The Barnwell School Newsletter - Issue No18, July 2016TIMESCampus

Dear Students and Parents

Another school year has come to an end; it has certainly been another exciting year! Despite thisterm being full of exams for many of our students, we have still been busy with many other activities.

The school production of ‘Billy Elliot’ was astounding. It was an amazing performance by all students.Thank you for all of the messages of congratulations the staff and students received after this qualityproduction. I have to add my thanks to all of the staff who put so much time and dedication intothe rehearsals and production.

The school has again received some excellent comments from parents, governors and the widercommunity. We are working with more and more local primary schools providing many enrichment activities for them. Highlights this term have included the PRIDE of Barnwell AwardsEvenings for KS3 and KS4 students and the annual Fun Run event, with some of ourprimary feeder schools taking part. I am looking forward to our Community Day atthe end of this term where local primary schools will join us again for the event.

Within this issue you will see two great examples of student leadership, firstly EpicHistory, a number of our students entered a national competition and came in the top three! Also in May we held our second Barnwell Race for Life, this wasorganised by some of our Sixth Form students and was so well organised bothfor supporters and runners. In total over £2600 was raised for Cancer Research,the event has grown from last year with over 130 runners, next year we will beaiming for even bigger things!

We are currently busy planning for next year, which looks to be a great year for Barnwell School. In the meantime, I would like to thank you for your continuedsupport of the school and wish you a safe, enjoyable and relaxing summer.

Mr A Fitzpatrick, Headteacher

On Friday, 6th May 134 staff and students took part in the Barnwell Race forLife, raising an impressive £2661 for Cancer Research. Organised by my Year 13class for their Level 3 BTEC Sport course – they planned and delivered anexcellent event to support a fantastic cause. In true Race for Life styleeveryone joined in the warm up and took time to reflect on why they weretaking part. The Race was won by Bradley Cartwright in Year 9 with a timeof 11 minutes. Thank you to everyone who took part and donated.

By Mrs Cozens

HeadTalk

Race for Life

Achieving Excellence TogetherBarnwell Middle School Shephall Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 9XT. Barnwell Upper School Barnwell, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 9SW.

Telephone: 01438 222500 E-mail: communication@barnwell.herts.sch.uk Website: www.barnwellschool.co.uk

History students from years eight and nine taught by Mrs Hassen, wereinvited to enter a competition that involved them working in teams or asindividuals to showcase their skills and knowledge about their favouritehistory era in any number of ways, be it film, poster, poem, song etc. Inaddition to this they had to submit a summary of why they chose their era in no more than 60 words. The winners of this competition were Katie,Oliver, Chloe, Ryan, Naomi and Lukas from 9H1 who created an impressiveshort film on Roman slavery. Their winning entry was submitted to the nationwide 60 second Epic History Era Competition, representing BarnwellSchool to compete against the entries from all other UK schools.

A total of 78 schools across the UK entered the competition and I am very proudto announce that Barnwell School was awarded runner up! It is such a greatachievement to have been placed in the top 3 positions, having competed against other comprehensive, preparatory and private schools from across the UK.

What the judges thought of the Barnwell School entry:“Thoroughly impressed with this entry…it blended good humour and it was done in a very entertaining way… Congratulations for their super entry”

What Barnwell School’s competition winners thought: “We’re really proudof ourselves andwould love to enterthe competitionagain next year! We enjoyedgetting to choose anera that we werepassionate about and enjoyedlearning about. Itwas a fun way to learn about slavery in the Roman era because we were able toproduce our own mini film which allowed us to produce more creative work thanusual. We thought this was good because we were really interested in what wewere doing and we felt that we learnt a lot too“.

The winning group were awarded an Epic History presentation plaque currently displayed in the Schools’ awardscabinet and were also given a bag full of goodies.

From left to right:Mrs. N Hassen, Oliver Pavey,Naomi Aknai, Chloe Bardou,Ryan Hoskins, Katie Jellis,Lukas Hann andMr. T Fitzpatrick

GCSE GeographyFieldwork &ControlledAssessmentAt the end of June, our Year 10 GCSEGeography students visited the Essex coastas part of their studies. In order to producea top quality controlled assessment,students are required to plan, and thencarry out investigations into geographical issues. This year, our focus was on evaluatingdifferent methods of coastal management.

Therefore, A visit to Walton-On-The-Nazewas extremely useful, as not only does thearea have a problem with coastal erosion,it also has a range of obviously differentmanagement strategies in use. Our taskwas to consider the advantages anddisadvantages of each. It is a complex issueand students spent the day carrying out arange of measurements and observationsin order to judge effectiveness fromphysical, environmental, social andeconomic viewpoints.

It was a long day, butdespite this ourstudents workedexceptionally wellthroughout;gathering excellentdata which has nowbeen used in some outstanding controlled assessments.

Thanks go to our staff team for the day,Mrs Allingham, Ms Hart, Mr Launay, MrSmith and to our 2 experts from the FieldStudies Council, who led our investigations.

Well done all!

Mr Smith

60 secondEpic History Era Competition

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Snapshot of the Barnwell School Epic History Film entry

MATHSThis year we have run the first Maths in Real Life photography competition withgreat success. Students submitted an amazing variety of photographs rangingfrom New York museums to traffic signs to pets. Harry Stavropoulos – 8ER - said“There were a lot of things I could have looked at, but actually it was nice to findsomething that I loved that I could relate to with Maths, and that was football.I really enjoyed this competition.” After great deliberation, the following studentsemerged winners from each year group. Well done to everyone who took part.The winners in each Year Group….

Emma Jellis Harry Stavropoulos Charlotte Jackson Matthew Searle Grace Turner

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

STOP PRESS – KEIGHLEY GOES TO UNIVERSITYWell done to Keighley Smith from Year 8 who has been accepted to take part inthe Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses in the Autumn Term. This is aseries of high level events organised by Professor Alan Davies at the School ofPhysics, Astronomy and Mathematics at the University of Hertfordshire. Keighley said “Brilliant!!”.

VISUALISING DATA COMPETITIONThis year students took part in thenational Visualising Data competition.

Telling a story through datavisualisation is an important skill forthose involved in mathematical andstatistical careers, and our studentssubmitted entries of an amazingstandard. Entries have been submitted– and the results are - AmandaJashanica, Year 7 runner up ChloeBardou, Year 9 winner of anandroid tablet. Well done to all who entered.

BADGE COMPETITIONWelcome to the 2016 Design aBadge Competition.

Your task is to design a badge whichcan be given to and worn bystudents across the country! We arelooking for eye-catching designswith some mathematical content;you’ve seen our attempt – can youdo better?

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SNAPSHOTYear 10 Enrichmentday 2016-Universityof HertfordshireFifteen students were selected fromYear 10 to participate in the Mathsenrichment day activities organised by the Further Maths Support Programmeat the University of Hertfordshire. The day provided students with anopportunity to meet and work withMaths enthusiasts from other schools.The emphasis of the day was thatMaths can be both fun and challenging. The students wereprovided with presentations andactivities that were engaging anddemonstrated how Maths is applied in Science, Technology and Engineering.

World Book Dayat BarnwellShort Story ShockersStaff and students alike celebratedWorld Book Day this year byenjoying a short story across the day.A retold version of Edgar Allan Poe’s,The Black Cat, was enjoyed by KeyStage Four, whilst Key Stage Threepupils delighted in a reading of Lambto the Slaughter, by Roald Dahl. Eachstory was split into six sections andwherever students went, they wereread the next instalment of the story.The event was a huge success withmany people discussing the storiesfor days after. Some students alsobecame interested in the authorsthemselves and have since read moreof their material. We plan tocelebrate reading and literaturefurther by running a similar eventnext year.

Get Caught ReadingAnother event linked to World BookDay was our Get Caught Readingcompetition which encouraged staffand students to read during breakand lunch time. If they were ‘caught’they won a prize. Well done toeveryone who took part.

By Miss Mann

Year 7 and 8 Run Wild in Regent’s Park!On Thursday 9th June , 40 Year 7 and 8 students journeyed into the heart ofLondon for an unforgettable evening seeing a stage adaptation of the MichaelMorpurgo classic “Running Wild”. The play was presented at the beautifulRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre; a realoasis right in the heart of London. The play was centred around the wonderof nature and animals as well asreflecting

on some very serious and relevant themes such as conservation,

animal rights and where and how we get theeveryday products that we use. Amongst the many highlights in the play

were the incredible creature puppets from cute baby orangutans to a gracefuland beautiful elephant who made her way through and around the audience.All in all it was a magical experience at a magical venue!

Thank you to the students for their excellent behaviour. Mr Latchford

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RunWild

What Lurks in the Students’ Imagination?This term, two Year 7 classes were put forward for a creative writingcompetition where they had to produce a 100 word spine-chillingmini saga. Students took to the task with enthusiasm andconfidence, giving me goose bumps as I read their first drafts!

Huge congratulations go to the students below who were successful. Their workwill be published and copies will be put in libraries across the UK and Ireland.A copy will also be sent to Barnwell School and will be on display in the library.I am incredibly proud of their hard work and look forward to entering morecompetitions with them in the future!

Adam Mays Aljea Guilfardo Amanda Jashanica Ami CordwellAshleigh Dunn Ben Hardy Benjamin Cullinane Benjamin MylesBradley Chapman Chloe Adupina Connor Bell Connor LanawayDaniel Barry Dylan Forrest Emma Jellis Hayden DaviesJack Gardner Jack Wells James Ashby Jessica AkersJoe Webb Justin Pinney Katie Briars Katie PoolmanKornelija Ciapaite Libbi Hessing Loui Williams Lukas RacasMolly Hemmings Owen Tayler Paige Skutela Rosie-MaeRodgers Samuel Harris Thomas Hill Trinity WilliamsWilliam Lovelock Zac Hutchinson Zoe Phillips

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THE SCIENCEFIELD TRIP

The Big Bang TripThursday 30th June 2016Students who have opted to studyTechnology subjects or Triple Science inYear 10 were invited to attend the BigBang Fair Eastern, at Newmarket RaceCourse last week. We travelled by coachand arrived in time to start the activitiesat 10am.

There were lots of exhibitors there andwe got to try out all sorts of activitiessuch as: building a model of an earth-quake-proof house, wearing 3D goggleswhich showed you how molecules aremade up and designing shapes whichwould best fly up a wind tunnel – DanielBucktrout’s design was very successful.

There were also stands from otherschools, with students presentinginvestigations that they had completedand displaying the Crest AwardCertificates they had earned.

We also had the opportunity to go tosome shows – one was by the ‘UglyAnimal Preservation Society’ and theother was called ‘Punk Science’. Bothshows were interactive, funny andeducational.

We had our packed lunch outside in thesunshine and some of our group triedthe Marines Challenge - to do 15 press-ups with a full pack on! Keilan Sanchezcompleted the challenge with 17 press-ups completed, whilst Mr Reavell andMr Lund didn’t quite make it! (Ahh)

On 4th July 2016, studentsin Year 8 Hoy College wenton the Science Field Trip.This is how it went…

In the morning we went into school at normal time but we were in non-schooluniform and we set off for Ridlins atabout 9:00am. Our first activity was atthe stream and we measured the flowrate, temperature, pH and the depth ofthe stream using the thermometer,universal indicator paper and the ruler.After we had recorded our results, welooked for organisms in the water; wefound lots of things even a frog. Thenwe had break.

After break we went to Ridlins Wood

and measured the light, temperatureand the sound of certain areas using alogit and a quadrat. We learnt thatthere wasn’t really a pattern but thehighest light rate had the most plantcoverage, then we drew some leaveswe had identified and had lunch.

When lunch had finished we walkedover to Loves Wood and looked for allkinds of organisms, we found amillipede, a centipede, lots of ants andspiders and a massive slug. We alsotalked about the positive and negativeimpact of humans on the woodland.

The trip was a great day out and Iwould highly recommend it to the Year7 students for when they are in Year 8.

Elise Clements

My World of Atoms!By Luke Canney 7h/Sc1My World of Atoms is an addictive game for bothAndroid and iPhones. The game is based aroundcollecting elements from around the playing field bymining through blocks and crates. Once you havecollected elements you go back to your ‘Laboratree’and react the elements into compounds such aswater, methane and francium fluoride to name a few.

You can ‘level up’ your drill by making compounds. Different areas of your playingfield use stronger blocks which require better drills. As you mine your drill gainsheat, if it gains too much heat it will overheat and be rendered useless, the onlyway to cool down your drill is to go in the shade of your ‘Laboratree’.

The game is housed in a nice indie game style shell, with a nice modern andcontemporary look which should keep it alive for some time.

You can read more about My Wolrd of Atoms athttp://www.myworldofatoms.com/

Saturday morning saw more than a few sleepy faces emerging from rooms for anearly start, but the cobwebs were soon blown away with the first sighting of theiconic Eiffel Tower as we pulled in for a sightseeing boat trip on the river Seine.

Bathed in sunshine, the students were treated to stunning views of Paris’ manysights including: the world famous Louvre art gallery, Notre Dame Cathedral and theoriginal island from which the city of Paris grew. From the Eiffel Tower we took theshort journey up to yet another iconic site; a short walk along the worldfamous Champs Elysee saw jaws drop yet again as we arrived at the Arc deTriomphe, a lasting memorial to France’s imperial past under Napoleon and morepoignantly the final resting place of the unknown soldier; a permanent reminder ofall those who lost their lives in the First World War and subsequent conflicts.

Following some time for reflection we were on the move again to feed some veryhungry faces at the Hard Rock Café. A lovely relaxed and social lunch was had by alland was timed perfectly as a huge rain storm moved in, precipitating an earlyreturn to the hotel for some well-earned rest before a night time tour of Paris.

Sunday morning arrived in a blur of energy and excitement as the moment thateveryone had been waiting for arrived; Disneyland! Despite some less than clementweather spirits were high as students arrived and took in their first glimpse of theMagic Kingdom. The morning was spent in the Disney Studios, enjoying the thrillsprovided by rides such as the Tower of Terror on which some amazing expressions ofshock and surprise were expressed. Following a quick bite to eat the attentionshifted to the main Disney Park where students were able to ride Space Mountain,meet their favourite Disney characters and watch the feast of movement, music andcolour that is the Disney Parade. There was just enough time to visit the huge arrayof gift shops before heading back to the hotel for one final evening meal.

Monday morning saw a very tired but happy coach head back home to Stevenage.The students were an absolute credit to themselves, their parents and the school soa big thank you must go to them for their conduct. Finally, a massive thank youmust go to Miss O’Reilly, who worked tirelessly to ensure that everything ransmoothly and that a fantastic time was had by all.

Mr Latchford

On Friday, 27th Maythirty eight veryexcited Year 9students and fourvery excitedteachers set off forthe trip of alifetime to Paris. A long day oftravel lay aheadbut this did notdampen spirits andfollowing severalhours on coach andboat we arrivedlate on a beautifulParisian evening. Students hurriedinto dinner for agood feed beforesettling down forsome beauty sleepwith a longweekend of sight-seeing and wonderahead of them!

A PARISIANADVENTURE

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COOKINGCLUBThe Cooking Club has successfully been running now for almosta year and a half. The club continues to develop the cooking skillsfor students, parents and carers and has focussed on healthyeating using a range of fresh ingredients.

Some recipes that have been cooked this term have included: BBQ chicken, homemadescotch eggs, chicken curry, southern style pork chops with mango and coriander salsa.We concluded with the students making their own pasta cannelloni, filled with ricotta,spinach and fresh tomato sauce with parmesan cheese.

The Cooking Club will continue from September, if you are interested in comingalong and cooking please collect a form from the cooking room.

Mr Mendelsohn would like to thank the following students and their cooking buddieswho have shown great commitment every week by attending and creating someastonishing culinary delights, well done to you all!

Chelsea Street and Dad, Molly Hemmings and Mum, Luke Canney and Mum andNan, Abby Mansell, Mia Hancock, Mya Glennister, Megan Randall and Katy Poolman.

YEAR 9TASTERSESSIONSThe Year 9’s who have chosento do Food Technology as an option in Year 10 took part ina taster session being run bythe Design and TechnologyDepartment. The class had anintroduction into FoodPreparation and Nutritionwhich will be the course theywill be studying. The classwere then divided intogroups of three and eachgroup prepared, cooked and served a homemade flatbread,stuffed with cabbage, cumin,carrot, garlic and bulgarwheat. The groups thencompleted a sensory analysisstar diagram to describe thetaste and textures of thefood they had just made.

BARNWELL SUMMER FOODPHOTO COMPETITION 2016What are you doing this summer? Are you travellingabroad or staying at home? Either way you have an opportunity to win the award winning “Sirocco” cookbook by Sabrina Ghayor. Just take a photo of you and the food that you haveeaten whilst on your summer holiday. The more colourful and exotic the better. If you are travelling abroad this summer then be adventurous and try new foods!Email your photos to Mr Mendelsohn at: J.Mendelsohn@barnwell.herts.sch.ukYou can also bring in your photos the first week back and hand them to MrMendelsohn or your form tutors. Those photos that are handed in will be put into adisplay in the food room and the winner will be published in the next Campus Times.“GOOD LUCK”

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Having aWand-WavingWizard Timenear Watford.

On Monday 4th July, studentscurrently studying A Level English,Media and Photography took partin their annual visit to the WarnerBros Studios in Leavesden. Duringa personalised lecture entitled'From the Page to the Screen' wewere informed that ChanningTatum and Colin Firth wereworking nearby on the premises!We also saw exclusive artefacts,costumes, storyboards, scriptextracts and props from the HarryPotter films, including Hagrid'shead and trousers. The newerattractions during the tourcertainly added to the experience and an excellent time was had by all.

Y12 Media

When I was in Year 7, I performed in the LionKing. That was my favourite show ever. Suchbrilliant acting from all the students, and thechoir and the band were incredible. This yearMiss Jones and Miss Bishop came up with afantastic show of Billy Elliot. At first when Ifound out that we were doing Billy Elliot I wasunsure if I wanted to audition because Ididn't know the storyline. But when we weregiven the scripts and took to the stage Iloved it. It is such a powerful show to perform andthe songs are so passionate.

By Aadam Shah`It was an amazing production to perform andthe cast were so kind’ - Casey Hockey (Clipboard woman)`I loved watching it, it was a great production’ -

Megan Anderson. `AWESOME, BRILLIANT, AMAZING! I loved everyminute of it. It was great to see so many of ourstudents enjoying their performances! A brilliantshow!’ - Mr HardimanCongratulations to all the students and staffinvolved in the Barnwell School production ofBilly Elliot. The show engaged and held theaudience from the opening scene right throughto the highly charged `Once We Were Kings’ finale with powerful refrain of `We All Go Together When We Go’. The performers captured the changing emotions from theanger and despondency felt by families andcommunities affected by the pit closures in the1980s and the heart-warming story of a youngboy who was encouraged to pursue his dancing talents through commitment and ultimately to success. Dancers, musicians, actorsand the whole production team take a bow,you did a great job! - Mr Barnett

ThorpePark

ThisGirl CanThis year the Barnwell PE Department ran the‘This Girl Can’campaign.

The aim of the campaign isto get more girls into sportand be less self-consciouswhen participating. Manyactivities were held for usgirls; we participated in JustDance, Ultimate Frisbee,Skipping, Stool Ball and anarmy style Boot Camp. Inaddition to these activitiesevery girl across Years 7, 8and 9 participated in acheerleading workshop intheir weekly PE lessons.

During the week of theseactivities taking place, moreand more girls showed up totake part. The ‘This Girl Can’campaign truly inspired girlsof all abilities to get involvedin sport.

We would like to say a bigthank you to Miss Ward andMiss Hull for organising allevents and encouraging us.GIRL POWER!!

By Megan Dentand Jemima Orphanou

Reward Trip On Sunday, 10th July I had the pleasure of taking 62 KS3 students and 9 staff toThorpe Park for the day. The students earnt their invite by being in the top 30students in their College in terms of their Behaviour for Learning grades. This was afantastic achievement that fully deserved a fun day out! The weather started out abit damp but it ended up being a beautiful, sunny afternoon.

The students (and staff) had fun on the thrilling rollercoasters such as Collossus,Nemesis Inferno, The Swarm, Detonator, Saw – The Ride and Stealth to name a few.There were also the slightly less hair-raising attractions such as I’m a Celebrity GetMe Out of Here and of course the brilliant water rides such as Storm Surge and TidalWave! There were lots of drowned rats walking around trying to dry out in theafternoon sun!

Everyone had a great time and our students were incredibly well behavedthroughout and were a total credit to themselves, their families and of course toBarnwell School. Well done to everyone who came and I look forward to seeing asmany of you as possible invited on next year’s trip.

Mr Patching

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Year 10 Network TripYear 10 students have been studying networks and the internet, andvisited the school network infrastructure. Here is what they have learnt:

At the back of every computer in the school a copper CAT6 Ethernet cable is pluggedinto the computers NIC (network interface card), this card enables the computer toprocess information from the network. This cable then runs into a socket on the wall andfrom that socket, a plastic casing neatly hides away the wires that then run through theceilings and under the ground for up to 90m (its maximum range) it then plugs into arack of switches hidden away in locked cupboards. Each switch, computer and wire islabelled with a number to easily fix a problem. The switch then relays the information tofibre optic cables (these cables have a much longer range, up to 2 km) that continue torun under the ground until they reach the server room.

There are two air conditioners placed inside the server room in order to keep the serverscool and working properly. If the servers were to overheat, it would have the risk ofgoing down causing many problems on the campus.

Student - Onyl Calpatura

Everyone in the school shares one Internet connection and mine can't even handle twopeople on it!

Student – George Meywes

We also learnt the benefits of the school utilising the use of a network. The school savesmoney on printers meaning that one printer is shared in a classroom as opposed to thirty,one for each computer. We can also utilise the schools file server to efficiently have teachers share resources with the students by putting their files in the shared area.

Student – Joshua Crawford

The school has a star topology network where it has a central connection point referredto as a hub-node. A failure in the star network cable will only restrict access to the computers that are connected using that cable and not cause the entire network to fail.

Student – Nora Pikoszky

E-SAFETYYear 7 were given the task of creatingan e-safety movie aimed at primarychildren, so they could know how touse the internet safely.

They first started to plan their movieout, on a word plan sheet, writing thenumber of transitions, adding picturesthey would use and also the text theywould enter with the images.

Next they started to use movie makerto make the movie, they started with atitle, with a background they made orfound on the internet, and then theystarted to create their story on theirmovie.

Once they had finished their moviestory they started to add music andeffects and their poster, they started tochoose music depending on how theirmovie style was, whether it was upbeator depressing, next they added effectsto make the advert interesting and tokeep the watchers’ eyes on it.

Here are some of the quotes that havebeen said:

Reem said ‘it was an interesting andfun topic’Paige said ‘this topic was interesting aswe got to learn many new things suchas how to create a movie.’Danni said ‘it was a deep and strongtopic that I enjoyed making a movieabout.’Sophie ‘it was helpful for us in everyday life as we live in a time ofsocial media.’

Article by Jackie Heywood10

GCSEComputing Science

On 20th April, Year 12 Health and Social Care students tookpart in a Basic First Aid Course run by St Johns Ambulance. They all gained practical experience of the following areas:-

• communication and casualty care• looking after yourself and the casualty• treatment of minor bleeding and minor burns• treatment of an unresponsive casualty• priorities of first aid and managing the scene• treatment of a choking casualty• treatment of fainting, bites and stings, sprains and strains.

This was a very engaging and relevant experience for these students. Everyonewho took part passed and have all received a certificate.

6th formTrip to KingsCollegeInstitute of Psychiatry,Psychology andNeuroscience

On Thursday 7th July, twentyfour Year 12 students made thetrip to Denmark Hill to visit theInstitute of Psychiatry,Psychology and Neuroscience.

We were attending a bespokelecture on "Clinical Psychologyin Action" hosted by Dr LauraMarshall and Dr Kieron Beard.This was a rare opportunity tomeet with two practicing clinicalpsychologists and get an insightto this rewarding career. Manyof the 6th Formers were inspiredto become Clinical Psychologist,despite the length of training.

We hope to make this an annualtrip and establish links with theInstitute.

Mrs Anderson

Business andApplied LearningHealth and Social Care

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LANGUAGES CLUBOn 20th May 2016 students who have been taking part in either LanguageClub or Italian Club took part in a cooking session with Mr Mendelsohn makingpizzas, ‘Tarte Tatin’ (a typical French dessert flavoured with either apple orbanana) and Zeppole (an Italian lemon doughnut eaten during the Easterperiod). When asked to comment, Katie Poolman said ‘Cooking Club linkedwith Italian Club. Era fantastico.’ Maia Hawkes told us that ‘Italian Club isfantastico! It was fantastico, because it was fun learning Italian recipes.’ MiaHancock also found the Italian Club fantastico whilst another student said:‘Italian Club is fun because we get to play fun Italian-related games. Wealso get to try new Italian foods.’ On the whole, it was a very fun afternoon,especially when we got to taste the food we had cooked! Special thanks toMr Mendelsohn, Miss Deloison and Miss Phillips for organising this event.

By Chloe Bardou

This season we have gained manynew members including ArchieCrosier, an ex-Thomas Alleynesdriver. Four of our members (KyleBonner, Ryan Glenister, CharlieWinson and Joe Webb) passedtheir licencing tests with flyingcolours recently. With Kyle, Ryan andCharlie waiting for the 2016/17 season to begin, Joe couldnot wait to race, so joined us on the 11th June at Fulbeck where he gained hisfirst licence signature. On this day, our Team Captain had a nasty crash whichlanded her a 4 day stay at Lister Hospital due to a suspected fracture in her hip.However, all was clear and the National Championships were on their way!

On the 30th June, four of our team members visited Dorchesterfor the 3 day NationalChampionships event. Wearrived and started to set up ourcamp for the weekend. Thenight was full of excitement asthe next day was the first raceday – although it was only atest day, excitement levels werestill soaring! With a late night

and an early start the camp arose shockingly well. We had our catering team (the3 mums of the camp) cooking up a storm, the bacon and egg rolls went down atreat leaving us all powered up for the day. The test day had left us all ready forthe start of the championship weekend as we had managed to sort out most ofour set-up issues and get us use to the track. After the practice was a corporateendurance race where teams of 3 would compete against one another for the corporate title! As a club, we had a team entered which consisted of 2 ex-NatSKAdrivers and a parent, they managed to finish 6th overall.

On Saturday, 2nd July the weather was not on our side again as it was on and offrain all day. However, this did not spoil anyone’s chances as the day went swimmingly

leaving everyone ready to smash the last day ofthe championships - and smash it they did!

I am absolutely delighted to say that we havetwo Championship winners within the team!Archie Crosier finished the season earning a 6thplace title and number 16 to use next year ,Cheyenne Davies finished 10th earning number20 to use next year, Harrison Francis finished15th and Samuel Forbes finished 23rd.

As Team Captain I would like to say a massive well doneand thank you to everyone who has been involved with the team this year. We

really would not be in the position that we are now without you all. This year hasbeen fantastic and I cannot wait for next year!

We welcome anyone from Years 7-10, if you are interested please feel free to talkto Mr Reavell or Mr Hull. By Cheyenne Davies, Team Captain.

RUNNINGFOR FUNOn Thursday 7th July, Miss Hull,Mr Patching, Mrs Bolter, MissWard, Mr Jones and I took agroup of Barnwell students to aMidsummer Series Fun Run atHatfield House. 41 runners took part in our race, which althoughonly 2.5km, was a challengingcourse with some tough uphillgradients. Every one of ourstudents were a credit tothemselves, the PE Departmentand the school; they were apleasure to be around for the evening and ran with enthusiasmand determination.

Congratulations to all of ourrunners, particularly CallumMortell in Year 8, who finished3rd overall! Thanks also to MissHull for organising another fantastic PE event.

Mr Hardiman

KartClub

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University ofBedfordshire‘CommunityDance Day’

On Monday, 9th May, Year 9 and 10dancers visited the University ofBedfordshire with Miss Blackwell,along with other schools toparticipate in the ‘CommunityDance Day’. We were given threeworkshops to participate inthroughout the day. The first was aninstallation piece created by secondyear UOB Dance & ProfessionalPractice students that focussed onour own personal journey throughschool and beyond. This type ofimmersive experience wassomething very different to whatwe had done previously and hadnever experienced how liveperformances change as we makedecisions -exactly like our futureschange when we make certaindecisions!

We then had two technique andcreative workshops exploring twodifferent themes. The first wasabout the idea of being attached toa bungee cable and moving apartand towards a partner. The secondwas all about combining differentdance styles. Both workshops werehigh energy and we definitelydeveloped our creative skills!

Overall we had a really interestingday out and experienced lots ofnew things that we hadn’tpreviously – we hope we will getmore opportunities to do things likethis again in the future!

Written by the Year 9 and10 dancers on the trip

DANCE!

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Dance Celebration 2016!On Thursday, 19th May, Barnwell Dance department hosted its annual DanceCelebration. This year we had student performances that included students fromYear 7 all the way through to Year 13, with over 120 people involved! A numberof the pieces included were entirely choreographed by students for exam work,particularly the sixth form pieces, as well as student development of class workphrases lower down the school and a wide variety of extra-curricular work,

demonstrating the high levels of dancetalent that we have here at Barnwell.

During the day of the show groups ofstudents were given the opportunity towork off timetable to create and rehearsetheir group dances, showing lots ofenthusiasm and teamwork. FromGobstoppers to Street Dance, ribbonwork to Car Man garage mechanics theyall worked really hard to produce theirperformances and were also lucky

enough to perform to over 130 Primary school students in a matinee performancewhich the primary students absolutely loved to watch!

The evening performance was a greatsuccess. All the dancers performed witha high level of energy, maturity andcommitment – for some it was their firstever experience of performing on astage with an audience andprofessional lighting! The show was asell out with over 200 parents, carers,friends and family coming to watch!

Miss Blackwell and Mrs Triggs wouldlike to say a massive thank you andwell done to all the students thattook part in the Dance Celebration.You all did a fantastic job and wehope that you will all be backperforming next year to make it aneven bigger event!

Sport StudentsLead the Way

On Thursday, 9th June I had the pleasure of taking 20 Year 10 BTEC Sportstudents to Ridlins for a day of Sports Leadership experience. Barnwell studentshad been specifically requested by the Stevenage Sporting Futures team due toour history of providing exceptional young leaders to support younger studentsat sporting events. On this occasion it was the Stevenage Primary SchoolAthletics Festival and, as expected, our students did not let us down; they werefantastic role models.

Throughout the course of the day Barnwell leaders were given various leadership roles and responsibilities, such as officiating field events, coachingyounger students and many other jobs that helped to ensure that the day runsmoothly. The young leaders were a credit to Barnwell PE Department andsome were even selected to be track judges for the finals in the afternoon; arole that is only given to the very best. Congratulations and thank you to all ofour students who helped to make the day a success.

Mr Hardiman

Time to saygoodbyeOne of the sad things about the end ofthe school year is that it’s time to saygoodbye to staff who are leaving. Thisyear the PE department have beenfortunate enough to work alongsideMr Smith and Mr Keast, who have bothplayed an integral part in our PEprovision this year, particularly on ourMiddle Campus.

Following a successful first year inteaching Mr Keast has decided to takesome time out to travel around theworld delivering sports and activities ona cruise ship. We will all be sad to seeMr Keast go and hope that he sends ussome postcards!

Ex–Barnwell student Mr Smith joined usin September as a Level 2 SportsApprentice. His energy and enthusiasmhas won him a lot of fans this yearamongst both staff and students.

As well as being a coach and form tutorhe has also been a positive mentor forstudents and has been a part of manyaspects of school life at Barnwell. MrSmith is travelling to America to pursuea career as a football coach and our lossis certainly their gain.

On behalf of Barnwell PE staff andstudents I’d like to thank both Mr Keastand Mr Smith for their contributions tothe department and the school this yearand wish them the very best of luck intheir futures.

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CalypsoCricketA huge well done to our Year 8boys Calypso Cricket Team whomade it to the final of this year’sNorth Herts Competition.

Excellent bowling andaccomplished batting saw theteam win a string of matches totop their group comfortablyunder the watchful eye of MrPatching. An outstandingsemi-final display against a hotlytipped Knights Templar teamensured that our boys progressedto the final, where theyunfortunately lost to anoutstanding Hitchin Boys side.Great performances from thewhole team left them and theirteachers with a huge feeling ofPRIDE.

Our Year 7 team also producedsome excellent cricket in their tournament and were unfortunateto just miss out on a place in thesemi-finals; finishing second intheir group behind the clearfavourites for the tournamentHitchin Boys A. The boys wereunfortunate to face the favouritesin their very first game. Althoughwell beaten, the team bowledwell and maintained a great teamspirit throughout. The highlightwas a very close final group gameagainst JHN, which saw RyanGarbutt retire on 25 runs and JackWells hit the penultimate ball tothe boundary to win us the game.

Our Year 9 team also won theirgroup this year and progressed tothe semi-finals thanks to someexcellent team performances.They were unfortunate not toprogress to the final, losing to astrong Hitchin Boys side.

Mr Hardiman

KS3 PresentationEveningThis term has seen our inaugural KS3 Sports Awards Evening, an opportunity forstaff and parents to celebrate the successes of all of our extra-curricular sportsteams and individual talents.

The evening saw a variety of students receive awards, with the pick of the bunchgoing to:

• Elle Stone (Outstanding Practical Achievement)• Katie Jellis (Outstanding Contribution to the PE Dept) • Jason Fleet (PRIDE in PE)• The Year 9 boy’s football team won Team of the Year, pipping Year 8

girls/boys rugby teams who came in 2nd place and Year 8 girls netball team who came in 3rd place.

Thank you to everyone whotook part in the evening andto all of the students involved.

We will be hosting the eventagain next year, hopefully withmore cheese and wine!

KS3 AwardEvening andRugbyGirls’ RugbyThe summer term has once again been asuccessful one for school rugby! The Year 7and 8 girls tag rugby team outclassed alllocal schools to become District Championsand go on to represent Stevenage at the Herts School Games!

After taking part in a fantastic opening ceremony the girls did Stevenage proud,beating Longdean School and Sandringham School. The team unfortunatelylost to Sir John Lawes School and Queens School to finish 4th overall. Theexcellent efforts of the girls are testament to their attitudes all year, and I amsure they will go on to many more successes on the rugby field!

Name Number of TriesBeth Peat 4Frances Uy 3Hannah Coburn 1Molly O’Keeffe 1Emily Ryan 1Shanae Doyle 1

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This year has been an excitingtime for Athletics with manystudents recording new PB’s(Personal Best’s) and otherstudents excelling at Districtand County level. Below is abreakdown of the teams andindividual successes this summer:

District League Years 7 & 8We have had a very successful and vibrantyear for the new cohorts in the Year 7team and the more experienced Year 8’s.Leading the way in Year 8, we hadexceptional and dominating performancesfrom Elle Stone (Shot Put), Frances Uy(Discus), Ollie Barnes (Hurdles) and KyleToomey (Shot Put) throughout the courseof the season. Competition for places wastough amongst Year 7 as so many of ouryoung athletes expressed an interest inrepresenting the school as members of theAthletics Team. Congratulations to everystudent who was selected to be a part ofthis year’s team and did us proud despitethe changeable weather. Exceptionalindividual performances came from OliverBirch (Shot Put) and Alex Pickard (100m).

District League Years 9 & 10/11The District as a whole was extremelycompetitive at these age groups and as ateam we found it more difficult this year.With many key competitors injured, orinvolved in revision groups, the team wereoften short from their best and did notquite reach their projected potential.However, there were some excellentindividual performances from studentssuch as: Steven Obeng (Long Jump),Joshua Roache (Hurdles), Harry Hacobian(Javelin), Abigail Pickard (Hurdles /TripleJump/Pole Vault), Tyler Mitchell (HighJump), Luke Sugden (1500m) and JarradMcCoy (Discus).

County Combined Events(4th May - Ridlins, Stevenage) Students selected to represent BarnwellSchool at the Championships were: ElleStone (Year 8), Daryl Gondola (Year 8),

Joshua Roache (Year 9), Steven Obeng(Year 9), John Jackman (Year 9), AbigailPickard (Year 10), Harry Hacobian (Year10), Alfie West (Year 10), MitchellConstable (Year 10), David Cook (Year 10).All students had tough competition fromthe best combined athletes across thewhole of Hertfordshire. Our highestplacing combined athletes were AbigailPickard who finished 9th out of 46competitors with 2108 points and HarryHacobian who finished 13th out of 41with 1609 points.

Hertfordshire Schools Track &Field Championships (10th June - Jarman Park, HemelHempstead) The outstanding athletes of the year havebeen Alex Pickard (Year 7), Abigail Pickard(Year 10), Harry Hacobian (Year 10), TylerMitchell (Year 11) & Luke Sugden (Year11). These 5 students were all selected tocompete at the Hertfordshire School’sTrack and Field Championships. All thestudents firmly competed in their strongestevents with Tyler finishing second place inHigh Jump, Abigail Pickard just missed outon an ESSA County Standard for TripleJump by 2cm (9.98m) and Luke Sudgenmanaged to beat his own Year 11, 1500mrecord by 8 seconds (4m 37secs)District Championships (24th June -Ridlins, Stevenage) –All of the top athletesin their respective year groups wereselected to represent Barnwell Schoolagainst the strongest athletes from allschools in North Hertfordshire. We werevery successful over the day, accumulatinga total of 3 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronzemedals.

FINAL WORDWell done to everyone who has competedand represented Barnwell School this yearfor Athletics. The commitment anddedication that some students have shownthis year has been magnificent. It has beena fantastic year and everyone is lookingforward to building on this platform fornext year!

Mr Launay

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