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Also available online at www.chiswickschool.org 21st January 2013 - Issue 13Student Services Direct Line 020 8747 6655 to report your child ill or late.

D i a r y D a t e s

With the netball season at it's halfway point, Chiswick girls stand first in the Hounslow netball league table... They were hoping to keep it that way, when they met Feltham at home, last Thursday. As ever, the girls got off to a quick start with three goals to zero in the first quarter, the girls were looking to extend their lead and thrash their opponents with a heavy defeat. Shooters Grace Lee and Rochelle Manswell Stirling got five goals between them in the first half and by the last 14 minutes of the game another four goals were added to the scoresheet courtesy of Louise Webb and Grace Lee. There was excellent defending from the defensive players with some great interceptions from Tamara Randall and Dominique Thomas-St Ville and overall a fantastic team effort!

By Nikoleta Gashi

S P O R T SJANUARY

Thu 24thYear 11 Parents Evening

Fri 25thGeography Year 12 Field Trip

Mon 28th - Fri 8th FebYear 9 Pathways Interviews

FEBRUARYTue 5th

Year 12 Economics TripYear 12 Parents Evening

Wed 6thW4 Trip

Thu 7thYear 12 Economics Trip

Tue 12thSchool Play Rehearsal dayEPQ Presentation Evening

Wed 13thSchool Play Matinee

School Play

Thu 14thYear 12 Economics Trip

School Play

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Year 9 Skype Uganda Street Children

CHISWICK SCHOOLAnother Victory For Year 11 Girls

The Year 9s are currently working on projects about poverty and develop-ment, using street children in Uganda as an example. They've been work-ing with a charity which helps kids in Uganda who live on the streets to find a home and a school.

The students are in regular contact with each other, interacting on a one to one basses using Skype phone calls and writing blog posts etc; discussing day to day life, how the children cope, what their plans are for the future - their hopes and dreams.

Lucy Davies said 'It's really interest-ing to be able to actually talk to people our age that live on the streets. You read about poverty but it's different to speak to people who live in that way.It really makes you appreciate the im-portance of development and wanting to make a difference.'

The aim is that the Year 9 students will follow up these projects with some charity fundraising. Part of the GCSE

involves students in planning a devel-opment project. Chiswick Geographers will be able to use the money they raise to start a real one. This interaction with the children in Uganda has been initiated by Mr Witts who has previously taught in Uganda.

We look forward to seeing what events the Year 9s organise to help develop-ment in Uganda.

By NiNa Pryce

Skyping students in Uganda

Art Department brighten up old stairwell

London Philarmonia Orchestra Delights Year 7On Monday the 14th year 7 and Year 10 GCSE music student visited the Rose Theatre in Kingston to watch the Lon-don Philharmonia Orchestra.

The trip aimed to help the students un-derstand ostinati, riffs and loopings. They all experienced watching and lis-tening to a professional orchestra.

This special event was organised for schools and included a variety of mu-sic - ranging from Wasps by Vaughan Williams to their own twist on White Stripes and Deep Purple songs.

A presenter introduced each piece and also involved the students. Call and response was explored and the pupils were encouraged to dance. Year 7 stu-dent Anna Pryce said 'it was great to see how the orchestra came together and sounded so good'. For many of the students it was their first time seeing a professional orchestra perform. Grace Whihtaker said 'The joining in activi-ties made it really fun, so we weren't just sitting and listening the whole time.' Zuhra Shaale said 'I love hear-ing different kinds of music, it made a good change from what we are all used to listening too'.

Maxim Taylor in year 10 said 'the trip was really helpful. It helped me bet-ter understand how repeated melodies can occur throughout a piece and how

these can develop. And the music was brilliant!' The concert is the first event of a project in which members of the London Philharmonia Orchestra will work with students in schools including Chiswick.By MaryaM khalifa

The Art department are collaborating with "Positivearts" to create a painted mural alongside professional graf-fiti artists. The lucky Year 10 Btec class have a chance to leave their creative marks on the school long after they are gone. The murals are designed to inspire all ages of pupils now and for years to come. Watch this space for more images and updates.

Chamboli Visit Starts February 11thWe are very privileged to welcome two year 12 students and two members of staff from Chamboli High School in Zambia , for a week. They will be arriv-ing on Monday 11th February.

Parents News readers will remember the visit of Lovemore Shipopo, the head teacher of Chamboli High School, last year. Chiswick School worked hard for this link and received a grant from the British Council to kick start the project. Chisiwck has been now recognised for its work with a full international award.

The visit will be packed with activities and visits. Both students and teach-ers will have a chance to sample life at Chiswick School and to visits Lon-don and the surrounding area. A visit to t the theatre, the school drama fes-tival, Brentford Football Club and the Houses of Parliament are all featured and further activities are still being planned.

Two lucky sixth formers and a teacher from Chiswick will be going out to visit Chamboli in the summer after the A/S exams.

If you are interested in hosting a stu-dent or teacher for the week please let Ms Lown the Head teacher’s secretary at the school know. A small allowance is payable.

Theatre visits and production reviews form an essential part of both A level and GCSE drama. A group from year 10, 12 and 13 went to see a production of ‘Metamorphosis’ at the Lyric Thea-tre in Hammersmith, last Wednesday. Based on a short story by Franz Kafka, it tells of how a young man wakes up one morning transformed into a giant beetle and how his family react.

The piece was both shocking and in-tensely moving as the family members grow to despise and neglect the crea-ture in the room upstairs. The actor playing Gregor hung from the ceiling or traversed the distorted walls of his room using beetle like movements but his voice and body remained human throughout. The reactions of the family ranging from pity to disgust and aggres-sion were therefore all the more stark. The production featured an amazing two tier set which magnified the brood-ing presence of the changed Gregor hanging above the mundane lives of the rest of the family downstairs. An excel-lent soundtrack by Nick Cave was used to choreograph key sequences either to emphasise humour or pathos. ‘I could not help but shed a tear’, said Jonathan Ajayi. ‘I was really moved.’ ‘It was an incredible piece of theatre’, agreed Violet Vincent.

‘Metamorphosis’ comes highly recom-mended and seats are still available for some nights.

Beetle Man Stuns Drama Students at the Lyric