Core Skills Day 2016 - Fairfield High School

Core Skills Day 2016
This is the Core Skills 2016 newsletter! Today we have found out
all about the different events taking place today. We have been
doing interviews, taking photos, finding out what each activity is
doing and then writing articles about it.
By Hayaad Abdirahman and Humaira Arshad .
This newsletter and the Fairfield Core Skills 2016 section of the
site was edited by Benjamin Youngman-Lacey, Marika Szutowska,
Maisie Woods and Amy Sleath. We were also assisted by many
other people who did an amazing jobs with photography and
writing articles throughout the day.
By Amy Sleath
Performer
Carnival head dresses and
make-up:
The Performance Industry has been
working on carnival dance today. They
have also made carnival headdresses,
painted their own samba drums and
decorated their faces accordingly. At the
end of the day, a performance will take
place in the atrium, displaying what they
have learnt and created.
To make the headdresses they got given
a plain template and lots of decorative
material. Glitter, sequins and paint were
distributed for this task.
For face paint they got the option of
having their face decorated with a
carnival theme by either the DT teacher
or their fellow pupils. They also had the
opportunity to paint and decorate their
own samba drums ready for the
performance at the end of the day.
By Flo Farrington-San and Mimi
Bartlett McLuckie 7N
Slam Poem:
I interviewed the performers. They’re
writing poems about carnivals in a performance workshop. They’re writing about
dancing and music. They also watched a
film about two kids who went to a festival
to meet a poet on his top tips on how to
write a poem. Here is one of the
poems that was written:
Teenagers in 2016
Being are is tough,
The streets are rough
And adults are always in a huff.
People think we are all the same
Although some of us are not to
Blame for the anger, violence and fights
Don’t get me wrong,
It’s not all bad.
We have the right to free education
To be successful is our final destination
We express our self through
Music and fashion
And this pressure to be cool won’t last
forever
We will get through this if we stick
together.
By: Daisy Dignan 7Q
Soldier
Medics:
The soldiers enjoyed the taking part in
obstacle course and playing in the mud but
that’s not all they all they did. Medics are
essential to a solider so they were also
learning what it’s like to be a medic.
A member of the army came in to tell them
about different scenarios that could happen
while at war or even at base.
By Deborah Omolegan-Obe
In this session the solider group learnt some
procedures including, CPR, how to treat a
burn and how to help an unconscious civilian.
A demonstration took place in the community room to simulate an event. After this
simulation took place the students were
given the chance to try it out for themselves.
After and demonstration and practise on CPR
the soldier’s learnt about burns and what to
do in the case of a burn. In this they learnt
that a burn can be caused by many different
events. They also were taught that if a burn
by any chance was to effect the face or
throat than an ambulance should be called
straight away.
About unconsciousness, the students were
told about some reasons why someone may
go unconscious such as being dehydrated low
blood sugar levels or being too hot
By Liam Keeler
Scrap Heap Challenge
interview with Zerya,
Soldier
Q. What are you doing here
today?
A. We are trying to make
some equipment that we
have lost. So we are making
some body armour, a utility
belt and a helmet.
Q. Are you enjoying it?
A. Yes it’s very interactive.
Q. What other activities have
you done today so far?
A. Obstacle course,
camouflage and medic
Q. Do you think this day has
gone well?
A. I think it has, it is very
interesting and unique.
By Alex Brownbridge and
Arran Andrews
Archaeologist
Survey Equipment with Mr Gould
Q. Are you enjoying what you are doing and
what you have done?
A.
Yes, I have it has been very interesting.
B.
Q. What are the students doing here
today?
A. We have three activities going on. One,
which we are stood next to here, is a
ground penetration radar. Archaeologists
use it to see if there is anything beneath
the ground. And the next activity is a
shipwreck. With the staff and university
who are showing the students how
archaeologists would find the sites. The
techniques to get down to the places that
are inaccessible. The third activity is showing students how to analyse bits of human
remains and pottery.
Q. What’s been your highlight so far?
A.
It’s difficult but I would say getting
the ground radar working was great
because we could see what’s 10
meters is down and so on.
By Arran Andrews, Alex Brownbridge
Pottery Workshop
In the pottery session for archaeology
they were making magnetometers,
which are used to find metal objects below the surface of the ground. To create
the magnetometers they had to rub two
nails together fifty times and then get
tape, string and a straw, which they
would then use to finish creating their
magnetometer. They would do this by
placing their nails in the middle of a
small strip of tape, very close together
but not quite touching, and then fold the
tape over on its self so that the sides
stick together.
We asked two of the students taking part
in the activity what they thought about it
this is what they said: ‘I enjoyed making
the magnetometer’. They also said ‘It’s
quite interesting and new to me and it’s
good that you can make it at home with
every day things you will have in your
house’. Their overall thoughts on making
the magnetometers was that it was fun,
interesting and useful to know
By Gabriella Tickner
Olympian
Olympian Smoothies
For the Olympian Activity, they
have been making healthy smoothies using various different fruits
such as pineapples, bananas,
grapes, apricots, berries and melons. The Olympians were making
the smoothies with 500ml of grapefruit, apple or orange juice. They
had to cut the pieces of fruit quite
small so that they could be blended. When it was made, it tasted
‘bitter ‘and ‘nasty. ‘The Olympians
needed to add more melon as they
had put too much grapefruit in it.
The point of the smoothie was that
they needed it for energy. The sugar
in the fruit makes people more
energetic. It is also very healthy and
nutritious.
By Humaira Arshad
Table tennis and physical fitness
have been taking place around
the school. Everyone has had an
enjoyable experience with these
different tasks. Olympians have
been competing well as they've
had the energy from their
smoothies and pancakes.
Engineers
Problem Solving
Today we looked at an industry
called engineering. They had to decode dingbats and find a combination of a lock. The purpose of this is
to learn how to problem solve.
“Try escape the room” Irij Aziz
The engineers took part in many activities and experienced what it’s like
to be a real engineer which may
come in handy later on in life. The
puzzles and things they were asked
to solve showed them that maths is
very important thing in engineering.
In another workshop the students
were asked to build a tower that
could hold a ball on top but they had
to use the least amount of equipment and make their tower the tallest. The skills they needed to complete this task were essential skills
for engineers
By Maisha Fawziyah
Engineering core skills rocket
science
Mr Mears had organised a lesson on
rocket science. In this lesson the students created bottle rockets and filled
them with water. They then took them
outside the classroom and fired them
by pumping air into the left over space.
Some bottles went a good 4 meters
whereas others failed to go 4 feet.
After the bottle firing extravaganza Mr
Hickey took the class to his classroom
for butane rockets. The rockets were
filled half way with water and turned
upside down in a box ¼ filled with more
water while oxygen was pumped into
the box causing the 2/3s of the water
to escape and then he filled the rest of
the bottle with oxygen. He set of 4 and
in the firing shattered the inside of a
light bulb.
By Grace Bridges and Liam Keeler
Quote:
Today, in engineering, a group of
people were making objects out of
unrecyclable objects. They were
basically upcycling furniture. For
example, they made a mini table
out of a chair.
“It is really creative. There is no
particular rules to what you have to
do.” Cameron Shimell
“Engineers have to use their
knowledge, understanding &
creativity to create new objects e.g.
buildings, furniture and vehicles.
Today students are upcycling
furniture and being creative with
scrap materials.” Dr Ross
Journalist
All through Core Dkills the school’s budding young
journalists have been working tirelessly to complete a
newsletter, update the website and post things on
Twitter and Instagram. With the library as their headquarters they have been running around the school
getting information. So from all of us here at Journalism
Headquarters we hope you enjoy our newsletter!
Fairfield High School Journalists:
Hayaad, India, Arran, Daisy, Humaira, Mimi, Grace, Abiola, Alexander, Maya, Agata,
Florence, Maisha, Daisy, Rhiannon, PJ, Abdinaim, Riya, Liam, Ananda, Jake, Ava, Niang,
Latini, Anisa, Deborah, Ruby, Nevaeh, Olivia, Shushana, Nadia, Amy, Marika, Gabriella,
Tawanda, Maisie, Benjamin.
An Inspiring Group
It was a true pleasure and a privilege to work with such a capable and focussed
group of students. Watching you work together as a team to coordinate and create
under deadline was a sight to behold! Thank you for your hard work, you should be
very proud!
—Ms Andreu and Mrs Kramer-Arden
Interviews with the heads of House
Miss Thompson: “It has been a great day so
far. There has been lots of fun, creativity
and hard work.”
Mrs Hooke: “It has been a great and
amazing day. The camouflage was brilliant
and the smoothie making was good.”
Miss Campbell: “It has been a great success.
The students seem to be engaged and
happy. The staff have put together a great
day. Long live Core Skills Day!”
Jackie Rae: “It has gone really well. Students
are enjoying themselves. The staff look like
they are enjoying themselves.”
Interview with the Head
Interview with Mr Lewis
Q. What are your views on Core Skills Day?
A. I think Core Skills Day is absolutely brilliant!
Q. How is Core Skills Day linked to the
occupation here today?
A. Here people experience jobs that are out
there in the real world.
Q. Were the occupations here picked on
purpose or were they picked on random?
A. The occupations here were built to help with
the basic skills, for example, the soldier activity
help build teamwork.
Q. Will there be a Core Skills Day next year?
A. Yes.
Q. Will it be bigger and better than this
year?
A.
I have a feeling it will be.
By Arran Andrews and Alex Brownbridge
A massive thank you to our generous donors
Skyburst the Firework Company
Parlez Clothing
Waterstones
Currys
Literacy Trust
Pawson & 3 Monkeys
Waterstones
Nandos
Five Guys
Zizzis
Body shop
Tesco
Krispy Kreme
Colab
Element/2Seasons
SS Great Britain
Visit Bristol
The Bread Store
University of Bristol
Parents of Alamay Combley
Young Bristol