Here comes the time for another set of ‗Bye Byes‘ and happy tears. Inside you will get a chance to read about trips, Leavers‘ Day and interviews with teachers who are sadly leaving us…

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3. Interview with Miss Hayes 4. Interview with Mr Leadon 5. Interview about World Challenge Trip to China 6. Pathways to Success Conference (Murray Edwards College, Cambridge) 8. Canterbury Trip 10. Brunel University Open Day Review 12. Sports Day 14. Year 13 Leaver‘s Day Pictures 15. Year 13 Prom Pictures 16. Enterprise Week 20. Art and Photography Exhibition 21. Recent Music Album Releases 22. Recent Film Releases 24. Music Festivals 25. Sudoku

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How long have you been at Bullers What was your best memory here at Wood? Bullers? For 5 years. I taught some of the I think it would have to be the Paris trip. kids who are now in Year 11 and It was last year and we went with the some who were then in Years 8 and Year 8‘s and we walked half way up the Eiffel Tower. 9 who are now in the Sixth Form, which is really nice. If you weren‘t a teacher what would you be? Which school will you be moving to? I think I would still be in fashion. I I‘m going to Hayes (in Bromley) to worked in fashion before teaching, in the be the Head of Biology. retail industry. I liaised with people from What will you miss the most about all over the world, but I found working in Bullers? an office boring. Although we did get lots of freebies like bags at Christmas and Without a doubt the teachers in the science designer sunglasses and watches! So it department. They are lovely people. And definitely had some perks. I‘m not just saying this but my Year 12 form (12I) is so lovely, as are my Year 12 Finally, when you were at school Biology students too! what was your favourite subject? Why did you want to become a Biology, of course. science teacher in the first place? Because I loved Biology. And also because I loved talking! So it just made sense to put the two together.

Tell us something that no one in this school knows about you?

Hahaha! That's a good one. I do dressage riding every Tuesday [Dressage riding involves making the horses jump to the sides and dance around). By Catherine and Alisha 3

―I started at Bullerswood on January 1 I shall be very sad (correction I am very 2009 as Head of the then Year 13. I sad) to be giving up being Head of Year 12 was overjoyed to have been appointed to and Head of Year 13 next year, but sadly the post, as it is essentially a pastoral my health has not been as strong as I role. I had been a Head of House at should have liked it to have been in order Kelsey Park Sports Academy and had to carry on this very demanding role. then been promoted to Head of Faculty. While I enjoyed this position I had What I shall miss most is working closely missed the pastoral work that I had with the students who have needed extra done as Head of House, so when this support in one way or another and their position came up I jumped at it. tutors and parents, often employing my skills as a Youth Counsellor to offer As a team, the Sixth Form work guidance and support. together and so not one person ever really claims an achievement to be The thing perhaps that a lot of people solely theirs, but I have been very pro- don‘t know about me is that I am a fully active in identifying students for Close paid up member of Equity, the Actors‘ Monitoring in D4 and worked closely Union, and I have just been signed up with Mrs Martin and Mrs Newman in with a new agent, so who knows… getting this organised, up and running and regularly monitored. I wish Mr Weeks all the best as the new Head of Year 13 and students success in In addition, this year was the first that their studies. As a part timer, I shall still we had tutor groups and I feel proud to be assisting the Sixth Form team to some have led a great team of dedicated and supportive Form Tutors who not only extent, so you haven‘t seen the last of me have delivered the General Studies yet...... ‖ sessions but have been strong guides and mentors.

In a lighter vein, I was more than relieved that, as the lead member of a vast team that included Mrs Seal, The Sixth Form Team, Martha, Lucy, Harry and many other members of Year 12, we managed to write, cast and stage the Christmas pantomime with a talented cast of Sixth Formers and By Critica 4 Teaching Staff.

Sapheena garcha (pictured right) will be taking part in the World Challenge trip to China. Here are the questions we asked her:

Why are you going to China? We were offered the chance to participate in the World Challenge expedition to China about 2 years ago. I thought it would be a great experience as well as a good activity to put onto my personal statement for UCAS especially as it seems that Are you looking forward to seeing University places are getting harder anything in particular? to secure. I really want to see the Great Wall of China as well as the Forbidden What activities will you be doing in City, in Beijing. China? Whilst we are there we will be doing Finally, is there anyone you would two treks. One trek will be at Emel like to thank? Shan, which is a Buddhist mountain Yes, I would like to thank Mrs shrine, and the other trek will be Fletcher for organising everything across rice paddy fields. We will also from our visas to our tents. I would be participating in community also like to thank Miss Delafond who projects as well as working with the will be coming with us to support us. famous Chengdu Pandas. Last but not least, I would like to thank our World Challenge leader Have you got any fears about going to Glynn for being brave enough to be China? the only male joining us. LOADS! My biggest fear is the insects. I‘m also scared about the fact that I won‘t have any direct contact with my friends and family and of course missing out on Facebook.

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th On 6 July, three students were manufacturers she designed a new invited to visit Cambridge‘s Murray type of shuttlecock.

Edwards College to attend the We also heard Clare‘s inspirational ‗Pathways to Success‘ conference. story of going from a career in The 24 hours consisted of various research science to Managing workshops as well as breakfast, Director of various bathroom and furniture companies. lunch and dinner. The main focus of the event, however, were two Both women encouraged us to do inspirational speeches from Clare what we want in life, rather than Briegal and Alison Cooke. what we think will earn us the most money, or get the best job. I found Both women studied at the college this aspect very inspirational. They we visited and it was interesting to demonstrated how it is possible to hear how their time at Cambridge combine a very successful career with a family and change between got them to where they are now. various jobs in your lifetime. Although Alison has a BA and PhD in Engineering and Clare has an During the evening misconceptions about Cambridge University were MA in Natural Sciences, both also clarified. Both Clare and Alison women have left academia and now told us how they managed to play successfully run their own sport throughout their entire college businesses. life and still get a fantastic qualification, proving Cambridge is With significance for Murray not ‗all work and no play‘. Edwards College, an all female Workshops showed us how a institution, both women emphasised Cambridge interview isn‘t as the struggles they faced in the world daunting as it may seem and the of science, which is mostly interviewing tutors want you to do dominated by men. as well as you can, rather than try Alison Cooke managed to be the first to catch you out. person to understand the science behind the aerodynamic properties of shuttlecocks and with Dunlop as 6

The other workshops helped us floor on a podium decorated with define success, which was more fairy lights! difficult than everyone thought. We Overall, the trip was a great success had to choose if we‘d rather become and really motivational. After the Lady Gaga or JK Rowling and by 24 hours we all had a better idea of the end of the workshop everyone what college life at Cambridge is had the chance to argue which like and how to become more person was most successful in their successful. I‘m grateful for the view. opportunity to attend and would like One of the highlights of the to thank Mr Weeks, who organised conference was the dinner. After the visit, for an amazing experience. trying to work out what ‗rising servery‘ meant , we realised when the dessert literally rose up from the

Left to Right: Stephanie Back, Lidia Guillen, Hollie Hennessy.

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The day started off a bit behind After this we were shown the well- schedule, with the coach arriving stocked library which was quite late! However once the coach had impressive, with floors arranged arrived, we all hopped on, and off according to the type of study you we went! The journey was not as want to do, for example group study long as I expected it to be and I was or individual study. amazed at the size of the campus at the University of Kent. Some people described it as being almost like a Walking around the site, we found ―mini town‖. Once we arrived, we the campus to be quite peaceful and were split into two groups and had quiet with extraordinary views of two students from the University to Canterbury. The campus had much show us around. to offer, having its own little cinema, convenience shop, gym and

the campus‘ own nightclub ―The The tour guide informed us about Loft‖. Our guide was careful to the accommodation and what we mention some of the people that could expect from each type that the have performed there, including University had to offer. There are Michael McIntyre, Tinie Tempah, two types of accommodation; self- Ellie Goulding (A former student of catering and catered, each having the university) and S-Club 3 (which positives and negatives. You would got a laugh). We then had lunch in not want to share a self-catering flat the campus‘ dining hall. with someone who had no idea how to cook and who thought that you could put a tin of baked beans into a After lunch, we were able to go into microwave to warm it up! Canterbury town centre to look around for a while.

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Whilst there we were fascinated by Overall the trip was a great the numerous historical buildings in experience and the Year 12 Canterbury, including the Cathedral participants would like to thank the which was beautiful. Sixth Form team for an amazing

The day as a whole was very day. interesting and everyone enjoyed it. It was useful to us to see how the University functioned, and to ask questions about University life.

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When we arrived outside the University, there were a lot of star- struck gazes. For a lot of people, this was where they were going to live and study; for others, it was their first glimpse of what University life would be like and, well, it was daunting. Like many Universities and first days in secondary school, everything was big, really big! Afterwards we were separated into groups depending on the subject we wished to take. The group I chose was ICT.

We were told about the facilities they had, although what we saw At first, the ―future generation‖ of looked good, some of the equipment undergraduates were gathered in a looked as if it had been over used. huge lecture hall where we listened to a talk. Towards the end of the day, we attended another talk which aimed The speaker would often refer to the to persuade us to chose Brunel high status of the university and its University. the talk was very ranking amongst institutions in interesting and enthusiastic. overall London. the Brunel University open day definitely proved to be an interesting

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Brunel University Isambard kingdom Brunel Statue

Brunel University Building

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Sports Day began with a morning of As the pieces of equipment were field events with girls from years 7 being thrown further, girls were to 10 partaking in events from soon cheering for one another and javelin to long jump. the competition began to mount and these events became really enjoyable It was an exciting morning, with to watch. Sixth Form volunteers helping to set up the various pieces of equipment needed for the variety of events (as well as enjoying watching individuals attempting to jump over the high jump bar) Year 7 Bullers Wood girls had the privilege to be coached by a few members of the GB squad (pictured below) and I am sure (by the looks on their faces), that they thoroughly enjoyed this experience. By mid- afternoon the whole school came Besides helping to set up, the Sixth charging through the field gates, all Form volunteers had the added job of prepped up for the afternoon events. measuring distances, and offering encouragement and support to the girls participating in their chosen events.

There were many javelins soaring through the sky and shot-puts launched into the air, and the staff will agree when I say that there were some very good distances thrown in these events.

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Everybody looked forward to the blue Overall Sports Day was a very ribbon event 100 m, and there were successful event and several performances that had the Congratulations to all the winners. whole crowd cheering! Not forgetting Thank You to the teachers who were an excellent 200m run by a young involved in organising the day and pupil in Year 8, Michelle to every one else who helped. Mbangweta, as she rocketed down the 100m straight without any difficulty.

The day ended with the staff and sixth form relay which was very entertaining seeing various teachers running against each other, all ‗in the name of fun‘.

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Enterprise Week was from the 11th to anthem. The winning team won a 15th July. Following a trip to prize. Well done to the winning Red Canterbury on the Monday, on and Polka Dot teams. Tuesday the Year 12s participated in a team building activity. In the main The second half of the day included a hall we were put in separate groups, talk by Kathy Byrne. Kathy talked each group had a set time to build an us through the intricacies of ‗empire‘ whilst carefully following interviews. She advised us on the strict instructions. Each group‘s ‘Dos‘ and ‘Don‘ts‘ of attending an activities were observed by some interview for either University or teacher ‗observers‘ (as per Nick and employment and gave us a clear Karen in the Apprentice!). insight in to what the interviewers are expecting. The teachers then had a chance to look at each groups‘ empire and the teams voted on the best building and

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On Wednesday the whole year group The talks were very inspirational and was split into smaller groups. During gave many students another option to periods 1 and 2 some of the groups look into if they are not a 100% sure went to computer rooms where what they will be doing in future. students were given the time to start on their UCAS Registration and Thursday consisted of three talks and Personal Statements. a business game. The morning started with an inspirational talk by The remaining groups went to the Sabirul Islam. He mentioned how he main hall for a talk about other succeeded and pointed out that we options that students could consider if may have to face some sort of they think they will not be going rejection to succeed. He was a very University. This talk was presented enthusiastic person and definitely by Tina Neve, Richard Johnson, motivated us to believe that we can Annabel Brooks, Tabitha Jones and achieve anything we want to as long Helen Hunt. as we work hard for it.

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Following Sabirul‘s talk the whole During the second half of the year group participated in a stock morning a talk was given by tutors trading activity—the ―Stock Market from the University of Surrey and Challenge‖. We were split into groups University of East Anglia. They of 8 and were told that we had to talked us through the ‗perfect‘ buy and sell shares to make a profit. personal statement. They went This activity allowed all the students through examples of what should and to interact with each other and talk shouldn‘t be included and were really to people that they may not normally helpful. We found out a lot of new talk to. There was a very competitive information about writing our atmosphere and all the teams worked personal statements and we also hard to help their team win the learnt what could make us attractive prize. applicants.

The stock trading activity also taught us about the outside business world but most of all taught us a lesson that risks are worth taking if you think they are reasonable because you never know what could happen.

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For the first part of Thursday After discussing drugs and alcohol, afternoon we had the chance to learn we had a talk on sex education where about the dangers of drugs and we were shown a video on how we alcohol, we played an interactive can handle any issues related to the game as a whole year group. Each topic and what help can be offered. student had to name something related to drugs or alcohol and any Overall the week included very misconceptions were clarified. successful events. The Year 12s would like to thank the Sixth Form team Afterwards we split into small groups for organising such inspirational and were given a question to explore. experiences. After we had discussed the question in our group, we were asked to present our answers to everyone else.

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The exams are finally over and to The exhibition was split into two celebrate the hard work of the parts. The first part was dedicated students, the Art and Photography to the examiners who moderated Department put on an exhibition. the work. The second part of the The exhibition consisted of students‘ exhibition was a private show for coursework and final exam pieces. the parents and friends of the students to come in and view the These exams pieces were displayed work. in the Dalo in an arrangement that allowed the audience to walk through the Dalo and look at the Overall the exhibition was very display. popular. All the Art and Photography students would like to Each display board was arranged thank the teachers in the Art and by the student who had created the Photography department for helping work. The way the students them get through the exam period presented their work either had to and giving them lots of support. link in with their exam topic or just be made to look presentable to the examiner and the audience who came to view the exhibition.

The work that was displayed in the Dalo consisted of numerous books and final pieces. Each student had to display a coursework book, a coursework final piece, an exam book, exam final piece and their contextual study book.

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Artist: Beyonce Album Name: 4 Genre: Pop Review: This is the fourth solo album by Beyonce. The title of this album represents important dates in Beyonce‘s life such as her birthday, her husband Jay-Z‘s birthday as well as the date of their wedding anniversary. So far the album has sold 511 000 copies since the release date the 24th of June. This album is currently top of the charts.

Artist: Chris Brown Album Name: F.A.M.E Genre: R&B Review: This is the fourth solo album from Chris Brown. The name of the album is an abbreviation to ‗Forgive All My Enemies‘. The tracks on this album features various artists, such as Wiz Khalifa, Justin Beiber and Tyga. This album sold 273 346 copies in the first week. Some of the tracks within this album have been said to be a tribute to Michael Jackson.

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Reviews taken from www.odeon.co.uk

Title: Tansformers: Dark of The Moon Genre: Action, Adventure Release Date: 01/06/2011 Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich Plot: The moon landings of the sixties held something back, a discovery so threatening to our world that it couldn‘t be shared. But now, it will be known. As the Autobots learn of the hidden Cybertronian spacecraft, so too do the Decepticons. Whoever reaches it first will discover the secrets it holds. It is this which could turn the tide in the Transformers' final battle. With earth shattering visual effects, ‗Transformers: Dark of the Moon‘ sees what was once man‘s finest achievement now threatening the future of our planet. Title: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Genre: Adventure Release Date: 15/07/2011 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter Plot: The epic finale of the Harry Potter series sees the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalate into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe, but it is the eponymous Harry Potter who may need to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with arch-enemy Lord Voldemort. It all ends here. By Critica 22 Title: Bad Teacher Genre: Comedy Release Date: 17/06/2011 Starring: Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch Plot: Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) is a foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate high school teacher. When she‘s dumped by her fiancé, she sets a devious plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake), competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes prove to her students and co-workers that some teachers just don‘t care.

Title: Green Lantern Genre: Action, Science Fiction Release Date: 17/06/2011 Starring: Martin Campbell, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong Plot: Hal is a gifted test pilot, who also happens to be the first human to be selected to join the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps, a brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of universal power, the fate of both the world and the brotherhood lies in his human hands. Title: Kung Fu Panda 2 Genre: Animated, Family Release Date: 10/06/2011 Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Gary Oldman Plot: Action-packed animated sequel that finds hero Po living a contented life protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his kung fu-crazy friends. But his happy new existence is soon threatened with the arrival of a formidable villain who plans to use an unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu forever. Po must look deep into his past and uncover the secrets of 23 his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength to kick his new enemy into touch.

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Articles Written By: Critica Kanesharajah Flavia Ojero Rebekah Walker Catherine King Alisha Murray Hollie Hennessy Zainab Giwa Jaissie Ngan

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!! From The Sixth Sense Team

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