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Aberglaslyn by Year 8From falling on a jellyfish to threecourse meals, December’s trip toAberglaslyn was better than ever!Below, Year 8 tell us what made itsuch a greattrip.FolwellWhen I went toAberglaslyn I had greatfun. My favourite partwas when we had amassive snowball fight onthe last day.At Aberglaslynmy favourite bitwas ElephantRock when Ijumped into theice water andgot a brainfreeze – TomWhere do I start? Well,gorge walking was an experience.Painfully cold but utterly fun at thesame time. Another highlight wascanoeing. Now I have super strongarms as the wind was strong. Theopportunity of this trip was a ‘once ina lifetime’ – Hannah DixonI found Aberglaslyn really excitingand thrilling. It was the best week ofmy life and I learnt loads – PeterMumford.My favourite bit of Aberglaslyn wasjumping off theElephant Rockbecause it wasquite tall. Thefood waslovely we hada three coursemeal and atnight the Cookwould cook us some supper. Theweather was the coldest week, itsnowed more than it had for 30years. I learned that it is best to havea go at everything, going toAberglaslyn was a good experiencebecause it pushed youto do everything –Luke AtherleyI was really lookingforward to going toAberglaslyn and itexceeded all myexpectations. For theactivities we were put into groupswhich did not necessarily have yourbest friend in.This was goodbecause youmade newfriends. Thecold/snow madeeverything muchm o r ememorable. Myfavourite activity was beachscrambling because you challengedyourself. – Hannah SmithAberglaslyn was great I reallyliked going on the night-linebecause it was really darkand you got to go with yourfriends. The worst thing waswhen I was on the beach andI slipped on the ice andlanded on a jellyfish! – RebeccaCoatesI went toAberglaslynin week 3and I thinkthe bestactivity wedid was thenight-line.Earlier thatday MrCarter hadtold us that there were wolves, sowhenever I heard my own footsteps Iscreamed! - Millie PaineThe best part ofAberglaslyn was when itsnowed on the last day.We were meant to seewhich group had made thebest snowman buteveryone had a massivesnowball fight instead! -Tom HollidayYOUNG AMBASSADORS MEET LOCAL MPOur two gold Young Ambassadors –Jasmin Southamand ClaireHopkins, metlocal MP AlanDuncan onFriday 14 thJanuary.With the issue ofschool sportfunding cuts verymuch in the news at the moment thegirls were determined to let AlanDuncan know just how importantschool sportis. The girlsboth puttheir viewsacross veryimpressivelyand alsohanded theMP a fourpage letterto pass onto the Prime Minister outlining whatthe cuts in funding will mean for ourlocal area and schools.They were a real credit to the schooland it was hard to believe they areonly 15 when listening to themspeak. Let’s hope Alan Duncan nowchampions our cause and thegovernment re-think this devastatingdecision for school sport.Pictured are Claire and Jasminpresenting their letter to Alan Duncan
The Cavalry, Shopping and...a Shetland Pony Race?I was under no illusions that my maincontribution to the group travelling tothe Horse Show at Olympia was asChief Navigator on the LondonUnderground plus my skills at headcountingin a crowd. Of mattersequestrian I knowlittle more than yousit in the middleand must be waryof both ends.However, I wassurrounded by anenthusiastic wealthof knowledge inthe form of twentytwo Belvoir HighSchool pupils andall eager toenlighten me.Heading down to London on Thursday16 th December we had an absolutetreasure of a day; the train was on time,we were all seated in the same carriageand no one was missing, sick or hadlost their bag. Getting to Kings Cross injust over an hour, it was a tube toSCHOOL REPORTSEdgware Road, change for Earls Courtand then one stop to KensingtonOlympia. Once we’d found our seats andknew we couldn’t lose anyone in the tubemaze, the staff could begin to relax.There were twosessions of showjumping – obviouslyhigh quality stuffbecause even Irecognised the oddname (rider not horse).They also kept talkingabout “top ten” and“number three in theWorld” and the fenceswere huge so Iappreciated it was thereal thing. Anycompetition ‘against theclock’ can be exciting but this was withriders trying short cuts and the crowd“oooohing” and “aaaarghing”. Even thesurreal spectacle of Shetland Pony MiniGrand National had us all going, but forme nothing matched forty mountedHousehold Cavalry Soldiers, armourThe Olympia Horse Show by Mr Griffithsshining and colours streaming fromlances held aloft charging into thearena at full gallop. In between theseevents, the girls disappeared off withgreat purpose into the maze of stallsthat sold everything from flying jacketsfor small dogs to Champagne forinvestment. But these Belvoir studentswere girls with attitude as well ashorses and clearly knew what theywere after; everything from ridingboots, pots of treacle, braided ropesand leather straps - all with technicalnames and uses – were swept up. I’llalways remember Emma Woolhousesqueezing into a rush-hour tube trainwith her arms clasping the huge bundleof horse blanket.It was an eye opening and infectiousexperience. I bought riding gloves, awhip and a back protector. Now all Ineed is a horse. It was the best of daysout and I thank Mrs Varnam whoorganised it as well as the girls whowent and I look forward to nextyear.....especially the shopping.Belvoir students of all ages havebeen learning how to be videojournalists. Former East MidlandsToday, Sky and Channel 5 presenterRob Glass has been training a groupof committed students all about theart of capturing good stories usingvideo. So far they have learnt howto capture interesting footage, writea script and edit the video footageinto a news story.It has been a fascinating learningexperience for all involved and thestudents arelooking forwardto taking theirnewly developedjournalistic skillsout and aboutaround theschool, tocapture the manygood newsstories that occurhere every week.If there are any morebudding journalists, cameraoperators or presenters thatwould like to learn more,then they will always be verywelcome to join in. Thereporting team have grandplans to broadcast theirnews items on the plasmascreens around the schooland also on the schoolwebsite- so watch thisspace!‘VANDALISM’ AT BELVOIR HIGH SCHOOLYou may have seen an article in the localpress last month reporting on thesupposed increase in vandalism at theschool. These reports are completelyfalse. Regrettably, they do accuratelyrecord what was said by a schoolgovernor at a meeting in Bottesfordabout local policing.However, the governor concerned isfairly new to the Governing Body and hewas confusing vandalism with burglary!Last year the school was burgled onthree occasions, probably targeted by aprofessional gang. After each occasionwe worked with our insurers to upgradeour security at considerable cost.Vandalism on the other hand is virtuallynon-existent; this has been the case forat least the last decade.
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