Rooknews Friday 10 March 2017

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16-17 Issue 10

Geothermal power station

Skogafoss

Walking on the glacier was spectacular – a once in a life time

experience – Harvey Newton

The view from behind the waterfall was beautiful –

Georgina McShane

Iceland was amazing, the dramatic scenery was really impressive and the glacier walk was my favourite part –

Max Broadhead

Iceland was

one of my

favourite times

at Rookwood –

Ben Miles

Walking behind the

waterfall was amazing –

Alice Bidwell

Gulfoss

Reykjavík

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‘BLOOD BROTHERS’ THEATRE TRIP

On Saturday 25th February, Mrs Blackmore and Mrs Salter took me and 14 others in Year 9 to go and see ‘Blood Brothers’,

performed in the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon. This was a musical about two twins that were separated at birth and who ended

up living very different lives. Fate ensured that their paths were destined to cross again, albeit with tragic consequences. This

performance featured great sensational music and tear jerking speeches. I especially found that the Narrator/Inquisitor (Dean

Chisnall) was an exceptional actor as was the mother played by Lyn Paul - they both sang with extreme clarity and delivered their

speeches extremely well.

The play was an adaptation from the book and musical written by Willy Russell. The set pieces were amazing, and were moved by pulleys and looked incredibly realistic. ‘Blood Brothers’ was set in Liverpool and the actors were very believable in the way

they spoke and acted. The two main protagonists played the same character from child to adult, which is quite an impressive feat as some of them had incredibly deep voices. Some characters, such as Mickey played by Sean Jones used their posture in

an incredible way to convey adolescence.

Solheimajokull Glacier

I would thoroughly recommend this play to anyone in Yr. 9 or above because it does use mild expletives, although they are used in context to the piece and are not used for the sake of it. The play was tear-jerking and thought

inspiring and it was a pleasure to watch. Edward Yates

Amazing – still shaking from the earthquake experience! Brief but fierce. Fantastic

waterfalls, beautiful rainbows (including my first

white rainbow), smelly sulphurous geothermal

pools – sadly no snow or Northern Lights. Will go

back! Mrs Salter

I found it very interesting to go

behind a waterfall – Shannon Exelby

I loved how the landscape was different because of all the volcanic ash - Jenny

Connell-Smith

Interview Talk Year 10

Earlier this week Year 10 was given a fascinating talk on interview techniques to aid them in their upcoming prefect interviews in May. We were given a video to watch to assess the body language of the person going into the interview. Afterwards we were split into pairs and given a booklet of common interview questions to go over with our partner. After this the speaker gave us a positive overall analysis of how we had done. Next Wednesday Year 10 are going to have mock interviews with people from HR connected to school. The whole morning was extremely beneficial for everyone. Emily Lewis

There was breath-taking natural

scenery - Zachary

Rae

Once in a lifetime experience - Maddie Jones

I loved seeing the glaciers because I had never seen one

before - Emily Lewis

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On Saturday 3rd March the boarding house went to Oxford as a fun trip for everybody

boarding and got us outside for some fresh air. The first thing we did was go to a

museum to look at lots of ancient artefacts with lots of skeletons. We had to learn two

facts about something there and ask a question about it to see if anyone knew.

Jacob Murray

On Wednesday, the Year 8 Netball team played Testbourne

School for the first time this season. With Amy Knudsen as the

Team Captain, we were off with a flying start, due to her speedy

passing and good communication skills. By the end of the first

half, both Rookwood and Testbourne were evenly scored with 5

goals apiece. We gave the last two quarters everything we had

and our scoring became pretty consistent. Alice Stafford, Tilly

Buchele and Olivia Schneider were our scorers and our defending

members played equally well. Despite an ongoing injury, Olivia

played three of the quarters and she was rewarded as player of the

match. The final score was 12-7, and we hope to continue our

winning streak in our next match which is against Wellington

Academy on the 14th of March. Theo Rowe

Dance Routines On Wednesday 8 March Year 7 are performing a dance routine entitled hello and The Anger Dance. We enjoy performing them and watching them. The Anger Dance is a giant fight scene and Hello is all about greeting people. Charlie Chatee and George Lewis

RUGBY On the 1st of March the U12 went to Test Valley to play two matches against John Hanson and Test Valley. Our first game was against John Hanson and this was our first ever game together and some peoples first ever time playing contact rugby. We lost 5-0 but played some good rugby. Then we played Test Valley and won 5-1 it was a great game. Charlie Lambert was player of the tournament. Sam Edmunds and Charlie House

On Friday 3 March, Growers held their first plant sale of the year. There were plenty of spring flowers on sale including iris, crocus, daffodils and mini-narcissus. The sale was very successful and most of the plants were sold, adding £131 to Growers’ funds. It was a lovely surprise when last year’s leavers turned up to see us: We wish Henry, Chris and all the other ex-Growers good luck with their ongoing studies.

Growers’ next sale will be at the Appleshaw Plant Fair on Saturday 29 April 2017. Mrs Yarlett

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Notice to Parents

We are keen to celebrate

the successes of our

Highfield students achieved

both in and out of school.

Please contact us about

anything we may not have

heard of, sending few words

about the achievement and,

if possible, a photo.

rooknews@rookwood.hants.sch.uk

Erin Hacker - Gold solo acting.

Tilly Buchele and Elicia Pugh - Gold duologue winners for their age group

Rosie Evans - Gold for Verse and Prose speaking and festival cup winner

Edward Yates - First place and winner of Shakespeare cup

Maddie Jones also won in her age group and festival trophy as well!

Many congratulations to our talented students! Mrs Blackmore

Huge success for Rookwood

in the Drama

section at the

Basingstoke Festival

this weekend.

All 14 entrants scored high marks

but particular congratulations

to:

In the afternoon, everybody went out in pairs and planted

trees to try and reduce the carbon dioxide emissions. After

this, selected children performed the same presentation

which the ambassadors had given in the morning to their

parents and peers. It was a successful day with at least 70

more people now knowing about the threat our carbon

dioxide emissions pose to the planet. Oscar Lodge

Plant for the Planet Academy

On Thursday 2nd March Oscar Lodge, Hannah

Bradbury and Erin Hacker went to train younger

children to become Plant for the Planet

Ambassadors at the Andover Golf Club.

There were approximately 70 children from local primary schools who had come to find out

about Plant for the Planet and how we save our world.

The day started with a presentation by the Ambassadors about Plant for The Planet, Global

Warming and the Climate crisis. The children then split into groups and the children completed

some activities concerning the world and how population, carbon dioxide emissions and money

were distributed across the seven continents.

UKMT

Gareth Brooker and William McDade have qualified

to go through to the next round of the UK Maths

Challenge. We wish them all the best for their

next exam on Thursday March 16.