Christ's Chronciles Issue No 79

8/3/2019 Christ's Chronciles Issue No 79

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The ChristsChronicles24th Feb ruary Yea r 11s to Poe try Live

28th Feb ruary Yea r 9 Parents Evening 3.306.30pm

1st Ma rch Yea r 11 Sc ienc e mo dules

16th Ma rch PTA Quiz Night

19th Ma rch Yea r 9 trip to The Imp eria l War Museum (9A/9M)

21st Ma rch Rivet ing Armo ur Trip

23rd Ma rch Yea r 9 trip to The Imp eria l War museum (9B/ 9E)

30th Ma rch Ski trip dep artsreturns 7th April

Future events for your dia ry

Special points of

interest:

Reviews

Coming

Events

Sports News

Messages

Requests

Advertising

Inside this issue:

British Museum 2

Jack Petc hey 2

Civil wa r 3

Frenc h Club 3

Libra ry New s 4

Emily Taber 5

Sports News 6-8

Co ming Even ts 9

February 2012 Issue 79

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Pag e 2 The Christs Chronicles

The t rip to the British museum wa s an exc iting and fac tua l trip .

We looked a t the a ma zing a rtefa c ts as we ll as doing some fun

activities.

The favourite p a rt wa s whe n we went into a room with roc k slabs

tha t were from the Parthenon in Athens, they had p ic tures of

Greek wa rriors fight ing . What w e ha d to d o w as re-enac t a sc e-

ne from o ne o f them and take a picture which w as rea lly fun and it g ot some tourists atte n-

tion to o! My friends and I c hose a c ava lry sc ene and one of us had to kneel on the floor and

pretended to b e a horse.

In one of the roo ms there was a Greek tem ple w hic h wa s ama zing a s it was eno rmo us. Alt-houg h the sta tues on it were hea dless I thoug ht it show ed how anc ient it wa s and how we

are still ab le to look at it nea rly 2000 yea rs la ter. The wa y you c ould look around and explore

the a rtefac ts and ima gine them being used b y

a Greek many yea rs ag o w as astonishing.

I rea lly enjoyed the trip and I tha nk all the

tea chers who orga nised it and too k us there.

By Amy Mec hen 7A

JANUARY 2012AWARD WINNER: Josh Patc ho

CITATION:

Joshua Pac ho ha s bee n aw arded the Jac k Petc hey aw ard fo r Janua ry for his c onsistent ha rd w ork

and a dmirab le sense of c om mitme nt in ma ny areas of sc hoo l life.

Joshua represent s Christ's the sc hool in a w ide rang e o f sports includ ing X co untry, Rugby, Athletics

and in ad dition w as Ca pta in of Basketba ll tea m a nd led the m w hen they won the Borough Cham pi-

onships

He ha s a lso b ee n a ma in sta y in the sc hoo l music c onc erts and has rec ently pa ssed Grad e 4 Piano

with Me rit a nd Grad e 4 Violin.

Even m ore impo rta nt is Joshua 's willingness to help o ther ac hieve to o b y c oa c hing som e o f the low er

sc hoo l age group s and b y be ing an exce llent lea de r in music a lways willing to he lp his pe ers

Joshua is a very organised, hardworking conscientious student with outstanding class work

Year 7 PACE Trip to the British Museum

Reviews

Jac k Petchey Award


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Issue 79Pag e 3

On Tuesday 7th Feb ruary Yea r 8 spent the a fternoon with four

me mbers of the Sea led Knot o rganisa tion. This is a soc iety tha tha s spec ialist knowledge o f the Eng lish Civil War (16421648);

they perform re-enac tments of ba ttles, ed ucate a nd c om-

mem orate the War. Eac h c lass had an op po rtunity to hand le

rep lica s of swo rds, muskets and armour from the t ime. Som e

stud ents we re ab le to d ress up in c lothe s tha t Seventeenth

Century women wo uld ha ve wo rn, and lea rn ab out the d iffer-

ent types of food they wo uld have prepa red . There w as a ra -

ther gory session on medicine, where students learnt about

am puta tion without ana esthetic s and antisep tic s. One of the

highlights wa s the ba ttle d rum, which wa s skilfully dem onstrat-

ed . It was fasc inating to hea r stories from the war, things tha t

we would never have found in books. It helped to b ring the

period alive!

Mrs Harris

Soyez les bienvenus!

The Frenc h c lub m eet every Tuesday after sc hool from 3.00 to 4.00pm.

This is an exce llent opportunity fo r yea r 7 pup ils whether or not they stud y Frenc h.

All we lc om e to enjoy!!

Som e of the ac tivities c arried out ha ve inc luded watching Frenc h films, celebrating

Frenc h trad itions (Christmas), coo king and ea ting and d rinking Frenc h spec ia lities,

and m aking m ob ile phone c ases w ith Frenc h designs.

The Frenc h c lub

is free but w e

ask for a 5 a

term contribu-

tion for ma teri-

als. New mem-

bers we lc om e

to join afte r the

half term.

Civil War Afternoon

The Frenc h Club with Sarah Lep lat!


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A Happy New ye ar to you a ll from the Library! To

mark Dickens bicentennial year I have been read-

ing Oliver Twist to all the students who come to the

Lib ra ry every morning this term a nd hop e to c ontin-

ue reading from Dickens back catalogue to the

end o f the year.

This te rm, we sta rted a stud ent w rite rs group c a lled

C.S Ga s and we have sc hed uled 8 wo rkshop s for this

group to ta ke plac e d uring this term. Over the last 4

wee ks we have had the p rivileg e o f som e e xc ellent

writers c om ing into lead the sessions c overing a

range of writing skills.

To kic k off o ur first w ee k the autho r N.M Brow n w hose

books include Wolf Blood and Warriors of Alavna,

a rang e o f very exciting historic a l fic tion, c ame to

mee t the g roup a nd ta lk ab out how to start writing a

novel and how to develop a nd c ome up w ith new

ideas. The photo shows one of N.M Brownes meth-

od s of d oing this; ta king a rep lic a (a nd fo rtuna tely

blunt) anc ient swo rd a nd ima gining how her c harac -

ters might feel to use a nd wield it.

For the sec ond wo rkshop , Henry Bell from the Orang e Tree Thea tre lead a session on c ha rac ter d eve lop-

me nt which e nded with som e interesting insta nt plays whe re the g roup ha d to find a rea son for the cha r-

ac ters they had invented to m eet and write the dialogue b etw een the m. At the third session the writer

Rhidian Broo ke took us through a grea t w orkshop on writing for the sc ree n w ith the result tha t the group

c rea ted the op ening tw o sc enes to a film.

And this last w ee k Chris Wilson and Eleanor Log a n w ho a re b oth journa lists delivered a session o n w riting

for new s and set the group a c ha llenge of ed iting and p resenting a 40 sec ond new s story.

After half term, we will have 4 more wo rkshop s with mo re g uests to insp ire a nd enc ourag e the group to

get writing . Sa rah Brown ha s bee n instrumenta l in organising our visiting writers and our tha nks go to her

for ena b ling a rea lly exce llent op portunity for our bud d ing young writers in the CS Ga s writers group .

Library News


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Issue 79Pag e 5

Ove r four mo nths ha ve p assed since leaving the UK which c urrently see ms like a d ista nt mem ory! The

past two mont hs living here in El Porvenir, Honduras is c om ing to a n end . Desp ite the g reat a d justment it

too k to living in this run d ow n a nd ra ther da nge rous tow n I have w eird ly grown to love it. I think this isdue to a ll the fa milies I have me t and t he c hild ren I have b een working w ith. Having kids running ba re-

footed tow ards you d ow n the d irt a nd stone filled lane s rea dy to give you a ma ssive hug with a b ea my

smile is an irrep lac ea b le me mo ry.

Last Friday I wa s ab le to go dow n to the loc a l ha rdwa re store a nd buy all the too ls and ma teria ls re-

quired to build 4 showers and 2 toilets for a family of 33. The family live a c ross a little stream which is

linked b y a b lank of wood to their little c om munity ca lled Grand Ca yma n. Unfortunate ly their little island

is far from the likes of G ra nd Ca yma n a nd lac ks the ba sic ne ed s for a fam ily. They ha ve o ne ove rflow ing

toilet be twe en the m a nd no w ashing fac ilities excep t one sink which is visible to eve ryone a llow ing no

privacy. Thanks to money raised by Christs School and all the hard work by the volunteers I have been

wo rking w ith we have a ll c om e to ge ther to ta c kle this projec t. The fa mily is so g ra teful and by having

the se fac ilities will ma ke their life so muc h ea sier. The p rojec t is well und erwa y and should be c om p leted

in the next week or so. Here a re som e p hotos of our p rogress so fa r for you to enjoy. Tha nk you o nc e

again, I am so grateful for everyones generosity. I hope you enjoy the photos. Miss Taber

Ca rrying the supp lies in. It was heav y, be lieve me ! Nothing like a bit of te am wo rk for the wea k!

Time to c oo l do wn a fter the

hard work!

9 year old Lub lin, gloves on,

rea dy fo r wo rk!

With great thanks, Christs name has

been engraved into the foundations.

Emily Tabers Update


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This term ha s bee n a very suc c essful one for the va rious yea r g roup s basketb a ll teams.In ea c h of the b orough c om petitions a ll tea ms have been very co mp etitive, disp laying

a high level of tea m work and c ommitme nt. Highlights inc lude the Y10 and Y9 boys vic -

tories in the boroug h c hampionships. The Yea r 10 tea m Led by Dominc Garn and

Panashe Chimb iri brushed aside a ll the o ther tea ms in the c om petition, w inning ea c h

ma tch com fortab ly by 20 points to b e c row ned c ham pions. The Y9 tea m b a ttled it's

way pa st Grey Court, RPA & Orleans befo re d efea ting Ted d ing ton in a very one sided

fina l. The te am then fa c ed Lamp ton Sc hoo l from Heston a s pa rt of the Lond on Youth

Ga mes rep resenting Ric hmond . This was a step up in c lass as many of the op position

play na tiona l lea gue basketba ll. How ever, the b oys ac quitted them selves we ll despite

the opposition b eing fa r bette r d rilled .The Yea r 7 & 8 co mpetitions saw the tea ms na rrow ly lose to RPA in bo th c om petitions

while b ea ting Grey Court and Orlea ns.

All the tea ms have been training hard on Tuesday eve nings w ith Ric hmond Knights Bas-

ketb a ll Club. Sessions will continue a fte r half term on Tuesdays.

Sp o rts Ne w s

Dominic Garn is 13 yea rs old and is a keen basketb a ll p layer. He has bee n p laying fo r

Hampton Jagua rs sinc e he w as 12 yea rs old .

Rec ently he has been asked to p lay for the Kingston Wildc a ts Sc hoo l of Basketb a ll

which is loc a ted in Chessing ton. This is a Nationa l lea gue c lub w here the standa rd is

very high. He tra ins three times a week and m atc hes a re norma lly on a Sund ay. His

team, the U16s prides itself on winning every match this season. Our best score by far

was 82- 38.

He p lays either point gua rd or wing whic h ma in-

ly foc us on d riving a t op pone nts or shoo ting

jump shots.

Like many team sports, basketball requires play-

ers to be a team mem ber and to have g ood

c oo rd ina tion. Dominic enjoys sc oring baskets

and d ribb ling past an op po nent.

His ambition is to kee p p laying basketba ll and

hopefully one da y to b eab le to p lay for a pro-fessiona l tea m.

Talented P.E. stud ents

Christ's schoo l baske tball suc cess in Baske tball


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Josh Pacho is thirteen yea rs old and p lays na tional lea gue basketba ll for Kingston Wild-

c a ts. He a lso p lays for Hampton Jag ua rs and has rep resente d Ric hmond twic e a t theLondon Youth g ames. As well as a ll this Josh ha s bee n asked to a ttend the South-East

England Area Performanc e Centre (APC) fo r ta lented young sters. Josh got into basket-

ba ll throug h his dad who taug ht him the funda me ntals of the sport. He c urrently trains

tw ic e a week on a Tuesday and Wednesday for Kingston Wildc a ts, on a Sund ay for

Hampton Jag uars and a lso onc e a month a t the APC fo r six hours.

His ambition is to rep resent South East Eng land a t the reg iona l tournaments and Eng-

land a t an interna tiona l level.

Joe Antick is a 12 year old pupil at Christs School. He has been attending karate since

he w as 4 yea rs old and his worked his way up from White Belt (beg inner ) to 1st Kuy

Brown Belt w ith two white stripes.

In Ma rc h this yea r he will be g rad ed for his Junior Blac k be lt. This will involve a great

dea l of hard w ork and d ete rmina tion. Kara te invo lves Kumite, which is physic a l

fighting, and Ka ta w hic h is the a rt, gentle, c ontrol side.

When asked what he liked best about the sport he said Karate has taught me lots of

things especially respect, discipline, fitness and focus. The most exciting thing Joe

says he ha s done in kara te is tha t he got to tra in w ith the m ost famous Shotokan In-

structo r in the world Shihan Kanazawa.

His b iggest ac hieve ment so fa r has bee n to a ttend two World Cha mpionships. The last

one , in Ita ly last yea r, he wo n a tea m Bronze m ed al. In 2013 he ha s a lrea dy been se-

lec ted for the GB squad to g o to Finland for the next World Championships. There, his

a im is to w in a go ld med al. Good Luc k Joe !


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Archery Club Students

Roc k Climb ing in Cornwa ll

New Gymnastics Club

Spo rts c lubs and trip p hotos

Gymnastics Club

Mo ndays 3.15pm4.30pm

Sports ac rob a tics (Spellbound )

Gymnastics apparatus

Ind ividua l Gymna stic s move s e.g . Hand stands, ca rtwhee ls etc .

We are hop ing to d o a sma ll show for the sc hoo l a t the end of the sc hoo l yea r. All

years and ab ilities a re ve ry we lc om e. Lea rn things tha t you ha ve never bee n ab le to

do b efore a nd have lots of fun!

Conta c t Ms Brom ly for more informa tion

sbromly@c hrists.richm ond .sc h.uk


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Produc tion of Zorro the Musical

Zorro is a rela tively new music a l which p rom is-

es to b ec om e a c lassic : with music by the re-

now ned Gypsy Kings and c omposer/a rrang er

John Ca meron this musica l is an a bsolute win-

ner, and Christs School will be the first school

in the UK to stage the work!

KEY DATESPerformanc es of Zorro w ill be Thursday-Saturday June 21-23, with a d ress rehea rsa l on

Wedne sday 20th June. Rehea rsa ls will beg in straight a fte r ha lf-term this term.

This yea r the French exchange trip is to Le Havre in Nor-

ma ndy. The exc hang e w ill take plac e b etween Thursday

17th m ay and Friday 1st June 2012.

The trip to Norma ndy will inc lude a trip to the Parc Asterix

the me p ark just outside Paris, a d ay in Paris, a visit to a

typica l Frenc h ma rket, a trip to Ac rob ranc h ad venture

c entre a nd a tour of Le Havre itself.

For more informa tion c onta c t Mrs Mc Grail a t vmc gra il@c hrists.ric hmond .sc h.uk

Coke, Red Bull, Dr Pep per etc a re no t a llow ed in sc hoo l as they are ne i-

ther good for the pupils health nor for their learning as the caffeine and

high suga r makes them hyper and they strugg le to c onc entrate in c lass.

Com ing Events

Frenc h Exc hange Trip 2012

Notices


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Advert is ing


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Add itional information:

To c onta c t Sta ff b y e-ma il p lea se use the ir first initia l

and then surnam e w ritten a s one word followe d by

generic end ing: @c hrists.richm ond.sc h.uk

There is a lso a quick link via sc hool website.Christ's Sc ho ol

Que en 's Roa d

Richmond

Surrey

TW10 6HW

Phone : 020 8940 6982

Fax: 020 8332 6085

E-ma il: [email protected] .sch.uk

www.christs.richmond.sch.uk

Timetab le for school day

All stud ents to a rrive a t

sc hool and b e rea dy for

reg istra tion a t 08.30

Morning break 10.20-10.40

Lunc h break 12.20-13.00

End of sc hoo l 15.00

Winte r uniform required :

b lazer, white shirt and sc hoo l

tie.

To o rder uniform go to our

website: http://

c hrists.richmond .sc h.uk/

home

Holidays:

Spring Term

Wed nesday, 4th Janua ry 2012 - 30th Ma rch 2012

Half Term13th17th Feb ruary 2012

Summer Term

Mo nd ay, 16th Ap ril 2012 - Tuesday, 17th July 2012

Half Term

4th - 8th June 2012
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