APRIL 2019 Welcome to The Carew Chronicle!

This is the second issue of our new termly magazine here at Carew, which is made and produced by the stu- dents and teaching assistants of the sixth form class, Li- Matt L Intro Creator ma.

The issue includes:  Descriptions of our favourite animals Adam G  A typical day in the life of a sixth former Feature writer  Agony Uncle letter and responses  What a trip to Jamie’s Farm is like  What World War Two Day was like Rosina C  What World Book Day was like Journalist & Feature Writer

This issue was a collective effort by all members of Lima, including me Matt (your intro creator), Josh (our

Josh W Agony Uncle), Billy, Rosina, Chantelle, Chardonnay and Agony Uncle Mrs Cooper.

We hope you enjoy this second issue of this much-liked magazine. Thanks for reading from me, Matt, and all of Chardonnay H Journalist & Story Writer Lima, the magazine creators.

Billy W Feature Writer

Amy H Feature Writer T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 2 Ask Uncle Josh! If you would like to ask Uncle Josh for any advice, please see him in the Sixth Form Hut or see Mrs Cooper in Lisbon.

that’s fantastic news but Dear Agony Uncle, Agony Uncle, don’t get worried or I am worried about anxious because you’re I am having a lot of how much home- still the exact same per- stress with my exams work I have. It keeps son but with a bit more coming up, I’m a year me awake at night! independent responsi- 11 student. Any revision From, bility. tips to keep well pre- Worried I’M SURE YOU’LL BE pared? GREAT! Hi student, From,

Try to space your home- Don’t know what to do. work out. If it helps Dear Agony Uncle, write a timetable and Would you advise me to Try writing notes and then specify what subjects you stay at Carew Sixth covering up the page with want to do and the time Form? I am in Year 11 your finger and then see how period it’ll take. and cannot make up my much you can remember. If JUST DON’T mind! that doesn’t work, mind STRESS! From, maps, play on words, rhym- Confused.com ing and post-it notes will def- initely prepare you. Dear Agony Uncle, Personally, when I was in I will soon be an un- year11 I was going through Good luck! cle. What advice the same dilemma at the could you give me? start of the year and my From, experience in lots of offsite Soon to be uncle activities has given a lot more responsibility Hi student,

Congratulations, IT’S UP TO YOU! T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 3 Spectacular Sports Rosina has recently found a love of sports and exer- cise. Here, she tells us how she got into sports, as well as the good that exercise can do for you.

Recently I found a new love of exer- the body. It is important to use the cise and all things sporty. I have equipment with the right techniques, joined Carew’s girl football team. but if you aren't sure, you are able to Every term, they attend tournaments ask the qualified gym instructors. at Wimbledon Goals, going up Going to the gym is another way to against other school girl teams. keep yourself fit and healthy.

It is important to keep yourself fit and heathy because it could help you mentally and physically. It could help you with stress and anger, even with depression, because the toxins in your body create a happy up-lifting chemical, and releases it everywhere around your body when you exer- cise. This chemical is called Endor- phins.

Exercise could also improve your I have also joined Carew’s Rugby self-esteem; weight, help to control team, as I thought it would toughen Type 2 diabetes; endurance; improve me up in a lot of ways. After school your intake of oxygen and nutrients on Tuesdays I have the honour of to help your heart and lung health. training with the Harlequins' Foun- dation Rugby Hub, where I am grouped with a bunch of girls enthu- By Rosina C siastic about the sport.

I also attend Westcroft Gym in Car- shalton, to build my body structure. I always use the right equipment to target specific areas and muscles of T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 4 World Book Day On Thursday The competition 7th March, we cele- was fierce and it was in- brated World Book credibly difficult to Day at Carew Acad- choose our winners! emy. The staff and students all dressed as book characters. We had some won- derful costumes on show, ranging from Harry Potter to Mr ing behind the books. Men, Little Red Students also wrote Riding Hood to the their own stories, Big Bad Wolf, and shared their favourite Willy Wonka to books, designed their Stanley from Holes. own book front co- vers, guessed the book We celebrated the characters and listened As a school, we raised day in a range of to stories being read £97.80 for Book Aid In- ways. For example, by celebrities and fa- ternational – a fantastic students worked in mous authors. achievement! tutor teams to try and win a competi- We also held a compe- Well done to all those tion in which they tition for the best involved! had to guess the dressed students and staff members hid- staff. By Mrs Cooper T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 5 Top Ten Superheroes Over the years superheroes have mainstreamed into pop culture but here are ten superheroes

#10 Wonder live action show in the 90s to the por- Woman trayal by Grant Gustin in 2014’s CW Wonder Wom- The Flash to the portrayal by Ezra Mil- an was first ler in 2017’s Justice League. created in the 1940s by All #7 Star Comics. He first appeared in 1979’s Incredible #8 Diana #181. While he was a young boy Prince was his dad was killed by a man named born on The- Thomas Logan then Logan first dis- myscira when covered claws coming out of his fists men are not and killed his father’s killer out of rage allowed on the then Logan was taken into the Weapon island. Wonder X programme where he got his ada- Woman is one mantium skeleton and healing factor. of the main members of the Justice He is most famously portrayed by League. She carries the lasso of truth. Hugh Jackman. She became more popular thanks to her portrayal by Gad Gadot in the DC film. #6 Green Lantern #9 The Hulk He first appeared in 1959’s Green Lan- tern comics. #250 Hal Jordan idolised The Hulk first appeared in the 1962’s his Dad as a pilot but one day his dad Incredible Hulk #1. Bruce Banner was died in a plane crash. He decided to be caught in a gamma radiation explosion a pilot. One day during flying he was that makes Bruce Banner turn into the transported to the desert where he met Hulk based on moods. He likes to Abin Sur, a dying alien member of the smash things. Green Lantern Corps. He is a main member of the Justice League. In #8 The Flash 2011, Green Lantern was portrayed by The Flash first appeared in 19401’s Ryan Reynolds Flash comics. #1 The Flash can travel at super speed using the speed force #5 Spider-man and he is one of the main members of Spider-man first appeared in 1962’s the Justice League. Over the years The Amazing Fantasy. #15 After being bit- Flash has been in the media from his T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 6

ten by a radioactive spi- serve his country but #1 der Peter Parker uses got rejected. He took Iron Man first appeared his powers for personal on an experiment called in 1963’s Tales of Sus- gain until his uncle Ben Operation Rebirth and pense #39. Tony Stark was murdered by a became muscular. Cap- was captured by enemy criminal he didn't stop. tain America’s got super forces where in a cave Sider-man now uses his soldier serum and he’s he first created his first powers to help people. got a shield. He crashed suit of armour and es- He can shoot webs in ice for 70 years and caped. Despite not hav- from his wrists, climb now is a leader of the walls, superhuman . Over the years strength, agility and re- the cap has been in me- flexes. Over the years dia but is most well Spider-man has been in known in the Marvel the media from Tobey cinematic universe Maguire to Andrew where he was portrayed Garfield to Tom Hol- as Chris Evans. land in the Marvel cine- matic universe. #2 Batman

Batman first appeared #4 Superman in 1939’s Detective Superman first ap- Comics. #27 He was peared in 1938’s action born in Gotham City. comics #1. He was Bruce Wayne saw his born on the Planet parents gunned down Krypton. He can fly, su- when he was 8 years ing superpowers, Iron per strength, heat vi- old. Bruce trained him- Man is an important sion, x-ray vision, freeze self to peak physical member of the breath etc. Over the condition and became Avengers because he is years Superman has Batman despite not the heart of the team. been the media from having superpowers. Iron Man’s popularity Christopher Reeve in Batman has been por- grew thanks to the por- the 70s to Henry Cavill trayed by several actors trayal by Robert in the DC films. over the years from Ad- Downey Junior in the Marvel cinematic uni- am West to Michael Keaton to Kevin verse. In my opinion #3 Conroy to Val Kilmer the best superhero is He first appeared in the to George Clooney to Iron Man. 1941’s comics. Steve Christian Bale to Ben Rogers had a desire to Affleck in the DC film. By Adam G T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 7

A Typical Day Being Billy I wake up Tuesday: I walk with my joy random videos on my at 7.30 in friends to Asda and find iPad. Most of the time, I the things to buy until we walk around my bedroom morning walk all the way back. which counts as typical on school days. I have exercise and meet with Wednesday: I go to the crackers for breakfast and my parents and my pet Phoenix Centre to do take vitamin tablets to sometimes. My brother some exercise on the help keep me up and run- likes to watch his movies treadmills, weight lifting ning until my mum helps on Netflix / Amazon. and tugging on other wash my hair with the unique machines until it’s Bedtime comes shortly shower. The last morning time to rest and stretch. and I am prepared to go routine task is feeding my through the same routine pet cat, Razor, before Thursday: I arrive at the in this endless cycle of heading straight to Sixth Sutton Life Centre (Geek day and night. Form. School) and learn cool things about game mak- Every five days at school ing and read comics I go through different By Billy W down at the library. things. Friday: I go to Garratt Monday: In the after- House and stay up to noon, I often spend time nearly three hours. along coming up with random drawings thanks After six hours of hard to my crazy imagination. work, I go home and en- Fashion Fashion is something that I may wear it. I won’t just someone is stylish, popular at the buy it because it’s fashion- says it’s time It changes constantly able. In my opinion I think fashiona- and generally things come it’s silly to buy something ble it back into fashion over just because it’s fashiona- doesn’t time. ble because I may not mean you should be pres- sured to buy and wear it. I think a lot of young peo- even like it and usually it’s People should be confi- ple face peer pressure very expensive just be- dent to wear what they through fashion. I don’t cause it’s in fashion. I choose and not feel like feel that I’m influenced by don’t like to follow the they have to follow the fashion that much. If crowd. I prefer to wear crowd. something is in fashion I what suits me and have my like it and it suits me, then own style. Just because By Amy H T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 8

Two in the Middle A sad tale

July 12th. In the cold with me. Then two weeks later I heard on the television breeze, standing at the bus stop, searching the that Daniel had passed They were very well bus app to see how long away because the two dressed in black suits and my bus was going to take. men that attacked me had very tall and had an angry killed him because they look on their faces. Dan- 10 minutes later … iel was so annoyed with wanted my most secret the. He got his fist and possession which was my My bus arrived and I family heirloom from my stood on the edge of the aimed it right at their parents. curve. The bus came right guts. They suddenly up to me and nearly dropped to the floor. At splashed me with puddled that point, the bus had water. I stepped onto the stopped its engine, then bus with my earphones at that moment everyone in, listening to music real- was staring at us. All the ly loudly. I sat down on people from the bus were the bus and got a text admiring what had hap- from ‘Bae’ saying: “Are pened. you on your way?” I replied by saying: “Yeah, Daniel told me he was I’m on way. I’m 5 minutes going to talk to the bus away.” driver then we were going to go home afterwards. I had to stop him for a sec- As I shut off my phone ond to tell him not to go two hench guys walk to- off on one because he wards me as I grab for would yell at the bus driv- the button. I quickly exit- er until he would end up Their boss was my uncle ed the bus, then they fol- hitting someone again. and he never wanted us lowed me, but as soon as He told me that it was all to be a happy family so they could get to me going to be okay and that Daniel was there and he he went after the most there was nothing to wor- clutched me in his arms important person in my ry about. After all the ex- as soon as they ap- life: Daniel. plaining to the driver we proached him. He quickly nt home and slept be- checked if I was okay cause I was exhausted. then he wanted to see by Chardonnay H what their problem was T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 9

The World War Experience World War Two Day

On Tuesday 12 march other team. Their third 1945. They watched a Carew Academy hosted a activity: Nairobi class video about a grandfather WW2 theme day to cele- were to stay in their talking to his grand- brate the men who teams and throw bean daughter about his life fought in the wars. bags at each other’s divid- experience from the blitz. ed side (left and right) in- After, they put their In the Gym, Nairobi were to hula hoops. heads down to listen to playing games. The games the sounds, and describe were hosted by PE teach- Next, our Nairobi pupils what they were, then er, Mr Stratton. The first were sent to the next looked at the pictures on activity was to run across class which was Tokyo the board. from one side to the oth- where they discussed er side of the gym whilst about what the blackout some staff members were was. The session was led throwing soft dodge balls by Ms Lowe, the class as if the class were run- had to know what types ning from bullets. of struggles that people had to face, during the

blackout. Within the les- son Nairobi had to design a black out warning post- er within darkness, which was a struggle for the class. At the end, the class had a game where one The final lesson was back person was blindfolded in in their class learning The second activity Mr the darkness and the oth- about rationing and what Stratton gave them was ers had to guide the per- the people had to eat and for each of them to get son through a maze of how much they had to eat into teams and build a tables to the other side of during WW2. Finally they trench from mats and the room. got to make their own benches and attack the Nairobi’s next activity was food of what they would other teams’ trench. in Seoul class with Mrs have been eating Who’s ever teams’ trench Grainger. They were to stood up the longest, recognise sounds from won. In the end the left what had been heard dur- By Rosina C & side won, demolishing the ing the war from 1939- Chardonnay H Poem of War

The sky is grey from ash And the putrid smell of the dead Whilst the living soldiers dash Away from the spitting bullets, missing their heads. Their loud sounds echo With the bombs that fall from that other fel- low Sour ragingly, Crashing to the muddy ground below. Soldiers run. War is not so fun When you don’t see the gun.

Men fight whilst families flight back home. It’s not so bright. It’s not so great at night. It’s not such a great sight. When you see the rubble from what was a family home In plain light with no-one in sight. War is not so fun When you never see the sun.

By Rosina C T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 11

Supporting Comic Relief amazingly well, but un- Davey, Ms Taylor, Mr fortunately lost 5-1 to the Shepherd and Mr Wat- staff! kins all ended up getting “pied”. Students and staff also voted to see which mem- Overall we raised over ber of SLT would get £300 for Comic Relief on “pied” in the face by what was a fantastically placing spare change into fun day! collecting tins – so much money was raised that Mr Well done everyone!

Comic Relief took place at Carew on Friday 15th March.

Students and staff dressed in red to show their support for a dona- tion.

At lunchtime, students took part in a Staff vs. Students football match. The students played Chelsea Football Club Visit

Chelsea Football Club for We would like to thank a personal tour of Stam- Lauren and Mandy at ford Bridge. Chelsea Football Club for making this happen. We sat in the Manager’s By Mexico City class seat pitchside, went into the Press Room and in- terview area and even On Monday 25th March, Sixth Formers from Mex- visited the players’ dress- ico City were lucky ing room. We all loved it! enough to be invited to T HE C AREW C HRONICLE P AGE 8

Cross Country

with a great time of 15.45 (previously finished 1st in the medium run.

After finishing 1st in the short run, Archie stepped up to also take 1st place in the medium run this time out. Aaron took first place with a fantastic run, with Bayley hot on his tail.

A Carew Academy Cross (short: 0.8 miles, medium Country was held on Fri- 1 mile and long 2 miles). day 15th March as the lat- All students that complet- est initiative to promote ed a cross country physical activity. achieved a merit for their house. Then the top 10 in It was fantastic to see so each category got extra much effort put in by all points for their houses. the students. Kieran again took 1st place in the long run, The Cross Country was whilst Bailey stepped up split into 3 categories to the long run finishing

Luke (Ottawa) was the most improved, improv- ing his time by almost 6 minutes.

This is now to be a term- ly event whereby students will have the opportunity to beat their times.