Marvellous Menus!
We certainly have some budding chefs in our midst, judging by the quality of the entrants into the recent ‘Design a Menu’ competition. Following last Friday’s hugely popular American themed lunch, this week the Kitchen Staff are rustling up a Yorkshire Day themed menu. (See following pages) Bon appetite!
Form 4 trip to York
Form 4 enjoyed a full day out in York on last Tuesday. The morning and early afternoon were spent at Barley Hall where the children completed a tour of the Tudor building as well as participating in workshops on Arms and Armour and Tudor Medicine. This was followed by a short walk across the city to the Jorvik Dig where the children had the opportunity to develop their archaeological investigation skills. Next was a much needed ‘pit-stop’ at Pizza Hut and then the day concluded with an eerie ‘Ghost Walk’ where the children, together with some of their parents, heard a series of chilling tales of supernatural happenings at various places in the city!
A Big Thank-You
Thank you to Eldmire pupil Cordelia Langstaff for her generous donation to the Morocco Expedition Fund. Although Cordelia is not taking part in the trip itself, she has worked tirelessly to raise funds for the Moroccan school the pupils will be visiting and supporting. By making and selling delicious marshmallow and chocolate Twizzler sticks Cordelia has raised an impressive £180.
Leckby cheque presentation
Sarah Ingelby from the charity Tools for Self Reliance very kindly came into full assembly to talk to the pupils about the charity that she works for. She described how old-fashioned tools such as chisels, lathes, planes and hammers are given a new lease of life in African communities and local men are up-skilled with training to become carpenters. Sarah also told the assembled pupils about how antique Singer sewing machines that are either hand driven or pedal powered are serviced so that they are in a full working order and are then given to women in the African countries to enabled them to become seamstresses. The Leckby enterprise company “New Ghetto” handed over their cheque for £370.89 to Sarah, whereupon she told them that “at least one person will be trained with this money, so you have been able to make a direct difference to one person and their family”. To find out more about this worthwhile charity, please look at www.tfsr.org.uk .
Work, work – play!
It’s work, work, work in the Boarding house! Never have the older pupils been so keen to knuckle down to their studies than with their new desk lamps on their personal desks in their dorms. Meaning there’s plenty of room for the younger boarders to spread themselves out along the tables in the Library during evening prep sessions. With preps out of the way for the evening, there’s always time for fun and games, be it parlour games in the Boarders’ Common Room or something more energetic in the gym.
Form 3’s Tudor morning
Form 3 had another successful history morning when the children went back approximately 500 years to the Tudor period between 1485 and 1603. They had the opportunity to explore many artefacts from the era, including a long bow, a musket, drinking pots, crooks, plates and cutlery. Discipline in schools was also mentioned and the children looked a little concerned to hear that Tudor children were hit with a horn book every morning just to be reminded that it hurt and to behave. The morning was rounded off with a counting activity where the children carried out basic addition using a counting board and could only answer in Latin numerals. A thoroughly enjoyable and educational morning for all and a great introduction to the Form 3 Tudor topic.
French Club News
The French club has continued along its French culinary journey. Last week, the children celebrated Epiphany à la Française with the traditional Galette des Rois. Following the French tradition two lucky people were crowned after they found the hidden “fève” in their slice of cake. This week they baked their own pains au chocolate and croissants and enjoyed eating the fruits of their labours.
St Mungo’s Natty Hat and Silly Wig Day
The whole school showed their support of St Mungo’s charity for the homeless by turning out in an amazingly colourful and inventive array of head gear. Amongst the highlights had to be the organiser of the day’s events Miss Kuit who sported a very avant garde Mohican style wig! Thank you to everyone who helped raise over £220 for St Mungo’s.
GCSE Art trip to London
Last weekend the Thornton GCSE Art group went on a whirlwind trip to London to carry out primary source research for this year’s set task. The trip was enormously inspiring, with visits to the Natural History Museum, the V&A, The Saatchi collection, Tate Britain and Tate Modern packed into the two day schedule. The pupils even had the energy to take in a show – the enormously popular musical Billy Elliot – on Saturday evening. Everyone agreed that the trip was hugely worthwhile, providing plenty of ideas and inspiration for the different topics they have chosen from the exam paper, and Mrs Pearson is very excited about showcasing their final pieces at this summer’s Exhibition.
St Mungo’s Natty Hat and Silly Wig Day
The whole school showed their support of St Mungo’s charity for the homeless by turning out in an amazingly colourful and inventive array of head gear. Amongst the highlights had to be the organiser of the day’s events Miss Kuit who sported a very avant garde Mohican style wig! Thank you to everyone who helped raise over £220 for St Mungo’s. (The longship in the background of the Form 1T picture was made by Archie Turner over the weekend!)