THE LCHS LEADER March 2019 Written and produced by students at Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School Sixth formers spread the word!

MORE than 20 Sixth Form students from LCHS cele- brated World Book Day by sharing stories with young patients at Lincoln County Hospital. The students - many in fancy dress - called in at the hospital’s Rainforest and Safari wards to promote the importance of read- ing but also to bring smiles to children who were missing out on WBD celebrations due to being in hospital. Students took their favourite books and read to patients, and also talked about their favourite stories. Inspiring Said Sixth Form Progress Leader Laura Jones: “Seeing the Sixth Formers put so much effort into their costumes and their willingness to give up their time for others was truly inspiring. “We’ve had various ways of celebrating World Book Day but this has to be my favourite so far. Sharing a love of books with others brings so much happiness.” Pictured at the hospital are, left, Rowan Houghton and Faye Hall-Macdonald, and below, the students who took part in the special World Book Day event, with hospital staff. Page 2 News March 2019 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

WELCOME to the future… and to our first ever digital-only edition of The LCHS Leader. This latest edition of the school’s ever- popular newspaper is being made available to readers via email and the Internet, and also sets the scene for our next paper edition which is due out in June. Chris Jones, second from right, with Year 13 Law students Harrison Beech, Tyler Archer and But, in whatever for- Darcie Degorgio. mat the Leader is published, it remains committed to its core aims of reflecting the A fair cop for Law students life and achievements FORMER LCHS A Level Law student, Chris Student Elizabeth Davey said: “The presentation of the school and also Jones, returned to his old school to give a presen- was detailed and insightful” of giving students tation about the work of police to Year 13 Law Rachael Todd added: “The talk was funny and throughout all year students. interactive while effectively teaching us about groups an opportunity Chris studied A Level Law from 2011 until 2013 police powers.” to try their hands at and is now a PC with Lincolnshire Police. Said Michael Upcott: “Chris demonstrated how various journalistic He gave an excellent and entertaining talk about he would arrest someone and the proceedings and photographic the work of the police to help the students with following the arrest. He gave an excellent presen- skills and to see their their study of Human Rights law. tation on the work of a police officer.” work - and their name - in print. Interested? Fundraising is If you’d like to be part of the Leader team or in the bag simply want to find out more, just come SIXTH Form student Madi- along to one of our son Colley has an unusual weekly meetings on fundraising request: she Thursday lunch-time wants your old crisp pack- in Room R46 or ets! talk to Editor Madison, in Year 13, has a Mike Lyon in the ten-year-old nephew who has a visual impairment English or Media called Retinitis Pigmentosa. departments. He has already lost his pe- ripheral vision and is slowly THANK YOU losing his central vision. Because of this, she is rais- A HUGE thank you ing money for the Guide ROTA returns to Lincoln to everyone who Dog appeal… but with a FINAL preparations are being Government, and there will be a submitted material twist. made for the annual ROTA initia- series of workshops as well as or supported this Every 2kg of donated crisp tive. visits to Parliament, Lincoln City edition. packets will raise £4 for the ROTA gives Sixth Form students Council, Lincolnshire County Particular thanks appeal, as well as reducing the opportunity to work with teen- Council, and the Galleries of Jus- go to: Rachel litter. agers from other partner schools tice in Nottingham. Students can take their emp- across Europe, and LCHS is due * Representatives from the Lindsay, and Cath- ty packets to the school’s erine Forbes for to host the latest event from schools taking part are pictured SPS room where they will March 24-30. during a recent planning meet- the photographs. find a box for donations. The theme this year is People and ing at LCHS. March 2019 News Page 3 Fun is in the house! A HUGE number of fun events have A total of 40 captains and vice-captains Said teacher Craig Richardson, who is co been planned following a revamp and were elected after more than 70 students -ordinating the new house system: “I was relaunch of the school’s house system. submitted written applications and at- fortunate enough to deliver the idea to Every student and member of staff has tended interviews. They will be responsi- each year group in assembly, and there been placed in one of the school’s four ble for organising teams for various has been an absolutely amazing uptake of houses - Lindum, Greyfriars, Bluecoats events and encouraging students to get the positions on offer.” and Minster - and each house has a new involved in a wide variety of house com- The most recent house competition was a captain and vice-captain. petitions. six-a-side football competition for Year 9 boys. More than 40 students took part with top honours going to Bluecoats, followed by Minster, Lindum and Greyfriars. Other events, either current or in the pipeline, include: Year 7 mixed dodge- ball, Year 7 girls’ netball, Year 8 mixed dodgeball, Year 8 six-a-side football, Year 9 doubles badminton, a reading competition, a logo design competition, an animation competition, the forthcom- ing Slam Jam poetry competition, and there are even plans for a house darts competition! Mr Richardson added: “There is so much to get involved in and hopefully this will continue to grow and filter into our school culture.” * Pictured left are some of the newly elected house captains and vice- captains. Snap is something to chat about

LANGUAGES teacher Catherine Turner got more than she bargained for when she entered this picture taken during a recent school trip to Berlin in a competi- tion… and won! The picture, featuring a group of Year 10 students on the trip in December, The chase is on! Joe Thompson, centre, in action during the Year 9 six-a-side clinched the £200 top prize in a competi- competition won by Bluecoats. tion organised by Halsbury Travel. Page 4 Holocaust March 2019

Remembering the Holocaust SIXTH Form students Molly Jones and Hema Asodia recently returned from Auschwitz. Here in an article specially written for The Leader, they recount their experience. One of the guard towers. ON FEBRUARY 27 we visited the sites directly opposite the camp. Although we Auschwitz. When the camp was liberated of Oświęcim, Auschwitz 1 and Ausch- understand that life goes on for modern by the Soviets, they decided to leave the witz-Birkenau as part of the Lessons Poles, this was an odd sight to see. camp relatively untouched, only taking from Auschwitz programme run by the We went through the famous ‘Arbeit wood for fires. To us, it was a poignant Holocaust Educational Trust. Macht Frei’ gate and to us it felt strange sight to behold the scale of the camp and Before we went, we listened to a testimo- how we chose to visit and how we could the atrocity that occurred there. It was ny from Zigi Shipper who survived the leave freely when millions didn’t have almost unbelievable. ghetto, Auschwitz Birkenau, Stutthof and that option. We visited bunkers which are The gas chambers were all in ruins, a a death march before he was finally liber- now exhibitions and memorials contain- result of the Nazis trying to cover up the ated. This helped us fulfil the aim of the ing possessions that were stolen from crimes they had committed. HET project which is to re-humanise victims. Unearthed every single victim of the Holocaust, to One such exhibition showed the masses The next vivid moment was when we think of them as people rather than just of hair that were stripped from the vic- visited the Kanada section at Auschwitz numbers and statistics. tims upon arrival. A particularly thought- where to this day items and belongings Upon arrival we went to Oświęcim, the provoking moment was when we visited are being unearthed. We saw items such town Auschwitz was named after, to visit the gas chamber and crematorium; not as spoons, buttons and glasses lenses the synagogue which has been converted only could we see where hundreds of coming up from under the ground. into a museum. Here we learnt about thousands of people were murdered but A moment that will stay with us forever Jewish life before Nazi occupation. also the house of Rudolf Höss which was was when our guide told us that we were Then we went to Auschwitz 1 which has only 50 metres away from the crematori- probably standing upon masses and been turned into a museum. We found it um. masses of human ashes, carelessly shocking how close the camp was to the Afterwards we visited Auschwitz- dumped there by the Nazi perpetrators. town with restaurants and hotels being Birkenau, the death camp section of Lastly we attended a memorial service to remember the victims. It was led by a Rabbi who told us to remember that ‘we are special with hopes and aspirations which are unique to us but so were they’. We believe it is truly important to re- member these victims and to remember them as people rather than just the figure of ‘six million’. We encourage anyone who may deny the Holocaust to go and visit these camps A reconstructed gas chamber. and witness the truth of the mass murder committed there. March 2019 News Page 5

Pictured left are students Maria Hunt, Aimee Fazal and Chloe Stevens during the Valentine cake sale. Pictured above: how we reported the launch of the new Interact Club is our last edi- tion. Hands across the world THE new Rotary Interact Club at Club - is sending 30 packages for chil- Sixth Form students have been invited to LCHS is currently staging a shoebox dren taught by the foundation. help make the packages look exciting. appeal for the Bhagirathi Foundation There have also been other fundraising Anyone with artistic skills who wants to in India. events to support the appeal, including a help should contact Finlay Prone in Year This foundation is based in Gujarat and raffle and cake sale which together 12 or Charlotte Leake in Year 13. supports the education of slum children brought in around £100. * Could you help with the collection? We who otherwise cannot afford an educa- Most of this will go towards shipping need toothbrushes, toothpaste, notebooks tion. costs for the packages, together with a (lined, plain and colouring). Please hand LCHS - which recently became the first small amount to the Sixth Form Prom any items to Charlotte, Finlay or Tina school in the city to launch an Interact fund. Farrow. Teachers are booking the trend THE UKLA Books their 11th year and past have read one of the awards are the only book winners include Frances books, write a quick re- awards to be judged en- Hardinge and Sarah Cros- view on the template pro- tirely by teachers and this san. vided at the library – year LCHS English teach- * Want to get involved? make sure you include ers Dawn Andrew, Jessica Grab a UKLA bingo card your name and form so Foster and Tracey Watling from the library and re- you can be rewarded (10 are lucky enough to be on serve your books now. We reward points per book the panel! need you to help us find and a bonus 40 points for The awards are now in the winner. After you a full bingo card). Nice swan! TOO good to eat! That was the ver- dict when Year 10 Food/Catering student Evita Fedosejeva, pictured right, decided to turn her latest pro- ject into something very special in- deed. Without being asked, Evita re- searched YouTube videos at home so she could learn to sculpt fruit for her AND THAT’S NOT ALL! latest creation… a flan with a swan on top. Don’t forget to check out Said teacher Ian Chapman: “I was astounded when I saw it. She is a our Twitter feed for more super student who is so keen in her news and pictures. lessons and works so hard to do as well as she can - and beyond.” Simply visit @LCHSed Page 6 News/Archives March 2019 Curiosity killed the dog? IT was just after the last edition of The Leader went to press that the curtain rose on the school’s adap- tation of best-selling book, The Cu- rious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Here we take a look back at the acclaimed production.

STUDENTS in Years 9, 10 and 13 across Drama, Music and Dance collaborated on the school production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The show was linked to their respective courses and will go towards as- sessed work they have created. The story follows Chris- topher, a 15-year-old au- tistic boy who decides to Ellie Baxter as investigate the death of Mrs Alexander. his next door neighbour’s dog, and this investigation leads to some difficult discoveries. Inspired by Physical The- atre, the actors developed complicated movement routines to show the busy city centres, train stations and underground in Lon- don. The musicians and dance students also Joseph Clarke and Ellie Baxter. worked to a specific brief to produce a performance that linked with the themes within the play. Megan Huntley Along with complex lighting and sound cues, the various elements of the as Christopher. production came together and the students worked extremely hard to ensure its success. From the Archives - written by Peter Harrod I AM indebted to Richard Charles was commissioned as omission, as all other war Lascelles, a pupil at Lincoln a Lieutenant in the 4th Battal- casualties are recorded, and School from 1958-63, for the ion Lincolnshire Regiment his name is included on the poignant story of Charles Territorial Force, which land- War Memorial list. Hugh Ellwood whose name ed at Le Havre on March 1, Richard never knew his appears on the War Memorial 1915. He was drafted to the grandfather, John Edward in the cloisters at LCHS, for- Front and killed in action in Lascelles, as he died in his merly Lincoln School. Belgium, shot by an enemy forties before Richard was Richard’s grandfather, John sniper on Tuesday June 1, born. He does, however, have Edward Lascelles, was stand- 1915 in the Kemmill sector of a photo of him when he enlist- ing alongside Charles during the Ypres salient, and buried ed as a Private in the 4th Lin- the last moments of his life. in Dramoutre churchyard. He colnshire Regiment in Sep- Records held in the Garton was 27. Archive show that Charles I have scrutinised The Lin- tember 1914, aged 20. He also was admitted to Lincoln colnian magazines and can has a diary and the leather Grammar School in Decem- find no record of Charles’ wallet which Charles took with him to France. Lt Charles Hugh Ellwood. ber, 1897, and left in 1901. death. This must have been an March 2019 Reviews Page 7 A right royal rumble

AS the wave of royal screen dramas contin- ues, LCHS Leader critic Rachel Lindsay measures up two of the current heavyweights.

Olivia Coleman, left, in her award-winning role in The Favourite, and Saoirse Ronan, right, as Mary Queen of Scots. The Favourite Mary Queen of Scots

DIRECTED by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite centres on FROM theatre director Josie Rourke, Mary Queen of Scots tells the alleged lesbian love triangle between Queen Anne, the last of the fight between Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary in deciding Stuart monarch, and two of her favourite courtiers. whether or not her heir would take the throne. Earning Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) Best Actress at the Set at a time when England was Protestant, Mary (played by BAFTAs, Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, the film co-stars Saoirse Ronan) was adamant that she would not denounce her La La Land’s Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Catholic faith, making her greatly unpopular with Elizabeth’s Mark Gatiss, who recently made a TV comeback with his subjects and the Scottish Presbyterians (led by David Tennant chilling ghost story, The Dead Room. with a massive beard). With a number of risky yet strangely immersive camera an- Elizabeth (Margot Robbie) is advised to persuade Mary to marry gles and beautifully lavish set design, this period piece is an English nobleman, yet the latter proves to be defiantly framed with dark humour and captivating performances, against becoming England’s puppet as she refuses to uphold chiefly from its three leading ladies. It is also worth noting the decisions made for her by men. excellent choice of Baroque pieces from the likes of Handel Rourke’s period film is one of female empowerment, framed by and Purcell, a selection so appropriate that the fact that the beautiful attention to detail when it comes to the costumes and film is devoid of an original score generally goes unnoticed. set design. The performances by Ronan and Robbie are captivat- Furthermore, while there is strong language throughout, it ing, particularly when they appear alongside each other in an doesn’t come across as offensive but appropriate within the invented scene set in a maze of sheets hanging from the walls of historical context. Don’t expect a fairy tale, however; though a thatched cottage (historians point out that the pair never met in Stone and Weisz’s attempts to vie for the Queen’s affection real life). make-up the bulk of the film’s comedy, their efforts some- With the likes of Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle, Ian Hart times have frankly horrifying consequences. (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) and Guy Pearce Despite being rather bleak, the tone seems right for what is (The King’s Speech), as well as Tennant, the supporting cast are essentially a historical tragedy, and it is certainly worth taking very welcome. Combined with the excellent soundtrack by Max the time to absorb the stellar performances in a film that won Richter and wonderful set design, the work of the cast really seven out of its twelve BAFTA nominations. makes this film worth a watch. New Will Ferrell comedy is nothing to write Holmes about Holmes & Watson Featuring a score by Devo’s Mark However, the film is saved by the appear- Review by Rachel Lindsay Mothersbaugh, Etan Cohen’s film is rife ance of actors such as Hugh Laurie,

with slapstick laughs and boasts an excel- Ralph Fiennes, Rob Brydon, Rebecca From the director of Get Hard and the lent supporting cast. Hall, Steve Coogan, Pam Ferris and writer of Men in Black 3 comes a spoof Tasteless Kelly Macdonald. Nevertheless, I could- story of Conan Doyle’s sharply intellec- Highly imitative of Guy Ritchie’s n’t help but feel it would have been nice tual detective and his companion. Holmes films, this spoof unfortunately to see these stand-out cast members fea- Will Ferrell takes up Holmes’ mantle, has moments of tasteless innuendo and in tured more heavily as Ferrell in particular accompanied by long-term comedic part- all honesty, the second half is better than (in part due to a questionable British ac- ner, John C Reilly as Watson. the first. cent) was not at his best. Page 8 Sport March 2019 Sisters are doin’ it! SISTERS India and Erin Barwell are continuing to put their stamp on running events in the county. Erin, in Year 7, and Year 9 student India both attended a recent cross country championship staged by the English Schools Athletic Asso- ciation, In perfect sunny conditions, Erin was first to run at 12.30pm. She tried her very best and came in 51st position but was a little disappoint- ed at the end as certificates were given to the top 50 so she just missed out on one. Unfortunately India woke up feel- ing poorly with a sore throat and feeling achy but she still wanted to run and she did extremely well, coming 8th. She was also disap- pointed as she felt she didn’t have any energy while she was running and felt she could have done better! India had already qualified for the English schools final in Leeds on March 16th, and both were due to represent the county again in the inter-counties national champion- ships at Loughborough. Erin Barwell. India Barwell. Tyler is a kick above YEAR 13 student Tyler Archer has been awarded her black belt in karate. The accolade comes hard on the heels of her recent success as one of 150 competitors from 24 karate clubs who took part in annual East Midlands Open in Newark. Hosted by Newark and Loughborough Ka- rate Academy at the Newark Academy, London Road, for the fourth time, the competition saw excellent skills on display from competitors of all ages. Tyler, 17, won medals in all six categories she entered, taking silver in the junior kata and junior female kumite, and bronze in the senior fe- male kata, junior shito-kate, senior shito-kata and weapons kata. * Tyler is pictured being congratulated on her latest success.

Here they go… here they go…! LUCKY members of 10CK were treated to a trip to see Lincoln City play - and win! - when form tutor Christopher Kildare, left, decided it was a fitting way to thank them for their hard work since joining his form in Year 7. Also pictured, right, is progress leader Jenny Evans.