academic year 2014-15 number 7 - farlingaye high school

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F O R U M

13th February 2015

Academic Year 2014-15 – Number 7

Year 10 Great Farlingaye

Bake Off

Crown Head Chef Cookery

Demonstration

Art Visit

Young Enterprise -

”Vision”

Farlingaye’s Fabulous

Fundraising

Maths Competition

Farlingaye German

Conference

Book Mastermind 2015

Library Donations

PE Round Up

U16 Boys’ Basketball

U12 Boys’ Football

U12 Boys’ Basketball Anyone for Croquet?

Anglian Athletics

Sports Hall Athletics

Other Results

MILES ALDER

WITH HIS

MAGNIFICENT

NEW

WHEELCHAIR

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FORUM 13 February 2015

Year 10 Great

Farlingaye Bake Off

W HAT a great bake -of f

competition for the second year running!

On Wednesday January 21s 2015, Year 10 students took part in a Great Bake Off competition inspired by the TV programme as part of an inter-form competition.

In Year 9 students took part in a

similar competition individually with a free choice of what to cook. This year the student council requested something a little different, paired entries and a chocolate theme.

Students from all tutor groups baked their products the previous week at home for their tutor groups to try during morning registration and vote for their favourite. They were judged on flavour, texture and presentation. Entries included:

10F’s Thalia Sivaraj and Ally Ferguson entered with a layered chocolate chip cookie, brownie and melted marshmallow stack.

10R’s Megan Butcher produced a gooey chocolate pudding with

multiple mars bars! 10I’s Laura Russell and Alice

Curzon made a layered chocolate and

vanilla cake decorated with chocolate icing, chocolate fingers, Smarties and mini meringues.

10H’s Molly Lake and Zarrin

Choudhury created a chocolate cookie with a Nutella and salted caramel centre.

The competition involved some comedy moments, including scraping caramel from Rocky bars as caramel had been forgotten from the shopping list, taking the cakes for a walk to cool them down so they could be

decorated and ‘listening’ to the cake to check if it was cooked.

The students were supported by many of their friends and staff who came along to see them in action and help with the tasting of course.

The products were judged by the year team Mr Wakeley, Mrs Ewers, Mrs Stuart and languages teacher Mrs Green. Needless to say we all ate far too much as they were far too tempting to stop!

And the winners were … Molly Lake and Zarrin Choudhury

(10H) with their ridiculously good chocolate cookie with Nutella and

LEFT: LAURA RUSSELL AND ALICE CURZON’S CAKE.

RIGHT: MOLLY LAKE AND ZARRIN CHOUDHURY’S

WINNING CHOCOLATE COOKIES.

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salted caramel centre. Both girls received a recipe book as a prize for their delightful creation, hoping to inspire more cooking, and who

knows, maybe even the next celebrity chef!

All entries were superb and it was a very close competition, well done to all involved! Mrs Ewers

Crown Head Chef

Cookery Demonstration

W E were delighted to welcome Head Chef Luke Bailey and

Sous Chef Tony Roberts from the Crown to the Technology Department on Monday January 19th as guests for Year 10 Catering students.

Luke and Tony brought a wealth of expertise, skills and experience with them to share. Luke has worked around the world including Australia and also in the 2 Michelin star ‘world’s best restaurant’ restaurant Noma in Copenhagen; working with both Valentine Warner and Henry Harris during his career. Tony, originally from South Africa, has also

travelled the world during his catering career and has now been settled in England for around 8 years. Since settling in England he has worked in various restaurants with TA group of hotels as well as their outside caterers to gain a huge variety of experience.

During the afternoon Luke and

Tony demonstrated two dishes for the students, individual apple tarte tatin with honeycomb and blue cheese soufflé. They also served afternoon tea in preparation for the students controlled assessment and talked to the students about careers, training and the industry including job

opportunities and roles within the kitchen.

Students were quite surprised at the long hours Luke and Tony work.

(5 days a week 8am to 3pm with an hour or so break, before starting again to finish at about 10-11.30pm.) Luke also explained that they work Christmases and bank holidays, so if you want to be a chef you need to be very passionate as it is long hours and hard work, although he did emphasise it is a very rewarding job.

They were interested to hear that although it is a very male dominated industry there are no reasons why women can’t be great chefs, and Luke and Tony went on to say that some of best chefs know are women. Mrs Ewers

Art Visit

O N January 19th, Sixth Form students had the opportunity to

hear Sadie Coles talk about her

experiences in the contemporary Art world during a lecture provided by Speakers for Schools. Sadie Coles built up her business from scratch and now owns three large

contemporary art gallery spaces in central London. She also runs the Frieze international Art Fair which is a showcase for art nationally and internationally. Sadie talked to the students about her links with Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and how she came to represent high profile artists such as Sarah Lucas in her Gallery. Students gained valuable insights into the commercial art world and had the chance to ask questions about how to succeed in creative careers, and the best routes to becoming a professional artist. Mrs Hetherington

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Young Enterprise –

“Vision”

A S we formed our young

enterprise group, we were excited at the prospect of making as much money as we could and developing skills that we could carry forward. The first challenge was identifying a product or service we could make profitable. Initially, we had the idea of decorating small

glass hearts and then selling them for a low price but still making a profit; we figured that if we keep the price low we would have a higher selling rate. Unfortunately we found that the demand for glass hearts was nowhere near as high as we initially expected and we decided to abandon the idea altogether.

After doing some research we came up with the idea of manufacturing clocks made out of vinyl records. We managed to purchase a wide range of records, both small and large, and assembled the mechanisms ourselves. The clocks look great and are made to a professional standard. We found that the clocks sold well in Woodbridge

and really sky-rocketed. We also decided to make small candles and

sell them on the same stall as the clocks. They sold well as we priced them at good value for money and they looked high quality with our quirky labels.

When our group first started in the process of Young Enterprise, we struggled to organise ourselves into a productive group. We started off with having one weekly meeting, but soon realised that this wasn’t enough considering the amount of tasks that needed to be completed. Currently,

we meet twice a week and do work related to our ideas in our own free time. We have been able to overcome a number of people leaving the group, and have adapted easily to the new group size. We have had to make a few role changes along the way in order to let everyone have the best role possible for them. I feel that communication amongst the group has significantly improved since we first started, as we have learnt that we need to constantly share ideas and our progress.

We are now moving on and developing our product ideas into different areas, including recycled tin cans made into various products

such as stationery holders, for various target audiences. Jessie Crosby 12P

THE RECORD CLOCKS AND

SCENTED CANDLES ON SALE

FROM THE YOUNG

ENTERPRISE GROUP.

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Farlingaye’s Fabulous

Fundraising

I N late September, the school

launched an appeal to help buy a new wheelchair for one of our Year 9 students.

Miles has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and needs a specially adapted bespoke electric wheelchair to accommodate his needs as he grows. Such a chair is very expensive

and the school community rallied to support the appeal.

£2,000 was donated from the proceeds of the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop. An astonishing £11,469.90 was received from events held in school including; the WWI Centenary concert, Year 7 Halloween Disco, Rowathon, SuperRock, non-uniform day, a Staff Bake Off, silent auction, cake sale and raffle, carol singing,

candy cane sales and busking. A staff quiz team won the £650 2nd prize in the Rotary Club Quiz and donated it to the wheelchair fund.

The publicity raised during the appeal prompted donations from the wider community including from: Ruby Ford in Bawdsey, Hopkins Homes, St Audrey’s Golf Club, Broadreach Consultants, Cory Logistics, Martlesham Brass and the contributions made to the Virgin Moneygiving website. The amount

raised from these generous folk was over £5,000.

The final total, arrived at in an amazing short 12 week period, was a staggering £19,659.48.

Well done everyone. Mrs Shaw

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Farlingaye German

Conference

O N Saturday December 31st,

approximately 50 students from 10 local schools met for a day of talks and workshops on all things German.

The programme included a talk by Silke Mentchen of Cambridge University, who spoke about studying German at university. Alex

Pickering, co-director and joint owner of a business development company, demonstrated how German can help you build a successful career. Holly Dowsing of the University of Essex gave an account of her year abroad studying in Berlin at the time the German National Football Team won the World Cup.

A pronunciation master class allowed students to fine-tune their German speaking skills. Patrick, Farlingaye’s own German Language Assistant, led a session on German pop music. During the lunch break, students had the opportunity to f ind out about scho larsh ip

opportunities and to chat to our current Year 12 and Year 13 students about studying German at A level. The day was rounded off with a quiz and prize draw.

I would like to thank the University of Cambridge German Depar tment and Routes in Languages East for their financial

support, the Goethe Insitut London and Essex University for sending two excellent speakers. Special thanks to the German Deli London, who sent us some delicious German biscuits and chocolates to sample! Mrs Green

Book Mastermind 2015

E ACH high school holds its own competition with students

choosing their favourite book

instead of a subject, they answer up to 20 questions in 2 minutes. Winners go on to the area final in March and then the All Suffolk Final organised by Schools Library Service.

Alexander Richards (9I) came first and will be going through to the next round.

2nd Luke Jelinski (8R) 3rd Sukey Bathgate (7F). Well done to all who took part in

the competition. Mrs Mason

Donating books to the

library.

I F you are looking to dispose of any unwanted children’s books

the library would always appreciate donations. If you are willing to make a donation, please could I ask that books are suitable for students over the age of 11.

If you have any questions please

do not hesitate to contact Mrs Mason (School librarian).

BOOK

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PE Round Up U16 Boys’ Basketball County ‘Final 4’

T HE U16 boys played in the County ‘Final 4’ at ‘Inspire’

Suffolk on February 3rd. The first game of the day was Farlingaye against St. Benedicts School of Bury St. Edmunds. Farlingaye started very well, moving the ball around the court quickly and creating good opportunities to score every time they attacked. By half-time Farlingaye hadn’t opened up a commanding lead and it was nice to see all of the squad contributing to the game. In the second half Farlingaye were able to

slow down the pace of the game and conserve some energy for the final! Final Score: Farlingaye 54 – 43 St. Benedicts

The final was played against Copleston, whose squad includes a number of individuals who play basketball to a very good standard out of school. Farlingaye were also without a key player in the final, Lewis Barker had unfortunately picked up an injury in the previous game. This seemed to spur on the

team who started the game brightly and were scoring freely in the first half. Defensively, Bradley Docker was dominant under the basket and Ben Mobee was putting on a scoring masterclass at the other end, finishing with 47 points in the game. Farlingaye led by 5 points at half-time, although Copleston fought back in the 3rd quarter and their quality began to show. Although Farlingaye continued to battle, Copleston began to build up a lead and they finished well to win the game by 12 points.

Final Score: Farlingaye 58 – 70 Copleston

After a very good season, the boys

can take a lot of pride in finishing 2nd in the County against a very strong Copleston team. Mr Wakeley

U12 Boys’ Football Suffolk County Cup Semi-Final

F ARLINGAYE trave l led to Pakefield for their U12 Suffolk

County Cup Semi-Final. Despite being slightly apprehensive, the boys were very much looking forward to playing on Pakefield’s brand new all-weather surface. In still conditions and despite the cold weather it was a perfect day for a game of football. The game itself started in a somewhat scrappy manner, with neither team able to assert any control on the game for a prolonged period of time. It was in fact Pakefield who had the first real attacks of any note, with Taylor Sumpter putting in a good block during one attack and Sebastian Mobee making a good save after another. As the game progressed Farlingaye began to exert more control on the proceedings, with Tom Shannon, Elliot Baskett and Will Oxborrow linking up to good

effect.

After a nice one-two in the box between Elliot and Will, the former was brought down after a tackle from behind and the referee quite rightly pointed to the spot. With a bit of hesitation, newly elected penalty taker Taylor Sumpter decided to take the penalty and he smashed the ball high into the roof of the net to give Farlingaye a 1-0 lead. After scoring, Farlingaye started to exude even more confidence, with Tom Shannon starting to look really dangerous down the left midfield, creating havoc on a few occasions, although Farlingaye were unable to capitalise on this, meaning the scoreline was 1-

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0 at half time. After a few tactical changes at half

time and with the introduction of Alfie Prior, Farlingaye started the second half quite confidently, Alfie in

particular impressing in attack, whilst Taylor Sumpter was busy in both defence and attack, putting in a phenomenal performance.

Will Oxborrow looked comfortable in possession and spread the ball wide, resulting in chances for both Tom Shannon and Elliot Baskett,

although neither found the net. With the score still 1-0 to

Farlingaye, Pakefield started to pile on the pressure again and had a really strong finish to the game. However, defenders James Leech, Dan Smith and Ben Williams played exceptionally well and Sebastian Mobee was his usual excellent self in goal. As a result the game finished 1-0 to Farlingaye and the boys progress through to the Suffolk County Cup Final.

Congratulations boys, a well-deserved reward for all your efforts in training and games this year so far. Mr Payne

U12 Boys’ Basketball

W ITH record numbers at training this year, it is clear that the

Year 7 boys have caught the basketball bug. Their enthusiasm for developing their basketball skills has been highly impressive. It is therefore no surprise that the Year 7 boys’ basketball team have made a great start to their league fixtures so far. Thus far they have played Copleston, Westbourne and Felixstowe academy and have put in great performances against all of those teams.

Against Copleston, Farlingaye won 96-18, all of the boys played well in this match, with Seb Mobee leading

the way with 48 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds for Farlingaye, Louis Moran also played well and was assertive throughout. In the next game, Farlingaye faced a much

sterner test, playing Felixstowe, who had played a few more games this year than Farlingaye and also had some players who were much taller than most of the Farlingaye team. Despite this stiffer test, Farlingaye were still able to claim a 46-34 victory, with Seb again impressing,

this time ably assisted by the ever-improving Raff Dawson and Tom Hindley, as well as Tom Rankin.

In Farlingaye’s third game, they played Westbourne, lots of the boys played well in this game, with Archie Page and Hayden Sykes impressing during the 50-2 victory.

As a result of these victories Farlingaye now progress through to the Suffolk County Play-offs after winning their group.

Well done to all the boys involved. Mr Payne

Anyone for Croquet?

C ROQUET Club has recently developed at Farlingaye with

over 25 students now having been involved. Mid December we ran a mid-winter mini tournament at the Fynn Valley Golf Club (the local Ipswich Croquet Club) which involved 16 students largely from Years 7-8 and including 3 Year 11 boys who had begun playing at the school during the summer term of 2014. The day was a great success including some upset results. The tournament comprised a range of doubles and singles matches, it was great to see the junior and senior students working with each other and testing their skills on a full sized lawn – many for the first time. The senior

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boys (Chay Hathway, Sam Parkinson and Liam Flin) were expected to go throughout the day undefeated but this was not to be the case. Luke Goold-Hannatt (yr 8) provided a

shock upset beating Sam Parkinson 7-6 in a highly competitive match. All players involved showed significant improvement throughout and enjoyed the challenge of transferring their skills from the school rugby pitch to the putting green lawns at the club. Players who showed heaps of

potential and got extremely good results included; Albie Willett and Eden Rogers (yr 7), Sophie Benton and Keeley Gooderham (yr 8), in addition to the students previously mentioned. They have been attending croquet club on a weekly basis throughout the winter and some have

become members at the club. Throughout the summer term they will be receiving additional coaching and support from me and a local member who is a 5 x world champion

and regarded as the best player in history to have ever grasped a mallet. In June we will be taking a school team to attempt to win the National Secondary School Championships and students who do particularly well will be involved in an England youth development squad with an eye to

them being selected in the next U21 World Championships in 2017. Mr Coutts

ALBIE WILLETT, SAM PARKINSON AND CHAY

HATHWAY AT THE MID-WINTER MINI TOURNAMENT

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Schools Athletics Anglian

Championships

O N Saturday February 7th, 17

students represented Suffolk in the Anglian Schools Cross Country Championships, held at Royal Hospital Schools. Our students did extremely well and many are now waiting patiently to see if they’ve been selected for the English Schools in March. Minor Boys

Name Regional S u f f o l k position position Connor Slater 26 6 Tom Turner 53 11 Minor Girls

Holly Fisher 9 4 Junior Boys

Joe Hindley 45 11 George Fricker 57 13 Junior Girls

Jasmine Slater 35 9

Elinor Oliver 37 10 Rebecca Clydesdale 40 11 Inter Boys

Henry Milldown 15 4 Alex Tripp 19 5 William Page 26 8 Inter Girls

Anna Firth 10 2 Abigail Rose 20 5 Rosie Seabrook 38 8 Daisy Nash 48 12

Senior Boys

John Millar 3 2 Theo Passmore 11 5 Senior Girls

Shannon Hopkins 26 3

Amy Brammar 32 6 Miss Alexander

Sports Hall Athletics

County Finals

B OTH the girls’ and boys’ teams qualified for the county finals

having won the Ipswich and South Suffolk competition. Sports Hall Athletics is a very fun and frantic event with students doing a range of running events alongside events such as standing long jump, standing triple jump, speed bounce and shot put. The students love the atmosphere and competitive nature of the event and they always perform with so much determination - some

had also run in the cross country finals earlier in the day but were determined not to miss this event. They all did fantastically well and showed tremendous team spirit and everyone was delighted when both the boys’ and the girls’ team finished

in first place to be crowned County Champions. Well done! Miss Alexander

OUR STUDENTS AT

THE SPORTS HALL

ATHLETICS

COUNTY FINALS.

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Contact Information

Please would you let us have any new contact details, change of phone number and address, as soon as possible. Please check that your details are correct, by logging into your child’s flg and correcting information on the data check sheet online. Alternatively, you can email Mrs Norris on [email protected]. We need to be able to contact you in the event of any emergency. It is the responsibility of the parent/carer to ensure that contact details are correct.

Car Boot Sale in aid of Ecuador and Galapagos Trip Saturday 14

th March from 8am.

£5 for a pitch. We will be selling refreshments and snacks as well as running a cake stall. There will also be a car wash!

Lost Property We currently have a lot of unclaimed coats and clothing in Lost Property. Please come and claim your items as they will be donated to charity at the end of this term.

Student Absence Please remember to phone in everyday when your child is off school or late for any reason. The number to call is 01394 383714.

U12 Boys Basketball 50 2 Westbourne

U13 Netball 23 5 Woodbridge School

U15 Netball 15 28 Ipswich High School for Girls

U18 Rugby 10s Tournament 10 8 King Edwards

U15 Netball 21 28 Woodbridge School

U15 Netball 25 24 Ipswich School

U13 Girls Basketball 10 40 Thurston

Other Results

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