Eaglet December 13 - Caistor Yarborough Academy

The Eaglet
Caistor Yarborough Academy Newsletter: December 2013
By Emma Francis and Lauren Smith, Year 8
On 18th October, three quarters of a century
ago, the school was officially opened. Caistor
Yarborough Academy celebrated 75 years of
success and achievement. Many guests turned
up to the event and they all attended the school
in previous years. One of the guests that attended was 86 years old Phyllis Hollings, who was
the first 11 year old girl to step inside the school,
and the first girl to ever go on the gym ropes!
Phyliss said, “Norman Collins was a wonderful
headteacher”.
A trip down memory lane was enjoyed by all the
guests thanks to a wonderful display of photographs and reports, some of which were supplied by former pupils.
Some current students entertained the guests
with a musical spirit. Lucy McGuire, former student, performed a range of music throughout
the evening. Mr Jeremy Newnham also made an
announcement by introducing the Academy’s
Head Boy, Callum Mutton, and Head Girl, Alan-
nah Friend, which was a former tradition of the
school. Congratulations also went to Deputy
Head Boy, Edward Kaczmarek and Deputy
Head Girl, Sophie Hopper. During his speech,
Mr. Newnham also recited some of the events
from the headteachers diary from when the
school was first opened.
The event was a great opportunity for students
to hear about Caistor Yarborough’s history and
for the former pupils to reconnect with the
school, old friends and to see how the school
has developed since they were at CYA.
The event was very successful and we would
like to thank everyone that helped and everyone
who attended. Here’s to the next 75 years!!
If you would like to see any of the old photographs, check out our online gallery at
http://www.caistoryarboroughacademy.org.uk/
news/Pages/75-years-of-Caistor-Yarborough.aspx
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Meet the Team…
Check out the hard
work of the Student
Council on page 4…
Lots of House News on
pages 6 & 7
Read about our Primary
Outreach work on
page 8
Support TEAM SMITH
on page 10
Take part in our
competition…page 13
Reviews and
entertainment…page 14
This edition has articles, reviews, art work and more by the following
students:
Erin Fegan
Logan Brammer
Sam Ehret-Pickett
Keir Sowerby
Myles Palmer
Emma Francis
Sam Keeling
Sophie Myshrall
Bonita Price-Pillai (Illustrations)
Neve Beamont
Harry Gates
Lauren Smith
Georgia Astbury
Pheonix Tempel
We also have contributions from….
Jade Whitehead
House Points…page 16
It has been a cram-packed few weeks
with plenty of news articles created,
reviews written and photographs taken! We have had some new students
join us and I think that they have done a
good job, in particular Georgia Astbury and Phoenix
Tempel, especially as they both only started a couple of
weeks before the deadline!
We also think that Bonita has done a great job too with
her illustrations throughout the newsletter and hope to
see more next time.
Keir Sowerby, Year 8
Fact 1: The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
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Welcome to the final newsletter of the year. As always, it has been a very busy year with record-breaking results – and more to come.
Our Year 7 students have settled in very well and it
was great to speak to so many parents at Parents’
Evening. Our political masters keep changing things,
which has meant changes mid-course for Year 11,
especially in English, although students have coped admirably well. Whilst on the subject of Y11s, could
I encourage parents to monitor their use of Doddle and the GCSEPod at home to make sure that
students are revising in a steady and organised way? The same should also be true for other years.
We will continue to focus on reading as a skill. With everyone reading during each lesson, it is
encouraging to see such a diverse array of books the students have chosen.
Now that the wind and tides have subsided, I suppose we shall see the inevitable snow. Please watch
Twitter and the website if snow is forecast for latest updates on the Academy’s situation.
Finally, I wish you all a safe and happy Christmas break and hope you enjoy reading our newsletter.
Caistor Yarborough Academy have a ‘Drop In’ session EVERY Tuesday 4.00pm - 5.30pm with a
member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). If you have any questions, queries or would like to discuss
anything with a member of SLT, then pop along to reception.
Fact 2: If you can see a rainbow you must have your back to the sun. If you don’t, you can’t see it
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STUDENT COUNCIL
The Student Council have been
very busy this term organising a
range of events and activities to
support a variety of charities.
Some of these events include:
Non uniform day to raise money
for Breast Cancer Awareness.
‘’Wear It Pink”- Most students
participated in this day by paying
£1 towards the charity. Lots of
students also wore an item of
pink clothing to show their support. Even the boys were wearing pink!!
-Shoe Boxes- The Samaritan’s
Purse Appeal
This appeal sends shoe boxes to
disadvantaged children in poor
countries around the world. Stu-
dents at CYA have once again
shown an overwhelming amount
of generosity by donating items.
Read more on page 11 and check
out our photographs!
have
been on sale for a £1 to help raise
money for Children in Need. A
total of £100 was raised for the
charity!
Poppies were also on sale at the beginning of
November to raise money for
the appeal. Thank you to everyone who bought poppies.
- in aid of
Save the Children
‘Save the Children works in 120
countries. We save children’s
lives. We fight for their rights.
We help them fulfil their poten-
As we approach the centenary of World War I there
is no better time for students to take part in a visit to
the battlefields in Belgium to commemorate and
reflect upon this nationally and internationally significant event.
Two visits will be leaving from CYA in June and July
2014 to give students the opportunity to enhance
their learning and take part in commemorative
events, to reflect on our shared history and understand the magnitude of lives lost to fight for the
freedom that we have today.
Whilst in Ypres students will visit a number of museums, including the Flanders Field Museum and burial
sites for both Commonwealth and German soldiers
to gain a better understanding of the conditions
during the war and the scale of the conflict. We will
also lay a wreath on behalf of the Academy in the last
post ceremony at the Menin Gate to pay our respects
to the fallen soldiers of the conflict.
To give students the opportunity to make this experience personal with links to the local area we would
like to ask parents and carers, should you wish, to
share with us the names of any family members who
sadly lost their lives and are buried in one of the
tial.’ – Save the Children is a
charity that CYA supported last
year and we have chosen to support them again in 2013. Friday
13th December was a non-uniform day and students were
asked to wear a Christmas jumper to show their support for the
charity. Jumpers could be shop
bought or homemade. Prizes
were given for the best jumper in
each house. A total of £352.10
was raised.
cemeteries in Ypres. Students will have time whilst
in Ypres to attempt to find
these graves and personally
reflect on their family’s loss.
Year 9 students are currently studying WWI and students have had the
opportunity to look for their
own relatives as well as research names listed on the
cenotaph in Caistor. Sophie
Wilson, a Year 9 student, was able to search for one
of her relatives, her Great Great Grandfather Private
Joseph Todd (pictured above) and discovered that he
is buried in Hargicourt near Ypres in a British Cemetery.
If you would like to research at home whether any
family members may be buried in any cemeteries
abroad you can visit www.cwgc.org. If you find that
you do have relatives and are happy to share these
with us please email: enquiries@cyac.org.uk and
mark emails for the attention of Stephanie Carlin.
There are a few places still available on these visits.
If you would like more information please contact
Mrs Knight in the main school office.
Fact 3: The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires in redwood forests take place inside trees.
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BTEC Learning for Life (L4L) is a qualification which helps students to show extra skills they have. Evidence for this qualification is collected in a folder and CYA uses TRICs (Teamwork, Reflective, Independent, Creative learning) as the basis of learning.
Below are examples:
Independent Learning: certificates of a music exam would suggest independent learning which you
can include because you have done the exam on your own.
Teamwork: a homework project, if you worked in a team then you could put the project booklet in your
book and write a witness statement to show you worked as part of a team.
Reflective: If you worked on something a few weeks ago then you had to write a report on that then
you could get your teacher to sign a witness statement to show you were reflective in your report because you had to reflect about what you worked on.
Creative: this might be something about, say, historians and you were allowed to record it in any shape
or form and you decided to do a diagram of people with information around them. By drawing the people and thinking about it differently, then that would be creative because you have thought of something in a different way.
At the time of writing we have just finished the Year 11 Mocks and (thanks
to a certain Mr Gove) rather fewer GCSE exams than we usually have at
this time. On the whole the Year 11 students have had a very mature
approach, despite several of them being under the weather and suffering
from the occasional case of exam nerves. Well done!
The Year 11 students received their mock results on a ‘Mock Results Day’
on 2nd December. They each received an envelope containing their
individual results, just like the real thing next August. These results give a
good indication of the grades we can look forward to next summer. Let’s
hope it has been all smiles but if not, at least they have time to identify
areas for improvement. To support them in this we will be holding an
additional Mock week from Friday 7th February to Thursday 13th February.
The results from the real GCSE exams will arrive in school on 9th January
2014.
The next external exams will be Cambridge Nationals in ICT to be held in
January 2014. Many Year 11 students will be taking this exam and timetables will be distributed before Christmas.
We then have quite a gap before we start again at the beginning of May
2014 with exams for Year 9 and mock exams for Year 10, running straight
in to the final GCSE exams for Year 11.
Provisional timetables for the summer GCSE exams will be distributed to
students in January or early February. Please don’t ask for details of exam
dates before this time as we simply don’t know until the entries are made.
For your information the date suggested by the exam boards for the final
exam is 24th June 2014 but students may also have BTEC work to complete
before they finally leave us.
Please remember that we cannot re-schedule or rearrange external exams.
They must be taken on the date and time given on the timetable so
book holidays or other appointments at these times.
Have a peaceful Christmas.
VACANCY:
EXAM
INVIGILATORS
(OCCASIONAL, PARTTIME)
We are looking for patient, organised people to join our
friendly team of Exam Invigilators. Working for short periods at various times
throughout the year duties
consist of supervising students
in examinations and ensuring
that the rules for the conduct
of examinations are adhered
to.
No special skills are required,
other than a reasonable standard of education along with patience and common sense.
Training will be provided. Pay
will be on a monthly claim basis.
For further information please
contact Alice Forster (Exams
Officer) at Caistor Yarborough
Academy.
Tel: (01472)
851383 or email
exams@cyac.org.uk
Fact 4: Raindrops range in size from about 0.02 inches to 0.031 inches!
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Fact 5: Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink!
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The Autumn term is always a busy one and
we have had plenty to celebrate. During
our House Assembly in October Viking
tutors each nominated a student of the
term. These students stood out in their
tutor group because of their leadership, attitude and support for
each other. The winners of this award were Max Garland
(SKeeV), Elise Johnston (HBagV), Kalam Gardner (SWriV), George
Gissing (EwooV) and Luke Wood (GLorV). Many students were
also recognised for 100% positive comments and attendance. We
were entertained by George East Dunning, Ben Kirman and
Charlotte Souter Smith making it an enjoyable occasion for us all.
The shoebox appeal in aid of Samaritans Purse has brought the
best out in everyone, with many generous gifts and donations for
the boxes. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Wood’s tutor group
who put together a magnificent total of 16 boxes.
Tutor groups have been involved in our anti-bullying campaign
by writing pledges, poems and designing an app to educate
students by talking and thinking about internet safety.
Thank you to everyone who has done so much this term to make
it a successful one for the Viking House. I wish you all a happy
and peaceful Christmas.
Fact 6: Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do!
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The art room is a bustle of
As is always the case, the Art room is a ‘bee hive’
of activity where our students are provided many
opportunities to create and experience the visual
arts. In Years 7 to 9, three major projects based
on the work of Matisse, Monet and Canaletto
were started with some super individual research
tasks that were completed at home. The work
and effort of many students was superb and have
been put up on display. If yours isn’t exhibited,
please forgive as we have only so much wall
space. I will try my very best to get the next batch
up once it has been handed in and assessed.
Year 10 and 11 students have also had to ‘embrace’ this new academic term with tasks and act-
Over recent weeks I have been hosting science workshops at CYA for Year 5
students from our local primary schools. As part of the workshop Y5 students
have been designing and producing bath bombs to take home for their friends
and family. This fantastic opportunity has provided primary students with an
insight in to secondary school science and their first experiences of using
chemicals safely in a science laboratory. The science workshops have been
extremely enjoyable and we look forward to the next term of events. A big
thank you to Year 10 students Georgina Marshall-Latimer, Abbie-Mae TyrieBowman, Hollie Baldwin and Niamh Skipworth for helping out!
Miss Natalie Syson (Teacher of Science/Joint Primary Outreach Coordinator)
Fact 7: Selenophobia is the name given for the persistent and irrational fear of the Moon.
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creative activity…
-ivities set by Mr Wright. Going in to the art room
during the Mock Examination, it was wonderful
to see individuals using their time so wisely and
with such creative outcomes.
The pictures above try to capture how our students enjoy this subject and use it to expand on a
Marks for speaking and listening in GCSE English
to be scrapped!
GCSE English is required in almost every career.
Before now pupils have had to comprise arguments and have had to discuss their chosen topic.
However the Exam regulator Ofqual says that
‘the present situation means there is "inconsistency" in how schools set and mark the controlled
assessments - in effect course work which is carried
out in school, under supervision’. However students and teachers are furious. The problem is
broad range of skills that can be applied in other
areas of their curriculum.
Year 8 work on display - the focus for their work
was Monet’s Japanese Bridge at Giverny.
that some students have already taken their
speaking and listening controlled assessments, the
marks will not be counted because the test now
no longer exists in GCSE English.
Mrs Loryman expressed her concerns about the
changes: “Speaking and Listening is an area of
strength for our students. We are disappointed
that their achievements will no longer be recognised in their GCSE grades.”
The new arrangements mean that students will
receive a separate grade for Speaking and Listening, but it will not be counted as part of their
GCSE grade for English.
Fact 8: A noun is a ‘describing’ word.
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Last Summer I cycled to the local leisure
centre for a dip in the pool. After gathering everything together, I jumped on my
bike and set on my way – not a long
journey, a mile or so on one of the main
roads into Louth. As I cycled out of the
village, a car pulled up alongside me and
to my surprise it was my son with my hubby. My son realised I hadn’t taken my cycle helmet and
together they made a point of driving to find me, to ‘order’ me to put the helmet on, as I had done
to my son so many times before he ventured out on his BMX! It was at that point that I realised I had
also succumbed to the ‘peer’ pressure of appearance – I didn’t want to spoil my hair! As it turned out,
in the same month, a young boy called Ryan Smith had also had a similar thought, but Ryan was
caught out when he was struck by a van in an accident that probably couldn’t have been avoided.
Ryan suffered severe brain injuries, injuries which may not have been as bad if he had worn his cycle
helmet.
Ryan is 16 years old and a student of Skegness Grammar, where he flourished in his academic life,
including sports. The accident, which happened on a narrow road in Lincolnshire, put Ryan in a
coma. Thankfully, Ryan is now awake but the injuries he sustained means that he will have many
years of rehabilitation ahead of him. Ryan’s family have since set up ‘The Ryan Smith Foundation’, a
charity that aims to promote cycle helmet safety awareness in schools and who are petitioning to
make cycle helmets compulsory by law. The Ryan Smith Foundation raises funds to assist those with
brain injuries, and to support their families.
I have followed the story of Ryan Smith and his family via his Facebook page and I have been touched
by the strength of the whole family. I believe that cycle helmets are as important as car seat belts. As
a parent and occasional cyclist, I believe that if cycle helmets are introduced as compulsory by law
then the peer pressure of ‘but no one else wears them’ will fade out over time.
Ryan’s family intend to take the petition, hopefully signed by more than 100,000 signatures, to be
debated in the House of Commons in April 2014. At the time of print, the e-petition online had just
over 10,429 signatures so there is still some way to go….so please visit The Ryan Smith Foundation
online, where you will find the link to the e-petition to add your signature….
It only works if you verify your email, which often ends up
in your junk mail, so make sure you find and verify it, then your signature will count!
Don’t lose any of your loved ones for the sake of wearing a helmet. What cost would you put on a
life compared to the cost of a helmet?
Class of 2014
Fact 9: A fresh egg will sink in the water, a stale one will float.
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Much Ado about…
Congratulations to Ben Kirman, Year
11 & Jade for their part in winning Division 1, and the National Championships in Cannock in the Drum Corps of
East Coast Elite! Two former CYA students, Matthew & Daniel were also part
of the band. Read more at
www.eastcoastelite.org
Time is of the essence!
Time is what our lives are revolved
around…time is of the essence!
So without clocks, no one would know where
to go or what to do.
Clocks are important so they need to work.
When they don’t work it is annoying! When
they have stopped or are broken it would be
nice if they were replaced or fixed, as they
are the very foundation of our society! When
you have forgotten your watch, the only
chance of realising the time is clocks!
Let’s hope we see some batteries in those
lovely time telling devices in the future!
By Sam Ehret-Pickett & Logan Brammer,
Year 8
What an amazing start to
the school year and to my
first year at Caistor Yarborough. William Shakespeare
is transported to the 60s
and becomes a brightly coloured spectacle of hippies and punks. Throw in Austin Powers and
you have the Year 11 performing arts student’s production of
Much Ado about Nothing.
The cast was brilliant, we managed to create this show in just over
6 weeks including casting, learning lines and deciding on a theme.
We performed the show at Hull Truck Theatre as part of the
Shakespeare School Festival and were given the opportunity to
open the whole show! The performance was fantastic and everyone created the most amazing characters!
Everyone involved thoroughly enjoyed the experience, creating a
show, working with professional actors in a professional theatre
and even a cheeky McDonalds just before the show opened. Well
done to everyone and thanks to CYA for your support!
Operation Christmas Child…
The shoebox appeal is run by the Samaritans Purse. They are a charity that
delivers shoe boxes filled with great presents to children in poorer countries.
The Samaritans Purse works with ministry partners to deliver the gifts.
The children that receive the presents are given to them through need, regardless of their background or beliefs. More than 100 million children have
experienced Operation Christmas Child and more will in years to come! When
they open the boxes at Christmas, their smiles will widen while exploring what they have been given.
As a school, each form group have contributed to making as many boxes as possible. The winning form
was EWooV (Mrs Wood’s tutor group) with an outstanding 16 boxes!
We’d like congratulate Mrs Wood and everyone in her form for making a substantial effort towards the
appeal. Let’s not forget how much effort the other forms made too, as between all of them we made
an astonishing total of boxes.
By Georgia Astbury, Year 7
Fact 10: At birth, a panda bear is smaller than a mouse!
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Compared to primary school, the lessons at CYA are completely different. At primary we often did the same lesson at
the same time of day. We didn’t have bells, but because we
were in the same class throughout we still got to the lessons
at the right time!
At CYA the lessons are really challenging and the bell gives
us time to get to our lessons and to work hard for a solid
hour.
Here
at
CYA
the
teachers
have
a
lot
of
knowledge
about
As part of ‘Anti-bullying Week’, students
their subject/s but at primary, teachers had to have wider
were asked to create a pledge wall withknowledge for different lessons. Some of the teachers prein their tutor groups. Above are some
ferred
to do more ‘fun’ lessons and sometimes we worked in
examples. Check out more of our studifferent sets.
dents work on anti-bullying at:
I
loved
it
at
my
primary
school,
but
I
love
it
here
too. Alwww.caistoryarboroughacadmy.org.uk/n
though the lessons here can be hard work, they can also be
ews/Pages/AntiBullyingWeek
fun, especially some lessons and teachers.
Gaining a perspective on the world…
Global Perspectives at Caistor Yarborough have been at the forefront of this international subject and
just to prove the point we were asked to trial a new Global Learning Platform. This entailed working
with several other CIE schools and then providing important feedback to Cambridge about what we
thought of this secure internet facility. In fact we are featured in Cambridge’s OUTLOOK magazine
which is circulated to all CIE centres globally. Go online and have a read – we are on page 16.
Also, if you’re a bit nosey you can
have a look at some of our senior
“The learning area is such a
GP students and a rather old
good way of connecting
chap; take part in a film that looks
at how Global Perspectives is be- with people. You can share
ing used in many centres in other
information, upload piccountries.
tures and videos.”
Left are some stills taken from the
work we did with the Cambridge
film crew.
In late September we had the
privilege of having Lord Norton,
a leading authority on British Parliamentary procedures come and
talk to us and other senior students. On Tweeter Lord Norton
said the following which I
thought summed up the quality of questions being asked by those
students who attended this important event.
To finish off this terms article I just want to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all
of my IGCSE GP students for their hard work and dedication and for
learning to ‘go it alone’.
Fact 11: Starfish don’t have brains!
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Fri 20 Dec:
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a disease that
attacks the upper and lower neurones in the brain.
Motor neurones leads to weakness and wasting of
muscles decreasing the ability of moving the limbs and
makes it difficult to use speech, being able to swallow
food and can create problems with breathing.
The muscles that are first affected tend to be those in
the hands, feet and the mouth, this is dependent on
which type of the disease has been diagnosed.
The affects of MND can vary between person to
person, from the presenting symptoms, and the rate
and pattern of the disease progression, to the length
of survival time after diagnosis.
The number of people living with MND at any one
time is approximately 7 in every 100,000.
It can affect any adult at any age but most people with
the diagnosis are over the age of 40, with the highest
incidence occuring betyween the ages of 50 and 70.
http://www.mndassociation.org/ from the website
provided you can find out more information about
this disease.
End of Term 2
Mon 6 Jan:
Tues 7 Jan:
Thur 9 Jan:
Staff Training Day
Start of Term 3, Week B
November GCSE AQA/Edexcel
Results to students
Thurs 23 Jan: Y8 Parents’ Evening
Fri 24 Jan: IGCSE English results to students
Fri 31 Jan:
Onatti Spanish Theatre Visit
Mon 3 Feb: Norman Celebration Assembly
Tues 4 Feb: Roman Celebration Assembly
Y11 Mock MFL Listening
Wed 5 Feb: Saxon Celebration Assembly
Thur 6 Feb: Viking Celebration Assembly
Fri 7 Feb:
Box Clever Theatre Visit
Fri 7 Feb - Thurs 13 Feb:
Mon 10 Feb:
Tue 11 Feb:
Thur 13 Feb:
Fri 14 Feb:
Y11 Mocks (all
other subjects)
Y9 Choices & Parents’ Evening
Valentine Music Concert
End of Term 3
Staff Training Day
Mon 24 Feb: Start of Term 4, Week B
Mon 24 Feb: Fri 28 Feb: MFL Speaking Exams
Thur 28 Feb: Y10 Parents’ Evening
Fri 7 Mar:
Onatti French Theatre Visit
Mon 17 Mar: Y7 Parents’ Evening
Tues 25 Mar: Y10 BTEC Devised Performance
Fri 4th April: End of Term 4
These are 3 different competitions for CYA students to enter:
Find the False Fact:
There are 15 facts written along the bottom of each page, one
of them is false!
Can you guess which one it is?
Have you read this?
“…the e-petition online had just over 10,429 signatures so there is still some way to go”. This sentence is written in an article within this newsletter, can you find it and tell us what page it is on?
Can you see this?
Somewhere in this newsletter is the main photograph from the image above….can you find what page
it is on?
EARN YOURSELF 10 VIVO POINTS FOR EACH COMPETITION IF YOU GUESS CORRECTLY!
OR ENTER AS A VTG GROUP FOR HOUSE POINTS! Send your answers to Jeni.lowe@cyac.org.uk or
write them on a piece of paper with your full name and your tutor group (remember to write if its
your individual entry or your VTG entry) and take them to reception for the attention of Mrs Lowe!
Fact 12: China was the first country to use paper money.
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Reviews and Entertainment
Game: Fifa 14 Game Review
Now I’ve played it myself and it has to be the best Fifa
I have played.
The ultimate team causes you to think outside the box
as you can’t get amazing players like Rooney, Messi
and Casillas strait away you have a budget and you
have to get players that aren’t well known like Zidane
or Rob Elliot and it’s just so realistic that the players
know what to do before you do it. Now you can
choose what type of training you do in the arena from
basic passing to advanced tricks so Fifa 14 is a must
buy!!!
7/10
Book: Cherry Crush - Cathy
Cassidy
Cherry lives with her dad in a tiny vintage flat. But
when he finds the perfect woman, they are forced
to move to the other side of the country. Leaving
friends, school and employment behind. With three
step sisters and one mega cute guy, will Cherry be
able to cope in her new life?
This book is part of the ‘Chocolate Box Girls Series’.
This book is a real page turner. It has so many
emotional experiences that children can become
faced with in their lives. When Honey throws out
something that means the most to Cherry, how will
she retaliate?
Book: Ascend (Trylle, #3) - Amanda Hocking
Wendy has finally settled in to being a royal in the Trylle world and is prepared to become Queen and
marry one of her friends. Then Loki, a prince from a stronger tryllic tribe (which belongs to her father),
turns up at her door in such a state that she lets him in to recover under guarding. Loki causes
disturbances and a war is about to start!
This is a great book to read with surprises at every page!
Fact 13: Humans are the only animals that can blush.
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When Jamie was asked how the
school supported him with both
his education and training that he
needed, he answered that the
school understood how to help By Jade Whitehead, Year 10
him train. Jamie trained day after This year’s Young Enterprise group in Year 10 is called ‘Imagine’.
day, whether he won or lost, he They are currently working on fundraising ideas such as cakes
just got out and practiced, no mat- sales and sponsored trampolining to raise money for the resourcter what the weather! Although es needed to make their products; bracelets, T-shirts and also earhard to train in the rain he still phone holders. The group is currently selling shares to raise
gets out there to practice as it has capital. Everyone is encouraged to help and support the group in
to be done! He trains six days a order to make this year a success.
week. His biggest achievement in
his whole life is that Jamie got to the finals in the Paralympics. When asked if being in a
wheel chair disadvantaged him he replied, “Being in a wheelchair has its perks and its
disadvantages.” His mum and dad and coach have supported him throughout, even to the
point of waking Jamie up at 7:30!
Jamie has been on courses. His goal was to get a medal but getting a world record has proven
how good he is. He was one of the most untrained athletes at GB’s Paralympics as Jamie only
had 21 months of training. He planned to go the collage 3 days and the rest he trains. His
greatest supporter is his Mum and Dave. The person who is encouraging Jamie the most is
probably his coach. Before his recent success he was funded by his parents, but now he is
funded by the British Foundation which helps with travel and hotels. Dave inspired Jamie
because Jamie saw him do it and he was really impressed. He never knew what he wanted
to do, he thought maybe basketball then he got into racing!
Equestrian Champion
Fact 14: The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
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Caistor Yarborough Academy has again achieved the Bronze Kitemark Award for Sport. This means
that the academy continues to offer 2 hours of Physical Education to the students along with a varied and regular extra curricular programme including sports clubs and competitive fixtures, whilst
adhering to the School Games ethos.
They won the district tournament at De Aston and will progress
to the school games on the 5th March at Grantham Mere's Leisure
Centre. It was a closely fought contest against 6 other schools,
with Monks Dyke and ourselves both winning 4 games and losing
one. We came out on top as our only loss involved one basket
whereas Monks Dyke lost by 3 baskets! Well
done to Emma Drayton, Sophie Wilson, Chloe
Pixsley, Lucy Pearson, Beth Haynes and Dionne Berry.
INTER-HOUSE NETBALL
Year 7 and Year 8 had an Inter-House Netball competition. Both were on the same day. Most people assumed that the scores were joint, but that wasn’t quite the case…
Saxons and Romans came 1st with 5 points each, whereas Normans were joint with Vikings with 1
point each. Both were good games and enjoyed by all…Well done!
FIXTURES
Year 7 girls netball - have played 2 friendly fixtures recently. Against De Aston, it was a fairly scrappy game with both teams adjusting to playing another school. Caistor Yarborough Academy won
by 3 goals to 0.
Caistor Grammar brought their B and C teams to play us in the sports hall and all teams put in
some fine performances with Caistor Yarborough beating Caistor Grammar by 8 goals to 4. They
have re-challenged us and we will play their A team in the New Year!
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Fact 15: Only 5% of the ocean floor has been mapped in as much details as the surface of Mars
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