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IN THIS ISSUE Journey of a Lifetime: Africa Strictly Come Landau Euro Gamer Remembering the Fallen UCAS TEACHER TRAINING APPLICATIONS OPEN 28 OCTOBER The approach to teacher training at Landau Forte College Derby means that you will be part of our organisation from the start, working closely with mentors, tutors and students to build your expertise at a pace that is right for you. Each trainee has a personalised training programme. The programme is adaptable and flexible and is designed to meet the trainees needs as they develop.
Applications for UCAS Teacher Training open on Tuesday, 28 October. We offer teacher training in the following subjects:
• Maths (salaried and unsalaried) • Physics (salaried and unsalaried) • English • Chemistry • Biology • History • Geography • MFL • Physical Education
2 What’s Inside? Page 4 SCITT
Page 5 A Successful Take-off!
Page 6 Developing Careers – Tanzania Page 7 Journey of a Lifetime Principal’s Message Page 8 A Taste of the Future Four Go to Paris! Welcome to our first edition of to best use their £100 prize and are NewsLink in the New Academic year very pleased with the finished product. Page 9 Duke of Edinburgh and a special greeting to all of our new You can view the video on our website students and their families. www.landau-forte.org.uk; it is well World Challenge worth a few minutes of your time. There have already been many events, Page 10 Product Design Discovery - activities and experiences that shape Many of the articles in this edition of Project: FC Laser the unique education that our students Newslink feature the successes of both Innovation to Aid Creation here at the College receive, however, staff and students. In addition, this a highlight for the term has been term, we have already welcomed back national recognition received from the a number of former Year 11 students Page 11 Life at Euro Gamer Specialist Schools and Academies Trust to the Presentation of Certificates Engineering Education (SSAT). The Student Voice Team from on 5 November. Similarly we look the Student Council entered a video forward to seeing some old faces at the Page 12 Black Country Living Museum competition with the commission in Presentation evening for former Year Attenborough Adventures response to the question ‘How does 13 students on Monday 15 December. our school help us to learn effectively?’ Speaking of old faces, in a recent visit With only a few weeks to the deadline to New York I was able to catch up Page 13 Aby’s War... the four minute packed piece tracks the with Adam Moore (LFC: 1993-2000). Another Doomed Youth journey of our current Year 13 students Adam works in World Trade building through their time at the College, no.3 as Senior Product Manager, Global Pages 14 – 15 Remembering The Fallen highlighting the many ingredients that Corporate Payments Digital Servicing make a recipe for effective learning. at American Express. He told me he was We were delighted to hear that the always disappointed not to have made Page 16 España 2014 video so impressed the judges that coverage in Newslink for his success as the Chief Executive of the SSAT, Sue GNVQ Business Student of the Year Page 17 Can You Face the Eliminator? Williamson, will use it as part of her 2000. Even though it is now 2014 – it is opening address at the SSAT National never too late to celebrate! Page 18 Year 9 Enrichment - Conference in December. The audience Hesley Wood will include 1,500 Head teachers and As the festive season approaches, can educational professionals from across I take this opportunity to wish you all Budding Criminologists the country. The Student Council are the very best and thank you once again considering on which future project for your support. Page 19 Totally Tropical Spectroscopy in a Suitcase
Page 20 Floating on Air: Adam’s Success Strictly Come Landau
Page 21 Speaking Out, Speaking Up! Wind Band Success!
Pages 22 – 23 Introducing Mr Hulland
Page 24 Enrichment Overview
Page 25 Making the Grade Credits Sports Awards Editors J Grant R Edwards Parent Contributors Gemma Morley S Haigh C Parrish P Harvey N Turnbull Isabelle Moss A Singh S Tabiner A Hulland Elise Roberts Page 26 Interdivision R Taylor F Husskisson Student Contributors Libby Toplis Student Editor A Wrampling T Lightfoot Shagor Ahmad Shohaib Waseem Isobel Davidson J Naughton Aaron Austria Shannon Watmough Staff Contributors E O’Mara Faith Chorley Sidney Wilson Page 27 Kitzbuhel European Sub Editors L Adelin C Parrish Jade Goodwin Triathlon Championship and L Adelin K Bellamy L Smith Apsara Gurung L Barron S Bill S Tabiner Ruby Holyoak Pontevedra Duathlon L Brannigan L Brocklebank A Wrampling Kyra Jackson S Carter A Brown Annabel Kennard World Championship R Edwards S Carter Christine Larot
www.landau-forte.org.uk 3 SCITT Learning is for adults, not just for children
Professional development at Landau A Kokab, Trainee Tutor of English: working as tutors of Geography and Forte College continues to be a “I’m particularly fond of the ‘can do’ Science respectively. priority as we work with our own staff attitude that is promoted throughout and colleagues from local schools the College, encouraging students’ S Bingley: and those further afield. Over 70 desires to continuously improve; “I think most trainee tutors will feel delegates from fifteen different cultivating a healthy attitude in every anxious to be in a learning space schools have now taken part in learning environment.” on their own with the students, programmes to improve the quality of however that was the part I was learning for young people. A Bruce, Trainee Tutor of Chemistry: looking forward to the most; “I spent most of my adult career knowing that it was my ideas that Primary delegate: working in the pharmaceutical were engaging the students.” “I feel inspired - thank you.” industry. It was a scary decision (March 2014) to consider going back to being a W Goring : student but I am 100% confident “This year is a perfect of example of Secondary delegate: that I have made the right decision. how hard work pays off, there are “A truly inspirational and It’s definitely a lot of hard work but many challenges to face but they empowering programme - would absolutely worth it!” are easily overcome with the right love to do another.” approach.” (March 2014) A New, Trainee Tutor of Physical Education: We believe that there is no better As part of our work with Initial “Working at the College over the time to train to work with young Teacher Training, our new cohort initial few weeks has been hugely people and we are excited to be of training tutors started with us rewarding” recruiting our own trainees soon for in August. Eight trainee tutors Landau Forte Derby SCITT, ready for a will complete their School Direct We have welcomed two recently 2015 start. programme within Landau Forte qualified tutors to Landau Forte Trust. Here is what our current College. W Goring and S Bingley S Bill trainees have to say: trained with us last year and are now
4 “I had a lot of fun at Summer School, I wish I could go there again.”
Alfie Garton Year 7
“We went to Conkers on Thursday and I went on a train, a barefoot walk, hut-making and was dancing for half an hour.”
Thomas Shilton Year 7
A successful take-off! Year 7 students have settled well into Conkers, (near Swadlincote) proved life at Landau Forte College. On 22 a hit with the children as they built and 23 September, they all took part shelters in the woods and supported in a “Working for Success” learning each other walking barefoot and experience in partnership with blind-folded over mud and through Rolls Royce and the Silk Mill. It was water. The Happy Puzzle Company fantastic to see our Year 7 students provided interesting challenges and working with ex-students who are STEM young engineering workshops now working for Rolls Royce. All now helped them build a four-metre have a clear understanding of what tetrahedron. For the finale, students success means to them. performed a variety of circus In August, forty-one of our Year 7 skills to their students joined us two weeks early parents and other for Landau Forte Lift Off! As part of visitors. We are our Summer School programme the confident this has students enjoyed a wide variety of given these students activities. These ranged from booster a great start to life at sessions in Mathematics and English Landau Forte College. to enriching days out of College. Highlights included a day visit to A successful Warwick Castle followed up with a take-off indeed! Medieval re-enactment in learning sessions. Team building activities at S Tabiner
www.landau-forte.org.uk 5 Developing Careers -Tanzania
This summer, I was given the As well as a few operations The highlight of the trip me to get close to patients, opportunity to spend two that I would be able to observe was during a night shift in interact with them, assist in weeks shadowing doctors in in England, I saw cases that obstetrics and gynaecology, procedures and be part of the a Tanzanian hospital through would be isolated to the in which I was able to deliver doctors’ discussions. This made a scheme called Gap Medics. region. For example, a woman a baby with the guidance of it a fantastic place for us to This brought around eighty who survived a machete the doctor I was shadowing, experience first-hand the sharp students from all across attack, receiving potentially an exceptionally humbling yet end of clinical medicine and the world into a regional fatal wounds to the head and extraordinary night, one that surgery. hospital, and spread us both wrists broken. It was truly will be forever embedded in throughout several different inspiring to watch the theatre my memory. Shohaib Waseem departments. team fight to save her life. Year 13 I also spent some time in the This placement was like no I was fortunate enough to ‘Internal Medicine’ Department other; in developed countries be placed in surgery for my which consisted of several many students find themselves first week and shadow the wards completely occupied standing in the corner making surgeons in the operating with disease. Whilst it is a notes, usually unable even theatre for around six hours scene of great misfortune to observe the procedure. a day. Whilst they were where death is not uncommon, Lacking the equipment and kept extremely busy, this it allowed me to see HIV/AIDS, resources more developed didn’t stop the surgeons Malaria, Typhoid and TB in countries enjoy, the doctors from teaching me about their late stages, a handful of and nurses have adapted to the procedures and almost many of the diseases that were deliver the best possible front- everything else related to it! present - a number of which line healthcare in challenging you cannot witness in England. conditions. Tanzania allowed
6 Journey of a Lifetime! This summer, I was given drives through national parks is home to fifty three young I encountered so many of an amazing opportunity to watch lion packs hunting, children aged 1-9 years. Nearly life’s riches in four weeks. to experience a four-week seeing wild dogs corner a all of the children have lost The experience has changed journey of a lifetime across kudu, riding in mokoro boats their parents through the my life as seeing how others Southern Africa, courtesy of on the Okavango Delta, zip HIV/AIDS pandemic that is live in developing countries the organisation, The JoLt wiring in Swaziland, lunching sweeping across Southern made me appreciate the Trust. I was nominated to with the chief of a local tribe, Africa. We helped out by opportunities that I have go on this journey by the camping in the bush and painting the buildings, planting been given. Travelling with College and was thrilled to swimming with whale sharks new trees, constructing new a group of young people have been selected. in the Indian Ocean; so many fences and, most rewardingly, aged 14-21, some of them unique experiences which I will playing with the children. disabled, also opened my eyes Our journey began in Zambia treasure forever. Despite their hardship the to the challenges others face where we visited the Victoria children were full of life and and has given me a greater Falls and rafted down the One experience that impacted smiles and were keen to understanding of how a Zambezi River. We then me the most was our interact with us. We all felt positive outlook and attitude travelled to Botswana, South community service project at positive as we said goodbye, can transform lives. I will never Africa and Swaziland, before the Ekuzukekeni Orphanage knowing that the work we forget this summer and I am so completing our journey in in Swaziland. The orphanage did would have a lasting and thankful for the bearing it has Mozambique. Each country positive influence. made on my life. took my breath It was truly a journey of a away – the scenery, lifetime. Christine Larot, Year 13 landscapes, the people, wildlife and cultures were amazing. My personal highlights were the early morning and night safari
www.landau-forte.org.uk 7 A Taste of the Future Earlier in the year I was on subject areas including; English, given the chance to visit London fortunate to gain a place in History, Law, Art, Archaeology, and a few of its many attractions the Object London Summer Anthropology, Geography and including a trip to the top of The School at the University Zoology. The summer school Shard, the musical Matilda, a College of London (UCL) was based around UCL’s own Jack The Ripper tour, an open- along with twenty nine other spectacular museums and top bus tour of London and a selected students from around collections which enhanced not quiz night. the country. To enter the only my understanding, but also multidisciplinary programme, enabled me to learn about the The opportunity enabled me I had to have achieved at University itself. to meet some phenomenal least five A/A*s at GCSE and new people and lifelong have UCL’s minimum grade Some of the many activities that friends. I would definitely requirements. were organised for us included encourage anyone who had the The Royal Courts of Justice, John opportunity to take part. In June of this year, I went down Keats’ house, and we also got to London and spent a week on to visit the ‘Comic Unmasked’ Jade Goodwin, Year 13 the UCL campus. We all stayed in exhibition at The British Library. UCL’s Ramsey Hall, participating In the evening, UCL arranged in both educational and social activities where we were entertaining activities centered
Four go to Paris
Last year, thirty Year 9 Yeyha Ali, Jazzie Ball, Daniel workshops on creativity, business students took part in Madeley and Manny Nizzer were development and opportunities the ArtScience Prize, an selected to move on to the final to experiment and collaborate international programme to stage. across disciplines, ages and develop innovative art and cultures. design ideas informed by the In late June (together with the frontiers of modern science. winning team from Ravensbourne We saw how the students This year’s theme was College in London), we travelled surprised themselves as they ‘Energy of the Future’. to Paris! This visit was the learned new skills, and their culmination of the programme: confidence soared. The students At the Silk Mill in May, the the annual Innovation will be relaying their experiences student teams presented their Workshop at Le Laboratoire, first-hand in a series of gatherings ideas to a panel of distinguished an unforgettable, exhilarating, soon! judges: Gill Fennell from Rolls intense and incredibly stimulating Royce, inventor Emily Cummins, week. Each team was paired with We’d like to thank the students, Natalie Kay-Thatcher and Jennifer a graduate design student to mentors, Le Laboratoire, Ignite Crouch from Jiggling Atoms, take their ideas to the next level. and the Silk Mill for their support, and Rebecca Simpson, Young Innovators and practitioners commitment and generosity, all Engineer of the Year. After much also gave talks to inspire to of which has made this year’s deliberation, Team Algon, Ayman idea development: there were prize a huge success.
E O’Mara and J Naughton
8 Duke of Edinburgh Challenging, emotional, rewarding: The Throughout the day we saw some Silver Duke of Edinburgh Expedition. stunning views, which we would Our practice expedition for D of E was never get to witness in the City. a wash out. We were not used to the The evening was superb as we long walks, and our navigation was a bit ended up playing football with amateur. So along with the guidance from another D of E group from another school; our leaders, we refined our skills ready for they were really friendly. Bedtime loomed the journey. quickly, but we soon got to sleep despite how chilly the night was. When the day came, our bags full to the brim of sugar-filled supplies, we set off On the final morning, all we could think from Hassop to our distant destination about was getting home. We set off of Pomeroy. We knew that the first day quickly, determined to succeed and finish was going to be hard; we were walking the expedition. Walking down the last through steep valleys and had to deal with stretch of road was such a relief, we knew Nature’s elements. That’s the Peak District that the walking was over, that we could for you! Reaching the camp site on the first relax and enjoy a celebratory ice-cream! night felt like a huge milestone and a hot shower in the evening felt like heaven. Kyra Jackson, Year 11 On the second day, we were up early.
fun, fitness, forming friends and fantastic times in Cannock World Challenge #SoGladImDoingWorldChallenge In preparation for Tanzania, the World Spent the weekend with my future family: besides food, all Challenge Team had to undergo a two good! #Everyonesjealousofmyhat #ReadyforTanzania day Training Expedition at Beaudesert Park Campsite in Cannock Wood. Here My experience of the training weekend was only positive. are their thoughts on the weekend: Getting to know the team better, meeting our leader and learning important skills only got me more excited for when we go to Tanzania. #worldchallenge #teamtanzania
Had a great time working with everyone! It was great to see how well we could work as a team! #bringonTanzania
World Challenge Team
www.landau-forte.org.uk 9 Product Design Discovery - Project: FC Laser As part of the Discovery term, On arrival, the group met their own product range Time seemed to pass in Year 12 Product Designers Darren Johnson, the sales that they could manufacture a blur and the day of the were given the opportunity account manager, who gave and sell. The students were presentation to Mr Johnson to work for a client on a real them a guided tour of the required to design and make soon arrived. Whilst the ‘live’ project at FC Laser. facility and showed the group a prototype of a product that students were nervous to Operating from a modern their powerful CNC laser would fit into this new range begin with, they became 9,000 square foot production cutters that were busy cutting of products. The students more confident whilst facility close to the M1 out parts from stainless (after much head-scratching presenting their ideas. Mr motorway, on the border steel. When the tour was and contemplation) began Johnson was extremely of Nottinghamshire and complete, he presented the to relish the challenge, complimentary of the Derbyshire, FC Laser is one of group with the brief. FC Laser generating ideas and professional manner of the the UK’s leading laser cutting were looking to instigate prototypes. entire group. Congratulations facilities. They specialise in to Amy Ng and Joel Aspinal offering an efficient, reliable who both have had their and fast service. designs for a stainless steel coaster and coffee table selected to be manufactured by FC Laser.
K Bellamy
Innovation to aid creation As part of the new Year 7 and Year 8 Design and Technology programme there are two new streams entitled ‘Product Design’, and ‘Innov8’. The key concepts of the Innov8 curriculum look to:
• Challenge and develop links/ principles across other subject areas (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Computing and Business). Students will participate in Innov8 is about being original, yet having project-based and short-based the opportunity to explore and develop snappy challenges, 1-2 session ideas, encouraging collaborative working in duration - these principles and furthermore have the students being will be backed up with practical able to display their own ability to work activities independently in a challenging environment. Another key aspect to Innov8 is the • Develop problem-solving application of better solutions to meet new requirements. There are always more ways • Create innovative of tackling a challenge, so students need creative solutions to bring perseverance, an enquiring mind and the ability to respond to challenges to • Learn how to find the answers session. and how things are made/go together L Smith
10 Life at Euro Gamer Euro Gamer was probably one of We attended a lecture with Tom game was going, what the game was going to be like the best days in my life. When we Francis, a small indie game developer and future improvements. This enabled us to gather arrived at Earls Court, we were who had made a handful of popular a greater understanding of the complexity of game welcomed by an array of people games, the main one being Gunpoint, design and development. dressed up from Super Mario to a strategy stealth platform game. His Ezio from Assassins Creed. The upcoming game, the game Tom talked A few of our students also bumped into Dara arena was full of different games to us about, Heat Signature, is a game O’Briain, however, they were not able talk to him that we could play, as well as, about flying a spaceship and hijacking due to his rather large bodyguards! being able to chat with the game other bigger ships. The game was in developers. its early development stages and Tom Fraser Wade, Year 13 had only created the core mechanics at that moment in time. Throughout the presentation he spoke about where the
Engineering Education Landau’s finest Year 12 These inspiring individuals business lifecycle, taking students studying any will be starting a project from conception combination of Physics; immediately with a visit through design to Mathematics; Product to Snibstone Discovery completion. This will Design; Engineering and/ Museum to kick-start the culminate in a final or Computing have scheme and fuel their presentation at Cranmore volunteered and been given creative fire by working Park where they will be the chance to take part in with other contestants assessed on their work this fantastic opportunity. from the East Midlands. to solve a real business During the six month problem. The Engineering Education scheme, students Scheme is a national will also undertake a After a gruelling selection opportunity that allows three day residential at process, the twenty two students to access the Loughborough University applicants were whittled other side of business where they will work down to the following solutions. They will gain with the Engineering four students: Raj Nizzer, experience working with Department to further Ben Pritchard, Jacob the international, and develop their solution to Barnaby and Michael local giants, JCB and Rolls the problem JCB set them. Wright who will now go Royce on a real life project, in to represent Landau developing skills that The EES project will see Forte College Derby in provide them with a full our selected students the EES Scheme. array of experiences. through the whole S Carter
www.landau-forte.org.uk 11 Black Country Living Museum On Wednesday 24 and We went to different places on the site such as a school, a mine and an Thursday 25 September, all old fashioned village. In the school, Year 8 students went to the there was a Victorian teacher who Black Country Living Museum provided us with information about in Dudley as part of our the rules, regulations and history of schools around England in the History curriculum. When we Victorian era. Mr Dobson was even arrived each group had their sent to stand in the corner for not own tour guide, who was participating fully in the lesson! In the village, there were many specially dressed in 1930’s different shops, which sold products costumes and looked great! varying from traditional household needs to old fashioned sweets. We watched a man melt metal and then shape it into a link on a chain. This is also where they actually made the chain and anchor for the Titanic. When we had lunch, we were allowed to go to their fish and chip shop; the chips were traditionally fried in beef fat, which is what they would have used in the Victorian times, and served in a paper cone. It was great!
Overall, the trip was exciting and we learned many new things, which will really help us this year.
Shannon Watmough and Annabel Kennard, Year 8
Attenborough Adventures
Upon arrival in the morning, students groups paired off and put into practice participated in an engaging and their theoretical knowledge of sampling enjoyable session discussing the history techniques. They saw first-hand the of Attenborough Nature Reserve; this gradual process of succession and set the scene for their subsequent identified pioneer species, climax expeditions. One half of the group were communities and everything in between. taken on a nature walk where they Overall, this enriching visit proved to discussed and saw, through binoculars, be a most valuable part of the Biology As part of the Year 13 Biology course, the many ways the habitat was managed, course which students enjoyed and felt students have to understand the the risks of invasive species and the large enabled to prepare themselves for their complex way in which habitats variety of native organisms which call forthcoming examination. develop and evolve, both naturally Attenborough home (at least for part of and through human intervention. the year). They also had the opportunity F Husskisson Students at our College are to take part in habitat conservation by particularly fortunate that only fifteen removing some Himalayan balsam. miles away is the Attenborough Nature Reserve, which offers an The second group were taken to explore excellent opportunity, not only to see “the old car park”; this is a site which habitat management but to experience is an excellent example of Succession, it first-hand. another key aspect of the Biology course. After a brief explanation, the
12 Aby’s War... Another Doomed Youth Investigating the life of Aby had a happy childhood shrapnel wounds in his spine. to death by firing squad. one of the 306 soldiers with caring parents but Aby, also suffering from shell- Would he have survived, when shot for cowardice during jumped at the chance of shock, woke up in hospital on hundreds of his regiment were WW1, revealed a shocking seeking adventure and New Year’s day 1916. slaughtered going over the tale of injustice, and excitement when he joined top, two weeks after he was inspired Year 13 Performing the Army at the outbreak Aby was sent back to the executed? Living in the East Arts students to create of WW1. Aby, changing his front-line where under savage End of London, would he have ‘Aby’s War’ as this year’s surname to Harris, because attack from German bombs, survived the Blitz? Aby was Remembrance Gathering. the Military thought there Aby collapsed, vomiting and shot by the army of the country were already too many Jews shaking with fear. Proclaimed he volunteered to fight for, Born into a Jewish family living in the Army, volunteered into by the field hospital as fit, he a few weeks before his 18th in Warsaw, on 18 April 1898, the 11th Middlesex Regiment. was sent back to the battle. birthday. Abraham Bevistein, Abraham Bevistein was not to The first his parents knew Traumatised and confused, he just one more tale of a doomed know how fate and humanity about Aby joining up was got lost on the way back. That youth. were to conspire to ensure when he arrived at home in was enough to be arrested as he did not reach manhood. his uniform after having lied a deserter. Following the court T Coffey Warsaw was under Russian about his age, and accepted Marshall, Aby was sentenced rule and part of a world that the King’s Shilling at the age was already preparing for the of 16. turmoil and brutality of the 20th Century. Persecuted by Aby had hardly fired a gun the Russians, the Bevisteins when, within a few months, moved to the overcrowded he was on the front line. In a East End of London in 1902. bombardment, Aby suffered
Aby during the War
www.landau-forte.org.uk 13 Remembering the Fallen With 2014 seeing the centenary of were Nathan Newsum and Amber Rudge Saturday saw the group move to visit the outbreak of hostilities that would with Miss Taylor accompanying them the Somme area - the site of one of the become known as the First World War, on this extended weekend. The first most controversial actions of the entire there has been a flowering of interest day was spent this side of the Channel war. The cold conditions of the day in the conflict. As a part of the way with team building exercises including a made the experience all the more vivid that schools up and down the country Jacob’s Ladder Challenge which Nathan’s as students reinacted at the Sheffield have been encouraged to be involved, team won. New friends were made and Park what it would have been like to the Department for Education and the the students began researching a local be ordered ‘over the top’. Nathan and Department for Communities and Local soldier; John Henry Buxton of 234 Slack Amber worked out that the first day of Government joined forces to offer two Lane, Derby who had fought as part of the Somme alone would have been likely students from each selected school or the Leicestershire Regiment in the 6th to have affected over 5% of the British college a once in a lifetime opportunity battalion and was killed on 9 October 1917 population, an overwhelmingly moving to visit the battlefields and cemeteries aged 20. They discovered that he had been realisation for some people in the group, of France and Belgium. buried at Tynecot Cemetery after being and understandably so. The final visit was moved from the fields of Passchendale. to Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Here our For Landau Forte College, this opportunity students found the grave of a fifteen year was offered to our Year 11 students who On the Saturday (after a delay at old boy who had lied about his age to join are studying the First World War as a part Eurotunnel), the students visited this up and died within weeks of reaching his of their GCSE course. The lucky recipients massive and moving cemetery (11,000 posting. At death he was the same age as graves and the names of 35,000 missing both Amber and Nathan - a truly sobering soldiers) actually managing to locate his thought. grave and pay their respects. Astonishingly, 60% of the graves at Tynecot are to As the centenary commemorations unknown soldiers. That evening saw a continue, many more of us will be spurred service at the Menin Gate which hundreds to research our own family connections and of people attended to pay their respects. to try to make sense of this devastating A moving but unforgettable experience conflict, the repercussions of which we are with the mournful cries of the bugle and still feeling today. Will you be one? bagpipes making the hairs on the back of the neck stand on end! A Brown
14 www.landau-forte.org.uk 15 España 2014
During Enrichment Week, we went Tossa de Mar is full of little shops, from of artwork. In Barcelona, we had lunch in to Tossa de Mar in the region of bakeries to sweet shops and souvenirs to the park where we watched mimes and Catalonia where we had an awesome vintage clothing shops, but our favourite had a beautiful view of Barcelona and the time. The town we were staying shop was the ice cream parlour! We sea. We took a stroll down the Ramblas in was very pretty and there was a would also go to the hotel’s rooftop and a tour bus around some of the most fortress surrounding it. Many of us pool every afternoon and everyone had famous sites in the city. The weather was made the fortress walls the subject a great time swimming or just relaxing beautiful, which meant we all had to keep of our artwork. Every day whilst with our friends. slapping on the sun cream, but even so we were there, we went down to some of us did get a little burnt! the little town and had time to do During our visit to Barcelona, we visited some fun activities around the town the Joan Miro art gallery. The artwork Elise Roberts and Gemma Morley, helping us to know more of the was interesting, vibrant and very Year 11 language as well as free time to shop colourful, and whilst we were there we and to familiarise ourselves sketched some of our favourite pieces with the area.
16 “@10matrou: I think camp was the best, could have been longer, I was the fastest on the vertical climbing course actually #Dominator”
Can you face “@10charus: Camp was perfect! Team building, “The Eliminator”? friendship building and cuts & bruises ha-ha Year 10 Enrichment wouldn’t have changed For the first time in The all-new, jam-packed simultaneously, racing to anything about it “ Landau’s history, Year 10 Enrichment the top. Standing on top of Year 10 went on a residential was created, ‘The Eliminator’ was a feat residential during with an entire day of accomplished by a glorious Enrichment week. This high-adventure activities few, and definitely earned was in direct response included! The air-rifle them bragging-rights (and to the previous year’s shooting and archery tested seemed to be mentioned in evaluation in which the skills of the students, all the best tweets about students expressed as did the traverse climbing, camp!) their preference for where students motivated more of what they themselves and each other The high-adventure day, had experienced in to progress quickly. Some combined with volley-ball; Year 7 and Year 9. students were even lucky quick cricket; orienteering; More challenge and enough to have a go at the quizzes and a whole host of more reward was the artificial caving attached team activities (including a aim; it needed to build to this, where ball-pits retro egg and spoon race) upon those previous in the dark led to much certainly left the Y10s’ experiences and leave amusement and squeals of exhausted. The student the students with delight! The abseiling was feedback confirms that a lasting memories. a real test of bravery, but great time was had by all, It is after all, the last it was an obstacle entitled and if anything, expectations enrichment before “The Eliminator” that were exceeded. Current Year those all-important seemed to cause the biggest 10 get ready - there is an GCSEs! stir: a huge vertical obstacle exciting enrichment ahead made of wooden logs, cargo with your name on it! netting and spinning tyres, that two people climbed A Wrampling
www.landau-forte.org.uk 17 Year 9 Enrichment - Hesley Wood For Year 9 Enrichment we raft building, canoeing, crate could join in with a game of had different meals including went to Hesley Wood. Before tower building, rock climbing rounders if we wanted to pasta, burgers, sandwiches departing, we got to pick and an assault course. We and there were footballs and and more. Overall we had the people we wanted to were given the chance to take tennis equipment as well. a great time, helped by the share a room or tent with part in two of these activities Each meal was cooked by fantastic sunshine! and the activities we wanted which we enjoyed very much. the students and we had to to do for the residential. The rest of the days were clean up after ourselves. We Aaron Austria, Apsara Activities included archery, spent with our friends; we Gurung and Shagor Ahmad, Year 10
Budding Criminologists
On Wednesday 17 September, Dr Matthew Long from Nottingham Trent University came to give a talk to Year 13 students about Criminology and how it and other social sciences are taught at Nottingham. Car chases, mass murder, strain theory, stereotypes of criminals; all featured in a fascinating talk covering the multitudinous range of topics that a criminologist can study. Students were able to ask many questions about the range of careers available to a graduate of Criminology.
Dr Long’s colleague, Dr Nayala Rehman then gave a short talk about the wide range of courses offered by the Social Sciences Faculty, the qualifications needed to be able to apply for these places and the careers such qualifications could lead to. A favourite part of this talk was the free bright orange pens and notebooks handed out; very useful!
C Parrish
18 Tropical Inc. is a company which teaches children and adults alike Totally Tropical! about the conservation of our planet On Tuesday 16 September, and aims to increase our awareness of Tropical Inc. visited the all types of exotic animals. Tropical College to show Year Inc. visits nurseries, schools and 9 a presentation on universities all over the country. endangered animals, featuring live animals. The endangered animals were Steven Rowland from fascinating! We were able to hold the Tropical Inc. showed us parrot as it is very friendly. Macaws a variety of animals are the second biggest parrots in the including a macaw, world. We got to feel the snake’s skin python, two which was very smooth. Mr Rowland hedgehogs, two also talked to us about the dangers scorpions, a toad, a that albino animals face in the wild tree frog and a skink. before showing us a real albino This makes a link to hedgehog. the learning in our Science sessions Our favourite animal was the parrot where we are because it was very interesting and it currently studying loved to talk. We also loved the two the interactions of hedgehogs because they are cute and animals in a food chain. they walked around the tables so we got see them up close.
Overall, our Tropical Inc. experience was fantastic. It was informative, interesting, fun and inspiring!
Ruby Holyoak and Libby Toplis, Year 9 Hands-on is the best way to learn!
In September, Year 13 Chemistry students had the opportunity to put their knowledge of Analytical Science Spectroscopy... to the test when the Royal Society of Chemistry came into the College with in a suitcase their ‘Spectroscopy in a suitcase’ outreach scheme. The two hour workshop involved all students carrying out a series of “whodunnit” activities using a combination of their theoretical analytical science knowledge and hands-on experience of spectroscopy techniques.
All students participated to solve the mystery of the death of Mr Green using Proton NMR and Mass Spectroscopy to identify the samples found at the crime scene. After analysing and identifying the samples they compared them with Mr Green’s urine, drug and blood samples, aiming to discover who the murderer was and how the crime was committed. Having read the police interviews scripts the students concluded that Mrs Green had killed Mr Green out of envy and jealousy. Overall it was thoroughly interesting and informative experience with students developing their practical skills, analytical technique and gaining an insight into the world of criminology.
L Brocklebank
www.landau-forte.org.uk 19 Floating on Air: Adam’s Success Adam Turnbull’s success started racing in May this year positions meant that Adam at a combined UK and and this weekend got his first gained third place. He was also European hovercraft race race win, beating both last on equal points for second in meeting at Towcester race year’s junior champion and the the European round but again, course has been one of newly-crowned champion for following the assessment of hard-work, dedication and this year. results, he got a third overall. perseverance. The results for the UK round We are very proud of his The racing was very close and were unbelievably close, with success and his very mature hard-fought, but all the junior the top three on equal points. attitude (and the fact he drivers are very considerate Using the most number of didn’t crash!). racers and good friends when wins and the results of the out of their craft. Adam only last race to decide overall N Turnbull, Parent
Team building and raising team building skills. We used this money for World Challenge experience to identify strengths has proved to be a challenge. and weaknesses as a team. We As a group we decided to plan are hoping to do more nights like and conduct a fun night for the this as it was such a success such students, parents and tutors as quiz nights and maybe another with “Strictly Come Landau”. Strictly! We asked various tutors to take part and the fabulous Mrs The event was a great success and T Grant taught them how to a big thank you goes out to all of strut their stuff. those who took part as well as Mrs Edwards who organised the Friday Our organisation skills were staff night. tested and Mrs Edwards had to step in to help us as times, Faith Chorley, Year 13 however, together we managed to make a great show. The tutors were prepared, the technicalities in the theatre were great (this was done by the technical team) and there was a great audience taking part. The winning tutors were Mr Goring and Mrs Vaughan with their contemporary routine on the student night and Miss Hannigan and Mr Owen on the staff performance night. This experience has not only helped us on our fundraising adventure, but has enhanced our
20 Speaking Out, Speaking Up!
4 July, they were: Matthaus Kachembere, who will Rouse, Gillian Kachembere not only receive the very and Charlotte Mould. impressive ‘Chris Williamson Trophy’ but will also get to Yet again, our students rose visit the Houses of Parliament to the challenge of competing as part of her prize. in a public arena, and against students from other schools All politicians start On 3 July 2014, Year 10 Luther King-style motivational and Colleges. Eye contact, somewhere. Perhaps Landau Performing Arts Students speeches, which the students carefully considered emphasis Forte College is currently took part in a Public Speaking delivered with passion and and pace, and emotions educating a future MP, or Workshop, which culminated conviction to four judges – behind the words were the with its world class ethos, a in each student delivering a and the general public! The real key to success in delivery, Prime Minister? Well done speech from Derby Speakers’ feedback from the judges was and what a success it was- for to all the Year 10 Performing Corner (by the fountain near outstanding, with three of our one of our students went on Arts students. the Assembly Rooms). There students being chosen to go to win the whole competition! were a range of epic Martin through to the final on Friday A huge well done to Gillian A Wrampling
Wind Band Success! I’ve been lucky enough to Our first rehearsal will take place on be a member of Derby Music a Sunday morning in early October. Centre since 2011. I now play We also have a three day residential in Senior Wind Band along with course at Whitemoor Lakes, where Senior Clarinet Ensemble and we will rehearse intensively, and the Orchestra. We rehearse perform in a concert at the end of from 9.15am to 12.30pm and the week, with a further residential each ensemble has a different course at Lea Green next year. We conductor. We have worked hope to get through to the finals of with Peter Glennville, a the National Concert Band Festival talented clarinettist, and Tom next April. Jones, former head of Music at Chellaston School. Conducted by Mark Herron, many of the players are beyond Grade Last June, the conductor of Clarinet 8 standard and I look forward to Ensemble suggested that a few challenging myself, increasing my of us apply to Derbyshire County repertoire and improving both Wind Band. In the audition (The musically and technically. I am Hayes Conference Centre, 14 proud to be a member of the County July), I had to play a study piece, Wind Band. some scales and two pieces of sight reading. Several weeks later I Isabelle Moss, Year 11 received a letter to say I had been successful, along with two other members of the clarinet ensemble. I was delighted!
www.landau-forte.org.uk 21 Introducing... Mr Hulland
What is your job role? Aside from work, how Are there any projects or are you involved in Art jobs that you’re working I am the Technical Support Assistant for Art & Design and Artist in and Design? on outside of Landau? Residence. The role includes, as you might expect, activities such as I am a professional illustrator and At the moment I’m working on some ordering equipment and preparing undertake commissions from a pieces for the next show with my materials for learning sessions. I also broad range of clients. I am part of a collective in London. It’s a voodoo- help students out with technical greater art collective and take part in themed print show so I’ve been advice. I like to provide assistance community based projects. drawing lots of skulls, swamps and wherever I can, and I really enjoy weird chickens! We’re also going to sharing the knowledge and skills What have been your be running a workshop and painting that I’ve picked up over the years. a huge mural in Birmingham in main influences? November as part of the Eye Candy festival. What I do varies from week What’s the best part Good question! The 20th century to week and month to month; I about your job at really was an unbelievably magical never know what’s just around the period in time for the art world. corner! Landau Forte? Artists like Henri Matisse, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock worked in The freedom to be able to use completely different ways but have What are your career my creativity and hands-on work. all influenced me in some way: you highlights as an artist? Supporting the students is very can’t necessarily see it in my work, rewarding; there’s often a real buzz but the inspiration is there. I get I’ll never forget my first proper in the Art area and it is a pleasure to inspired by all sorts of other things paid job as an illustrator: it was for be around. too, like brutalist architecture, punk Orange Mobile back in 2007. I was rock and 20th century American so proud! literature. Inspiration is intangible and ethereal, and completely I’ve also been lucky enough to personal from one person to the exhibit work in lots of places: one next. that I am particularly proud of was my very first exhibition, a group show with Inkygoodness at the 2011 Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin. It was an amazing installation of hand- painted wooden box ‘totem poles’. I was the grand prize winner of the ‘Salon des Refuses’ exhibition at Nottingham’s Surface Gallery that year too: my prize was to put on an exhibition at the Lace Market Gallery.
A Hulland and Sidney Wilson, Year 13
22 Introducing...
www.landau-forte.org.uk 23 Enrichment Overview Year 10 Genius Project During Enrichment Week this might not ordinarily get to do as year, our Year 10 students part of their normal curriculum were treated to a wide range and to see the students leaving of exciting opportunities the project at the end of the as part of The Genius day with a genuine feeling of Project. This encompassed accomplishment. Well an entire day of activities done to everybody such as Street Art led by involved and a big James “Graffiti Man” Mayle, thank you goes out Beat-boxing led by former to all of the staff Landau Forte student Lucas who help the day go Brooks, clay animation and so smoothly. music video editing. It was fantastic to see the students G Davies engaged in work that they
Year 7 journeyed to Kibblestone, where activities. The second day saw students they spent two nights camping and play rounders, orienteer themselves taking part in numerous activities. around the countryside, splash in Upon arrival students were placed into the nearby streams, create bridges teams and began the first team building from wood and rope and become activities. Once they were settled in, sumo wrestlers, amongst many other students took part in a number of activities. A fun-filled day, mixed with activities, to try and earn as many points very little sleep started to take effect as possible to place them at the top of and students started to sneak off to the leader board. Following this, Miss their beds for naps during their free Wright and Miss Haigh successfully fed time. Another boost from Miss Wright Year 7 Camp us all. Students were ready for guiding and Miss Haigh’s cooking and the tuck themselves as a team through the shop, gave students just enough energy woods, blindfolded! Students then got to dance and party to DJ Onesie’s latest to relax around the camp fire with some disco set, before a relaxing cup of hot marshmallows before heading off to bed. chocolate and heading to bed. Students were waved off the next morning with Most students missed out on their a game of Mr Fox’s ‘it’s a knockout’, beauty sleep, but were up at 5.30am before all staff caught up on some ready for the next instalment of well-earned sleep.
Miss Haigh
Year 10 Performers On Monday 7 July and Friday 11 July, Year 10 students performed brilliantly in a range of adrenalin pumping activities reaching new heights with rock climbing and new depths of power with weights and body pump. They also practiced the Brazilian Martial Art and Dance of Capoeira, sharpened their noticing skills with Archery, and learnt some self-defence moves and martial arts techniques with Krava Maga and Karate. If the Year 10s seemed exhausted by the weekend, they had good reason!
L Adelin
24 Making the Grade
Congratulations to the following students who recently passed the following music examinations:
• Daniel Woolley, Trumpet Grade 7 with Merit • Leah Morgan, Trumpet Grade 7 • Alex Albiston, Trombone Grade 3 with Merit • Eve Waterhouse, Trumpet Grade 1 with Distinction • Kathryn Watkins, Trumpet Grade 1 with Distinction
A massive well done to all!
Performing Arts Team
Sports Awards Landau Forte College hosted the annual Sports Presentation evening in front of an audience of parents, students, staff and guests. The awards were presented by Stephen Whitely, Chief Executive, Landau Forte Charitable Trust. Over one hundred students from across all key stages were recognised for their sporting successes within the curriculum and beyond.
MOST IMPROVED STUDENT YOUNG LEADERS OF THE YEAR THE SAM ROBINSON AWARD
Chloe Sharratt / Kobi-Kazia Callum Ward Bethany White Barclay Izzard Jadyn Thompson Thompson
THE REECE JEFFREY AWARD SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Joseph Asher Cameron Wilton Tiara Samuel
P Harvey
Sports Person of the Year who represents Great Britain in Badminton
www.landau-forte.org.uk 25 Interdivision Badminton The return of the PE interdivision Winners: Y7 - Reece Arber, competition saw students showcasing Runner up: Bradley Stanley their badminton skills this term with individual competing against each other for not only divisional points but also for Winners: Y8 – Sam Oxford and Ifetchi Michael, the prestigious Badminton crown. Runners up: Weslie Tsang and Euan Readett
Over the four days of competition, fifty Winners Y9 – Ali Shamia, Harry Madden, five students battled it out in the hunt Runners up: Amaan Rehman and Uwais Raja for the interdivision crown. Students were rewarded for their participation and success. Winners Y10 – Jake Pierrpont, Runner up: Tom Doherty T Lightfoot Winners Y11 – Miles Barton-Black, Runner up: Aarondeep Khandola
part! Congratulations to all those who took
26 Kitzbuhel European Triathlon Championship: This was the race I was most was terrifying, but marshals looking forward to because waving flags helped. The it’s known as the most bike ascents were painful challenging sprint triathlon and I was praying that I in the world. An 825m would not have to get off swim in Lake Schwarzsee; a the bike mid-mountain 20km bike up a breathtaking and walk. I didn’t. The run mountain massif known as came: I settled into a limp ‘Wilder Kaisser’ and a 5km run, soaking in the amazing undulating run. The ultimate scenery and watching challenge had further respectfully as a 50 year obstacles including a tear in old man overtook me. I got my leg muscle and on race through the finish; it felt day torrential rain poured like it was all over too soon. down. Unfortunate athletes I have a fantastic sense of with upturned bikes were achievement for completing spread out at the start of this race, and it’s going to be the course where they had hard to find a new challenge skidded into one another. to top this! The lack of vision from steep descents into sharp corners L Adelin
Pontevedra Duathlon World Championship:
A lot of athletes doing this downhill above 35mph and event were focusing on how navigating corners, wind, we were going to sprint 10k traffic and other cyclists, is up a mountain on a bike. quite scary. It takes a lot of Nobody spoke about the 8k courage to not put the brakes descent! As it happened, the on, and it’s a fine line between climb went really well for courage and recklessness. me and I found the descent was the trickiest part- going L Adelin
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