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Longfield Academy Lockdown Student Newsletter May 2020 1 Longfield Academy #1 The Longfield Lockdown Written by Students, for Students Safety Announcement We hope you are all safe and well, and continuing to learn! If venturing out, remember to stay at least 2m apart from anyone else who is not in your household and to wash your hands when you get back home. Included in this newsletter are fun ways to keep yourself entertained and useful tricks to make lockdown fly by! In addition to the government guidelines, it is important to detach from devices, getting out of bed, doing some form of exercise at least twice a week. This could be spending time in nature, walking on nearby roads, admiring the rainbows in people’s windows or exercising in your garden. All activities adhering to the government guidelines. In addition to this, try playing a board game with family or use playing cards. With the weather getting hotter as we move into summer, it is essential that you look after yourself by drinking plenty of water and applying suncream if going outside. Everyone plays their part in the fight against COVID-19. If you’re missing your friends, do not meet up to hang out with your friends, instead video call or message them! 2 Lockdown Tricks 1 Safety Announcement 1 Fun Recipes 3 Flapjack Recipe 3 Vegan Cupcake Recipe 4 Gluten-Free brownies Recipe 5 Bored? Try these... 6 7 New Skills to Learn 6 Interesting News 7 Garden eels 'forgetting about humans' need people to video-chat 7 School News 8 STEM Challenge 8 Remember to keep doing your set work! 8 P.E. 9 Careers Week at Longfield 10 Geography Iceland Trip 11 History of Longfield Academy 12 Longfield Academy 12 Longfield Academy 14 Axton Chase School 14 Longfield Upper School 16 Familiar Faces… 16 Home Stories 17 Games 18 Crossword Puzzle 18 Word Search 19 Crossword Answers 20 Thank You 21 3 Fun Recipes Flapjack Recipe Ingredients: 250g jumbo porridge oats 125g butter 125g light brown sugar 2-3 tbsp golden syrup (depending on how goey you want it) Method: 1) Heat oven to 200C/ 180C fan/ gas 6. 2) Put 250g jumbo porridge oats, 125g butter, 125g light brown sugar and 2-3 tbsp golden syrup in a bowl until mixed. 3) Lightly grease a baking tin with butter and spoon in the mixture. Press into the corners with the back of a spoon so the mixture is flat and score into 12 squares. 4) Bake for 14- 16 minutes, or until golden brown. 5) Wait for them to cool down, and enjoy! 4 Vegan Cupcake Recipe Ingredients: 150ml almond or soy milk ½ tsp cider vinegar 110g vegan butter or sunflower spread 110g caster sugar 1tsp vanilla extract 110g self-raising flour ½ tsp baking powder For the buttercream: 125 g vegan butter 250g icing sugar 1 ¼ tsp vanilla extract Food colouring (optional) Method: 1) Heat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4. Line the holes of a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases. Stir the milk and vinegar in a jug and leave to thicken slightly for a few minutes. 2) Whisk the butter and sugar until well combined. Whisk in the vanilla, then add the milk a splash at a time, alternating with spoonfuls of the flour, the baking powder and a pinch of salt until you get a creamy batter. 3) Divide between the cupcake cases, filling them two-thirds full. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until golden and risen. Leave to cool on a wire rack. 4) To make the buttercream, beat the butter, icing sugar, food colouring and vanilla with a whisk until pale and creamy. Spoon or pipe onto the cooled cupcakes. 5 Gluten-Free brownies Recipe Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter, cubed, plus extra for the tin 250g dark chocolate, roughly chopped 4 large eggs 300g golden caster sugar ½ tsp vanilla extract 100g gluten-free plain flour, sieved 60g cocoa powder ½ tsp fine sea salt 150g milk chocolate, roughly cut into chunks Method: 1) Heat oven to 180C/ 160C fan/ gas 4. Butter a 30 x 20cm tin with butter and line the base with non-sticking baking parchment. 2) Fill a small saucepan a third full with water, bring to a simmer and put a snug-fitting heatproof bowl on top of it. Add the butter and chocolate and gently melt over a low heat, stirring occasionally. Be careful not to let it catch and burn on the bottom. Remove from the heat and leave to cool a little. 3) Beat the eggs and sugar together using a whisk for approximately 8-10 minutes or until thick enough to leave a trail. Gently fold through the cooled melted chocolate and vanilla, followed by the flour, cocoa and salt. Finally, fold through the chocolate chunks . Pour the brownie batter into the lined tin, place in the centre of the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes. 4) Leave to cool a little in the tin before cutting into 12 squares. 6 Bored? Try these... 7 New Skills to Learn If the boredom has hit and you want a break from all the school work, then why don’t you consider learning a new skill. There are so many skills that you should choose from! From juggling to moonwalking (MJ style), or from whistling with your fingers to saying the alphabet backwards. In this newsletter, there are many resources to help you learn new skills… 1) Say the alphabet backwards: https://youtu.be/epyQLWu0GZQ 5) Twirl a pen: https://youtu.be/6XgG8J_g888 2) How to juggle: https://youtu.be/_xye0tHas_s 6) Tie a tie: https://youtu.be/xAg7z6u4NE8 3) Learn to moonwalk: https://youtu.be/8iLdEseueh4 7) Fold clothes in 5 seconds: https://youtu.be/BAxhr0j0thY 4) Whistling with your fingers: https://youtu.be/G8Oz_ELAjNg 7 Interesting News 1) Garden eels 'forgetting about humans' need people to video-chat https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-52500113 2) Wildlife conservation: First wild baby wolves for Belgium in 150 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52530878 3) Climate change: How Nasa's ICESat-2 is tracking changes to our planet https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52484993 4) Marcus Rashford: Manchester United and England star to do PE for Bitesize lesson https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52529078 5) Bitesize: Mabel, Sir David Attenborough and Liam Payne help you learn https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52344078 6) We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532770-400-we-may-have-spotted-a -parallel-universe-going-backwards-in-time/ 8 School News STEM Challenge For the STEM Challenge, go to: https://lgflive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Longfield-50-Challenge.pd f Remember to keep doing your set work! 9 P.E. In February, the Longfield Academy Cheerleading team competed in the Kent School Games competition. Their hard work and determination paid off, as a result, they achieved second place. Congratulations to the team! Although the academy is not open to students, it is important to keep exercising, whether this be a daily walk, cycle or indoor exercising such as with weights. Exercise not only helps you physically, but it also promotes a more positive wellbeing, resulting in a happier person. This is because when you exercise, your body releases endorphins. Endorphins are often described as “feel-good” chemicals that are released by the body. Have you tried the trending 5K challenge? If you haven’t, it is a challenge where you are nominated with the aim to cover 5 kilometers of distance, and then once finished donate £5 to a NHS charity and then nominate a further 5 people. However, you do not need to be nominated to try it and it can be completed at your own pace! Additionally, you could try Joe Wick’s P.E. everyday on YouTube, (search ‘The Body Coach TV’) or you could invent your own workout including items from around your house! 10 Careers Week at Longfield (January) As part of a whole school careers focus day, year 8 students at Longfield Academy had the opportunity to hear Huw Prosser discuss the Power of Technology in the Workplace. Huw, an alumni of fellow LAT school, the Leigh UTC, explained his own journey of starting a business at the age of 17 whilst still at college and his love of technology, especially coding. He advised that he’d utilised the skills of people around him to start his business including a mentor introduced to him by his Principal and even went on to employ some of his peer group! Our presenter stressed the opportunities afforded to the students of today by technology like never before, especially social media and that by virtue of their age, they are both familiar and competent with these platforms. He warned, however, that the algorithms of many such networks powered by artificial intelligence, can potentially be harmful to mental health in how they analyse what is shown within individuals’ news feeds. Year 12 students at Longfield Academy were recently put through their paces by professional recruiter, Daniel Goodwin of Pearson Whiffin Education. In a series of highly interactive workshops, students looked at a number of C.Vs to assess their effectiveness. In considering what makes a good C.V, students looked at a variety of areas including format, presentation of content, copy font and contact information. Moving on, students had the opportunity to update and then discuss their own C.Vs with Daniel thereby further benefiting from his industry expertise. 11 Geography Iceland Trip Between February 24th and 27th, I and other students studying Geography went on a trip to Iceland.
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