Camellia Globe
13th March 2008
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The Red Briefcase Strikes again!
By Beth Taylor and Charlotte Atherton
Yesterday, many tax changes
were made
by Alistair
Darling, the Chancellor.
Drivers of big family cars
could face up to £950 tax
called ‘the showroom tax.’
This is to encourage people to
buy green cars from 2010.
There will also be an increase
in fuel cost of 2p per litre,
although this has been
postponed until October.
Enjo yi n g an alcoholi c
beverage could cost you an
extra 4p a pint of beer, 14p a
bottle of wine, 55p a bottle of
spirit and 3p a pint of cider.
This will start from midnight
this coming Sunday.
Having a quick cigarette break
might not be as easy as before.
Cigarettes are going up 11p
for a packet of 20 and 4p for 5
cigars. This started at 6pm
yesterday night.
Hopping over to visit your
aunty abroad will also become
more pricey and by 2010 the
government will have raised
£500 million. They also want
to prevent empty flights from
taking off.
For anyone with children,
you’re in luck! Child benefit
money is going up from
£18.10 to £20 per week from
April 2009.
Pensioners will get more
winter fuel allowance and that
will go up from £200 to £250
for the over 60s and from
£300 to £400 for over 80s.
To help keep the planet
peachy there will be a law
introduced in 2009 to tax
plastic bags, if shops do not do
more to cut down on them.
£26 million will also be put
towards making homes
greener.
Schools will get £30 million
in funding to advance science
teaching.
Things may be getting a bit
harder on your pockets, but
the government thinks it is
necessary to improve the
Britain we know today and
preserve it for the future.
Scarlett’s Story!
By Beth Taylor and Charlotte Atherton.
On the 19th of February a British 15-year-old girl was found
on a Goan Beach with barely
any clothes on her lifeless
body. The first thought was
that she had accidentally
drowned and the tide had then
washed her dead body on to
the shore, but it was later found
that she had been raped and
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then murdered by an unknown
killer.
Since then, three different men
have been arrested on the
basis of them being the main
suspects of the terrible crime
of rape and manslaughter.
Those three suspects are Mr
Samson D’Souza, 29, who is
believed to have lived with
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Mr Darling in the House of commons discussing the budget.
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fellow suspect, Mr Michael Anthony Mannion who is also known
as Mike Masala, who was believed
to have fled from Goa after seeing
Scarlett in her current state; he was
also seen drinking with Scarlett
hours before her death. The last
suspect is Mr Placido Carvalho,
who gave himself up to the police
yesterday. Scarlett was on a 6
month holiday with her mother and
siblings when her unexpected death
occurred. The Goan authorities
have confirmed that they will not
investigate Scarlett’s mother.
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The now dead girl having the time of her
life!
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Read about the bravest little boy of the moment, also how Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's on page 2. Find out how Westfield school helped raise
enough money to buy many taps and toilets for those who have none, on page 7. The Kenya Crisis on page 3. The latest sports starts on page 19-20.
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Thursday13th March 2008
Globe:News
Pratchett’s million dollars helps Alzheimer’s sufferers
By Eleanor Swinburne and Jenny Sharp
Terry Pratchett, a well known
author with an outstanding
imagination, has contributed
immensely to Alzheimer’s research. He gave a million dollars
to help the government find a
cure for the disease. He believes
that the government underestimates the importance of stopping
Alzheimer’s as it ruins a great
number of people’s lives. More
than 400,000 people in the U.K
are suffering from this incurable
disease. 3 months ago it was
revealed that Pratchett has Alzheimer’s. He said that people do
not understand how terrible it is
unless someone in their family
has had it. He described the disease as something that eats away
at you a bit at a time. More than
60,000 messages of advice and
support were sent to him as soon
as he revealed he had Alzheimer’s. The longer he lives
with this disease the more angry
he becomes. The reason for this
is the lack of support for the
patients. Each person with Alzheimer’s receives £11 for research each year, but cancer
patients get £289. There are
nearly as many Alzheimer’s sufferers as people with cancer.
Pratchett was shocked and upset
when he found out that only 3%
of what goes to cancer is given to
Alzheimer’s research. He does not
want to die not being able to recognise friends, family or even
himself. He is planning on telling
the Alzheimer’s research trust that
part of him lives in a modern day
world of science and cures and the
other half lives where remedies
are non-existent. Though his brain
will get permanently damaged he
wants to keep on writing. He believes it will keep him alive.
Women are inventors!
By Eleanor Swinburne and
Jenny Sharp
Though men invent big famous
things we could live without
almost all of them. Women
tend to invent things that we
need and use in our everyday
life. From washing machines to
fire escapes. We need female
inventors!
9 year old saves mother
By Eleanor Swinburne and Jenny Sharp
When an armed intruder broke
into the house where 9 year old
Nathan Thomson and his mother
were living he slashed Mrs Thomson 8 times with a kitchen knife.
Hoping to kill her he attempted to
attack her again when Nathan
jumped onto his back. Noticing
the intentions of the boy, to save
his mother, the intruder, Hugh
Clark turned on Nathan instead.
He stabbed Nathan in the face.
The two of them managed to escape to a friendly neighbours
home and an ambulance was
called. Later at court Clark admitted trying to kill Ena Thomson. He
escaped 12 years of imprisonment
and was instead jailed for 8 and a
half years as he pleaded guilty.
Hugh Clark was told that he had
been very drunk on the night but
that that was a reason for his appalling behaviour, not an excuse.
Nathan Thomson was described as
an extremely courageous boy.
Terry Pratchett 3 months after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Nathan Thomson after being stabbed in the face.
Thursday13h March 2008
Globe:News
Kenya Crisis!
By Jenny Sharp and Alice Leech
The Kenyan government has
lately been accused by Raila
Odinga, a rival of Mwai
Kibaki, the former president,
of tampering with the votes
for the election of the new
president.
It was third time lucky for
Mwai Kibaki as he had lost
two elections during 1990.
Mwai Kibaki has been elected
for president yet again but
Odinga thoroughly rejected
Kibaki’s victory. This has
caused a major civil dispute
all over the country but
mainly near the Rift valley.
Cities like Naivasha and
Nakuru have been affected the
most. There have been other
disputes like this in Kenya
during 1992/3, 1997 and in
2001/2.
Kenya has been known for
being one of the more stable
countries of Africa but
following the crisis that is
happening, its stability is
dropping rapidly.
Kenya is also renowned
worldwide for being full of
exotic wildlife and as a result is
one of Africa’s ultimate safari
destinations. But now that the
civil dispute has flared up,
fewer and fewer people have
been going to Kenya. It has got
to such an extent that people
may not be allowed to go to
Kenya because it would be too
dangerous.
Safari destinations have been
losing their money fast. They
need the money they earn from
the people who stay to help
keep the animals safe.
Will
the Kenyan
government unfold the truth
about the election? Only time
will tell.
U.S. Elections!
By Beth Taylor and Nanci Fairless Nicholson
The elections have been going
on for quite some time and are
well under way. The votes have
been counted in forty-six of the
fifty-one United States of
America. So far, in the race for
the Democratic leader, out of
the three candidates, who are
Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton
and John Edwards, Mr Obama
has won in twenty-six States
(the most recent of which is the
Mississippi Primary Election on
Mrs
the 11th of March).
Clinton has won in sixteen
states (the last one that Mrs
Clinton won was Ohio and that
was on the 4th of March) and
Mr Edwards has won in none of
the remaining states. There are
still five states left to have their
votes collected in. The
Presidential Election is
scheduled for November in
2008.
Mr Obama is Mrs
Clinton’s rival and so far Mr
Obama is in the lead, but sadly
Mr Edwards is trailing quite a
long way behind the other two
Mr Obama: The man
himself in action.
Mwai Kibaki: Former president of
Kenya.
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Democratic candidates and it is
becoming quite clear who the
rivals are in the Democratic
p art y. W he r ea s , on th e
Republican side of things, there
are five different politicians
running for the Republican
leader and they are: Mr John
McCain, Mr Mike Huckabee, Mr
Ron Paul, Mr Mitt Romney and
Mr Rudy Giuliani. Mr McCain
has won in twenty-six states, Mr
Huckabee has won in eight
states, Mr Paul has won in none
of the states, Mr Romney has
won in eleven states and Mr
Giuliani has won in none of the
states, but remember there are
still six states left to be voted in
so it might change. By the looks
of things Mr McCain has the
elections pretty much wrapped
around his little finger. It is still
very open in who will become
the new Whitehouse residents,
all will be revealed soon enough!
Our Newsday world in 60
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Fenwick Primary School
Basketball- P7 of Fenwick
Primary are in the Ayrshire
basketball league and are
heading to the finals of this
year’s competition as 2007
winners of the shield and
reigning champions.
Catford Primary School
The school allotment is nearing
completion; thanks to the Horton
family. Hopefully they’ll be able
to plant pumpkins ready for
Halloween!
Farringdon School -"Farra" is
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Farringdon school reaches its
50th anniversary this July. To
celebrate they are going to
invite past pupils into the school
to share their memories and hold
a day of lessons 1958 style!
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Globe:News
G.Ps fear cuts
By Charlotte Atherton, Jenny Sharp and Sophie Higgins
G.P, John Farndale, has owned
G.Ps managed to achieve these N o w t h e g o v e r n m e n t i s
the largest rural surgery in the targets better than the government complaining that G.Ps get paid too
county of Northumberland since had anticipated and as a result they much for the work they do. G.Ps
1990, but he fears that financial found that they were paying G.Ps are annoyed by this because they
difficulties may force him to more than they had planned. Also simply completed what the
close it. Dr. Farndale loves his G.Ps were allowed to opt out of the government had told them to do.
little surgery in the countryside responsibility to provide patients For years G.Ps had been relatively
and really enjoys working for with 24 hour care. G.Ps who ducked underpaid compared to hospital
the people of the small village out were paid less for not providing colleagues. Morale within General
there are only about 15 houses that service. The government now Practice was very low. There had
there. Dr. Farndale and a part would provide out of hours care but been many changes imposed by the
time doctor might be affected by it proved to be much more costly government and G.Ps felt frustrated
than when G.Ps were doing it.
this closure.
at dealing with the constant
Northumberland Care Trust is
facing Dr. Farndale’s surgery
with a 21% cut of its budget and
he is worried that he will not
have enough money to pay his
staff. Dr. Farndale does not
want his surgery to close
because it has been serving the
area for many years. Before
him, a married couple owned
and worked in the surgery.
The government wants to see a
majority of G.P practices
offering extended hours. They
have made an offer that would
see an average sized practice
with 6,000 patients open an
extra three hours a week. Dr.
Farndale will not be happy Right: Charlotte Atherton, Jenny Sharp and Sophie Higgins with Dr
doing this although he supposes
Farndale
he will have to. In the next few
weeks, all G.Ps will get the
chance to vote on the offer. It
has been suggested that in
By Alice Leech and Eliza Thompson
areas where there is demand
for longer hours and less pay, Child reporters make the headlines as They have been broadcasting top
the government would be they take part in BBC’s school report. stories and writing reports on the
prepared to see companies
breaking news of the day. All day the
move into the primary care
children have had the chance to exmarket, if NHS doctors refuse
perience the life of a news reporter.
to respond! Gordon Brown
Some are so lucky as they get to interhas made extending hours a
view famous people like Gordon
priority. Although a survey of
Brown, Rolf Harris and many other
2 million patients earlier this
well-known faces. The children have
year showed 84% were happy
also interviewed refugees from Iraq
with current opening hours. 4
about their experiences and the bombyears ago the government
ings that have occurred.
reached an agreement with
Around 10,000 11-14 year olds and
G.Ps that altered the way G.Ps
School girl preparing for BBC’s 280 schools are taking part. The aim
were paid. A substantial part
of BBC’S school report is to get more
school report.
of their pay would now be
children interested in reporting news
related to achieving certain
and writing articles.
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There had been many changes imposed by the government and G.Ps
felt frustrated at dealing with the
constant changes. There had been
many changes imposed by the government and G.Ps felt frustrated at
dealing with the constant changes.
is is desirable.
As a result it was becoming very
difficult to recruit doctors into General Practice and there were areas of
the country where it was impossible
to appoint a G.P. G.Ps felt that the
contract readdressed the previous
years of under-funding. The government is now demanding that G.Ps
provide appointments for patients at
evenings and weekends in spite of
surveys that suggest that only 15%
of patients feel that this is desirable.
G.Ps feel that this is yet another ill
thought out demand and don’t wish
to provide it.
If a G.P surgery is to stay open late,
a receptionist will also have to be
paid to be there and possibly a nurse
so this becomes quite costly to provide. Also in many areas this puts
staff under risk of attack by members of the public. With only a small
number of staff it would be hard to
defend them and so they would be
an easy target.
What will happen to Dr Farndale’s
surgery and to the G.Ps across the
nation? Will their working hours
stay the same or will they be made
to work longer hours and at weekends? Will the government realize
that working night hours could be
dangerous? All of these questions
currently remain unanswered but
they are on the minds of G.Ps up and
down the country.
Thursday 13h March 2008
Globe:Local interest
Water Voles, Brighter Future
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Super Sport Relief
By Ria Welsh and Amelia Jansen
By Ellen Bell and Joely Hawke
New legislation will help protect
the water vole.
From the 6th of April the Water
Vole will be protected from being
recklessly killed, taken from the
wild, injured or being kept for a
pet. The law will not only protect
the water vole’s home as the
previous law did but also the
animal itself.
Fiona Mores Environment Agency
biodiversity technical specialist
said, “This change in legislation is
great news for water voles and
will help us in our struggle to
ensure that these wonderful
creatures are not lost from the
North East region.”
Water vole numbers have declined
Sport Relief is a fundraising initiative
brought to you by Comic Relief from
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 March. All
the money raised is spent by Comic
Relief to change people’s lives.
Today, Alan Shearer and Adrian
Chiles are setting off on the challenge
of a lifetime. They’ll start cycling
from St. James Park in Newcastle, to
the BBC Television Centre in
London, passing the Hawthorns
Football Ground in West Brom
(Adrian’s Hometown), in just two
days!
This challenge is going to push these
brave men to the limit (both
physically and mentally). It will give
the two men severe back aches and
cramped muscles just by the end of
day one.
A Water Vole
in recent years in Northumberland
and Durham areas, but it is hoped
that the Environment Agency
working in partnership with local
wildlife trusts will be able to secure
their long term survival with
habitual creation and conservation.
It’s going to be very daring
because there is hardly any time
to stop throughout the whole
challenge. (Just a ten minute
break every two hours and only
five hours sleep if they’re
lucky.)Alan says, “My trip to
Uganda was one of the most
humbling experiences of my life.
I met people who are struggling
to feed and take care to their
children because of the
devastating effects of HIV /
AIDS, but saw a little help goes
a long way too.”
The men have seen for themselves
that even a small amount of cash
can make a big difference and it is
for this reason that they have
taken on the amazing challenge.
We wish them luck!
De-Germinating the Nation!
By Beth Taylor and Charlotte Atherton
The clean hands campaign was
started on the 1st of November
2007 and has now lasted for over
four months. The Northumbrian
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
implemented the campaign which
has now spread to the NHS North
East to become the ‘Scrubbed Up’
campaign. The face of the clean
hands campaign, Matron Elaine
Henderson, was interviewed to
discuss the progress of this ongoing
project.
Matron Henderson said, ‘This is a
very important campaign because hands can carry lots of
germs which can then easily be
transferred to different people.’
Washing hands is a powerful force
in the battle of the super bug. A lot
of precautions are being put into
action for doctors and nurses like:
No ties, jewellery or sleeves below
the elbow, and hundreds of alcohol
gel dispensers have been placed
throughout each hospital.
The staff have had a lot of training
and visitors have also been encouraged to keep their hands clean by
posters, cut outs, voice boxes, television adverts, buses, newspapers
and computer screen savers. Matron Henderson is pleased with the
progress of the campaign so far and
lots more people are using alcohol
gel dispensers. This may not seem
a very big thing to do but it will
save many people’s lives especially
from diseases like MRSA
(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). MRSA is a highly
infectious disease which lives in 1
in 20 people and is resistant to
antibiotics. To try and prevent this
disease from spreading, hospitals
are taking swabs when patients are
admitted or being transferred, to
help identify MRSA carriers. These
swabs are taken from the nose and
the groin area and if MRSA is detected, action will be taken straight
away.
Hopefully, clean hands will save
the day and we won’t need to
worry about diseases like MRSA.
Matron Henderson thinks that the
campaign should be on going so
more and more people will take
notice if they are constantly reminded.
She is also very happy with the
amount of money going in to buying cleaning equipment, this is
because reducing infection is a
government target and so specific
funding has been given for the
clean hands campaign. The campaign has had a lot of publicity,
because the press likes a hospital
horror story and as already said it
has been a government target to
achieve hand cleanliness. Matron
Henderson has to wash her hands
hundreds of times per day; gentler
soap has been introduced to make
this process kinder for hospital staff.
Hands ought to be washed after
going to the toilet, after changing
nappies, after coughing, sneezing
or blowing your nose. They should
also be washed before preparing or
eating any food and before inserting
or removing contact lenses. So next
time you do one of these things wash
your hands and help fight the battle
of the super bug.
An alcohol gel dispenser in action
She keeps clean, do you?
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Thursday 13th March 2008
Newcastle News
Happy
Birthday
Angel of the
north!
By Millie Kell-Stone and Honour Penman
This year the Angel of the North
turns 10 years old. This iconic
statue, designed by Anthony
Gurley, stands proudly at the
gateway to the region and guards
over the North East. It is recognised all over the world as the
symbol of our region. Westfield’s Nursery and Kindergarten
went on a school trip to the Angel of the North and had such a
good time they all want to visit it
again!
T h e y
liked it
so much
that they
m a d e
t h e i r
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m i n i
Angel of
t h e
North
and it
The angel of the
stands
North .
proud in
the entrance to our junior school
where everyone can see it. The
Angel of the North has a lovely
view; you can see some of the
city from the angel because it
stands on a big hill. At first when
the angel of the north was built it
was very controversial but everyone has come to love it. Come
and meet our angel; its well
worth a visit.
Northern
Rock
nationalised!
By Catherine Hall
The Kindergartens version
of the Angel of the North
One NorthEast!
By Beth Taylor
Yesterday we had the opportunity
to talk to the deputy chairman of
the known business, One North
East, Chris Thompson. One North
East is one of nine regional development agencies in England and
is responsible for facilitating the
economic regeneration of the
region. The main areas of focus
are about getting people into employment and helping to create an
environment that encourages our
existing businesses to grow and
our new businesses to flourish. Mr
Thompson is very passionate
about the North East because he
has lived here most of his working
life and grown a successful engineering group with the help and
support of the people in this region. He is also very proud of the
improvements that have been
made in the past twenty years
with regard to the built environment and the way that the region
has re-skilled itself to cope with
the changing global economies.
In Mr Thompson’s opinion the
North East’s unique selling points
are its many significant projects
A few months ago Northern Rock
was hit hard when the global credit
crunch took hold. Since then it has
been struggling to stay up and running as usual. Northern Rock was
forced to borrow money from the
bank of England so that it could stay
open. The government realized that
Northern Rock had no alternative but
to be sold. Richard Branson who
owns Virgin made an offer to buy
Northern Rock but Mr Darling refused the offer.
that One North East have initiated
that differentiate our region from
others in the UK and Europe.
The North East is recognized as
being a leader in renewable energies (NAREC, New and Renewable Energy Centre), life sciences
(CELS, Centre for Effective
Learning in Science stem cells),
chemical and process industries
(CPI, Chemical and Process Industries) and providing venture
finance for early stage technology
businesses (Star). Mr Thompson
enjoys working for One North
East, because it gives him an opportunity to influence regional
regeneration strategies and to use
his experience as a manufacturer
and a business person. The current
slogan for One North East is
‘Passionate people, Passionate
places!’ I asked Mr Thompson
what it meant to him and in reply
he told me that it means people of
the region are passionate and
proud of the North East, as he is.
He thinks that it is a statement and
a ‘brand’ that the majority of people of the North East can support.
In Mr Thompson’s eyes the North
East attract tens of thousands of
visitors each year and our tourist
are recognized internationally, our
Another company Olivant,
backed out. Northern Rock was
in a real crisis position.
Recently Chancellor Alistair
Darling announced that Northern
Rock is to be temporarily nationalised. Nationalisation is when
the government takes control of
a struggling industry or commercial enterprise.
Although Northern Rock is now
under the Government’s control
they have made it clear that it
may be allowed to be bought
when its difficulties have been
sorted out. The last time a crisis
like this happened in the UK was
in 1971. It happened to firms
such as British Leyland.
attractions include: Hadrian’s
wall, Durham Cathedral, The
Angel of the North, the Sage,
the Baltic and of course our
fabulous rivers and countryside
and spectacular coastline and
castles. He is very passionate
and loves living in the North
East for various reasons, including the way that the people
are always friendly and happy.
We have easy access to fantastic countryside and coastline,
whilst being so close to industry and business centres. Travelling around the region is relatively hassle-free and there are
reasonable international connections from the regions airports. The North East provides
me, my family and my business
with everything and anything
that they require, the weather,
however, is a bit suspect!
Thursday 13th March 2008
Globe:Local interest
Wacky Water-Aid!
North-East
Housing Market
By Nanci Fairless Nicholson and Charlotte Atherton.
Westfield School Junior House
recently held a charity fund
raising day called ‘Wacky
Wednesday’. This was in
support of UNICEF WATER
AID, a support group which
provides everyday water
essentials for homes and
families who don’t have access
to clean water from a nearby
tap.
All the children dressed up as
water associated people, plants
and animals and had to bring in
£1 to participate. They also
brought in other money for the
stalls that would be running at
the end of the day. All of the
money raised went to Water
Aid as £4 can chlorinate a well;
£313 can build a latrine with a
hand-washing facility; £15 can
provide a lasting supply of
water and sanitation to one
person. Water aid is a charity
that captured the schools
attention after an assembly
which highlighted some
startling facts.
Many children in The Gambia
have to set off at 5am every
morning JUST to fetch water
for the day. When they get to
the well, there are often many
people gathering to collect their
share of the water. Then the
bucket has to be pulled up more
than 10 times to get a day’s
supply of water. Because of
this, some people can fall over, hurt
themselves, lose all of their water
and, if they are children, they can
be late for school. They get back
around 7am and then some children
have to cook their breakfast. Sadly,
over 2 million children under the
age of 5 die every year because of
water born diseases, such as
typhoid, cholera, and, most
commonly, diarrhoea. When
diarrhoea is caught, most of the
time, it’s deadly. Children
everywhere, especially in The
Gambia need to learn about
hygiene.
A group of mothers from The
Gambia decided that girls needed
more access to education.
UNICEF has provided a machine to
grind wheat so that the girls and
women do not have as much labour
Round Square
Conference
because we had to communicate
with the French children when we
were playing ‘get to know each
other’ games after supper.
During the visit to Abbotsholme
School we visited a dairy farm, an
organic farm, a worm farm and
Abbotsholme farm itself. When
we visited the dairy farm we
learnt about silage, what dairy
cows need to be fed, what they
shouldn’t be fed and how the
farmers milk their cows. At the
worm farm we learnt why they are
so important to farmers. At the
organic farm we were taught
about the ways in which organic
farms are different from normal
farms and if they are better than
the chemical farm. The last we
visited was Abbotsholme Farm.
While we looked around it we got
By Jenny Sharp and
Rebecca Williams.
Westfield School were invited
to take part in the Round
Square Conference on ‘The
Future of Farming’ held at Abbotsholme School. On the 7th
of March four senior girls and
two junior girls were escorted
to Abbotsholme School to take
part in the conference. There
were six other schools also
taking part, including a school
from France called L’Ermitage.
Everyone was very friendly and
we made friends very quickly.
The trip improved our French
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By Kathryn Coulson, Lily
Mindam - Walker and Millie
Included by kind permission of
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UNICEF states that, “Children
have the right to good quality
healthcare, to clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment, so that they will stay healthy.
Rich countries should help poorer
countries achieve this.” Article 24,
UNICEF, children’s rights and
responsibilities.
Overall Westfield raised £837.51
which will all go towards Water aid
and will hopefully make life a little
bit easier for a great number of
people.
(More information at
www.wateraid.org)
Pirates ahoy on Wacky Wednesday!
to hold a lamb, feed the cows and
sheep, stroke the chickens and
learn about the different colours
you can get and stroke their pesky
pet goats and their little and cute
Shetland pony! Before our departure back to Westfield School we
did shelter building at Conkers
Museum. We had to build a miniature willow fence and a real shelter
made out of logs. They split us into
groups of four and five and made
sure there was no one from the
same school in each of the groups.
The shelter building really helped
you get to know the people in your
group. The weekend was a great
experience and none of us will ever
forget the opportunity that we were
given.
Two leading estate agents in the
North East have revealed that the
housing market is slowing down
and that business did better last
year than this year. Both Mr
Coulson of Northumbria &
Cumbria Estates and Mr Hutchinson of RPS Property Consultants agree that there are
many reasons for this slow
down, including the introduction
of compulsory Home Information Packs (HIPS), rising interest
rates, greater difficulty getting a
mortgage, along with the unexpected Northern Rock incident.
The first of these obstacles,
HIPS, were introduced by the
government on the 1st August
2007 and were intended to help
people get all the relevant paperwork together before buying a
house.
However, Mr Coulson remarked
“They are not a good idea as
they have helped to slow down
the market and cost buyers
and sellers more money. They
should be abolished!”
As we are now entering Spring
and leaving Winter, a notoriously slow time for the housing
market, behind, hopefully buyer
confidence will increase and we
will see an upturn in the market.
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Will it be
Yanomano!
A Terrific Trip to Turkey? By Kathryn Coulson and Georgia
Lapping
By Ria Welsh, Alice Leech and Samantha Maxted
On the 21st of April 2008, eight
girls will be going on a trip of a
lifetime to Turkey. Westfield
Junior House has been taking part
in a Comenius project, ‘Our
beautiful and fragile Earth.’ The
project is aimed at drawing
attention and making changes to
both the local environment and
understanding international
environment problems whilst
working with partner schools.
Recycling, composting and litter
picking have already been
implemented to make our
surroundings more eco friendly.
Other schools involved in the
project are Germany, Turkey and
Bulgaria. Early in November 2007
saw the first fact finding and
information exchange.
Six children from Germany and
three girls from Turkey came to
stay at Westfield for three days.
The next exchange will be to
Turkey on the Black Sea coast,
where the next phase of this super
project, transport and Turkish
culture and environment, will be
discussed.
Will it be a terrific trip to Turkey?
We hope so!
At Westfield School this spring term,
on April 2nd and 3rd, there will be a
fascinating production of Yanomano.
Mrs Clappison, the director, remarked
on how ‘nearly every imaginable
rainforest creature has a starring role in
the production, from the giant anteater
to the pygmy marmosets!’ Yanomano
was chosen for the spring play because
it teaches the children about the
devastating destruction of the
Amazonian Rainforests and the
problems that exist in the Amazon
basin today. The production covers
emotive issues and is sure to be a very
moving experience for all the girls.
With Westfield’s status as an ‘eco—
school’ and our heightened awareness
of the world in which we live, Mrs
Clappison thought Yanomano would
be the perfect musical for us to perform
Out with the Old,
in with the New!
By Jenny Sharp and Nanci Fairless Nicholson
Pupils and staff at Westfield School
have decided it’s time for a new
look! The children raised the issue at
their school council meetings and
now, many meetings later, the new
uniform is on display in the
Camellia Dining Hall. The new
uniform consists of an exciting pink
shirt, a comfortable navy blue, vneck jumper with pink edging, a
white, pink and navy blue tartan
skirt, navy blue tights (or long
socks) and black shoes. For Key
Stage 1 it is the same except that
they will wear a pinafore instead of a
skirt. The process has been a long
one and everyone is glad to know
that the uniform will be out in John
Lewis for the start of the new school
year.
What’s a tree?
By Eleanor Swinburne
A recent survey has proved that more
than a million children have never
been into the countryside. They have
never seen the stars or smelt wet
grass. Never heard an owl hoot or
seen a cow. It’s terrible! So Prince
Charles is stopping it. He is linking
more children to farmers.
Girls going to turkey.
Birdie Love
A twelve week old macaque
monkey was abandoned by his
mum. He was taken to an animal
hospital. Experts at the hospital
tell us he was nearly dead .He
made a fabulous physical recovery but psychologically he was
sad and alone. After being released into the wild he made
friends with a pigeon. The pair
are inseparable.
Children make An unforgettable
experience
oath to the
By Eliza Thomson
Queen
By Kathryn Coulson
School children are being encouraged to swear an oath the
Queen and promise to obey the
law in order to revive citizenship. Lord Goldsmith says this
procedure could strengthen children’s understanding of what it
means to be British. The plan is
to help immigrants and citizens
develop a ‘shared sense of belonging.’ The citizenship ceremonies ought, he says, to be held
Andy Scott-Lee
in public places such as art galleries and schools.
Recently none other than Andy Scott
New school uniform.
Lee came to visit Westfield school to
sing his fantastic new single
‘Unforgettable’. Andy’s PR man and
very cute dachshund came too. But as
well as just Andy showing off his
brilliant dance moves the dancing
dachshund gave us all a little boogie
too! Extremely lucky Miss Bagley,
our Senior House sports teacher, got a
hug from Andy and Mrs Robertson
got a lovely comment on her floral
dress.
At the end of Andy’s great song all of
the senior girls were lucky enough to
get an autograph from Andy and a
picture. By the end of this amazing
day a lot of us were into Andy’s music and hope to buy his new CD.
Everyone had to pay 50p for the
privilege of seeing Andy; all of this
money went towards Water Aid to
help provide more taps and toilets for
communities in the developing world.
Our school in 60
seconds
Letters to the
Editor
By Sophie Higgins and Simra
Kaleem
By Simra Kaleem
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholson on their new arrival, a
beautiful bouncing baby girl
called Emma May. Emma May
weighed in at a healthy 9lbs 4oz.
Mr. Meeson
Mrs Meeson’s husband is going
to Uganda in July to build a
classroom for Aids orphans. We
wish him luck on this
challenging project!
Global Warming
Sir, animals are getting badly
affected by global warming, for
example the polar bears are
finding it difficult to survive
because of global warming.
This is affecting the polar ice
caps which are now rapidly
melting and forcing the polar
bears to retreat from their natural habitat to new areas. So try
and help stop global warming!
From Sophie Wotson
Grasmere here we US Elections
Sir, America is currently havcome!
ing their leadership elections.
Lower 3 are busy preparing for
their two-day residential trip to
Grasmere as part of their
geography studies. They will be
looking at ‘Mountains’ and they
will compare the Grasmere
locality with their own town,
Gosforth.
National Doodle Day
The democratic candidates are
Hilary Clinton and Barack
Obama who are very close.
Hilary Clinton has experience
and Barack Obama has popularity. Will popularity win
against experience?
Who will win!
From Eleanor Brown
Mrs Rabey-Wilson has arranged
for Westfield to take part in
National Doodle Day! A doodle
day is all about having fun whilst
raising money for people who
have
epilepsy
and
neurofibromatosis.
Learnnewsdesk
Softease
By Simra Kaleem and Ellen
Bell
Learnnewsdesk is the Guardian’s
online news service, it is a
website designed for pupils and
teachers that provides online
news as well as real life
examples for the curriculum. The
aim of this website is to
encourage children to read. It
also includes daily stories, pod
casts, quizzes, and curriculum
links and activates. With this
new web page, made by the
editor, both teachers and pupils
feel that the information
provided is trustworthy. This
website also encourages the
teacher and pupils to use it by
allowing pupils to express their
opinions; pupils are able to
upload their own comments,
reports pod casts and stories
which then get published on the
news desk moderated message
boards.
Want to find out what’s going on
in the world, or want to have
your say on a current news
story?
Why not log on to
www.learnnewsdesk.co.uk
By Eliza Thompson and Sophie
Higgins
Puppies Galore
Pen and paper
Alpha Smart
By Honor Penman, Millie Kell-Stone and Amelia Jansen
Alphasmart’s ‘Neo’ is the latest
keyboard being introduced to
schools to improve student’s
everyday skills. One student at
Westfield who is currently
benefiting from using the ‘Neo’
is Petra-Jane. She believes it
makes a great difference for
dyslexic pupils and loves the
way it is so easily portable.
Petra Jane uses it for writing
stories and English. She finds it
handy because it is small, quick
and portable, and she feels no
improvements could be made!
Here is a metaphor poem typed
by Petra Jane on her ‘Neo’,
Dad is the carving knife important and strong.
Mum is the plate beautiful and
the base of us all.
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The Labradors are the knife
important and helpful.
The Springer Spaniels are
forks always necessary and
sometimes annoying.
The puppies are the packet of
napkins not always useful but
sometime necessary.
I am the glass who needs to be
filled and used often.
By Rebecca Williams and
Simra Kaleem
P-J Brown’s two female
Springer spaniels have given
birth to 16 puppies. Their father
was black Labrador therefore the
puppies are black springerdors
with white patches. P-J was
worried that they would not
settle down in new homes, but
this was not the case because
people are still asking her for the
puppies.
Softease is a fabulous company that
develops original and imaginative
applications especially for children.
With a target on 21st century skills,
Softease products can be beneficial
to any schools or home schooled
environments and they hope to
provide equipment that is friendly
towards children and easy to use.
This software gives confidence and
happiness to the thousands of
children and students that use it
.
every day
Softease logo
Our team on Newsday!
By Rebecca Williams and Simra
Kaleem
Today, Newsday we are having a
varity of problems. Lily and Kathryn’s problems are: the computer
will not let them save, their picture
is too big and they can not write in
the columns. Eliza is debating with
herself weather to bunch up her
dear Flossie's or not! Nanci cannot
find a picture for sport. Ellen and
Sophie can’t decide how to use the
columns. Franky and Georgia can’t
fit their articles in the columns and
they have copying and pasting
problems. Eleanor and Jenny have
a big hole in the middle of their
page and are debating what to fill it
with. In the end we will get there!
This life changing gadget
equipment is only £139 and
according to Petra Jane is
worth every penny.
If you are dyslexic then why don't you try this?
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Top 5 Eco Gadgets
Ravaging the Rainforest
By Georgia Lapping, Eliza Thompson, Francesca Bullough and
Sophie Hastings
By Beth Taylor and Simra Kaleem.
At the moment everyone you meet
is worrying about Global Warming
and how the ice caps are going to
melt and flood the whole world, so
many scientists are spending their
time on creating eco friendly
gadgets. This article will tell you
all about energy saving resources
and possibly give you some
original ideas for birthday presents!
Number one on the list is Tefal’s
‘Quick Cup Kettle’, which can boil
one litre of water in three seconds
flat! It’s amazing! This kettle saves
power, because it only takes three
seconds of electricity to do a
normal kettle’s job.
The Eco Stapler is a fantastic
gadget; it really does work! It has a
patented locking device, which
requires no staples! There is no
need to remove the staples when
recycling or shredding, because
there aren’t any staples!
Next on the list is the amazing Sun
Jar, which works due to efficient
solar cells. By being placed in the
sun it will be charged for a good 2
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hours. Also available is the new
Moon Jar, which is the same as the
Sun Jar, but its light is blue instead.
The Solio Mobile Phone and an
iPod solar charger are award winning devices. This gadget is eco
friendly because it is solar
powered.
The Wattson Home Energy Meter
measures how much electricity you
are using each hour and day. It
helps because you can then cut
down on using electricity by not
using your television or computer
or house phones or any other kind
of electrical device. The device will
calculate the cost of electricity used
and you will see that when you
watch T.V it costs quite a lot of
money, even just for an hour! Buy
this gadget and see you electricity
bills fall!
All these eco gadgets are readily
available in shops or on the
Internet. By making a simple
change form your normal gadgets
to these eco-friendly gadgets you
will be contributing to the solution
of a very complex problem!
Experts believe that 5 centuries
ago there were up to 10 million
Indians living in the Amazonian
rainforest; now there are less than
200,000.
This is shocking figure made all
the more shocking when we realise the human reasons for the
numbers. Every minute of every
hour of every day thirty-seven
football pitches of the rainforests
are cut down all over the world.
The rainforest used to cover 14%
of the earths land surface and now
it covers only 6%. Some people
estimate that the last remaining
rain used up within 40 years. Poor
farmers are one of the main
groups responsible for destroying
the rainforest. They change the
rainforest into farmland using
slash-and burn to feed their families. When the soil has run out of
goodness they move it to a different patch. farmers are one of the
main groups responsible for destroying the rainforest.
They change the rainforest into
farmland using slash-and burn to
feed their families. When the soil
has run out of goodness they
move to a different patch. Some
developing countries have nowstarted to destroy their rainforests
at a very high alarming rate!
Often when trees are cut down
they aren’t replaced which is a
big problem for the rainforest.
The population of forest animals
are also decreasing fast, this is
happening because the trees are
getting chopped down which
means that some animals aren’t
getting enough to eat so they will
die. A lot of animals leave their
homes but when they come back
to it, it’s all burnt down. Animals
like the jaguar, leopard, sloth,
macaws, lemur and thousands
more are endangered. A lot of
animals cannot survive in their
changed environment.
The Yanomamo tribe is also in
danger, there are young and old
in that tribe and they deserve to
have a good life like us! Every
day a lot of people and plants are
dying as well as the animals.
They deserve to have homes just
like us without it being destroyed
This is why it is so important
that every body participates in
trying to save our rainforests.
Our rainforests are being destroyed very fast and not every
body knows it. We use our rainforest supplies foolishly without
thinking first, because this is
happening our rainforests will
soon be gone right before our
eyes!
Before deforestation.
The top 5 eco gadgets
M&S Saving the Environment?
By Millie Hutchingson
On the 6th of May M&S are going to
be charging 5p for their carrier bags;
but it’s all for a good cause! You see
each 5p is going towards an environmental charity. Currently around 3
billion plastic bags are given to
shoppers every year. These bags
then end up going to landfill sites or
littering our environment where it is
estimated they take 1000 years to
decay. Chief executive Sir Stuart
Rose said that the company wanted
to “make it easy for the customers
to do their bit for the environment.”
The move follows a trial at Marks
and Spencer outlets in Northern
Ireland and South West England,
which resulted in demand for polythene bags falling by more than
70%. Gordon Brown is certainly in
approval of this scheme; he has
warned all retailers to cut down on
plastic bag usage or they may be
forced to in the future. Both he and
his wife, Sarah, are highly ecoconscious and have taken measures
to reduce their carbon footprint including fitting solar panels in their
home, recycling and composting,
using the train, choosing low-energy
electrical goods and trying not to
leave them on stand-by.
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HEALTHY COMPOSTING
Eco -Schools
By Ellen Bell
By Georgia Lapping
At Westfield school, composting
organic waste has become part of
the everyday routine. At Westfield
each class have a container for
disposing of compost material.
Everyday a member of the class
transfers the contents of the
container to the school’s central
composting bin in the playground.
Making compost helps to reduce
the amount of useful organic waste
disposed of in landfill. Dumping
waste in landfills can lead to
problems of water pollution and the
build up of greenhouse gases.
So what can you put in a compost
bin? Nearly 1/3 of the things we
put in the bin could have been
composted, for example, leftover
bread, vegetable and fruit scraps,
tea bags, shredded newspaper and
cardboard. Items you can’t put in
compost bins are grass clippings,
autumn leaves, meat, fish, sweet
wrappers, crisp packets, plastic,
glass or tins.
Meat, fish, poultry and cooking
foods aren’t permitted as they can
attract flies and vermin. Dairy
products and oily foods aren’t
allowed either as they will make
your compost slimy and unpleasant
to handle. Plain cooking foods such
as leftover boiled vegetables, bread
and pasta is alright for your
compost bin.
I think everyone should have a
compost bin because composting is
a very simple way that everyone
can help towards creating a better
environment for our future. Not
only does it reduce the amount of
waste needed for landfill, it can
also help save the earth’s peat bogs
and wildlife.
Eco - schools is a project that
many schools, including Westfield, have been taking part in; it
involves keeping our school
grounds clean and litter-free.
Eco-schools are a fun way to
learn about the environment
because it involves pupils instead of having the teachers doing all of the work, although they
do help!
ful world.’ This involves four partnership schools in Germany, Bulgaria,
Turkey and the United Kingdom, and
this Project will run until July 2009
and includes visits to these countries.
This project has a big impact on
helping the planet and it involves a lot
of general knowledge and the teachers
help you a lot about what is happening and what you can do to help our
precious planet!
If we manage to keep our school
grounds clean it shows that we
respect our environment and we
could receive an award to prove
that we did what we could to
help save and protect our planet.
This is also connected to another
project that our school is taking
part in, called Commenius!
Our first Commenius Project is
entitled ‘Our fragile and beautiEco-friendly classroom
Global Dimming
By Ellen Bell
Westfield girls composting their waste
Eco-Housing
By Francesca Bullough
Being environmentally friendly
is a big case all over the world.
Global warming is dangerous to
animals especially in the Arctic.
In 2007 lots of people tried to
live a green life by having energy saving light bulbs, not having the heating blasting out when
you are not there, turning lights
off, not leaving equipment on
standby and the list goes on. You
can also make your house ecofriendly by the way it is built.
Francesca Bullough interviewed
architect Kevin Ross to find out
more information on ecohousing. We found out that the
materials must be from sustain-
able resources and the heating is
from ecological means, such as
solar panels to make your house
eco-friendly. Energy saving light
bulbs, different kinds of insulation
like sheep’s wool, building your
house from straw bails and ground
source heat pumps are all ways of
making your house eco-friendly
inside . Ground source heat
pumps are big tubes under ground
that pressurises the heat under
ground 4 times more and then it
comes through the ground. In
Westfield’s dining room we have
this sort of heating. We also found
out that it would cost you more to
have an eco-house but it would be
cheaper in the long run.
Scientists have realised that the
amount of solar energy reaching
the earth’s surface has been
slowly falling. Scientists think
this is a great threat to society.
The effect was first spotted by
Gerry Stanhill, an English scientist working in Israel.
The scientists also realised that
the clouds are changing too, comparing Israeli sunlight records
from the 1950s, Dr Stanhill was
astonished to find a large drop in
the solar radiation.
He said “there was a staggering
22% drop in the sunlight, and that
really amazed me.” He searched
records all around the world and
found the same results almost
everywhere he looked.
Sunlight was falling by 10% over
the USA, nearly 30% in parts of
Soviet Union, and 16% in parts of
the British Isles.
Dr Stanhill called it “global dimming.”
Dr Stanhill recently talked to an
Australian scientist who was using a very different method to
estimate solar radiation. Climate
scientists are at last realising the
reality of global dimming.
Dimming appears to be caused
by air pollution, through burning
coal, oil and wood. Whether in a
car, a power station or cooking
fires all adds to the pollution.
This visible air pollution reflects
sunlight back into space preventing it reaching the surface.
Because the particles seed the
formation of water droplets,
pollution clouds contain a large
number of droplets than unpolluted clouds.
We can all do our bit to help stop
adding to the pollution: turn
switches off at the wall and
whenever possible use a bike, or
share a car to school.
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Concrete canvas
By Ellen Bell and Rebecca
Williams
The innovative concrete canvas
shelter was the brain child of two
former engineering students, Peter
Brewin and William Crawford. On
graduating from University they
came up with the concept of designing a semi-permanent shelter for use
after a natural disaster, such as an
earthquake.
The process from conception to first
test took four years in total but this
appears to be four years well spent
as the resulting concrete canvas
shelter is phenomenally life changing invention.
How many books do
you read in a year?
By Eleanor Swinburne and
Honor Penman
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40%
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50%
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60%
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Where do you like to read? We
interviewed Westfield girls to
find out about their reading habits.
Unsurprisingly they prefer to
read their own fiction book in
the comfort of their own homes
rather than at school or on holiday; however, the girls still realise that as well as reading for
entertainment it is important to
read to find out information to
help with homework and hobbies.
So what is their favourite read?
There appears to be a battle of
the giants going on for top spot
between Roald Dahl’s BFG and
J K Rowling’s Harry Potter series but seeing as the girls generally read between 5 and 9 books
a year they can easily read both.
For information
(hobbies)
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Reading Habits!
The concrete canvas shelter has
many obvious benefits including the ability to be erected on
any terrain, as long as it is reasonably flat. It is also permanently waterproof and fireproof
and has lockable doors.
concrete canvas shelters have
excellent thermal properties and
are able to maintain a constant
internal temperature by dampening temperature fluctuations
between night and day. This is
especially important in desert
environments where the temperature can vary from extreme
heat in the day to below freezing at night.
Although the concrete canvas
shelter acts like a sturdy build-
Mr. Bajoria is a well known
children’s author and has been
writing stories since he was 8
years old. His inspiration to write
books came from his early
English years. Outstanding
English teachers told him he was
brilliant at writing stories and
from then on his heart was set on
story writing. He has however
only written 3 books which have
been published. These books are a
trilogy and are called; The
Printers Devil, The God Of
Mischief and City Of Spirits. All
of these books are set in the
As our class is currently studying World War 2, we asked him
if he
ever intends writing
books on the subject.
He said, ‘I’ve never had an
idea or thought about writing
a book on World War II but I
might one day.’ The books he
has written have not been connected to his life but the characters are based on some people
that he has met.
His own favourite work is The
Printers Devil which was his
first book, and he is very proud
of it. His favourite book is ‘To
kill a mocking bird’ by an
American author called Harper
Lee. The books he has written
have not been connected to his
life but the characters are based
on people that he has met.
Concrete Canvas
With current uncertainties about our
climate and how the Earth is reacting
to global warming, and the experience
of a recent earthquake in Britain, how
long will it be before we can buy
smaller, more portable ones, for personal use from our local supermarkets?
Mr Bajoria at Westfield
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Escape to the Country
By Francesca Bullough
Robert and Debbie Elliott lived
in Doncaster until a disastrous
holiday to the Maldives in 2004,
when the Tsunami occurred,
miraculously they escaped
unhurt but it was during this time
they decided to re-evaluate their
lives and live their dream.
Robert, Debbie and son Ashley
(then 10) decided on a big move
to the country. They found a
property with lots of land, sold
their house in Doncaster,
uprooted their dental practice,
changed Ashley’s school and
started their new life in
Carrshield by running a pony
stud and an ever growing
menagerie. Francesca Bullough
interviewed them to see what
their lives were like.
Since their move it now takes
Ashley a massive 1hr 15 minutes
commute time to school but, it
only takes Robert and Debbie 45
minutes to get to the Dentistry!
Debbie was first smitten with
horses when she rode them at the
age of 14. Their love for animals
has grown over the years and
now they have much more land,
they concentrate on native and
rare breeds along with a number
of rescue cats and of course their
pet turkey called Christmas.
They found the move very easy
and they don’t really miss much
from Doncaster. They moved
because they wanted to be nearer
family but the main thing that
inspired them to move was their
disastrous holiday to the
Maldives. If they hadn’t left the
island they were staying on 18
hours earlier they might not be
here. This shocked the family of
three and they thought that life
was too short.
Remarkably they still do as
much dentistry as they used to
but with some help from their
farm manager.
The Elliot’s (inset) and their idyllic home.
Their favourite animal is Bell. She’s
a brown and white (skewbald) Shetland pony and hopefully she will
By Millie Hutchinson, Kathryn
have a foal this year. Funnily enough
Coulson and Lily Mindhamtheir favourite thing in the countryWalker
side is the peace and quiet! How
Switched On
relaxing!
Fairtrade Fortnight
By Alice Leech and Francesca Bullough
Many events have been taking
place in the North East to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. The
idea was to draw attention to the
ways of trading which guarantees appropriate prices for farmers in developing countries. The
festival featured a number of
entertaining events including a
conference for schools.
It all kicked off with a debate, including botanist David Bellamy
OBE and Newcastle Councillor
Gareth Kane. Newcastle Gateshead
Friends of the Earth were also involved. There was also a Battle of
the Bands show on the Quayside at
7.30pm which raised funds for UNICEF and a Fairtrade Fashion show
featuring a Fairtrade catwalk,
dancing, Fairtrade
wine and free Fairtrade chocolate
fountains. All the money raised
from these events will go to
FUND4DARFUR supported by the
Aegis trust and
actress Mia
Farrow. A banana farmer from the
Dominican Republic organised a
Fairtrade conference involving
different schools. The 2-day Fairtrade school discussion saw 250
young pupils from primary schools
across Newcastle gathering at St
Mary’s Roman Catholic Comprehensive in Newcastle, to discuss
how farmers from developing
countries could achieve a better
price for their goods.
The ‘Choose Fairtrade’ bus visited
Durham and Sunderland throughout Fairtrade Fortnight to broaden
the message about the importance
of appropriate prices for fairlytraded goods.
To find more information about
Fairtrade Fortnight go to:
www.fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved
/fairtrade_fortnight
The fair trade catwalk
What did you give up for Lent?
Chocolate? Biting your nails?
Well Westfield girls had a bright
idea to give up light bulbs!
Throughout Lent lights have only
been used when necessary and
energy saving light bulbs, have
been put in high usage spots. Lights
that needn’t be switched on have
been covered up with tape to reduce the turn-on temptation. This is
reducing the schools carbon footprint and getting the girls to think
about the effects of their actions.
Westfield takes energy saving very
seriously. There are signs saying
“don’t forget to switch the computer off and other electronic devices everywhere you look!” In
conjunction with the schools new
carbon-neutral eco-friendly dining
room, Westfield School girls have
a secure understanding of the environmental issues that affect our
planet and are doing their bit for a
brighter future.
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Thursday 13th March 2008
Globe:Features
School Dinners are under scrutiny again!
How to Put a Stop to Smoking
By Eleanor Swinburn and Nanci Fairless Nicholson
By Francesca Bullough
A pupil eating her lunch
Jamie Oliver created big changes in
children’s school dinners eating
habits but the government has them
under review again.
To have a healthy, balanced diet all
meals including school dinners
should be in the correct proportion.
It is believed that catering staff will
Protein 12%
be required to have more advanced
catering skills and may have to go
to newly opened retraining centres.
The government is expecting to
spend between £220 million and
£240 million to implement these
new school meal standards. Some
schools will even be required to
have new kitchens or dining halls.
All secondary school pupils will
have the chance to learn to cook so
that when they leave school they
will be set up to prepare a life time
supply of healthy meals. At
Westfield School a wide selection
of fresh fruit, refreshing salads and
a variety of vegetables are always
available. Even at the age of 5
some children are inspired by the
new healthy school meals-having
an orange for pudding!
Fats and
Sugars 7 %
Dairy 15%
Children who live with smokers
can get health problems and are
more likely to take up smoking
compared to other children.
There are around 4,000 different
chemicals in a cigarette smoke and
a shocking 69 of them can cause
cancer.
Many of the other chemicals can
cause damage to other body parts
such as lungs, brain, heart- in fact
most body parts can be affected.
85% of cigarette smoke goes into
the air so people can breathe in the
poisonous fumes, even if you don’t
smoke it can be dangerous. Pets
can be affected because the smoke
builds up on their fur and they lick
it off.
Smoking 20 cigarettes a day costs
£1,600 a year-that is more than 16
Nintendo DSs.
On average, smokers live 8 years
less than non-smokers.
Every year about 120,000 people
die from diseases caused by
smoking-that is the same as a jumbo
jet crashing every day. About half
the people who smoke will die from
diseases caused by cigarettes.
Nine out of ten smokers say they
want to stop but it’s too hard so they
have to use nicotine patches or some
sort of device that will hep them
stop. If you have a smoking relative
give them lots of support to stop it’s
the only thing you can do.
This wonderful place is full of shops
Carbohydrate 33%
Fruit and Veg 33%
The proportions of a healthy diet
Home and Away
Holidays
By Joely Hawke and Eliza
Thompson
What holiday will it be, Sunny
Spain or Brilliant Britain? Many
people who get asked this question would probably say Sunny
Spain; because of the GLORIOUS
weather, although, if you go to
Brilliant Britain there are amazing
attractions and maybe some sunny
days.
If you want a calm and relaxing
holiday and want to get away
from all the hassle and the noise
why don’t you choose a holiday
in the Lake District, along the
west side of the Pennines. There is
a vast amount of space for you to go
on exiting adventures or on long
calming walks.
Or if you want a holiday full of music and fun facts then, why don’t you
take a trip to London. This city is
full of shops, theatres and museums.
New family productions such as
Billy Elliot and Joseph and his
Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
have had fantastic reviews and are
great fun for families to watch. Or if
you want a day full of fun facts why
don’t you take a trip to the British
Museum or even the National History Museum?
Maybe you have a Scottish streak
and fancy a visit to Scotland? If you
adore animals then take a trip to
Edinburgh Zoo with loving animals
and great family fun. Or if you love
the rainforest then go to the Botanical Gardens. In this wonderful place
you can go into countless spectacular greenhouses and transport yourself around the world.
Perhaps these places aren’t right for
you? Then why don’t you take a
trip to Cardiff.
Edinburgh Castle
This wonderful city is located in
the south of Wales and is its capital city.
If you are into science then take a
trip to the National Science Centre
http://www.techniquest.org/start/
At this amazing place there are
two floors of fascinating science
experiments. It is a great place to
take children for a great day of
fun facts.
If you want a partying holiday
then why don’t you visit Dublin?
In this extremely laid back city
there are thousands of pubs in
which you can have a good time.
There is a great zoo and fantastic
accommodation. So this place is a
spectacular city to visit for young
couples. Are you a diver? And
want a holiday abroad? The best
place to go is Ibiza.
.
and venues for concerts. Or if you
want to relax, but still want to go out
at night to a concert or a restaurant,
Ibiza’s coastline has wonderful
beaches for you to relax on. There
are fantastic hotel resorts such as
Ibiza Gran Hotel.
Travel Agents Recommendations
Mr David Christopher Hawke from
Monster Travel, a new travel agency
opening on 7th April 2008, gave us
his top recommendations.
‘If you’re going to brilliant Britain
then go to Alton towers and other
theme parks for a good day out.
Or if you’re going to sunny Spain
then go to the Pirates adventure in
Mallorca for a great family fun
night out; and I always fly with
the best airline British Airways.’
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Thursday 13th March 2008
Which holiday is right for you?
By Honor Penman , Amelia Jansen and Millie Kell-Stone
With the ability to fly nearly
anywhere in the world whenever
we want, choosing a holiday
destination has never been so
difficult. Where do we choose to go
for those few precious days of
holiday? Take the easy route this
year and let us help you to plan
your holiday. With our top ten
suggestions:
1. Maldives- Perfect for relaxing in
paradise!
2. Queenstown/New Zealand- is
great for bungee jumping
3. Paris/France- For food lovers
4. New York- A shopaholic’s
paradise
5 . Ho n g K o ng/ Ch i na - T o
experience a new culture
6. Venice/Italy- For the romantics
among us
7. North Korea- the height of
exclusivity (if you can get a visa!)
8. Cape Town- To view awesome
scenery
9. Sydney/Australia- Sunshine in
o u r
w i n t e r
10. Monte Carlo- To enjoy a spin
on the roulette wheel .
Don’t forget we have great
holidays in Britain, especially for
children; why not visit one of the
many amazing adventure parks for
an exciting activity holiday. You
could use Bank House Holiday
Cottages to book a cottage in
Britain.
What’s new with fashion?
by Kieandra Lowery, Samantha Maxted
HAIR: At the moment the in
hairstyles is the pob. The pob is
easy to manage and Posh has
helped to make this graduated bob
popular and trendy.
The eye catching switch, a side
pony tail can also been seen on
the red carpet sported by the likes
of Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton
and on the high street, along with
the bardot, soft curls and a backcombed top section.
The ever popular highlights and
groovy coloured extensions that
can be clipped in to give instant
length are also going down a
storm.
Don’t forget your look can also be
changed instantly with spray shine
and gloss if you really want to you
can smell like cocktails, sherbet or
even chocolate.
SHOES:
Put those Ugg boots away, spring
has arrived and this season’s sensational footwear is the dolly, a
flat ballet style pump; it has taken
to the high street like a storm.
This dainty shoe is available in all
imaginable colours. They look great
with tight jeans but they look fantastic with high waisted jeans with a
semi top.
EYES:
Apply a colour that suits
your eyes. Use green in the corners
of the eye. Apply black eye liner on
the bottom eye lid. Put dark green
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It’s Fashion Time!
by Kieandra Lowery, Samantha Maxted and Frances Munelly
Three girls from Westfield School
recently approached their art
teacher, Mrs.Wilson, to ask if they
could have a club called Fashion
Club. The point of this club is to
give girls who love fashion, the
opportunity to make their own
clothes. However, these girls are
not only fashion conscious; they
are also eco-conscious! The clothes
that they make are made out of
recycled goods for example, curtains and second hand clothes.
They have used many techniques to
making the interesting clothes sewing machines, hand stitching,
using a mannequin. So far in this
club they have made waistcoats and
handbags. The handbags were
made out of cut off trousers; what
an original idea!
Now some of the girls use their
bags for swimming bags at school
or a handbag when at home.
Zoë, one of the club starters, has a
lot of thoughts about fashion and
this term she has been designing a
beautiful dress where the feature
collar is made out of a second-hand
straw hat!
Catherine working on a
waistcoat
eye liner on the top of the eye lid. Glitter should be applied over the green
eye liner.
Add some mascara on your eye lashes.
You are now ready to hit the town with
your stunning eyes.
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Swinburne and Jackson solicitors
Country Comfort
You may have heard of the Comfort Food Co restaurant in Newcastle well now there is one in
Northumberland.
The Comfort food Co in Meldon
opened in July 2007 owned by
James and Emily Cookson. The
beautiful and tranquil setting of
Meldon Park is the perfect place to
have a superb and delicious meal.
Before sitting down take a stroll
through the magnificent walled
garden, take a peek in the shop or
saunter through the green house.
All the food is hand picked from
By Francesca Bullough
the garden that morning or sent in
from local suppliers. The local
beers and carefully chosen wines
are all delightful. This restaurant
is a breath of fresh air, come
along and see for yourself.
Meldon Park
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Ashera the Pricy
Pussy
By Alice Leech
Part Asian leopard cat, part African
surval and part moggie, this cat is
at the top of our waiting list for
cats.
They may look cute but are they
worth the colossal price of £13,000,
just for a cat? This rare breed of cat
is bred by a special company in
America. They live much longer
than the average moggie, around
twenty-five years or possibly more.
Imagine how many pedigree cats
you could buy for £13,000, or
maybe you would rather just adopt
one from the animal shelter.
Dear Flossy
Mystic Moo
By Lily Walker and Kathryn
Coulson
By Lily Walker and Kathryn
Coulson
Dear Flossie,
I don’t like PE but I have to do it.
What shall I do?
Dear Reader,
Try to think of PE as being good
exercise for you and look on the
bright side.
Dear Flossie,
My brother is always playing tricks
on me and whenever I try and play
a trick on him I always get caught
by my mum. What shall I do?
Dear Reader,
Try and play a trick on your brother
when your mum is out.
Dear Flossie,
I hate peas but I am made to eat
them. What do you think I should
do?
Dear Reader,
Why don’t you mix the peas up
with the other food that you do
like? That way you won’t be able
to taste them.
Can you guess where
these places are?
Who are these people?
Thursday 13th March 2008
Globe:Entertainment
Dear Flossie,
All the clothes in my wardrobe are
out of fashion. What shall I do?
Dear Reader,
Why don’t you save up for a long
time and then you can go shopping
with your friends and buy the latest
fashion? You could also try
reinventing and customising your
existing clothes.
Dear Flossie,
My pet kitten keeps attacking my
feet and legs with her sharp claws
and teeth. She is only playing so
how should I deal with this
problem without making her sad?
Dear Reader,
Since she is only a kitten, I would
suggest that you wear thick socks
or slippers so it doesn’t hurt. As
she grows older she will probably
stop doing it.
Dear Flossie,
A smelly stray cat keeps coming
into our utility room and eating
our cat’s food. How can I stop
this from happening?
Dear Reader,
Try to repeatedly frighten it away
and hope that it gets the message.
Libra: Sept 24 – Oct 23
Your favourite shop is closing
down, but then you find out it is
going to reopen and will be
‘mooch better’.
Aquarius: Jan21-Feb19
You will bump into someone famous on your local high street.
You will find something to your
advantage.
Scorpio: Oct 24 – Nov 22
Your flight will be cancelled but
the travel operator feels so bad
that they give you an extra week
free.
Pisces:Feb 20-Mar 20
You will find your talent in the
most un- expected place and will
be praised for your ‘mooo-tastic’
talent.
Aries: Mar 21-Apr 20
You will win two tickets to your
dream holiday destination and
will be treated ‘moovellously.’
Taurus: Apr 21- May
21
Sagittarius: 23 Nov – 22
Dec
You are supposed to be going
out to dinner with your true love
but be careful, he may not turn
up. However, you will receive a
big surprise from your friends.
Capricorn: 23 Dec – 20
Jan
You will be having a moody day
Tomorrow you may well get
but your luck will change and the lost but you will make friends
most unexpected thing will be
with someone who shows you a
round the corner.
new direction.
Gemini: May 22 to June 21
On your birthday you will receive
a ‘moostery’ phone call from a
secret admirer who will encourage you to enjoy yourself .
Cancer: June 22 – July 23
Your day starts off in a kafuffle
but it gradually improves when
you realise that you have your
favourite ‘moosic’ lesson in the
afternoon.
Leo July 24 to August 23
Your favourite pop group the
Moody Blues will be played twice
on the radio and you find out that
someone famous also likes their
‘moosic.’
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Globe:Entertainment
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dream Coat
By Sophie Hastings and Charlotte Atherton
Andrew Lloyd Webber trusts the
unknown stars once again. It worked
with Maria, but is Lee the star he’s
made out to be?
Joseph was a remarkable performance
with energetic singing and even the
primary children sang and acted very
well. The colourful adventure
depicted the bible story superbly with
a few funny additions. This breath
taking experience had props, singing,
many characters, dancing and acting.
Best of all, there was a very
imaginative moving circular part of
the stage which appeared on one side,
moved round and went off the other.
This appeared to be very useful in
t akin g p r op s an d ch a ra c t e rs
backstage.
The narrator ( Preeya Kalidas) was in
nearly every scene and in our opinion
had too much to do with whole
production. As Preeya Kalidas had so
much to do, the hit T.V show should
have been to find a narrator and not
Joseph. She may have been pretty
with a good voice but Lee was
supposed to be the star of the show.
At the end of the show there was huge
applause from the audience as Joseph
came above them on a rising platform
with his Technicolor dream coat this
looked amazing with all the other
actors on stage and Joseph in the air.
Joseph runners up have made an
album called “Dream On” which is in
the shops now. We think Joseph was
amazing and it is well worth going to
see this spectacular show.
Lee Mead wearing his
Amazing Technicolor Dream
coat
Reviews
Water Horse Legend of
the Deep
National Treasure:
Book of Secrets
Film Rating: PG
Film Rating: PG
By Alice Leech
The Legend of the Loch Ness
comes to life as Angus Macmarrow
(Alex Etel) finds a crystalline egg
on his local beach, only to find the
egg is more extraordinary then it
seems.
An out of the ordinary friendship
is found, a boy and a water horse.
As the days grow into months the
water horse, Crusoe, is harder to
keep under control and too big to
hide away.
With the help of game keeper,
Lewis Mowbray (Ben Chaplin) and
his sister he hides Crusoe away
from his mother (Emily Watson),
the cook’s dog, the army and the
danger of the house.
By Alice Leech
Ben Gates (Nicholas Cage) is
back for more treasure hunting,
mystery and most of all adventure.
When his great grandfather,
Thomas Gates, is accused of
being behind the assassination
of President Lincoln, Ben Gates
sets out to clear his family’s
name. Along the way he kidnaps
the president, breaks into Buckingham Palace, gets chased by
the police and finds treasure
from the time of the Aztecs.
It may be film rating PG
but this film is for all the family,
young and old.
The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak
Super Mario Galaxy
Console: Nintendo Wii
By Alice Leech
The Book Thief is set in World
War Two and is about a twelve
year old girl, a Jew, a woman with
a nasty temper and books.
Liesel Meminger is a poor twelve
year old girl with a mother who
cannot afford to look after herself.
Her brother died on a train trip to
an orphanage.
This book is full of excitement
and is well worth reading.
By Alice Leech
Mario the plumber is back for
more action, adventure and most of
all fun!
Yes, he’s back, but this time he’s
going on his longest adventure yet,
as he blasts into space to save his
beloved Princess Peach.
Exploring multicoloured galaxies,
from the Good Egg Galaxy all the
way to the Loopdeeswoop Galaxy.
Turning into a bee, a ghost, a block
of ice, a ball of fire and the mysterious dark Mario.
Caption Competition
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Globe reviewer, Jonathan, says
that everyone with a Nintendo Wii
should have this game. It’s full of
imagination and the environments
are exciting to explore. It’s as fun
to watch as it is to play so it’s great
to play with two
Would you
like to buy
this nest, it’s
going cheep
cheep cheep!
By Kathryn
Coulson
There is a mystery at every
turn in National Treasure:
Book of Secrets.
Super Mario swimming with
the penguins.
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Thursday13th March 2008
Globe: Westfield
Westfield's amazing athletes
Fab Fact File
By Samantha Maxted
When Newcastle Eagles’
basketball co ach Fabul ous
Flournoy was younger his
aspirations were to be an
accountant or maybe a solicitor but
the prospect of a new pair of
trainers changed his life!
Family is very important and when
he was younger he used to look
after his older brother. “He was
the best at everything,” recalls
Fab. When he was younger he
remembers being nagged to tidy
his room and he had to look after
his little bother, who sadly died
two years ago.
Samantha interviewing
Fabulous Flounoy
This 6 foot 4 man personally does not eat red meat and
is allergic to shell fish, crab and
things like that but he loves ice
cream, chicken and fruit and enjoys cooking to relax.
So why basketball?
Well it was all over a pair of
trainers; if you joined the basket
ball team you got the kit and
some new trainers, but he obviously took a liking to basketball!
Since starting to play the sport he
loves professionally, he has
played for the Birmingham Bullets and the Sheffield Sharks before becoming an Eagles superstar. Fab has a gruelling schedule
and trains between 4 and 8 hours
a day in the gym, including bodybuilding. When he is not doing
this he loves to chill out watching
Ben 10 and Batman!
Netball
Tournament
By Ellen Bell and Eliza Thompson
A fantastic team of excited netballers arrived at Central High to
get ready for their very first tournament on 29th February. Their
first game was against Dame Allen’s which they won! After the
game, the Westfield netballers
watched two matches outside and
then they played West Jesmond.
After their first win they won again
after beating West Jesmond. They
were getting extremely excited and
had a feeling they were going to
win every match. Westfield played
Central high next but unfortunately
didn’t win; they drew, which was
better than losing. Their last match
was against Durham Choristers
and Westfield thrashed them!
Sadly Westfield only got into the
semi finals but were still very
proud and full of hope for the future success of their netball team.
Westfield makes
a splash
By Amelia Jansen and Frances
Munnelly
Recently 10 girls went to a
swimming gala at City Pool,
Newcastle to represent Westfield
School. Six Westfield girls from L3,
U2 and 4 from L2.
The races were very exciting with
the girls doing the following:
freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke,
butterfly and a freestyle relay. With
an excellent team effort the girls
made the City Championships!
On the same day another team
competed at the Royal Grammar
School gala, with competitors from
RGS, Central High, Church High,
Westfield, La Sagesse, Dame
Allan’s and King’s School.
Westfield representatives were
Millie, Honor, Frances, Joely,
Frankie, Georgia, Alex and Amelia.
Hopefully some more exciting galas
The Westfield A netball team
Fantastic
Gymnastics
By Eleanor Swinburne
Prudhoe Westworld Gymnastics
club have re centl y b een
victorious after a gymnastics
competition in Mitry-Mory,
France. For the last three to four
months Westworld gymnasts and
coaches have worked constantly
in their striking new uniform.
Such concentration may have
been due to this being their first
ever international tournament.
The team travelled to Paris using
money raised by fundraising
events and sponsorship donations.
They came fifth overall but many
members of the team were in the
top three places. Paige Milburn
and Jessica Elliot achieved
overall gold and silver medals.
Formed in 2003, this organisation
has sprung up while collecting
fabulous gymnasts. Verity
Hodgson-Bajoria, a very skilled
Westworld Gymnastics
member of the team explains, ‘ It
was very scary not knowing
what was happening but after
winning, it was one of the most
rewarding moments of my life.’
It is hoped that victory will
continue as they move rapidly
towards another competition.
Here they will be dancing to the
theme music for the pink panther!
Crufts here
we come!
By Millie Hutchinson and
Sophie Hastings
Louise Laidler has started
competing in dog agility shows
with her dog, Fudgeable, a Jack
Russell. Louise and Fudgeable
enter Fly Ball and agility classes.
They have been to lots of shows
at Wooler and Swarland and have
been very successful in agility so
far. Louise and Fudgeable train
every
Thursday
at
Northumberland Kennel Centre.
Louise’s ambition is to compete
at Crufts one day with Fudgeable
Louise and Fudgeable
Globe:Sport
Thursday 13h March 2008
6 Nations Rugby
By Joely Hawke and Petra Jane.
Scotland 15 – England 9
England faced a devastating
defeat against Scotland last
Saturday, after thrashing France
two weeks earlier. The captain of
the England Rugby team, Phil
Vickery, had this to say, ‘It was
very disappointing especially
after the win in France. We did
not play at a high level and we
got our just desserts, but we
went out and did our best.’
England better ‘up’ their game if
they are going to beat Ireland on
Saturday. England have not beaten
Ireland since 2002 so if they want
to win they have got to ‘pull their
socks up.’ Vickery quotes ‘I have
got nowhere to hide – but I don’t
want to hide. I think we are good
enough but we will have to play
as well as we did in France, but it
is about performing and none of
us are performing well enough.
We always knew it would be a
tough competition.’
He's not smiling any more!
Magpies on the
catwalk
By Francesca Bullough and
Millie-Kell Stone
It’s not everyday you see Kevin
Keegan on the fashion catwalk
especially accompanied by half of
Newcastle United team.
This week the magpies scored for
Macmillan Caner relief and raised
hundreds of thousands of pounds
for cancer charities in the region.
The event was organised by
Newcastle’s goalie Shay Given,
who lost his mum to cancer, and is
a patron of the Macmillan cancer
Tyneside appeal. This event has
seen the likes of Michael Owen,
Kieron Dyer and Given parading in
clothes by designers including
Armani, Hugo boss, Prada and
Dolce and Gabanna.
It all kicked off in 2004 with an
event at the Hilton Hotel which
raise £90,000. Two more shows
raised more than £500,000 between
them and this year’s proceeds will
be shared between Macmillan and
the Teenage Cancer Trust. Boy
band Westlife has also become
involved in the event in recent
years, helping to encourage people
from the business community to
pay big money for tickets. We hope
our local big boys raise a lot of
money for cancer relief.
Camellia Globe Page 19
Angling back to
stay?
By Eleanor Swinburne
Has Angling returned to stay?
Though this different sport has
spread through Scotland into
England quantity and quality of
fish is down. Cod has been most
affected by this slump with only a
few fish all weighing 3lb or less.
Whiting and dab are the main
species around at the moment but
even these are weighing less than
hoped. Roker pier and Durham
Beach are the best places to go on
the coast but most Angling
competitions and free-time anglers
have been driven from the seas into
local rivers.
Though most are suffering from the
lack of fish, people like Gary
Warwick are still keeping the top
positions in competitions. Catching
whiting weighing 410g, 380g and
370g he secured the top three
places at Roker Pier. At Cleaden
only 4 out of 28 catches managed
to weigh in. Low or in the middle
scores have been almost non
existent while every entry has been
either very good or terrible. Will
the fish slump end? If it does, why
not take up Angling as a new,
different and exciting sport for the
whole family.
Britain in Beijing
By Sophie Hastings
What are Britain’s hopes for a
great position in the medals table
at the Beijing Olympics?
Nick Gillingham, a three times
Olympic swimming medallist,
comments on past successes and
future Olympic swimming hopes.
It is an awesome feeling to stand
on the Olympic podium with spilt
second flashes of loved ones and
all the people who have helped
along the way but how will Britain fair in this long and sometimes
lonely journey to Olympic success?
British teams are the strongest and
standards are the greatest they
have ever been with loads of
young blood coming through.
Kirsty Balfour in the 200m breaststroke, past medallist David Davis
and the men’s 4 x 200m relay are
tipped as ones to watch.
The athletes will be working
within a team of sports scientists,
dieticians and coaches to ensure
they are given the best possible
chance of success; they are professionals with lots of pressure on
them to perform well and have
confidence in themselves and
their team.
It is a dream come true to be selected for the Olympics being fit
and challenging yourself, travelling the world seeing sights you
would not otherwise see and making friends with athletes from lots
of different countries.
The Camellia Globe wishes all the
Olympic athletes good luck and
success in Beijing later this year.
Nick Gillingham with his medals and roving reporter Sophie
Camellia Globe Page 20
Globe: Sport
Thursday13th March 2008
Lampard on fire
By Nanci Fairless Nicholson
Frank Lampard scoring one of his super goals. Included by kind permission of the Daily Mail.
Last night, Chelsea took on
Derby County. Frank Lampard
was on fire and out of the six
goals that Chelsea scored,
Lampard scored four! The
match was at Stamford Bridge
and the score, thanks to Frank
Lampard, was a 6-1 win for
Chelsea. After last weekend
with Barnsley winning, they
were up and ready and wanting
to keep up with their Premier
League successes.
It started off with a goal for
Chelsea in the 28th minute by
Lampard and Salomon Kalou
made it 2-0 by half time. Derby
County scored in the second
half followed by three more
from Lampard and another for
Chelsea by Joe Cole.
Overall Chelsea are back on
their feet and aren’t stopping
yet!
Wilkinson dropped
By Nanci Fairless Nicholson
After the 15-9 defeat by Scotland
on Saturday 8th March, Jonny
Wilkinson has been dropped to the
bench for the upcoming Six
Nations match against Ireland at
Twickenham on Saturday. Danny
Cipriani, the rising star, is set to
replace him. The last time Jonny
was dropped was in 1999 when
South Africa beat England in the
World Cup quarter-finals. The
reason for this weekend’s slump to
the bench was due to a poor
performance against Scotland on
Saturday.
Please Recycle me
Danny the rising star and the ‘dropped’ Jonny.
Included by kind permission of the BBC News.