Eastern Chatter Issue 6 Autumn / Winter 2016 | Page 11

1 2   Recently we had an amazing group of year 7 girls from Hawthorn High come visit us. They were lush. Hawthorn High School is in Pontypridd not far from Caerphilly. They came to us as they were inspired by Eastern Chatter and wanted to create a magazine themselves. It felt lovely to think that we had inspired another school from a different area. They were all great girls with their own special qualities and personalities. We could all see some amazing potential for their magazine. We had a discussion about a name for their magazine and they thought of “Hawthorns Talk”, which is a great name in our opinion as it can now contain a wide variety of articles. If the name was “Hawthorns Sport” or “Hawthorns Beauty” they would be restricted to what articles they could include to be relevant. A great tip is to have a reasonable ratio of more serious articles to more fun articles. We also had an inspiring discussion about gender equality, stereotypes, what we wanted to be when we grew up and much more. They were very mature when discussing gender equality and stereotypes. By Melissa and Ala and Sky