27Feb15 newsletter

The weekly newsletter for parents and students of the Allertonshire School
ALLERTONSHIRE NEWS
FRIDAY, 27th FEBRUARY 2015
Allertonshire News - 27th February 2015
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Allertonshire’s “We Will Rock You” Day
The Plot to the Musical
Dates for Your Diary
Weekly Attendance Report
Thunks
Catering News
ESafeguarding - Safer Internet Day 2015 Winners
Word of the Week
ESafeguarding - Never Too Late!
Hambleton and Richmondshire Area Gymnastics Competition 2015
Quick Quiz - Answers for Last Week
Northallerton/Ormesson Town Twinning
Barcelona Trip Meeting - Tuesday, 3rd March
Allertonshire Production “We Will Rock You”
Tickets on sale now!
“We Will Rock You” Rehearsal Schedule
Freddie Mercury Quiz
Maths Challenge
Menus
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Today is Allertonshire’s ‘We Will Rock You Day’…
The day is all about celebrating our up-and-coming school Production of „We Will
Rock You‟ on the 16th-19th March and raising money and awareness for The
Mercury Phoenix Trust.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust was founded by Brian May, Roger Taylor and their
manager Jim Beach in memory of rock band Queen‟s iconic lead singer FREDDIE
MERCURY who died in 1991 from AIDS. In the last 21 years the Trust has given
away over 15 million dollars in his name and funded over 700 projects in the
global battle against HIV/AIDS.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust gives to a wide range of Education and Awareness
projects, principally targeting young people in the developing world. The 18 million
orphans who have lost one or both parents to AIDS are in desperate need of help
as they struggle to survive and build their lives, often becoming „head of the family‟
for their smaller siblings.
This disease impacts on the whole community, down to the grandparents who find
themselves caring for their dead children‟s children. They too need aid and
information. The way to combat this disease is through knowledge. The
projects The Mercury Phoenix Trust fund are spread across the globe and in total
we have now given to projects in 57 countries.
What is the plot of the musical?
Earth's name has been changed to Planet Mall. As the name would suggest,
mainstream commercial conformity reigns. Everywhere on the planet, people
watch the same movies, listen to computer-generated music, wear the same
clothes and hold the same thoughts and opinions. Musical instruments and
composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown. Representative
government has been eliminated. All are controlled by the Worldwide
mega-corporation Globalsoft, which is headed by the "Killer Queen" and the
commander of her secret police, the evil Khashoggi. Those who dare to stand
against Globalsoft's enforced conformity are kidnapped and "brain stormed" into
submission.
However, a small group of "Bohemians" struggles to restore the free exchange
of thought, fashion, and (most of all) live music. As with the classic quest
stories that it spoofs, the musical includes both a Messiah figure, the social
outcast Galileo Figaro, and a MacGuffin that will restore freedom, the lost guitar
of Queen guitarist, Brian May.
Together with his love interest, another dissident whom Galileo calls
Scaramouche, Galileo joins with the Bohemians to find the guitar, and
overthrow Globalsoft. However, when the Bohemians are captured and
brain stormed, Galileo and Scaramouche are forced to flee for their lives.
Eventually they meet Pop, an older, hippie-esque Bohemian who yearns for
the "old days" when people were free and Rock & Roll was king...or Queen
as the case may be. Again fulfilling the classic rôle of "Guide" for the two,
Pop shows them a fragment of the Queen video (which ends after the
opening lyrics), "Bohemian Rhapsody," further inspiring them. Impressed by
the “heavenly music,” Galileo and Scaramouche eventually decide to
search for the guitar at Wembley Stadium, the location of two legendary
concerts by Queen. Though the Stadium is a ruin, they find the guitar
hidden in a wall. With guitar in hand, and Pop serving as "roadie" for the
two saviours, they perform a rousing rendition of the title song, "We Will
Rock You”
The Allertonshire’s Production of ‘We Will Rock You’ so far……
25th Feb 2015 - WWRY is making good progress and is near completion.
At this stage we are focusing on Act 2, as Act 1 has been finished. We are
trying to incorporate both technology, music, drama and dance in one
magnificent piece. The play has been put together by the children in the
production due to their hard work and co-operation.
Wednesday 11th Feb 2015 - The majority of the cast went on a trip to
Richmond School to see their 6th formers‟ production of „We Will Rock You‟.
It was magnificent, they have set the expectation bar very high for us but we
are sure that we can live up to the expectations. The trip was a great
experience for the cast to show what other choreographers have come up
with to match the theme of the musical.
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Sunday 1 Feb 2015 - We have had the specialist help of Miss Garvey, a
dance teacher. The choreography is very unique and will look great as they
are all in time with each other as a group. The band are a talented group of
musicians which completes the play. The production‟s cast of characters
are: Scaramouche, Galileo, Killer Queen, Kashoggi and his assistant. These
are played by some of the most talented actors at the Allertonshire.
The play is set in the cyber age of the future when all musical instruments
are banned but one boy, Galileo, is forever dreaming of making music again.
He makes it his job to save music and to make Queen remembered,
alongside his new companion Scaramouche, his „chick‟.
We hope that you enjoy the show that we have worked hard to put together
for you.
Written by: Alex Kennedy, Joe Lawn and Jess Chapman
Dates for your Diary
2nd-4th March
Year 9 Interviews at Northallerton College
3rd March
4.00pm - Barcelona Trip Meeting
(Please see article)
16th-19th March
School Production - “We Will Rock You”
27th March
3.15pm - Easter Holiday begins
14th April
School Opens - Summer Term begins
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE REPORT
The House with the highest attendance figure for the week commencing 9th
February was … Foxton! Congratulations!
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
House
Foxton
Sigston
Alverton
Langton
Attendance (%)
95.9%
95.2%
94.5%
92.6%
THUNKS
When the automatic hand drier fails to work, does it fail
to work automatically?
CATERING NEWS
WORLD BOOK DAY
One way we shall be celebrating World Book Day is to have a “Themed” lunch
Menu. We held a competition for the students to come up with ideas for our lunch
menu. Thank you to all the students who took time to enter the competition and,
after careful deliberation, Mrs Brayshaw and myself have picked the winners.
The Theme Day will be held on Thursday, 5th March. Here is our Menu.
BBQ CHICKEN LEGS AND WAND-SHAPED CHIPS (Harry Potter)
Harriet Davison (FGC)
MEATBALLS IN VOLDERMORT’S BLOOD SAUCE
SERVED WITH SPAGHETTI (Harry Potter)
Harriet Davison (FGC)
SPAGHETTI WITH CHEESE SAUCE (Rapunzel’s Hair )
Megan Howlett (FBD)
“ GOOEY” CHOCOLATE CAKE (Matilda by Roald Dahl)
Paige Mackley (FBD) and Laura Reynolds (LAJ)
GINGERBREAD MEN BISCUITS (Classic Folk Tale)
Daniel Gill (LTG) and Leon Nicholas (LTG)
Congratulations to the lucky winners who will receive “Tuck Vouchers”.
WHAT’S ON IN MARCH?
Mother’s Day is on Sunday, 15th March and we will be selling decorated bags of
homemade biscuits on Friday, 13th March.
Tuesday, 17th March is “Corned Beef and Cabbage Day” and to celebrate we will
be serving delicious Homemade Corned Beef Pie with Creamed Potatoes, Cabbage
and Swede.
On Monday, 23rd March we will be serving chips at break to celebrate National
“Chip and Dip” Day and on Thursday, 26 th March we will be serving Macaroni
Cheese to celebrate “Mac and Cheese Day”.
Please look out for the posters with the details.
ANTHEA HARRIS
FOOD DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
ESafeguarding
Safer Internet Day 2015 – Winners!
Just before half term, the Safer Internet Day 2015 winners were awarded their
prizes.
PCSO Angie Preston, of North Yorkshire Police, kindly agreed to present them
to students with me.
The winners in each of the categories were:
Board game - Charlie Lomer Y7
Poster – Holly Robinson Y7
Poster – Ella Bailie Y7
Digital Entry of Python Programming – Lewis Powell Y9
The theme this year was ‘Let’s create a better Internet together’. Each winner
received a novelty memory stick as their prize.
Mrs J Fowler
CEOP Ambassador
WORD OF THE WEEK
Opposite is the new “Word of The
Week”.
Students are encouraged to use
this word correctly and, if heard by
a teacher, a House Point will be
awarded.
Our “Word of the Week”, is …
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ESafeguarding
Never Too Late!
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/14_plus/help/Contact-social-sites/
Has someone posted something about you?
Have you posted something about yourself?
Should it really not be there?
If you find yourself needing to ask for something to be removed from a social
networking site, but are not sure where to go, then visit the link above.
The sad thing is, it is not always possible to have everything removed, but you can
try to limit the damage by asking the site providers.
Follow the instructions given in the link and tell someone about what you have
done. An adult at home or at school, at the ‘thinkunow’ website or ‘childline’ will do
their best to help you and keep you safe.
It is never too late.
Mrs Fowler
CEOP Ambassador
Hambleton and Richmondshire
Area Gymnastics Competition 2015
On Friday 23rd January, a number of our students took part in the Hambleton and
Richmondshire Area Gymnastics Competition. Numbers for entries were higher than the
competition in 2014, which is fantastic, it just goes to show how popular gymnastics is
amongst all of our students! It was also great to see more boys taking part in the event.
Once again the standard was extremely high, so very well done to all those students who
participated on the day. They were:
Ruby Wilson
Sophia Law
Millie Smith
Ella Coulthard
Beth Marshall
Amy Leggott
Erin McKenzie
Hannah Bell
Shana Philip
Phoebe Grayson
Lucy Fawcett
Ben Harrison
Nicola Jobling
Halcyon Flint
Alisha Marston
Madison Kitchen
Ione Powell
Jonathan Mann
Brandon Wright
James Boucher
Jacob Stone
Josh Hammerton
Callum Crisp
Results (Top 10)
U13 Girls Floor
U13 Girls Vault
U13 Girls Overall
U13 Girls Team
1st Sophia Law
4th Millie Smith
3rd Millie Smith
1st Allertonshire A
3rd Millie Smith
7th Ella Coulthard
5th Ella Coulthard
4th Ruby Wilson
10th Beth Marshall
6th Sophia Law
7th Ella Coulthard
7th Beth Marshall
9th Beth Marshall
7th Ruby Wilson
O13 Girls Overall
th
013 Girls Team
9 Alisha Marston
3rd Allertonshire
U13 Boys Floor
U13 Boys Vault
nd
st
U13 Boys Overall
2 Ben Harrison
1 Ben Harrison
1 Ben Harrison
4th Callum Crisp
3rd Jacob Stone
3rd Callum Crisp
6th Josh Hammerton
5th Callum Crisp
5th Jacob Stone
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7 Jacob Stone
6 Josh Hammerton
8th Brandon Wright
7th Brandon Wright
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6th Josh Hammerton
9 James Boucher
8 James Boucher
7th Brandon Wright
8th James Boucher
O13 Boys Floor
O13 Boys Vault
O13 Boys Overall
3rd Jonathan Mann
2nd Jonathan Mann
3rd Jonathan Mann
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U13 Boys Team
1st Allertonshire
U13 Girls Partner Work
2nd Beth Marshall & Ruby Wilson
O13 Girls Partner Work
5th Alisha Marston & Halcyon Flint
4th Millie Smith & Ella Coulthard
9th Amy Leggott & Madison Kitchen
O13 Mixed Partner Work
2nd Jonathan Mann & Nicola Jobling
U13 Boys Partner Work
1st Ben Harrison & Callum Crisp - Allertonshire
Huge congratulations to all of our students who took part on the day - you should be
incredibly proud of yourselves!
Miss Thompson and Mrs Horner
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What are substances that do not conduct heat known as? Insulators
Cantaloupe and Honeydew are types of what sort of fruit? Melon
Which ground does Warwickshire Cricket Club play at? Edgbaston
Marmite is named after a French word meaning what? (Clue: look at the logo on
the jar.) Cooking pot
Around 99% of a Giant Panda’s diet is made up of what food? Bamboo
There is one continent on Earth where bees are not found. Which one is it?
Antarctica
In science, ACTLRYS is an anagram of what? Crystal
In geometry an icosagon is a polygon with how many sides? 20 sides
What is the name of Shrek’s wife? Fiona
Where is the largest bone in your body? The thigh bone or femur
What is the collective noun for a group of trout? A hover of trout
What is the name of the famous wall, built by a Roman Emperor, that lies
between Scotland and England? Hadrian’s Wall
NORTHALLERTON/ORMESSON TOWN TWINNING
HOST FAMILY
In May 2015 a group of French families will be coming to the Northallerton area on a twinning visit as part of the long-running Northallerton/Ormesson
Town Twinning initiative. The visit will involve families in the Northallerton area hosting French families, with return visits by the host families to France in
2016.
Among the group visiting, from 14th to 17th May, there will be a family of six
who can be divided into two. Firstly the father and two 12-year olds (his son
and a cousin) and secondly the mother and two daughters aged 4 and 10. Cultural visits will be arranged by the Town Council on 15th and 16th May, so there
would be no need for the host family to be available on those days. Breakfasts
throughout the visit and evening meals on Thursday and Friday will be required.
If you feel you may be able to help with accommodation for this family, as outlined above, please contact Susan Latter on 01609 748612.
Thank you
BARCELONA TRIP MEETING
TUESDAY, 3rd MARCH
A meeting for parents of students taking part in the Barcelona Trip will take
place on Tuesday, 3rd March at 4.00pm in East 7. If you have not already handed in your child’s EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), please bring this with
you to the meeting.
Thank you
It’s nearly here…..
Allertonshire’s
March 16-19th 2015
West Hall 7pm
From West Reception
Adults £6 Concessions £3
“WE WILL ROCK YOU”
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
All after school rehearsals will finish at 6.00pm.
A reminder for your calendars to add the Sunday rehearsals on:Sunday 1st March 10.00am-3.00pm
Sunday 15th March 10.00am- 3.00pm (dress rehearsal)
Performances 16th-19th March 7.00pm
1. Where was Freddie Mercury born?
a. Zanzibar
b. India
c. Egypt
2. What was his original name?
a. Farrokh Bulsara
b. Federico Makkura
c. Mohammed Hamyouni
3. His parents were:
a. Turkish
b. Egyptian
c. Persian
4. He went to school in:
a. Kenya
b. India
c. England
5. Apart from music, what was his favourite subject at school?
a. Biology
b. Modern Languages
c. Art
6. When he was 20, he went to:
a. Ealing College of Art
b. The Royal College of Music, London
c. Merton College, Oxford University
7. He met the other members of Queen through:
a. A college friend
b. A member of his family
c. A member of his first band
8. His first band was called:
a. Led Zeppelin
b. Cream
c. Ibex
9. True or False? Freddie Mercury didn‟t actually write Queen‟s greatest hit
Bohemian Rhapsody.
10. Which country did Freddie Mercury fall in love with after touring it in 1975?
a. Japan
b. The U.S.A.
c. Italy
11. Which of these films didn‟t he write material for?
a. Metropolis
b. Flash Gordon
c. Champion
12. In the late 80s, he had a huge hit called:
a. Madrid
b. Barcelona
c. Valencia
13. Freddie Mercury died as a result of:
a. AIDS
b. cancer
c. a heart-attack
14. In 1992, Queen played a tribute concert for Freddie Mercury. Who took the part of
Freddie as lead singer?
a. George Michael
b. Elton John
c. Sting
Answers in next week‟s newsletter!
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For the benefit of anybody who didn't know who the lady in
the photo was (naming no headteachers), it was Rachel Riley
from Countdown!
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Allertonshire School Lunch Menu
Week Ending 6th February 2015
Main Meal + a Sweet or Drink £2.20
MONDAY
MAIN COURSE A
VEGETARIAN
MINCED BEEF
LASAGNE
PASTA POMODORO
ACCOMPANIMENTS
OF THE DAY
GARLIC BREAD AND
GREEN BEANS
DESSERT
PEAR AND
CHOCOLATE FUDGE
SPONGE SERVED
WITH CHOCOLATE
SAUCE
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
CHICKEN
CASSEROLE
SERVED WITH A
HERB DUMPLING
ROAST PORK AND
STUFFING
SERVED WITH
GRAVY
CHICKEN TIKKA
MASALA SERVED
WITH RICE
VEGETARIAN
CHEESE AND
LASAGNE
POTATO PIE
CREAMED
ROAST
POTATOES,
CABBAGE AND
SWEDE
POTATOES,
CARROTS AND
SPROUTS
OATEY RHUBARB
CRUMBLE WITH
CUSTARD
STRAWBERRY
JELLY WITH
STRAWBERRY
MOUSSE
VEGETABLE BALTI
SERVED WITH RICE
BROCCOLI AND
CAULIFLOWER
CORNFLAKE TART
SERVED WITH
CUSTARD
FRIDAY
BREADED
COD FILLET
CAULIFLOWER
AND BROCCOLI
MORNAY
CHIPPED
POTATOES,
PEAS AND
SWEETCORN
STRAWBERRY
SHORTCAKE
SERVED WITH
CUSTARD
Allertonshire School Lunch Menu
Week Ending 13th February 2015
Main Meal + a Sweet or Drink £2.20
MONDAY
SAVOURY MINCED
MAIN COURSE A
BEEF SERVED WITH
ACCOMPANIMENTS
OF THE DAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SALMON PASTA
BREADED COD
BAKE
GOUJONS
ROAST BEEF AND
PORK STEAK IN
YORKSHIRE
GRAVY
PUDDING SERVED
VEGETARIAN
CHEESY PASTA
MIXED BEAN
CHEESY
SHEPHERD’S PIE
BAKE
PASTA
TAGLIATELLE
CREAMED
PARSLEY
ROAST
DUMPLINGS
VEGETARIAN
TUESDAY
WITH GRAVY
VEGETABLE
BALTI SERVED
WITH RICE
CHIPPED
POTATOES,
POTATOES,
POTATOES,
MIXED VEGETABLES
GREEN CABBAGE,
BROCCOLI AND
BATON CARROTS
AND GARLIC BREAD
SLICED CARROTS
CAULIFLOWER
AND SPROUTS
POTATOES,
PEAS AND
SWEETCORN
CHOCOLATE
GINGER SPONGE
DESSERT
SERVED WITH
WHITE SAUCE
APPLE PIE SERVED
LEMON
WITH CUSTARD
MERINGUE PIE
ST CLEMENT’S
CRUNCH SERVED
SPONGE SERVED
WITH
WITH CUSTARD
CHOCOLATE
SAUCE
We are very grateful to
The Cleveland Tontine Hotel and Restaurant
for sponsoring this week’s Newsletter
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Available Sunday – Thursday for orders between 6 & 7pm
£16.95 for 2 courses or £20 for 3
Starter
Potted Beef Terrine, Parsnip, Horseradish Cream
Rillette of Salmon, Beetroot Textures
Pan Fried Pollock, Frogs Leg Kiev, Button Mushrooms
Main Course
Chilli and Goats Cheese Risotto
Smoked Beef Burger, Sweetcorn Relish, Cheese and Bacon
East Coast Fishcake, Poached Hens Egg, Spinach and Peanut Curry
Dessert
Rhubarb & Ginger Terrine, Lemon Shortbread, Rhubarb Sorbet
Warm Cherry Bakewell, Cherry Sorbet
Chocolate Fudge Cake, Pistachio Ice Cream, Salted Caramel
*Sample menu only. The menu changes regularly to ensure that we always use the
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