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 Wolverine Star Comics. He first appeared in 1979’s Incredible #8 Diana Hulk #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 Iron Man 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 avengers. 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.