SHENLEY BROOK END SCHOOL

SCHOOL NEWS Vol 18 Issue 14 : 22 June 2017

Diary Dates

26 June GI-V Project Finalé

27 June Learning Leaders Visit to Hazeley Academy

28 June Years 7 – 10 Athletics Championships at Stantonbury

28 June Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly 11am – 12 noon

29 June Year 11 Prom at Wilton Hall

29 June Year 13 Leavers’ Assembly 11.30am

30 June Sixth Form Ball

30 June Years 7 – 11 County School Games

30 June Year 9 Supporting Oxley Park Sports Day

4 July Year 10 Maths Trip

5 July Years 7 – 10 West Flank Orchestra at Christ the Sower

6 July Year 12 English Trip

6 July Year 12 Europe House Trip

18 July Summer Concert at 7pm

Welcome

A cornucopia of interesting articles herewithin.

It’s great to see so many interesting activities that our students get involved with. From

creative collages to voluminous voting via linguistic liveliness in Longrigg and sporting success

on Sports Day.

As you are aware governors have been discussing whether to pursue a more formal

partnership with Hazeley Academy. The matter was covered at a parents’ open evening last

week, and I would like to thank those who attended for their feedback which was passed

onto the governors. We have been working closely with Hazeley and there have already been

many benefits for students at both schools. At a meeting this week the governors voted in

favour of continuing with a possible multi-academy trust (MAT) application. If Hazeley

governors also decide to follow this route, we will be able to offer exciting opportunities for

all young people and their families in the west of MK. I look forward to giving you more

information as the project progresses.

Mr G Martin

Head Teacher

Sports Day 2017 took place on 13 June and was a massive success. Years 7-10 participated in an array of sporting activities. High Jump and Boccia/Kurling were welcome additions to

the traditional track and field events. The usual tournaments, including football, table tennis,

netball and rounders were on offer too.

There were a number of school records broken and the behaviour of the students was

excellent throughout. The weather was warm and dry which was a welcome change to the

extreme conditions we have faced in recent years.

The day went exceptionally well and the students did themselves proud:

Year 7: 1st 7BRS 2nd 7EMQ 3rd 7CEP

Year 8: 1st 8CJP 2nd 8BAR 3rd 8BAT

Year 9: 1st 9BPC 2nd 9SKS & 9SAW

Year 10: 1st 10BSS 2nd 10CDP 3rd 10BCE & 10HKF

Winning House: Birch

Year 11 GCSE Resistant Materials Mr Clarke would like to congratulate all the Year 11 GCSE Resistant Materials students this

year on their practical work. Students were asked to design and make a small storage unit

based on an art era from the last 100 years.

The photos show some of the excellent achievements from the students.

Lower School Reading Group

Membership of our lower school reading group,

Books R Us, continues to flourish, with half our

current group pictured here, whilst the other half

was away on a school trip to Longrigg.

Our members discussed their recent reading

choices, some selected from our many new fiction

titles, others favouring popular, established series

and authors.

Their 5-star recommendations are listed below, and

all are available to borrow from the library:

*We are all Made of Molecules by Susin

Nielson

*Shapeshifter Series by Ally Sparkes

*Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

*Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

*Nerve by Jeanne Ryan

*Divergent Series by Veronica Roth

*See How They Lie by Sue Wallman

* Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

*Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher

*Chocolate Box Girls Series by Cathy Cassidy

*Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K

Rowling

*The Bunker Diaries by Kevin Brookes

*The Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter

*A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen

Shenley Brook End Goes to the Polls

On Election Day, the Library was transformed temporarily into a

polling station, with all students and staff invited to cast a vote for

their chosen party. We had an excellent turn-out with 437 votes, as

follows:

Labour 207

Conservative 93

UKIP 45

Green 33

Spoiled Votes 23

Liberal Democrats 15

BNP 12

SNP 9

Election Debate

Year 7 students Joseph Cullen and Alessandro Lagioia

proposed the motion, ‘This House Believes the election is

a one-horse (Conservative) race’ against Ryan

Farebrother and Sophia Chapman, Year 10.

The debate was well-attended by students from all

year groups and members of staff who put the

speakers through their paces, with questions on

policies, promises and political personalities.

All four speakers demonstrated confidence and passion when delivering their arguments. The

opposition won over the committee, due to their use of statistics and historical examples.

They also gained the most votes from the audience, but only three more than the proposition

team.

Thank you to all our speakers and to Mr Saint for coaching our Year 7 students.

HPV Injections

Please check you daughters’ bags because in the next few weeks Year 8 Girls will

be bringing home consent forms for the HPV injections. They will be taking place

on;

Dose 1 Thursday 5 October 2017

Dose 2 Monday 25 June 2018

Once the forms are completed please return to Mrs Baldwin, Welfare Support leader.

Library News continued

Picture This

Milton Keynes is 50

This year, Milton Keynes has been celebrating its 50th Year with events organised the length

and breadth of the ‘city’, (though we still do not have official city status) throughout the

year.

We are currently running a competition to produce a list of ’50 Reasons to be Proud to Live

in Milton Keynes’, which will run until the last week of term. Use your research skills,

looking at the display, books and leaflets in the library, searching the internet, listening to

local news and speaking to friends and family. We are inviting students to produce a

thoughtful list comprising famous people from MK; historical events which may have taken

place in and around Milton Keynes; iconic structures; interesting and vibrant green spaces;

popular community initiatives and venues, annual events and more. The lists will be judged on

how well they reflect the many exciting and varied opportunities on offer in our home town

and there will be prizes for the best three lists. To enter the competition, please pick up a

form from the Library.

Our Student Library Assistants have

put together a selection of Picture

Boxes containing photographs from

old magazines and newspapers,

covering a variety of material. Topics

include: People; Technology;

Landscapes; Art; Sport; Food and

Drink; Buildings; Transport; The

Animal Kingdom; and Plant Life.

You can help yourself to as many

pictures as you want, as the boxes

are regularly replenished. You may

find the images useful for supporting

your curriculum subjects –

decorating an exercise book with

relevant subject matter, designing a

poster, making a collage, gaining

inspiration for a creative writing

project, or for copying and adapting

an idea for use in art. The

possibilities are endless.

To the left is a collage created as an

example by student library assistants

Molly Norman, Farmina Miah and

James Mitchell.

We currently have an interactive display

in the Library encouraging students to

tell us their favourite place in Milton

Keynes; perhaps a favourite landmark,

restaurant, independent shop, park or

activity. Once students have filled in

their ‘roundabout’, we place it on the

board and highlight their choice on the

MK map. So far, eateries seem to be

very popular choices, but Bletchley Park,

CMK and local green spaces, including

Caldecotte and Campbell Park, are also

featured. Fill in a roundabout, available

in the Library, to ensure your personal

favourite place is featured.

Carnegie Event

After 8 weeks committing to read the 8

books on the Carnegie Book Award shortlist,

our 8 Carnegie Champions attended a special

pizza lunchtime event, to celebrate their

achievement and to discover the official

winner of the Carnegie Gold Award for

Outstanding Children’s Fiction.

The shortlisted books were as follows:

Beck by Mal Peet; Railhead by Philip Reeve; Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys; The Bone

Sparrow by Zana Fraillon; Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce; The

Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock; The Stars at Oktober Bend by

Glenda Millard and Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk.

Our champions were asked to play the role of the judging panel to predict this year’s winner

but, as keen readers, were also asked to name their personal favourite.

As critics, six students predicted Railhead, by Philip Reeve, would win, whilst two predicted

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon.

For their personal favourite, they were torn between three titles, with four voting for The

Bone Sparrow; three voting for Railhead and one voting for Salt to the Sea by Ruta

Sepetys.

Amy Wagstaff, was the only champion reader who agreed with this year’s winner, when Salt

to the Sea, her second favourite book of all time, took the coveted prize. The novel is

based on a true story from World War II. When the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German ship, was

sunk in port in early 1945, it was carrying over 9000 civilian refugees, including children.

Nearly all drowned. Sepetys convincingly imagines their very tragic story.

Our Carnegie Champions, from Left to Right in the back row are: Hannah-Marie Culley;

Charlotte Fox; Beth Wood and Oliver Wolfe, and L to R in the front row; Beatriz Gonzalez-

Gomez; Amy Wagstaff and Chelsey Ng. Jacob Jackson-Smith, pictured separately, was our

8th Champion reader.

Our Champions have written reviews on all of the nominated books and these can be found in

a folder by the Carnegie display in the Library. The shortlisted titles, including the gold

medal winner, are now available to borrow.

Library Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 28 June Year 11 Book Return in the Gym: 11.50-1pm

Thursday 29 June Year 13 Book Return in the Theatre: 11.30 -12.30

Tuesday 4 July Lunchtime Craft Event: 1pm in the Library

MFL trip to Longrigg 5 to 9 June 2017

Bright and early on Monday 5 June and we were on

our way to Longrigg for a week of adventure in

French, Spanish and German. The lovely sunny

weather of recent weeks clearly wasn’t going to

follow us to Cumbria. Before long the rain was

pouring down and it didn’t really stop until we got

home. But we weren’t going to let that stop us

making the most of the week.

After picking up the kit we needed, we headed straight out for a local walk trying to name

some features in another language along the way.

Over the course of the week students had the opportunity to try out caving, hill walking,

climbing or scrambling and canoeing as well as some team challenges. They also took part in a

short village quiz (in a foreign language) when we briefly visited Sedbergh, where they also

bought some sweets and souvenirs.

Evening activities focused on using French, German and Spanish to complete a diary for the

day and learning some of the vocabulary connected with the activities. It was good to hear

students recalling words learnt that day and sharing their knowledge.

The evening meals were themed – Spanish, French and German – and prepared, cooked and

served by groups of students and enjoyed by all! Well done to all students for showing good

teamwork when working in duty groups. I’m sure everyone learned something new. Breakfast

duty teams had to get up extra early and lunch duty teams showed a good level of

organisational skills ensuring all 27 of us had the correct lunch. Only one person burnt the

toast (and it wasn’t a student!!).

Everyone gained something positive from the trip, for many it was a practical skill and for

others an increase in confidence. Many of them made new friends and all of them learned

some new vocabulary in the language they study as well as the other two languages being

used.

We look forward to another successful trip to Longrigg in the future for more language

adventures. Miss Froggitt, Mrs Amekhfi and Mr Greenhalgh

Student comments

LOST PROPERTY

The lost property mountains are erupting. Please ask your child to look on

the tables in the “Street” for any lost items of clothing or other items such

as shoes and bags.

The tables displaying the “lost” property will be out until the end of term, 21

July, after which all remaining items will be recycled.

Items of value, money, jewellery, phones, keys etc are kept in a locked drawer in reception

and enquiries should be made to the receptionist.

Please ask your child to look on the tables, and parents are also welcome to come into school

at the end of the school day to look.

I’ve learned how to be more independent and how to keep calm in a challenging situation.

This has improved my French skills a lot.

I learned how to do some basic cooking.

I’ve made new friends.

This trip has given me motivation.

It’s good to challenge yourself.

I have learnt lots of new words in other languages.

I have learnt that you can combine lots of lessons together and still have fun.

Being in Longrigg helped my confidence.

I did activities I’ve never done before.

Sixth Form Dates

Thursday 29 JUNE 2017

On Thursday 29 June all Year 13 students have been invited to attend the

Leavers’ Assembly, which will be taking place in the Theatre.

Students should arrive at 11.30 am.

During the Assembly students will be asked to return any resources, their

locker key and lanyard. They will then be presented with their leaver’s gift and if they are

attending, their ticket for the Leavers’ Ball.

Friday 30 JUNE 2017

The Year 13 Leavers’ Ball is taking place at Longueville Hall, Newton

Longville from 7.00pm until midnight.

Students will need to bring ID to purchase alcohol and money to buy drinks and

photographs on the evening.

Photographs are £5 each (available printed or digitally)

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Sixth Form Team

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