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ing used assiduously

by pupils and parents

to ensure homework

assignments are com-

pleted on time. The

website includes all

school letters, the

school calendar and a

lot of photos and in-

formation which I am

sure will be useful to

all. Pupils and staff

had a great time in

the Inter House bas-

ketball matches and

the sports teams

have participated

successfully in the in-

ter school matches.

Over the next half

term there will be

several trips out, in-

cluding one to Al-

geciras to visit

Maersk Sealine Al-

geciras, including

control tower for

‘Estrecho de Gibral-

tar’, brief talk on the

Terminal Structure

explain, a visit to the

Port Authority,

another to Malaga Air

Museum, the Botanic

Gardens, we will also

visit a recycling plant

and a wind farm in

Casares as well as the

Science and Technol-

ogy Park in Málaga.

We shall also have

our first Key Stage 3

curriculum week of

the year starting on

26 October.

I would also like to

remind parents that I

hold a Parents Open

Meeting (HOPE) regu-

larly and the dates

are in the school di-

ary. A suggestion re-

ceived at the first

meeting this term is

mentioned elsewhere

in this Newsletter.

CALENDAR DATES

1. 2nd November-BANK HOLIDAY (Todos los Santos)

2. 3rd November – Secondary Trip-Malaga Air Museum

3. 5th November – Yr 4 Trip to Complejo Medioambiental, Casares

4. 10th November—Secondary Trip to Science Park—Year 10

5. 16th November Pri-mary River Trip - Year 3

6. 19th November—Secondary Trip to Maersk in Algeciras

We have just come to

the end of an exciting

half term. Many im-

portant events come

to mind, not least the

visit to us this week of

4 pupils from Years 11

and 12 in Laude Bre-

don School. They have

stayed with families in

our school community

to whom we are truly

grateful for their hos-

pitality.

Secondary pupils have

worked hard to im-

prove their personal

presentation and their

organisational skills.

The homework site

(www.laudesanpedro.c

om/homework) is be-

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

LAUDE SCHOOL STUDENT WINS

MARBELLA INTERNATIONAL FILM

FESTIVAL AWARD by Ms. Goodwin

Read more about the Mar-bella Interna-tional Film Fes-tival Competi-tion winner on page 15

Update from Gillian Flaxman

Read more about

current projects &

activities…..

Produced and edited

by

Ms. M. Goodwin Business Studies

&

Sam Gulliver Year 12 Pupil

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Acabamos de terminar la mitad

de un trimestre emocionante.

Han ocurrido muchos eventos

importantes y no podemos olvi-

dar la visita esta semana de 4

alumnos de years 11 y 12 del

Colegio Laude Bredon. Quere-

mos agradecer la hospitalidad

de las familias de nuestra co-

munidad escolar que les acogie-

ron.

Los alumnos de secundaria han

trabajado mucho para mejorar

sus presentaciones personales

y sus aptitudes de organización.

La página de deberes de

www.laudesanpedro.com/

homework se utiliza asiduamen-

te tanto por los alumnos como

por sus padres para asegurar

que los deberes se entreguen a

tiempo. Nuestra página web

también incluye todas las car-

tas, el calendario escolar y mu-

chas fotos e información que

estoy segura será muy útil para

todos.

Los alumnos y el personal se

divirtieron mucho en los parti-

dos de baloncesto celebrados

entre las Casas. Nuestros equi-

pos han tenido mucho éxito

en los partidos entre colegios

en que participaron.

Durante el resto del trimestre

se harán

Atentamente, varias excursio-

nes, incluyendo una a Algeci-

ras para ver el terminal del

puerto, otra al Museo Aéreo

de Málaga, y a los Jardines

Botánicos. También celebra-

remos nuestra primera sema-

na del Currículum de Key Sta-

ge 3 del año que comenzará

el 26 de octubre. Las sema-

nas del Currículum donde se

desarrolla un tema en distin-

tas asignaturas es una prácti-

ca muy común en el Reino

Unido ahora. Esperamos que

los padres asistan a la asam-

blea que celebraremos al final

de la semana para que pue-

dan ver el excelente trabajo

que están haciendo sus hijos.

Quisiera aprovechar esta

oportunidad para recordarles

a todas las familias que el uso

del uniforme de invierno en-

trará en efecto a partir del 26

de octubre y está disponible

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR

en nuestra tienda de uni-

formes. También quisiera

recordarles que celebro

las reuniones abiertas con

los padres (HOPE) y que

podrán encontrar las fe-

chas en el diario escolar.

En la primera reunión re-

cibimos una sugerencia

que se puso en marcha y

que se refleja en otra

parte de esta Carta Infor-

mativa.

Espero verles a todos

después de las vacacio-

nes de la mitad del tri-

mestre.

ACTUALIDAD DIRECTORA-GILLIAN FLAXMAN

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PRE-NURSERY—YEAR 2 by OLGA MARSALL

OCTOBER 2008

This is where it all begins - Pre-Nursery. When we first

start our pre-nursery education we come with few ex-

periences.

We learn to use our bodies in different ways to explore

many things. By using our senses and learning through

play, we become happy and confident.

PRE-NURSERY WRITING CAN BE MESSY AND FUN

by MRS LIPPINGWELL

Starting back to school after a long summer holiday

can be daunting, especially when you are only three

or four years old. All the children in Reception are

now happily settled with their new teachers and new

routines. The children are enjoying books and al-

ready learning to read. They are having fun singing

songs and learning all about numbers at the same

time. The children have been learning all about ba-

bies through the topic Ourselves. They had a spe-

cial little visitor too, six month old Daniela! It has

been a very positive start to the school year for all

the Reception children and staff.

RECEPTION by TINA JENNER

In science this term, Year 2 have been looking at

what we need to stay healthy.

We have been designing our own healthy balanced

meals using the Food Pyramid as well as discussing

the need for exercise and a good nights sleep. We

have also had a visit from the school nurse to talk

all about safety with medicines. However the high-

light of the term was a visit to Pre-Nursery where

Year 2 children helped the toddlers with their

healthy exercise class and their healthy snack. After some initial worried looks, the Pre-

Nursery children soon took to their new helpers and our Year 2 children were delighted to

take on the role of teachers!

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OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS

Recently, our school was visited by Na-

talia Perry, who has founded a charity

called The Sacred Childhoods foundation,

(A UK reg is te red char i t y –

www.sacredchildhoods.org) which sup-

ports an orphanage in Bali. Our pupils

were shown a photo presentation about

the orphanage and how desper- a t e

the situation is for orphans

in Bali. As a result, we

would like to ask for

help in raising funds for

the orphanage.

A sponsor form to enable parents, other

family members and friends to sponsor

pupils for each word spelt correctly. They

will be tested at school and their total will

be calculated. The pupils will then collect

their sponsorship money and bring it to

school.

SPONSORED SPELLING by VICKY HURST

GREAT IDEA!

PRIMARY—YEAR 1 by MRS MARSHALL AND MISS LOUISE

This half term we have been learning about our-

selves in History and Science. The children loved

showing their baby photos and discussing how they

have changed since then. We even have had a very

special visitor - Gabriella’s mum Caroline (from 1M)

and Gabriella’s little baby brother Ginaro.

The children have asked many interesting and sen-

sible questions about the baby and had their own

stories to tell, too. Thank you Caroline and Ginaro!

PRIMARY PYRAMIDS—3M by CLAIRE MIDDLETON

In class we looked at some photos of the pyra-

mids and thought about how they could have

been built, without any modern day machinery.

We used information books to research how

they were built- looking at text and diagrams.

Then using our own words we wrote about it,

and added any extra information that we found

interesting!

We are really enjoying our work on Ancient

Egyptians and are looking forward to our Egyp-

tian day after half term! Claire Middleton.

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OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS

Reviewing our

history

Investigate and share was the ob-jective of Year 5´s history homework, and the topic was “The Blitz” part of our history unit on Children during World War II.

Blitz is short for “Blitzkreig” which means lightning war in German. Hitler thought it would be over quickly.

London was

bombed 57 nights in a row. Hitler wanted to take control of the English Channel by destroying the R.A.F His plan was to get German troops into Britain.

The R.A.F. was bet-ter than the Luft-waffe. Hitler thought that by bombing British Cities he would force Britain to surrender. He didn’t know that the British people would not surrender.

Hitler bombed in-

dustrial cities so that ship building and arms factories would be destroyed. Most major cities were bombed.

Shelters were built and the under-ground was used as a shelter. Houses used blackout cur-tains and street lights were switched off so that the bomber planes couldn’t see where they bombing. Loud sirens wet off to warn people to get to the shelters.

YEAR 5—THE BLITZ By ARCHIE MCNICOL 5A

To investigate the

main features of the

Blitz during World

War II

All of Year 4 have

really enjoyed our

first topic of

the year –

The Ancient

Greeks. We

h a v e

learnt so

many fasci-

n a t i n g

facts and

loads of

i n f o r -

m a t i o n .

Even all those

thousands of years

ago, the Ancient

Greeks made won-

derful music, masks,

art and architecture,

and we know so

much about the An-

cient Greeks today

from their beautiful

vases depicting

amazing scenes

showing life in An-

cient Greece. We

should also be

grateful to the An-

cient Greeks be-

cause, without

YEAR 4—ANCIENT GREEKS

by ALBERTO FINCA AND EUGENE DE COMARMOND them, we would not

have had; democ-

racy, the alphabet

and some of our lan-

guage, The Olym-

pics, theatres and

much, much more.

So, thank you An-

cient Greece and

well done to all in

Year 4 for a great

start to the year!

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YEAR 6—RESIDENTIAL TRIP

OCTOBER 2008

As part of our History topic "Children in Britain” dur-

ing the Second World War, "we plan to visit the tun-

nels Gibraltar. It is a fabulous opportunity for a tour

of the tunnels with a guide. We planned to make the

trip in one of the days during the first two weeks of

November.

VISITING THE TUNNELS OF II WORLD WAR IN GIBRALTAR

PRIMARY-NEWS

Written to Susan Stark by Year 6 to their Par-

ents and dictated by Steve Robinson at 9pm on

Thursday 15th October: We have had an awe-

sometastic day!!

Hiking - Some of us found

it fun although some of us

weren’t so sure. We did find

out interesting things about

plants and wild life and had

to walk through some spiky bushes.

Air bridges/orienteering - This was quite

scary when we made it to the tight rope. But

was easy and exciting most of the time. We had

to make sure that we attached our ropes each

time to be safe which was nerve wracking.

Some of us got stuck in the middle of the zip

line and took a while to get to the end! During

orienteering in the forest, some of came across

three wild pigs which scared us.

Rock climbing/balance - When you looked

down it seemed quite high up and was higher

than it looked. The middle was the hardest part

because we needed to spread and find a differ-

ent route. However, the view of the valley was

amazing. Love Year 6

Written to Susan Stark by Year 6 to their

Parents and dictated by Nicky De Comar-

mond at 8.30pm on 14th October.

Today has been uniquely fantastic. We

went arraying in the Guadalquivir River

where the water was freezing like

an ice block in winter and

we all went numb.

Where the rocks

curved over it was

like water slides and

the jumps were high and

quite scary because it looked black. We

were proud to have made it down.

Horse riding - Some of us overcame

their fear of getting on horses and learnt

to trot. The horses were funny stopping to

eat , going the wrong way and two of

them decided to have a fight!

Archery was ok. It involved a lot of walk-

ing to different targets and some of us

managed to get the target near the mid-

dle. Alvaro Gama got the highest score of

130 points!

We are looking forward to the air bridges

and rock climbing tomorrow.

We all miss you loads - Year 6

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OCTOBER 2008

YEAR 6 - RUIN ROMANS! PRIMARY-NEWS

see a bunch of Ro-

mans in the car

park. We had, of

course, all dressed

up as Romans for

the trip, everyone

looked fantastic.

There were emper-

ors, slaves, gladia-

tors and soldiers.

The museum had

some interesting ar-

tefacts but the best

part was the ruins

themselves. It was a

great experience,

we saw the

remains of

a factory

where they

c o l l e c t e d

fish they

caught, a

t h e a t r e

where they

would have

w a t c h e d

plays and

p o s s i b l y

gladiatorial

fights, the

baths where they

cleaned themselves

On Tuesday 29th

September Year 6

went on a trip to

Tarifa to see the

marvellous but de-

stroyed ruins of

Baelo Claudia, a Ro-

man town.

The coach journey

was long and

seemed like it

wouldn’t end but we

got there eventually.

We had a quick

snack outside before

we went into the

museum. We drew

some fairly odd

looks from the pub-

lic, but then I guess

they didn’t expect to

and the basilica and

forum – a bit like

our town hall and

plaza.

We then had some

lunch and began the

trip home. It was

certainly a memora-

ble visit and one

that will stick in my

mind.

By Javier Geteray

6R

Baelo Cla

udia, a R

oman To

wn

To learn about

how the

Romans lived

and their

society.

EXCELLENT

COSTUM

E,

WELL-DON

E

BORIS B

AKLANO

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OCTOBER 2008

cionario de sinónimo y antó-

nimos con el que además,

enriqueceremos nuestro vo-

cabulario.

La segunda lectura, que

puede ser en voz alta para

facilitar la concentración,

será más pausada fijándonos

bien en la puntuación del

texto, tras la lectura com-

prensiva de cada párrafo hay

que parar y, sin mirar el li-

bro, explicar con nuestras

palabras qué estamos leyen-

do.

En el caso de no entender la

información, hay que formu-

lar nuestras preguntas de

forma clara en un papel, pa-

ra preguntárselas al profesor

al día siguiente.

La habitación de estudio de-

ber estar ventilada y ordena-

da. En el escritorio no debe

faltar papel para usar como

borrador, lápices, bolígrafos

de diferentes colores y un

diccionario.

Nunca se deben dejar las ta-

reas para la tarde antes del

examen y para evitarlo, lo

más eficaz es conocer las

fechas con antelación y re-

partirse el trabajo lo más

equitativamente posible.

Las técnicas que nos ayuda-

rán en el estudio son:

Una primera lectura, nos

ayudará a conectar el conte-

nido que tenemos que estu-

diar con lo explicado en cla-

se anteriormente, de este

modo, será más fácil relacio-

nar la nueva información con

la ya conocida.

Ahora es el momento de

buscar las palabras que no

sepamos en el diccionario,

podemos usar el diccionario

de la Real Academia de la

Lengua Española que pode-

mos encontrar en Internet

la página, ya conocida por

mis alumnos, www.rae.es

para facilitar la comprensión

del nuevo vocabulario. Una

ver que entendamos todo el

texto podemos usar el dic-

Con todo lo realizado hasta

el momento comprendemos

bien el texto. Sin embargo,

para fijarlo en nuestra men-

te y poder recordarlo rápida-

mente cuando sea necesario

resulta muy útil la elabora-

ción de un esquema, resulta

eficaz el esquema en llave

donde el texto se desgaja en

horizontal. Por ejemplo.

Una vez, terminado el es-

quema puedes desarrollarlo

con tus palabras, elaborando

un resumen.

Por último, emplea siempre

que puedas las reglas ne-

motécnicas o de memori-

zación de ellas, son muy

eficaces:

-Técnica de la historieta:

consiste en construir una

historia con todas las pala-

bras que se tengan que me-

morizar.

-Neologismo: es inventar

una palabra cuyas sílabas

sigan el orden y remitan a

las palabras que se tengan

que aprender.

By Mrs. Irisarri

CONSEJOS PARA AUMENTAR EL RENDIMIENTO EN EL ESTUDIO

SECONDARY - NEWS

TÉCNICAS DE

TRABAJO

INTELECTUAL

9

HEAD OF PRIMARY—SUSAN STARK

company) school chefs

from Madrid. We man-

aged to find time for

the members of the

Primary School Council

to meet him. The pu-

pils told him about the

foods they would like

to see on the menu –

most of which would

not meet our healthy

eating criteria!! But it

was a good opportu-

nity for the pupils to

be fully involved in

making important

school decisions and it

allows them to gain

the vital skills of par-

ticipating in meetings

and putting forward

powerful arguments to

One of areas of devel-

opment in the Primary

School this year will be

to make our school

lunchtimes more en-

joyable and educative

for the pupils. The

school already had a

healthy eating policy.

The menu committee

meetings, held

monthly give us the

opportunity to find

ways of ensuring that

the pupils are given a

varied and balanced

diet of foods they en-

joy eating.

In September we had

a visit from Carlos,

one of the top Scolar-

est (our new catering

support their point of

view.

The new lunch time

monitors are proving

to be a real asset in

improving table man-

ners and ensuring that

pupils are eating and

drinking enough each

day. The dining room

feels much less fren-

zied that previously

with improved ar-

rangements for serv-

ing the food suggested

by Carlos. It is so im-

portant that pupils

learn that eating

healthy foods is enjoy-

able and that lunches

provide them with the

opportunity to enjoy a

break from the class-

rooms and time when

they can talk with

their friends.

Over the months we

will continue to look at

ways we can build

upon this excellent ini-

tiative. We would also

like to encourage par-

ents to join us for the

menu committee

meetings. (Dates and

times of the meetings

can be found on the

website).

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do dedicarnos un poco de

tiempo de su ajetreada

agenda para conocer a los

miembros de nuestro Conse-

jo Escolar de Primaria. Los

alumnos le hablaron de las

comidas que querían ver en

el menú – ¡la mayoría de las

sugerencias no pasarían

nuestro criterio para formar

parte de un menú saludable!

Pero fue una buena oportu-

nidad para que los alumnos

se involucraran completa-

mente en tomar importante

decisiones escolares y les

permite aprender a utilizar

algunas aptitudes vitales pa-

ra participar en reuniones,

dar sus opiniones y defen-

derlos con argumentos sóli-

dos.

Una de las cosas que quere-

mos desarrollar en primaria

este año es la de hacer

nuestros almuerzos agrada-

bles y educativos para los

alumnos. Aunque el colegio

ya tenía implantada una po-

lítica de comidas saludables,

con las reuniones del comité

de menú que se celebran

mensualmente tenemos la

oportunidad de mejorar y

asegurar una dieta variada y

equilibrada y proporcionar

comidas que agraden a los

alumnos.

En septiembre recibimos una

visita de Carlos, uno de los

mejores chefs de la compa-

ñía Scolarest de Madrid

(nuestro nuevo proveedor

para el comedor). Carlos pu-

Los nuevos monitores en el

comedor están resultando

ser un buen recurso para

mejorar los modales en la

mesa y asegurar que los

alumnos coman debidamen-

te y beban lo suficiente a

diario. El ambiente ahora es

mucho más relajado con los

cambios que sugirió Carlos

para servir la comida. Es

muy importante que los

alumnos aprendan que co-

mer comida saludable es

muy agradable y que la hora

de los almuerzos les brinda

una oportunidad para disfru-

tar de un descanso de sus

clases y tiempo para charlar

con sus amigos.

Durante los meses venideros

continuaremos buscando for-

mas para desarrollar esta

excelente iniciativa. Quere-

mos animar a los padres a

acompañarnos para las reu-

niones del comité del menú.

(Encontrarán las fechas y

horarios en nuestra página

web). Pensamos que los pa-

dres puedan aportar una

perspectiva nueva a estas

reuniones y nos ayudan a

encontrar soluciones para

asegurar que podamos cum-

plir nuestro empeño en

hacer de las horas del al-

muerzo una parte importan-

te de cada día.

PRIMARIA DIRECTORA - SUSAN STARK

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Our primary pupils are working harder

and harder every day to try to make su-

per progress across the curriculum, im-

prove their behaviour and to develop a

positive attitude towards learning. Every

week, each teacher recognises the par-

ticular efforts and achievements of one

pupil in their class and nominates them to

be Star Pupil of the Week. These pupils

are announced at our Friday assembly

and a photograph of those pupils is taken.

For the following week their photographs

are displayed on Miss Stark´s door and

on the website. Who will be the Star Pupil of your

class next week?

Photos are available on the

school website!

www.laudesanpedro.com

PRIMARY STAR PUPILS

Week commencing

30th October 2009:

Y1 Ernesto Mencia

Y2 Alvaro Megan

Y3 Nacho Dana

Y4 Josh Lily

Y5 Tara/Emily/ Lola

Y6 Miranda Gianni.

Week commencing

16th October 2009:

Y1 Jimena Ethan

Y2 Amelia Arami

Y3 Daisy Irene

Y4 Antonio Esme

Y5 Tommy/ India

Y6 On residential

Week commencing

9th October 2009:

Y1 Segio/ Melissa

Y2 Nikita/Ben

Y3 Olivia/ Paula

Y4 Tom/Clarita

Y5 Josh/Louis

Y6 Helena /Olga

Week commencing

2nd October 2009 -

Y1 Ronan Paula

Y2 Adam Eva

Y3 Neme Matt

Y4 Natasha Sofia

Y5 Hugo/ Maya /Ivan

Y6 Roberto/ James/

Javier

Great

effort by

all!

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Our Secondary pupils are working harder and harder every day to try improve behaviour

and to develop a positive attitude towards learning. Every month, each teacher recog-

nises the particular efforts and achievements of one pupil in their class and nominate

them to be Student of the Month. These pupils are announced at our assembly and a

photograph is taken. Students that have been nominated in Secondary this month are;

History: Max Jagtenberg Y8, Geography: Holly Kenny Y9, Science: Hannah Carson Y7,

Maths: Lucia Fernandez Paloma, Business Studies: Celime Danquah-Williams Y11, French:

Karoline Skippervold Y12, ICT: Elin Rosen 10G, Ciencias Sociales: Sofía Sanborn Y8,

ART:Monica Vargas - Y9, Spanish: Helena Robinson - Y9, English: Ryan Beaumont - Y9,

Lengua: Sagrario Tapia Y7. Unfortunately, a number of nominated students were absent

for the photo

Photos are available on

the school website!

www.laudesanpedro.com

SECONDARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Great

effort by

all!

Who will you nominate

next month?

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SCHOOL COUNCILLORS A school council is a group of pupils that have been democrati-cally elected by their peers to represent the views and opinions of

the pupils. Why do we need a School Council? For many years all the decisions about children were made by adults. This was thought to be best because adults are older and have more expe-rience, training and qualifiactions.

We are proud to announce the following pupils have been elected by their peers in Pri-

mary: 2B-Alex Amelia, 2H-Sofia Ramiro, 3H-Maximo Joella, 3M-Michael Mia, 4DC-Clarita

Adam, 4F-Geraldo Jasmin, 5A-Maya Louis, 5B-Alex Cecilia, 5W-Kalina Tom, 6DC-Roberto

Miranda, 6R-James Celine (Carmen). Secondary: 7M-Hannah Carson, 7G-Lewis Green,

8J-Lorna Van Baar, 8B-Jake Jackson, 9P-Geogiy Patsuald, 9C-Ryan Beaumont, 10G-

Christopher Sunden Cullberg, 11S-Robbie Beaumont.

ELECTED - SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

BUT, adults don’t always make the BEST deci-sions and pupil´s ideas can sometimes be BET-TER than adults´. So what will I have to do as a school councillor? 1). Go to School Council meetings about once a month during your lunchtime 2). Ask your classmates for their views about the school 3). Let your class know what has happened at the meetings 4). Be in-volved in projects that the School Council run 5). Take their views to the School Council for discussion.

School Council Meeting Date: Friday 30th October Time: 13:10

Who is attending this meeting?

Mr R., James, Roberto, Miranda, Tom, Maya, Geraldo, Jasmin, Clarita, Adam, Mia,

Maximo, Joella, Sofia, Ramiro, Alex, Amelia and Julie from Elliott George Foundation.

First thing we are going to talk about: Fund Raising Ideas —2nd Hand Toy Sale, Make toys to sell, Biscuit/Cake stall, Healthy

Food stall, Sponsored Silence, Making books of children’s stories and poems, School Tea

towels, Raffle, Sponsored Hula Hoop, Sponsored walk, Sponsored hop, Sponsored House

Points, Sponsored spell, jumble sale, car boot sale, Christmas Fair, non uniform days,

Christmas disco, karaoke, sponsored run, design your own T-shirt, sponsored dance,

sponsored obstacle course, Christmas card design, loose change bucket in reception to

collect coins, history day – people dress up as different periods of history, Easter egg

competition, sponsored basketball shoot.

What we decided: Non-uniform Day, followed by Disco

At disco sell cakes/biscuits, drinks and sweets

At disco, do a raffle, some games to win prizes

Date of next meeting? Friday 13th November 2009

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On 26th to 30th October we will hold our first cross-

curricular “Curriculum Week” in which all KS3

classes (Years 7, 8 and 9) focused on “What are we

doing to our planet?” On Friday 30th an assembly

for KS3 and their parents was organised to review

their conclusions. Curriculum weeks, in which a

theme is developed across different departments,

are common practice now in UK

CURRICULUM WEEK - “WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OUR PLANET” SECONDARY NEWS

APPOINTMENT OF PREFECTS AND ELECTION OF HEAD BOY AND GRIL

names of the new Prefects,

who were invited to come to

the stage, and all received a

resounding applause as they

crossed the assembly room.

The appointed Prefects are:

Jessica Fitzgerald, Celime Dan-

quah-Williams, Clara Mestre,

Mani Masshafi, Nadia Stafford

Northcote, Henry Stafford

Northcote, Sam Gulliver, Jorge

Bernabé San Juan, Nikita An-

dreev and Karoline Skipper-

vold.

Once all Prefects had been

CONGRATULATIONS

TO ALL!

On Tuesday 6th October a

special Assembly was held

for secondary. The purpose

was to officially present our

newly appointed Prefects

for 2009/2010 to the whole

of Secondary.

The ceremony started with

Mrs Flaxman & Mr Mar-

chand explaining to the stu-

dents what the role of a

Prefect was, as well as the

qualities that were required

for such a post. After this,

Mr. Marchand called out the

called out and were

standing on the stage,

Mr. Marchand then an-

nounced which

two students had been

voted Head Boy and

Head Girl by their

teachers, and the win-

ners were: Karoline

Skippervold and Jorge

Bernabe, whom we are

proud to have as repre-

sentatives for Laude

San Pedro.

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SECONDARY NEWS

The Sacred Childhoods Foundation is a hu-

manitarian NGO that offers assistance to

children whose survival and wellbeing is at

risk due to issues of poverty, child labour,

human trafficking and slavery, sexual ex-

ploitation, natural disaster and displace-

ment. Their mission is to take responsibility

for the safety and wellbeing of children

around the world (without political or reli-

gious orientation).

The Y12 students (organised by Karoline

Skippervold, Henry & Nadia Stafford North-

cote) raised 170 euros in cake sales for the

foundation, to that will be added around

130 euros raised by non-uniform d a y .

We have raised in total this

week over 300 euros, the

full amount will be given

to Natalia Perry’s char-

ity (Daughter of Mrs S

Perry).

The United Nations'

International Day of

Peace - marked

every year on Sep-

tember 21ST - is a

global holiday when

individuals, commu-

nities, nations and governments highlight

efforts to end conflict and promote peace.

Josh Hollis (History) and Phillip Craven

(Geography) delivered a special secondary

assembly to raise awareness of the impor-

tance of the United Nation and the Interna-

tional Day of Peace.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE The Official Poster competition is aimed at

all local schools and colleges to take part in

the creation of the official poster. It is the

perfect occasion, through schools, to en-

courage younger generation to express

their flare of art in this event. Submission

deadline was Sunday 24th May 2009. Two

lucky winners were selected by a represen-

tative from Marbella Town Hall where their

work will be showcased as one of the OFFI-

CAL POSTERS for Marbella International

Film Festival 2009. The winning schools

received a laptop computer and their win-

ning student received 100 euro's voucher

to spend at la Cañada.

We are proud to announce that Hannah

Carson 7M won the poster competition.

MARBELLA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL— COMPETITION WINNER

Well

done to

all!

By Ms. Goodwin By Ms. Goodwin

By Ms. Goodwin

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SECONDARY NEWS

On Wednesday, 14th Octo-

ber, Mr Marchand organised

a very special French class

for his Year 12 students;

they were taken to the

school kitchen and were

given an insight into French

culinary culture; with the

help and guidance of their

teacher, they produced one

of France´s classic deserts:

a "Fondant au Chocolat".

The students took great

pleasure in learning about

different cooking techniques

(such as "bain-marie), and

in making their own de-

sert.

The class spent an hour fol-lowing the various stages of the recipe, and were then rewarded with 20 minutes tasting time, during which they all enjoyed an individ-ual Fondant au chocolat, served with vanilla ice cream. The absolute silence whilst they were eating spoke for itself: cakes taste so much better when you make them yourself!

Spanish students have

worked in groups to create

a presentation aimed at un-

derstanding how some

Spanish verbs are formed

and used. They were asked

to present their research to

the rest of the group and

provide examples on how

to use the preterite and

perfect tenses. All presen-

tations were recorded on

video and the students

worked enthusiastically,

proving that grammar does

not need to be boring!

YEAR 9 - SPANISH by MR. MARCOS

YEAR 12 - FRENCH by CHARLES MARCHAND

Ingredients:

• 50g unsalted butter, plus ex-

tra to grease

• 2 tsp cocoa powder

• 50g good quality bitter

chocolate

• 1 free range egg

• 1 free range egg yolk

• 60g caster sugar

• 50g plain flour

• Icing sugar

• Vanilla ice cream

Method: How to make hot

chocolate fondant

1. Preheat oven to 160˚C

2. Butter two large ramekins,

about 7.5cm in diameter, then

dust liberally with cocoa, shak-

ing out any excess.

3. Slowly melt the chocolate

and butter in a small bowl set

over a pan of hot water, then

take off the heat and stir until

smooth. Leave to cool for 10

minutes.

4. Using an electric whisk,

whisk the whole egg, egg yolk

and sugar together until pale

and thick, then incorporate the

chocolate mixture. Sift the

flour over the mixture and

gently fold in, using a large

metal spoon. Divide between

the ramekins and bake for 12

minutes.

5. Turn the chocolate fondants

out on to warmed plates. Dust

the tops with icing sugar

Well done Year 12!

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enthusiastically and

produced presenta-

tions of a high stan-

dard.

The following stu-

dents deserve a

special mention for

going beyond the

call of duty to pro-

duce and edit a

very informative

and wel l-made

video: Scarlett

Fisher, Evelyne

Raad, Helena Rob-

inson and Rosa Av-

ilez. Well done!

YEAR 9 - HISTORY by MR. MARCUS

SECONDARY NEWS

Year 9 history students

have been working on

a project to recreate

the living conditions in

Britain in the year

1750 to understand

how different life in

Britain was at the be-

ginning of the indus-

trial revolution.

They were asked to

imagine that an adver-

tising company had

asked them to make a

60 second video em-

phasising the positive

aspects of life in Britain

in 1750. They had to

include references to

all the following fea-

tures; Population, Gov-

ernment , Hea l th ,

Transport, Industry

and the Empire. All

students worked

Year 7G have been studying maps and

map reading in Geography with Mr. Cra-

ven. In a recent lesson they have been

investigating contours. They discovered

how contours are shown on Ordnance

Survey maps and that how they repre-

sented different heights of land. For their

homework, they were given a selection

of contour lines and asked to produce a

3D version …. a mountain.

Such was the quality of their work that

you will now find it on display in the li-

brary. Well done 7G.

YEAR 7 - GEOGRAPHY by MR. CRAVEN

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SECONDARY NEWS

There are over 6000 languages spoken in the

world. And behind each and every one of them

lies a rich and diverse culture. That’s what the

European Day of Languages (EDL) aims to cele-

brate - by showing people across Europe how im-

portant languages are, and what fun can be had

learning them.

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES by MR. ORTIZ

Fue organizado por el Consejo Europeo por

primera vez en el 2001 y cada año crece un

poco más; actualmente participan 45 paí-

ses. Nuestro colegio también lo celebró el

pasado viernes, 25 de septiembre y muchos

de nuestros alumnos participaron en varias

actividades relacionadas

con la diversidad de idio-

mas en todas sus asigna-

turas. Durante las clases

de lenguas extranjeras,

los alumnos probaron sus

habilidades como actores

y guionistas – meditaron,

diseñaron y finalmente

actuaron en un video de 2

minutos que se presenta-

rá a concurso en los pres-

tigiosos premios LAFTA (Language and Films

Talent Awards - Premios de Talentos en Idio-

mas y Películas) que se celebrarán en febre-

ro. El propósito de este proyecto era comu-

nicar la idea de que los idiomas pueden ser

útiles y ayudarnos en nuestras vidas.

Set up by the Council of Europe, it was

first celebrated in 2001 – and it’s getting

bigger every year, now with 45 countries

i n v o l v e d .

Our school also celebrated it last Friday

25th of September and many of our stu-

dents took part

in several activities

related to the diversity

of languages in all

subjects. In foreign

language lessons, stu-

dents tried their skills

as actors and script-

writers by thinking,

designing and finally

acting in a 2 minute

video that will be en-

tered for the prestigious LAFTA awards in

February ( Language and Films Talent

Awards ), where they had to convey the

idea of how speaking languages can help

you in life.

We are proud to report that this

event was a great success that

was enjoyed by all.

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SECONDARY NEWS

Durante el primer

trimestre estamos

estudiando en Co-

nocimiento del Me-

dio un primer blo-

que orientado a la

salud y al cuerpo

humano. Hemos

comenzado

con la nu-

trición y

hemos tra-

bajado ca-

da uno de

los aparatos que intervienen en la nutrición:

El aparato digestivo, el aparato respiratorio,

el aparato excretor y el aparato circulatorio.

Nuestros alumnos de Year 7 ya saben que

deben consumir alimentos variados para

atender todas las necesidades del organis-

mo, y comprenden que si se elimina algún

alimento de la dieta, pueden sufrir la defi-

ciencia de alguna sustancia importante.

Hemos animado a los alumnos a hacerse

responsables de su dieta discriminando los

alimentos de los que no deben prescindir,

como el pescado, la fruta o la verdura, de

los que deberían ocupar poco espacio en su

dieta. Los dulces, fritos y bebidas gaseosas

apenas aportan nutrientes, pueden hacer-

nos engordar y además nos quitan el apeti-

to sustituyendo a otros alimentos más sa-

nos.

CONOCIMIENTO - LA FUNCIÒN DE LA NUTRICIÒN Y NUESTRO ORGANISMO

En las clases de Ciencias Sociales hemos estudiado el relieve terrestre, centrándonos en la idea de que la Tierra no es lisa sino que presenta distintas formas:

• El relieve de los continentes: mon-tañas, valles, llanuras, mesetas o alti-planos y depresiones.

• El relieve costero: península, cabo, golfo, isla.

• El relieve submarino: plataforma continental, talud continental, llanura abisal, dorsal oceánica y fosas mari-nas.

Para tener una idea más clara y más visual de cómo es el relieve, nuestros alumnos de Year 9 han recreado estas formas a través de maquetas, cartulinas, plastilina…

Cada uno de ellos, dejándose llevar por su imaginación, ha disfrutado y ha aprendido cada uno de estos elementos.

¡Bien hecho y enhorabuena a todos!

CIENCIAS SOCIALES - LAS FORMAS DEL RELIEVE TERRESTRE

By MIRYAM MARTIN

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SECONDARY NEWS

a 3D mask, showing how image manipula-

tion can achieve some exciting and surpris-

ing results.

Year 9 produced some excellent work, had

a great time and overall they enjoyed the

project.

The results are displayed in the entrance

corridor.

In year 9 it is important for pupils to build

up a more sustained approach to project

work in art, to produce a variety of exam-

ples. The work on masks started with con-

sidering various cultures, both eastern and

western, basic facial proportion and self

portraits, but leads to

ART by UTA SCHROETER

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OCTOBER 2008

SECONDARY NEWS

Our year 8 Science

class was the cause

of many oohs and

aahs this week as

the students got first

hand experience of a

pair of real pig’s

lungs. Most of the

students relished the

opportunity to poke

around in the

spongy, b loody

lungs (with gloves

on of course) discov-

ering the air sacs

and bronchioles for

themselves, as we

had learnt about in

class. A few students

found it a bit too gory

and decided to take a

seat at the back of

class where they didn’t

have to get so quite

close. The highlight of

the lesson was when

our laboratory techni-

cian, JuanJo produced

a length of tubing and

inflated the lungs for

the class to demon-

strate how they would

look in a living animal.

This produced several

cries of, “Do it again!”

Overall, it was a most

enjoyable and memo-

rable Science lesson.

YEAR 8 - SCIENCE

By NIEVES SCUILLI

YEAR 7 - SCIENCE

Year 7G did an interesting Science practical

where they made their own microscope

slides of onion cells and cheek cells. They

all did very well and found it extremely in-

teresting.

Great

work—well

done!

By PHILLIPA BUIS

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Yr 9 have been studying

Plants for food and have had

a great time looking at seeds

and growing them.

Yr 10 and 11 in Biology have

had a go at looking at onion

cells through microscopes

in Chemistry year 10 have

been getting to grips with

the principles of Chemistry

and looking at balancing

equations while yr 11 have

been studying physical

chemistry.

In Physics years 10 and 11

have had a great time look-

ing at speed, distance, time

and waves. They have car-

ried out experiments with

trolleys and ticker tape and

have been producing Power-

Point on the electromagnetic

spectrum and dispersions.

Also as part of our Curriculum

week “what are we doing to

our planet?” the Science de-

partment have been looking

at BEES.

Yes, I know that seems a bit

strange but where would we

be without bees? Bees are

responsible for pollinating al-

most all the fruit and vegeta-

bles we eat and without them

life would be pretty grim.

Yes, bees are an important

insect that Scientist have

shown are decreasing dra-

matically in number every

year. Yes, I know, all very

e x c i t i n g s t u f f .

By MISS VALENTINE

SECONDARY NEWS

SCIENCE

“Dispersión

R O Y G B I V

White Light can be split up into the colours that make it up.

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SECONDARY NEWS

descripción estática

y dinámica así como

lenguaje descriptivo

hemos realizado in-

teresantes ejercicios

de refuerzo y am-

pliación en una inte-

resante visita virtual

al museo del Prado

(Madrid) que abrió

sus puertas al públi-

co por primera vez

en 1819. Nos hemos

detenido en la figura

del sevillano Diego

de Velázquez pres-

tando una especial

atención a los cua-

dros más destaca-

dos desde el punto

de vista pictórico y

también a los prefe-

ridos de nuestros

alumnos como son

Las Hilanderas, Las

Meninas o La Adora-

ción de los reyes

magos. Los alum-

nos han completado

el ejercicio oyendo

atentamente la au-

dio guía.

En el segundo y últi-

mo periodo y dedi-

cado a la descripción

se realizó en el aula

de informática, aho-

Apropósito del tema

de la descripción,

incluido en la uni-

dad 3 de nuestro

temario, los alum-

nos de año 10

aprendieron a iden-

tificar y a distinguir

los distintos tipos

de descripciones así,

para discernir la

descripción objetiva

buscamos el signifi-

cado de la palabra

olmo en el dicciona-

rio de La Real Aca-

demia de la Lengua

Española a través de

su página web

www.rae.es y para

identificar la des-

cripción subjetiva

recurrimos al clásico

y emotivo poema de

Antonio Machado “A

un olmo viejo, hen-

dido por el rayo”

que leímos y ade-

más, escuchamos en

la voz Joan Manuel

Serrat, quien unió

los poemas de este

autor con su música

y voz en su disco

Dedicado a Antonio

Machado (1969).

Para practicar la

ra es el momento

en que los alumnos

sean capaces de

realizar un texto

descriptivo con co-

herencia, cohesión y

adecuación de forma

autónoma. Para ello,

los alumnos volvie-

ron a la página web

del museo del Pra-

do, eligieron un cua-

dro y realizaron una

descripción del mis-

mo atendiendo a to-

dos los puntos expli-

cados con anteriori-

dad y completaron

la descripción con

información adicio-

nal sobre el cuadro.

By MS. IRISARRI

YEAR 10 - LENGUA

LA ESCRITURA ES LA PINTURA DE LA VOZ - VOLTAIRE

VOLTAIRE

OBJETIVOS DE

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SECONDARY NEWS

A teacher and 4 pupils

from Bredon School

(Laude) in the UK ar-

rived on Wednesday

14th October and they

are stayed till 19th Oc-

tober. The pupils are

Year 11 and 12. The

aim of their visit is to

practice their AS Span-

ish.

BREDON VISTORS

BREDON SCHOOL

PUPILS PRACTICE

THEIR SPANISH

WITH PRIMARY

STUDENT OF THE

WEEK.

What did you do

during the sum-

mertime? I trav-

elled through Portu-

gal for 2 weeks to

Coimbra, and then

flew to Toulouse in

France for a week.

The rest of the time

I worked on my

house, which was

having a new

kitchen fitted.

What is your fa-

vorite music?

Tchaikowsky´s - Ro-

meo and Juliet.

What do you con-

sider to be the

most significant

event that has oc-

curred during your

life? Being at the

birth of my one and

What is your

name? Keith Johns-

ton-Harris

What is your na-

tionality? British

How long have

you been working

at Laude San

Pedro? 2 months,

since Sept 1st 2009.

What is the main

subject you teach?

Maths is my only

subject.

Do you have a tu-

tor group? Class

8J...the best!

Are you involved

in any school

clubs? If so,

when and where?

Card games on a

Thursday after

school.

only child, a boy

named Matthew.

If you could pos-

sess one super-

human power,

what would it be?

To cure the world of

starvation.

What are you

really bad at that

you’d love to be

great at? Playing

any musical instru-

ment.

What’s your favor-

ite joke? How do

you confuse an Irish

man? Place two

spades against a

wall, and ask him to

take his pick !

By MEGAN ROBIN-

SON

STUDENT TEACHER INTERVIEW

Megan Robinson interview with a teacher, read more………!

What’s your

favorite joke?

How do you

confuse an

Irish man?

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SECONDARY NEWS NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Since September, Year 10 Language students have been busy learning all about the way words can persuade. We have been analysing a variety of texts and have considered ways in which our own words can be used more effec-

tively. Sam De Jonge has been par-ticularly astute at recognising the im-plications behind ad-vertising jargon and has been quick to understand the power of language. The students have been practising per-suasive techniques by designing and writing copies for an advertisement to sell school lockers! The Year 10 Litera-ture class have

started to read “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and inevitably there will be a few tears when we read the last chapter! Charlotte has produced an ex-cellent piece of analysis on the “bunkhouse” scene and has quickly

learned to appreci-ate why reading be-tween the lines is such a rewarding experience. Year 11 Language students have been abandoned on a life-raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean! Assuming that they survive, their job is to relate their ad-ventures in a variety of writing styles, which is great prac-tice for the IGCSE English as First Lan-

students are working on a project all about themselves, which gives them plenty to write about!

The October English student of the month is Ryan Beau-mont. He has been working exception-ally well and we are all impressed by the consistently high standard of both his written and oral work.

The week before the half-term holiday wasthe Secondary School Poetry Week and we are sure that the entries for this

year’s Young Writers Competition will be of the usual high standard.

By Kate Hoad (Faculty Head)

The 12 AS Litera-ture students have read the first three acts of “Othello” and have immedi-ately got to grips with one of Shake-speare’s most fa-mous tragedies. Their next step is to write a 2,500 word essay on the play and some its many interpreta-tions, which they seem keen to do since one of the students asked me if they could write more than 2,500 words!

In Key Stage 3, some of the Year 8

students have been researching Charles Dickens and all Year 9 stu-dents have been terrified while studying the Ghost story genre! Year 7

By KATE HOAD

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Laude San Pedro has had a

musical start to the year

with around 50 of our stu-

dents involved in singing,

both in Choir and Vocal

Academy. Choir takes place

every Wednesday lunchtime,

Primary Juniors at 1pm and

Secondary at 2pm. We have

been singing a variety of

songs from traditional folk

through to Abba’s Mamma

Mia. We will be giving a se-

ries of concerts in November

and December including a

performance outside the

Christmas Fair at Hotel Al-

tamarina on 5th December.

Choir ¡s a free lunchtime ac-

tivity and all students are

welcome to come along and

try it out. As well as choir, a

talented group of students

have been taking part in the

Vocal Academy after school

on Wednesday and Thurs-

day, developing their solo

singing skills and recording

performances of their fa-

vourite songs. Each student

will produce a CD of songs

to take home at the end of

each term. We are also hop-

ing to put together a CD

compilation of the best per-

formances which will be

available to buy, with pro-

ceeds going to charity. For

more information, see Miss

Longdon. Overall, a musical

start to the academic year!

SECONDARY NEWS

El pasado 15 de octubre, los

alumnos de Year 13 de la

asignatura FQM, han apren-

dido qué es la Ley de Con-

servación del Momento An-

gular, por tanto ahora son

capaces de explicar fenóme-

nos tales como porqué cuan-

do las patinadoras giran so-

bre sí mismas, experimentan

un cambio velocidad al alejar

o acercar los brazos al cuer-

po. Este es también el prin-

cipio básico bajo el cual fun-

ciona el giros-

copio, instru-

mento de

gran impor-

tancia tanto

en la navega-

ción aérea como en la espa-

cial.

EL MOMENTO ANGULAR by Ms. IRISARRI

"BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’ TIS”

movie, and were able to

witness the very strong

cultural and linguistic

differences between the

North and the South of

France. This will then be

the object of several les-

sons in school, focusing

on French cultural diver-

sity.

On Monday 5th October,

Mr. C. Marchand took his

IGCSE and AS classes

(Years 10, 11 and 12) to

the Malaga French Film

Festival, to watch last

years´ acclaimed box

office hit: "Bienvenue

chez les Chtis": The

laude students who took

part on this school trip

thoroughly enjoyed the

“Witness the very

strong cultural and

linguistic d between

the North and the

South of France.”

CHOIR & VOCAL ACADEMY by MS LONGDON

By Mr. MARCHAND

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There have been some recent incidences of

pupils slipping back into bad habits regarding

footwear on the green pitch

Just a gentle reminder that

the School policy is that

if pupils are playing on the

green pitch, it must be with

appropriate footwear. I would

hate for any member of staff

supervising to be in

a awkward position,

SECONDARY ATHLETICS

OCTOBER 2008

INTERSCHOOL BASKETBALL AT SIS

We had a fantastic afternoon at Sotogrande

on the 30th Sept. We had a series of games,

the boys tried

their best and

enjoyed the

games the-

played. We

won and lost

games yet the

last game with

our best play-

ers from both

both year 9 and 10 mixed was to be the final

outcome, unfortunately we lost the game 20

to 25. We have named Nicholas Spano in

year 10 man of the match, he played su-

perbly defending and attacking like an abso-

lute star. Congratulations to all the boys.

PE HALF TERM REPORT GREEN PITCH FOOTWEAR

The Secondary pupils have been very busy

with their first basketball league matches

and the inter-house competition.

Years 7-10 (with the exception of the year

7/8 girls) have all played at Sotogrande

School and a particularly strong perform-

ance was put in by the year 8 boys, who

beat both Swans and Sotogrande.

The inter-house competition saw girls and

boys competing in a more relaxed man-

ner, but just as enthusiastically. We are

also looking forward to the Primary inter-

house games. Next term we hope to have

a special report from our very own sport’s

journalists! Watch this space!!!!

By MR. LEACH AND MS. GARCIA

By MR. LEACH

By MR. LEACH

GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM AT

SOTOGRANDE

BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AT

SOTOGRANDE

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SECONDARY ATHLETICS

OCTOBER 2008

Inter-House is not just sport-

ing event. Throughout the

year various subjects have

competitions, challenges and

recognition for a child’s effort

and they can as a result gain

points for their given house.

The Heads of House and

House Captains are crucial to

the success of these

events. They act as man-

agement teams to make sure

every child and member of

staff are in the right place at

the right time. Miss Garcia

and myself on the day are

two impartial referees who

organise and administer the

event. We have no input or

influence on any of the indi-

vidual teams. We stay impar-

tial as we have to!

Leading up to the sporting

event students start to get

excited as they sort out the

teams. This is encouraged

as it makes the day all the

more special.

InterHouse officially start

during lunch at 1.50pm

As soon as the first match

starts it will be a continual

flow of matches as per the

fixture lists.

Thanks to all the staff for

helping us make the sec-

o n d a r y i n -

ter house basketball tour-

nament a smooth running

event. I hope everyone en-

joyed the games, some

were very close and excit-

ing. The final results were:

1st FIRE, 2nd AIR &

EARTH, 3rd WATER

INTERHOUSE BY Mr. LEACH AND MS. GARCIA

AIR SUPPORTS GIVING A

CHEER

WATER IN ACTION

FIRE—THE WINNING

DANCE! GREEN TACTICS TALK

FIRE—STRATEGY MEETING