THE RAPTOR · Although the Shakespearian language takes some getting used to, the pamphlets provided clearly showed the complicated love triangles, squares and pentagons of the play.

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RAPTOR HARROW WAY’S NEWSLETTER FOR THE S TUDENTS BY THE STUDENTS

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CHARITY!

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2013

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IMPORTANT DATES

On the 15th of November, it was Children In Need day, where

people all over the country raise money for those less fortunate.

Harrow Way held several events throughout the school day to raise money

for this worthy cause. A few brave students and teachers volunteered to

have students throw sponges at them, while the others decided on a spot of

cake, instead.

The cake sale itself happened at break-time and lunch-time, and was run

entirely by 10 year 9 students (with a few contributions from teachers). The

main spectacle was the rainbow-marbled-skittles-Pudsey cake, which was a

huge hit - and a very delicious mouthful. Overall, a massive £263.70 was

raised!

Thanks to all who contributed - whether you ate cake or baked it! All the

money will be used to help change a child’s life for the better. Every penny

or pound raised makes a dif-

ference for someone, some-

where.

More fundraising events will

pop up in the future, so

make sure you always keep

your eyes open for a chance

to get busy and start baking!

4th December - English/

Science G&T ‘murder’ day

6th December - Xmas fair and

Y11 reports sent home

12th-15th December - Paris

trip

17th-18th December - Per-

forming Arts Showcases

20th December - End of term

The Raptor teams needs your

help!

We are looking for students to take

over writing each month’s main news

stories and articles. If you have some-

thing important to say, then we

would love to hear it. Whether

you’re interested in a permanent or

position, or just want to create a one-

off article... please email our editor

at:

[email protected]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1 CHILDREN

IN NEED

2 RECENT

EVENTS 3 MOVEMBER

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REMEMBER!

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SPORTS

By Georgia Day

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For Remembrance Day, students who are gifted and talented in history went to

London to lay a wreath and visit the London dungeons. Despite being allocated the

wrong coach, everyone was very excited for the day ahead! When we arrived at the London dungeons, everyone’s excitement soon turned to

fear. After a brief introduction, we soon realised that the room we were in moved – it was a lift that took us down to a water-ride, followed by a

lecture on the Spanish Armada. Through a massive gate we entered a room, where Guy Fawkes’ decapitated head told us the story of what really

happened with the Gun Powder Plot. This lead onto a torture chamber which taught us about all the tools which would have been used on guy

Fawkes – most of which didn't sound very nice at all! Some of the visitors even got locked inside a cage! Before enter-

ing Sweeney Todd’s oven, we visited a plague doctor… we should’ve taken the advice about not sitting in the splash

zone more seriously!

My favourite part was where we made our way through a scary mirror maze to see Jack The Ripper. Finally, we were

placed on a drop-ride and ‘hanged’ - the photo of Mr Holman was especially funny!

After a great time at the dungeons we laid our wreath at a memorial near the river. Finally, we ate at Pizza Hut be-

fore making our way back home.

A big thank you to Mrs Essop, Mr Holman and Mrs Langdown for organising a great trip!

If you have an article or idea for the next issue of ‘The Raptor’ or would like to be part of The Raptor Team

then please contact us at [email protected] or come visit Mr Fluellen, Miss Thompson or

Ellie Thomas in person!

LONDON TRIP

Some people may know Sandy as a previous Harrow Way governor - she ended her time here in 2011. Soon after, she moved to Somerset so that she could be with her son Matthew, who was already helping the children in Ghana, and wanted his mother to get involved, too. One of her main aims was to create a permanent base for children, and to get younger children into nurseries so that they are ready to go straight into education. Sandy sold her house in Andover and bought one in Ghana. It has been named 'The Guest House’ as it is for volunteer workers in and around the village. Ghana is part of a British Colony, so for the children to be able to go into education they have to learn English; while learning their own tribe language, too. Matthew had previously worked in a refugee camp for boy soldiers, who were often as young as 11 or 12. The house now has flushing toilets, showers, a big garden and bunk beds/ When people have been out all day helping and supporting others it is very often considered ‘living in luxury’ to be able to relax on the neighbouring beach and use real working toilets. There are 14 rooms in the house with each room being protected against mosquitos. There is also a house-keeper and a caretaker/security guard who both work on-site all year long. There are plans for 14 Year 11 students to go on a trip to Ghana in order to help more children. They have to raise around £400 before they can go to Ghana so that it can sponsor a child in their education. The timings for this trip may prove to be inconvenient, as many of the students in Ghana have to take an end-of-year test in order to graduate to the next year.

OUR WORK IN GHANA

By Ellie Potter

By Tia Fisher and Madison Griffiths

If you would like to help us with our support for schools in Ghana, then any type of fund-raising is greatly appreciated. Any money can be given to Mrs Delany for her to send out. Also, you can sponsor a child, helping them improve their future with the gift of education. Any donation would be greatly appreciated, as education in Ghana is no longer paid for over the age of 13 – despite it only costing 20p a day, it is unaffordable for many children.

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MOVEMBER By Elle Campbell

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It’s that time of the year

again… MOVEMBER!

It’s now a normal occurrence for millions of men all over

the world grow their facial hair for a month, including

many of Harrow Way’s teachers. Along with being a socia-

ble and fun event, the main reason for the so-called

‘Movember’ is to raise awareness and funds for male health,

in particular for prostate cancer. But the main question on

all our lips is what teacher has the best face fuzz? The Rap-

tor team has deliberated long and hard on the decision, it

was a close shave but in the end Mr Mann made the cut. We

caught up with Mr Mann and asked him for his views on

Movember:

Why are you taking part in Movember?

- I’m doing it with my triathlon group - they are all very

good friends of mine.

Who do you think has the coolest moustache in the

world? - For me it would have to be Ming the Merciless,

who was a villain in the 70’s film Flash Gordon.

Do you feel that Movember has been effective in

creating awareness for male health and cancers?

- Definitely! It is a worldwide event; you can even see Aus-

tralians with moustaches in the cricket.

Where did you get your inspiration for your mous-

tache style?

- Tom Selleck in Magnum P.I… you probably know him as

Monica’s partner who was a doctor in ‘Friends’.

Do you advise people to try Movember next year?

- Facial hair is always cool!

(Above) Tom Selleck and Mr Mann… you can

barely tell the difference!

(Below) Famous moustaches… Ming the Merci-

less, Einstein, Hulk Hogan and Salvador Dali)

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On the 8th of November, Year 11's BTEC Diploma Drama group took to the

stage to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ for this year's Shakespeare

Link Project. The Shakespeare Link Project is something that Harrow Way Drama teach-

ers have been running for 19 years (since 1994), and it involves a group of Year 11 drama

students giving up their Autumn half term to come into school and rehearse one of Shake-

speare's plays - with the directing assistance of a professional

actor, of course! After those busy 7 days, there was only one

more week to rehearse before the piece was to be performed!

Mr Manson said: 'I was delighted with the energy and enthusi-

asm of the actors. Their performance made me proud and I'm

sure it made them proud too.'

While many of us were relaxing at home during the

half-term holidays, a select few BTEC drama students were

working hard each and every day in preparation for their Shake-

speare Link performance.

Given only 2 weeks to memorise an entire script and create a

show from it, these budding actors and actresses faced a feat too

intimidating for many. But happily, I am able to say that they

pulled it off!

Soon after arriving, I realised how lucky I was to get a front row

seat in the full auditorium. As always, the tech team were on

hand to create atmosphere and suspense for the incoming actors.

Surprisingly, we were immediately greeted by a scene of action

as swordfighters leaped between the isles.

Although the Shakespearian language takes some getting used to,

the pamphlets provided clearly showed the complicated love

triangles, squares and pentagons of the play. The Y10 GCSE

dancers were also great as the neon-clothed fairies.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play filled with action, family-

feuds and just the right amount of dirty humour. An enjoyable

spectre that has been wonderfully executed by the students of

Harrow Way.

I would just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who

gave their time to come and support our BTEC Diploma

Drama Group and GCSE Dance group by coming to watch

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on Friday 8th of November.

Seeing everyone enjoy the show makes it all worth while.

Thank you again, on behalf of the drama and dance

class, Mr Manson and the technicians.

If you have an article or idea for the next issue of ‘The Raptor’ or would like to be part of The Raptor Team

then please contact us at [email protected] or come visit Mr Fluellen, Miss Thompson or

Ellie Thomas in person!

A MIDSUMMER

FROM THE CAST... EDITOR’S REVIEW

NIGHT’S DREAM

By Ellie Thomas

By Jake Baugh

By Katherine Robinson

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From Hollywood director Francis Lawrence, comes this year’s most anticipated film: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.’ After the success of the first film (directed by Gary Ross), Fran-cis Lawrence has a lot to live up to if he plans on impressing the fans. This film sees previous victors Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) being thrown right back into the heart of the enemy, trying to win the hearts of their audiences. After defying the Capitol with their smart moves at the end of ‘The Hunger Games’, President Snow (played by Donald Sutherland) sees it fit to eliminate the enemy. Previous victors are forced to re-unite to try and fight for what they believe in - something guaranteed to be heartbreaking, ex-citing and all in all an amazing book-to-movie adaptation. The film also features some new faces of upcoming and already loved actors - such as the British actor Sam Claflin as The Capi-tol’s heart throb, Finnick Odair. As a true fan of the series, it has lived up to exceeded expecta-tions, leaving myself and everybody else eagerly awaiting the next installment of the impressive series.

This BBC One series is said to be a gift from the gods, but have the Fates been kind to it? With its mythological roots, a dream team of creators and talented newcomers, surely not much could be wrong with Atlantis? Mark Addy’s unexpected take on Hercules and Robert Emms’ young Pythagoras make a comedy dream-team, who share their action packed adventure with Jason, played by the very attractive Jack Donnelly. The biggest problem with this mystical series is one that most Merlin fans will no doubt pick up on is that with its fierce-faced hero, his intellectual friend with hidden tal-ents, the divine, beautiful love interest Princess Ariadne and a tyrannical ruler… this series is firmly sticking with a tried-and-tested format. We must give the creators their due, as they have success-fully managed to set up a rather intriguing narrative arc: what is Jason's future? Is his long-lost father actually dead? And the one that has been playing on a lot of people's minds, is the oracle actually his mother? All these questions are brewing in our minds and making us crave more! This enticing tale will make sure you are left wanting more. Through the episode's run-time, we are treated to some epic visuals. Set, costumes and the realisation of the Atlantis’ fantasy elements all impress - the Minotaur lurk-ing in the shadows within the first episode is particularly great. ‘Merlin’ progressed leaps and bounds following its slightly sketchy first episode, so all fingers crossed that Atlantis will

grow and blossom in the same fashion. The show at the moment is far from perfect but it is very, very good. With a few tweaks, the show could absolutely have the potential to be-come the next big hit for Saturday night! After Doctor Who, of course.

If you have an article or idea for the next issue of ‘The Raptor’ or would like to be part of The Raptor Team

then please contact us at [email protected] or come visit Mr Fluellen, Miss Thompson or

Ellie Thomas in person!

The BBC television series Sherlock is a modern adapta-

tion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective novels. Fea-

turing Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin

Freeman as Dr John Watson, Victorian tales are transformed into

modern-day equivalents – with the actors providing a witty but

convincing performance of the duo. For once, this Sherlock

Holmes doesn’t carry a pipe and magnifying glass, all the while

crying ‘Elementary, my dear Watson!’ at the drop of a deer-

stalker hat. No, this rendition has Sherlock portrayed as a ‘high

functioning sociopath’ working with Detective Lestrade as he

solves cases similar to those in Conan Doyle’s novels.

Despite the series having to be altered to greatly to suit the set-

ting of modern-day London, you will be hard pushed to find an

adaptation that stays more faithful to the original books.

Each of the current 6 episodes are 90 minutes long, with the

highly-anticipated third series coming in the next couple of

months. If you are a fan of anything Sherlock Holmes or are just

looking for a thrilling but comedic drama, this series is for you!

BBC ATLANTIS CATCHING FIRE

BBC SHERLOCK

By Abbie Haswell

and Nayana Mcgee

By Abbey Pearson

By Beth Jeffries

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In the build up before, many people were asking ‘What was the point of SALAD day?’ S.A.L.A.D. stands

for speaking and listening active development day. This doesn’t mean you can’t read or write at all but it is a day where

you are improving your communication skills by focusing on spoken tasks and doing less written work than usual. SALAD

is a day to inspire confidence, develop how we talk and give us an alternate way of learning. As Stephen Hawking said in

1993… “All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.”

During periods five and six of the SALAD day, we walked around many of the classrooms taking photos and having a gen-

eral look at what was going on. Geography were getting really involved by making models of various geographical struc-

tures including the CBD (central business district) of a town and The Vatican. The Maths department were also having a

good time - all the teachers came up with different non-writing activities such as solving random maths questions in front

of the class. These are just a few of the activities going on, but there were many more that we were unable to see.

SALAD

Members of The Raptor team have been asking you what you

thought about SALAD day. The overall impression was positive!

“I thought SALAD day was good, we had great fun and especially in English”

“...loads of group work and debate. I loved it!”

“My class had an assessment to revise for in one lesson...We weren’t too happy

about that considering it was meant to be a speaking and listening day…”

“A great day, I think it did help us think about how we speak”

“I really enjoyed SALAD, it’s just a shame that we didn’t have a dress down day

too”

“I didn’t see how it would work in some lessons but in Dance, for example it

worked brilliantly!”

“We didn’t do anything different in my classes on SALAD day, I was expecting

something better.”

“I’d have preferred it if we had mixed year-group classes, like on Culture Vulture

day. I think it would have worked better if we didn’t have normal lessons or

regular teachers - ”

“Got told off for speaking in class… a bit ironic.”

“Everyone got involved in group projects and it was really beneficial, especially

in English. I thought it worked surprisingly well for maths in Mr Reed’s class.”

“Well at first I was like, what? But then I was like, yeah!”

WHAT DID YOU DO?

YOUR THOUGHTS

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The Raptor Team are... Editor: Ellie Thomas Teaching supervisor: Mr Fluellen and Miss Thompson

Media writer: Emily Nuttall Article writers: English Gifted and Talented team

Top 5 Websites to help you learn something new:

www.dailyinfographic.com - This site provides lots of facts through the use of diagrams and pictures. There is a new infographic daily, as the name suggests.

www.theday.co.uk - The Day is a news website that uses simple to understand articles, but still tells you everything you need to know.

www.mentalfloss.com - Mental Floss is a random fact website, but there are also articles and quizzes that are presented in an up-to-date format.

www.eol.org - This is a site that strives to document every living thing on Earth. It is a brilliant way to re-search creatures and find pictures of them - no matter how rare they are.

www.nationalgeographic.com - As well as providing news articles, quizzes and videos, National Geographic’s website contains high-quality and trust-worthy information about everything in nature you need to know about.

LIBRARY CORNER

By Harry Smallbones

CHRISTMAS

FAIR Friday 6th December

5-7PM

Come and visit the auditorium to grab some gifts, snacks and play some games for

fundraising.

It only happens once a year!

(More details to be announced in tutor-time)

“I’m not crazy!” the man attempts to convince the audience of his sanity, while describing a brutal murder he committed; ‘The Tell-tale Heart’ puts the audience into the mind of a serial killer, who hides the dismembered body of his victim under the floor-boards - but the heart of the man with the vulture eye is still beat-ing... ‘The Signal-Man’ by Charles Dickens (first published in 1866),‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ (Edgar Allan Poe,1884) and ‘The Red Room’(H. G. Wells,1894) are all short gothic horror stories. On Thursday 14th of November, Y9 students were lucky enough to witness these three mini horrors being performed by Rupert Mason, part of the acclaimed Red Heart Theatre. When asked about the afternoon, Miss Pittman said, “I loved the performance. I’ve arranged performances for three years running now... but this one was by far the best he’s ever done. The year 9s were brilliant for him, and I think he responded to it very well and definitely threw himself into the performance this year; it was excellent.” When asked what she thought made it so good this year, she re-plied: “Partly because he has rehearsed it so much, so every time I see the performance, he has had an entire year to master the words. He clearly knew that he had done well. He complimented both the teachers and students for the quality of the questions.”

GOTHIC TALES

By Sam Tugwell

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Harrow Way Rugby Club is finally on

the rise. After years of people playing other

sports, doing other things (or just being plain

lazy), the club has started to pick up pace; new

players, new energy and a whole new spectrum

of young talent coming into our ranks. But why leave you, the reader, out of it? You too could be enjoying the fruits of this club’s

hard labour if you were to simply join us. There a many great reasons we think you should join the club, but why don’t you consider

our recent achievements? You only have to glance at the year 9 squad to recognise the winners of The Andover 7’s Cup – the same

set of boys who have been consecutively victorious for 3 years! With the year 8s being so talented, they have

much to teach the brand new Y7 recruits. Could you be one of them?

But we’re just the beginning. Imagine what the year 10 and 11 squads are like! Johnny Ireland, Joe Joy and I

have already been nurtured by this club into county-level standards. Anyone can be part of our club - wheth-

er you’re big and loud or small and quiet. So if you’re interested by this proposal, please be sure to talk to

me, any of the names I have mentioned in the text above or Mr Peters about joining the club. Alternatively,

you can simply meet in the sports hall and take part in one of our sessions after school on Thursday on the

field. It’s about time more players decided to ruck, maul and scrum their way into a new

sport so please try to come along.

RAPTOR SPORTS

On Saturday 9th of

November, six students

from year seven bravely

walked down and around

town in their onesies for Can-

cer Research UK. Most of the money raised was from be-

ing sponsored although other donations were collected. In

total, over £400 was raised! One of the participants said,

“We were all delighted with this total and intend to do

more for this fantastic charity.”

If you want to donate to or help out Cancer Research UK,

over 16s are able to volunteer and anyone can easily do-

nate money and belongings to the shop in the high-street.

If you or a fellow student have done something

special for charity tell us about it and get in ‘The

Raptor’ !

On Wednesday 13th of November, Harrow Way’s

winning streak continued against Winton.

The Y10/11s team usually consists of girls from only those

years, but this time Louisa Jones and Shelby Truscott (both

year 8) stepped into the team quickly and they both played

fantastically well. The shooting was great from Alice Hill

and Louisa Jones, with Emma Helsdown and Katie Roche

helping with some assists. Emma Helsdown and Cerys

Cousins, alternating as centre, still performed well and

achieved some amazing interceptions. The defending was

equally as good, with Kiera Jansen as Goal Defence, and

Cerys Cousins stepping in to play Goal Keeper.

The player of the match, voted by Winton, was Louisa

Jones. The overall score was 13-1 to Harrow Way. An

even bigger well done to the year 9 team who also had a

great victory, winning with a whopping score of 26-0!

Our congratulations to both teams, keep up the good work

and maintain the winning streaks!

BOYS’ RUGBY

CHARITY ONESIE NETBALL MATCH

WALK

By Lauren Baugh By Katie Roche

By Joshua Ingram