Thought for the week…

‘When everything seems like

an uphill struggle, just think of

the view from the top’

Author Unknown

Welcome back Year 8, I hope that you managed to have a relaxing half term and enjoyed the lovely weather. In the Wright

house we certainly made good use of the weather spending lots of time in the garden, going out on walks and bike rides

and even completed a couple of nights camping in our garden – much warmer than when we camped out back in March!

Over half term I also used this time to think about the things that being in lockdown has enabled me to do. Being able to

get my daughter to ride her bike successfully, spending more quality time with my family, doing weekly online quizzes with

both sides of my family and keeping in touch more with some of my friends, are just a few things to name. I wonder if you

can have a think about the things you’ve been able to do, or the family you’ve managed to catch up with? It’s back to

normal timetables for both yourselves and your teachers this week, so remember to only spend an hour on each subject,

ask your teachers for help and have patience with those who are trying to help and encourage you at home.

Stay safe

Mr Wright

Messages from Mr Wright!

3 June 2020 – Newsletter No.6

Here’s your weekly video message from Mr

Wright. Click on the youtube icon to view.

Challenge yourself this week….

Last week’s challenge was to come up with an obstacle course for your family – if you managed to do this,

why not upload your photo to our Year 8 twitter page! This can be done by going to @BurfordYear8 on

twitter or emailing Mr Wright on m.wright@burford.oxon.sch.uk

This week’s challenge – How many kick ups (keepy uppies) can you do? Try videoing

yourself and sending it to Mr Wright with your total. You could do a time-lapse video and

get creative. To get some advice on perfecting your kick ups, click on the picture below:

CELEBRATION WALL!!! Here is where we celebrate how well you are doing. This can

take the form of staff praise or items that you’ve let your tutors

know about….

English

Mr Phillips wants to say well done to the

following for their hard work:

8KRy: Eleanor C, Tom R, Archie R, Josh M, Emily P, Maxi O, Tessa V, Sophie S, Charlie H, Matt H & Lola G 8PGr: Alejandra T H, Kiefer R, Cerys L, Josh M, Liv B and George H

Can you complete an ‘Iron Man’?

A huge well done to Freya W who just before

half term completed an ‘Iron Man’. No, this isn’t

to do with the Marvel films. She managed to

complete a distance of 226km over 10 days. This

consisted of a 3.8km swim (done as strength and

conditioning as couldn’t get out to swim), 180km

bike ride and 42.2km run. I’m sure you would

agree that this is an incredible task.

Well done Freya!

Accelerated Reader scheme

Well done to Emily S who won an Amazon voucher for her work on the

Accelerated Reader scheme. Keep up the good work Emily!

Art

The Art Department have been so impressed with your work, that you have

been sending in and they have been tweeting lots of examples. Click here to go

to their page, here are some examples below:

A message from Mrs Simpson

Hello Year 8!

I just wanted to say a quick hello and I hope you are all keeping safe and well. I am really missing catching

up with you and looking forward to when we meet again.

The Year 8 Fundraising Team have had their thinking caps on to come up with some new ways to raise

money for Year 8 activities and Cancer Research when we are back in school. Do you have an ideas you

would like to put to the team? It would be great to hear your suggestions on how we can raise lots of

money and have some fun too! You can send me an email g.simpson@burford.oxon.sch.uk with your ideas.

Take care everyone.

Mrs Simpson

Design Technology

Mrs Rose would like to make special mention to Felix B for his super

work on his DT project. Well done Felix!

Harry Potter Quiz!

Email your answers to m.wright@burford.oxon.sch.uk

1. Who is Harry Potter’s

godfather?

2. Who was Minister for Magic

during the first 5 films?

3. What was the name of the of

the Hippogriff Harry and

Hermione save from

execution?

4. On what floor was the

forbidden corridor in The Philosopher’s Stone?

5. What was the name of the tree

that Harry and Ron crashed

their car into?

6. What is the name of

Voldemort’s pet snake?

7. What flavour are Bertie

Bot's beans?

8. Who was Hermione’s date

at the Yule Ball?

9. What is the name of

Harry’s mother?

10. What animal represents

Hufflepuff House?

11. Which class has a different

teacher each year?

12. Which Weasley brother

got married in the Deathly

Hallows Part 1?

Can you answer this Marvel Quiz?

Here are the answers to last week’s quiz! Lots of you got in touch with your answer. Well done to

Matteo c, Jake C, Katie P, Leah C, Amelia G who all got it correct!

1. Who made Captain America’s

shield? Howard Stark

2. Which beloved comic book writer

has cameoed in every Marvel film

up to Avengers: Endgame? Stan

Lee

3. On what planet was the Soul Stone

hidden in Infinity War? Vormir

4. What is the name of Thor’s

hammer? Mjolnir

5. Which Hollywood A-lister made a

cameo in Thor: Ragnarok playing

Loki in an Asgardian play? Matt

Damon

6. What Marvel Cinematic Universe

film was released first? Iron man

1. How many Infinity Stones are

there? Six

2. What is the name of Black

Panther’s home country?

Wakanda

3. What is Falcon’s real name? Sam

Wilson

4. What is Doctor Strange’s

mentor’s name? The ancient one

5. What is Tony Starks final line in

‘Iron Man’ (not including post

credits) “I am Iron Man’

6. What is Cap’s shield made out

of? ‘Vibranium

Photo Challenge

Where in the school are these two pictures taken? Can you tell? Let me know if you do.

Fun Fridays!

Last time’s ‘Fun Friday’ was the

challenge ‘Can you do 10km in May’.

In the Wright household we aimed

to do our best over half term to try

and walk/cycle/scoot and run over

10km! How did you do? Let your

tutor or Mr Wright know and we

can total up how many kilometres

Year 8 have gone.

I asked the staff for their totals over

half term and was AMAZED at the

number of kilometres they covered.

See on the next page just how far

your teachers and support staff

travelled!

This week we are going to have a go

at ‘The Whipped Cream Challenge’!

To find out how it’s done click here.

If you are brave enough to try it why

not send your attempt to

m.wright@burford.oxon.sch.uk

Tunes of the week….

This week’s quiz is based around Harry Potter

and here are some tracks from the Harry Potter

films for you to take a listen to – some amazingly

well written music!!

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone –

Prologue

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince –

Dumbledore’s Farewell

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 –

The Resurrection stone

Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix -

Fireworks

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 –

A New Beginning

Reminders

Remember to reply back to your tutors’ email

Only spend 1 hour on each subject you would have in your

timetable per day

If you are stuck with work or need help, remember to

contact your teacher via their email address. You can do

this by typing their surname in the ‘To’ part of the email.

Where have the staff got to with their km total?

As mentioned above in the ‘Fun Friday’ challenge, I challenged the staff into

seeing how far they could go during half term with their walks, cycles and runs.

Your teachers and support staff at school have ‘stepped up’ to the challenge

and ‘gone the distance’ over the last half term.

They have totalled up a HUGE 4010.18km which works out at roughly

2419.8 miles!!! So, starting from Burford they would have roughly travelled all

the way to a small village called Degirmenbasi in Turkey! See the map below.

Well done Burford school staff! You have travelled a long way over the half

term! Here are some photos that were sent in by staff of their travels over

the last week…..

Mr Craig and his

daughter Lucy

A photo Mr Wright

took on an evening cycle

Mrs Hearle and her

husband