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Autumn Term 2012 Newsletter
Pictured above left to right:
The Junior House Key Stage One
Production of The Smallest Angel
• Upper Four activities at Fellside
• Junior Painter of the Year Awards at
See page 7
• Junior House Book Week Character Day
• Opera North workshops with Lower Four
The Royal Academy of Arts
ALSO INSIDE
SCHOOL NEWS • THE YOUNG ENTERPRISE COMPANY DIP IT • MUSIC AND DRAMA EVENTS • ROUND SQUARE NEWS • THE WESTFIELD ASSOCIATION
OUT AND ABOUT • THE JUNIOR HOUSE COMENIUS PROJECT • CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES • AND HIGHLIGHTS OF A BUSY TERM AT JUNIOR HOUSE
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School NEWS&EVENTS
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Lower Sixth
Appointments
Adventure Captains:
Karlamay Christensen and Lydia Hogg
Coquet House Captain Fariea Hussain,
Deputies: Amelia Boyce and Olivia Dellow
Drama Captain:
Sophia Attwood
Harvest Festival
Environment Captains:
Jenny Thomas, Samawa Zayat and
Ellessie McMahon
A wonderful amount of dried food was
collected in aid of The People's Kitchen
this year at the Harvest Festival. Thank
you for your generous donations for this
very worthy organisation.
Games Captains:
Emma Briggs and Georgia Garland
Music Captains:
Felicity Ronn and Ellen Tibble
Tweed House Captain Sarah Bunn,
Deputy Yasemin Asir
Service Captains:
Emily Ward and Annie Ledingham
The Christmas Poetry
Competition
Art & Graphics Captains:
Sarah Musgrove and Alexia Morrison
We are delighted to announce the
winners of our poetry competition:
Zoe Rutherford-Hyde, Upper Five with
‘Snowflake Syndrome’
Round Square Representative:
Charlotte Tovee
Young Enterprise Managing Director:
Sarah Makepeace
Lucy Hatton, Lower Four with
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas…’
Wansbeck House Captain Elena Campbell,
Deputy Ruth Henderson
Lexie Wilson, Upper Three, with
‘Christmas’
Open Day
We were delighted to welcome many
current and prospective parents and
their families to our Open Day on 20
October. A full and varied programme
of events was enjoyed throughout the
morning.
Open Day visitors in the language department
Open Day cooking
Open Day Presentation in the Dining Room
Mrs Dodds with visitors
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www.westfield.newcastle.sch.uk
Visit the website to see our recently produced films.
Visit Our School/Videos to view the films.
Lauren’s Winning Cake
Christmas Cake
Competition
The Lower Five Home
Economics students
Lauren Hamilton, Lauren Summers,
Rachael Lishman, Anna Riley and
Francisca Gale have been busy baking
and icing their Christmas cakes to a very
high standard. The First prize was
awarded to Lauren Hamilton.
The Shoebox Appeal
Macmillan Coffee Morning
116 beautifully wrapped and filled
shoeboxes were donated this year to
Operation Christmas Child in Bosnia.
Thank you to everyone at Junior House,
Senior House and Ladybird@Westfield
Nursery who kindly donated the
shoeboxes.
We had a wonderful turnout for the
World’s Largest Coffee Morning in aid of
Macmillan Cancer Support with some
fantastic baking! Thank you for your
support.
Out of School activities
The Grandparents’ Tea Party
Congratulations to Ruby Frais
who was recently awarded her
First Dan Black Belt in
Karate and Kick Boxing.
Grandparents of girls in Upper Two, Lower Three
and Upper Three were invited to a Christmas Tea
Party at Senior House. They thoroughly enjoyed a
delicious home made tea, listened to beautiful
carol singing by the girls and watched the Junior
House perform The Smallest Angel.
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Acting workshop with the Billy Elliot Cast
Drury Lane Theatre Tour
BBC Television Studio Tour
Highlights from the Senior House London Theatre Visit in July
Junior House and Senior House girls
took part in the wonderful Musical Soirée
on 6 December. There were stunning
solo and small group performances by
vocalists and instrumentalists as well as
performances by The Westfield Senior
Band, The Wind Band, The Westfield 5+
Ensemble, The Jazz Band, The Junior
Musical Theatre Group and The Westfield
Chamber Choir. Miss Lucy Mair, our
Guest Performer, performed an Aria
‘Deh Viene’ from The Marriage of Figaro
by Mozart. Thanks go to our Sixth Form
Music Captains, Ellen Tibble and Felicity
Ronn, Mr Graeme Wilson, Director of
Music and to Mrs Margaret Huntington
for her piano accompaniment. A retiring
collection was held in aid of the
Community Jazz Workshops programme
to be run in January.
Singing at The Sage
Georgia Lapping (Quay Voices Choir)
Olivia Saint and Samantha Maxted (Quay
Lasses Choir) sang with the Northern
Sinfonia at their Christmas Concert:
Rejoice, on 8/9 December. They were
delighted to meet Matt Baker who
presented the concert.
Carols for Christmas
The school choirs have been busy in and around Gosforth singing their hearts
out at a variety of venues. They appeared at Café 95 on Gosforth High Street, in
Eldon Square and at the NSPCC concert at Trinity Church.
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Opera North
Lower Four enjoyed a day’s workshop
with artists from Opera North, followed
by a visit to the Theatre Royal that
evening to see The Makropulos Case, an
opera by Czech composer Leos Janácek.
The girls danced, sang and stretched
their tongues and vocal chords whilst
studying the workings of the Opera.
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The Christmas
Musical Soirée
The Upper Five Drama GCSE girls
attended a performance of ‘One Man,
Two Guvnors’ at the Theatre Royal – and
what a performance it was! From the
moment the band stepped out on to the
stage, the girls were hooked! The play,
which is based on Goldoni’s ‘A Servant of
Two Masters’, was fun, fast and very, very
funny. From audience participation to
physical theatre, slap stick to Commedia
dell’Arte, the play had it all. The girls are
now looking forward to our visits to see
‘Abigail’s Party’ and ‘The Taming of the
Shrew’ – and they certainly have a lot to
live up to!
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MusicandDrama
Drama at the
Theatre Royal
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OutandAbout
on Geography field trips
A Geography day
at Newcastle
University
The Upper Sixth visited
Newcastle University for an
information and guidance day.
They listened to a variety of
lectures and had a tour of the
department. Four of the group
have applied to read
Geography at university.
A splashing time!
Upper Four had a fabulous time on their recent visit to
Fellside in the Lake District. They had the opportunity to
develop their teamwork and leadership skills through
adventurous activities. They also participated in Drama
and English workshops on William Wordsworth.
Lower Five at Kielder
The group of 17 girls went on a field trip to Kielder as
an introduction to GCSE Geography. They studied
water management, tourism, ecosystems and life in
rural areas.
The Lower Sixth
at Sandy Bay and
Newbiggin
The Lower Sixth Geographers
travelled to Sandy Bay and
Newbiggin-by-the Sea to study the
causes of coastal erosion and human
management of the problems.
Upper Four visit York
Upper Four visited York to study the
flood defences on the River Ouse
and tourist attractions.
The Lower
Sixth visit
Yorkshire
The Lower Sixth
participated in a
two day field trip
to Yorkshire. They
studied coastal
erosion on the
Holderness coast
and re-branding
in the town of
Holmfirth.
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ACTIVITIES IN
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Snow White
meets Goldilocks
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Book Week Character Day
Lower Two visit to Historic Newcastle
Abigail as
RAF officer
at Newcastle
City Archive
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Lower Three retelling of...
King Lear
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Lower Three at Nissan Engineering Event
Ellie, Eve, Holly and Lucy
Isabelle and Lily
Bessie Surtees House
Harvest Assembly
Textile Recycling
Look no hands!
Les Aventures de Lapin
Round Square Club climbing
The Smallest Angel
The Smallest Angel, the Christmas production by Key
Stage One. Key Stage Two performed their production of
Bethlehem Baby to a packed house on 7 December.
Mowden Hall Fun Run
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Junior House
Junior House launches its second COMENIUS project
‘Our World From My Window’
The project involves the whole
school in studies related to this
broad, all-embracing topic and
in contact with pupils of a
similar age in our partner
schools, Armin-Maiwald Schule
in Monheim-am-Rhein (near
Düsseldorf) in Germany and
L’Ermitage, École de France in
Maisons-Laffitte (near Paris).
The Lower Three group were
part of the visiting delegation to
Armin-Maiwald Schule in
November.
Junior Painter
of the Year
Competition
Charlotte, Lara and Lexie with their winning paintings at the Royal Academy of Art
This year we were excited to
discover that, once again,
three of our girls were to be
exhibited at the Royal
Academy. Charlotte Jeffrey,
Lara Hawke and Lexie
Wilson all came first in their
age categories for the North
East.
Mrs. Rabey-Wilson
accompanied them to
London to see the exhibition.
They also enjoyed a visit to
the Natural History Museum
where they viewed
dinosaurs, Japanese
earthquake machines and
many other things including
an enormous T- Rex that
moved!
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Lara,Charlotte
and Lexie at the
Royal Academy of Art
Lexie, Lara and
Charlotte at the
Natural History
Museum
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Inspired by a visit to
Woodhorn Colliery
and Museum
19 girls from Upper Four went on a trip for History
On 14th November they went to Woodhorn Colliery
They got on the bus and the journey was fine
Then they arrived at the mine
The first thing they did was hang up their coats and hats
Then they looked at artefacts
Knee and elbow pads are what they would wear
And they also had gas masks to filtrate the air
We leaned about the workers from Woodhorn
And how they started work at dawn
They next went outside to look at a picture of John Patterson
He was a miner from the Woodhorn disaster, which was not fun
It was caused by someone smoking down the mine
The gases caused an explosion
And the rescuers didn’t get there on time.
After learning about the story which was quite berserk
They looked in different rooms where people used to work
They next looked in the model of a mine
Then the bus picked them up just on time!
Lucy Hall Upper Four.
Lower Sixth biologists at Newcastle University Biomedical Sciences workshop
A Level French Event
Elena Campbell, Rachel Quinn and Mrs
Boyce enjoyed spending the afternoon at
Northumbria University, where they were
invited to an A Level French event along
with other schools in the region. As well as
attending lectures about different aspects
of French culture and history, they were
also given the opportunity to use the
university’s facilities by participating in a
listening exercise. The event helped to give
an idea of what it would be like to study
languages at university.
NE Skills
event
All of the Lower Five
girls took part in the
annual NE skills event
at the Arena. This is a
large interactive
exhibition which
covers a wide range
of careers choices.
Lower Five Scientists at the Oceans of Opportunity
event at Newcastle University
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Young
Enterprise
2012
The new Young Enterprise company,
DIP IT consists of 23 ambitious
entrepreneurs. DIP IT produces
handmade dip dye and tie dye products –
T shirts, scarves, pencil cases and bags
in a range of bright colours inspired by
the 70’s tie dye craze.
DIP IT took the Young Enterprise sales
figures at the Christmas Fayre to a whole
new level, selling a staggering £515
worth of goods as well as receiving over
£100 of orders. Managing Director Sarah
Makepeace and Deputy MD Emily Ward,
attended a networking event at The
Entrepreneurs Forum Conference where
they shared ideas with local businesses
and attended a number of presentations
from high profile business leaders.
Young Enterprise
modelling their t shirts
The DIP IT manufacturing plant
Emily Ward promoting Dip It on Twitter at
The Christmas Fayre
Young Enterprise stall at
the Bonfire Night Party
Follow them on twitter @DipIt Westfield
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Bonfire Night
The Bonfire Night Party
held on 9 November was
very well attended and
raised £950. A sparkling
time was had by all.
The Westfield Association
Another busy term !
A New Chairman
Dawn Wilson, the Chairman of
The Westfield Association, after
several years at the helm, is
stepping down so we are now
looking for an enthusiastic
person to take over from her.
Dawn has worked tirelessly over
the years to help raise funds for
the school and has organised
some great events. If you
would like to know more about
the role, please talk to Dawn or
contact the school office. The
next meeting of the Westfield
Association Committee will be
held on Tuesday 15 January at
6.00pm in the Camellia Dining
Hall. Everyone is very welcome
to come along and hear our
plans for next year and find out
more about this very important
role
Business is brisk!
Upper Sixth enjoying the fayre
Christmas Craft
and Gift Fayre
The Christmas Craft and Gift
Fayre held on 17 November
raised a fantastic £2000.
A special thank you goes to our
Upper Sixth girls Sarah Harrison,
Honor Hierons, Grace Lloyd-Jones and Medina
Shahid for their hard work in bringing the Fayre
together. This project is part of their A2 Business
Studies course and they all did a remarkable job.
Pizza time!
Old Girls
enjoying the
evening!
Events next term
Old Girls
On Friday 1 February at 7.00pm
we will be holding our very popular
Santa with little elf helper and visitor
The Orangery House stall
Mrs Hogg and
Lydia Hogg
Bunny ears rule!
Quiz Night with a
Pie and Pea supper
...watch out for details next
term…get swatting and start
picking your team now!
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RSIS R R R RR
This December, Emma Briggs and Ruth Henderson are
spending Christmas in India working on RSIS
community projects in Katapathar Community in the
Garwahl region in Northern India. Elena Campbell will
be in Cambodia working in the community of Prokeab in
the Trapeang Thum district about 87km south of
Phnom Penh.
Left to right: Emma Brigggs, Ruth Henderson and Elena Campbell
World Round Square Day
UNESCO World Aids Day
A host of activities was enjoyed during the non-uniform
day. All the funds raised will go to support the two girls
we sponsor at the Starehe Girls' Centre in Nairobi.
Upper Two and Lower Three girls joined us for the fun
as well as our friends from Hadrian School. A fantastic
amount was raised, just over £1000.
The UNESCO group baked furiously for their cake sale and competition held
on 7 December. A stunning collection of cakes was produced and all money
raised from the sale of the cakes was donated to World Aids Day. Beautiful
customised beadwork badges and bracelets, produced as part of the
Kidzpositive Family Fund in South Africa which is funded by a number of
Round Square schools, were also sold to help raise funds on the day.
Thank you for your generous support
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A full house counting pennies
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