been learning about it in
PSH
E. Different things have
been done to raise awareness
like: having bake sales with only
fair
trade
items;
having
assemblies about fair trade;
handing out leaflets; handing out
recipes about how to make food
with only fair trade items;
making slideshows and even
making model villages to show
how the people who pick the
food live and how the food gets
to other countries’ shops.
An Upper Two pupil, Molly
Oldroyd, said at first she never
used to buy fair trade items as
they are a little more expensive
but now, after learning about it,
she says that she likes to buy
them. Molly also said that they
taste and looked the same so we
should all try to buy fair trade
items.
If everyone replaced just one
item in their shopping basket to
Fair Trade it would make such a
difference to improve the lives of
farmers in developing countries.
dressed up as a sporting hero,
Daly Thompson, from the
1980s.
Later in the day stalls were set
up, which included: find the
smiley face, hook the duck,
throw the bean bag in the
clown’s mouth, netball shooting
and various book and toy stalls.
It was very successful raising
£686.12 for the Percy Hedley
Sports Academy. At the end of
the day we all went home with
things we had brought – cake,
toys and in Hannah's case a giant fish.
Butterfly Garden
Merit Arndt
In the summer term of 2011,
the Butterfly Garden in the
Junior House Garden was
replanted by Eco and Round
Square Clubs.
This project of a few weeks
was started by the girls removing all the plants in the
Butterfly Garden. This was
hard as they tried not to kill
any creatures and because the
ground was very hard in places. While they were digging
up the plants they also came
across some wooden stepping
stones.
Planting new plants was the
next step. The girls planted
different species of plants.
These plants were chosen
because they attract Bees and
Butterflies. While some girls
were planting plants, others
were making the edge of this
flower bed neater.
The final step was to reuse
the old stepping stones. The
stepping stones were placed
at the top of the butterfly garden to make antennae.
The work by the girls is now
finished and the school is
hoping that the Butterflies
and Bees will visit the Garden
in the coming summer. It is
really important to encourage
bees to visit gardens as there
has been a great decline in the
numbers of bees owing to
modern farming methods and
the loss of hedgerows and
wild flowers. Since bees are
extremely important to biodiversity and agriculture this is
very alarming.
Well done to all the girls who
have created this bee-friendly
flower bed in School.
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Down at the farm!
By Hannah Moore and Lottie Riley
Down at the Farm they have a
wide range of animals for you
to meet! Many of their animals are rare breeds, known
for their appearance and lovable nature!
They are a regional winner of
the Countryside Alliance
Awards or the Rural Oscars.
They said it was a fantastic
surprise when they opened the
post. They thought that it was
junk mail but when the local
newspaper phoned up for an
article they knew that it was
real and they were over the
moon. Last week they
ditched their mucky farm gear
for their best suits to mix with
the other winners at the im-
SO, WHAT IS SPORT RELIEF?
Sport Relief brings the entire nation
together to get active, raise cash and
change lives. It’s back from Friday
23rd to Sunday 25th March.
Telephone: 0191 584 1873
Email: bookings@downatthefarm.co.uk
By Lexie Wilson
The children who lived in these
were probably very glad of
these small offerings such as
By Jess Lanceley
They said thank you to all
their customers who voted for
them and of course all their
staff who made the job so
worthwhile. They received
some lovely aprons with the
awards logo on but are not
sure if they’ll be suitable for
wearing around the farm
though!
Clothes for Kids!
Juliet
Brewster,
Eliza
Brewster’s Mother, was given
the amazing chance to supply
clothes to donate to the orphans
of the Dharavi Orphanage
school in the Mumbai slums.
She asked Eliza and the rest of
Westfield Junior House to come
to her aid with clothing. It will
be given to the girls and boys
who live in a slum which is 0.67
miles wide and
home to
1million of India’s poorest
people. The many generations
of
Indians
squeeze
into
makeshift
housing
compromising most housing
needs such as a toilet. Most
people need to walk at least for
ten minutes to reach the nearest
public block.
Fundraising for Sport Relief
pressive House of Lords.
Down at the farm is open every weekend and school holidays. They are open till 10am4pm.
clothes and Mrs Brewster was
over the moon that Westfield
Children and parents donated
these gifts. Mrs Aldridge, a
friend of Juliet, says that: “We
were delighted to help the
children of the New Life and
Pavement Schools in Mumbai.
Westfield School has a very
international outlook. Helping
others at both home and across
the world is part of the school’s
ethos and aims.” The children
who received the clothing were
so pleased they wore the clothing
the very next day, which was an
emotional moment for Christine
Aldridge and her son who
delivered the clothes.!
Please help and give all you can.
Visit:
www.nonewsnoshoes.co.uk.
champion of Let’s Dance for Sport
Relief. Tune in to see who gets
your vote.
Will anyone top Robert Webb’s
astounding 2009 rendition of
“What a Feeling”? Or even come
close to Rufus Hound’s incredible
version of Cheryl Cole’s “Fight for
this Love”?
Everyone can take part in the
Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile at
events across the UK plus there’ll be
incredible celebrity challenges, tons
of top TV to enjoy and more
Tune in each weekend as your
The money you raise is spent by favourite stars take on the tunes
Comic Relief to help people living you know and love. And don’t
incredibly tough lives, both at home miss your chance every episode to
in the UK and across the world's judge who you think is the king or
poorest countries. It goes a long way queen of the dance floor.
too. From transforming the lives of Stars will be strutting their stuff
people
in
the
UK’s
most every weekend from now until the
disadvantaged communities, or those grand finale on Saturday 17th
living with poor mental or physical March.
health, to protecting street children
and providing life-saving healthcare Why John needs your help
John’s recent trip to the slums of
abroad.
Sierra Leone inspired him to take
Let’s dance for sports relief
on his Week of Hell in order to
Let’s Dance for Sport Relief is back raise money to pay for enough
in 2012 and it’s bigger, bolder and vaccines to protect 250,000
brasher than ever. Catch top-notch children in Africa against five
celebrities strutting their stuff and deadly diseases.
doing their bit for Sport Relief. A
host of twinkle-toed celebs take to There are so many quick and easy
the dance floor in a bid to become ways that you can fundraise. The
best way is to do the Sainsbury’s
mile but there are lots of different
ways that you can earn cash.
Remember, whatever funds you
raise can very much change
peoples lives.
You don’t have to do a mile to
make a difference. Whether you
fundraise at work, by yourself or
with your friends and family, there
are loads more ways to make cash
and change lives.
So if you want to do the
Sainsbury’s mile or raise money for
sports relief go to the website at ...
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Thursday 15h March 2012
Don’t trust your make-up!
By Emily Mia Keeton
People around the world wear
make up every day such as:
Models, singers and actors/
actresses and many more people
wear it but it isn’t make- up that
makes you beautiful. Make-up
makes your skin look baggy.
Here are some effects that could
happen if wearing make-up:
Make-up can cause face acne.
To greatly reduced the chance
of this you should remove your
make-up at the end of each day.
If you or anyone you know ever
got acne you would probably be
prone to blocked pores,
reddened bumps on your chin
cheeks and forehead. Cosmetic
acne often occurs when the oil
from the make-up clogs up your
pores.
When wearing make up in the day
and you have a itchy or burning
sensation on your face it may be
that your face is allergic to the
ingredients in the make-up. The
reactions may be swelling in the
face, itchiness or blisters.
To prevent this happing make sure
the cosmetics you buy don’t
contain any fragrances and any oils
as this is most common in skin
reactions. It is important to have a
good skin care routine, to keep
your skin in tip top condition.
Life or death
By Molly Wilson
It is vital to know what to do in
an emergency, if someone is not
breathing CPR is vital. CPR
stands for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, it is a way of keeping
the brain and other organs alive in
the important minutes before the
emergency services arrive. Remember this is only for adults.
First of all call 999. Then the
most important action is to preform chest compressions, this
keeps the blood circulating round
the body and can be done by following these simple steps. Step 1;
place the heel of your hand on the
casualty’s chest. Step 2; place
another hand on top and interlock
your fingers so you can lift them
away from the casualty’s ribs.
Step 3; keeping your arms
straight, push straight down 56cm without losing hand contact
with the chest. Do the chest compressions at a rate of 100-120
beats a minute. Some songs can
help keep in rhythm like Bee
Gees ‘Stayin' Alive’ or ‘Nelly the
Elephant’.
Keep doing this until emergency
services arrive.
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Perfumers
By Tallulah Stubbe
Perfumes tell us a lot about people, some people like fruity fragrances, some like spicy or sweet
fragrances. It’s a perfumer’s job
to make perfumes for people, that
they will love and are an extension of their personality. Perfumer of the year, Ilse Hermkens,
explains in more detail what it is
like. She told us that
“To be a perfumer means a lot.
It’s known to be very exciting
because everyday is different,
smelling different perfumes, mixing scents for different moods.”
For perfumers the best thing
about their job would be to create
perfumes that change people’s
lives. Perfumes trigger emotions
and bring back memories of important events in peoples’ lives.
Being a perfumer has been de-
scribed as a once in a life time job,
and there is no other job like it.
Some perfumers have favourite
perfumes but most don’t, perfumes
all have a common elements
which are: vanilla, woody and
powdery notes.
One of the set backs in being a
perfumer is that they face a lot of
constrains when creating perfumes
e.g. regulatory, legal and stability
constraints. It’s also hard to create
perfumes that appeal to different
cultures in the world.
They also need to analyse trends,
understand chemistry, define consumer needs and work with guide
perfumers.
Perfumers can be placed all over
the world some placed in England,
Japan, Australia and many more.
Baby swims
for her life!
By Grace Tibble and Lottie Riley
A heart tumour baby was told to swim
for her life.
Two year old Rosanna Ogden overcame a life threatening heart tumour by
learning to swim. Rosanna was just 6
weeks old when she had open heart
surgery. Doctors suggested swimming
could help her recover and she has
never looked back.
Apparently she could swim before she
could walk.
At two years old, Rosanna was the
youngest person to take part in a charity swim for the British Heart Foundation.
Her parents, Mick and Sanam, were
told the 6 week old might not survive
the eight hour operation. Mum Sanam,
26, said, “It was terrifying. Without
the surgery she couldn’t have lived.”
Now the two year old is getting better
step-by-step and loves to swim. Rosanna, who has gained her ten metre
certificate, likes diving and swimming
underwater, and can do front crawl and
butterfly strokes.
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Snowboarding in Andorra
By Tallulah Stubbe
Snowboarding or skiing? That’s
just the question. For years skiing has been the preferred choice
for winter sports but should we
not be considering a change?
Snowboarding is a challenging
and enjoyable sport. Tallulah
Stubbe went to Andorra, a principality in the Pyrenees bordered
by France and Spain, to investigate. The hotel Tallulah stayed
in was called ‘Sport Hotel Hermitage & Spa’. This particular
hotel is a 5* hotel, but this is not
the only hotel there is in Andorra; there are many others for
example Sport Hotel Village,
Himalaia Soldue, AHotels Piolets and many more.
The weather in Andorra can be
unpredictable; sometimes it can
be extremely cold and other
times quite hot for a skiing holiday! But when Tallulah went it
was snowing like mad overnight!
Everyday there was about 10cm
of snow, so in the morning there
was lovely fresh snow, heaven to
ski and snowboard in!
The runs available in Andorra,
Soldue are from the little slopes
to the big horrifying ones. They
start from blue (being the easi-
est) to green, to red and black
(being everyone’s worst nightmare!) So there is a big range of
choice on slopes.
If you are a beginner or expert
there are always instructors to help
you and teach you depending if
you are having snowboarding lessons or skiing lessons. You don’t
have to worry about equipment, as
they have a lot of rental shops over
there. Tallulah really enjoys both
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By Merit Arndt and Rino Okada
Rino
Okada
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helps, but it is very difficult to
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Most schools have one or
more foreign students but have
you ever realised how hard it is
at the start?
For some Foreign Students it
is very sad to move away from
home for a long time. Rino
Okada felt happy as well as
nervous.
Learning a new language is the
first step for a foreign student
after they move. This can take at
least a few months. The time it
takes a foreign students to learn
a new language varies greatly.
This depends on the language
they already speak and their age.
winter sports, but she thinks that
snowboarding is a change and a
bit of a challenge so we think
that snowboarding is the preferred choice for Tallulah and
I’m sure if you tried it, it would
be for you too.
Tallulah and her family really
enjoyed Andorra and would
recommend it to anybody who
is looking for a place to ski or
board and a enjoyable place to
relax.
find the words I need to say when
speaking in English; my brain
gets confused!”
Foreign Students also need to
make new friends. This can be
hard due to the lack of
communication. Some Foreign
students miss their old friends.
Others find it easy to make new
friends. Merit Arndt said,“ I found
it hard to make friends at first due
to the lack of communication.”
So as you can see it is harder
than you would think to be a
foreign student. Next time you
meet a person trying to settle into
a new country, think how hard it
is for them.
HALF TERM AT THE
TOWER HOUSE
By Georgia Clark
If you fancy a family break
with your pet you cant get any
better than a trip to Tower
House, a fantastic holiday cottage in Bonnie Scotland.
Georgia Clark, her family and
her cat, Danny, went to the
Tower House in Dumfries,
South West of Scotland during half term. It took two
and a half hours to get there
travelling by car.
When they got there they
thought: WOW!
The door opened straight into
the lounge which was on the
ground floor. It had a spiral
staircase to the bedrooms
and the bathroom and a
basement kitchen
right
down
stairs. There were
amazing views; you could see
the whole beach from the master bedroom and the children’s
bedroom was a bright sunny
yellow.
There is also a lot to do with a
wild life park in Kirkcudbright;
The Old Smugglers Inn was
visited for tea on the last day of
the holidays. The family was
sad to be leaving but they still
managed a visit to the Barclay
Hotel for lunch on Saturday.
Things to do in
winter at the lakes
By Lottie Riley
The British are crazy about their
pets; they enjoy spending so much
time with them as possible, but what
happens when you go on holiday?
Why not take them with you? I took
my dog Bear along with my mum,
dad and brother Felix to the lakes for
some winter fun!
If you enjoy walking and fantastic
scenery there is a wonderful 4.5 mile
walk between
Grasmere
and
Ambleside along White Moss Wood
with an exciting surprise along the
way … a huge cave!
Rydal Cave is brilliant fun! My
brother and I jumped across the
stepping stones right inside the cave.
Although it was winter, the water in
the cave was not frozen like the
lakes.
When you arrive in Ambleside there
are lots of different shops, coffee
shops and walking shops but the one
we went to was a sweet shop which
served the best hot chocolate!
There is a different walk back to
Grasmere which takes in a few cosy
dog-friendly pubs, with very
attentive staff.
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After a long tiring walk on the
fells there is no better way to take
a break, relax and enjoy the view
than at the Bluebird Café on the
shores of Coniston Water. Named
after Donald Campbell’s boat
‘Bluebird’, the café is popular with
walkers and families. For all you
dog-lovers there is an ideal spot to
skim stones and take your dog for a
walk.
For you shopaholics out there I
would highly recommend a visit to
Chesters by the River. This is an
Aladdin’s Cave full of fantastic
home wares and funky stuff for kids
of all ages. If you have a sweet tooth
and need a break from all that
shopping why not try the café next
door; they serve freshly baked mouth
-watering cakes, artisan breads and
amazing pies. If you have a dog you
can sit on the outside deck
overlooking the river and watch the
world go by.
No trip to the Lakes would be
complete without a visit to the world
famous Sarah Nelson’s gingerbread
shop at Grasmere. The home baking
smells pull you into the shop! After
fattening up on your favourite
gingerbread and fudge, why not walk
it all off with a stroll around
Wordsworth’s daffodil garden and
the very old St Oswald’s Church
which is next door to the shop.
Is it an Aeroplane? Or a firework?
No, it’s a meteor!
By Abby Hillier
Police forces and coast guards
across the North East were
swamped with calls as a bright
light crossed the skies.
People thought that the light,
which lasted around thirty seconds, was an aeroplane crashing
out of the skies. Calls to the
police from concerned and worried witnesses began about
9.40pm. It was quickly confirmed by air traffic control that
there were no aeroplanes in trouble.
Paul Hillier, from Forest Hall
who was in Whitley Bay at the
time, said ‘… it was amazing,
just like a fireball crossing the
sky. At first I thought it was a
firework or part of the display.
You couldn’t help but be worried
about where it would fall, it was
going so fast’. Mike Ridley also
at Whitley Bay for the laser display to celebrate the London
2012 Cultural Olympiad took
this stunning picture which
shows the meteor falling alongside the laser display.
The Kielder Observatory reported the sighting as a “huge fireball” travelling from north to
south over Northumberland at
9.41pm, and rated it at magnitude
-9. A brightness of magnitude -6
is required to be seen in daylight
and, according to the International Meteor Organisation, only one
in 12,000 reaches magnitude -8.
A Trip on the Hogwarts Express
By Grace Tibble
Do you want to be a student at
Hogwarts, strolling down Diagon Alley? This might seem
like a magical dream but you too
can now have this amazing adventure.
Visit the Warner Bros. Studios
in London and take a tour having
an unique opportunity to explore
this magical world of Harry
Potter.
See amazing things as if you're
actually there. Visit Dumbledore's office and see never seen
before treasures, take a stroll
down Diagon Alley and pop into
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes,
Eeylops Owl Emporium or go to
Gringotts Wizarding Bank and
take out some Galleons and
Sickles. You can even wander
into Ollivander's Wand Shop
and see which wand picks you.
These fantastic tours are having
a grand opening on Saturday
31st March. Generally it will
cost £83 for a family of four.
Warner Bros. Studio tour can be
found 20 miles northwest of
London but why not take the
shuttle bus from Watford Junction train station?
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Black and white film stars
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All About Dolphins
By Tallulah Stubbe
Edinburgh Zoo has come up
with a great idea called an
animal webcam. Now there is
no need to travel all the way to
Scotland to see the latest
animals, you can see the giant
pandas from the comfort of your
armchair. Just go to their
website and see for yourself.
Edinburgh’s giant pandas came
all the way from China. The
names of the pandas are Tian
Tian and Yang Guang.
Sadly two weeks ago, the male
panda Yang Guang was
suffering from a disease called
colic. Then unfortunately his
friend got the disease as well.
They feeling a lot better now
and are on display once more.
Dolphins are unique and beautiful
mammals which have long enchanted
humans.
Communication
Bottle-nosed dolphins dominate many
marine acts because of their intelligence,
researchers believe much of the dolphin's brain is used for communication
or "echolocation". While it is not
known if dolphins have a formal language, they do communicate with a
signature whistle to identify themselves.
Unlike humans, dolphins lack vocal
cords, but they do use a complicated
system of whistles, squeaks, moans,
trills and clicks produced by sphincter
muscles within the blow hole.
Tian Tian was born in August
2003 and is female. She was
born at the Bifengxia breeding
centre in the Sichuan province of
China. Her name translates as
Sweetie in Chinese. She is
described
as
having
a Playfulness
mischievous nature and being
quite fussy when it comes to Dolphins have fantastic personalities,
they are generally friendly towards hubamboo.
mans and can be trained to do tricks.
Yang Guang was also born in The spinner dolphins are naturally acroAugust 2003 at the Bifengxia batic jumping high out of the water and
breeding centre. His name means spinning round apparently just for fun.
sunshine and he is described as a
good-natured gentle giant.
Dolphin Aquariums
Tian Tian and Yang Guang are a
breeding pair and everyone is All over the world are Sea Life Aquarihopeful that during their time ums, some with dolphins, some without.
here they will breed successfully. At one such aquarium ,SeaWorld, you
can see amazing things, from mini
clown fish to a 1400 pound killer whale!
However, the dolphins always steal the
show. In SeaWorld they have trained the
dolphins to do some amazing things,
like jumping up to 5m above the water,
Turtles
Beluga Spa
By Tallulah Stubbe
Video footage filmed by the BBC’s
Frozen Planet documentary team
have shown that Beluga Whales
like to have a body scrub.
The incredible footage shows hundreds of beluga whales gathering in
shallow estuaries in the Artcic to rub
their skin on the stone floor. The
scrubbing helps them moult their
skin.
The footage was taken in the Canadian Arctic, where a team of film
makers were capturing footage from
the air and the sea.
Scientists think the warm, fresh
water helps soften the whales’ skin.
The team filmed amazing footage of
the mysterious belugas, witnessing
new behaviours for the very first
time.
sometimes even higher! British zoos
no longer keep dolphins; you need
to travel to France or Spain to watch
them perform. Alternatively, they
can sometimes be seen off the coast
in their natural habitat. If you want
to see them sooner go to
www.seaworld.co.uk.
By Abby Hillier
Do you like turtles? Yes! Well, do you
know you may well be killing them?
Six of the seven species of marine turtles are listed as endangered or critically
endangered.
If you think littering is just dropping
rubbish on the floor, you’re wrong. Litter can sometimes get swept out to sea.
Sea turtles often mistake litter for food
which can tangle them up or block their
insides if they eat it. Plastic bags are
often mistaken for their favourite food
which is jellyfish, and if a turtle eats a
plastic bag it can die of suffocation.
Turtle hurt by plastic beer holder.
Fact: there are 18,000 pieces of litter
floating on every square kilometre of the
worlds oceans. This was researched by the Earthwatch program ‘Turtles in Trouble’. Females lay hundreds of eggs but few
young turtles survive their first
year of life.
Did you know marine turtles are
threatened by humans who harvest
turtle eggs and destroy nesting
beaches?
Also they are often drowned and
killed when they get tangled up in
fishing gear. Do you want to kill
these ancient creatures? Do your
bit - don’t litter and recycle plastic!
Pet Grooming
By Emily Keeton
The British nation loves to pamper
their pets. Follow our tips and your
furry family members will be
looking top to trot.
Dogs
What you need :
 Dog shampoo
 Dog conditioner
 Clean towel
 Dog brush
To prepare your tub to wash your
dog, make the water warm, not too
hot or not too cold, and put your
pet in the water. Gently pour the
water over the dog, trying not to
get the water in the dog’s eyes.
When the dog is wet put the
shampoo on your dog and rub it in
until it lathers, then rinse out the
shampoo and do the same with the
conditioner. When you have rinsed
the conditioner off take your dog
out of
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the water, take the clean towel
and dry your dog. Then brush its
fur out. Your dog will smell and
look clean and fresh.
Cats
What you will need:
 baby shampoo
 baby conditioner (normal
conditioner is toxic to cats)
Fill the tub to 4-5 inches of water. It is important to wear long
sleeved clothes as the cat may
scratch if it doesn’t like the water. Put the baby shampoo on
your cat and rub in, then shampoo off. Do the same again with
the conditioner. Leave your cat
to dry naturally.
Deadly Demons of the World
By Molly Wilson
Do you like animals? Well these
are the top 5 to keep an eye out
for, but keep a safe distance,
they’re deadly!
1. At number one we have the
mosquito, an unusually small but
very deadly insect. If it bites you.
a mosquito bite can cause malaria,
a deadly disease that is responsible
for more than 2 million deaths
every year. Even more staggering
is that mosquitos are estimated to
transfer the disease to more than
70 million people per year!!!
2. At number two we have a slithering snake called the Indian or
Asian cobra. While the Asian
cobra does not have the deadliest
venom, it does make the most of
what it has, taking the lions share
of the 50 thousand deaths by
snakebite per year. On average the
cobra is about 1 metre in length.
World horse welfare
By Lottie Riley and Hannah Moore
This is the pony Basil before he
was rescued from world horse welfare. He was rescued by a field
officer who found him in a field
shivering with no food or water!
Someone from the public had reported him and they were worried
about him. He was half the weight
he should have been when they
found him and he was covered
in lice and had icicles hanging
off him.
One year later he is as fit as a
fiddle! Soon he will be with a
real owner who will treat his as
their own..
These two pictures are the same
horse Basil. The one on the left
is him after world horse welfare
got him. The one on the right is
him before world horse welfare
took him in.
3. Next is the amazingly awesome Box Jellyfish, also known
as the wasp jellyfish. This tiny
jellyfish can have up to 60 tentacles as long as 15 feet! Each
tentacle has enough toxins to kill
50 humans. Box jellyfish are
found in Australia, the Philippines, and many other tropical
areas. Since 1884 at least 5,500
deaths have been caused by these
stinging creatures.
4. At number four we have my
personal favourite, it has a bad
reputation but is this deserved? It
is the Great White Shark,
which has been featured in many
films and movies like Jaws & the
Last Shark. This shark is exceptionally large, found in coastal
waters in all big oceans. It can
reach lengths of up to 6 metres
and can weigh up to 5 tons. It is
the world’s largest known predatory fish. Generally these sharks
do not attack humans, (while
there have been some deaths)
most attacks on humans are supposed to be test bites. Most of
the time Great Whites usually
think we are seals when they
attack us because from below, to
a shark, we are very, very similar
to seals. More people are killed
each year in the USA by dogs
than the Great White.
5. At number five is a midnight
demon of the waters. It is a carnivorous type of crock, it is the
Saltwater crocodile! This is the
largest of all living reptiles and is
found mainly in Northern Australia and Southeast Asia. An
adult is typically 4.8 – 7 metres
long, weighing up to 1.6 tons!
This creature is capable of killing and eating animals up to the
size of a water buffalo. In its
most deadly attack (called the
Death Roll) the crocodile grabs
an animal with its mouth and
begins to roll. A 1ton stallion is
known to have been killed by
this method in less than 1 minute. In the water, the crocodile
can move as fast as a dolphin.
That is VERY FAST!
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HISTORIC FILM FOUND
By Merit Arndt
A 111 year old film was found in
the British film institute in
London.
On the 8th February the film was
found by an Archivist, Bryony
Dixon, who was researching
early films of China when she
saw an entry in a catalogue
referring to the Death of Poor
Joe. She realised that they could
be meaning Poor Joe from
Dickens’
Bleak
House
Masterpiece.
She
was
astonished when she found the
film in BFI’s Collection under a
different name.
The film is about a boy called Jo.
A watchman comes along,
catching Jo as he falls to the
ground, dying. The Watchman
tries to help the dying boy but
does not manage. The boy puts
his hands together because he
mistakes the light given out by a
lamp nearby for a heavenly light.
These
exiting
news
was
announced to the public on the 9th
March 2012.
The film was
screened on the same day and is
going to be screened again on
the 23rd March.
Being
Famous
Top Ten Teacher
Catchphrases
By Ishpreet Gill
and Jessica Lanceley
By Molly-Bo
We quite often dream about
being famous, some actors
work hard at college and are
eventually discovered and
some seem to just strike it
lucky.
Up and coming local actress
Aimee Kelly is about to star in
a new series, ‘Wolf Blood’ on
the CBBC channel.
She is only 18 but has already
appeared in two films.
Wolf blood is about a young
girl called Maddy, who has
magic powers and she turns
into a werewolf but nobody
knows.
War Horse
By Hannah Moore
Don’t just sit there, go and
watch the movie ‘War Horse’.
Based on a children’s novel by
Michael
Morpurgo,
’War
Horse’ follows Joey through
World War 1, Joey being an
actor with a difference – he’s
four legged with a flowing
mane.
Real horses did most of the
stunts in this latest Stephen
Spielberg film, except the dangerous ones. They had a lot of
training in order to cope with
the loud gun fire noises. Bobby
Lovgren, the film’s head horse
trainer, explains that only show
or parade horses were used in
the film, so that they were to
people and crowds.
They trained 14 horses but only
ended up using 10. They tried to
get horses the same colour, but
if they were different they
would disguise them using
makeup.
One of the film’s horses, Finder, is now a real movie star,
having starred in the film
‘Seabiscuit and will appear later
this year in ‘Snow White’ with
Julia Roberts.
So just how did Aimee do it ?
Well she got into these films
by going to lots of open auditions. she kept trying and trying until she got a role.
We all look forward to watching ‘Wolf Blood’ starting on
CBBC at the end of May.
Teachers are known for their
catchphrases, they are punchy
to the point and generally universal here are the top ten of
put down (and shut ups!)
At
ten….WALK
DON’T
RUN!
A non-mover at nine….ARE
YOU CHEWING?
Up three places to eight….I
CAN STILL HEAR TALKING.
A former number one at seven….IT DOESN’T NEED
DISCUSSION!
A new entry at six….HOW
MANY TIMES DO YOU
NEED TO BE TOLD???
Down
one
place
at
five….SPELLING!
Another non-mover at four….I
WILL NOT TOLERATE LITTER!
New at three….DO YOU
WANT TO PASS YOUR
GCSEs?
Just missing the top spot at
two….WOULD YOU DO
THAT AT HOME?
And still at number one….IT’S
NOT
JUST
YOURSELF
YOU’VE LET DOWN, BUT
THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
All these catch phrases are
from ‘Billionaire Boy’ by David Walliams. It is a great read
and if you enjoy a good snigger, it comes highly recommended.
Star: Coffee Page
Today’s Horoscopes
knock knock
By Molly-Bo and Georgia Clark
by Mystic Molly-bo and Gypsy Georgia
Cancer Sudden changes
in your romantic situation
could occur from today.
Taurus Allow your
eager and restless nature
to express itself in ways
other than through your
gentle touch.
Scorpio Take a break
from your routine; you
might feel like you are
leading an army.
Sagittarius Try not
to give so much attention to things that
do not really matter.
Gemini Do not let
people boss you about.
Stick up for yourself.
Leo As the world
continues to boom
don’t be surprised if
you are surrounded by
new work
possibilities.
Pisces This is going to be
a nice relaxing day, so treat
it well.
Aries A lot of effort and
excitement that you have
put into projects or work by
today will have paid off.
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u g
cat
chicken
g m i
c
e h
ferrets
fish
e e d d u e c
r
c
k r
r
r
b
s
a e
dog
turtle
n r
a b b i
t
s
t
horse
rabbits
o s
l
k c
monkey
snake
y f
p a e n
o t
t
f
l
n
k
Capricorn Be
honest about the
way you feel not
just the way you
think.
Aquarius Things
should flow well for
you today with very
little effort from
your hands.
Virgo Take advantage
of creative energy in
the air today.
Pet word search by Molly-bo Kelly and Georgia Clark
u g i
Libra Your sixth
sense is right on target so trust your instincts today.
o e z
i
m t
i
a r o h
h e i
gerbil
parrots
s
s
l
r
e t
s
m a h
hamster
s
n a k e s
r
o h c
guinea
pig
l
p a z
d a p
g e f
lizard
mice
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Thank
Thank who?
Your welcome!
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Witches!
Witches the way home.
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Justin who?
Justin time for dinner.
What do you think the dog is saying?
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
By Emily Keeton
As the Queen enters her
Diamond Jubilee year, we look
back to her great achievements
and forward to the future of this
enigmatic monarch.
There will be a Big Jubilee
Lunch, when people will be
encouraged to have lunch with
neighbours and friends. There
will be traditional street parties.
It was a sad series of events that
led to Princess Elizabeth
becoming queen. King George
VI was planning to travel to
Australia and New Zealand.
However he became very ill
which meant he had to cancel
his
travelling
plans.
Unfortunately on the 6th
February 1952 King George VI
died, which meant that Princess
Elizabeth, next in line to the
throne, became Queen.
Junior House will be celebrating
the Diamond Jubilee. They will
all be learning all about the
monarchy and on the 23th April
2012 a man called Barry Speaker
will be coming to do a
presentation and
talk to the
children about the Diamond
Jubilee and the Queen.
Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya
at the time when she received
the shocking news about her
father’s death. She abandoned
the trip and got on the first flight
back to Britain. As the new
Queen came out of the airport
she was welcomed by Winston
Churchill..
On 2nd June 1953 the Queen
had
her
coronation
at
Westminster Abbey.
This year, 2012, the Queen is
having a Diamond Jubilee to
mark the 60th year of her
accession to the throne. In 1977
the Queen had a Silver Jubilee
and also in 2002 the Queen had
a Golden Jubilee .
This event is organised by Big
Lunch and a special concert at
Buckingham Palace will be on
television.
Star: Features
Some time in May the whole of
Junior House will be having a
garden party. There will be food
and the little ones will be making
crowns to be Queens for the day.
All the girls will be making kites
and they will hopefully be able to
fly the kites on the day!
Hotel Or Buckingham Palace ?
By Ishpreet Gill and Kay Errington
Buckingham Palace, the well known
home of our Queen, can you imagine
it as a hotel? Well I can’t either! But
it could become one. Most people
can proudly say they live in London
the home of Buckingham Palace and
our Queen, but can they say they live
in London, the home of a hotel, as
proudly?
Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales)
is reputed to have said he might not
live in the palace.
It was said that he is thinking about
moving his royal court to Windsor
Castle and instead turning this
beautiful Palace into a historic
hotel and events centre for the government’s use.
A spokesman for the royal family
denied that there were any plans of
moving away from Buckingham
Palace.
Square Eyes
By Myla Kida and Emily Keeton
We all like watching television now and again don’t we? But how much
TV do we really watch?
The pie chart shows what TV
channels Westfield girls like
to watch. Most of the girls said
that they would come home
and finish their homework and
if they had any spare time
before they had to go to bed
they would watch a little bit of
TV; four girls said that they
would come home to a bowl
of popcorn and the TV already
on! Most of the teachers hadn’t a clue what half of the
channels were on the list
which was to be expected as
hardly any of the teachers
even said that they would
watch more than an hour of
TV a night.
The survey to the right shows
the amount of TV that each
child watches a day. It was
surprising that the few girls
that did watch over three hours
of television a day were all
from the same class-Upper 1!
Star:Westfield
Young Picassos!
Music at Wesfield
By Lexie Wilson
By Merit Arndt
During 2011, all of Junior House
took part in the annual Sightsavers
Royal Academy competition. Every
year the Royal Academy does this
competition. The theme was “I care
about..” and everyone was extremely
imaginative; absolutely every picture
in Westfield was crammed with
thought and care.
The national winner for the Upper
Juniors was Lexie Wilson and she
said she was absolutely amazed to
find she won first prize; “I was
completely and utterly flabbergasted
to learn I had won first place out
of the whole country. I have
never won anything like this
before.”
Lucy Hatton won a tremendous
second. I am sure that she was
amazed to know she had got so
far! Jessica Lanceley won a
highly recommended, “ I was
really pleased I achieved this
title. Well done me!”
Jessica won a well deserved prize
of some proper artists’ paint
brushes and Lexie won paint,
paint brushes, artists paper and a
finger painting set as well as the
extraordinary chance to go to
London. Lucy Hatton won some
brilliant drawing pencils.
The 2012 theme is, “I dream
about....” and already our talented
art teacher ,Mrs Rabey-Wilson,
has begun to sow the seeds of art
into our minds. Everyone is
hoping that their masterpiece will
catch the eye of the judge but
only time will tell.
Second for the Upper Juniors
by Lucy Hatton
Lexie and fellow winners with
Prof. Maurice Cockerill
Lower Three at Eden Camp in Malton, Yorkshire
Westfield Girls love music whether it is singing solo or in the
choir, or playing instruments.
Why is it that Westfield girls are
so successful with music?
Private music lessons are also
available at Westfield. These private lessons seem to be popular as
75% of the pupils learn an instrument.
At Westfield music starts from an
early age. In Junior House all of
KS2 and KS1 have a music and a
singing lesson every week. There
are many opportunities for musicians. There is a choir, orchestra
and other groups such as recorder
club to join. These groups are
great fun for young musicians.
Both Junior and Senior House perform concerts. Some concerts are
during school time. These concerts
are mainly Grandparents’ Tea parties and musical soirées. Other
concerts are after school and others are outside the school grounds.
Some of these concerts which were
out of school were the carol service
and a Barnardo’s concert which
will be at the Sage on the 21st
March 2012. All these concerts are
great to watch and they are also
great fun to take part in..
In Senior House music is also
strongly encouraged. There are,
like in Junior House, many clubs
for pupils, who are interested in
music, to join. Some of these
clubs are choir, orchestra, string
ensemble and a wind band.
Music is encouraged at Westfield
and young musicians’ minds greatly expanded .
Eden Camp
By Emily Hanson and Abby Hillier
Every year L3 study WW2, and
as part of this project they visit
Eden camp near Malton in
Yorkshire.
On Friday the 2nd of March, all
the girls had to arrive at school
at 8:15 am. Unfortunately Hannah Moore could not come
because she was ill. Excitedly
L3 hopped on the bus at 8:30
and set off on the two hour
journey which turned out to be
longer. Then they split into
three groups some of them were
with Mrs Meeson and others
were with Mr and Mrs Simmance and others were with
Mrs Arndt (Merits mum). Finally they arrived and they all
raced off the bus. They quickly
made a stop at the toilet as they
all needed it.
Eden camp was a prisoner of
war camp set up in WW2 to
keep prisoners from Germany,
Spain, Italy and all the other
countries which fought against
the UK’s allies during this war.
They did not have to stay in
the camp the whole day; they
would often go and work on a
farm and come back at night.
Also many people kept in the
camp stayed after the war rather
than return to their homelands.
All the cabins were really interesting, with manikins acting out
what the prisoners used to do.
The different cabins show different aspects of life during WW2
as well as the lives of the prisoners of war. Because some of the
prisoners had been craftsmen
before the war, one of the cabins
is filled with beautiful items
made by these talented prisoners
from bits of old wood or tin cans.
In one of the cabins there was a
creepy manikin drowning! He
was a Navy seaman.
Every one couldn’t wait for the
gift shop where there were wood
peckers that went down a metal
wire; Lottie and Molly brought
Hannah a bullet necklace since
she missed the trip.
Mrs Meeson’s group kept on
bothering her to let them go in
the play ground but she said it
wouldn’t be fair if they were the
only group and the others wouldn’t let their groups go in either.
Unfortunately it turned out that
Mrs Meeson’s was the only
group that didn’t go in!!! None
the less everyone had a great
time at Eden Camp.
Star: Westfield
Triathlon success
Netball: ten top tips
by Kay Errington
by Jessica Lanceley and Emily Hanson
On the 6th of March Westfield’s
A and B netball teams played
Church High and came back with
the A team winning 10-1 and the
B team getting 5-0. The following day they played Newcastle
Prep School) and won with the
score of 12-1. Well done Westfield!
So how do you become a top netballer? Mrs J, the team coach,
says if you follow these ten top
tips, you too could be just as
good . They are really easy to
follow and you can practice
throwing at home or with your
parents, brother or sister or
against a wall. Anyone can follow
these steps; they are easy and
good fun.
Disco Diva’s
by Georgia Clark and Molly-bo
Kelly
You must be fit
You must be strong
You must be able to control
the ball
You must be fast
You must know the different
passes
You must know the rules
You must know all the tactics
You must know how to work
as a team
You must know your own
weaknesses
AND
ACCEPT
CRITISISIM!!!!!!!
So keep these steps in your mind
next time your playing, and you
will be more likely to be picked for
the winning team.
Grace Tibble also from Lower
Three said ‘I enjoyed it very much
particularly the dancing game
where you could win prizes.’
Refreshments and flashy jewellery
all helped the night sparkle. The
money raised from the disco will
go to the Westfield Association to
help provide resources for the
school. Bring on the next school
disco!
Westfield girls are never happier then
when they are dancing whether it is
ballet, tap or in a school production;
but greatest fun is when the disco
comes to town.
We interviewed Lower Two who
really enjoyed the island dance , involving two lines of party guests.
When the hilarious DJ shouted
‘Islands’ the people on the left would
hurry to the right and the people on
the right sprinted to the left.
Abby Hillier from Lower Three said, Westfield ladies stut their
'The best part of the disco was being stuff!
with my friends and
dancing and
laughing.’
On the 28th of January Kay
Errington and Jane Collier
went to a Triathlon in Penrith,
Cumbria. A Triathlon is a
combination of three sporting
events: Running, Swimming
and Shooting.
Both girls shot well; they used
a gun which uses gas to power
the pellet down the chamber.
Next, they did swimming
where you swim as far as you
can in two minutes and they
both did very well doing over
four lengths each.
Finally they had to run 1 km as
fast as they could. People
usually take between 3 and 5
minutes. They both ran spectacularly, although the ground
was extremely rough and hard.
When it came to the presentation Jane received the best run
in her category which was
brilliant; she also got 2nd overall and 4th in the teams. Kay
was in the next class up and
she got 6th in the teams, and
everyone who didn’t get
placed got a special rosette so
no one left empty handed. All
in all a superb day for every-
Westfield School
Swimming Gala
By Tallulah Stubbe
On 29th February Westfield School
had an outstanding swimming
gala. It took place at The City
Pool. Everybody was very excited
but a bit nervous—after all, that is
normal!
It all started on that very morning;
Mrs Johnson took four girls, to
start decorating the pool. The 4
girls, Red House Captain (Molly
Wilson), Green House Captain
(Abby Hillier) and Yellow House
Captain (Merit Arndt) and last but
not least Tallulah Stubbe, the captain of the school swimming team,
took around half an hour to decorate the hall for this event to happen.
After everything was decorated
the rest of the school arrived. Classes from Lower 1 all the way to
Lower 3, the whole of Key Stage 2
took part.
They all did an outstanding job,
racing for their houses as if they
were racing to get the last cookie
in the jar. The score see-sawed
throughout the competition between red and green; often there
was only 1 point between them.
With a final amazing score of 64,
Red House won, followed byGreen having 62 points and Yellow House coming in 3rd with 50
points. At the end of the gala a
couple of people won prizes.
The first prize went to Dorothy
Gordon for The Most Improved
Swimmer. The second prize went
to Abby Hillier for being a selfless
team player and doing butterfly
when nobody else wanted to do it.
The last individual prize went to
Tallulah Stubbe for Most Outstanding Swimmer. The prizes
were handed out by Ilse
Hermkens, Tallulah Stubbe’s
mum.
Everybody really did do an outstanding job; we hope to have an
even better swimming gala next
year, though we’re not sure that
Star: Sport
Mary King 6th Olympics
By Kay Errington and Ishpreet Gill
Mary King has had a career
spanning 30 years, being a British
equestrian team member she is
about to embrace her 6th
Olympics.
Mary’s parents didn’t like horses
but she managed to persuade them
to let her ride. She began to ride
the vicar’s pony at the age of 6 and
also became head girl to Sheila
Wilcox, a former European
champion. She learned essential
skills which lead to her coming 7th
in the Badminton horse trials. In
1992 Mary had also scored 2000
points in a competition which is
very good. She has won medals in
both world and European
competitions.
Mary also took part in 3 day
eventing. The first stage is
dressage which begins every
eventing competition. In French,
dressage means “training.”
Originally it was designed to show
the horse’s ability to perform
intricate movements on the parade
involved with reviewing troops.
The second phase is show jumping
which tests the technical jumping
skills of the horse and rider,
including suppleness, obedience,
fitness and athleticism. In this
phase, 8-20 fences (depending on
level of event) are set up in an
arena, (usually on grass in Britain).
The third and final phase is cross
country in which both horse and
rider must be in excellent physical
shape to complete the cross country
test. The horse and rider will have
practiced or schooled over several
different types of cross country
fences before competing to develop
braveness, experience and trust,
then they go and do the real thing.
Mary has represented Britain in the
last 5 Olympic Games, winning
team silver in 2004 and the bronze
team in 2008.
Let’s hope Mary gains gold in her
sixth Olympic Games at London
2012.
Olympic stadium price
hits the £525m mark
By Ishpreet Gill
The
Mayor’s
Olympics
watchdog has revealed that
the estimated price of the
main stadium for the London
2012 Olympic Games has hit
£525m.
A review of the arrangements
for the games found the cost
of the 80,000-seat stadium in
Stratford, East London, had
risen by £25m since November.
three-week review and stated “It is clear also that on
costs and funding we need
to have greater transparency
and openness.”
“The Olympic Delivery Authority’s final cost estimates
already anticipate that at
least a billion pounds of
contingency provided within
the budget will be spent. I
want to make it clear that
Londoners will not pay a
penny more in council tax to
pay for the Games, no matter what the circumstances,”
he added.
But the report by business
administrator, David Ross,
noted the increased costs had
been counteracted by other
savings, leaving an increase
in projected costs of only Mr Ross, who sits on the
London 2012 Olympic Or£16m.
The stadium was priced at ganizing Committee as Mr
£280m at first in London’s Johnson’s nominee, was
asked by the Mayor to keep
2005 bid document.
an eye on the Olympic purse
Boris
Johnson,
London -strings.
Mayor, commissioned the
BLUE &
WHITE
Kicks butt!!!
Molly Wilson & Tallulah Stubbe
Chelsea played like stars last
night at
Stanford Bridge
football stadium they completely
crushed Napoli like bugs and
won with the total of 4-1 to
them!
Chelsea took a 1-0 start on the
28th minute scored by the one
and only Didier Drogba!
Chelsea scored another goal
shortly after bringing the score
up to 2-0, the goal was scored by
John Terry.
Goal number 3 was scored by
Napoli 5 and the player who
scored it is called Gokhan Inler
this was bad for Chelsea fans.
Luckily, another goal was
scored by Chelsea, keeping them
in the game and bringing the
score to 3-1 to Chelsea.
Star:Sport
The final goal, goal number
5, was scored by the
amazing CHELSEA! This
took them through to the
next round with a score of 4
-1 and an overall score of 54!
This horrified the Italians.
Hamilton back on
form for 2012?
By Tallulah Stubbe & Molly Wilson
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton
and Jenson Button say that
they are ‘very excited’ about
starting the new season.
McLaren hope to end Red
Bull’s dominating form from
the last 2 years. Lewis
Hamilton said himself "I feel
great. I'm very happy to be
here. I'm excited for the new
season - it's a fresh start. The
team apparently has been
working hard to prepare us a
car to fight with and I'm in
fighting
shape.”
But
Hamilton said that he was not
heading into the weekend
expecting to be in the fight
for pole position with Red
Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel
and Mark Webber. The highspeed driver quoted, "I'm not
expecting anything, I would
like that to be the case, but
whatever the car, we're going
to be working as hard as we
can to get to the top and do
the best with what we have.”
But overall both Jenson and
Hamilton are jumping with
joy for the new season of the
Formula 1.

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