Fyling Hall Matters Friday 11th March (Issue 19)

Words of the Week

This week Next week

Tricky: certain perfect

Trickier: undeniable consummate

Trickiest: indubitable quintessential

On this day in ...

… 1996 (March 13th) 16 young children and their teacher were murdered at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland in the deadliest shooting incident in the UK.

Thomas Hamilton, a local shopkeeper and former Scoutmaster walked into the school and shot and killed teacher Gwen Mayor and 16 of her Primary 1 PE class.

All the children were five years old. Hamilton also injured fifteen other people and then killed himself. This shocking event led to major changes in British law. Almost all privately owned handguns were banned and schools became more secure.

(Sandy Williams)

This week the seniors took part in one of the most well-known and unique parts of the games lessons: ‘Up woods’. FHS pupils have been taking part in ‘Up Woods’ for decades and has become a tradition. It is the game that divides us all: you either love it or you hate it.

The aim of the game, as many of you know, is to simply transfer a ticket from one end of the woods to the other. Sounds simple? It is not this easy. Amongst the woods there are hidden ‘catchers’ that will stop at nothing in order to get your ticket. There are also many trees, barbed wire, bushes and leaves you have to climb through in order to hide from the catchers.

However, the most important part of ‘Up woods’ is the mud. The mud is a crucial part of the game. No matter

how careful you are you are going to be covered head to toe in mud. The game lasts for around an hour and a half and when the game is over you race to the showers to attempt to remove the mud that has become dried to your legs.

This week’s ‘Up Woods’ was no different to any other, aside from than the fact it had been raining solidly since we all arrived at school. There were many falls, slips and face plants today, and a few of them were caught on camera. Both Justin and Mr Coates began to take videos whenever they saw an embarrassing opportunity, (these videos will be available on the schools Instagram page). Overall, the game was physically demanding but good fun, even if it was raining the entire time! (Isabella Clements)

‘Up Woods!’

The World According to Tom... Inspirational Quote:

My mission in life is not

merely to survive,

but to thrive;

and to do so with

some passion,

some compassion,

some humour,

and some style.

Maya Angelou

Aaron and Anna enjoy a ‘mud slide’

News Team

Editor Bel McMahon Reporters Isabella Clements Bel McMahon Sandy Williams Corbin Shearing Tom Clarke

The Week Ahead Tues 15th 4:00pm U14 Hockey tournament @ CCW

4:30pm Best of the Eskdale festival @ Whitby Spa

Wed 16th 9:00am Year 10 Maths feast team challenge@ Hull University’s

Thur 17th 2:00pm U12 Netball tournament @ Graham

Fri 18th 7:30am Years 11, 12 & 13 Maths inspiration trip to Leeds

2:30pm U11 Mixed football v Scarborough College (Home)

12:30pm Trip to Middlesbrough v Hull championship football @ the Riverside

Sun 20th 8:15m Paintball @ Battlezone Yarm

This week was a global challenge in French vocabulary learning. The website, Vocab Express, set a challenge for school to learn as much vocabulary as possible, through a form of flash cards.

Our school, which had a total of 35 players, managed to rack up a massive score of 114,105 points putting us 16th overall… in the world! We also competed in the Piccolo Cup, which can only have a maximum of 150 players, and we came 5th, I am just going to say this again. We had 35 players and we came 5th.

There were a couple of standout players: Annabelle McAdam in Year 11 scored a massive 15,785 points closely followed by Ailsa Legg in Year 10, who managed 13,070 points.

Even though we were not set the challenge of the German competition, we still came 11th in the Piccolo Cup, thanks to our German students practising their German to English vocabulary.

Our French teacher, Ms Hornung, thinks that it was such a success that she will be holding a school wide competition in future. She also hopes to get people playing the German version as well.

As a French and German GCSE student myself it has really improved the speed and accuracy of my vocabulary learning.

To everyone that played: Bravo!

(Annabel McMahon)

Vocab Express Triumph

Corbin Reports: Dog, Dog Goose Rex, a German Shephard, was due to be put down due to continuous aggressive behaviour. He was found outside a scrap-yard all alone, tied to a chain. He was rescued once, but after biting almost all of the handlers he was given up to another rescue centre: the Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue centre near Bridgwater, Somerset.

Even so, things did not improve. It took two people to feed him, one to act as a distraction and the other to lay down his meal. Ultimately, it was not looking good for Rex; he was soon going to have a lethal injection that would kill him.

But along came Geraldine, a goose. For some unknown and bizarre reason the two fell in love. Rex was a changed dog. The handlers thought that he would attack the bird, but he instantly showed affection for her. From then on in they would eat together, sleep in the same bed, and even go on walks together. As Rex ran, Geraldine would waddle beside him. This saved Rex’s life; this new found behaviour stopped the handlers from injecting any lethal substance into the dog. (Corbin Shearing)

This Week’s FHS Snapshot

It’s been a busy week for many members of our community. The Senior Choir recently won at the Eskdale Festival, receiving the highest mark possible and some excellent feedback reflecting the talent we have at our school. (See our supplement for further details!)

This week at school it seemed quiet as our year 10 students have had their work experience week. Year 10 boarders gleefully waited for lifts in the mornings to be taken to their places of work, but they look a little more tired as the end of the week drew near!

Also this week, many will be pleased to know that Mr Coates has been planning another ski trip after its success last half term—information will be sent to parent shortly. The L6th form performed an assembly on Wednesday which showed the importance of being kind to everybody which seems obvious, but it is easy to forget how important this is. Their message will probably stick in our heads, as they delivered it with an entertaining re-enactment of a Jeremey Kyle show.

There have been sports events this week too. A hockey tournament took place at Lady Lumley’s school for Year 7 and our Junior cricket team took part in a local cricket league on Wednesday evening, learning new skills even if they didn’t win! (Roberto Matos)

Eskdale Festival Round Up! Last Thursday, many of our pupils took to the stage

to perform in the historic Eskdale Festival. The

festival allows many of our pupils, across the age

ranges, to develop skills in public speaking,

dramatic performance, singing and pubically

playing their musical instruments. Our teachers encourage as many of us to

enter as possible and this year was no exception, as Fyling Hall was

represented with pride in most areas of the festival.

Drama students took to the stage performing group dramas and

Shakespearian solos. Standards were high as there have been many wins

from previous years. But those standards were met with a first place going to Olivia Coates (Year 7), second place

to Lola Wilson (Year 8) and joint third place to Ben Carpenter

(Year 8) and Rory McAdam (Year 8) in the Shakespearian solo.

Fyling Hall also claimed a first (Year 9), a second (Year 8), third

(Year7) in the group drama. The winning group stole the stage

with a piece based on the novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog

in the Night Time’. There were many laughs and serious topics

addressed by our students and Fyling Hall came out with high

scores and many wins under the belt. Our Junior School also

took home an impressive 1st place in their coral speaking, where

all Year 4 to year 6 pupils memorised and delivered a

performance of TS Eliot’s “Macavity The Mystery Cat” and W H Auden’s “The Night Mail”. The judges

commented on the difficult and challenging poems that were chosen by Miss Edwards, but performed beautifully

by the children.

There was not just success for the drama department; the music department took the

well-deserved first in the local choir’s class on Tuesday. With an amazing score of 83

out of 90 there score was above a distinction. They performed two songs, ‘Adiemus’ by

Carl Jenkins with a flute solo from Ailsa Legg and a solo for Anna Sweeney. The second

song ‘Joyful Joyful’ with a solo from Anna Aykbourne was also incredible. The wins

continued with the Junior School Choir performing ‘For the beauty of the earth’ and

winning. The Junior School’s Folk Orchestra were also awarded 1st prize, and there

were many other 1st places awarded across the Junior School for individual musical and verse speaking entries.

However, one of the most impressive things about Fyling Hall’s participation in the Eskdale Festival, was not just

the winners, it was the fact that everybody in our community pulled together to support one another and

produce their best efforts.

“From the peripatetic music teachers who prepared our musicians, to the senior pupils who helped the juniors

prepare for their choral speaking, the whole school has been involved.

To everyone, including our junior, drama and music teachers who prepared the pupils, the teachers who drove the

mini buses, the parents who came and supported, the cooks who prepared early lunches and the teachers who

changed their lessons to accommodate the performances and finally to the children themselves who worked so

hard to prepare and deliver: thank you for helping to make our FHS community so great. Well done to you all.”

Mr Allen

Clem Bentley