Burford School
April 2017
Burford Chronicle
Year 7
This is the Burford Chronicle written by year
7’s
Welcome to the Burford Chronicle written by year 7’s for all. We hope you
enjoy reading this and enter the competitions. We have been busy finding
out stories and interviewing staff to find out stuff you might not have
already known.
Spelling Bee
At the beginning of 2017 year 7 students were given the
opportunity to take part in a year 7 MFL Spelling Bee. They
learned 50 specified words in SpaYear 7 Roving Reporters:
nish, German or French and had to
Dan Brindle
repeat the given word, in the chosen
Sam Branigan
Yvonne Dragnevska
language, by their teacher and spell it
Campbell
McDairmid
out loud using the corresponding
Louis Williams
alphabet and the teacher would move Danielle Dixon-Hamilton
on to the next word and repeated the
Jennifer Sawitzki
Archie Abberley
process for a minute. The two that
Emily Tinney
spelt the most words correctly in each
form (for each language) advanced to the next stage. They then
trained for some lunchtimes with Miss Charrot for stage two of
the competition (against the rest for their language). In February,
the competition took place and the top three from each language
could have a chance of being chosen for the Regional Finals. The
three students who got chose to go to the finals were: Yvonne
Dragenevska (Spanish), Emily Tinney (French) and Dan Brindle
(German). On 25th of April 2017 they went to Abingdon (with
Miss Charrot and Miss Santovety) to compete. The speed of the
spelling was really fast, some you couldn’t really hear! Sadly,
none of them got through to the final but they had fun. If they go
through they would represent the school and the South in the
Finals. About 7500 started the competition and they got in the top
83.
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April
2017
Recipe
Fork Biscuits:
Ingredients:
250g of butter at room
temperature (plus extra for
greasing)
125g of caster sugar
300g of self raising flour
Method:
1. Lightly grease two baking
trays with butter.
2. Put the butter in a large
bowl and beat with
wooden spoon to soften.
Gradually beat in the
caster sugar, and then stir
in the flour. Use your
hand together the mixture
into a soft but not sticky
dough.
3. Roll the dough into balls
about the size of walnuts
sans place well apart on
the baking trays. Dip a
fork into cold water and
press on top of each ball
to flatten and imprint the
fork pattern
4. Bake in batches in a
preheated oven at 180C
for 15-20 minutes until
the biscuits are a very pale
golden colour. Transfer
the biscuits from the
baking tray to a wire rack
and leave till completely
cool.
Origin of April Fools’ Day
Why Eggs at Easter?
April Fools’ Day is a celebration celebrated in
many countries. Although so popular, in no
country it is a bank holiday. Here is believed
origins of it as the real one is unknown.
Easter is a Christian celebration of Jesus'
death and revival. It is celebrated in many
ways but the most well-known of these is
probably being given 'Easter Eggs'. Contrary
to popular belief the reasoning behind this
isn't: "They taste nice."
New Year's Day Moves
Ancient cultures celebrated New Year's Day
on or around April 1. In medieval times,
much of Europe celebrated March 25, the
Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of
the New Year.
The tradition was started because the church
banned eating eggs in the week before Easter
(known as 'Holy Week'). This led to all eggs
laid being decorated and given to children as:
'Holy Week Eggs'.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new
calendar (the Gregorian calendar) to
replace the old Julian calendar. The new
calendar called for New Year's Day to be
celebrated January 1st. That
year, France adopted the reformed calendar
and shifted New Year's Day to Jan. 1.
According to a popular explanation, many
people either refused to accept the new
date, or did not learn about it, and continued
to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1.
Other people began to make fun of these
traditionalists, sending them on "fool's
errands" or trying to trick them into believing
something false. Eventually, the practice
spread throughout Europe
The first chocolate eggs were made in France
and Germany, however they were bitter and
hard.
As chocolate making skills improved they
became sweet and hollow.
The tradition of the Easter Bunny began in
the 19th century.
As rabbits usually give birth to a large litter
they became the symbol of new life.
In Switzerland there is an 'Easter Cukoo' and
in some parts of Germany an 'Easter Fox’'
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Review of Oliver!
Well Done to the whole cast:
In October 2016 students from year 7-11
auditioned to be in the school productions of
Oliver! The year 7 and 8’s singing ‘Where is
Love?’ year 9-13 boys singing ‘I’m Reviewing the Situation’ and year 9-13 girls
singing ‘As Long as he Needs’ Me’. The
turnout was huge. A few weeks later, list
went up for the people who got in. But it got
going in January 2017 when rehearsals
started. They were energetic and each actor
really enjoyed it (sometime they were at
school till 7pm). As the time neared, the
setting went up and it looked incredible, the
old-looking walls fitted the play amazing.
Alex Riseley, Mattew Ernst, Toby Bardsley,
Alejandro Baydon-Santovety, Harry James,
Sidney Frankcom, Sarah Adams, Ana
Blaydon-Santovety, Herbie Frankcom, Chloe
Skillan, Finn Hustler, Darcey Rushton,Mark
Monkhouse, Will Webster, Holly Gorton,
Charlotte Crook, Greg Woods, Sam Haig,
Hannah Wakely, Jessica Andrade, Helen
Barker, Hayley Cable, Lauren Cambray,
Agnes Chan, Phoebe Chung, Eloise Coles,
Abigail Dixon, Esme Fisher, Grace Ford,
Adam Frankland, Sarah Gambrell, Frank
Gillespie, Lily Hickman, Felicity Holder, Joe
Jenkins, Issy Landray, Immy Martin, Moya
Ndiaye, Sakia Osman, Rachel Purvis,
Michael Santos, Mattew Waite, Tess
Wakely, Laura Williams, Fetcher Wood,
Seren Aichison, Elliot Arnell, Sophie Ayres,
Eve Blanz, Arther Boyd, Charlotte
Buchicchio, Yvonne Drageneska, Havana
Driver, Charlize Driver, Francesca Ford,
Angelina Gadine, Habiba Goymer, Aloula
Goymer, Amy Jones, Lowri Jones, Ella-Mae
Leach, Campbell McDiarmid, Eme Osman,
Isabelle Phair, Daisy Piotrowsky, Lily
Piotrowsky, Alex Seely, Hayden Wardlaw,
Sam Branigan, Dan Brindle, Tom Brindle,
Hana Cooper, Maryam Cooper, James
Elderfield, Jessica Gibbon, Keira Gilbert,
Daisy Granville, Regan Green, Lily Gunn,
Toby Habberley, Roisie Hampson, Charlotte
Heggie, Ckemence James, Gracie Lavers,
Daisy Mainwaring, Luke Monkhouse,
Brooke Parker, Benedict Raistrick, Benn
Terris, Emily Tinney, Martha Weedon,
Scarlett Wilson.
We interviewed a viewer of the production:
Was it the first Burford production you have
seen?
Yes, it was
Did you know the story before?
Not really, I saw the film on tv many years ago
but I couldn’t really remember it.
What did you think of it as a whole?
I thought the Burford production was amazing.
The scenery created a fantastic atmosphere, the
cast were so professional (it was like watching
a West End show) and the orchestra played
flawlessly and added to the atmosphere
And a big thank you to:
Mr Franckom, Miss Teager, Mrs Chiltion,
Mr Izard and Mr Warren
Would you go again?
I’d absolutely go to another Burford
production
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Fun Page
Funny Anagrams
Slot Machines – Cash Lost in ‘em
School Master – The Classroom
Eleven plus two – Twelve Plus One
The Morse Code – Here Come Dots
Snooze Alarms – Alas! No More Zs
The Eyes – They See
The Public Art Galleries – Large Picture Halls, I bet
Election Results – Lies, Let’s Recount
That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.’ Neil
Armstrong – A thin man ran… makes a large stride… left planet…
pins flag on moon, on to Mars
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Get Involved!
If you have something you
would like to share in the
newspaper either see Mr
Cowley in D10 or find one of
the Roving Reporters around
school
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