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WHITBY MUSIC CENTRE

By Lorna Quantrill

Not enough credit is given to Whitby Music Centre, where people of any age can work with other musicians and play with them. Every Saturday children and adults from all around the community meet and make wonderful music together. There are a range of different ensembles to join in with, all of different instruments and abilities; they run on Saturday mornings as two sessions, one from 9.30 to 10.45 and the second from 11.00 to 12.15. The different ensembles are the Strings, WOW (Wider Opportunities Whitby), WAVE (Whitby Area Vocal Ensemble), Whitby Area Concert Band, Esk Valley Concert Band, Mistral (Woodwind Group) and the Esk Valley Big Band. Bob Butterfield said ‘The Music Centre caters for players of a wide range of instruments and for singers too. We have groups for musicians of all levels - from players who have just started to play their instruments and can play just 3 or 4 notes to players at professional standard and all the levels in-between. The atmosphere at the Centre on a Saturday morning is wonderful – full of music making and people socialising.’

CCW NEWS TEAM

We are really excited to have formed the Caedmon College Whitby news team. Students have begun working on an array of news features which will feature regularly in the Whitby Gazette. The team has two student editors, Ellie Dyer Brown and Heather Mesley, as well as Liam Ryder, Rosa Byatt-Goodall, Jasmin Stonehouse, Abi Motson, Rachael Clarkson, Lorna Quantrill, Lily Sheridan, Rebecca Morgan and Grace Hall. The team are all superb, enthusiastic writers who are keen to write about school events, things happening in the local community, as well as reflecting on wider issues such as their response to the tragic terror attacks in Manchester. If other students from any year group are interested in joining the team, they should contact Mrs Whelan.

What better way to get to know the news team at CCW than by asking them five thought provoking questions? This week, we kick off with the editors: Ellie Dyer-Brown and Heather Mesley. Which book has changed the way you view the world? Ellie: Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel made me realise how fragile our society is but it also reassured me to an extent. I’d like to think that out there somewhere people would still be performing Shakespeare and telling stories even if modern day civilisation had fallen. Heather: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (that book made me ugly cry). Who (living or dead) would you invite to your dream dinner party? Ellie: Anthony Kiedis, Christopher McCandless, Audrey Niffenegger, Jack Kerouac and Dalai Lama. Heather: Oscar Wilde, every member of Steps, Barack Obama and Trump (so I can poison his food). What song do you listen to when you need cheering up? Ellie: The Zephyr Song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers - it’s my ultimate summer song! Heather: Echo Beach by Martha & The Muffins or I’m Still Standing by Elton John.

If you could say something to your thirteen year old self, what would it be? Ellie: Have a little more confidence in your abilities, and be kind. It can get you a long way in the world. Don’t be afraid of having your own opinions even if they differ from other people’s - always be true to yourself. I am proud of you. Heather: Don’t give up your hobbies because you can’t be bothered and don’t rush to grow up. As school gets harder and you have the pressures of earning money and making bigger decisions, you will look at your cat and think how lucky they are that they don’t have any responsibilities. At 13, this is your ‘cat’ time so just enjoy being young and carefree. Oh, and don't over pluck your eyebrows. What is your biggest fear? Ellie: Looking back on my life and realising I spent it doing what I thought I should instead of what I really wanted to do. Heather: Another world war.

MEET THE TEAM: FIVE QUESTIONS WITH THE EDITORS

POETRY SUCCESS FOR HOLLY

By Liam Ryder

Sixteen-year-old Holly Duncan is celebrating after being longlisted for the prestigious Tower Poetry competition. The competition is the UK’s most valuable prize for young poets and the winners were announced at an awards ceremony in Oxford. This year’s theme for the competition was ‘Stone’ and here follows Holly’s poem, ‘Stacks’.

Stacks minute stone houses gathered as a cluster towards the sea they looked. outwards and onwards gazed out over the sea, the harsh north wind blowing a gale against the community as the spit of the rain charged towards them. grainy, weathered rocks piled up in stacks. a sign of burial and respect. the huddle of folk chilled to the bone where the memorial takes place. one solitary soul stood along the edge of the cliff. tiny pebbles crunched under foot, under the layers of sediment, under the layers of earth. their heart as cold as the wind coming towards them, their heart practically the stone in which their houses were built, their heart as if it were the rocks in the stacks.

SPORTS NEWS

By Abigail Motson Caedmon College Whitby hosts biggest sporting event in its history.

On Thursday the 25 May, Caedmon College Whitby hosted its biggest sporting event to date, with a record number of children from various primary schools attending.

The sport that was introduced to the young children was golf. The aim of the event was to provide an introduction to the sport, while also ensuring (most importantly) that the children had fun - perhaps inspiring them to take it up in the future.

Two teachers - Mr Hopper and Mrs Raw - along with a team of Sports Leaders from Year 9 ran the event. Each leader was allocated an activity, some of which included advanced skills such as chipping the ball.

The event ran smoothly, helped along by the beautiful weather. Points were given at each station for each school, and the total score was then added up.

In the true spirit of “it’s the taking part that counts”, the main goal was of course for all the children to have fun. It was deemed “a fantastic day” by both students and staff alike.

Auschwitz. A camp harrowed by the torment of the horrific events that took place there.

Just two months ago, a handful of students from our College’s sixth form were given the opportunity to visit this momentous place in history, alongside pupils from other schools.

In an interview with two of the students that attended (Josh Crabtree and Jolyon Cox), they said: ‘It was surprising because it was so normal, just in the suburbs of a classic Polish town.’ (Jolyon).

‘You couldn’t see from one side to the other’ (Josh).

When questioned on what experience was most memorable, Jolyon responded: ‘For me, they had a big room just full of human hair; the hair that they had shaved off.’ Josh agreed, ‘The same was for me, but there was a huge room of shoes.’

The students visited Auschwitz not just as a historical trip that would widen their own knowledge, but also with the intention of then returning and spreading awareness by teaching their peers about what happened there. ‘This experience taught me to not ignore any form of racism or bullying because it can escalate; if something happens once, why can’t it happen again? The Islamophobia that is sweeping across the country is worrying. We can’t rule out anything’ says Jolyon, with Josh adding, ‘It is really important for us four to teach the younger generation about this as we need to learn from History and not ignore it.’

AUSCHWITZ TRIP 2017

By Rosa Byatt-Goodall

The Duke of Edinburgh award is an achievement gained by completing a series of long term tasks and goals and then participating in an outdoor expedition. It is open to anybody from age 14 to age 25 and there are three levels, bronze, silver and gold. The length of the challenges and difficulty of the expedition increases at each level. To complete the award there are four areas you need to pass. Volunteering, physical, learning a new skill and the expedition. Volunteering can come in many forms, most of my group and I chose to volunteer in our own school, helping younger students with their work in lessons or helping out in Whitby Library. For our physical section we have all chosen different sports such as cycling, swimming and horse riding. Because most members of our group are over 17, learning to drive was a popular choice for learning a new skill however I chose to do a mini apprenticeship with

my Dad’s plumbing business for my skill challenge.

My group and I are currently fundraising for our gold expedition in which we are canoeing all the way across Scotland via the Caledonian Canal. We most recently did a few car boot sales to raise money and I’m sure a lot of you will have seen us there because it was very busy and we managed to raise a staggering £500!

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD AT CCW

By Heather Mesley

After reading 'The Handmaid's Tale', I can see why this dystopian classic has made such an impression on so many. The storyline is thought provoking and interesting, but it is also terrifying to be able to draw parallels with how the fictional dystopia came to be and with the political advancements happening in today’s society. The Canadian author Margaret Atwood wrote this book in 1985. It follows a young woman who has been forced (along with much of the female population) into a world where their sole purpose is to bear children after nuclear waste pollution has rendered many women sterile. These women are labelled as ‘handmaidens’ and are each assigned a ‘commander’ to have a child with. The whole country is being monitored by the Government and there are strict rules to adhere to. If these rules are not upheld then severe punishments will follow. The men are hanged, the women are tortured, and they are displayed to the public as a warning to all. I think a large part of what makes this novel so different from other dystopian novels is that Offred (the protagonist) remembers the time before the change

whereas in many other books, the setting is some time in the far future and there seems little hope for change or revolution. While George Orwell’s 1984 is often referred to as an insightful perspective on modern society, Orwell’s world never materialized in full, and likely never will materialize to the degree he created. Instead it is Atwood’s dystopia, seemingly outrageous at the time

it was written, that is most likely to become reality. This horror story is made all the more real by the bridge Atwood has created between the world we know now, and the world that could be, via the flashbacks to the life the main character used to lead. The one thing I will say about this novel is that there is no distinction between the narrator and the character. This can sometimes make for some tricky reading however I soon got used to it and I love Atwood’s imagery and attention to detail in her descriptions. I absolutely loved this novel and I would highly recommend it. It serves as a cautionary tale and a necessary reminder to us all. Civil rights are hard won and easily lost.

BOOK OF THE WEEK

The Handmaid's Tale

Book review by Heather Mesley

Caedmon College Whitby was well represented at the Scarborough and District Athletics Trials held at Ryedale School.

The junior girls were represented by Evie Hartley-Hull, Jess Price, Rosie Hutt, Abbie White, Grace Cook, Evie Stonehouse, Rebecca Morgan and Daisy Stokoe.

The events they took part in were the 100m, 200m, 800m, 1,500m, long jump, shot putt, discus and javelin.

In each event, the top two participants were to go to represent their respective school at the District County Championships in York.

Those athletes with the honour are Abbie White who finished second in the 200m. Rebecca Morgan also finished second in the shot putt with a distance of 7m 16cm and will be joined by Daisy Stokoe who won the javelin with a distance of 19m 56cm.

In the junior boys’ events, the College was represented by Bradley Davies, Will Jackson, Joseph Wilson, Jack Collier and Callum Simpson.

Will Jackson and Joseph Wilson will enter the county event, Will’s in the 200m with a time of 27.38 seconds and Joseph for his winning the 300m in 43.65 seconds.

The College was also represented by the Inter students (Years 10 and 11). Representing the girls were Hermione Richardson, Emily Lewis, Phoebe

Corner, Mae Knight, Aida Kirkby, Anna Lees, Jasmine Kent and Izzy Hogarth.

Jasmine Kent qualifies for her impressive 800m time of 2m 43sec.

Anna Lees will represent Caedmon College in two events after her second place in the 200m in 48.91 seconds and another second place finish in the long jump.

Emily Lewis also came second in her discus event after throwing a distance of 18m 94cm.

In the boys’ category, the representatives were Elliot Hewison, Jack Knowles, Ben Botham, Joe Leather and Kobe Gildroy.

The qualifiers for the county championships are Elliot and Kobe who won the 100m and long jump events respectively.

In another event held at Lady Lumley’s, Hermione Richardson and Mackenzie Gordon came through the high jump events.

Hermione came top of her group with a personal best of 1.45m and Mackenzie came second in the boys group with 1.5m. They will also both go through to the county championships for the inter age group.

All participants did Caedmon College proud, however well they did. A special mention needs to go out however, for Elliot Hewison who had recently been signed off by a physio following a skiing accident. He is an inspiration and a great ambassador for the College.

COLLEGE SUCCESS AT DISTRICT ATHLETICS TRIALS