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| prizegiving
- july 2010 |
8th
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Prizegiving,
held on the final Saturday of the term,
was well attended by parents, pupils and
some former pupils too. The guest speaker
was Fr Godric Timney a monk of Douai Abbey,
Berkshire. Mr James had worked for Fr Godric
as an 18 year old gap student and, whilst
he welcomed Fr Godric to the school, he
also sat a little nervously throughout the
proceedings!
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Prizegiving was a wonderful opportunity
for the hard work of the pupils to
be acknowledged and to reflect upon
the progress which is being made at
Fyling Hall. The school choirs and
senior vocal group also performed
three songs which were very well received
by an appreciative audience. An ample
lunch and wonderful sunshine merely
added to the occasion.
The senior school appointments were
also announced. Emma Bowen has been
appointed Head Girl and Dale Ashcroft
Head Boy. They are to be supported
by three Senior Prefects: Chelsea
Collingwood, William McMahon and Dominic
Whisson. Congratulations to them all.
A tree was planted on prizegiving
day in memory of Harry Dale Wood,
our founding pupil who died recently.
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| DAISY
HARDY POETRY COMPETITION |
7th
July 2010 |
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one English teacher to another…
Sometimes it’s hard to
enthuse pupils about poetry.
Sometimes they’ve read
very little, and often there’s
prejudice.
So, it was with some trepidation
that I organised the annual
poetry competition that takes
place in memory of Daisy Hardy,
a former English teacher at
Fyling Hall. There were three
age groups: the Juniors, the
Intermediates (Years 7-9) and
the Seniors (Years10-13). Pupils
were invited to recite poems
to a panel of judges. It could
have been deadly.
But how wrong I was to be nervous!
A record 33 pupils took to the
platform in the school’s
amphitheatre in the Rose Garden
for the Intermediate section.
With stunning views and in sizzling
temperatures, I had one of those
magical experiences English
teachers encounter only occasionally
- when good literature is brought
alive by their pupils, in dramatic,
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I
was relieved not to be judging.
That honour fell to Mrs Gaffney,
Mr James and Mrs Wormald. The
interpretations of the poems were
so varied, and in many cases so
exciting, it was very difficult
to narrow down a field of excellence.
Daniel Cheshire’s solemn
and thoughtful rendition of Richard
Kell’s ‘Pigeons’
was in contrast to the graceful
performance Kate Lavery gave of
the same poem. Benjamin Bamford’s
assertive narration of G.K. Chesterton’s
‘Donkey’ was in fine
balance with Helen Searle’s
grumpy dramatisation. Victoria
Corner and Sarah Taylor were equally
intelligent and cunning ‘Macaverty’
cats that T.S Eliot would have
recognised immediately. William
Blake’s ‘Tiger’
and Norman MacCaig’s ‘Toad’
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in the end , it was Lewis Carroll’s
‘Jabberwocky’ that
triumphed. Or rather, Jensen Shearing’s
mysterious and versatile rendition
of the poem. In second and third
places were George Husband and
Michael McCormack.
The same afternoon the judges
reconvened to listen to the
Junior School. Mr James said:
“I was tremendously impressed
with the quality of the performances
given. It was very hard to decide
who should win but, in the end,
we gave first place to Ryan
De Silva for his witty rendition.
We then placed Joe Husband second
and Alfie Husband third which,
no doubt, caused a row at home!”
Then came the Seniors. The
winner in this section was judged
to be Nick Beaumont who rose
to the extraordinary challenges
posed by John Donne’s
brilliant ‘The Sunne Rising’.
This poem demands a subtle understanding
of its shifts in argument and
tone, and Nick captured these
superbly. Chelsea Collingwood,
in total contrast, caught the
effervescence of Carol Ann Duffy’s
‘Name’, and Vicky
Weekes the reflective, melancholy
mood of Tony Harrison’s
‘Long Distance’.
The girls came second and third
respectively.
The competition turned into
a wonderful celebration of poetry.
I won’t forget it. So,
from one English teacher, I
can only say, thank you.
Alex Woodhead
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| THEATRE
SKILLS |
1st
July 2010 |
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Mrs
Wormald led a series of workshops during
activities week, with the intention
of teaching the pupils how to become
skilled in theatre make-up. Pupils got
the opportunity to view professional
images of stage make-up focussing on
burns, bruises, cuts and injuries. The
pupils then had access to a box full
of materials that make this art form
a success. They were working with such
things as:
Talc, Vaseline, fake blood, Perspex,
eye shadow, gravel, rice crispies, face
paint and sponges
They then had to stage their own dramatic
scene, considering the age of bruising,
the direction of blood flow and the
suitable colours to match their chosen
context. Ideas were flowing and car
accidents, zombies in the woods, school
field trips gone wrong and fighting
in the dining room were just a few of
the ideas that were explored. The images
below demonstrate the skills grasped
by the pupils and some of the scenarios
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Luke
Harrison in year 8:
I thought the theatre skills workshop
was amazing, the make-up looked
very realistic. I liked the cut
on my head best because the piece
of glass looked so realistic and
it was only plastic really!
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Charlie
Johnston year 10:
The slash on my back looked really
gruesome! It looked like a big
scrape full of gravel and grass!
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workshops were a real success and everybody
seemed to enjoy themselves. We have
some very creative pupils at Fyling
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| Emergency
Services Day |
1st
July 2010 |
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On
Monday 28th June, the students had an
exciting day and were visited by the
police, fire brigade, St. John ambulance,
and the Cambridge drugs and alcohol
centre. The students took part in a
series of activities and sessions to
develop their life skills and awareness
of the dangers around them.
The police talked to the students about
online dangers and bullying. This was
made all the more real by the students
being able to talk to a girl who had
been through the experience. The road
safety session had a big impact on both
students and staff - many of whom will
no longer put their shopping on the
back seat of the car! St. John ambulance
had students rolling around on the floor
learning the recovery position and the
Cambridge centre gave the students a
lot to think about and was very informative.
The loudest was definitely the fire-service
causing gas explosions (confined of
course!) and demonstrating fire and
its effects.
The overall day was very enjoyable.
A big thank you to everyone involved.
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| Saltburn
Music Festival |
30th
June 2010 |
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On Friday 25th June
five recorder players from the Junior
School competed for the first time
at the Saltburn Music Festival.
Ryan de Silva and Sharron Normanton
were in the first class, playing a
duet called "Tango Chacabuco".
Their performance was impeccable and
they won the class. Next came a solo
class for age 9 and under. This was
won by Ailsa Legg, with a Distinction.
Fiona Searle was a close 2nd. The
solo class for age 11 and under was
the final class of the morning. Sharron
and Ryan played their descant recorders
and Zoe Catlett performed a piece
by Schubert on the treble recorder.
The standard in this class was particularly
high, with fine playing and musicianship,
with Zoe awarded 2nd place and Ryan
3rd.
Mrs. Rowland, who teaches all the
recorder players, commented: "
It was lovely to hear such excellent
performances from our talented musicians
and we had really positive comments
from the adjudicator, Christina Thomson."
We are very grateful to Mrs. Spagnuolo
for driving the minibus.
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Fiona:
I thought the Saltburn Festival was
very good. I was a bit shy when I was
on stage but as soon as I played my
piece I enjoyed it. I came second and
Ailsa came first. She won a little shield
with a certificate.
Ailsa: I enjoyed playing the recorder
for the adjudicator as she was so nice.
I liked playing with an accompaniment
as it sounded good. I really really
liked it.
Ryan: I came first place with Sharron
in the duet and 3rd place in a solo.
I thought everyone, even from other
schools, did really well.
Sharron: It was really fun and nobody
minded if they didn't come first.
Zoe: I enjoyed going to Saltburn because
you could hear other people play and
you could see that some people were
really good. I got a distinction and
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| excellent
weather for Juniors' sports day |
29th
June 2010 |
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The Junior School held their annual
Sports Day on Friday 25th June in
glorious sunshine down on the school
field. Lots of parents, family and
friends came to watch their children
competing in a variety of track
and field events organised by the
Fyling Hall sports staff and Mrs.
Freer.
The pupils demonstrated good sports
skills and superb sportsmanship
in cheering and supporting each
other and their House. It was a
close result with Resolution House
winning the sports cup.
The afternoon was rounded off with
the PTA Summer Fayre. A fantastic
day enjoyed by all!
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Arthur - I loved the big bouncy ball
race.
Hottie - I did the sprint and I didn't
know I could run so well.
Zachary - I did really well on sports
day especially in the sprint when
I ran like the wind!
Sharron - it was a great sports day
because we did lots of different things
like high jump, ball throw, long jump
as well as running races. I did my
best at everything.
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Julia - the egg and spoon race was
fun and I think I won.
Eve - I was the best in the crawling
race and I was really fast.
Alfie - it was my last sports day
in the junior school and I feel really
sad.
James - it was great when I held
up the trophy for Resolution and everyone
cheered! |
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| ARRIVEDERCI |
28th
June 2010 |
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the last fortnight, Fyling Hall has
played host to a group of 10 Italian
pupils who came to sample life at an
English boarding school. Our visitors
have been to a number of local attractions
as well as joining our pupils for lessons.
We wish them well as they return to
Milan - or should that be Milano?!
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| Lights,
camera, action for year 9 |
23rd
June 2010 |
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Year 9 are winding up their final term’s ICT project this week. They
were set the task to create a short
film using video footage that they
themselves shot. They had to write,
produce, direct, film and act their
chosen theme. They then had to compile
it into a short film using software
on the computers.
The students were split into groups
of 3 or 4. Each group managed to create
something and some of the projects
were nothing short of genius. They
included Interviews, spoofs, dramas,
horror stories and documentaries.
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Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves
and I think we also found some future
directors and producers! I am sure
the pupils will want to thank The
Headmaster, Mr James, Physics teacher
Mr Perry and Maths teacher Miss Walker,
for agreeing to take part and be filmed
by the groups.
It is hoped that next school year
we will be running a film makers club
as an extra curricular activity and
the skills that year 9 have used this
term will be a great benefit for those
who join this after school club.
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| form
1 - nunnington hall |
21st
June 2010 |
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Form
One visited Nunnington Hall, near
Helmsley on Friday 18th June. We went
as part of our Toys topic because
the house holds a wonderful collection
of dolls' house furniture.
The pupils were fascinated by the
tiny exhibits in the Carlisle Collection
and spent time sketching some of their
favourites. Another highlight was
sharing their lunches with a muster
of peacocks!
Great fun was had by all in the beautiful
grounds. We had a brilliant day.
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Moors - Danby Centre Outing - Forms 2 and
3 |
21st
June 2010 |
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On Wednesday 16th June
forms 2 and 3 had a superb day out
at The North Yorks Moors National
Park Centre at Danby. The pupils were
involved in three activities linked
to their science work on habitats,
living things, life cycles and care
of the natural environment.
The two outdoor sessions enjoyed
by all were a woodland habitat study
in Crowe Wood and a moorland walk
with fabulous countryside views. The
indoor workshop on biodiversity was
interactive and fun and the pupils
learnt about classification, variation
and adaptation in nature.
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The
sessions were led by a very experienced,
knowledgeable and enthusiastic activity
leader whose delivery and rapport
with the pupils was excellent. We're
all looking forward to going to Danby
again to experience some of their
other activities provided by the North
Yorks Moors National Park Education
Service.
Zoe – I enjoyed all the activities
and it would be fun to go again and
do pond-dipping or a river study.
Louis – the moorland walk was
the best activity of all because we
went up a really steep hill and stopped
to look at the great view from up
there.
Spencer – it was extremely
tiring but loads of fun and I'd like
to go again
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Ailsa
– our activity leader was called
Julie and she was really nice and
I loved everything and can't wait
to go again.
Alfie – we played an imaginative
game in the woods and had to find
'woolly worms' (pretend worms made
of wool) and give them to Julie, our
presenter, so that she could eat them
(she was pretending to be a mother
bird!).
Alex – I liked the blindfold
game in the woods because you had
to lead your partner to a tree, get
them to hug it, lead them away, take
off the blindfold and they had to
try and find their tree.
Fiona – I liked making up an
imaginative bird with my group and
the animal quizzes even though my
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| Fyling
Hall Junior School wins Marie Curie Cancer
Care competition |
17th
June 2010 |
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Zoe Catlett from Year
6 in the Junior School was presented
with a certificate and prize in assembly
on Monday, 14th June, from Mr. Michael
Street, community fund-raising manager
for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Zoe beat off competition
from thousands of pupils across the
North and East Yorkshire region to
win the 'Paint Your Mini Pot' competition
prize.
The event was organised
by the charity, Marie Curie Cancer
Care, and involved pupils growing
daffodils and then designing an imaginative
sleeve for their flower pot. The pots
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Mr. Street said that
Zoe's design was chosen as the winner
because it clearly illustrated the
work that the charity does and had
a bold, colourful and clear message
from 'Henry Bear', their mascot. Zoe
was given an artist's paint box and
£25 worth of book vouchers,
donated by WH Smith, for the school
library. Mr. Street also said that
all the pupils deserve to be very
proud of themselves for their hard
work in raising £210 for the
charity.
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| F2
Trip to Robin Hood's Bay Beach |
15th
June 2010 |
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F2 pupils enjoyed exploring
the rock pools on Robin Hood's Bay
beach last week. This trip was connected
with their Science work in school,
and was an excellent opportunity for
hands-on learning.
They found out about
erosion, habitats, and identification
of sea life on a rocky shore. As a
follow-up to the expedition they are
also investigating marine food chains
and interdependency.
Many thanks to Mrs Richardson,
Matron Stamp and Matron Sutherland,
who accompanied us. Thanks also to
Mrs Spagnuolo who drove the minibus.
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| doodlepots
2010 (update) |
28th
May 2010 |
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Wednesday was a day of great excitement
for Year 8 as their plates came out
of the kiln and they saw their finished
work for the first time.
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They were all suitably impressed with the final outcome with its shiny glaze
and smooth finish.
We hope that the lucky recipients
are as happy with the students work
as they are. A big thank you to Josee
and Jo at Doodlepots for the time
they spent helping the students with
their technique and for firing the
plates in time to take home for the
half term break.
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| All
Stars Win World Cup |
27th
May 2010 |
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On the 23rd of May
Fyling Hall held its World Cup on
the astro pitch. There were 7 teams
made up of pupils from years 7-13
and 1 staff team. The staff team
are always called the All Stars
and the other nations entering were
Mexico, Egypt, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan,
Congo, Saudi Arabia and Hawaii.
Some of them were accompanied by
some very interesting fancy dress.
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The sun was shining and there were
some displays of quality football
on show from all the teams. But after
2 intense hours of footballing madness
Mexico and the Allstars met in the
final. They hadn't met before so both
teams were cautious in their approach.
Finally the deadlock was broken and
the Allstars took the lead. The game
looked lost at 3-0 but with 2 quick
goals a glimmer of hope was restored
for Mexico. Unfortunately that's all
it was, a glimmer, and the match ended
3-2 to the Allstars who won for the
first time. The trophy was presented
to gap student Angus Paterson to ensure
Australia get to collect at least
one trophy this year.
Mexico didn't leave empty handed though
with Jack Reeves picking up the Golden
boot award with 6 goals and Gary Tao
picking up the Golden Gloves award.
A special mention goes to Emma Bowen
who pulled off an outstanding save
to a stinging Mr Allen shot. Mr Allen
was named player of the tournament
(by himself which didn't go down well
with the crowd). After we had finished
there was a bouncy castle assault
course and barbeque to end a great
day!
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| A
first for Fyling hall |
27th
May 2010 |
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May saw the Maths Department send
its crack Junior team into the regional
heats of the Junior Team Maths Challenge
(JTMC) for the first time. Victoria
Corner (year nine), Matthew Bennion,
Francesca Goodenough and George
Reeves (all year eight) tested their
mettle against 22 other schools
from the York area.
You can ask them for the details
of Cross Number, Head to Head, Maths
Relay and Group Round, but one thing
they meant were 92 JTMCers plus
umpires in a sports hall 'busting
their guts' in solving the succession
of problems coming their way.
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We were at it from 11am to 3pm with
decent breaks. It turned out to be a
great day for all where it was actually
cool, not geeky, to be good at maths
and where finishing first or last was
relatively incidental.
Out of the 23 schools we finished in
eleventh place (top half), so nothing
to be ashamed of. But add this year's
experience into the equation (well,
it is maths!), and who knows where we'll
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| Bewerley
Park 2010 |
26th
May 2010 |
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On
Friday 14th May, Year 8s went to Bewerley
Park activity centre. We had a good
weekend there with Mr Perry and Miss
Anders.
Our first night we went orienteering
in the rain. It was really good fun!
On our second day we did high ropes
and low ropes. The low ropes were
easier but the high ropes involved
the 'leap of faith' which was scary
and involved climbing up a high wooden
pole up to a really small platform.
Once there we had to jump off and
try to grab hold of a trapeze.
After the high ropes we abseiled
into a gorge and went gorge walking
which was brilliant. That night we
went on the jungle gym assault course
and played on the obstacles and finished
on a rope swing over a muddy pond.
If you didn't hold on properly you
fell in the muddy water. Also if you
didn't tie your shoes up properly
you would lose them, just like Kirsty
did!
The rope swing was very entertaining
for everyone watching.
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| Cadets
sucCess for Fyling Hall Girls |
26th
May 2010 |
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By Sarah Taylor Year 9
On Sunday 11th April Victoria and
I travelled to York during the Easter
holidays. Here we competed in a wing
athletics trial with cadets from central
and east Yorkshire.
Here I competed with javelin and
shot put and Tori did 100m and high
jump. In the javelin I threw 14.95m
which was double everyone else’s
score, securing me a place in inter-wing.
I also did very well in the shot put
claiming 2 gold medals altogether.
Tori did well qualifying for the
100m finals and claiming 2nd place.
She came first in the high jump too.
With 3 gold medals between us we qualified
for Inter-wing.
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On Sunday 23rd May
we made our way up to Durham. As soon as
we got there I went straight into javelin.
Wow, I had some tough competition but, determined
to do well, I came third ending up throwing
5.37m. I then had to wait 3 ½ hours
for my next event where I had even tougher
competition.
The person coming first
threw about 8.5m and trying my hardest I
jumped into second place. Tori went over
to the high jump trying her hardest to do
better than at the wing trials. Getting
over 1.23m Tori had won and tried 1.30m
which every time Tori jumped she just skimmed
the bar.
Straight after this Tori
went into the 100m relay and the team ran
really well securing 1st place again. Tori
will be going to Inter-Region on the 19th
June.
We both found the Athletics
really fun and can’t wait till next
year.
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| Swimming
Gala |
25th
May 2010 |
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On Thursday 20th May the Junior School
enjoyed their annual swimming gala
at the Whitby Leisure Centre. Superb
swimming skills and sportsmanship
were demonstrated by all the pupils
watched by an appreciative audience
of parents and friends.
Endeavour House won the swimming
cup with an impressive score of 295
points but Resolution were very close
with 285 points.
Many thanks to all staff and parents
who helped with the swimming gala
and grateful appreciation to the Fyling
Hall sports staff for their expert
tuition and organisation.
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I won all my races and I'm very
confident with my swimming now -
Umar
It was my first swimming gala and
I enjoyed the races even though
I didn't win - Alexander
It was a great swimming gala and
I came first twice but I liked how
both teams supported each other
- Meghan
I used to be scared of the water
but now I'm not and I won six races
in my group - Tom
It was really exciting and I went
wild cheering for my house - Thomas
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| Sutton
Bank Fieldtrip |
24th
May 2010 |
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On Thursday 20th May the year 8s
went on a trip to Sutton Bank, famous
for the great white horse in the hillside.
It was a very hot day and a baby adder
was spotted warming itself on the
path, although the year 8s soon managed
to scare it off!
They enjoyed the walk around Sutton
Bank, stopping to watch some gliders
taking off and returning. We had a
little spare time, so we visited the
beach at Sandsend before heading back
to school.
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| IMPS |
22nd
May 2010 |
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Form
Three went to Scarborough Hospital
on Monday 17th May for their annual
Injury Minimisation Programme for
Schools (IMPS) visit. The aim of the
programme is to instruct pupils of
Year Six age in accident prevention
and health and safety issues.
During the visit the pupils have
the opportunity to visit the Emergency
Department and familiarise themselves
with the hospital equipment used.
They also watch an interactive video,
concentrating on accident prevention
and demonstrating basic first aid
procedures. Life saving skills such
as CPR and the recovery position are
also demonstrated and practised by
the pupils.
"We were taught how to do life-saving
skills like 123 ABC and CPR and had
a go doing them on dummies. We did
the recovery position on our partner
and watched a video about injuries
that some people thought was disgusting,
but I didn't" - Robert
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"We
were taught how to help someone who
has had an accident and is unconscious.
You have to do 123 ABC. 1 means to look
for danger, 2 means to check for a response
and 3 means shout for help. A means
clear airways, B means check for breathing
and C means do CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary
Resuscitation). James got to dial 999
on the telephone. It was all good and
I'm glad Mrs. Birchall took us"
- Umar
"It was really great using the
dummies and we learnt a lot from it.
I couldn't stop giggling at first when
I was pretending to be the accident
victim but it was really very serious"
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| Enjoy
& relax - Year 8 visit doodlepots |
19th
May 2010 |
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On Monday 17th May Year 8, along
with Ms Hornung, Mr Richardson and
Mrs Burton, visited Doodlepots in
Whitby as part of this terms creative
ICT project. The new owners made us
very welcome and the new look studio
remains a haven of relaxation and
creativity.
Having looked at the work of Clarice
Cliff, Wedgewood, Denby Pottery, and
more personal designs for Wedding
and Christening plates the group were
give the task of producing a design
for a salad plate which they could
paint in a maximum of 2 hours.
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Each student took with them a printed
copy of their favourite design and
tried hard to reproduce their ideas
in the studio. In the relaxing atmosphere
everyone worked hard and the 2 hours
passed too quickly for some.
We will collect the finished plates
in time for the students to take them
home at half term and the group will
complete a written report about the
challenges they faced during the design
and execution stages of the project.
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| Sarah
comes second in hunt trials |
16th
May 2010 |
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On Sunday May 9th Sarah Taylor took
one of the school ponies (Chloe) to
the Staintondale Hunt Hunter Trial,
this was Sarah's first ever competition
that was open to the public.
In the first class she went round
the course with a little girl who
was also a first timer. After a bit
of a wobbly start they got into their
stride and completed the course well
with no penalties.
Sarah's second class was an individual
effort and she showed that she had
learned from her first round and raced
round in fine style. She had taken
in all the little tricks that I showed
her on our course walk.
Her time in the timed section was
quite respectable and I thought she
was in with a chance of a place. When
the results came out Sarah had been
placed second, which is a fantastic
achievement on her first try.
Well done.
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Founding Pupil Remembered |
13th
May 2010 |
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The funeral of Harry Dale Wood, a
founding pupil of Fyling Hall, took
place yesterday in Burton.
Harry came to live in Whitby in
the 1920’s, when his father,
a doctor, became the local Medical
Officer of Health. Dr. Dale Wood was
a famously energetic and reforming
official – Dalewood Ward at
Whitby hospital, and subsequently
Dalewood House, are named after him.
Young Harry, meanwhile, was one of
the original four little boys whom
Mab Bradley, the young and idealistic
educationalist, took under her wing
to teach – and thereby, almost
accidentally, founded in 1923 what
would soon grow into Fyling Hall School.
Harry Dale Wood was the last survivor
of this quartet of founding pupils.
All of them went on to remarkably
distinguished careers.
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Harry continued his education at
Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire.
After serving with the Royal Engineers
during the war, when he rose to the
rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he resumed
his training as an architect. One
of his student projects was the design
and building of the Summer House in
the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Only recently he was contacted by
the Palace, and was able to add much
missing detail about the construction
to their archives. Ever loyal to Whitby
and Fyling Hall, he sent both his
sons to be educated at the school,
and remained in contact with Mab’s
daughter, Mrs Clare White, throughout
his life.
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Arts award 2010 |
8th
May 2010 |
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Review by Michael McCormack (Year
9)
It was Thursday the 6th of May, Year
7 had worked tirelessly the lesson
before to set up the majority of Year
8 and 9's Silver Arts Award Display
work for an exhibition for Unit 1
of the Arts Award.
Period 3 loomed and the bell rang,
the baton was passed into the hands
of Year Nine. We completed the rest
of the display work and some of the
acts had their last rehearsals. The
bell rang far too soon.
All Silver Arts Award students (apart
from Kate) stayed in for break and
arranged their displays.
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"I think that the exhibition went
very well. Everyone played their part and
it all came together." said Dani Halley
from year 9 while Mrs Wormald said "I
am extremely proud of Michael and all of
the pupils who took part in displaying their
unit 1 work as well as the performers. A
lot of time and effort has been poured into
the Arts Awards and I am hopeful that all
pupils taking part will be passing their
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Geography/biology dual field trip |
7th
May 2010 |
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On a cloudy and rather rainy day
an intrepid group of sixth form Biology
and Geography students set off to
Marske on a field trip.
The aim was to study plant succession
on the sand dunes as part of their
A level studies.
They were accompanied by Mr Weekes,
Miss Gilmour and Mr Edge.
Despite getting rather wet due to
the frequent showers, the students
thoroughly enjoyed the trip and are
now proficient in gathering and analysing
information from 'real-life' situations.
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final Dining Club |
7th
May 2010 |
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On Friday 30th April, the final dining
club of the year was held at Ramsdale
Mill Farm, the home of school cook
Sarah Husband and Head of Art, Steve
Husband. This popular school event
was marked as a special occasion with
it being the final one of the year,
and no expense was spared.
Pupils, Nick Beaumont, Stefan Walker,
Alix Corner and Jess Parkin and staff
Sam Wormald and Emma Anders were welcomed
with a glass of 1999 Cristal Champagne,
Kalamata olives and delicious nibbles
whilst Steve and Sarah played the
perfect hosts.
Everybody was dressed in glamorous
evening wear and all guests were eagerly
anticipating the night ahead. Nick
slipped into his usual role of party
political dictator and got the conversation
off to a lively start (whilst Mrs
Wormald and the girls discussed clothes,
shoes and tights!)
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recaged! |
7th
May 2010 |
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Over the Easter break the play area
known as 'the Cage' was refurbished.
This area, which once resembled a
rather tired version of the set of
West Side Story, was re-fenced and
re-surfaced as part of the ongoing
refurbishment programme.
Here's to the next generation of
Rooneys and Gerrards who might learn
their trade in the Cage! |
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Bon appétit! |
6th
May 2010 |
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Last week the Year 8s had a ‘delicious’
French lesson – a big buffet
that included a lot of unhealthy but
yummy food: brioches, baguettes with
butter, crisps, cookies, lemonade,
crêpes, a huge chocolate cake,
chocolate, and of course, a lot of
cheese!
We were all very impressed with Frankie’s
cupcakes that she decorated so nicely
with icing in the shape of the French
flag. We tried as much as possible
to bring food that was actually made
in France!
During the feast, we listened to
French music, looked at French monuments
and finished the lesson with a quiz
about France. The Year 8s had to write
about this fun and cultural lesson
in their preps and here are some comments:
Max: ‘It was the best French
lesson ever!’
Kirsty: ‘I loved the chocolate
cake, it was delicious!’
Michael: ‘The French music
was great’
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'The
days that make us happy make us wise' |
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