ISSUE Midsummer ‘Media Museum’ Trip like Space Invaders, Donkey Kong and PacMan. After lunch everyone had free time to explore the It was a beautiful June morning when the majority MONTH of OMA year 10 students left on three Museum further and maybe buy a souvenir from YEAR the onsite shop before heading back home to The Mari-Times coaches for a great day out at The National Media Museum in Bradford. Grimsby after a really informative day out. We arrived at the Museum and to begin with had an initial look around this amazing 9 floor building with all it had to offer. Then, at midday we all made our way to the IMAX theatre within the museum to watch a film about the Egyptian Pharaohs and their ancient art of mummification, all in amazing 3D. The A letter from our editor museum is home to over 3.5 million items of historical significance with exhibits ranging from Ben Smith Year 7... original apparatus from John Logie Baird, through to characters from Playschool (Mrs Hanford & Mrs Re- gan liked these!), Wallace & Gromit, Thunderbird characters, one of the first Dalek from Dr Who and We welcome you all to Issue 3 of the newspaper we like to call the Ma- an amazing Video Games Lounge featuring originals ri-Times. It's another big 'un, with news, stories, fun and of course, brilliant articles for your enjoyment. We have reviews of the talent It’s SHOWTIME! shows, an interview with Oxfam and we celebrate the many achievements of our wonderful students. On the 20th of June two coaches full of staff and students left the Academy for the 129th annual Show. Once again, we thank you for picking up this issue of the Mari-Times... It was a fantastic day that everyone involved enjoyed the weather was very kind to us too! Enjoy the read! The range of activities available, including the animals and birds to admire and the stalls to browse seemed never ending but we tried to fit in as much as we could! There were some amazing cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry to admire, they had been judged the previous day so their rosettes and certificates were pinned up for all to see by their pens. There was also a stand featuring birds of prey, a flying display by the amazing Red Arrows, sheepdog agility trials, chainsaw sculptures, a team of pony stunt riders, tasty stalls showcasing local produce and crafts and much, much more. So, with weary legs, the day came to an end and we headed back to the coaches. Some of us had even been lucky enough to see Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex who was a VIP guest at this year’s show. Altogether it had been an amazing day out at an event that our county can be really proud of and we look forward to seeing what is on offer at next years show!

The Three Little Pigs Visit OMA! Ormiston meets Oxfam! ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– In the run up to Comic Relief Oxfam asked students at Ormiston to create a window display based on this years World Book Day was on the 7th March this year and it got wild! We put the pig story theme into every lesson imaginable. Red Nose Day theme of dinosaurs. As well as being a decoration to attract shoppers and to raise awareness for English, Maths and even Science!

Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs, but we took this and made it, well, everything else!

In Science we changed the classic story into a scientific story which resulted in us writing to the court saying why Mrs Wolf shouldn't be tortured. In English we watched a TV advert and then we had to create a different fairy tale into a real life problem i.e. framing someone to pass the blame onto that person. During our Maths lessons we made a house out of some nets and we had to find the area and perimeter

Red Nose Day, the shop entered our display into the National Oxfam shop competition. Along side pig-themed lessons, students from years 7– 9 spent a few weeks creating a short play of the Three Little Pigs. Students took the story of the Three Little Pigs, put a narration to it and then used physical theatre to perform this. We Maura and Jess dressing the window Ben, Maura, Jess and Mrs Regan celebrating their achievement The Finished result! used limited props and body movement to recreate the physical aspects such as doors and windows.

Maura Patguana, Jess Foster, Mr Knighton and Mr Stratford spent the afternoon in the local Oxfam shop putting We practiced this with Mrs Harley– Quinlan who worked tireless to put this whole day of activities together. We then the display together that they had been busy creating in Technology in the Academy. performed our play for The Grange Primary School year 5's in the Academy with Miss Surtees and Miss Charman and an- other group of students went with Mrs Harley– Quilnan to the Nunsthorpe Academy. After our performances we put on I caught up with Dawn the Manager of the Grimsby Oxfam store. a workshop to teach the students what we had learnt from Mrs Harley– Quinlan and the Year 5’s then shared their per- formances. Q: Why was Ormiston Maritime Academy chosen to do the display? A: I had had a boy called Connor come into the shop for work experience and I was very impressed with his hard All in all, this was a great day enjoyed by both Staff and work and dedication so we thought the Academy was the best choice to ask for help with the window display Students!

Q: Did you have any ideas of what the display might look like? Ben Smith Year 7 and Eathen Brown Year 7 A: No, I didn't know what to expect it was very exciting! I trusted Ormiston to make the window grab people's attention and make them want to come into the shop.

Q: How important is Red Nose Day to Oxfam? Miss Surtees and Miss Charman ad- A: Very important. We need it to raise extra money and also awareness of what Oxfam does both abroad and in vise Lauren Harper Yr8 the UK.

Q: What does all this money go towards?

A: For example £3 will buy a blanket or £5 will buy a mosquito net for protection from mosquito’s that carry Ma- laria. £25 will buy a goat or a sheep that could be used for breeding and drinking and selling their milk. Other MADD Donation to Hospice money raised could also help people begin to set up a farm. After the success of the MADD show and the enjoyment it brought to the audience and the participants, OMA were thrilled with the amount of money that we raised. Q: What did you think of the finished display? A: It was amazing and I couldn't have expected more! It is brilliant, not only for us, but the people relying on We invited Mrs Lemon from St Andrew Hospice, in to the academy to collect the Oxfam and Red Nose Day to survive and thrive. cheque. We had a brief word with Mrs Lemon to discuss what our donation meant to the Hospice: Thank you very much Oxfam for letting us be part of this. Overall OMA raised over £2000 for Comic Relief. Mrs Lemon told us ‘We currently need around three thousand pounds so we can buy some new equipment which will allow us to take care of elderly people, To raise money for Red Nose Day Ormiston, also had our own young people and very ill children along with their families who also need help and support. red themed non-uniform day, cake sale and Red Noses were We ask kindly if schools like OMA and other organisations would consider St An- sold to staff and students. All drew’s Hospice when they raise money for charity. We want to say a big thank you Pictured: Mrs Lemon from St An- together we raised over £2000 to the staff and students at OMA for their generosity' the charity– Well done every- drews Hospice along with students body! Jack Martin Year 7 who took part in the MADD show.

OMA has Talent!

There was a real ‘buzz’ in the air as parents, family members and pupils all lined up in the Academy reception on Aunty Mary Times– here to help! th Dear Auntie Mary, the evening of the 26 of March 2103 for the first annual ‘Inter-House Talent Competition’. I am very interested in ‗Arts and Crafts‘ and really enjoy my art lessons each week. I don‘t have many ‗Arts and Crafts‘ materials at home. Do you have any ideas how I could enjoy my hobby more? Arty in Arctic. Over previous last few weeks in the Academy many of the students auditioned had and taken part in the heats for final places in the show. Each student that entered a performance was awarded points for their individual Well Arty, you will be please to know that OMA have their very own Creative Stitching Club that takes place every Monday between 3pm and 4pm. This would be a very good outlet for your creative skills. You need no previous knowledge and you can learn something new! Houses and staff could earn double!

Dear Auntie Mary, The hall looked fantastic with sparkly lights and stars as the backdrop and everyone cheered when the four judg- Please can you help me? I keep getting really upset in school as I seem to be falling out with my Mum all the time. My Mum says we fall out because I am a teenager and that is what es entered the room in true X-factor style! The judges were Mrs Elaine Davies, Mr Alan Cunningham (Governor), teenagers do. I could really do with someone to talk to about how I feel and maybe give me some ideas of how I could make things up with my Mum. Sad in Southern. Mr Glenn Ornsby from the music support service and Mr Andy Evans (director of Fusion Theatre Company and a playwright) who was head judge. This is a typical situation Sad in Southern and one that I am sure we have all been in at some point in our lives. I would suggest that firstly you talk to your House Manager- they have excellent pieces of advice offering strategies you may be able to use to help to stop the arguing. They could also have a word with Mrs Glover our parent/school liaison officer who can arrange a helpful chat with your Mum. Everyone in the audience was treated to some amazing talent, singing, dancing and instrumental performances. We listened to ‘Troublemaker’,’ Love, love me do’, ‘Who do you think you are?’, ‘Sky fall’, ‘Price tag’ and Dear Auntie Mary, ‘Halleluiah’ amongst many other fabulous songs. One of the highlights of the night was the exceptionally clever I have friend who I am really worried about. I‘ve noticed a couple of kids in our lessons giggling about him and making unkind comments. They say that he doesn‘t have a bath at dance routine performed with no lights with dancers in all black costumes, their body shapes highlighted by glow home because he smells and other unkind comments. I really want to help my friend but I‘m not sure how to approach it. What shall I do? Anxious in Atlantic. sticks, turning them into dancing stick men! What a difficult situation to be in Anxious and what a good friend you are in seeking help for him. To begin with it might be a good idea to have a quiet word with either your or their House Manager about your concerns. Your House Manager will be able to guide you into the best way to approach this. Good luck with your friend and hopefully these unkind We also listened to Mr Swain on guitar, Mr Walton on drums and Ms Abe on guitar who played us their version comments will soon stop. of ‘One way or another’ which got huge cheers from the audience before we all had a break with drinks and bis- cuits whilst the judges left to make their decisions.

The Head judge announced the winners and Mrs Davies presented the cups after telling us all what a truly diffi- What’s everybody eating? cult task it had been; the results are as follows; 1st Prize - Deanne Poulter & Megan Ashwell (duo) 2nd Prize – Lucy Everitt (solo) In this issue Brooke Stark spoke to regular salad eater Mrs Russell, ‘Thank 3rd prize – Group performance ‘I’m Yours’ you for taking the time out to talk to us today about ‘The Zone…’ Special award – Ebony Todd (solo)

Highly Commended – Chloe Usher & Shona Brewill (brass instrumental) Brooke asked, "What is your favourite item from the salad bar?" Well done to all those students who auditioned for their ‘Houses’, took part in the heats and the final perfor- Mrs Russell replied "I like the potato salad because it has a really creamy texture." mance. You all proved what an amazingly talented group of students (and staff!) we have at Ormiston Maritime Academy. Brooke asked, "How often do you have salads from the salad bar for your lunch?" Mrs Russell replied "Almost every day."

Brooke asked, " Is there anything you would like to see added to the menu and why?" Mrs Russell thought about it and decided that Hummus would be a really tasty added extra to offer.

Brooke then asked, "Do you think the salad is reasonably priced?" Mrs Russell said, "Yes, I think so, it is sensibly priced so everyone could enjoy it."

Brooke then asked, "Would you recommend the salad bar to others?" Mrs Russell replied "Yes I would and I think that both staff and students would enjoy it as a healthy option, especially as the summer approaches."

The fabulous cast For Brookes’ final question she asked Mrs Russell for an overall view of the salad Winners Deanne and Megan The Terrific Trio—Mr Swain, options available. Mrs Russell said that in her view it was really good that there Mr Walton and Ms Abe were lots of choices. Thank you for your time and your views on the OMA salad bar Mrs Russell. NAME ………………………………………………..Tutor Group…………….

Year 8 Poet in residence here at Ormiston.

Chloe-Mai Wilkinson of Atlantic 4 certainly seems to have a natural ability for writing poetry as you can see by the poem opposite. Chloe actually wrote a total of three poems all about Red Nose Day but it was this one that was selected by the Mari-Times team to appear in this issue. Chloe tells us that she has en- joyed writing poetry for a long time and has written quite a few on various themes.

The Quiet Corner.

As well as our talented poetry writers we also have lots of staff and students who enjoy reading. Look below and find out the books we all enjoy reading– you never know what you might find!

Meet last issues winner Joe Sharp in Y11 recommends ‘Flat Stanley’ as it is funny due to all of his mishaps.

Elle Rice from Southern Sophie Holden in Y11 recommends ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’. Sophie loved to turn the pages and Competition! One! She received her £10 see him getting bigger and bigger! You could win £10 to Argos voucher in time for Mother’s Day. She spent Callum Stewart in Y8 loves to read the ‘Guinness Book of Records’ as it is full of interesting facts. spend at Argos! her voucher on spoiling her Joshua Wright in Y10 recommends all of the ‘Harry Potter’ books for the magic and adventures. Bring your completed Mum. Lucy Flodman in Y11 enjoyed ‘Matilda’ for the creative story line and happy ending. Alexandra Hines in Y9 recommends ‘The Wishing Chair’ for its magical escapism and fairy folk. entry to the Atlantic Also, well done to the IT Nathan Thompson in Y11 always enjoyed ‘The Twits’ because he found it funny. Office to be entered in- technicians who entered Jamie Robinson in Y10 recommends ‘James & the Giant Peach’ as a fantasy story with a good ending. our competition and won a Ms Adamson (English) enjoyed reading the ‘Narnia’ stories as escapism to somewhere different. Mr Harris (Attendance Officer) enjoyed reading ‘Papillon’ a true story about a prisoner in 1930’s France. to the prize draw . selection of sweets. Mrs Wilson (Drama & Child Care) really enjoyed ‘Call the Midwife’ set in the East end of in the 1950’s.

REMEMBER to complete Miss Surtees (English) would recommend ‘The Worst Witch’ stories as they were really magical. your details at the top Why not chose one of our recommendation and visit the library. Let us know which one of the page. you chose and what you think!

Mari-Times goes Mini!

Here at the Mari-times we have spread our journalistic pens and we have guest journalists from A Terrific ‘Twist’ at some primary schools around Ormiston Maritime Academy. We have worked with some fabu- lous and talented writers during two workshops, one with Little Coates Primary and one with Little Coates Primary School will present Oliver Twist in the school hall at 1:30pm on Tuesday 23rd July, for their leavers‘ as- Ormiston South Parade.. Students had a lesson about Newspaper writing, creating headlines sembly – letting them express their feelings about leaving their cool school behind!. All parents and carers are invited to this and then worked in teams to create stories sharing the goings-on in the final summer half twistastic performance. It is set to make the audience sing along with the funky songs in this performance! The funny production term. will make you fall off your chair in laughter; the students doing this production have been so fantastic. They have learnt their Read on to find out what’s going on in our Primaries ! words off by heart and Mr Wilkinson, the class teacher, has made sure they will be the best they can.

Our budding journalists from Little Coates! From back, left to right Jessica Read, Dwanye Faith Seddon (who plays Nancy) said, ―I think it‘s a great role to play also it‘s a good character to get into and play one of the main parts in Oliver.‖ Cunnigham, Leon Taff, Aaron Isherwood, Mr Wilkinson (the director) stated, ―The cast is working very hard and I‘m sure it will be a great success.‖ Abby Taff, Fenton Sellars, Btazej Chawko, Abby Taff (Who plays Mrs Murdstone ), ―I think it‘s very fun to play Mrs Murdstone because she is strict to poor Oliver.‖ Sian Stewart, Faith Seddon, Josh Ironmonger Jessica Read( who plays a boy in Fagin‘s den), ―I think this production is going to be successful we‘ve all worked hard to and Ryan Taylor. make this the best we can and to make it the best it can be.‖ Dwane said ‗It‘s going to be epic, I think it is coming together really fast and with a little more practice it will be great!‘

Let‘s hope this production will be a successful one- it will be epic!!!!‘ Little Coates Little Quotes! Jessica Read, Abby Taff, Leon Taff, Ryan Taylor, Dwanye Cunningham, Year 5 Crazy campers

A Y6 Camping Trip Ten lucky Little Coates pupils will camp outdoors with Mr Wilkinson, Mrs Birkett and Miss Clay. Caroline Carr is the organiser of this fantastic 2 nights and 3 days experience for these pupils. We will be picked up on the 1st of July and come back on the

3rd. We will be picked up by a mini bus and set off to Cherry Garth where there will be team building skills and outdoor adventure activities. A few weeks ago Caroline Carr came in and taught pupils in year 6 how we will set up tents and what we need to take including the equipment. Here is a quote

from Abby Taff (Year 6 pupil), “It’s going to be a fun experience. I am most looking forward to sharing a tent.” Here is another quote from Sian Stewart (year 6 pupil) “I am most looking forward to sharing a Ryan Taylor, Dwayne Cunningham and The some of the cast during a rehearsal tent with my best friend (Faith Seddon) and learning new games, and being able to play in the woods.” Leon Taff in full costume! Faith Seddon Year 6 Tree- mendous treat The whole of Littlecoates school is going to Hubbard’s Hills for an exciting adventure at the end of term! We in- Supporting Sports Day terviewed Mrs Smith, our Head Teacher, about what fun activities we will be doing. th Before pupils go on the trip we were all asked to choose an ice-cream so that when they got there they could Friday 19 of July, Sports Day begins with all different activities like egg and spoon, relay, sack race and also have that treat as well! hurdles. All the classes will play against different people in other classes over all the activities. Parents will We asked these questions to Mrs Smith; ‘Why we were going?’ ‘What activities are we doing?’, ‘Why do be coming along to support their children whilst racing. Here is a quote from Miss Clay who will be helping students deserve this?’ ‘What activities are you looking forward to?’ ‘What ice cream did you pick?’ alongside Jonnie, our sports co-ordinator,’ It will last for 1-2 hours and it will be really good fun. If you win a Mrs Smith said ‘We are going to do some team building and to be outdoors. We will be stream dipping, walking , bath dipping and playing different games outdoors. We are going because everyone has worked hard and race you get stickers and a shield.’ The whole will school take part in this fun way to get fit and healthy. All behaved well! I chose the strawberry flavour ice cream- my favourite!’ the children are looking forward to it. Here is another quote from a year 6 pupil, Faith Seddon ‘It’s going to Fenton Sellars and Btazej Chawko Year 6 be a fun day and I will my try very best’. Clubs Galore! The OSPA TIMES Brand new column straight from little Ormiston South Parade Students go silly for science! On Wednesday 26th June our intrepid reporters left the confines of OMA and visited our linked A group of lucky students have been working with science teachers from Ormiston Maritime Primary school– Ormiston South Parade. They arrived promptly at 9 am and were shown into a Academy in our very own science club. We‘ve been taking part in lots of exciting experiments small room to set up for the morning. Our resident IT expert and editor Ben Smith set up the lap- to learn all about different facts about science. tops and iPads whilst Grace Revell– Cox and Charlie Munger eagerly awaited the Year 5 students. Students enjoyed some amazing activities like: Our reporters worked their way through a PowerPoint explaining all about Newspaper writing Water rockets-We learnt about adding pressure into a bottle which makes it go soaring through and the Mari-Times and then supported students in creating a column from their school to the the sky. Mari-Times newspaper. Throughout the slideshow the Year fives worked keenly and tried their Volcanos-This time we learnt to make it look like lava was exploding from a homemade best to answer any question thrown out at them! Read on to find out the latest happenings in papier-mâché volcano! OSPA. Mentos & Cola-This experiment was sticky because we learnt that even adding three mint Mentos to a bottle of pop it can make cola froth up to 3ft in the sunny sky. Also, we made golden coins with supervision from the lovely teacher Miss Parkinson. The su- pervision was needed because this experiment involved hot flames and dangerous acid!

C.A.S.T (More Nursery crimes)

Cast is a club which includes: Musical theatre, Performing arts, Dancing, and Singing. This year we performed a funny version of Puss in Boots. Lots of students were involved. It was really fun and enjoyable for us all. On the night of the show lots of money was raised to put towards school funds.

Flying Footballs!! The Mari– Times Team at Ormiston South Parade!

Football is enjoyed by both boys and girls. We think this club is good as we learn lots of outstanding tricks to win the football tournaments South Parade Sports Spectacle we take part in. The team enjoy this club because its good to work with other people and really fun and keeps us fit. One of the players on the team told us ―I enjoy playing football because it‘s really fun and healthy and also keeps me active all the time.‖ The teams goal keeper told us On the 11th of July, KS2 will be taking part in their amazing Sports Day and KS1 and Foundation Stage ‖ I find football really inspiring and I hope to take part in a lot of sport when I get to OMA. 1 and 2 will be doing their events on 9th July. There will be many events including: Football, Running, Hurdling, Archery, Long Jump and many, many more! Parents are invited to come and watch their children reach their goals and have fun at the same time. Teachers run all the events so that it’s fair.

We talked to some students in Year 5 who told us: “ I love the running activities” said Kayleigh Steel, Year 5 student. “I am really good at the triple jump” said Ella Hepworth, Year 5 student. Megan Allan and Abigail War- burton both Year 5 said that “Sports day is really inspiring.” OMA student will also be helping out on the day. Kayleigh Steel and Ella Hepworth Year 5 Harvey– year 5