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Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay & Faversham | Easter Edition | Issue 14

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School News

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My ‘What you call’ life

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contentsSt Stephen’s Junior 4

St Thomas’ Catholic Primary 6/7

St Anselm’s 8

Northbourne Park 10

Kent College 11

CATS College Canterbury 14/15

Canterbury Dyslexia Centre 16/17

The Marlowe Theatre 18/19

Community News 20

Community News 21

My ‘As you Call It’ Life 22

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St. Stephen’s Junior Conquer The Mountain

Over 40 children from St. Stephen’s Junior School conquer the mountain!!Children from St. Stephen’s Junior

School have just returned from their exciting and challenging annual mountain visit to Macugnaga in the Monta Rosa region of Italy. This trip offers the children an opportunity to develop some of the schools’ core values: – Independence: Organisation and Responsibility, Respect: for themselves and their environment, Confidence: in themselves and their surroundings. The children had four hours of skiing lessons every day, took part in downhill races and went ice-skating. The weather was awesome and the mountains were immense. Here the children had every opportunity to develop their learning in a uniquely quaint mountain village of Macugnaga settled some 800 years ago by the Walsers. Whilst the children were there, they had the opportunity to practice their Italian speaking that they had been learning for the past few months. The children also discovered, first hand, how different life was in the mountains years ago, asking interesting questions and finding out information about the

buildings and farming. The children also visited one of the largest gold mines in Europe, (producing 1 gram of gold for every 10kg of rock). Here they explored not only deep underground but also 150m underneath a lake. Staff and parents thought that the trip was a marvelous experience for all the children that took part, raising their horizons and giving them aspirations for their future.

Head teacher Stuart Pywell, said “We’ve just had the most amazing experience. St. Stephen’s Junior School is certainly the only Kent Junior School and probably one of the few state Primary schools to offer this amazing opportunity to so many children.”

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St Thomas’ Catholic PrimaryGraded ‘Outstanding’ In Recent Ofsted Report

St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School has been graded ‘outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted.

The school on Military Road had a two day inspection (13-14 January 2016) looking into the effectiveness of leadership and management, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, the personal development,behaviour and welfare of the pupils, the outcomes for pupils and the school’s provision of early years. It had been graded ‘good’ in its previous inspection (June 2011).St Thomas’ has been on an “incredible journey” - writes Headteacher, Lisa D’Agostini - in a letter sent out to parents accompanyingthe official report. The letter goes on to say

“Since I became Headteacher in January 2011, I have seen the school move from ‘satisfactory’

to ‘good’ in Ofsted terms, by the end of June 2011.When that report was published in early July, I sent out an accompanying letter where I stated: “I have everyconfidence St Thomas’ can become an outstanding school and this will be our aim.” The latest Ofstedinspection last month has judged our school to be ‘outstanding’ and I could not be any prouder or feel moreprivileged to be the Headteacher of St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School.”

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The inspectors were keen to point out key findings in their report including, “leaders at all levels have created a happy and safe environment where all pupils excel”, “governance is outstanding and highlyeffective…the impressive core group of governors checks the school’s progress carefully…governors hold the leaders and teachers to account regularly”, “the pastoral care of pupils is outstanding…each pupil istreated with respect and dignity”, “the school makes an outstanding contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural education”, “the school uses its Catholic ethos as a framework for ensuring that all pupilsare treated as they would like to be treated

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St Anselm’sSion Mission Team Visit

The Sion mission team visited St Anselm’s Catholic secondary school and I can honestly say it was one of the best weeks of my life. The purpose of the Sion mission team coming to my school was to spread the word of God. The members of the team chose an amazing approach in their effort to share this, rather than saying you must or you will believe what we say, they took the approach of getting all of the students to think about what was being said. They achieved this through a set of assemblies tailored to the different year groups. They consisted of dramas to watch so they could not only hear the story of Jesus but they could also see them. The idea of music being a prayer was introduced along with signs and actions resulting in the children not only hearing the song but by them seeing it as well leading them to really think and understand what was being said. I had the privilege of being able to work alongside all seven of these team members as my school Chaplin Louise kindly chose me to be a part of the core sixth form team. This meant that I not only had an opportunity to get to know all of the team on a personal level but I also got to help out in the workshops and activities such as ‘light fever’ and ‘prayer for you’.I saw first-hand how just by two people taking a small amount of time out of their day to pray with someone can really change their lives.

The workshops varied largely from preaching to girls that they don’t have to bow down to peer pressure and you can be your own person, to mass of the day where students were able to explore faith through football.The Sion team has made a lasting impact upon St Anselm’s Catholic Secondary School and the core sixth form team plan to continue their legacy within our school by continuing with’ light fever’, ‘youth alpha’ and we plan to do ‘prayer for you’ during lent when prayer is deep in everyone’s thoughts.I’m very thankful towards what the mission team has done not only to me but also other members of my school.

Written by a student in year 12.

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Northbourne ParkCelebrates World Book Day

World Book Day 2016 was celebrated in great style with every child, and many of the staff, dressing up as

literary characters.

There were colourful guest appearances from an Oompah Loompah, some Smurfs and Mr Tickle. Biggles flew in for the day and Gangsta Granny joined in with Cross Country. Jane Austen added a touch of elegance and Sherlock Holmes and James Bond kept everyone in order, including orphan Annie and Pippi Longstocking. Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Spiderman brought magical qualities to the day! The children also visited each other’s classes to participate in a whole-school shared reading half hour. Form prize winners were Marsha in Yr8, John Rufus in Yr7, Alma & Marina in 5e, Hugues in

6e, Lucy in Yr6, Beth in Yr5, Angus and Henry in Yr4 and Kitty in Yr3. Additional house points were awarded too, in recognition of all the effort invested. Ms Alison Goodall, Head of English said “Thank you to all the children and staff for entering into the spirit of the day; it was great fun and wonderful to see such an array of outfits with some super home-made costumes and props too. A very special thanks must go to the Boarding Team for all their support of the boarders and, of course, to all our parents for their enthusiastic involvement; it was most impressive and very difficult indeed to judge winners.”

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Round-upKent CollegeAwards for Talented Sports Stars

Andy McNab inspired parents and pupils alike when he

attended the Kent College Sports Presentation Evening.A formal dinner was followed by the senior students from each sport receiving their prizes from Andy McNab. We were then joined by parents and some OCs for a presentation by Andy McNab outlining the importance of teamwork.Sixth form student and

promising Rugby player Lewis Hewitt, proudly showing off

his award for Coaches player of the year.

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CATS College Canterbury Young Enterprise

This year CATS College Canterbury entered two Young Enterprise Companies in the North East Kent Area

Competition – ‘CASA’ and ‘Surprise Me’. Every year our students benefit in many ways from this 7 month experience – October to April – such as by improving their skills in teamwork, communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, finance and sales, marketing and promotion, risk-taking and decision making. The YE journey is challenging, and students inevitably underestimate the difficulty of the experiences they will face. However, those students who complete the process by contributing to a presentation, company report and trade stand, always speak highly about what they have gained from their participation. Furthermore, once having been a Young Enterprise Company Director this adds real value to our students’ University applications; as our students report, they are often asked to discuss their YE

experiences at university interview.Going forward, in April, CATS College Canterbury will host the North East Kent Area Final. Indeed, it is always fascinating to find out what the other local schools have produced, and how they have enjoyed their trading year with Young Enterprise.

Two CATS college students, Anastasia Anoprieva – MD Casa Handicraft and Kamran Kocharli -member of Surprise Me, write about their experience with the Young Enterprise experience.

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“SURPRISE ME” Young Enterprise team worked so hard for the last 5 months to be where we are right now! We have switched our products and types of activity several times so that there is something interesting to talk about.It started with an idea. Back in October, on our very first meeting, sixteen of us at the beginning, we distributed directing tasks and started working on our fundamental product. Once decided with the name and a logo our journey of misery, wealth, cooperation and conflicts kicked off. From hundreds of other options product that is easy to produce and has a constant demand was identified. T-shirts with professional paintings and fashionable designs on them were all printed and exported from Malaysia on almost daily basis. Posters all around campus side were put up, attracting customers from variety of different interests; everyone likes them. However, in a few months’ time, by the time the bottom of sale rates was reached there were only strongest nine of us left. Nothing left for us but to change suddenly the product for seasonal roses and chocolate for St. Valentine’s Day. It seems impossible but we made a huge profit from that and it saved us from bankruptcy! Sometimes even the most exclusive ideas lead us to success.Professionalism of my teammates, who set up a bank account, international delivery, sales and marketing departments who constantly worked with customers and exceptionally legible website, with online payment facilities brought us up to triumph. I am very proud to be a part of this team. Thank you!

The experience I got from participation in Young Enterprise is invaluable. I was elected as a managing director, so my job was to provide the overall sense of direction for our company, set targets, encourage team work and make final decisions. Despite having an experience of being the MD of a Young Dragons company, I still found it challenging at the beginning as this time my team was significantly bigger than last year, so I needed to put more effort into management. Sometimes I even found myself struggling to come up with any ideas on how we can improve, however, my team mates were really enthusiastic and supportive, so together we could overcome any problems. We also received a lot of help from our project coordinators and business advisor who shared their knowledge and experience with us, which enabled us to choose the most effective strategy for development of our company.We were able to successfully introduce our product (snowy flowers) to the UK market. Although it is extremely popular in Asia, I was still concerned whether it will be demanded or not. However, the level of sales showed that our customers like our unique product and currently we are working on improving ways of production and increasing our revenue.I believe that with all this knowledge and skills I got during this year will help me if I decide to start my own business in the future. Being a managing director of CASA enabled me to learn how to overcome potential problems that can occur with business and how to be a member of a team which is great not only for the business but for every day life as well.

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Canterbury Dyslexia Centre Story Competition

Dyslexia certainly doesn’t inhibit the creative writers at the Canterbury Dyslexia Centre. Although dyslexia

means a “difficulty with words”, one student at the Canterbury Dyslexia Centre was keen to get everyone writing and organised his own story competition. Harry Ashcroft, aged 9, wished to judge the creative talents of the other students at CDC and set them the challenge of writing a story that would be fun and exciting for him to read.Ten entries were judged by Harry and his tutor, Linda Pritchard. Although a difficult task, Harrison Castelino’s story was awarded first prize in the Under 12s category. His introduction “Light speed years in the future, a story happened. A story of life, death and evil….” obviously appealed to the 9 year old judge! Harrison was chuffed to be awarded first prize, however, he noted that he was unsure if he wanted to be an author when he grows up, or an inventor!There are certainly many famous writers who have achieved success despite their dyslexia. Maybe one day Harry and Harrison will be added to the list below!

* Agatha Christie, best known for her detective stories, described herself as an “extraordinarily bad speller”. This did not,

however, hold her back.

* Hans Christian Anderson, best know for his fairy tales such as The Ugly Duckling and Thumbelina, did not excel as a

student. He was mocked by his teachers for his ambition to become a writer and described his time at school as the bitterest time of his life.

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* Jules Verne, most famous for his novel, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, didn’t do well in school. He often complained

of having a hard time focusing and although undiagnosed, is believed to have had a form of ADD or ADHD.

* Lewis Carroll’s classic hit “Alice in Wonderland”, is said to have been inspired by his obsession with maths.

* Roald Dahl gave the proceeds from his book the Vicar of Nibbleswick, in which the main character is dyslexic, to the

Dyslexia Institute (now Dyslexia Action).

*Scott Fitzgerald wrote the famous American novel The Great Gatsby, despite being “kicked out of school” at

the age of 12 for not focusing, or finishing his work.

* Sherrilyn Kenyon who wrote the Dark-Hunter vampire series, reports that, “The first book I wrote, most of the letters

were backwards and much of it is horribly misspelled, but it didn’t stop me.”

* Yeats, despite being a poor speller throughout his life, achieved greatness when awarded the Nobel Prize in

Literature in 1923.

Maybe dyslexia should be named an “advantage” with words, rather than a “difficulty” with words!

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THE MARLOWE TheatreWelcome More Than 200 Schoolchildren

The young performers were taking part in The Dream: Met By

Moonlight, their version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The performances – one from each school – took place in front of a packed audience. This was the culmination of the national three-year Royal Shakespeare Company’s Learning and Performance Network (the RSC’s LPN), which locally has seen The Marlowe work with Canterbury High School

(the “hub” school) and eight other schools: Bapchild and Tonge Primary, Luddenham Primary, Faversham, Ethelbert Road Primary, Faversham, Canterbury Primary School,

Canterbury Road Primary, Sittingbourne, The Orchard School, Canterbury, Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone, and The Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Dover. Each school performed a scene from the play, using Shakespeare’s original text and their own creative choices, and were supported by an RSC director. As part of the project, Canterbury High School appointed four year 10 pupils as RSC Ambassadors

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communityand they attended a training session in Stratford-upon-Avon, learning everything from stage design to marketing. They put this into practice for the production.Andy Dawson, The Marlowe’s Head of Creative Projects, praised the “passion and dedication” shown by all the students, teachers and staff involved: “Their work throughout the LPNhas been exceptional and Monday was fitting

evidence of their tireless creativity.”Andy went on: “The Marlowe has made huge progress in staging events like The Dream: Met By Moonlight. It had a high production value that was rare to see on stage with children. The value of such events is difficult to quantify as it has so many positive outcomes for the young people and our community and theatre.”

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Trumpeting skills vital to the next generation The Kent Literacy Awards will highlight best practice in schools for initiatives to develop reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. These vital skills are developed through a wide variety of cross-curricular topics, including arts and drama.

We need your nominations to showcase initiatives that make a real difference to the success of your school. The aim is to celebrate what works well in the classroom and help spread that best practice across the county.

Help us by submitting a nomination today. Whether it is the best home reading initiative, most engaging writing topic, most effective use of IT to develop listening skills or best use of art or drama – we want to hear what you are doing in your school.

A summary of all of the winning submissions will be published and circulated to every school in Kent, Medway and Bexley.

Nominating an initiative or scheme for the Kent Literacy Awards is easy – just complete the simple online form at www.kmcharityteam.co.uk and click on the Schools and Kent Literacy Awards link. The closing date for nominations is noon on 1 May.

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The list of categories in full:

• Best Circle Time

• Best home reading initiative

• Most engaging writing topic

• Most effective use of IT to enhance writing

• Most effective use of IT to enhance reading

• Best initiative to encourage speaking and listening skills

• Best use of drama to promote writing, speaking and listening skills

• Best use of art or poetry

• Most successful programme for engaging pupils with English as second language

• Most engaging writing competition or theme

• Best use of cross-curricular reading opportunities

• Best use of cross-curricular writing

• Best promotion of reading for pleasure

• Best school library

• Most inspiring book corner

• Most engaging book week theme

• Best reward scheme

• Best speaking competition or debating club

If you have an initiative that does not fit into one of the above categories we still want to hear about it.

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Hempstead House, the beautiful country house hotel, will be the venue for the Kent Literacy Awards.

Trumpeting skills vital to the next generation The Kent Literacy Awards will highlight best practice in schools for initiatives to develop reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. These vital skills are developed through a wide variety of cross-curricular topics, including arts and drama.

We need your nominations to showcase initiatives that make a real difference to the success of your school. The aim is to celebrate what works well in the classroom and help spread that best practice across the county.

Help us by submitting a nomination today. Whether it is the best home reading initiative, most engaging writing topic, most effective use of IT to develop listening skills or best use of art or drama – we want to hear what you are doing in your school.

A summary of all of the winning submissions will be published and circulated to every school in Kent, Medway and Bexley.

Nominating an initiative or scheme for the Kent Literacy Awards is easy – just complete the simple online form at www.kmcharityteam.co.uk and click on the Schools and Kent Literacy Awards link. The closing date for nominations is noon on 1 May.

Supported by:

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The list of categories in full:

• Best Circle Time

• Best home reading initiative

• Most engaging writing topic

• Most effective use of IT to enhance writing

• Most effective use of IT to enhance reading

• Best initiative to encourage speaking and listening skills

• Best use of drama to promote writing, speaking and listening skills

• Best use of art or poetry

• Most successful programme for engaging pupils with English as second language

• Most engaging writing competition or theme

• Best use of cross-curricular reading opportunities

• Best use of cross-curricular writing

• Best promotion of reading for pleasure

• Best school library

• Most inspiring book corner

• Most engaging book week theme

• Best reward scheme

• Best speaking competition or debating club

If you have an initiative that does not fit into one of the above categories we still want to hear about it.

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Benefits of First Aid

The dictionary definition for first aid is ‘treatment given to an injured person before a doctor comes’.

however, to define it in more depth, if someone has been injured or become suddenly ill the immediate care given to them is first aid. First aid is important because having knowledge of first aid could mean the difference between life and death, it is as simple as that. ‘Having knowledge of first aid can help

you to take care of yourself and others, as it is about promoting safety awareness at all times and knowing what to do in an emergency situation.’For adults, knowledge of first aid is a recognised and valued skill. However, children can also benefit from having first aid training. It helps your child to identify dangers, assist someone who is injured or suddenly becomes ill, and know how to get help in an emergency. Knowledge of first aid can empower them to be able to react properly in emergency situations and can also instil the confidence of feeling prepared for any scenario.’

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Cough, Cough, Sniffle, Sniffle……. Don’t forget to buy more tissues. This has been my house since what

feels like Christmas, all the children cold after cold, sniffle after sniffle,… is it never ending? It seems that my family is not the only family to be going through this, everyone I speak to is ill, I have never known so much illness to be going around. So being the diligent reporter I am, I did some research there are over 200 different cold/flu strains so the chances are it’s not the same cold again and again it’s a new one after the other, Great, so what’s the answer? Well the sun is shining so my hope is that spring is on the way, swiftly followed by a beautiful hot summer, well one can dream can’t one? This change in season would hopefully signal the end of the endless need for tissues. In the meantime, how can we prevent getting sick? These days’ no one can afford time off, from the child who covets the 100% certificate, to the parent who just cannot take time off work. Well apparently there are common themes that help, Heathy eating, exercise, sleep, and disinfecting. So healthy eating ok, I can get that one, bit of fruit on breakfast cereal, healthy snack after school, sneak the vegetables into dinner, although my family can hunt out a mushroom in a lasagne at 100 feet. Fresh juice - tick, warm milk before bed -

tick. That’s the healthy eating covered. Exercise, yep as soon as the sun is out, ‘Can we go in the garden?’ ‘Can we go to the park?’ if it’s raining ‘Can we go swimming?’ ‘Indoor play area? (plenty available in and around the area.) yes we are a pretty active family, rugby, cricket, football, swimming. Plus, the good old staple walk to school. Right so that’s exercise covered. Sleep – Ah my nemesis, why do my children feel they don’t need to sleep. “I need to sleep therefore they need to sleep!” I have the ‘all-knowing’ teenager, so he thinks! sleep? I don’t need sleep, sleep is for wimps, the preteen who reads until unearthly hours, the ever energetic 7-year-old, and the toddler who goes wandering in the middle of the night! Bedtime AKA battle time in my house. No not got the Sleep covered, think I may need to revisit the How to… get your child to go to bed! Disinfecting, defiantly got this one covered especially when the children clear up after dinner you could swim in the disinfectant on the dinner table. Note to self – must take out shares in Dettol (other brands are available) the amount we go through. Right then I have the answer, everyone in my house needs to sleep for a week, yes that ought to do it. By then it will be spring and we can start a new battle……. Ah spring cleaning – Think I will hire a cleaner!

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