LAUDE School Magazine Thursday 23rd October– Volume 4, Issue 2 LAUDE´S GOT TALENT! STUDENTS PLAY POLITICIANS Amalia in year 8 has been invited to audition for “BRITAIN´S GOT TALENT” show in the UK. I spoke to her about this excellent achievement and asked her to write me a short piece about this. Her sister, Miranda in Year 11 has helped her write the song, which she will perform very soon, in front of the Judges in the UK. I heard her sing for the first time at the School Fayre, as she was part of the School band ran by Jackie Nelson, and I was impressed. “I have been singing ever since I could talk and I play the piano. I have been playing the piano for four years. I love to listen to pop and jazz. I love to sing main stream. Last year, I sang “Titanium“because I feel it shows off what I can do and it is a really great song. I am a bit nervous as any singer is, but I think I will be fine when I start. I was so excited when I got the email I had to tell everyone. I have sang in front of many people before but even though the audition will be in front of 3 people it will be the same adrenaline rush I get in front any other people. Amalia Year 8 Induction English students have been busy over the past couple of weeks working on a collaborative project on the topic of Education. Students were given free rein to design their ideal school of the future based on their interpretations of the important elements of learning. There were no limits and ideas ranged from jungle‐
inspired Biology classrooms to healthy tuck shops and even a uniform for teachers! Meanwhile, all secondary students are encouraged to take part in the Spooky Story competition for Halloween. Make your stories as bone‐chilling and shocking as possible! PARENT WORKSHOP IN YEAR 2 Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand ‐ Head of Secondary We were delighted to welcome some of our wonderful parents to work with us this week to help our Year 2 children complete their incredible textile designs. In the last few weeks, our Year 2 children have studied and drawn plants, made a template of one of their drawings, selected different material to use, drawn around their template and used their cut‐out pieces of material to create beautiful collages which they have sewn together and displayed on T‐shirts. Thank you so much to all parents who helped the children to achieve such impressive results. Miss A. Symons & Mrs. S. Adams – Year 2 GET THOSE DIGESTIVE JUICES FLOWING! This term our Year 8 students are investigating how our digestive system works and how we get the nutrients from our food. Apart from a dissection of a whole digestive system, the students are now deeply involved in creating a life size model of the human digestive system. So far, students have created the mouth and gullet, but we all know the food does not stop there, so next stop the stomach and all the way through to, well, the toilet! Miss A. Moody ‐ English Department Mr. C. Smith – Science Department LAUDE School Magazine Thursday 23rd October– Volume 4, Issue 2 GAZING AT THE STARS For this edition of the Key Stage 4 section of the newsletter we have a piece written by Kateryna Prusova (10T), about her experiences at the Starmus science event in Tenerife. There was an astrophysical event taking place in Tenerife the two weeks ago. Many famous scientists working in different fields were giving speeches. There was Stephen Hawking, a very important figure in theoretical physics, Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut, Alexei Leonov, Russian Cosmonaut, the first person to walk in space, and many others, and they were all asked to prepare their speeches to be understood by non‐specialist but intelligent audience. There were organised tours to observatories and volcano Teide. 700 people came to this festival. The Sonic Universe concert let us see legendary guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May playing on the same stage as Rick Wakeman, one of the best keyboard players in the world. This was the idea ‐ to show that science and art can be joined in one and it would be incredible. You don't have to be only a scientist or only an artist ‐ you could be both. I was especially amazed to see Stephen Hawking himself. It was clear, that it was difficult for him to give his two speeches, but it didn't stop him. He even took part in 108' minutes Round Table conference (108 minutes is amount of time Yuri Gagarin spent in Cosmos in 1961) and he answered some questions asked by ordinary people about the Big Bang. I saw how serious people who, I thought, would lose their sense of humour after years and years of this working in science, were joking so that the whole hall was laughing. I didn't just see all these people from the other side ‐ they showed me the whole Universe from different point of view. By: Kateryna Prusova – Year 10 PRIMARY HOUSE POINTS Congratulations to WATER this week for taking the lead in number of house points! Water now totals an impressive 764 points, giving this house a comfortable lead for the time being. Mr. E. de Comarmond – Maths Teacher THE ROMAN EMPIRE Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand ‐ Head of Secondary Our year 7 history students are about to start learning about the Roman Empire. As part of our history programme of study. In preparation for the topic they will investigate at school, they visited the Roman Baths of Las Bóvedas in Guadalmina baja, San Pedro, on Wed 15th Oct. These baths date back to the 3rd century AD and were discovered in 1962. Our students explored the remains of this building and asked Marbella historian Juan Carlos García about life in San Pedro during Roman times. These baths were once used for the leisure of wealthy Romans, although some believe they may have been a large water reserve which would link up with an aqueduct nearby. Our students also had the chance to visit the nearby Almenara defensive tower, built to defend the area from pirate attacks in the 16th century. Mr. F. Marcos – Humanities Department AGE BEFORE BEAUTY In celebration of our recent work on "Respect Your Elders," class 6dC decided to find out what they would look like as pensioners. They also discussed at length what would happen in their lives for them to "earn their wrinkles." Some ideas were fascinating! LAUDE School Magazine Thursday 23rd October– Volume 4, Issue 2 Their fresh young faces were photographed, used as a stencil then aged with wrinkles, bald heads, glasses, missing teeth ...etc... Class 6dC were encouraged to use lines & colours and rubbing techniques to age themselves. Artistically, the results were fabulous. Realistically, the results were a little frightening! Please feel free to see our aged gallery on the windows outside the year 6 classroom. Well done 6dC ‐ you will be marvellous octogenarians! I hope it will help you respect your elders that little bit more. Mr. E. de Comarmond – Year 6 TAPAS MAKING IN YEAR 4 Year 4B had a great time this week making Spanish tapas. The lesson was part of Year 4’s Project work which is called Spectacular Spain. The children have been learning about typical Spanish dishes and tapas and how it got its name. The children put a small amount of margarine on small breads, then they put a blob of mayonnaise, added egg and a green olive. Not all children were keen on the olives but Mrs Backwell said that they were making them for their parents! A great time was had by all. Varvara and Daniel look happy with their tapas! Mrs. R. Backwell – Year 4 COTTON THE HAMSTER VISITS YEAR 1 On Tuesday we had a special visitor. Lauren brought in her hamster, Cotton, to visit the children in 1H. We learned about all of the things that hamsters need to stay happy and healthy, including water, food, exercise and a warm bed. Cotton showed us how she likes to run in her wheel all day long! She had lots of energy. The children drew some wonderful, detailed pictures of Cotton in her house and we were very sorry to say goodbye to her at the end of the day. Thank you for bringing Cotton in to see us Lauren. Miss M. Hill – Year 1 along the coast taking part in a series of mind‐boggling rounds. Students were in mixed‐school teams, and enjoyed working together on challenges that were designed to test their problem‐solving, communication and teamwork skills. The day was a resounding success, and the winning students went home sporting some well‐deserved Olympic medals (pictured above). Mr. P. Teale ‐ Head of Maths How quickly this half term has flown. The Key Stage Three students have settled well into the disciplines of school life and are making good progress. All year groups have now had the benefit of going to the Padel Club for a morning and had lessons in Tennis and Padel. I was fortunate to accompany the Year 9 group and could see that they thoroughly enjoyed it. The reports will be sent out at the end of this week and there is a Key Stage Three Parents meeting on the Tuesday 4th November. A letter and an appointment sheet will be included in the envelope containing the reports. MATHS GOLD MEDALISTS I look forward to seeing at Parents evening. On 15th October, the Maths Department was proud to hosts its fifth Maths Olympiad Competition. We had visitors from five schools Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand ‐ Head of Secondary Mrs. S. Shuttleworth ‐ KS3 coordinator. LAUDE School Magazine Thursday 23rd October– Volume 4, Issue 2 MEETING THE AUTHOR In our KS2 Drama classes, students were lucky to meet an experienced author who came to share several of her latest stories. Ms Dawn Stafford is a successful writer from London and her stories for children are a mixture of delightful animal characters who live together in the Sunflower Safari Park. I'm so proud of our students because they interviewed our special guest and asked some very poignant questions. Do you write fiction or non‐fiction? Where do you get your ideas? How do you feel when you write? How long does it take to make a book? We explored a variety of her fables with a moral using drama technique like "still images", "mime", "spotlight" and "thought‐tracking". Ellie the Elephant dancing on rollerblades, who never gives up on her dream, was one of our favourite characters and Barty the Bear, who learnt a lesson about teasing others, linked to issues about bullying and unkindness. It was fitting to have Miss Stafford with us this week also within the context of our Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) theme of "Age before Beauty". She shared her wisdom and experience with us and our students showed great respect for her. Mrs. G.Gamble – EAL Departtment Edited by: Mr. C. Marchand ‐ Head of Secondary