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5801 SVC Fountain Spring 2017 8_Layout 1 04/05/2017 14:41 Page 1 The Fountain Spring 2017 Sawston Village College’s Termly Magazine Issue 53 In this term’s issue: Trampolining Success 4 UKMT Team Maths Challenge 7 Sawston's Got Talent 8 Young Chef Competition 9 Sawston Youth Drama Update 12 A Flea in her Ear - a Review 14 Henry Morris Memorial Trust 18 A Visit to Rome 20 Amnesty Forum Update 24 International Forum Update 27 Spanish students share their project with Sawston pupils as part of the Kids Inspiring Kids in STEM Erasmus+ initiative. (See page 5.) 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It gives o me real pleasure to introduce this magazine, which is full of r i the amazing opportunities and activities undertaken by our a pupils over the past few months. l The breadth of activity is certainly impressive. As I looked through the draft copy, I was struck by not just the arts-related projects but also by the work done to develop the political awareness of our pupils, and, in this respect, I am especially proud of the Amnesty Forum, who have led on discussions about human rights and the nature of democracy. We have also had inspirational events such as the KIKS project, the Young Chef competition and various other Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) related lessons. The magazine also captures some of the fundraising undertaken by all of our pupils, though staff are still sore from losing the Comic Relief Senate v Staff netball match. We are already in training for next year’s match! Finally, do not forget to follow us on Twitter to get the latest updates on our work, news and pictures - @SawstonVC. I would also encourage parents to go on ParentView, an Ofsted survey site, to let us know what we are doing well and what we could do better. This can be found at https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk. With your feedback we can continue to improve and make sure that our provision for young people remains as strong as this magazine demonstrates. Mr Culpin, Principal and have been supported by pupils and staff, with the Quiz A Word from Night notably bringing out the competitive streak of both sides. Children In Need was also a the Senate success, particularly the controversial draw between Throughout this year, the The introduction of this pupil-led pupils and staff in the netball Senate Heads and Deputies: focus has enabled us to highlight match, with the potential winning Niamh, Keilan, Freya and Matt the achievements, passions and goal being scored by pupils have worked hard to ensure activities of Sawston pupils, and moments after the final whistle and nearly causing outright war. that The Fountain covers the it has been incredibly rewarding for the Senate to be a part of this. pupil community’s successes, We are looking forward to running In addition, pupil-run events like Comic Relief with the Ethos achievements and interests, AmnesTEAs, Leavers’ Ball following the legacy of our Forum and seeing the arrival of fundraisers and the International the table tennis tables purchased previous Senate. Forum’s Quiz Night have with the funds raised from the continued throughout the year sponsored walk. Sawston pupils have also travelled far and wide this term with trips to Rome and Berlin, which we are very grateful to teachers for organising. We look forward to passing on our projects to the new Senate and working with them over the next half term’s transition period. Freya Sutcliffe and Matt Carter, Keilan, Freya, Niamh and Matt Deputy Head Girl and Boy 5801 SVC Fountain Spring 2017 8_Layout 1 04/05/2017 14:41 Page 4 4 Sawston Village College A c h Trampolining Success i e v i n at National Finals g As a result of their performance, both in lessons and extra-curricular commitments, 20 of Sawston Village College’s talented trampolinists were selected to participate in a Schools Trampolining competition. After the U14 Elite Boys team came first in the regional and zonals rounds, they secured themselves a place at the National Championship Finals in Gateshead. Six clean routines later, packed with impressive difficulty, Toby Chapman, Abhi MacDonald Marlow and Gabe Strydom-Green were crowned National Champions in the U14 Elite Boys category. As if this team success was not enough, Gabe even managed to secure himself an individual ranking, coming 7th nationally. Congratulations boys - an outstanding achievement! Miss Harvey, PE Teacher Abhi MacDonald Marlow, Toby Chapman and Gabe Strydom-Green Dance Showcase Over 175 people filled the Henry Morris Hall on 22 March to watch 80 performers in the annual Dance Showcase. 30 KS2 pupils from Shelford Primary School’s after-school Dance Club took part, as well as dancers from Sawston’s after-school Elite Dance Group and the first and second year GCSE Dance pupils. The first years introduced the new dance specifications with group pieces based on A Linha Curva and Artificial Things from the new Dance Anthology and their set phrases, while, for the second years, the showcase was a mock moderation for their GCSE practical. The evening was a great success, with the dancers rightly receiving a lot of praise and positive comments. Thank you to everyone who supported the event. Ms Vanessa Pesci, Head of Dance 5801 SVC Fountain Spring 2017 8_Layout 1 04/05/2017 14:41 Page 5 Sawston Village College 5 A KIKS - Kids Inspiring Kids in STEM c h A group of five pupils in Year 11 have been using this knowledge to learnt about chaos in rivers and i have been taking part in an teach lessons to the new populations, experimented with e Erasmus+ Science project called Astronomy cohort, and to their iteration and the Logistic Map, v Physics classes. Antonia Ren and and made orderly fractals from i ‘Kids Inspiring Kids in STEM’, or n KIKS. Sawston Village College is Calum Rayner taught a lesson dice throws. The group met their g one of just four schools taking about the Rosetta mission to the Spanish counterparts at Sawston part in the UK. junior STEM club, followed by a Village College on Friday, 17 DIY Philae lander workshop, where March, where they gave As part of the project, we have pupils assembled their own circuits presentations to each other on been writing and executing our and decorated their landers. Izaak their work, toured the school and own lessons and workshops for van Dongen taught an introduction then visited Linton Village College younger pupils. Lucy Main and to Chaos Theory to a suitably to see their project. 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Seven pupils from Sawston College student and Roy Burrell The night was a superb celebration Village College accepted awards winner, Tom Westley, and another of the talent in Cambridge schools, for their sporting activities. former winner and former and all the young people in George Weston (Hockey), Freya Bottisham Village College student, attendance are inspirational role O'Sullivan (Rowing), Bronagh Louis Rolfe (MBE), a Paralympic models not only to their peers, Whisken and Justine Ross Cyclist who won a Bronze medal but also to their PE teachers. The (Swimming), Joshua Jeche in Rio 2016 in the 3000m C2 track sheer hard work and effort that (Football) and Hector Cope and event and a Gold medal for the they put into their individual sports Harry Weber (Basketball) were all team pursuit, the team breaking is rightly recognised, and it fills me suited and booted in preparation the world record in the process.