International Day 2006!
Being a Specialist Language College brings many benefits and one which Achievement we can enjoy as a whole school is Care our annual celebration of Excellence International Day. In past years we have celebrated the culture, traditions and languages of India and September Africa and this year, in July, it was China’s turn. 2006 Issue No. 4
We chose to have our celebrations on July 7th, a day when Year 9 are on their induction at Groby College. This gives us a little more space for activities and flexibility with the timetable. Each curriculum area has a chance to be adventurous and imaginative as they like with the emphasis very definitely on fun. China tea and fortune cookies in the library at break time. Staff and students together enjoyed a gala Chinese lunch beautifully prepared by the catering team. There are some wonderful photos as evidence! The China day activities included: English: bookmarks decorated in Chinese calligraphy Science: experiments to compare the efficiency of different styles of paper fan Maths: Chinese numbers and games Humanities: Chinese New Year stories and traditions Languages: a lesson in mandarin ADT: Chinese cookery and tasting, silk painting, dragon making and painting PE: tug of war, tai chi Drama: lion dancing Music: traditional music filled the corridors and classrooms A Walk on
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Each year we invite our Language College sponsors, governors, friends of Brookvale as well as the mayor of Hinckley and Bosworth. Those of you who have shared this special occasion know what a wonderful celebration it is. To help the day feel really special we decorate the foyer, corridors and classrooms. Staff enter fully into the spirit of the day and wear appropriate costume wherever they can. This year we enjoyed The student evaluations show just what a great day it was, even if we could only scratch the surface of China. We shall return in Olympic year! The highlight of International Day is Inside this issue: International Day, contd…/A Walk on the Wild Side/Football No Aerosols/Sweatshirts/Maths Department News Diary Dates/Contact Details 1
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the afternoon performance when students show off their newly learned skills. The After the success of our “visit” to India in 2004 we will again be celebrating India in July 2007. We will use this opportunity to help promote our partnership and science curriculum link with a school in India.
excitement generated by the lion dancing was tremendous and the level of skill learned by the tai chi group in such a short time was truly impressive.
“A Walk on the Wild Side”, A charity walk on behalf of Loros
On Sunday 17th September Mrs Cuff (Maths
Dept) completed the walk of 6 miles around
Bradgate Park. (Pictured left with her walking
partner Mrs Brown.)
The Staff at Brookvale were generous in their
donations and Mrs.Cuff was able to hand over
£100 to the organisers.
Well done and a very big Thank You.
Year 7 Football! It was our first game of the season, we won 10 – 1, and the students were a credit to the school. We suffered two injuries, brave souls who sweated blood, tears and broken bones for the cause! A big special mention and thank you to the parents who came all the way out to Castle Donnington to support, bringing spare (forgotten) kit and were so helpful administering first aid!
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Maths Department News
This year we have entered the National Cipher Challenge. This is a web based national schools competition designed to stretch the ingenuity of the U.K.’s young mathematicians. This is the fourth University of Southampton National Cipher cracking competition which consists of a sequence of 8 enciphered messages to be published on this web site between September and December 2006. www.maths.soton.ac.uk/cipher The following students have already signed on and are taking part as small teams. However the Challenge is open to any student who wants to have a go and has an e mail. You can register online now. The Challenge begins 29 th September. For more details see your Maths Teacher. Good Luck to our Secret Agents (who are not secret anymore). Ben Francis, Ben Judge, Liam Hannon, Sophie Power, Catherine Sheldrake, Claire Bowen, James Garner, Joseph Osbourne, Matthew Wilkinson, Tom Littleworth , Daisy Just, Katie Lear, Amy Hubbard and Ciaran George.
Puzzle Corner. September. September.
Bill, Beth and Bert have to cross a river in a rowboat which can carry a maximum load of 140kg. Bill weighs 100kg, Beth weighs 50 kg and Bert weighs 75kg. They all have rucksacks. Bill’s weighs 40kg, Beth’s weighs 15kg, and Bert’s weighs 25kg. How do they cross the river if none of them will leave their rucksacks with any of the others? Entry Form. September. Name…………………… Form……... Answer………………………………….. Hand in your answers to Mrs.Cuff. Closing date: Friday 6 th October 3
Brookvale News Dates For Your Diary
ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/07 AUTUMN TERM 2006 Football Fixture (v. Castle Rock) Thursday 5 th October Netball Fixture (v. Ivanhoe) Thursday 5 th October Jeans for Genes Day Friday 6 th October Year 7 Interim Evening Thursday 19 th October Training Day Friday 20 th October (no students) Half Term Monday 23 rd ­ Friday 27th October Sports Fixture (v. Ibstock) Wednesday 1 st November Year 8X Progress Evening* Monday 6 th November Sports Fixture (v. M. Bosworth) Wednesday 8 th November Year 8Y Progress Evening* Tuesday 14 th November Football Fixture (v. Newbridge) Wednesday 15 th November Netball Fixture (v. D. Grammar) Wednesday 15 th November Year 9X Progress Evening* Wednesday 29 th November Year 9Y Progress Evening* Tuesday 5 th December End of Term Tuesday 19 th December, 1pm *Students will make an appointment with the tutor prior to the evening.
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