Arts College Newsletter November 2020 November 2020 November 2020 Graduation for our incredible Student Leaders Be Brilliant We are looking for year 10 students who would like to Miss Kennett and Mr Single were delighted to be able congratulate all our Key Stage 4 apply to the Scholars Program run by The Brilliant Club. We Leaders on their completion of the 2019-2020 Homewood Student Leadership Programme. have 12 places available to start in January 2021. Students can read more about it on the presentation that is stored on Although the previous academic year was cut short, all of the students, throughout year 9, 10 Student Share. and 11 demonstrated outstanding commitment and determination whilst attending a range of sessions, meetings and events between September to March, along with helping to raise over an astonishing £3000 for three different school charities. What a fantastic success! The programme will not only widen your understand- ing of university, it will also develop a range of valuable, transferable skills which will help you no matter what you do after leaving school. It will consist of five tutorials that take place in school with the supervision of a PhD student as your mentor. You will be expected to complete an assignment and take part in a feedback session. The whole programme ends with a celebration of your graduation at a university. To apply to take part in the Scholars Programme you do not have to be sure that you want to go to university but should have an interest in finding out more about university. We are looking for applicants who are curious about learning new things, are prepared to commit to the programme and have the potential to go on and study at a top university. ................................................................... If you have any questions about the programme, please contact Dr C Tyson at Remembrance Day [email protected]. On Armistice Day, a short remembrance service took Fact Further information about The Brilliant Club can be found at www.thebrilliantclub.org place in the memorial garden where two students from each college laid wreaths on behalf of the whole school 1919 throughout the British Commonwealth. Be a Healthy Elf for Christmas community. ItRemembrance was originally Day called was ‘Armistice first observed Day’ into commemorate Armistice agreement that During the last two weeks before we break up Lessons paused just before 11am for all students to stand ended the First World War on Monday 11th for Christmas, Miss Kennett and Mrs Hayes will in silence in their classrooms to remember those who November, 1918, at 11am on the eleventh be organising a whole-school Christmas charity hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh event, in order to raise money for the British Heart month. across the globe. Foundation. have lost their lives in two world wars and other conflicts It was a poignant service to remember those who The event is called Elf Kick and will involve students taking part in different fun, physical activities during lunch over the course of 5 days. sacrificed so muchFact for us. This will build up to a Christmas fun day on the Belgium, where battles took place. The red to bring Christmassy attire with you to wear whilst coloursPoppies ofgrew the inPoppies many ofsymbolised the fields the in Flanders, blood takingfinal day part. of the event in which you will be allowed spilled in the war. The idea is to get individually sponsored for your efforts via the school’s online payment system. This will then enable Colleges and year groups to compete to see who can raise the most money for ‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow, charity! Between the crosses, row on row’ - John McCrae Take part, have fun and be merry! November 2020 November 2020 In the News Children In Need Joe Biden Wins US Election For President On Friday 13th November, Homewood were proud to be able to support On Saturday 7th November , four long days after the US Children in Need. Unfortunately, the Dance Dash was not quite the same this year, however the show did go on and Miss Harris and her dancers complet- won. Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of ed a virtual dance dash which was well received by the primary schools. election for president, the country finally learned who the US. His running mate, Kamala Harris, will become the The whole school joined in celebration the work of Children in Need with entries for the Duck Race and Non-uniform. Winners were Mrs Adams, Mrs president. Jupp, Mrs Spackman and Mr Bailey. Well done to those of you who donated first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice £1 for a brilliant charity, raising just under £1,600 in total. The counting this year was long and drawn out. That’s mainly because so many people took part in early voting or voted by mail. These votes arrived early, but in some states, rules made it impossible to count them before election day. On Tuesday night, Mr. Biden had a strong lead, but 6 states were still too close to call. On Satur- day, Mr. Biden won the state of Pennsylvania, giving him 279 electoral college votes – more than the 270 he needed to win. Mr. Biden said, “It’s time for America to unite. And to heal.” Did You know? ................................................................... Homewood’s Dance Dash Competition is 27 years old! Did You know? Did You know? Knife awareness This year Joe Wicks Children in Need 2020 has competition completed a raised over £37 million and still counting! The knife Awareness School Art Competition 24 hour PE Lesson and raised over £2 million can be entered by Year groups 7-13. Art can be submitted in any form including Dance, Drama, Do you want to win yourself an Amazon voucher worth Music, Sculpture or painting. The VRU will £100 plus a voucher worth showcase this work across Kent and Medway. Did You know? £750 for your school? Did You know? Are you creative and want Children in Need was an opportunity to showcase This Year is Children in your artistic flair? and raised £1 million. Need’s 40th anniversary Speak to your teacher first broadcast in 1980 to enter the Violence Reduction Unit knife awareness art competition. Did You know? Since it was launched in 1980 the charity has raised £600 million for good causes November 2020 November 2020 Your Recommended Music, Reading and Movies Your Recommended Music, Recommended Music Reading and Movies Gojira Netflix Recommendation Jacob Gee Year 10 Gojira are a French heavy metal band from Bayonne. Originally formed as Godzilla in 1996, they changed their name to Gojira in 2001. The band’s lineup, consisting of brothers Joe Duplantier (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Mario Duplantier (drums, backing vocals), Designated Survivor Christian Andreu (lead guitar), and Jean-Michel Labadie (bass), Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level cabinet member who is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the US “Dynamite” is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS, BTS - Dynamite Capital during the State of the Union. In this dramatic released on August 21, 2020. “Dynamite” is an upbeat dis- Millie Allen Year 10 thriller, Kirkman will struggle to keep the country and his co-pop song with elements of funk, soul and bubblegum pop. own family from falling apart, while navigating the The track features snapping handclaps, echoing synths, and highly-volatile political arena and while leading the search celebratory horns, takingSYML influence from 1970s music. and gripping. Holly Williams Year 10 to find who is responsible for the attack. Slick, suspenseful SYML is the moody solo venture of Seattle musician Brian Fennell Stranger Things Amber Elgar Year 10 Recommended Reading Refugee Boy - Benjamin Zephaniah disappearanceA gripping sci-fi of set a young in the boy1980s amid in thesupernatural fictional town events of Hawkins, Indiana, the first season focuses on the investigation into the Acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah’s honest, occurring around the town, including the appearance of a girl wry and poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more with psychokinetic abilities. Addictive and exciting! safe for Alem. His father is Ethopian, his mother Eritrean. Their countries arepower at war, and andpertinence Alem is todaywelcome than in when neither it was place. first So published. Alem is excited Life is to not gone. What seems like a betrayal is in fact an act of love, but now Alem is Movie Recommendation alonespend in a holidaya strange in country,London andwith he his must father forge - until his heown wakes path up.. to find him More than This - Patrick Ness The Dark Night Trilogy Holly Williams Year 10 Jacob Gee Year 10 More Than This is a young adult novel by Patrick Ness, The Dark Knight Series is a set of three Christopher Nolan Batman published by Candlewick Press in 2013. It follows a movies. It includes Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), teenage boy named Seth who, after drowning in the ocean, and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary wakes up alone on a desolate suburban English street. Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Cillian Murphy appeared in all three movies. Dune - Frank Herbert The story explores the multi-layered Jacob Gee Year 10 interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion. November 2020 November 2020 Christmas Lockdown Ideas Pets Corner Meet the PE Department’s pets... Play a game over Zoom with your friends! Facts about Scooby, Cocker Spaniel Linkee! Facts about Bracken, Springer Spaniel Age: 10 Favourite food: Scooby Age: 4 Linkee is a simple, ‘shouty-outy’ quiz game that does things snacks/sausages Favourite food: Biscuits a little differently to other games.