Blue Planet July Issue

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Issue 3 July 2013


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Team

Editing

Victoria Brook-Hill

Joshua Gray

Writing

Bethany Ainsworth-Coles

Sabrina Amato

Sarover AujlaSarah Austin

Nina Dhatt

Joshua Gray

Jack OConnor

Josh Riley

Phoebe Rome-Hall

Design

Joshua Gray

Marketing

Francesca LeGall

Photography

Josh Riley

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Please note that the views and opinions that are expressed in this magazine are in no way

reective of the views and opinions of The Chalfonts Community College. ContentsJuly 2013Page One

Editors letter

Page Two

Kings of the County!

Page Three

A Modern Musical

Menagerie

Page Five

Dead Men Cant

Sing

Page Nine

2013 A-Level Art

Show

Page Eleven

Dont even get me

started on

Page Twelve

Agony Uncle

Page Thirteen

Music

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Talent Wanted

Accreditation

Universal Music Operations Limited

Infectious Records

Macklemore Records

saleemveekay.les.wordpress.com

www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk

drew13.wordpress.com

wallpaperskd.com

www.ronitbaras.comwww.birthmom-buds.blogspot.co.uk

www.farm5.staticickr.com

Front cover design by Francesca LeGall

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The End of an EraVictoria Brook-Hill

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There is no such thing as

originality.Joshua Gray

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IgnoranceSabrina Amato


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Editors letter Kings of the County!On Wednesday 17th April, the Year 9 Chalfonts

Football Team along with the team coach, Mr.

Fitzell, travelled to Brunel University Sports

Centre in order to take part in the County Cup

Final. The opposition was John Hampden

Grammar School of High Wycombe and

Chalfonts were more determined than ever to

return victorious. Being a nal, the stakes were

very high and Team Chalfonts had trained very

hard to ensure they played to the best of their

ability and as a close team.

The match began disastrously for Chalfonts,

they conceded a penalty in the opening

minutes from which John Hampden took a 1-0

lead. However, this did not affect Chalfonts

condence, and if anything it made them work

that bit harder. By the 25th minute, Chalfonts

equalised thanks to Jacks Dentons brilliant

goal set up by George Harmes. At this point,

Chalfonts knew they were back in the game

and were eager to bring the title of County Cup

Winners home.

The 2nd half commenced with Chalfonts

starting where theyd left off, and a 2nd goal

deservedly came when a free kick was won. It

was taken from 30 yards out by Harmes who

managed to nd Charlie Barnett in the box who

scored a sound goal. Sparks were ying for

Team Chalfonts as they had turned the game

around from losing 1-0 to now taking the lead

by a goal. Despite the extra pressure given

by John Hampden, the Chalfonts goalkeeper

Daniel Wain saved some challenging shots.Chalfonts managed to hold onto the lead until

the whistle was blown leaving the nal score

as 2-1 to Team Chalfonts. Mr. Fitzell said I am

very proud of their achievement and it has been

a pleasure to work with all of the members of

the squad this season.

One things for sure, not only are the Year 9

Chalfonts Football Team the winners, they are

in fact the Kings of the County!

- Nina Dhatt

The focus of this issue is The End of an

Era and, for me, the end of this school year

really is. As well as this being my nal issue

as editor of Blue Planet I am also leaving

Chalfonts this year to go on to university.

In this magazine, the articles range from

the celebration of artistic and sporting

success to the inevitability of change andthe emotional experience of having to say

goodbye. This issue has been a long time

in the making and Id like to thank everyone

who contributed during such a busy and

exam-lled period of time.

Next year, Josh and I are passing on the

torch to Josh Riley and Jade Banger who

Im sure will be more than capable of

continuing and reinventing the magazine.

Although developing Blue Planet has

been a huge responsibility and not an

insignicant amount of work, I am very

proud of what we have created. We could

not have done it without our fantastic team

of writers and designers and a special

mention goes out to Francesca LeGall for

her series of beautiful front covers. We have

also benetted greatly from Mr Michiesadvice and guidance and Mrs Tanners

funding of the copies that we had printed,

so thank you very much.

I hope the magazine continues to grow and

more students take up the opportunity to

write or design aspects of it.

Have a lovely summer and good luck to

anyone awaiting results!

- Toria Brook-Hill


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A Modern Musical

Menagerie

It is often heard nowadays that music,

especially (though not exclusively) mainstream

music, is all terrible, and that we have entered

a dark age of artistic expression through

music. The internet is plagued with blogs and

comment sections full of people agreeing with

each other over their assumptions that no new

music will ever parallel the music of the past.

It can seem as though all it takes for someone

to dismiss the current musical climate, is tohave a few very popular songs that they do not

nd enjoyable, enjoyed by many other people.

Could it perhaps be said that these people are

simply seeing what they wish to see? Maybe.

Why am I saying th is? Well, because I believe

that music is something to be enjoyed and

not despised. Passion is one of the greatest

qualities a person can possess and the modern

musical environment is the perfect place

to indulge in whatever you are interested in

musically. Most modern artists are able to

embrace their inuences, however far-reaching,

and still be heard by a wide ranging audience

due to the many mediums in which they can

promote their music. It is true that a lot of

artists get lost in the often overwhelming tide of

new music (it is clear that there is more music

in the world today than there ever has been

previously) but this forces artists to be creative,

both with their implementation of ideas as well

as their sound.

It is easy to disregard western chart music

as being homogenized and uncreative, but

there is still a variety to the modern popular

music scenes that has scarcely been found

in the charts of the past; country-pop, electro

funk, orchestral tinged hip hop, drumnbass,

African-folk inspired dance-pop, 80s inected

synth music, four-to-the-oor club bangers,

soul-infused girl-group pop, indie-pop, future-

garage, pop-rock, smooth rnb, dramaticballads, dance-hall, and folky acoustic-pop

encapsulate just some of what has been

appearing on the UK Top 40 chart recently

and this is just the best selling music!

Amalgamations of genres are happening all

over the world, cultures reecting each other

through their music and giving artists more

room to experiment and express themselves

because of this. For instance, American-

made instruments are becoming increasingly

prevalent amongst modern African music,

though are being used in different ways and to

express different emotions. In turn, elements

of genres such as Afrobeat are present in the

music of contemporary acts such as Foals and

Vampire Weekend to name a few.

There is a menagerie of passionately made

music out there just waiting to be listened to,

and it would be a shame if someone were to

miss out on a possibly life changing experiencepurely because of what theyve convinced

themselves music amounts to in the modern

era. The future of music is bright so long as

freedom of expression is promoted and new

ways in which to create and listen to music are

approached open-mindedly, though also with

the musicians artistic rights being respected

and their livelihood taken into consideration as

well. The human endeavour to convey thoughts

and feelings through music is not something

that is dead, and likely never will be.

- Josh Riley

This is a complicated issue that needs to be

addressed over and over again. For decades

people have been made to feel different.

Everyone is different, however, it can get to the

point where a person or more specically- a

child, is made to feel worthless compared to

the rest of the world.

Growing up is a struggle faced by all but for

some the struggle turns into a constant battle

to survive. I was one of those people. I wasteased, I was beaten up and I was ignored,

every day. I know what it feels like to hate

yourself because you believe that there is

something wrong with you. The funny thing is

that, you only believe it because other people

have told you that or have made you feel as so.

They dig at your weaknesses and insecurities

until eventually a hole in your heart is created

and remains there until you nally realise that

everything that they said, everything that they

did to you, was merely just a reection of their

own insecurities- their pain. The naivety is

eminent and such a saying has been repeated

many times. However, it is said so often as it is

the truth. The reason why it is such a difcult

thing to believe is because some people deem

it to be okay to belittle another- which is and

never will be right.

The world is a dangerous

place, not because of

those who harm but

because of those who look

at it and do nothing

Albert Einstein

As the quote above explains, it is up to the

people who witness the bullying, the prejudice

and the homophobia, to stand up against

it. To stand up for what is right. Due to my

experiences, I have learned to be kind and

generous, not for personal gain but to soothe

the ache in others.

Our society lacks in such people. It lacks in

people who understand that some things are

just unacceptable and must not be done.

However, some will continuously nd a reason

to challenge this. Yet, as they challenge it, they

dont think about the people who are listening,

because for all that that person knows, they

could be ripping someones heart to pieces.

Learn to be understanding and sympathetic as

everyone has a battle to overcome.

- Sabrina Amato

Ignorance


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Dead Men Cant Sing

Dead is a very strong word. Death is

nite. Dead means gone, done, passed

away, popped their clogs, cremated,

buried, ultimately forgotten. Yet, if

someone ran into the room and shouted:

my relationship is dead, you would

probably laugh at their melodramatic

outburst because in the end theyll

probably be back together next week

anyway. Which is exactly the reason Iwince when people say oh that band

is dead. Ok lets think this through,

was it murder, joint suicide, are we

talking old age here? No, generally

we are looking at a hiatus or personal

reason that makes no sense to anyone

but the band themselves. No one has

perished, except the hopes and dreams

of assorted fan-girls crying into their CD

collection. The only grief that is being

felt is the fan-girls tears of mourning.

The band arent rotting in the ground or

burned to little bits they are just laughingall the way to the bank.

- Bethany Ainsworth-Coles

There is no such thing

as originality.

Do excuse me for a minute as I get on to my

soap box and try to explain why originality

is the most obnoxious word in the English

language. The Oxford English Dictionary

denition of the word originality is: the ability

to think independently and creatively. The

problem is that its impossible to think or create

anything independently.

For one, originality, the act of being original,isolates the individual from any inuence given

by others and places the subject in question up

on a pedestal for us to look at and admire. But

that is not true; Einstein was not original, he

was new. Galileo was not original, he was new.

Shakespeare was not original, he was new.

No one is original because we all take and are

inspired by other ideas and works to create our

own.

New, where original does not, allows for there

to be the acknowledgement that an idea or

piece of work has developed from others. As

humans we need reference points to learn;

when we are born we are not automatically

musicians, we learn to be. Lessons, the

process of gaining new experiences and skills

is the act of Copying. As infants we copy

to learn from our parents to gain the skills to

speak. However copying is not new.

After we have copied to gain an understanding,

there needs to be Transforming and

Combining. Changing, altering and bringing

together other ideas or pieces of work to

create new, different and developed theories,

music, art, lm, literature, etc. An example of

this in practice is the lm The Matrix by The

Wachowski brothers; a lm that seems so good

that it must be original is far from it. The lms

idea is based on that of a French theorist Jean

Baudrillard and is extracted from his book

Simulacra and Simulations. However the lm

itself, with all its slow motion and martial arts,

is also not original. Inspired by Asian Cinema -

Fist of Legend (1994), Drunken Master (1978),

Tai-Chi Master (1993) as well as inspired from

the Sci-Fi genre itself - Total Recall (1990) and

Alice In Wonderland (1951).

So no one or no work is original but instead

new. This does not degrade extraordinary

achievements but instead emphasises them.

It asks questions like who or what inspired

Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet. It

broadens our understanding of achievement

and stretches it to show every avenue of great

inspiration. As Isaac Newton famously said:

If I have seen further

it is by standing on the

shoulders of giants.For more information visit: www.

everythingisaremix.info

- Joshua Gray


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The End of an Era

Leading on from my previous

article Growing Up and

relating nicely to Phoebe Rome-

Halls Dont get me started on

goodbyes, it seems a good

moment to highlight the fact that

for some this is the end of an era.

Not just for year thirteens but

also for some year elevens, this

summer (if we have one!) marks

the end of a school career that

has dominated most of our

lifetimes. To some this may be

daunting, to others exciting

but regardless of your outlook

you have to acknowledge

this moment as a signicant

milestone in your life. Be it

college, an apprenticeship, work

or university, whatever the next

stage may be it is likely to mark a

drastic change.

Without becoming too

sentimental, or indeed stealing

Phoebes thunder, there is an

aspect to this change thatwill force a few goodbyes.

Undoubtedly there are some

people who you will be glad to

be rid of or, quite frankly, wont

remember existed in two years

time. However, there will be

others for whom goodbye just

wont be good enough. Some

people will have had a marked

impact on your life and moving

away from these people or

leaving them behind will be very

difcult. There is no answer to

this dilemma but depend on

the fact that you will never be

completely separated from or

forgotten by those who truly

matter.

On a more positive note, think of

the opportunities and experiences

that will befall you when youveescaped from the connes of

school.

Jump out of the

glass and into the

fshbowl.Enjoy these last few weeks but

look forward to the big wide

world that will expand before you.

Youll nally have the opportunity

to try a little harder to be a little

better and discover things about

yourself that double maths cant

quite reveal. Youre a grown up,

or near enough, and I cant tell

you what to do or where to go

or what you need to know but

the beauty of it is that nobody

can and you answerable to only

yourself. Obviously that comeswith the small print that you are

entirely responsible when you

mess it up, which you will, but

thats OK because you have to

learn!

Yes it is the end of an era

and hopefully its been one

to remember fondly but just

remember: its not the end, its

only the beginning.

- Toria Brook-Hill


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2013 A-Level Art Show

From top right to left: Charlee Murphy Year 12, Callum Welsh Year 12, Emily Morgan Year 13 and

Charlotte Hazell Yeat 12

From top right to left: Holly Charge Year 12, Eve Powell Year 13, Molly Page Year 12, Lucy Wise

Year 12 And Reece Garside Year 12.

Photos taken by Josh Riley


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GoodbyesFor many of the year elevens and year

thirteens we may never see our classmates

again. Well never have to compete with

younger years for places to sit, or argue with

teachers over certain predicaments. (Great

isnt it). But will we all feel so free and fantastic

when the safety net of school is ripped out

from underneath us and we have to walk the

tightrope alone?

How do we say goodbye to those that

have had an impact on our lives? Of course we

arent going to spend our last week in tears,

the British stiff upper lip would never allow

it. Possibly a card or a cupcake to everyone,

but we arent all made of money and for most

saving for our futures has now become a top

priority!

Maybe thats it. Take not only your

money but also your memories of those that

were there for you and use them to become

the greatest possible version of yourself. Say

goodbye by showing the rest of the world how

wonderful the people you have known have

made you.

- Phoebe Rome-Hall

Cliques.I look around the school and see many

groups of people or cliques. These social

groups categorise people to conform to certaininterests or ways of behaving. That is all well

and good, but what about the people who are

not destined to t into these social groups?

Are they fated to stand on the sidelines just

because they have different interests? It seems

so...

These people are the outcasts, the

ones who are shunned to the gutter in social

standings. These are the people that are

forgotten during school years but, as clich

as it sounds, are the ones that most of us will

be working for. That is the problem I nd with

popularity, it makes everything complicated

and causes a lot of ill feeling. Furthermore,

it seems that popularity is judged on style

over substance and whether youre sporting

the latest seasons fashions appears more

important than whether or not you work hard.

Everybody cares about how they

are seen by their peers even the ones who

proclaim I dont care what you think of me.

These so called rebels want to be seen as

just that: rebels. Fuelled by the perception

that because you like one thing you cant like

another, people are scared to make other

friends simply because they dont hang aroundwith your clique. Its sad that people arent

branching out to make friends simply because

they are scared of the reaction of their clique.

When in reality, you should be friends with

people you like not necessarily those who have

similar interests.

- Sarah Austin

British SummerWeve all been eagerly waiting for the

summer months to arrive where music gets

louder, nights get longer, skin gets darker,

water gets warmer and overall life gets better.

However, despite the current heat wave, were

still walking around with umbrellas secreted in

our bags just in case! It looks like the rest of

the world is already indulging in the summer

climate; but here in England we have the mind-

set not to t rust the apparent summer weather.Weve seen the coldest, cloudiest, and

wettest summer holidays since 1993. Some of

us may remember the miraculous heat waves

in 2006, which was then unfortunately followed

by lousy summer seasons. Its understandable

that we have little faith in our summer sun!

I think over the years weve now learnt,

when the sun is out enjoy it whilst it lasts!

Nevertheless, lets not let the weather ruin our

well-deserved summer break, have a good

summer!

- Sarover Aujla

Dont even get me started on Agony Uncle

How do I deal with the

countdown to results day?

I know it sounds like a really parenty

thing to say but remember there is

nothing that you can do about it now,

all you can do is wait and see. However,

if this is easier said than done just

remember the exam was a measureof how much relatively pointless

information you could remember in an

hour. Not getting the grades you (or

your parents) want will not lead to you

being on the Jeremy Kyle Show in ten

years with you having 19 kids and no

job because you got a C in GCSE maths

when you really wanted a B.

Im moving to another school

next year and Im worried

about not having any friends,

what should I do?

Well I am sure that you already havemany friends from Chalfonts that you

will be able to keep in contact with

once you move. Everyone at some

point has to experience change be

it for school or work and people are

usually very welcoming and friendly, as

they understand your situation. As long

as you dont turn up on your rst day

dressed as a Smurf shouting Be my

friend! at the top of your voice youll be

ne, its best to just be yourself, unless

that is your normal self.

Im worried about missing my

friends over the summer, any

advice?

The summer holidays are the perfect

opportunity to spend as much time as

you can with your friends. I know you

probably see them everyday at school

but now you can do it without thehassle of copying each others maths

homework (weve all done it). I know

some of you will want to spend a lot of

time sleeping and some of you will be

going away but as long as you dont

lock yourselves into your bedrooms for

six weeks like a recluse Im sure youll

see your friends lots and youll have a

lovely summer.

- Jack OConnor

*This column is a work of ction.


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Music

Bastille Bad Blood the Extended

cut

The UK based quartet is

most denitely a group

to watch this year. After

bursting on the music

scene with the major

success of Pompeii,

which attracted the

Hipster generation

because of the raw and

meaningful lyrics written

by the frontman Dan Smith, the quartet set to make

2013 memorable by playing Reading festival.

The album is a great listen due to the lyrics that many

teenagers can identify with. The beats are powerful,

neo-synth style pop with heavily 1980s inuenced

melodies. The album is serious with few upbeat

aspects, which means it does not become repetitive

or dreary unlike some albums where it is one sad

song after another. This album is truly worth a listen!

Alt J An Awesome Wave

Alt-J is a reference to

the Greek uppercase

letter delta () which

can be typed on

Apple Mac by the key

sequence alt (option)

+ J. Therefore, Alt-J

were never going to

be your typical run of

the mill pop group. The

quartet who formed in

2008 were all students at Leeds University and began

making music with help from Garage Band after the

frontman Joe Newman played a few of his own songs

to band member Gwil Sainsbury.

The album is quirky with often bizarre lyrics like in

Fitzpleasure. In fact its hard to actually pinpoint

the genre that the album is because it has multiple

inuences from different genres, typically jazz and folk.

The album has been described as accessible and

its easy to see why; many songs have memorable

choruses that quickly become earworms that are

most denitely not annoying.

Macklemore and RyanLewis TheHeist

After the success of

Thrift Shop both in

the states and over

here, youd think that

Macklemore and

Ryan Lewis wouldbe riding on massive

high. However, as the

message throughout

the album suggests,

Macklemore and Ryan

Lewis are working hard

in order to achieve their goals.

The album as whole attacks different issues from

alcohol abuse to same sex marriage. Often talking

about delicate subjects, Macklemore hasnt

been afraid to voice his personal opinions. Many

songs are about Macklemores addictions such

as Starting Over, which tackles the subject of

Macklemores relapse in December 2011 from an

alcohol addiction. Importantly, the beats from Ryan

Lewis often lighten the subjects that Macklemore

has decided to rap about. The album is good is

but often depressing. The powerful collaborations

with different artists demonstrate the messages

that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are trying to

communicate to their listeners.

- Sarah Austin


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