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Issue 50

Headlines by Rachel McGowan

22 April 2016

Working together to promote & celebrate achievement

During the holiday I was delighted to receive a letter from the SSAT congratulating us on our excellent performance last year. Plashet School has been nationally recognised for its exceptional 2015 performance by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT). Educational Outcome data analysis from SSAT has shown that the school is in the top 10% of non-selective schools nationally for high average grades achieved by students and the top 10% nationally for progress made by pupils between their key stage 2 results at primary school and their key stage 4 results. A third award recognises the schools success in enabling pupils to fulfil their potential. The schools’ SSAT Educational Outcomes awards will be presented at a regional celebration event held to draw attention to the work of high-achieving, improving and innovating schools and teachers. Sue Williamson, Chief Executive of SSAT said: ‘It’s my great pleasure to commend Plashet School on their excellent 2015 performance and to have the opportunity to highlight and share their great work.’

On the 21st March just before we broke-up for Easter Mr Beach our Bursar wrote to all parents about Plashet Post. He outlined our desire to move to a digital version of our fortnightly publication in order to reduce costs and allow readers to see colour photographs of all the reported activities. Our plan would be to have the e-Plashet Post sent direct to parent’s email addresses. Responses to this request have been very few and I therefore wish to flag this up a second time to families. We need to confirm that the email addresses we have for each parent/carer is current. Please therefore send an email from your current email address with your daughter’s name and form group in the subject box, by Friday 29th April to: mailplashetpost@plashet.newham.sch.uk For any parents who do not have an email address or who would prefer a paper copy of Plashet Post please write your request in your daughter’s planner and ask her to show this to her form tutor.

Rachel McGowan

Plashet School wins awards for exceptional 2015 results

Plashet Post

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Year 8 Residential Trip to Liddington

Between Wednesday 13th and Friday 15th April 128 Year 8 students were given the opportunity to challenge themselves away from the security of home. Everyone showed how they could work outside of their comfort zones and participate in a wide range of activities that were not part of their daily routine. Our base for the experience was the PGL centre at Liddington, outside Swindon and the en suite accommodation and excellent meals meant that we were all ready for the challenges we were set. The activities on offer included abseiling, Aeroball, a crate challenge, giant swing, an obstacle course, open canoeing, survivor and zip wire. Each activity either involved individual commitment or teamwork participation. For those students who were fearful of heights, the Giant Swing and abseiling required a great deal of resilience and ear plugs for the spectators! The communication skills required to complete the crate challenge and obstacle course meant that the eleven members of each group had to work together in order to succeed. Open canoeing presented opportunities for navigating challenges on water and working with a partner. The students quickly realised they needed to organise their attempts at rowing and for some, that took a great deal of resilience! Leadership and initiative were integral parts of the majority of the activities, including the massive game of ‘capture the flag’ the students (and staff) participated during the evening of Wednesday 13th April. Importantly rhythm and musicality were needed for our disco on Thursday 14th April, however most of the girls were too frightened to really cut loose on the dance floor, so they opted for a shuffle at the side of the room! Thankfully the weather was kind to us and the only real downpour happened when we returned to East Ham on Friday 15th April. The biggest challenge we all faced was embracing the unknown and being independent. We were in charge of our own suitcases, filling up our water bottles, making our beds, getting to the meeting point on time, selecting our clothes, organising our showers and doing our hair, choosing the meals we wanted to eat, clearing our own tables, getting enough sleep, waking up on time, living without Wi Fi and working with a whole range of new people. As an opportunity for personal growth, Liddington was so much more than exciting activities. It was a chance for our students to gain an insight into rural life away from the safety net of East Ham and it was possibly the only time our students will ever travel with 128 people they know. Ms L Sanderson Assistant Headteacher

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Year 8 Residential Trip to Liddington

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BBC School Report 2016: with Plashet School STEM Club

Throughout the week that started on Monday 29th February 2016, the STEM Club had been working on an annual tradition, the BBC School Report. During this week, pupils in schools from all around Britain become journalists and report current events happening in their schools, communities and the world. In our school we were focussed on some of the achievements of our STEM Club. Our stories ranged from the Solutions for the Planet project to our collaboration with our International Partner School, Muktangan, all the way in India. During the week, all the STEM Club girls had to record their own stories. Some groups came early in the morning to do their recording and showing the dedication of the STEM Club. As soon as we were ready to film it was lights, camera, and action from then on with the help from our amazing camera woman, Nishat Basir. At the end of the week we had managed to pull out an engaging, interesting report and all of our hard work really came through in our report. The STEM Club was thrilled with the results. I thought that this event was a real privilege as I had the chance to put myself in a journalist’s shoes allowing me to explore another part in media. For the past few days, the STEM Club have been preparing and working on the BBC School Report 2016. The previous team did an amazing job and we wanted to do even better. We started recording on Monday, 3 days before the deadline, and we featured three main stories:

Our visit to the House of Lords. Solutions for the Planet. Our connecting school in India Muktangan. The next day, we decided to wrap things up by adding a few more stories such as our STEM Club Speed Dating Event and our participation in the BBC Micro Bit Project. I worked the rest of the day editing the clips we filmed. Eventually, I did get rid of the bloopers and then sent the clips to Aminah Hussain 11P, to merge all the videos together. This was a frustrating but rewarding job! The outcome was very satisfying, so I have to thank the whole School Report team for sacrificing their sleep to go to school at 8 am for filming. Well Done Team!! Noshin Sadia 8N and Nishat Basir 8G

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BBC Make it Digital –MicroBit coding at the Blue Room

On 23rd March 2016, we were invited to attend a filming session with the Make it Digital Team working with on the MicroBit at the BBC Studios. So the MicroBit team (now Year 8, but with new members!) reunited once again to play around with this mini-computer. We travelled to White City, where the building is located, and met a guide to lead us to our stage. Once we finally got there, we got our BBC School Report Badges and took a few photos. Then we were introduced to the Blue Room, the tech heaven which also provided the perfect setting for us to

film the MicroBit tutorial. Before we started recording, we explored our surroundings and we were astounded at the assortment of technology to play with. There were 4K cameras, virtual reality headsets, tons of phones and tablets as well as a colourful range of TVs. We even got our hands on the Google Glasses! Awesome!!!

BBC School Report 2016: with Plashet School STEM Club

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BBC Make it Digital –MicroBit coding at the Blue Room cont’d

Eventually, we sat down and started our coding lesson. Our “teacher” taught us how to perform basic instructions on the MicroBit. We started off with adding a string – a phrase or a word – that looped over and over again. To test if our script had worked, we ran it on an emulator, which is the virtual simulator of the actual MicroBit, and if it did, we compiled the script into a .hex file and uploaded it into the physical device through a USB cable. The process of coding gradually became easier as we got the hang of it, so we experimented to see the outcome. It was a trial-and-error moment as we tested out different ways to execute something but the best part is when the results are exactly what you wanted after minutes of playing around with scripts. I think that this is what coding is. This career seems like a boring one to people because they believe it consists of just staring at a screen typing nonsense all day. However the MicroBit blew that stereotype out of the water! I found the interface really simple and engaging and I learnt that it isn’t just “typing”, it’s problem-solving. Every obstacle is a puzzle waiting to be answered. Overall, I think that the MicroBit has changed my thoughts about coding. We got to see the ‘Blue Room’ where all the latest digital technology from flat screens TVs to glasses with GPS were displayed. We also learnt how to code on a mini-computer known as the Micro Bit. The Mico Bit is quite a simple product, the main use of it is to teach children how to code. This was an ‘amazing’ trip. By Nishat Basir 8G, Ameisha Thahir 7G and Noshin Sadia 8N

Science Week Activities

Thursday 17th March saw the annual Science and Maths quiz take place after school in the South Hall. Several teams pitted their wits and knowledge against each other, answering questions about famous scientists and mathematicians, watching and describing experiments and tackling everyday maths problems. There were some hiccups to start with, such as the missing remote control and no-one will forget the sight of Mr O Donnell standing on the table wielding a long pole! Thanks for everyone who attended and helped out to make the event a success The winning team were: Sandra Thekkeppurayil 10E, Munira Zannat 10H, Selina Begum 10H and Mr O’Brien.

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National Science Week 2016 - Monday 14-Friday 18th March

There was huge buzz around the Science Department as we, as always, were celebrating National Science Week. There was a splendid range of different events for all students. Some of which are illustrated below: During Science Week all Year 7 students were given a challenge to carry out during their Science lessons. Most students attempted to make a parachute and cushion the egg with the straws, but eventually they all saw their designs SPLAT onto the floor! The groups that won during their Science lessons then competed against each other during Friday lunch break using similar equipment, except 10 straws and no plastic sheeting. 5 forms’ eggs all cracked at the same height and so 7L, 7A, 7E, 7G and 7N representatives were all winners. The names of the winners are:- Halimah Munir 7A, Diya Patel 7A, Nepa Abdul 7A, Jumaimah Uddin 7A, Esha Jadeja 7E, Sana Hussain 7E, Gauri Shaji 7E, Samiyah Naznin 7G, Aqsa Mahmood 7G, Hafeja Khanam 7G, Zainab Ahmed 7N, Saleha Ismail 7N, Charu Kuganathrajah 7N, Taiba Majumdar 7N. Mr P Murphy Year 7 Coordinator

The egg-tra-ordinary challenge

Your mission is to try to make a carrier for this rare dinosaur egg that will protect it from cracking, even if it is dropped from a great height! The tools you can have to make the carrier are:-

Sellotape (x 1m) Drinking straws (x5) 1 egg (only the one …it is rare!) Scissors A4 plastic sheet

Your carrier and egg will then be tested from different heights against your main competitors. The winners are the group whose egg remains whole from the greatest drop.

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Science Week Activities

The Balloon Rocket challenge was so much fun! We had limited resources so it was such a challenge to design the Rocket. We were proud of our rocket that travelled quite far on the testing line. Our idea was to make sure it had enough air in the balloon to push the rocket forward. Knowing Newton’s third law came in handy this time and we created a rocket that successfully travelled along the string. By, Arij Khan 9N The winners were: Rattan Sagan 9P Iqra Khan 9P Rukhsar Hussain 9P Minhaj Ahmed Meer 9P

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Physics Masterclass: ‘Theories of Light’ On Thursday 3rd March, a collection of Year 10 and Year 11 students attended a very special physics ‘masterclass’ on the ‘Theories of Light’. This masterclass was held by Dr Justin Palfreyman, an ex-Cambridge University lecturer and a current physics teacher at Seven Kings High School. Dr Palfreyman started the session by asking us to write down as many philosophers or scientists we had heard of or knew about. He wanted to know how many philosophers or scientists we knew off the top of our heads before we started the session, and admittedly, there were not a lot. After this, we began discussing the distinction between a ‘philosopher’ and a ‘scientist’; what separates a scientist from a mere philosopher? The answer: evidence! Scientists carry out experiments to produce evidence that disprove their theories, while philosophers only theorise and do not physically carry out investigations to prove whether their theories are valid or not. Dr Palfreyman also emphasised that scientists do not aim to prove their theories, but rather to disprove them. This way, scientists are always challenging themselves and their evidence in order to create the most concrete theory they could possibly produce.

We then moved on to discuss a multitude of Greek philosophers. They included: Socrates, Democritus, Thales and Aristotle – all of whom had contributed a theory (or a foundation of a theory) to modern science. We also delved into the history of Alexander the Great, who was taught by Aristotle himself. Alexander the Great ruled ‘Alexandria’, a place in northern Egypt, and had built a massive library there called the ‘Great Library of Alexandria’. We learnt that when Alexandria had been taken over by the Romans, the library was burnt – and along with it the works of many famous Greek philosophers (how tragic!) Following this, we discussed the ‘Islamic Golden Age’, which saw the introduction of many incredible mathematicians and scientists. I thought this period in history was particularly interesting because it spawned such an overwhelming large number of greats, for example, Omar Khayyam, Archimedes and Algoritmi, who still influence both mathematics and science today. Overall, I thought the masterclass was incredibly informative

and engaging. I was thoroughly impressed by the wealth of contributors in history to the theory of light. The fact that they had all managed to help cultivate the theory of light we have to date is really very exciting. I would like to thank Dr Justin Palfreyman for the wonderful session and Dr Ibrahim from the Science Department for organising it. By Aroosa Hussain 11N

Science Week Activities

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Science Week Activities

Science Club Last Science Club lesson was incredible! Our teacher, Dr Ibrahim, thought it would be fun to make chemical models of VOCs (volatile organic compounds). We have used molecular modelling kits to make 3D models of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, nitrogen and water vapour. It was hard to remember all of the names and the 3D structures of these models but we have accomplished the task successfully. Our teacher explained to us the chemical properties of these volatile organic gases in detail, and using chemical formulas helped us memorise them. After we mastered our skills in making gas molecules, Dr Ibrahim decided to challenge us further, to create 3D molecular models of drugs, such as aspirin! He explained that this activity was carried out in advanced chemistry lessons taught at Plashet School and it is something the students here can look forward to in the near future. It is hard to believe that Year 7 students have succeeded in making complicated drug molecules. I am extremely glad to be part of the Science Club and I look forward for more to come in the near future. Samira Khan 7L

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Science Week Activities

The Spectacular Science Show Plashet students recently had the privilege to watch our Science Show which consisted of six mind blowing experiments; the iodine clock, screaming jelly babies, Ribena and water, elephant toothpaste, and last but not least, the flaming ice. The show was pretty awesome. What an experiment the Iodine Clock was! Being waved from a clear substance to a pitch black solution… Or what about the screaming, helpless jelly baby? The poor thing was burnt to its grave. It takes talent to turn water into Ribena and vice versa and how about the elephant’s special toothpaste; buy it soon- it’s in limited edition. However, no one could deny how spectacular the experiment was! Arooj stole the show with her insane enthusiasm when she burnt the ice - Year 11 were in a state of shock after that! Students were filled with knowledge after we explained all the Science behind the experiments. We enjoyed conducting the experiments just as much as the audience loved watching them. Overall, it was an amazing opportunity to express all our creativity and we also got to learn a lot of Science while we were having fun. “It was just so amazing seeing the reactions on the audiences’ faces. It’s like they’d never seen anything as good as this.” Zahrah M.M Ismael 8S “This was so great! We can only do these types of experiments once a year and this year was just utterly magnificent. Hopefully, we can come up with more enticing experiments next year.” Sana Shah 8S It was the first time we did a whole show by ourselves. The first one was ok, the second was better but the third one was great, as we really got into the stride of things. Next year we are going to plan something even bigger as we have gained so much experience and confidence. Once again, it has been a great show. We would like to dedicate a big ‘Thank You’ from all the team to Ms Chaudhri and the Science teachers who helped in making our show successful in every way. Science show team 2016

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Science Week Activities

Tallest Tower Challenge During this year’s Maths and Science Week, Year 8 took part in a tower building competition. In order to build our tower we were given six sheets of newspaper and a roll of masking tape. Our towers had to master two criteria: strong enough to hold a tennis ball and taller than the rest of the groups. We had a discussion in class about the growth of tall buildings and their structures. Year 8’s had to use their scientific knowledge in order to accomplish the task. Khadijah Bhariwala, Bisma Khokar, Humayra Ismail, Aisha Bahal and Ebony Brown 8T with their winning tower.

Year 8 students building their towers

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Count on us Secondary Maths Challenge 2016

A team of five Year 8 students from Plashet participated in the heats of the Count on Us Secondary Maths Challenge at City Hall, London on 12th April 2016, where they competed against 12 other schools from across London. The Count on Us Secondary Maths Challenge is run by the Mayor’s fund for London and supported by the Jack Petchey Foundation. It is aimed at helping young Londoners reach a high level of skill in Maths. This year 47 schools were involved. The challenge runs alongside the National Curriculum and the rounds are structured to improve student’s fluency, reasoning and problem solving. There were three rounds for the challenge heats. Round 1 was on geometrical problem solving. Solving puzzles such as the Tower of Hanoi, tangrams, soma cubes etc. Round 2 was a game of 24. Students have to put four numbers together to make 24. This round varied in difficulty, beginning with whole numbers and progressing on to decimals and fractions. The round develops student’s mental arithmetic skills. Round 3 was a code breaking activity using famous landmarks in London. Students had to break a code to stop a virus that was threatening the city. Students had to solve equations and use a cipher shift to get the clues. The clues were related to famous landmarks in London and students needed to have knowledge of the institutions to find the clues. At Plashet, the challenge first began in the classroom and it was then run as a club during Enrichment. The team of 5 were then selected and spent lunchtime, after school and their holidays practicing for the heats.

Tanha Rahman 8L completed the case study on how the challenge had affected her learning and she commented, ‘Now that I am participating in the Maths challenge, I feel like I can do anything and I feel that I can do things more independently’. We are thankful to Mrs Harvey and Mrs Khan for working with the students in preparation for the challenge. Mrs A Kalote Curriculum Leader

Tanha, Arundhathi, Mariam, Sabah, Midunaa with Mrs Khan at

City Hall, London

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International Women’s Day was fast approaching and our class, 8T, were hard at work preparing to present our International Women’s Day assembly. Eight very special famous people worked hard to write their speeches about their feelings of the wonderful women we all are! We rehearsed our assembly and helped each other learn our lines, be confident, and most importantly, stand strong with each other to deliver positive assembly. In our assembly, we talked about the meaning of International Women’s Day, introduced the famous celebrities who made a difference to our world. We finished with Ebony Rose Brown and Laiba Nawaz in our class performing two songs. The overall atmosphere and feeling of, “We didn’t forget our lines!” was really good. We were proud of our work. Throughout the process we covered all six Plashet Practices in one way or another. We realised that by developing our skills we felt a sense of accomplishment. We could not have been as successful without Dr Abrahim’s support. By Noor Hussain, Khadijah Bhariwala and Haniah Memon 8T

International Women’s Day

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Year 8 Globe Twelth Night Visit Peter Bateman

On Tuesday 15th March the whole of Year 8 went on an extraordinary visit to The Globe Theatre. As soon as we entered the theatre we noticed how gigantic it was. Before the play started the cast entertained us by playing instruments, singing and dancing. Everyone sang along to Justin Bieber’s songs. When the play started everyone was on the edge of their seats because of the dramatic shipwreck that broke the two siblings apart. This left Viola to fend for herself. Everyone fell in love with the play when the villainous characters Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew had started dancing and throwing confetti over the standing audience. Their freedom stopped when Malvolio joined the party. The other characters had sworn to make Malvolio’s life a living hell! The three stooges Maria, Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, planted a letter for Malvolio to find. The fake letter contained what looked like Olivia’s feeling for Malvolio. The fake letter made him dress up in very bright cross gartered yellow stockings. This was supposed to impress Olivia but really she hated the colour yellow and made Malvolio look a complete fool. In the meantime, Viola pretended to be a boy called Cesario. She started working for Duke Orsino who was madly in love with Olivia (the same one that Malvolio was in love with). Orsino made Cesario take messages of love to Olivia, but Olivia fell in love with Cesario (thinking he was a man). Confused? I am pleased to say that I but all was made clear at the end. We had a great time, for many of the students it was their first visit to The Globe Theatre and we can’t wait to go again. By Tanjela Choudhury, Urooj Ghazanfaz, Farhana Haque and Spogmai Rahmani 8A

On 16th March 2016 four Year 10 students; Selina Begum 10H, Hiba Shaikh 10T, Saiyara Zaman 10H and Katelin Dharmajan 10H competed in the second round of the Newham Debate Mate league which was hosted by Elmhurst Primary School. The competition composed of two sections, one in which the Plashet girls would propose a motion and secondly to oppose a motion. The first motion given was ‘This house believes you should lower the voting age to 14’. Plashet girls were required to propose this motion as well as battle Eastlea Community School. I am proud to say we did this splendidly. The second motion presented to the girls was; ‘This house believes that all violent video games should be banned’. This time the girls had to oppose the motion and beat the rival school Langdon. The girls came up with very persuasive arguments as well as answering a few points of interest which led to Plashet School winning for a second time. So far the girls have managed to win every round they have participated in, this puts Plashet in a very good position of winning the Cup. Ms Z Teles Subject Leader for Sociology

Elmhurst Primary Debating Zara Teles

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On Monday 14th May and Friday 18th May Year 8 and Year 9 competed in their annual interform competition. Classes were split into three teams and they competed in netball, indoor rowing and seated volleyball. It was a fantastic day with students demonstrating not only their sporting ability but also the skills on team work, communication, leadership and decision making. The results for each competition are below:

Ms R Harrison Curriculum Leader for PE & Dance

Year 8 & 9 Interform Competitions RHarrison

EAL MPAs to East Ham Library and Leisure Centre Lynne Kirtley

On Friday 23rd March, the EAL students and staff went to the Library and the Leisure Centre. We visited the library and talked about the facilities of the library and students that die not have a library card made their applications. We went on to visit the leisure centre. We enjoyed everything and took information about all the facilities. It was a wonderful experience. Thank you to Mr Gill and Ms Kirtley who went with us. Aranii Nagarajah 9E

Year 8

Rowing

interform

Seated

Volleyball Netball Year 9

Rowing

interform

Seated

Volleyball Netball

1st G P G 1st P E T

2nd P H H 2nd T H E

3rd L E N 3rd A P H

4th T L E 4th G L N

5th N A T 5th N A S

6th A S S 6th L S G

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On Tuesday 22nd March, six Year 9 Plashet debaters travelled to Dulwich College to compete in the ‘Up for Debate Challenge’. With only 48 hours to research their topics, they debated whether child labour could be justified and whether there should be a ban on violent video games. The final debate was an impromptu topic: should fast food advertising be banned. This time they had only half an hour to prepare, without the aid of teachers or the internet. All the debaters spoke passionately and were praised by the judges for the quality of their speeches and their content. A massive congratulations to all those involved. Ms J Hyam Geography Teacher

Up for Debate!

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Do you want to be adventurous and do something exciting? Would you like to have fun, and try a new experiment? Well, the Science Club would be the place for you! Science Club is really fun because we do lots of exciting experiments. During our last session we had a great opportunity to build rockets from balloons, straws, paper and tape. Once everyone had finished we had a competition and found out which balloon went the furthest across the classroom. I have discovered that the bigger balloon filled with air provides the greatest forward force (thrust). As engineers we had to design and build a rocket that would minimise air resistance by making it streamlined. I am very grateful to be part of this wonderful club and I would like to thank Dr Ibrahim for leading this session. Science Club has really inspired me to consider myself as a true research scientist and has boosted my confidence in this subject. It has also given me the chance to embrace my full potential in engineering. Finally, I would encourage you to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the science department by undertaking further thrilling experiments. Come and visit us at Science Club, hope you enjoy the experience, as much as I did! Misbah Hussain 7G

Science Club

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Poetry Competitions – Enter Your Poems on the Theme of ‘Place’

I have been working with groups of students to create poetry on the theme of ‘place’. This is in response to the 2016 Betjeman Poetry Prize, which is open to all 10-13 year olds in the UK and which has an amazing prize of £1000! I hope lots of students enter the competition – details can be found at www.betjemanpoetryprize.co.uk. If anyone would like to write a poem in their own time and give it to me, I’d be delighted to enter it into the competition for them. The theme ‘place’ can be interpreted very broadly; you could talk about a physical place that means something to you, or you could use the idea of ‘place’ as a metaphor. I’d like to share a poem produced by Sameena Motala 7L, which focuses on ‘the past’:

The Past by Sameena Motala 7L I was little

I was fidgetty I was lonely

I had tantrums I was a runner

I was a screamer I was a whiner I was a flyer

Mum couldn’t take it She went to the shops She bought me a swing

I played on it Drooled on it

Sat on it Slept on it

Until… My brother was born one day It was the saddest day of all

Mum got rid of the swing from my room So my brother could have it

I screamed I cried

I shouted It was the end I was broken

I was lost I was silent

I couldn’t do this anymore So I ran away

Joshua Seigal Poet in Resident

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Library News

Carnegie Shadowing The shortlist for this year’s Carnegie Medal was announced in March and during the last few weeks, members of Plashet’s Carnegie Club have been reading and reviewing the eight books still in the running for the most prestigious prize in young adult literature. Students have also been exploring some of the themes discussed in the books during our meetings. One by Sarah Crossan is on the shortlist and tells the story of Tippi and Grace, 16 year old conjoined twins who find themselves having to attend school for the first time. This is what Sahana Navaneethan 10E thought of it: “One is an amazing book written beautifully with a mix of emotion. It is happy enough to make you cry but also sad enough to make you cry. With no spoilers I am going to tell you that I cried all the way through. It is written so convincingly with love and trust. It all falls into place. People just care. We hear the voice of Grace whereas mostly every other character in the book only hears Tippi. This is my favourite book by far this year. The book talks about identity, who you are. It talks about knowing who cares about you. When there is a struggle, everyone comes together to help you out. That is what really counts. The book has a heart-breaking, breath-taking ending. I would recommend this book to people who wouldn’t cry over a book. Not to people like me.” You can find more book reviews written by Plashet students at http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/reading-groups.php Charity Book Sale We will be holding a second-hand book sale in the North Library at Break on Thursday 28th April. All money raised will be donated to Book Aid International. Ms A Clifford-Smith Librarian/Resource Manager