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Canterbury, Faversham, Herne Bay, & Whitstable | Issue 4 | December 2014

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Welcome

ContentsEditor’s Letter 2

St Nicholas School 4

Sheldwich Primary 5

The Genius of Language 6

Saxon Tigers Romp to victory 8

St Anselm’s 9

Christmas Traditions 10

A Family Christmas 10

School News Group catches up with Father Christmas 11

The Annual Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Competition 12

How To... Get your Children to go to Bed 14

20 Years In The Making 16

Parent Tweeters 17

Technology 20

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Editor’s LetterWelcome to the November issue of the School News Magazine. As the days are getting shorter I’ve been spending more time inside, so the Canterbury Festival was a great chance to get out. There’s a review of the Young Musician’s Bursary Competition on page 10. It’s amazing that all that talent is to be found in our local schools.

That’s what the School News Magazine is all about - sharing great stories of talent, ability, and championing our local schools and children. So please encourage your school to send us your stories and see your children in print!

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St Nicholas SchoolRaising money for Demelza House

On Saturday 22nd November, St Nicholas School are hosting their 2nd Demelza Photo Shoot. The last one raised over £400 for Demelza House in Sittingbourne. Demelza Kent is a 10-bedded hospice providing a large range of hospice and care services to children, young people and their families. Life-limited

or life threatened children or young people and their families benefit from a wide range of facilities that include a Multi-Sensory room, Soft Play, a Hydrotherapy Pool, art therapy, and The Inclusion Zone (TIZ) for young people. Nikki Skeet is a talented lady who takes photographs of the children and families who make a £10 pledge to Demelza House. She then gives the family a beautiful print in exchange for their donation. Nikki, and two friends, Nuala McGill and Tanya Cousens

will spend the whole day making precious memories for families. There will be a raffle, children’s tombola and cake stall as well as face painting and other craft stalls.


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Sheldwich PrimaryFantastic trip to the Royal Engineer’s Museum

from James Cork (Class 6 teacher – Sheldwich Primary School)

I wanted to let you know what a fantastic experience Class 6 from Sheldwich Primary School had during their class trip to the Royal Engineer’s museum in Gillingham on Tuesday 11th November 2014. When I researched the museum on the website, I couldn’t believe the range of options offered to schools, and what excellent value for money they were (3 adult led, 45 minute long, thoroughly resourced ‘Inspiring learning sessions’ for 30 pupils for £75). The sessions were also specifically tailored to the needs of my class’s History learning.

On the day the lead adult from the museum (Amber Cottee) was incredibly professional and engaging. The ‘pitch’ of the sessions was just right for the children’s age, and the practical activities (making poppies and medals) were really well resourced. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day (as did the adults in our group), and many of the children have expressed an interest to return to the museum with their parents.

If only all class trip experiences were of this high quality. All in all, a fantastic learning experience at the Royal Engineer’s Museum in Gillingham.

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The Genius of Language - A Review

“The Genius of Language” series of events, organised by the Department of English Language and Linguistics of the University of Kent as part of the UK-wide “Being Human” Festival of the Humanities, had a very successful run in Canterbury city centre and the University of Kent Campus (November 16th – 20th).

The interactive exhibition at The Beaney’s Learning Lab attracted a big number of visitors of all ages – it was particularly successful with young children – and it had games, interactive maps, on-screen presentations and poster presentations on themes such as the origins of language, learning language(s), language in the brain, illusions during the perception of language, the sounds of language, using language for communication, as well as the history of British English and the reasons it changes. Those who attended the special workshop on language and creativity, which was held in parallel with the exhibition, discovered different ways of creating and expanding metaphors.

Prof. Antonella Sorace’s talk about “Why Bilingualism

Matters” explained the benefits of bilingualism, while also dispersing some common misconceptions. The talk attracted a very diverse audience and the discussion with the speaker touched on a variety of extremely interesting, as well as topical subjects.

Finally, the Gulbenkian cinema was fully booked for both of the free movie screenings that were organised for “The Genius of Language”: “The Linguists” (on Tuesday the 18th) and “Is the man who is tall happy” (an interview with Noam Chomsky, on Thursday the 20th). Both Q&A sessions following each movie gave rise to stimulating discussions between the audience and members of the Department of English Language and Linguistics.


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Saxon Tigers Romp to victoryKent College hockey players win again!

In the Futures Cup, the National Junior Hockey Tournament designed to spot future potential, Canterbury Hockey Club and Kent College always manage to produce some exciting young talent. Several Kent College sports scholars were selected to represent the region:

Harriet Pittard and Lizzie Neal both played for the Saxon Tigers under 18s and their team was successful in winning the title.

Hannah Griggs also represented the Saxon tigers at under 15 level.

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St Anselm’s50th Anniversary Reunion

As part of their 50th Anniversary, St Anselm’s School held a reunion in September bringing together past pupils, staff, and friends, with current ones. An evening of entertainment and food was enjoyed with new friendships being made and old ones renewed. The school was established in 1964 by the Archdiocese of Southwark in order to provide a Roman Catholic education for children in Canterbury.

St Anselm’s is a voluntary-aided Catholic School for students of all abilities, designated as a Specialist Science College in September 2004. St Anselm’s serves the people of the Canterbury Deanery, including the towns of Ashford, Faversham, Whitstable, Herne Bay and Canterbury. Students from other areas are also most welcome.

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Christmas TraditionsA Family Christmas School News Style

Written By Claire Turner

In our House we celebrate Christmas big time. It is a really important Family time for us, a chance for us all to relax and enjoy being together. We have many traditions some old, some newer and some that haven’t even been started yet.

As there are so many of us, 13 sit down to Christmas dinner, we run a family Secret Santa, we pick our names early in the year and every year we have a theme. This year’s theme is homemade, our secret Santa, be it, a photograph, painting, poem or something baked or built it must be made by our own fair hands for each other. I shall be turning to Pinterest for some ideas, haven’t even started mine as of yet!

Advent is always full of Carol concerts and nativities, I have done a few in my time and they still always manage to bring a tear or two to my eye, ok, ok, I lie I always cry like a baby.

We have an advert calendar in our house that gets dragged out every year and filled with little chocolates, it’s looking a bit tatty now; well it is 16 years old so may need a little patching. We have a traditional advent calendar too, depicting the nativity scene with windows to open each day, with pictures of various Christmas traditions. We also have an advert candle, meant to be burnt a day at a time but invariably we have to run a few days at once to catch up.

I have heard of some new things to try out this

year including the book advent calendar, a toddler Christmas and an elf on the shelf. I also came across an advert calendar suggesting ideas to help others each day, though I may adapt this to show my children how they can help each other.

As always my Children are encouraged to give at Christmas time, we had a clear out and donated some of their old toys to charity. They will go out and buy a present for a needy child, and they will help at the various Christmas fairs.

Although I would love to give my children everything they ask for, they know as well as I do that this is not possible. Anyway I think that kind of misses the point of what Christmas is all about and its true meaning. With Hopes that you will enjoy Christmas as much as I do.

School News Group Catches up with Father ChristmasA quick festive chat

Written By Claire Turner

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…………It is a very busy this time of year up there at the North Pole, but lucky me, Santa gave me 5 minutes, (Whilst he was having his Cocoa and Cookies) via Skype, good old Skype! for an exclusive interview, just for us here at School News. I could hardly get a word in with this jolly old fellow, who only had good things to say about all the Children, and no hint as to whether I was on the naughty


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list or not no matter how hard I tried.

So what have our little ones been asking for this year? Of course Disney’s Frozen is right at the top of most lists anything and everything as long as it’s Frozen related, ice pops all round then. Apparently the latest film releases especially the Disney ones are always an influence, Santa remembers the days when it was all about Snow White.

Peppa Pig is still a firm favourite with our younger ones, anyone for Jumping in muddy puddles? Wouldn’t it be nice if those puddles were full of snow this Christmas?

The Elves are hard at work in Santa’s workshop, trying to fulfil each child’s Christmas wish, whilst the Reindeers are having a well-earned rest saving their energy for that all important big night and Santa is making a list and checking it twice….ok sorry poetic licence there! The all important questions everyone wants to know the answers to,

What’s Santa’s favourite Christmas film?, that’s easy ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ closest resemblance to the real deal, and shows that as in real life, most people really want there to be a Father Christmas.

What’s important at Christmas, another easy question ‘The Children’, Christmas is all about the children as long as they are happy and a smile can be brought to their faces then Santa’s job is done.

Finally, Does Santa eat his Brussels sprouts? Yes defiantly but only one Carrot please, we can send those to the Reindeer.

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and a mince pie out for the big man and a carrot for Rudolf. ………. Jingle all the way!

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The Annual Young Musicians’ Bursary Award CompetitionStarting in 2011, Canterbury Festival has held an annual Young Musicians’ Bursary Award Competition. The Canterbury Festival Foundation supports young musicians in East Kent who show exceptional talent and wish to pursue their musical training, but who would benefit from financial support to achieve their ambitions. Young Musicians from across East Kent submit their applications and are invited to audition, and the final six musicians play at a Concert in the Canterbury Festival in October where a Bursary winner is selected. The winners not only receive a cash prize, but become the Festival’s Ambassador of the Arts for 2014-15. This year the competition concert resulted, for the first time in its history, in two winners: Sabrina Curwen – Voice, and Jessica Meakin – Violin. Both prizewinners have received a bursary of £1500.

The judging panel of David Burridge (Education Director of Big Reveal), Dr David Allinson (Director of Music at Canterbury Christ Church University), and Matthew Roberts (2013 Bursary winner) had an incredibly difficult task choosing one, or even two young musicians out of this talented group.

Sabrina Curwen (voice)

Ideale (Tosti) La Reine de Coeur (Poulenc ) Tonight from West Side Story (Bernstein)

Sabrina Curwen attends Sir Roger Manwood’s School in Sandwich, in the upper sixth form.

Jessa Meakin (violin)

Sonata No 4 in D Major: 1. Affetuoso 2. Allegro (George Friedrich Handel)

Jessica has been studying the violin with Faith Whiteley at Junior Guildhall since 2009 and was delighted to be awarded their Violin Scholarship last year. She attends St Edmund’s School and is in her final year of A Levels.

Jack Greenslade (guitar)

Grand Vals (Tarrega)

Jack Greenslade attended St Lawrence College, Ramsgate.

James Pooley (trumpet)

Trumpet Concerto in D major D.53 (arrangement of Violin Concert in E major)

James started playing the cornet at the age of nine with Bettshanger Colliery Band in Deal. With Betteshanger Brass Band. He now attends St Edmund’s school.

Anastasiya Nizalova (piano)

Waltz in E minor, No.14 (Chopin) Polichinelle (Rachmaninov)

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international and music focused upbringing having spent her childhood between the USA, Ukraine and England.

Niamh O’Shea (viola)

Concerto in C minor ( J C Bach) Moto Perpetuo (Vaughan-Williams)

For the last five years Niamh has been learning both the violin and viola under the tutelage of Ms Faith Whitely who has built on the foundations learnt at school and encouraged her to appreciate the instruments and the music.

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Eloise Holman (voice)

I Dreamed A Dream from Les Misérables (Schönberg/Kretzmer)

Eloise Holman is fourteen years old and attends the Canterbury Academy.

Holly Smith (voice)

Lacymosa: Do not stand at my grave and weep From Eternal Light: A Requiem (Goodall)

Holly is a student at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music where she studies voice, tuba and violin.

Emily Hopper (harp)

Etude De Concert ‘Au Matin’ (Tournier)

Emily is fifteen years old and studies at Simon Langton Grammar School for Girls.

It was a very entertaining concert and enjoyed by all. Local schools have every good reason to be very proud of the amount of talent to be found amongst their pupils.

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How To... Get Your Children to go to Bed

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Getting your children to bed is sometimes an upstairs battle. Here’s my guide through the ages of how to get your child to sleep…

0-18 months (or so) - Routine, routine, routine. Daytime naps in the pram/travel cot downstairs. 6pm bath, milk & story, bed.

Spend first six months sleeping when baby sleeps. Lose ability to string sentences together, consider any clothes not covered in baby sick as Formal Wear.

18 months - 4 years - Routine, routine, routine. Daytime naps - good luck with that - on the sofa (no TV on), or in bed (yeah, right). 6/7pm bath, milk or hot chocolate & story, bed.

Learn how to hide chocolate and eat silently when child in bed. Try to remember to hide wrappers. Rediscover intelligent conversation in the shape of ‘In the Night Garden’.

4 years - 9 years - Routine, routine, routine. No screen time (TV or games) in the hour before bedtime. 7pm bath, drink & story, bed.

Begin to spend more of your own screen time trying to learn how to do your child’s homework. Join Pinterest for cute craft ideas to do with your perfect children. Never create any cute craft pieces - only obscene Frankenstein monsters that your non-perfect children wish to carry around with them.

9-13 years - Routine, routine, routine. No screen time ever unless they tidy up their room. 11pm bedtime is not acceptable unless that project has to be in the next day - the project they’ve known about for weeks but only told you this evening. Bath - unless


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you’re late back from dance/music/sport practice, in which case a lick and a promise to wash tomorrow. Drink & sto-ry - water bottle handed over in the car on the way home, story tape put on. Bed.

By this point you will either have a child who reads until the small hours, peacefully, in bed. Or you’ll be extremely good at withdrawing privileges so if your child ever ends up in the armed forces they’ll fit right in.

13 to 16 years - “Look, you’ve got a full day at school tomor-row and exams looming. Go to sleep.”

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“I can see the glow from your phone. Hand it over. You know there’s no screen time

for an hour before bed.”

“But Mum! I’m asking about homework. You want me to do well at school, don’t you? I need to know if I’ve missed some homework.”

“At 11pm? No. You need to sleep. If you’ve missed the homework it’s too late now.”

“But I’ll get a detention! Do you hate me? Why are you doing this to me? I didn’t ask to be born, you know!”

Routine, routine, routine. Wireless router switched off an hour before bedtime. Bath ideally before the smell gets to be too overwhelming, even for the family dog. Drink & story - this is now for you - the drink may just be a cup of tea in peace, or it might be something a little

stronger. The story is either reclaiming the TV, or catching up with Facebook…where you’re a member of a group of parents sharing parenting tips for dealing with teenagers, you’re on Pinterest looking at recipes that involve gin, and searching Google for the most effective ways to cover up grey hair.

16 years onwards - Ensure they know where to switch everything off, how to lock the doors, and go to bed quietly because you’ll be asleep long before they are.

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20 Years In The Making

By Melissa Holden

I just wanted to take a minute to talk about

something I never thought I’d see.

My 20th birthday.

I was so sure I’d never make it this far (age-wise) that I never really planned for it. Just like I’ve never dreamed up my ideal wedding or the perfect 21st birthday party. I never though I would leave my teens.

When you turn 13 everyone tells you that your teenage years are going to be the best of your life. Now, I know I’m still technically in them but I can say for certain that this just isn’t true for me. I had a rocky childhood and my early teen years were rebellious - at

best! I had no future planned, no purpose in life and not much encouragement to reach for the stars. I didn’t even have pushy parents.

I don’t regret anything in my life - all choices lay the path to our future - but I know I didn’t make the smartest decisions, there are a lot of things I would have done differently. You can’t change the past, you can only learn from it - and that is exactly what I’ve been doing these last two years.

I (somehow) got into a good university, and am now a year away from graduation and my 21st birthday. I have wonderful friends whom I hope will be with me for many years to come, I have a good job and five (technically six) books under my belt.

13-year-old me would not believe it. She wore black skinny jeans, kohl eyeliner, and dreamed of getting her lip pierced. Her poetry was delusional at best and she never thought it was any good. It’s taken me seven years of bad choices, a wobbly education and supportive people in my

life to realise that we don’t have to be the person our life dictates. If I hadn’t jumped off the crazy train I would be homeless, jobless and off my face every day.

What I am trying to say is, I am so proud of myself for making a life changing decision in a park when I was 15: I said no - not anymore. I gave up the jelly bracelets and spiky boots. I donned cute dresses and (mostly) natural hair - and no more scary make up. I stopped caring what boys thought of me and decided the only way to be happy in life was to truly be myself and strive for greater things.

I’m proud of me, and I think at some point in everyone’s lives they have a chance to choose the right path. I may wobble occasionally, but I’m still on track to being the woman I want to be.


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Parent TweetersThe School News’s Who’s Who of Twitter

I love Twitter and have been on there pretty much since it started. I’ve had conversations with famous people (Clare Balding, Giles Coren, and Stephen Fry’s hamster), I’ve picked up tips, ideas, and breaking news. It’s also a great place to swap parenting successes and failures.

But who should you start following? Well, it depends upon your interests. Most people start by following Stephen Fry (and his hamster) because he tweets a lot. Then perhaps some news outlets - BBC, maybe Sky, Reuters, and so on. Football teams, celebrities, radio shows, shops, supermarkets, even the CIA…

Now, if you’re after good parent tweeters to follow, here’s an incredibly small selection that we like:

@DannyUK 6am? Go away! I quite clearly wasn’t expecting you. I was expecting your elder brother, 8am.

@pottymouthedmum Anyone else not doing elf on the shelf as you think the elf will wake in the night & kill you? No? Just me then.....

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TechnologyAmazing stuff - let’s have more in schools

There are, without doubt, pros and cons to technology - I don’t remember how I coped without a mobile phone, but I also hate the thing for making me available all the time.

The internet has led to me watching less television, but what I do watch is far better quality because I make an effort to catch things on the BBC iPlayer, or Netflix. It means that I’m no longer stumbling across Open University Physics programmes late at night, but I can live with that. I get recommendations from friends on Facebook, check out a clip of the programme online, read about it on IMDB.com, and then after I’ve watched it I can find out what else the actors were in, which book the show was based on, download that to my eReader app, and go back to Facebook and tell everyone how much I enjoyed it. Wow. So much for setting the VHS recorder and then realising I’ve taped over my mum’s Eastenders.

In our house now we play more video games, but not the ones I grew up with - no endless hours of Frogger or PacMan, instead I get frustrated trying to get a medieval chap to climb walls and roofs while my children tut at my lack of skill with a joypad.

The children do their homework online via MyMaths or research gathered from Google. They email their work to themselves and print it out at school - gone are the days of blaming a hungry or destructive dog.

And in school there are interactive whiteboards, lessons taught using PowerPoint, Smartcards for buying lunch, automated telephone calls letting you know if your child hasn’t arrived in class. An amazing transformation from blackboards and Roger Red Hat reading books.

Where I teach at the University of Kent each teaching room is equipped with not only a computer, digital projector, and internet access as standard, but also a webcam aimed at the person teaching. This means that if I decide to use it I can record my entire lecture or seminar, upload it to the Uni website and make it available to current students or the public.

Yet despite all of this most of us are using the cutting edge technology in our homes with iPads, SmartTVs, and so on, it’s often not at work, and sometimes not in school. Perhaps we should be lobbying for increased funding to schools so they can upgrade their systems. That way our children could have access to fibre broadband, or Google Glass, or wearable technology. Perhaps we should be trying to get all children a RaspberryPi, teaching them coding, and leading the way worldwide in technology and teaching. We have the technology, are we using it?

What do you think? Do we and our children have too much or not enough technology? Is your life better in the Digital Age? Let us know what you think - email me - [email protected] and we’ll print some of the responses.


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Quarter 60 x 80mm £110.00 £80.00 £171.00

Horizontal Banner 125 x 38mm £110.00 £80.00 £171.00

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Year 7 Entrance Exam January 20th 2015

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... a real opportunity

An outstanding school for boys and girls aged 3 - 18

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