5th December 2011 - Issue 10

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The Year 10 girls’ netball team, Chiswick A, have got off to a flying start this season winning all five matches to date. The girls have their biggest challenge to overcome on Tuesday against rivals Heathlands, cur-rent league and tournament champions.

Last week, Chiswick A were entertained at the Green School. The team arrived ap-prehensive but nonetheless were ready for play. The first half was nerve-wracking with the score sheet closely tallying 9 to Chiswick and 5 to the Green. However, in the second half the girls played an attack-ing game with Rhianne and Grace netting 16 goals between them, nice one guys! Ms Middleton came back a happy coach. ‘This is the best netball team the school has ever had. They just need to keep their focus to succeed’, said Ms. Middleton.

The team are confident that they can use the positivity of the last wins to overcome their toughest opponents yet.

Don’t worry boys, you will get your feature in next week’s edition of Parents News we promise! Until then, watch this space for more.

By Nikoleta Gashi

Sports SectionDECEMBER

Wed 7thYear 7 + 8 Winter Concert at St Nicholas

Church

Thu 8th Christmas ConcertKS5 Finance Trip

Mon 12th -Wed 14thGerman Trip (prov)

Wed 14thSixth Form Pantomime

Thu 15thOld People's Party

Fri 16thLast day of term

Zambian Head Teacher Praises Chiswick Diversity

Year 10 Chiswick A Is Best Netball Team Ever Says Coach

He urges students not to take free educa-tion for granted.Last week, Chiswick greeted a very special guest- Lovemore Shipopa, the Head teacher at Chamboli High School, which provides state funded education for over 1,900 stu-dents, in Kitwe, Northern Zambia. The British Council has given the two schools a grant to develop a partnership.

Lovemore Shipopa came to stay in England for a week, following our own Mr Ryan’s visit to Zambia in the summer. It was his first time outside Africa, and when we inter-viewed him, he seemed very excited about the whole situation, as it was an ‘entirely different concept altogether.’

When we asked Mr Shipopa how our edu-cation would compare with that in Zam-bia, he replied ‘The children would be so overwhelmed they would cry if they were to see the resources you have. You are very privileged to receive the education at such a standard you have. If our children were to visit here, they would realise just how un-derprivileged they are- especially in com-parison to you. London kids take such a thing like education for granted, and it sad-dens me.’ When we heard this, we realised it was true. Most of us do not recognise the resources we are so lucky to have, for free.

‘I love the racial diversity over here; you will not find such an amazing mix in Cham-boli. It is so astonishing to see, especially as everyone joins together as one. Your students here do not let the race interfere with socialising.’ This was Mr Shipopa’s response when we asked him what the most surprising aspect was, here at Chiswick.

Talking to Mr. Shipopa about his first time experience was lovely. He spoke about his

By aBiGail le Fevre

Creative and Media Group Campaign for ShelterThe Year 11 Crea-tive and Media Group put on a piece of drama about homelessness in C15, as part of their ‘Campaign’ unit. An appropri-ate theme at this

Chiswick Community School won the Ju-bilee Cup for best Business and Education Collaboration, with BAM construction and Gunnersbury School at the Hounslow Edu-cation and Business Partnerships awards ceremony at Eton College last week.

Collecting the cup on behalf of the school, James Whiting (Deputy Head) said ‘It is a great privilege to accept this award. The project was a really exciting and visual one which everybody in Chiswick must have seen. The school is working with a number of business partners to enhance the educa-tion of our students and it is great to have recognition for this work.’

The project involved Year 13 Art students from the school working to a brief set by BAM construction to design a mural for the boards surrounding their site on Chiswick High Road. The mural had to be environ-mental in theme to emphasise the com-pany’s green image and was based on the work of two artists Julian Opie and Michael Craig-Martin.

‘We are really proud to have achieved this prize’, enthused Julie Herd, Head of Art at Chiswick. ‘It was the Year 13 group’s first major public exhibition. Many of the stu-dents have been accepted on Art courses in FE starting next year’.

‘It was really exciting to work to a deadline for a real project’, said Jessie McCullum, one of the students involved. ‘It was great to see my work up where so many members of the public will see it’.

journey, with the enthusiasm of a child see-ing everything for the first time.

‘As we were landing, it was enchanting, the London lights lit everything up. I couldn’t see where they started and when they end-ed. It was beautiful.’ He told us.

During his time in Chiswick, Lovemore visited lessons, Brentford Football Club, Eton College and was escorted to the Hous-es of Parliament to see a select committee session by Head girl Abi Lefevre. On the Sunday of his visit, Andrew Dodge, Chair of Governors, walked him round the main London sights.

At the end of the interview, he told us how his school could not wait to participate in the exchange of two Chiswick students and teachers, and two Chamboli teachers and students. When he was describing the ‘Vic-toria Falls’ to us, I think it’s pretty obvious that whoever gets chosen is going to have a once in a lifetime opportunity, one that we’re all going to trying to grab.By MariyaM khaliFa aNd NiNa Pryce

time of year, the audience was reminded of the reasons why people become homeless and sleep on the streets.

Set in a meeting where homeless people tell their stories, Jonathan Adjei was a suitably persuasive charity worker who coaxed his clients to tell their stories to the audience. Phoebe Harris was convincing as a girl escaping from a family riven by domestic violence; Ben Steel shocked as the perpe-trator.

The lunchtime audience thoroughly en-joyed the piece and their awareness of the plight of those sleeping on the streets was heightened.

Chiswick Community School win Business Partnership Jubilee Cup

Auditioning SessionThe infamous Christmas session is upon us and with this comes some of Chiswick’s best events, the school musical and the Christmas concerts. Last week, nervous groups of students auditioned for the an-nual school musical and the much loved Christmas concert in the hope that they will be able to perform at such popular events.

Last year, the school musical ‘Hairspray’

was said to have been the ‘the best yet,’ but recent auditions for the next show, ‘The Little Shop of Horrors,’ highlighted a group of very talented students who may just con-tinue in the same way. Ranging from year 7 to 13, students had the opportunity to show off their talents in front of a panel of drama/music teachers.

Olivia Traverso talked about her audition experience for the school show, ‘I was nervous but it wasn’t too scary. The teach-ers gave us a few lines to perform and then we had to sing as the final part of the audi-tion.’

Although auditioning can be a daunting process, staff were impressed by the en-thusiastic pupils and the freshness that they brought to their auditions.

Furthermore, Christmas concert auditions were teeming with talent, leaving the tough choice as to who performs in the capable hands of Miss Raven and Mr Hickson. Taking place on both the 7th, at the local church, and the 8th at school, the event promises to be a spectacular one, full of festivities and talent.

We wish all the students who auditioned the very best and are looking forward to hear-ing and seeing the selected ones perform.