June 2015 - Queensmead School
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June 2015 - Queensmead School
Queensmead News June 2015 Year 10 Borough Rounders Tournament On Thursday 11th June Queensmead School entered a team into the Borough Rounders Tournament, held at Vyners School. The team consisted of GCSE PE and BTEC Sport students and was captained by Rhiannon Besley. The team demonstrated some outstanding fielding and batting skills, combined with an excellent understanding of strategic match play. The first match started off with some nervous fielding, but the team soon found their feet and beat Harlington 5.5 – 7.5. They continued their winning streak and beat Barnhill by 2.5 rounders. In the final match Queensmead faced Vyners, who had also won their opening matches. Vyners won the right to field first, which put Queensmead at a disadvantage. However, some powerful hits saw Queensmead finish batting with seven rounders, this was then followed by a solid display of fielding, with exceptional team work. Vyners scored six rounders and Queensmead were crowned tournament champions. The team was a credit to the school and each player received a winner’s medal. Mrs Carter PE Department Aaron Connell, Shauna Lehane, Aaron Roche, Liam Thorne, Daniel Edwards, Josh Thorne, Olivia McAndrew, Jessica Penn and Rhiannon Besley Queensmead School, Queens Walk, South Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0LS Email: [email protected] Twitter: qm_news Year 9 Borough Rounders Tournament On Thursday 18th June nine Year 9 pupils went to Vyners School for the yearly Borough Rounders Competition. After winning the competition in Year 8 there was a lot of pressure on them to succeed again. They began the day playing Barnhill, Northwood School and Harlington in the heats. They beat all of those schools by a significant amount meaning they were through to the semi-finals against the hosts, Vyners School. It was a close game but again, Queensmead won the match meaning they were through to the final against Bishop Ramsey School. This game was met with some apprehension as we had previously lost to them in the weekly fixtures. However, on the eleventh ball out of twenty we had already beaten Bishop Ramsey's score and won the Borough Competition! Champions for the second year in a row! Well done to all the team for their hard work and commitment! It definitely paid off! Miss Rix PE Department Back row left to right: Tyra Carrington-Boswood, Olivia O’Shea, Rebecca Carrington-Boswood, Tia Grace and Charlotte Morgan Front row left to right: Akshat Parikh, Hussein Karkhanawala, Mitul Patel, Kenan Walker Geography Trip On Saturday 30th May the Morocco trip students set off for Leith Hill in Surrey for a practice walk. Fitness was the main priority as we know we have to trek up to the summit of Mount Toubkal which is 4,167 metres above sea level. We met Helen, our Schools Worldwide leader there and she showed us the Ordnance Survey maps of the area so we could plan our route. Taking it in turns to be leader, we managed to navigate our way round the Surrey countryside and completed an 11km walk. We even found a waterfall on our walk! It’s not long to go until we fly off to Marrakech for our real trek! Ms Jupp Head of Geography Junior Maths Challenge Students at Queensmead School achieved 7 Golds (G), 13 Silvers (S) and 26 Bronzes (B) in this year’s UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. Over 250,000 students from across the UK sat the Junior Maths Challenge with roughly the top 6% receiving a gold certificate, the next 13% silver and the next 21% bronze. Approximately 6000 of the top students are invited to sit a follow-on competition, the Junior Mathematical Olympiad or Kangaroo. Two Year 8 Queensmead students (Hamzah Majid and Lavvan Naguleswaran) sat the Junior Mathematical Kangaroo paper and are awaiting their results. Year 7 Milosz Antonczak (B), Oliver Blackler (B), Abigail Bunker (G), Rianna Endersby (B), Parkavi Gnanasundaram (B), Ahmad Jalal (B), Nataliya Klymko (B), Selina Kairyte (B), Ryan Silver (S), George Peristiani (S), Joseph Plampin (S), John Morris (S) Nadia Rock (B), Rizvan Rajharan (S), Ichhuca Rai (S), Shaunna Monks (B), Meghana Trivedi (B), Rahul Patel (B), Meena Popal (B), Sandich Thapa (B), Levi Yeo (B), Kai Strachan (B), Tilly Zapletal (B) Year 8 Hamzah Majid (Junior Kangaroo), Lavvan Naguleswaran (Junior Kangaroo), Keyur Narotomo (G), Adam Dissem (G), Isabella Wasden (G), Brandon Baldock (G), Sharjeel Khatri (S), Numair James (S), Bradley Nti (S), Rohith Srikanth (S), Megan Scott (S), Rene Stevens (S), Ta-Jean Myton (S), Sohraab Tokhi (B), Kiynat Ahmad (B), Hafez Al-Ziadi (B), Sara Ahmed (B), Casey Pollington (B), Issy Rice (B), Karugan Gowrikanthan (B), Deborah Ithayakumar (B), Saganaa Sathiyaseelan (B), Isabel Combi (B), Natasha Killeen (B) Miss Jackson Maths Department Young Writers’ Group I am delighted to announce that Natasha Killeen’s 100 word story, My Grim Tale has been selected for publication by the Young Writers’ Group. This is a massive achievement, well done. Mrs Gibbons English Department My Grim Tale Number 46A may seem like an ordinary house but it’s nothing of the sorts. No one can ever see behind the front door, all they see is a sweet old couple. Gert, the frail old woman makes the young and skinny lodger pie and casseroles made from the last lodgers. Of course, the lodgers just thought she was being generous. One cold winter’s night Bert, the ugly old man knew it was time. They locked them in their room whilst they slept. They then crept in and gouged out their eye balls and cut them up ready for the next pie. Natasha Killeen Year 8 Student Dates For Your Diary Jul Wed 1st Post 16 Leavers’ Tea 3.00pm Thur 2nd KS3 Awards Evening 7.30pm Sat 4 th Year 8 Rewards Trip Tues 7th Hairspray – School Production 7.00pm Wed 8th Hairspray – School Production 7.00pm Thurs 9th Year 5 Taster Day Sat 11 th Year 10 Rewards Trip PAGE 6 GCSE PE – Fencing Queensmead School have linked up with the Hillingdon Musketeers Fencing Club. Paul Harden, a Level 3 fencing coach is running six after school sessions with our Year 10 GCSE PE students every Monday until the end of term. The students will complete the six sessions and then be assessed in line with the OCR specification as part of the GCSE PE course. Hillingdon Musketeers Fencing Club have also offered the students the opportunity to attend their Friday evening sessions, held at Brunel University. The cost of these sessions has been waived by the club to give our students the chance to fence more experienced club members and to widen their knowledge of the sport. Mrs Carter PE Department Warwick University On Monday 8th June five students in Year 9 visited Warwick University to get a sense of university life. The students had a tour of the campus and even went to lectures including Law. Overall, the day was very enlightening and changed the students’ views on what university life is like. The students thoroughly enjoyed the day and it even made them think about their university options and whether they would like to go. Miss Rix PE Department Girls Cricket Summer 2015 The Queensmead girl’s cricket team train on a Thursday after school. The girls have been extremely dedicated to training each week and have been very enthusiastic and welcoming. The girls played two league matches and made Queensmead cricketing history when they beat Haydon at home by nine runs. At the Hillingdon Secondary Schools’ Girls Cricket Tournament at Eastcote Cricket Club the girls were described as fantastic and a credit to the school by one of the organisers following a victory over Bishop Ramsey’s B team. Unfortunately the team did not make the final but it was a very enjoyable afternoon with wickets and boundaries from various members of the team. Really well done to all the girls who came along to training and played in the matches and a special thank you to Thurka Sarvananthan, Sowmiya Baskaran and Saganaa Sathiyaseelan who took turns to captain the team. Miss Jackson Maths department