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Maths, Computing and Arts Specialist School

24 October 2014

Academic Year 2014-15 – Number 3

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Glamour and a Glass

What can astronomy tell us about the origins of

the earth? War Horse

Visiting Artist

Gifted and Talented Day

Natural History Museum

German Exchange

Design Technology Trip to London PE Round Up

Year 7 Football

Kart Racing

Cross Country

OUR FABULOUS MODELS AT THE

GLAMOUR AND A GLASS FASHION

SHOW

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FORUM 24 October 2014

Glamour and a Glass

A T the end of September, we hosted our second very

successful Glamour and a Glass

evening. The sell-out event began with a

complimentary glass of wine and the opportunity to try and buy the goods displayed by local boutiques and shops; “Ruby Tyger”, “Absolutely Natural Clothing”, “Dzo Dzo/Amore”, “Lush” , “Jack ie MacPherson Jewellery” and “Puzzle Styling”.

After the shopping experience, the expertly organised fashion show was held to a packed house. Our fabulous models were: Max Slater-Robins, Fabian Marshall-Tierney, Rob Attwater, Theo Passmore, Jake Silverthorne, Christian Rivers-Martin, Rachel Crawford, Scarlett Gotts, Emma Kay, Megan Moon, Emilie-

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24 October 2014 FORUM

Jane Osborne, Molly Wickens, Caitlin du Plessis, Becky Patchett, Rebecca de Roeper, Maia Gilespie, Hannah Hine, Harriet Jones, Sarah Lumley, Issy

O’Riordan, Lauren Richards, Miss Lansdowne and Miss Baldwin. They graced the catwalk in gorgeous outfits from “Laura Jane Boutique”, “Ninni Noo”, “Coes” and “Kiss Dress Hire”. The fabulous models had their hair styled by “Tonic Hair Co” at Grange Farm and were made up by “The

Beauty Room” at Melton Park. We are very grateful to both companies for their support.

The evening was not only

thoroughly enjoyed by all the visitors, who each went home with a very generous goody bag, but also raised over £1,600 for the school.

Many thanks to Mrs O’Riordan, Mrs Campbell-Barr and the other members of the FHSF committee, who did a great job. Mrs Shaw

What can astronomy tell

us about the origins of

life on Earth?

O N October 9th, at Northgate School, an hour long lecture took

us on a journey from the beginning of time (the big bang) through to cutting edge modern day physics: the landing of a probe on a comet. The lecture looked at how evidence from meteorites and distant Nebulae provides us with intriguing patterns that might help explain the origin of all life on earth. Mr Lucking

War Horse

O N Thursday October 16th, 50 students took a trip to the New

London Theatre to see the production of War Horse. Based on the beloved children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo, the show followed the life of a horse named Joey and highlighted the dramatic changes faced by animals and families during World War One. Students enjoyed the artistic and moving performance. This event was part of our “Resolution and Reflection” focus for the term. Miss Chapman

SOME OF THE OUTFITS ON OUR GORGEOUS MODELS

AT GLAMOUR AND A GLASS.

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Alfie Carpenter Visiting

Artist

O N Wednesday October 15th, we

were joined by Alfie Carpenter, an ex-Farlingaye student, as our artist in-residence for a day. Alfie is a practising artist who exhibits locally and is a member of the Artworks group. He has also worked with Aldeburgh music to provide interactive music and art workshops.

Our sixth form students in Year 12 and Year 13 Art, Photography and Art Textiles groups, along with Year 7 and Year 9 students worked with Alfie to create mixed media artworks reflecting on mans impact on the landscape. Students incorporated found objects and textures with paint ing, pr in t and col lage techniques to create unique imagery responding to their own photographs

of the local landscape. There was a wonderful creative energy to the workshop where students enjoyed exploring their ideas with the support of a professional artist. Mrs Hetherington

Year 8 & 9 Gifted and

Talented Day

A COUPLE of weeks ago, I took part in the Year 8 and 9 Gifted

and Talented day. There were 17 groups of 4 participating with the task to create a presentation with the title ‘Moments that Shaped the World’. Each group chose a faculty (e.g. Science, English) out of a hat and chose a topic within that faculty that we thought had shaped the world. We had a couple of weeks to prepare our presentations and on the day we had time to finish off and

ALFIE CARPENTER

(STANDING) HELPING

STUDENTS AS ARTIST

IN RESIDENCE.

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rehearse our presentations before we showed them to our faculty teacher and another rival group. We got constructive feedback and the

teacher then chose one group to go on to the finals later that day. Eight teams were put forward to the finals where we performed again in front of an esteemed panel of judges (Ms. Hargadon, Mr. Smith, Mrs Rudge and a school governor). Topics ranged from the discovery of DNA to the breaking of the enigma code,

from the invention of the internet to the mobile phone, from the first Olympic Games to the dictionary. The judges marked our presentations out of 25 and no group scored under 18, we were that good! My team (Andrea Hammersley, Tilly Hadley, Polly Dawson and myself) was very proud and excited when it was announced that we had won the Gifted and Talented competition!

Overall, it was a fantastic day to take part in, and I really hope I get

the chance to do it again next year (hint hint)! It gave us a great opportunity to work with other Gifted and Talented students in the school

and was just generally great fun! Thank you to the teachers who organised the whole event and to everyone who took part to make it such a wonderful day! Annabelle Cooke 9A

YEAR 8 & 9 GIFTED AND

TALENTED STUDENTS WORKING ON

THEIR PRESENTATIONS

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Natural History Museum

Trip

W HEN we got to the Natural History

Museum in London, we split into two groups. Our group went to the Darwin Centre which was a giant cocoon that was 8 storeys high. The other group went with a tour guide and learnt about Darwin’s theory of evolution. They then split into sub-groups and debated about which theory was right. After that we all

ate lunch and then both groups swapped and did the other activities. Then everyone was allowed to go round the museum and do what they wanted, the majority going to the gift shop. Just before we were going to leave, the whole museum was evacuated, but we didn’t know why! Raffy Zoio 9A

German Exchange

O N Wednesday October 1st, our German friends from Würzburg

arrived for the first leg of the German Exchange. All participants had been matched up over the summer with a German teenager of the same age and

similar interests. Our students had been corresponding with and getting to know their German partners over the previous couple of months. They were with us for a week, which went far too quickly for

everyone! On the first full day they went on a tour of the school in the morning and then accompanied their partners to lessons to give them a taste of an English school. Most found the concept of school uniform rather strange! On Friday October 3rd, they had a day trip to Southwold and Aldeburgh and had fish

and chips on the beach. Luckily the weather was great and they very much enjoyed going to the sea, which was something special for them as they normally live hundreds of miles from it! They spent the weekend with their partners’ families, although a number did meet up over the weekend and went on trips to London together. On Monday they had a rather long and tiring walk to Sutton Hoo where they had a tour and a treasure hunt. On Tuesday they had a long day trip to Norwich where they visited the cathedral and the castle including a tour of the dungeons and battlements. Afterwards they had a little time to do some shopping! On their last morning they spent the first lesson with

YEAR 9

AT THE

NATURAL

HISTORY

MUSEUM

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their partners. Unfortunately the weather was not at its best when they had to walk down to the bus park to meet the coach. On their way to Stansted they stopped at Bury St Edmunds for a few hours. Luckily

the weather cheered up and they enjoyed their time there.

We are very much looking forward to our return visit to Germany in April and no-one can wait to see their partner again! Mr Craig

Sixth Form Design

Technology Trip to London

O N October 9th, all AS and A2 Design Technology students accompanied

by Mr Hatfield and Mr Hawtin travelled to London. The purpose of the trip was to inspire us as to what we can make for our

major product this year and to look at the wider history of design and technology. We started the day with a visit to the Science Museum. This provided us with an opportunity to learn about the history of various products that have changed the world – for example cars and trains. We also saw an interesting display about 3D printing, and its potential to revolutionise the future of design and manufacturing.

There was also a chance to learn more about the history of medicine and the problems associated with climate change which will help us in our other subjects such as Science, Maths and Geography.

For our lunch break, we took a short walk through London to Kensington Gardens where we enjoyed the sunshine and were inspired by the historical architecture of the Royal Albert Hall and various other landmarks.

Our trip concluded with a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. We were encouraged to view the furniture collection which consists of over 14,000 pieces from the middle ages to the 21st Century. This was particularly useful for

the Year 12s, whose design brief is to

design a product influenced by the style of a specific decade. The gallery allowed us to gather primary research and notice firsthand what design features dominated each decade, both huge mark-winners for

our coursework. Emelia Garvie 12X

PE Round Up Year 7 Football

T HE Year 7 Football team have made a highly impressive start to life at

Farlingaye. So far they’ve played three games, all of them in the groups stages of the Suffolk County Cup competition. Their first game was against Northgate, the boys started that game in a positive mood, with Taylor Sumpter and Thomas Shannon epitomising the work rate and desire required from the team. Riley Milsom was lively upfront, whilst Seb Mobee looked very assured in goal. It wasn’t long before Farlingaye’s dominance was reflected on the scoreline, with Riley reaping the rewards for his effort to open the scoring. After this point it was pretty

much one way traffic with most of the boys, including goalkeeper Seb Mobee grabbing a goal or two and Farlingaye winning the game 10-0.

Farlingaye’s next game was against Felixstowe Academy, the boys were aware that they would present us with a much sterner test. Farlingaye started this game a little bit more tentatively and both teams struggled to assert themselves on the game in what was turning into a scrappy encounter. It was in fact Felixstowe who created the best of the early chances, twice coming close only to be thwarted by Seb Mobee. As the game developed Farlingaye did start to play better football with Dan Smith offering good width on the right and Taylor Sumpter covering the ground well to get in possession in key areas. It was after such nice football involving Riley Milsom and Grant Overitt that resulted in the ball

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falling to Elliot Basket to smash home. Riley then added a second to finish off the scoring and give Farlingaye a good 2-0 win.

The Year 7’s third game was against St Albans, both teams started the game very positively with Farlingaye playing some lovely football through Will Oxborrow and Elliot Basket. St Albans looked equally as impressive in possession but were much less ruthless in front of goal and as a result Farlingaye were able to get 4 goals in

front by half time through Thomas Shannon and Riley Milsom who both grabbed a brace. St Albans’ confidence continued to grow and it was only due to an impressive defensive play from Jamie Carlstroem and Ben Williams that St Albans didn’t get a goal until the last minute when they grabbed a consolation goal. After a good game, Farlingaye won 4-1 and continued their impressive start to life at Farlingaye.

Well Done Boys! Mr Payne

Kart Racing

T HE Junior Kart racing season has ended well for James Clarke, 10Y.

Despite technical problems with his

kart only resolved in the final rounds, he finished 4th in the Junior TKM finals of the Super One British Karting Championship in September.

Congratulations James!

Cross Country Events –

October 2014

W E have had two superb cross country events so far.

The first was to take part in the Suffolk heat of the Schools’ Cup. We chose to enter a team in all four categories:

Junior Girls (Years 7 & 8) Junior Boys Intermediate Girls (Years 9 & 10) Intermediate Boys

And guess what? We came first in every race! Inter-Girls were made up of Anna Firth, Rosie Seabrook, Jasmine Slater, Lotte d’Hane, Indie Driscoll and Genevieve Garfield, with a brilliant 2nd place for Anna Firth.

In Inter-Boys, Alex Tripp was far ahead of the field in 1st place and was very ably supported by Jack Mayes,

Adam Hanson, George Field, Michael Hope and Joe Hindley. In Junior Boys, George Fricker was 1st, Copper Berry was 2nd and they were closely followed by Teddy Baker, Tom Harrington, Adam Boxhill and Ryan Fullwood. Rebecca Clydesdale finished an excellent 3rd in Junior Girls and there were great runs by Isabel Jones, Holly Jones, Sophie Hanson, Amelia Slater and Holly Fisher. We now take all 4 teams to the next round in Bedfordshire, which will be a regional final.

Then last week we had the first round of the Suffolk Cross Country Championship. We took over 100 students! Some of the races have over 250 students and if you finish in the

top 50 you make it through to the next

JAMES CLARKE ON THE PODIUM AT THE SUPER ONE

BRITISH KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP

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round. We were delighted that an amazing 19 students finished in the top 10 of their race. The list below shows all those who participated. The number in brackets shows if they finished within

the top 50.

Minor Girls Holly Fisher (2nd), Holly Jones (36th), Oceana Probert-Hammond (46th), Issy Carter, Amelia Vincent, Elsa d’Hane, Gabriella Spalding, Emily Richards, Sophie Hanson, Katie Bradley, Morgan Archer, Xanthe Robson.

Minor Boys Connor Slater (10th), Elliot Baskett (12th), Adam Boxall (13th), William Oxborrow (15th), Jake Gray (35th), Seb Hutton-Squire (36th), Sebastian Mobee (38th), Grant Overett, Jamie Taplin, Eden

Rogers, Archie Page, George Stiff, Alex Butcher, Zak Catling, Nathan Baker, Tom Hindley, Thomas Shannon, Zoltan Dervenkar, Jack Goodwin.

Junior Girls Jasmine Slater (2nd), Indie Driscoll (6th), Rebecca Clydesdale (7th), Amelia Slater (8th), Elinor Oliver (10th), Isabel Jones (12th), Lotte d’Hane (21st), Izzy Main, F redd i e Ande rson , Mad e le in e Chesterman, Sarah Barlex, Daniella Memory, Lettie Howe, Abi Coomber, Lottie Passmore, Sarah Barlex.

Junior Boys George Fricker (3rd), Cooper Berry (4th), Teddy Baker (9th), Michael Hope (10th), George Field (11th), Joe Hindley (14th), Tom Hayden(16th), Ryan Fullwood (24th), Thomas Fletcher (30th), Niles English

LEFT TO

RIGHT:

GEORGE

FRICKER,

HENRY

MILLDOWN

AND ABI

ROSE AT

RHS.

BELOW:ALL

OUR

COMPETITORS

AT THE

SCHOOLS’

CUP.

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(37th), Archie Nash, Thomas Irvine, Tom Harrington, Oliver Bowman, Jay Berry, Troy Wingar. (Tom Harrington was in about 10th position when he was injured.)

Inter Girls Abi Rose (2nd), Anna Firth (3rd), Rosie Seabrook (7th), Daisy Nash (8th), Molly Leeson (12th), Zoe Holmes (13th), Summer Howlett (16th), Emma Nichols (17th), Erin Hamilton (30th), Adele Spain (35th), Lucy Beales (36th), Holly Miles (40th), Laura Russell (41st), Lily Jackson (46th), Amelia Kelly, Daisy Shaw, Isabel Reed, Rosie Wallace, Stacey East.

Inter Boys Henry Milldown (1st), Alex Tripp (5th), Archie Read (11th), Jacob Seabrook (12th), Jack Brammar (18th), Jack Mayes (29th), Daniel Clarke (33rd), George Crookall (42nd), Kai Hetfield - Brandon Bleach did not finish sadly due to injury.

Senior Boys Theo Passmore (4th), Jack Trethewey

(12th), Charlie Linsell (28th), Matyas Dervenkar (30th), Alistair Guite (33rd), Daniel Finegan (39th).

Sadly Jack Millar was unable to compete

due to injury, but we hope he will be fit to compete in the next round.

Senior Girls Amy Brammar (6th), Eleanor Tennant (8th), Bethany De Bree (17th), Hannah Hine (19th), Megan Spalding (25th), Lucy Bevan (30th), Maia Gillespie (31st) and Megan Moon (32nd).

As well as being an individual competition, it is also a team event. Minor Boys finished 1st, Junior Girls finished 1st, Junior Boys finished 1st, Inter Girls finished 1st, Inter Boys finished 1st, Senior Girls finished 1st and Senior Boys finished 2nd place.

A huge congratulations to all students who trained hard and showed fantastic dedication, commitment and team spirit on the day. Sue Hargadon

U13 Boys’ Football 11 1 Northgate


U18 Boys’ Football 3 0 Ipswich School

U18 Boys’ Rugby tournament winners

U15 Girls’ Netball 18 16 East Bergholt

U13 Girls’ Netball 17 4 East Bergholt

U16 Girls’ Football 2 0 Northgate

U13 Boys’ Football 8 0 Westbourne

U15 Boys’ Football 4 0 Hadleigh

U14 Boys’ Football 2 2 Westbourne

U13 Girls’ Netball 15 2 Northgate

U14 Boys’ Football 1 2 St Albans

U15 Girls’ Netball 15 19 Kesgrave


Other Results

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WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING VACANCIES

For further details on any of the above posts and an application form please contact Reception for a pack to be sent to you, or contact Gail Hicks, Personnel Officer at the school via e-mail, [email protected]

EXAM INVIGILATORS CASUAL HOURS, £7.79 PER HOUR

PLUS HOLIDAY PAY

We are looking to recruit a number of professional,

organised and flexible people to invigilate internal and

external exams. The work is on a casual basis, with work available mornings and afternoons, mainly in May

and June each year.

Duties include supervision of students whilst sitting

exams, collecting papers in and dealing with queries

that may arise during the exams. Punctuality,

reliability, initiative and a fair but firm approach with students are all essential. Training will be provided.

MIDDAY SUPERVISORS 5 HOURS PER WEEK, 38 WEEKS A YEAR

(MONDAY TO FRIDAY 1PM – 2PM)

£8.16 PER HOUR PLUS HOLIDAY ALLOWANCE

We require committed, flexible people to join our busy

team of Midday Supervisors. Previous experience

would be an advantage, though not essential, as training will be provided to successful candidates. You

should have the ability to interact effectively with

students, be a team player and be able to work with

limited supervision.

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Attention all DofE participants The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme has got off to a great start this year

with unprecedented levels of interest from Year 10 through to Year 12/13.

We have had applications back from 115 Year 10s for the Bronze Award, 38

Year 11s for Silver and 21 Year 12/13s interested in starting their Gold Award.

DofE is not just about the expeditions. All participants get involved in volunteering, a physical activity and a skill over various time scales. They should currently be in the process of planning and starting these sections.

As these sections are completed out of school, I would ask that parents/carers of those undertaking their DofE encourage them to complete each of the sections and finish the award at which point they will receive a certificate and badge. A log of each activity needs to be recorded (we have supplied a template for this) each time the young person takes part. Each section should be undertaken for at least one hour per week over the required period of time.

Some students complete their expedition successfully then don’t quite complete the other sections out of school. With your help, I would like to get as many participants as possible to complete the whole award, making the most of the opportunity and receiving the recognition they deserve.

If anyone has any questions about the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, please contact Mr Shaw on 01394 385720 or emailing [email protected]

Tickets available from reception at break and lunch

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