magazine layout Oct 14 opt 4.pub

October 2014
Inside this edition:
Howden School’s Best Exam
Results for the Fourth Year
Running — Well done to
everybody involved.
New Year 7s
KS3 Rewards Evening
School Clubs
Halloween Fun
Sports Reports
Plus loads more!
A New Beginning
It is always daunting starting at a
new school. And you will always
feel a little apprehensive about
the unknown. Starting at a new
school is very exciting as there
are different lessons from
primary school, such as
technology, music, drama and
PSHCE. The best part is meeting
new friends. Howden School
offers you lots of exciting lessons,
where you will learn lots of new
things.
The teachers are always willing
to help and advise you if you’re
struggling. There are students
called peer mentors and pastoral
managers who will always help
with personal and school
problems. The pastoral room is
opposite Mr Storey’s science
room, and the peer mentors wear
a bright blue hoodie so they are
easy to spot!
There is lots of food to choose
from at dinnertime. Also at break-
time there are delicious snacks
available like pizza, bagels,
sandwiches and much more.
The school offers
opportunities to visit other
countries. Year 7 this year, has
the chance to visit the South of
France.
PE lessons have a wide range of
activities like, rugby,
trampolining, gymnastics, hockey,
netball, football, volleyball, tennis
and badminton. Even if you don’t
like sports there is always
something you will enjoy.
The school also offers a wide
range of after school
activities (which are
reported elsewhere in the
magazine).
If you travel on the school bus
this gives you the chance to mix
and socialise with students of all
ages. Year 7 lets you meet other
students from other primary
schools and make new friends.
Howden School is a safe and
pleasant environment for
everybody, however should you be
a victim of bullying in the school
go to the pastoral office. The staff
in pastoral will deal with it as the
school operates a zero tolerance
policy against bullying.
By Joshua Forster.
Key Stage 3 Rewards Ceremony
On Monday 13th October 2014,
Howden School hosted a rewards
ceremony for KS3 pupils. This
was to congratulate them on
their year’s achievement. They
based their rewards on attitude
to learning and attainment. Two
pupils from each year were
awarded either an ATL or
attainment award in each subject.
There were also
Accelerated Reading Awards for
Overall Effort and Attainment
given. Finally there were special
awards noting the pupils
outstanding work. These awards
were the ‘Lee Coates Award for
Sportsmanship’, the ‘Helen
Watson Cup for Athletics’,
‘Sporting Achievement for Boys’,
‘Sporting
Achievement for
Girls’, the ‘Barnes Wallis Award
for achievement in Mathematics’,
the ‘Anthony Wilkinson Award for
improvement in Science’, the
‘Creativity in English Award’ and
finally the ‘Gloria Grice Award for
best overall attendance in Key
Stage 3’.
Everyone did very well and
deserved their awards and made
the school very proud. Also some
GCSE music students sang and
played in front of the audience,
they were
amazing and very
talented.
Overall the night was very
successful and no one tripped up
on the stairs!
By Stuart Brown.
Year 8 Globe Trip
Thursday 18th September saw a large group
of Year 8 students along with a few of our
teachers take a trip to London to experience
the Globe Theatre, the home of many
Shakespearean plays.
This opportunity allowed our students to
see for themselves this amazing venue, as
well as a few other famous London sights on
the way.
Once again our students were a credit to
Howden School and both staff and students
had a great day.
Year 8 Shakespeare Day
On Friday 10th October, all Year 8 students
took part in Shakespeare Day. The year group
had been working on a unit of work called “The
Wonderful World of Shakespeare” since the
beginning of the school year, with a particular
focus on the play Macbeth.
The day allow ed stud ents to
consolidate their learning of the play through
a variety of fun workshops including: writing a
newspaper article on the death of King
Duncan, creating a storyboard of the main
scenes using an interactive computer
programme and taking part in a dramatic
interpretation of a scene.
In the morning, the students were treated
to a comedy-spoof performance of the
opening of the play by GCSE drama students.
At the end of the day students got the
opportunity to put Macbeth on trial, with the
questioning coming from our very own
students. A fun day was had by all.
‘Round about the caldron go;
In the poison’d entrails throw.—
Toad, that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty-one;
Swelter’d venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot!
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.’
Student quotes:
“It was a great day with
great activities.”
“I think that Shakespeare
Day was fun and I
wouldn’t change it in ay
way.”
Happy Halloween
Halloween is coming to cakes are on sale for 30-50p
Howden for a month of trick (depending on what size you
or treating and bun making! get). All the money raised
goes to a deserving charity.
So don’t forget to show up at
break with money in hand.
There is also the Howden
Great British Bake Off, with a
competition for Key Stage 3
students, Key Stage 4
students and staff. The theme
Friday 24th is a non
is Halloween. See the posters
valuable prizes up for grabs.
uniform day. Just so the new
This, unlike the bun sale, will
Year 7s know, for £1 per for more information.
person you will be able to Also during the last week of be on all week so no need to
show up at school wearing half term is the ‘Progress rush to the polling stations.
whatever you want (within Rewards’ in which each tutor
Last but not least there
reason and still no difference will nominate ten students to
might be a Skipathon, run by
to the jewellery and hair get prizes. The prizes may be
Mrs Doyle, on the 17th of
rules).
of a sweet nature, but there
November this year. But try
might be a few other, more
Mrs Knight and her senate
not to pester for
information as this
team (with some extra help)
statement is not proven and
will be selling her homemade
buns in the mural, between
will be confirmed by
the English and Science
teachers very soon.
departments. The buns will be
That concludes this issue of
designed with Halloween in
the fundraiser page. Don’t
mind. The cakes will have
forget to read the rest of the
orange, black and green icing,
magazine and get the next
and perhaps some Halloween
issue for more updates.
sweets or icing patterns on
top. But every nice thing has a
By Adam Millard and Arron
price and these buns and
Hallam.
Key Stage 4 Information & Key Dates
All of Year 10 and some Year 11 students completed their Of Mice and Men assessment on
Tuesday 21st October. This follows an impressive performance by the Manchester Theatre
Company who came and performed an adaption of the play on Wednesday 8th October.
Good luck to all involved.
Congratulations to all students
who recently completed their
Duke of Edinburgh practice
expedition.
KS4 ICT students visited Aerial Extreme's High Ropes Adventure Courses for a fun day
involving a series of challenging obstacles set at varying heights above the ground. Students
tackled obstacles such as rope bridges, scramble nets, swinging logs and balance beams,
plus negotiated a number of team challenges designed to test a group’s ability to work
together and communicate effectively.
The trip formed part of the student’s skills development for a coursework assessment where
students will demonstrate their creative flair by combining multimedia components to create
a vibrant, energetic or simulating interactive product.
Clubs at Howden School
Our reporters have been to
examine a number of clubs
that happen in Howden
School, and these are just a
few so far that they have
chosen to report on.
Inky Fingers by Jake Buck
Inky fingers is an amazing
club it is just like a business
where you make things for
people that have put in an
order, on an order form.
was really interesting. We
learnt how to identify a finger
print on a glass by getting a
beaker then got some
sellotape and found the finger
print on the glass and got the
sellotape and put it on top of
the finger print and the
sellotape copied the finger
print onto the sellotape.
When you start this club you
will get a few business cards
and product brochures to
either look at or even ask
people if they would like buy
any of your items we can
make such as Mugs Round
Coasters, Square Coasters,
Place Mats, Dog Tags etc. For
The second week we did
more information see Mr
lava lamps. We needed to
Stathers in Technology.
bring in a 500ml plastic bottle
Year 7 Science Club by
to make it we needed 2
Jake Buck
vitamin C dissolving tablets,
Science club is amazing ! It is food colouring (any colour)
on Tuesdays every week at and sunflower oil. It was
3:00 – 4:30 with Miss Taylor. amazing because you could
see the bubbles from the
The first week we did
fingerprints, footprints and vitamin c tablets.
murder crimes on glass that
During Week Three we looked
at static. We had a machine
and put our hair on it and it all
stuck to it, it was even better
on girls because they have
long hair. For more
information see Miss Taylor
or any of the Science
teachers.
Chess Club by Jackson
Woodrow
Come to Chess Club during
weekday lunchtimes
(excluding Fridays) 12-12:30.
Chess Club is run by Mrs
Russell in room 12. It is very
popular. Don’t worry about
your lunch as you can eat it
there. There is a peer mentor
in there every day, so if you
want to learn how to play
chess you can ask him (I did).
When you’ve played a game
of chess you can play a quick
game of draughts because
chess games can take 20
minutes!
Top Tips to Survive Winter
With another bitter winter being forecast for this
year, our reporter Elizabeth Reeves has put
together a useful list of clothes to help you beat
the cold. Keeping warm over the winter months
can help prevent colds, flu or more serious
health conditions such as heart attacks,
pneumonia and depression.
Wrap up warm, inside and out. Layer your
clothing to stay warm
and wear shoes with
a good grip if you
need to go outside. If
possible, stay inside
during a cold period
if you are unwell or
have any existing
medical problems.
Weather Forecast
Winter Clothing Thick/Padded coats
Wellies
Waterproof Coat
Jumpers/Fleeces
Waterproof Trousers
Thick Socks
Scarfs
Woolly hats
Gloves
Grippy Shoes
Ice Grips
Hand warmers
Thermal Underwear
Balaclavas
Ear Muffs
Muff
Cloaks
Padded Trousers
(Ski Wear)
Our Newsletter Needs You!
What do you want to see in our newsletter?
Let us know your suggestions. Please see
Miss Bardell, any of our reporters, or pass on
your ideas to your tutors.
We also need a new name for this new
monthly Newsletter. Sensible suggestions
only please.
Sports News
Football Frantic by Emma
Morris
On Thursday 9th October
the Year 7, 8, 9 girls teams
played fantastically well
against the opposing teams:
Snaith, Driffield and Market
Weighton.
Older Team:
Howden 4-1 Driffield
Howden 2- 0 Snaith
Young Team:
Howden 2-0 Market
Weighton
Howden 2-0 Snaith
Congratulations to
everybody who took part.
Thanks to Miss Scott who
helped organise the event
and all her encouragement
Well done girls!
Boys Football by Nathaniel
Field
Last Thursday the year 8’s
football team lost 5-2
against Goole. Nathaniel
Field scored the first goal
for the team then later
Jake Clarkson scored a
penalty although Goole had
a comeback, unlucky lads.
Team sheet:
Jacob Palmer
Josh Walton
Reece Wilkinson
Guy Richardson
Jack Brown
James Taylor
Jamie Coult
Jake Clarkson
Oscar Clayforth Dennison
John Slator
Nathaniel Field
Joe Berry
The football club is still on
this Tuesday and normally
on a Wednesday free of
charge, so come down to
improve your footballing
skills and join the team.
Also we do not have a game
this Thursday although
normally every other
Thursday.
Also rugby is on a Tuesday
after school and if we get
10 or more players you will
be put in a game so please
come down they need more
players and it does not
even cost thanks for the
result that’s coming to
football
let’s try
and get
that at
rugby.
Key Dates:
Flu Vaccination for Year 7 & 8, Friday 24th October 2014
School Closes, Friday 24th October 2014
Disneyland Paris Visit, Sunday 26 October 2014
School Re-opens for students, Monday 3rd November 2014
Deep Learning Day, Wednesday 5th November 2014
Year 11 Parents Evening, Tuesday 18th November 2014
KS4 Trip to Knitting and Stitching Show, Friday 21st November 2014
Year 10 Parents Evening. Wednesday 26th November 2014