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Inside this issue:

GLENTHOR NE HIG H SCHOOL

Sport Relief Page 2

Mock Elections 2010 Page 4

Moonwalk, Being a Form Captain Page 6

Year 10 Holocaust Trip Page 7

School Council Page8

Science Week 2010 Page 8

Glenthorne’s Brass Group Page 9

Valentine’s Disco 2010 Page 9

William Shakespeare Workshop Pages 10 & 11

MAG&T Trips Page 12

Jubilee Sculpture Page 13

French Puppet Show Page 13

The Sex Education Show Page 3

Youth Parliament Page 5

Fair-Trade Page 13

Sports Pages 14-18

The Y10 football team started their season by winning the District 5-a-side tourna-ment; they then followed this up by winning the District League, beating every team in the borough without conceding a goal. In the District Cup, the Y10 team was given a tough task away to Sutton Grammar in the quarter final. Another excellent defensive performance and a last minute winner by Charlie Craig saw them rewarded with an-other away trip to yet another all boys’ Grammar School at Wilson’s. Glenthorne took an early lead through Lewis Young, but were pegged back and conceded their first goal of the season; the boys reacted well to this and took the lead again through Jack Eden. As extra time approached, Wilson’s scored with what we thought was an equalizer to take the game into extra time. The boys were devastated, but showed great fighting spirit and that man Charlie Craig popped up with a superb last minute winner which guaranteed another cup final appearance. The final was played at Northey Avenue against Cheam who had been defeated 5-0 in an earlier league fixture. The game started with Glenthorne looking like they were in the mood to win, much to the delight of the large support that had travelled down the A217. A couple of superb saves by the Cheam goalkeeper and the crossbar kept the score 0-0, Cheam began to get on top but were kept at bay by the meanest defense around. As the second half started, it seemed like somebody had turned off the lights as darkness descended and the heavens opened. This spurred Glenthorne on and two good finishes by Jack Diggins sealed a deserved victory against a strong Cheam side and allowed Jack Burgess to lift the third trophy of the season. Thanks to all the pupils and staff who supported the team at the final and particular thanks to the parents who have been very supportive of the squad for the last 4 years. Mr Summers

THE ROAD TO NORTHEY AVENUE 2010 – GLENTHORNE Y10

April 2010

Sport Relief 2010 Sport Relief is a fund-raising campaign that runs alongside Comic Relief every other year. It is a fantastic opportunity to raise money for children both in the United Kingdom and in other countries to give them a better quality of life. Money is raised by people all around the U.K getting sponsored to take part in sports events of all sizes from events in the local com-munity to nationally organised events. An example of people going to great lengths to raise money for Sport Relief is that of Eddie Izzard who completed one of the most incredible challenges in Sport Relief's history by run-ning at least 27 miles a day, 6 days a week for 7 weeks straight, covering more than 1,160 miles across the UK! Some other celebrities that are also doing some incredible things to raise money for sports relief are stars such as Jimmy Carr, David Walliams, Russell Howard, Davina McCall, Fern Cotton and Patrick Kielty who have cycled the length of the UK, day and night, scaling 1,000ft peaks, battling icy blizzards and lows of -15. So far they have raised £1,006,509 At Glenthorne, we have decided to try and help raise money for sport relief through setting up a smaller version of the sport relief mile which is a nationally organised event. We have tried to get as many Glenthorne pupils as possible to get sponsored and run the Glenthorne sports relief mile which is set up on the daisy field behind the school. Glenthorne also hosted a mufti day on the 19th of March which was also in aid of Sports Relief, of which the theme was Red and White - the trademark colours of Sports Relief. We feel that this is a great way for Glenthorne to be actively involved in supporting a great charity. We hope that our attempt to support sports relief has been successful and we thank everyone who has got involved either in helping to organise or raising money in aid of this fantastic cause. Harry Knock A big thank you to Party Spirit Balloons on Sutton Common Road who donated the balloons on Friday for the Sport Relief Mile.

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GHS NEWS Page 3

Channel 4

The  SEX Education  SHOW

For 3 days in March, Glenthorne played host to Channel 4 for their filming of the critically acclaimed and groundbreaking series, The Sex Education Show. The last series gained plaudits from both health and education professionals for its fun but factual approach to sex educa-tion. Glenthorne High School is one of four schools across the UK to be involved in the new series of ‘The Sex Education Roadshow’. Pupils were invited to the ‘Question Booth’ – where they

could feel free to ask their questions about topics that can sometimes be ‘tricky’ to discuss with parents and teachers.

‘The Sex Education Show’ focuses on dispelling misconceptions and tack-ling important sexual taboos, provid-ing the answers to the questions teenagers are often too afraid to ask. A selection of 130+ pupils in Years 9, 10, and 11 were involved 3 days of cutting-edge, educational presenta-tions involving up-to-the-minute facts and figures and workshops with lead-ing sexual health experts.

Look out for ‘The Sex Education Show’ – Coming to Channel 4 over 4

episodes in June / July! The importance of ‘Sex and Relationships’ Education: The provision of high quality ‘Sex and Rela-tionships Education’ is a key priority at Glenthorne. The borough of Sutton has one of the highest rates of teenage preg-nancies in London, and the spread of Sexu-ally Transmitted Infections (STIs), such as Chlamydia and HIV, is also on the rise in the local area. It is imperative that young people are given access to up-to-date, high quality information and education about sex and relationships, and are provided with the opportunities to talk about sex, and have their questions answered.

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Glenthorne’s Mock Elections 2010

An election is approaching! To coincide with the General Election, students across all Year levels at Glenthorne are getting into the election spirit through participating in our own ‘Mock Elections 2010’. Any student with a great campaign idea and a passion for addressing the issues that con-cern young people, has been encouraged to get involved in our Mock Election. Students may choose whether they would like to run as a candidate, or join a campaign team.

The major political parties will be repre-sented in Glenthorne’s Mock Elections, along with a range of other ‘newly estab-lished’ parties.

Candidates and their campaign teams will be very busy over the coming weeks in the lead up to Election Day. They will be prepar-ing their manifesto, refining their key polices, rehearsing speeches, and finding creative and imagina-tive ways to canvass for votes!

The winning candidate will have the opportunity to take over as Glenthorne’s Head teacher for the day, and get to see their major policies come to fruition! The Mock Elections actively engage students with the political, social and moral issues that concern them by giving them the opportunity to stand as party candidates, speech writers and canvassers. Through providing young people with the avenue to voice their opinions and come up with their own policies for change, the Mock Elections provide excellent introduction to ‘active citizenship’, and the mechanics and issues involved in an election.

Glenthorne goes to the polls in the first week of May!

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Introducing Sutton’s new member of UK Youth Parliament

-Megan Barnes-

We are very proud to announce that Megan Barnes (11N) has been elected to represent the youth of Sutton in the UK Youth Parliament.

Almost 8,000 pupils and students across the Borough of Sutton voted in the elections last month. Megan topped the election polls over 6 other candidates from schools in the local area.

The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) enables young people to use their energy and passion to change the world for the better. Run by young people for young people, UKYP provides opportunities for 11-18 year-olds to use their voice in creative ways to bring about social change. There are currently 600 elected MYPs (Members of Youth Parliament) aged 11-18 across the UK. Megan has already attended a residential to the Isle Of Wight to meet the 70 other MYPs representing boroughs across the London region. She participated in a range of workshops and had plenty of opportu-nities to refine her talents in public speaking. Megan is very excited and enthusiastic about her new role, and says she feels very privileged to have been chosen to represent all young people in Sutton. Megan is particularly passionate about raising the profile of young people in her local area, and in promoting their many positive contributions and achieve-ments. Megan is also keen to develop opportunities for the youth of Sutton to have a greater voice in their local community. As Sutton’s MYP, Megan will be involved in organising events and projects, running campaigns and influ-encing decision-makers on the issues that matter most to young people. Two key campaigns the UK Youth Parliament plans to focus on this year are:

• Promoting personal safety through launching a ‘Safety in Numbers’ campaign • Reducing the cost of travel on public transport for young people

Well done Alfie! Glenthorne was very fortunate to have two of our students run in the Sutton Youth Parliament Elections this year. Commiserations to Alfie Lanham-Brown of Year 9 (9N). Alfie ran an excellent campaign, displaying a talent for public speaking, and a possible future in politics! We are certain to see more of Alfie campaigning for pupil voice here at Glenthorne!

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Playtex Moonwalk 2010 My name is Rachel Lloyd and I am in Year 9. On the 15th of May 2010 I will be walking the Moonwalk. When I first tell people that I am walking the moonwalk, they think I am going to do a Michael Jackson impression, but then I explain it! The Moonwalk is an event to help raise money for the awareness of Breast Cancer in the UK. 15,000 women all over the country join together in one amazing night to walk either 26.2 or 13.1 miles in the middle of the night, in the centre of Lon-don, in your bra. The reason they ask you to participate in your bra is because the whole event is in awareness of Breast Cancer. I am walking the 26.2 mile walk, which is equivalent to the London Marathon. I did the Moon-walk last year and I was their youngest ever participant, at 13 years old. It was a bit of struggle as it was a very emotional night as all of these women were walking because they had lost someone, knew someone or had had Breast Cancer themselves. The Moonwalk is funded by Nina Barough. She came up with the idea after 13 women power walked the New York City Marathon in their bras to raise awareness of Breast Cancer. Just two months later Nina discovered that she had Breast cancer and not only was it Cancer but it was aggressive tumour that she had had for about 3 years, but had never noticed. From this mo-ment on, she wanted to help make women more aware of Breast Cancer and therefore, created, founded and sponsored the Moonwalk. Since the beginning, she has received a lot of help, for example, HRH The Prince of Wales is now the Patron of the Moonwalk. Paul O’Grady is also a big part of the whole thing. The night is an amazing experience and I’d encourage anyone to take part next year. Even some men and sons walk the walk in memory of their wives, mums, girlfriends or friends. If you want any more information, you can type into Google Playtex moonwalk 2010. If you don’t think you are able to participate, then sponsor somebody! All the training I do is with my mum. I train nearly every other day, walking 3 miles a day, but then at the weekends we do about 10+ miles. The training is quite difficult, but when the event comes, it is SO worth it! The Moonwalk is something that is a BIG part of my life. I would be really grateful if you would sponsor me, even just a pound, every penny helps!

Being a Form Captain I got chosen to be a form captain because Miss Spink asked me on our Academic Review Evening last term. When you are a form captain you have to do different jobs for Mrs Monks like read a bulletin to the class each week about things that are happening. Every week I log onto webmail, pick up my message from Mrs Monks, read it to my form 7C and then coordinate things.

A few weeks ago we were asked to note down our song choices for the Valentines Disco, bring in money for our assembly on Friday to raise money for Haiti Earthquake and make sure we have all our appointments for parents evening. Being a form captain has given me confidence to read out loud to form and be organised. When I found out that I was going to be a form captain I felt a little nervous because I was shy and that I would get embarrassed reading things out loud but I think it is great fun. Natalie Nouch 7C

A plea from PE! A number of pupils have borrowed football and rugby kits from the PE depart-ment. Also following the Gym Show and previous Gym activities, a number of girls still have leotards and shorts. Please can any items be returned to the PE department as soon as possible. Many thanks, the PE department

On 9th & 10th March, all Year 10 GCSE History stu-dents went to the Imperial War Museum. Everyone met at Morden station at 9:20am and after 20 minutes of registering we were on our way to the museum. After eating an early lunch when we arrived, we looked around a couple of rooms in the museum, which contained planes, tanks and other machinery from the war. One of the tanks was open so we could actually walk through it and see what it was like to be inside there during the war. We were then split into two groups, and went to rooms for an introduction and briefing about the museum from a member of staff. There, we were told about the sort of things we would see in the museum and dis-cussed the badge that Jews had to wear during that time. Each student was then given a device with recordings on it, which would take us around the museum and tell us about the different objects we could see. The museum contained objects such as uniforms, sign posts, be-longings from the Jews in the concentration camps, photographs, books and

screens with videos teach-ing more about the Holo-caust. Inside the exhibitions, many emotions were trig-gered by the articles. Photographs showing peo-

ple on the streets being tortured for minor things, such as a man having his beard set on fire for no reason. One of the most frightening objects was a glass case filled to the brim with shoes and other belong-ings, such as toys and saucepans, confiscated from prisoners when they entered Auschwitz. Seeing real life belongings of these people made the whole situation become more re-alistic and to think that all of those people and thou-sands more were killed was overwhelming and quite terrifying. After spending an hour and a half looking round the museum, we went back for

a short conclusion from the same person who worked there. We each chose an object we felt was important and discussed it in small groups. My group chose the striped uniform which prisoners had to wear whilst in the concentration camps. To see a uniform designed by Hugo Boss worn by the SS and then see a cheap, disgusting, cloth-like uni-form worn by prisoners was quite a contrast. How-ever, the Holocaust was so dreadful that prisoners even had to take off these rags when they were mur-dered, so that the next group of them could wear the unwashed, hideous uni-form. Many simple objects similar to this made us realise that the Holocaust MUST be re-membered even today, so that we are able to under-stand what went on during that time and how horrific it was, to prevent anything like that ever happening again. Overall, the trip was quite emotional and moving. Everybody managed to learn something new and we all realised the horrors of the Holocaust. Ruby Robinson 10S

Year 10 Holocaust Trip

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I like being in the school council because you get a chance to say what think will improve the school. For example, mirrors in the toilets, getting new locks in the toilets, getting equipment in the Year 7 courts, getting new tables, plus making other buildings like the Jubilee Wing. Also you can understand the major issues to do with school life; such as pupils crossing near the pelican crossing and not waiting for the lights to change (risking your life and scaring drivers). Also you get to hear what other years have to say about the matters that are important to them. Finally, you have a laugh with the rest of the school council. (Don’t tell Mr. Hume but you miss fifth period for the school council meetings!) By Leigh Potter 7N

Science Week 2010 Science week started off on Monday with a magic....I mean Physics show. During the show, students were entertained with mystifying physics demonstrations that appeared magical. The crowd’s favourite was when Mr. McRae made a glass of water disappear, then reappear right before their eyes. The magic show was followed by an electrify-ing demonstration of static electricity where students and teachers alike watched their hair-raise on the Van de Graaf Generator. The finale of the Physics show was accompanied by Queen’s hit song “Under Pressure”; during this stage of the show students wit-nessed balloons and shaving cream expanding rapidly when pressure was removed from their con-tainer. Tuesday’s Chemistry-inspired explosions pulled a large crowd, all waiting to see if they could burn down the school! Hands were covered in flammable methane bubbles and long tubes were filled with glowing liquids. Volunteers were asked to blow icing sugar into Bunsen burner flames. The harder they blew, the higher the flames went. Wednesday was the day for guts and gore. We had a lamb’s heart, kidney, eye and liver, as well as a pluck which consisted of the lungs, heart, tongue, liver and wind pipe. There were also some pig’s trotters. The dissection started with Miss Cheema dissecting a heart, and was followed by Miss Connolly dissecting an eye. The pupils, even though slightly disgusted, were fascinated by how these organs worked, and showed a morbid curiosity. Miss Fordyce then explained how lungs inflate, a brave Year 7, Abby Smith, showed what she was made of, and took an almighty breath and breathed into a disinfected pipe connected to the windpipe to show us all how big the lungs can get. On Thursday, a Science Club special saw Year 7 and 8 pupils conducting their own experiments into the more corrosive effects of coke on coins. It was finished off by a dramatic display courtesy of Mrs Williamson. Mentoes (soft mints) were tipped into a large bottle of coke and the resulting reaction saw the coke erupting from the bottle and reaching high above everyone’s heads. Friday’s lunchtime quiz had pupils and teachers competing hard to win the coveted title of Top Sci-entists and the grand prize of Easter Eggs. Mr Busby did a splendid job as quiz master, although Stephen Fry is unlikely to lose his QI job in the near future. At the time of writing this, the win-ners have yet to be announced.

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Glenthorne's Brass Group Kick Some Brass have won a national competition to write a new Fanfare for The Royal Opera House. The prize is a day of workshops and a further day to be involved in the recording of the Fanfare by the Royal Opera House Orchestra. On Saturday 13th March, pupils were thrilled to be invited onto BBC Radio Surrey and interviewed by Joe Talbot on the breakfast show at 7.10am......but not so thrilled about having to get up at 5.30am!

All pupils worked hard every Tuesday lunchtime for months to cre-ate ideas for their Fanfare called Bloom. Connor Smither explained how the Fanfare was written very eloquently in the interview backed up by Rebecca Seaton and the other Kick Some Brass mem-bers Alex Leach, Louis Juster, Lewis Hobbs, Billy Fisher and Patrick Crossthwaite. All pupils were a credit to Glenthorne and enjoyed themselves immensely. Congratulations! A great example of teamwork and reaping the benefits of hard work, dedication and practice.

GLENTHORNE'S BRASS GROUP WIN NATIONAL COMPETITION!

Valentines Disco 2010

On the 11th February, the whole of year 7 and 8 en-joyed a night of dancing and singing at the Valentines disco. The Valentine’s disco was held in the hall and was or-ganised by some of the sixth formers but mainly by Sophie Martin. The theme this year was famous people where we could dress up as any ce-lebrities/famous people we wanted and whoever dressed the best won a goodie bag full of prizes. Plenty of people dressed up in really good costumes such as Miley Cyrus

and Britney Spears, however some people came in groups such as Girls Aloud. But the winner of the best costume was Bob Marley (Henri Calderon) and Amy Winehouse (Lauren Gardner). In the hall were message boards full of red heart notes where people could put love notes for the people they admire. There were plenty up there for the teachers!! Overall, it was a great night for everyone. It was a time where every-body could dress up in their nicest clothes and enjoy themselves while dancing and singing with their friends and teachers. Thank you Sophie for taking the time and trouble to organise such an enjoyable evening. By Heather Phillips 7G

Year 9 On Thursday 4th March, Year 9s were treated to a Shakespeare Workshop on the topic of Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth.

Interpretation of Shakespeare’s work: I thought the company expressed Shakespeare’s work very well. The costumes fitted the characters well, and the props were used frequently and in a constantly interesting way. The cast offered helpful and appropriate explanations on Shakespeare’s scripts (which, as we all know, can be very confusing). Humour really com-plemented the different scenes. The entire workshop was informa-tive, clever and funny. Interpretation of Characters: Taming of the shrew Petruchio: in Shakespeare’s play, Petruchio is seen as handsome and dashing; he sweeps Katherine off her feet, he is determined, intelligent, energetic, manly, strong and a bit bad tempered. In this pro-duction of it, they interpreted the character in a similar way so he also seemed: shallow, brave, deter-mined and wise. They showed this by him not giving up when Katherine said she didn’t want to talk to him. He said in a monologue beforehand that he didn’t care what she looked like or what her personal-ity was like, as long as she was rich- which show him being shallow. I think he is brave because she becomes quite violent and aggressive towards him, but he doesn’t give up, he carries on pursuing her, despite her hitting him! Katherine is seen as sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, prone to violence, hostile and rude. In the pro-duction we saw she was interpreted, again very similarly: fiery, angry, horrible, rude, aggressive, vio-lent, sarcastic and quite unwomanly. The actress showed this by spitting the words out as she spoke to Petruchio, this showed her anger and rudeness. When Petruchio tried to make her sit on his knee, she stamped on his foot, showing her to be violent and very short-tempered, this was effective be-cause it truly showed that Katherine didn’t want anything to do with Petruchio. Macbeth Macbeth is seen as wicked, evil, brave, easily-tempted, violent and guilty! The actor interpreted Mac-beth to be evil, cunning, worried, confused, guilty, mad (with guilt), power-crazed, gullible, afraid and quite stupid! The actors showed Macbeth going mad by doing the scene where he sees Banquo’s ghost; Macbeth was really jumpy and scared and he looked like he was going mad, this showed how guilty he was. Lady Macbeth is seen as deeply ambitious, ruthless, strong, guilty, mad, power-loving. The actress playing Lady Macbeth interpreted this well and she came across as evil, crazy, furious, courageous, intelligent, strong-minded, conniving and cunning. They showed that Lady Macbeth is cunning and evil by suggesting that Macbeth kills the King and other people. Lady Macbeth showed the audience that she was intelligent by realising Macbeth was holding the daggers he had just killed someone with, so she was furious at him but he was too scared to take them back so she took them back instead show-ing that she was courageous. By Natalie Rumbelow and Alfie Lanham-Brown

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Sword fighting between Tybalt and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night ‘Fairies’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ‘Bottom’ from A Midsummer Night’s

Dream with Titania

On March 4th ‘The Stage Shakespeare Company’ came into Glenthorne to per-form various scenes from Shakespeare’s plays which Year 9 had been studying as part of their Key Stage 3 Assessment. As Year 9s waited to enter the hall, there wasn’t much of an air of expecta-tion, but when the show started, all our past suspicions and doubts about Shake-speare had completely vanished. The company were excellent; not only did they get Shakespeare’s language and characters across in a fun and exciting way, but they also gave us a brilliant in-troduction into the wide range of come-dies, histories and tragedies which Shakespeare had performed and written. On stage there was a wide four-sided painted stand. It was used in many dif-ferent ways – mainly for actors to poke their head out from the window slots and make various jokes about the action on stage. It was a very clever device and the audience liked the idea of it be-ing set out in not too formal a style. As for the costume and make-up, there were REAL fencing swords, which unfor-tunately members of the audience didn’t get to practise with (only fake rubber ones, but this also helped us understand the action of the drama and the charac-ters’ aims). They also matched these great pieces of entertainment with head wear such as wigs or hats. At one point during the Macbeth extract, there was fake blood all over the stage! The actors then just kept on adding little tricks to surprise and excite the audi-

ence. These really emphasised the drama of the scenes and brought char-acters to life on the stage. It is very difficult to represent Shake-speare to a young audience and they did an excellent job; most of it was achieved simply by using stagecraft. Lots of hard work and time was obviously put in by the actors and everyone thoroughly en-joyed it; it was amazing! Kiera Maguire 9H

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Year 13 MAG&T Core Group. Independent Visit to see William Shakespeare’s Othello

Originally written by William Shakespeare in a time of great conserva-tism, Othello has been revolutionized with the magnificent direction of Barrie Rutter. Exploring the racism, deception and status frustration faced by a black man in a white man’s world, this play reflects a shared social message continuing still, up until this day. Barrie Rutter is the founder and artistic director of the theatre com-pany Northern Broadsides. This company specifically concentrate on bringing the characters created by William Shakespeare to a modern audience. They do this by performing with northern accents. In an interview with the BBC, Barrie Rutter ex-plains that this accent suited the rhythm in Shakespeare’s writing, and, therefore brought the play, Othello, to life. The novelty of this production comes from the fact that it is Lenny Henry who takes on

the role of Othello, the charismatic leader of an army. This may come as a bit of surprise as Henry, Britain’s Big Friendly Giant, tackles such a serious role. Being his first Elizabethan play, he has said that until now he had always avoided the foreign lan-guage of Shakespeare. It took Northern Broadside’s unusual approach to such timed pieces to bridge the cultural transformations of two societies. And boy, did Henry cross that bridge! An envious, courageous,

raving, barking mad, murderer resurrected his sweet, romantic soul; blinded to the reali-ties of life. By Ali Mirhashem 6R, Berivan Naz 6S & Lauren Brown 6R

MAG&T Trip On Saturday 30th January 2010, the Year 12 MAG&T group headed off to London to find and explore the top universities of the country. Meeting early in the morning at Morden Station, we were all eager to start our search for the universities which may potentially be the universities we go to in a couple of years time! After separating from Miss MacGillivray in small groups, we all jumped onto the trains and began our explorations. On our arri-val to London, we found our first university; King’s College Lon-don (of course we lost our way a couple of times and had to ask for directions a lot of times!) We took pictures of the amazing building and discussed as a group what we thought was good or bad about the university. We repeated this process for other universities, including LSE and UCL and found that most of the universities were definitely potentials to apply for after completing 6th Form. Before heading back, we enjoyed a nice lunch in one of the eight Starbuck’s within the same area and looked back on the day which will become an everyday routine soon! Although we found the day a little challenging due to losing our way and the lack of tubes to get to certain destinations, the day helped us to understand and develop our knowledge of what we should take into consideration when applying for universities, such as the duration and cost of jour-neys travelling to universities. Overall, a day to remember! We thank Miss MacGillivray for taking her time to plan this trip for the group’s benefit! Seher Bellikli 6R

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Jubilee Sculpture We are delighted that our Jubilee Sculpture is now finished and is on display at the front of school. The sculpture is based on a design by one of our pupils, Vivian Mac, who is now in Year 9. It will be a permanent commemoration of Glen-thorne’s Golden Jubilee in 2008 and a celebration of the school’s first 50 years!

French Puppet Show On the 17th March, 7L, 7H, 7G and 7R went down to the Gym with Miss Coles, Mrs Lloyd and Miss Crook to see Mr Novy perform his show of Little Red Riding Hood, in French, of course! He started by teaching us some words that would be included in the show which we probably would not understand. He explained them all very well. He told us the English way of saying it, then the French. He repeated it a few times over so we were sure what it meant. The show had 4 characters: Little Red Riding Hood (Chaperon rouge),

The Wood Cutter (Monsieur Bûcheron), Grandma (Grandmère) and Mr Wolf (Le Loup). It started off by introducing most of the characters. The woodcutter was very clumsy which made lots of people laugh including me. All of the characters had a very clear personality which made it easier to understand the story. When the grandma was being chased by the wolf, practically everyone was laughing because the grandma was screeching like she was on fire. I really enjoyed that part. During the story, we had to join in on singing happy birthday in French to Grandma. After the show was finished some classes stayed to do the workshop. My form group and I (7L) came back at period 3 with some of 7G to do the workshop. Mr Novy let us have a conversation in French with one of the characters from the show. I had a conversation with the woodcutter. Everyone got a turn to have a conversation with a puppet. Unfortunately, time flew by and it was time to leave and go to period 4. I was quite surprised at how much French I understood. But to be honest, I think the show and workshop was fun and I would love to do it again. by Christopher Wakley 7L

Fair-Trade The Fair-Trade Foundation is a non-profitable organisation working with businesses, community groups and individuals to improve the trading position of producer organisations in the developing world. They display their Fair-Trade mark on products in the UK such as chocolate, coffee and ba-nanas. This mark highlights that farmers and producers who have made these products have received a fair price and support from the Fair-Trade foundation. Natalie Baily, Kelly Angell and I spoke in whole-school assembly marking Fair-Trade week and discussed the importance of Fair-Trade and how a little can change a lot. We also played a video on the changes it can make to people’s lives and the positive influence that Fair-Trade can have. We ex-plored the impact of Fair-Trade and concluded that using Fair-Trade products would benefit others less advantaged than us and helps them to build a better life. To demonstrate our sup-port for the Fair-Trade foundation, every Thursday break times we will be selling Fair-Trade chocolate in the DH foyer.

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This year’s Gym Show again proved to be one of the highlights of the school calen-dar. The show was a tribute to the music of Michael Jackson, which was clearly an inspiration to the 100 plus pupils involved. As ever, the show featured energetic tumbling, exhilarating trampolining and gym-nastics and graceful dance routines, but this year, more than ever before, a fusion of Dance and Gymnastics made for an exciting development. Congratulations to all the pupils involved, both new Year 7s and veterans of Gym Shows, especially Sophie Martin who leaves this year after appearing in every Gym Show for the last 7 years. From the enthusiastic applause, it was evi-dent that the show was much enjoyed by every member of the audience, especially proud parents and grandparents and the support and encouragement of families and friends was very much appreciated by the gymnasts and dancers. Of course, the show was only made possi-ble by the hard work and effort of the staff and the hours of practice and training. Thank you to all staff involved especially the PE department and the Dance depart-ment. Particular thanks to Mrs Parrish, Miss Mclellan and Mrs Norman for their crea-tivity, organisation and choreography.

Gym Show 2010 10th & 11th March 2010

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Gym Show

This year, like every year the Gym Show was a huge success, full of en-thusiastic and energetic acts. As the theme of it was Michael Jackson you could hardly expect any less. Over 120 pupils were involved this year, across a whole range of year groups. There were the Year 7s getting involved in their first ever Gym and Dance show, right up to year 13s getting involved with their last ever show. Gym Squad started off the show with Billie Jean, a piece full of smiling faces and excited gymnasts, ready to get the show in full swing. Charlotte Hannah and Kellie Palmer in Year 11 were in lots of the acts, showing their amazing ability in gymnas-tics and inspiring everyone else involved to be like them one day! Sadly this was Sophie Martin and Kellie Palmer’s last ever Gym Show, after being in it every single year, we would all like to thank them for their commitment and support to us younger members of gym squad, and dancers involved in the show. Thanks for being amazing! This goes for a number of other 6th formers whose last show it was. Another thanks to all the teachers and students involved. Can’t wait for next year! Natalie Rumbelow 9H

This year’s Gym Show was a tribute to Michael Jackson. It proved to be yet another high-light and success for the school and over one hundred pupils ranging from year 7 to year 13 were involved. The show consisted of fantastic gym squad pieces, choreographed by Emma Swain (Year 12) and me, marvellous tumbling, energetic dance routines, elegant trampoline routines and a jam-packed cheerleading routine, brilliantly choreographed by Tammy Elliot, Emma Martin and Natalie Bailey (Year 12). I feel the amazing talent of some of the participants has increased hugely from when I was in Year 7. Having been involved in 7 Gym Shows, the success of the shows demonstrate the hardwork and commitment given by the teachers, especially Mrs Parrish, Miss McLellan and Mrs Norman. Their enthusiasm and creativity has sparkled throughout the years in or-der to make the show as spectacular as possible. The hundreds of spectators that came to support the performances were obviously im-pressed by the great routines and skills of the gymnasts and dancers. The applause, whis-tles and screams from the audience members showed devotion by friends, family and school peers. I’d like to take this chance to thank everybody who was involved in the show; backstage crew, the technicians, all teachers involved, dance production, the gymnasts and dancers and particularly everybody who came to support! I will be sad to leave the squad behind, but I must admit that the show of 2010 was the best show I have been involved in since year 7! Sophie Martin Year 13

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DateDate OppositionOpposition ResultResult ScorersScorers CompComp Man of MatchMan of Match 1717--0909--0909 Stanley ParkStanley Park 77--00 Cusack, Nazareth, Young, Wilson, Newman, Cusack, Nazareth, Young, Wilson, Newman,

O’Dwyer (2)O’Dwyer (2) LeagueLeague S. KeenS. Keen

2222--0909--0909 WoodcoteWoodcote 11--88 CusackCusack SurreySurrey P. InglisP. Inglis 2828--0909--0909 DurringtonDurrington 44--33 O’Dwyer (2) Wilson, InglisO’Dwyer (2) Wilson, Inglis NationalNational T. YoungT. Young

2929--0909--0909

WON 5 LOST 3WON 5 LOST 3

O’Dwyer (4) Wilson (3) Cusack (3) Marshall, O’Dwyer (4) Wilson (3) Cusack (3) Marshall, WestWest

RunnersRunners--upup

55--aa--sideside

0707--1010--0909 Bay HouseBay House 22--33 Cusack, KeenCusack, Keen NationalNational C. WilsonC. Wilson 1919--1010--0909 CheamCheam 44--00 Wilson, Newman, O’Dwyer, CusackWilson, Newman, O’Dwyer, Cusack LeagueLeague S. KearyS. Keary 1111--1212--0909 WilsonsWilsons 22--11 Duffin, WestDuffin, West LeagueLeague O. O’DwyerO. O’Dwyer 2626--0101--1010 OvertonOverton 55--00 O’Dwyer (4) CusackO’Dwyer (4) Cusack LeagueLeague

& Cup& Cup

O. O’DwyerO. O’Dwyer 0202--0202--1010 CheamCheam 33--11 Duffin (3)Duffin (3) CupCup DuffinDuffin

0505--0303--1010

Glenthorne AGlenthorne A WON 6 LOST 1WON 6 LOST 1

O’Dwyer (9) Marshall (5) West (4) Wilson (2)O’Dwyer (9) Marshall (5) West (4) Wilson (2) WinnersWinners

CPFC.CPFC. 66--aa--sideside

0505--0303--1010

Glenthorne BGlenthorne B WON 1 LOST 5WON 1 LOST 5

Duffin (3) Newman (2)Duffin (3) Newman (2)

CPFC.CPFC. 66--aa--sideside

1515--0303--1010 GreenshawGreenshaw 44--22 O’Dwyer (3) WilsonO’Dwyer (3) Wilson LeagueLeague Wilson/O’DwyerWilson/O’Dwyer 2525--0303--1010 WilsonsWilsons 11--22 WilsonWilson Cup FinalCup Final WilsonWilson

The Year 8 season, What can I say, it’s been emotional ...The Year 8 season, What can I say, it’s been emotional ... From a solid goalkeeper in Toby Young to the boss of my defence Charlie Taylor we’ve had From a solid goalkeeper in Toby Young to the boss of my defence Charlie Taylor we’ve had some great defensive performances. We then move up to my generals in the middle of the park; some great defensive performances. We then move up to my generals in the middle of the park; Wilson & Marshall to my golden boot and captain Ollie O’Dwyer and his strike partner Bobby Wilson & Marshall to my golden boot and captain Ollie O’Dwyer and his strike partner Bobby Duffin just a few to mention.Duffin just a few to mention. As you can see by this, it’s been a huge squad effort this season, but special mention for effort As you can see by this, it’s been a huge squad effort this season, but special mention for effort and massive improvement goes to Jamie Lawton and Mesach Henry.and massive improvement goes to Jamie Lawton and Mesach Henry. We had a shock early on in the season with a round 1 defeat to last year’s Surrey Cup runnersWe had a shock early on in the season with a round 1 defeat to last year’s Surrey Cup runners--up Woodcote, but from that loss the boys have really turned on the style and winning mentality, up Woodcote, but from that loss the boys have really turned on the style and winning mentality, noticeably with a round 1 and 2 win against teams in Portsmouth and Southampton in the Na-noticeably with a round 1 and 2 win against teams in Portsmouth and Southampton in the Na-tional Cup. We have also played some great football on the way to the cup final and in our four tional Cup. We have also played some great football on the way to the cup final and in our four league wins (one more on Tuesday 30league wins (one more on Tuesday 30thth March) will wrap up the league with flying colours.March) will wrap up the league with flying colours. I am really looking forward to Year 9 and the prospect of more success and the league and cup I am really looking forward to Year 9 and the prospect of more success and the league and cup double with be in our sights. We will also be entering the Surrey, London and National Cup com-double with be in our sights. We will also be entering the Surrey, London and National Cup com-petitions so lots to look forward to. petitions so lots to look forward to. I have really enjoyed this season and can’t wait for next year.I have really enjoyed this season and can’t wait for next year. Thank you must go to all the boys that have represented the Year 8 team this year.Thank you must go to all the boys that have represented the Year 8 team this year.

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DateDate OppositionOpposition ResultResult ScorersScorers CompComp Man of MatchMan of Match

2424--0909--0909 W3 L2 D1W3 L2 D1 Martin (2) Roberts (2) Hunt (2)Martin (2) Roberts (2) Hunt (2) 55--aa--sideside

0808--1010--0909 HinchleyHinchley 33--55 Worby, Stanley, HuntWorby, Stanley, Hunt SurreySurrey MontebelloMontebello

1212--1010--0909 Car BoysCar Boys 22--44 Montebello, LewisMontebello, Lewis LeagueLeague WorbyWorby

1515--1010--0909 StanleyStanley 66--99 Montebello, Roberts, Lewis (2) McGratton Montebello, Roberts, Lewis (2) McGratton (2)(2)

LeagueLeague LewisLewis

2121--1010--0909 CheamCheam 55--00 Martin (3) OG, WorbyMartin (3) OG, Worby LeagueLeague RobertsRoberts

2222--1010--0909 GreenshawGreenshaw 22--11 McGratton (2)McGratton (2) LeagueLeague MartinMartin

1616--1111--0909 OvertonOverton 44--22 McGratton (2) Lewis, WorbyMcGratton (2) Lewis, Worby League/League/CupCup

AckcralAckcral

1717--1212--0909 WilsonsWilsons 00--33 LeagueLeague StanleyStanley

2121--0101--1010 WilsonWilson 11--00 LewisLewis CupCup HuntHunt

1919--0303--1010 Y10sY10s 22--22 Lewis, McGrattonLewis, McGratton FriendlyFriendly HuntHunt

2626--0303--1010 SuttonSutton 00--22 Cup FinalCup Final HuntHunt

The Cup Giant Killers ………..The Cup Giant Killers ……….. We’ve had a really up and down season with some amazing wins and some awful performances.We’ve had a really up and down season with some amazing wins and some awful performances. What a run to the District Cup, but I think the final was a game too far !!What a run to the District Cup, but I think the final was a game too far !! We were up against a very large, athletic team in Sutton Grammar who took an early lead, We were up against a very large, athletic team in Sutton Grammar who took an early lead, through a dubious free kick which was nicely taken. Our chances were limited in the first half, through a dubious free kick which was nicely taken. Our chances were limited in the first half, and when a goal mouth scramble fell kindly to Sutton’s striker, he didn’t need to be shown the and when a goal mouth scramble fell kindly to Sutton’s striker, he didn’t need to be shown the opportunity twice to side foot in Sutton’s second.opportunity twice to side foot in Sutton’s second. After my half time inspirational chat the boys really took it to Sutton having numerous chances, After my half time inspirational chat the boys really took it to Sutton having numerous chances, but that ball just wouldn’t cross the line.but that ball just wouldn’t cross the line. A huge thank you goes to all the boys that have represented the year 9 team this year, so bring A huge thank you goes to all the boys that have represented the year 9 team this year, so bring on YEAR 10 …..on YEAR 10 ….. My man of the season goes to Joe Hunt for his skill, strength and ability at the heart of our de-My man of the season goes to Joe Hunt for his skill, strength and ability at the heart of our de-fence fence

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Netball Both the year 7 & 8 netball teams have had an outstanding term. Both teams currently stand undefeated. They should all be really proud of their effort and commitment to the squad. Year 7: 25/2/10 vs Carshalton Girls won 7-3 2/3/10 vs Greenshaw won 10-2 Year 8: 25/2/10 vs Carshalton Girls won 10-4 2/3/10 vs Greenshaw won 11-3

U18 Boys Basketball Fixtures

Glenthorne finished their first season in the U18 Surrey Basketball League on a high with a victory over Tiffin Boys Grammar School, Kingston. The game was a special occasion for Carl Day, Carl Taylor and Charlie Clark-Gleeve who were playing their last match for the school. Points were shared around the team with Isaac Davis and Joseph Boakeye scoring the most points. Other players such as Luke Badiali, Kurt Glad-ding and Lewis Jackson chipped in with great defensive and offensive play which meant that a top four place was guaranteed in the final game. A final record of Played 10 Won 7 Lost 3 Scoring 457 Conceding 323 is a great achievement against some top schools.

Date Opposition Venue Competition Result

10 Nov Wimbledon College Away Surrey League Lost 39-48

12 Nov Epsom College Away Surrey League Lost 49-59

24 Nov Hollyfield Away Surrey Cup Won 34-33

3 Dec Richard Challenor Away Surrey Cup Won 40-17

8 Dec Carshlton Boys Away Surrey League Won 38-27

14 Dec St Andrews Away Surrey Cup Lost 52-70

1 Feb Richard Challenor Away Surrey League Won 60-27

25 Feb Greenshaw Home Surrey League Won 77-18

18 Mar Caterham Away Surrey League Won 20-0

22 Mar Tiffin Away Surrey League Won 48-24

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