News From Etonbury Academy
Red Nose Day
Thank you for the good turn out on Red Nose day. Every-one dressed
up in red and paid £1 which was all donated to charity. We asked year
groups for their opinion and their answers where very varied:
Year 5 students said they enjoyed coming to school in red, with
funny red noses on. Lewis Pinns rugby team did a charity run, what a good
effort! 5EM’s game ‘cover the red nose in coins’ raised £23.23. Well done!
The Year 6 students told us they liked the cakes and dressing up, some
came in onsies! Some even raised money from a day of silence. The
parents must have really enjoyed that.
Year 7 students said it was fun, good games; they enjoyed the ‘balance a
hat of your knee’ game. Well done, Millie Mason, you were the winner.
The Year 8 students enjoyed the cakes, they were delicious; some even
helped Mrs Thompson make them! It was a good turnout. They raised
around £50. They did enjoy the day but thought more games were needed.
Mr Geer said that he liked the effort people made for charity, and the
dressing up games his form did. Mr Larke en-joyed being around children
having fun and raising money. Good efforts everyone.
By Jade Turner and Shayla Kirkham 8KL.
Wind Band Concert
The Inspiring Music Wind Band concert was a great experience during which
students got an amazing feel of what it’s like to be in a band. The conductor
had a funny, casual way of teaching and there were lots of different
instruments such as saxophones (my instrument), French horns and tubas.
We got to play a variety of tunes including the Muppets Theme, the James
Bond Theme and The Pirates of The Caribbean Theme.
By Gabrielle Rickwood (6BMo)
St Peters Church – May
Don’t forget our regular Coffee Mornings at St Peter’s Church: Coffee, Tea,
Home-made cake and company every Tuesday from 10.00 until 11.30am.
Vicar Susan Edwards is to retire at the end of April after 17 years here in
Arlesey. Her last service will be on Sunday 5th May at St Peter’s Church.
We wish Susan all the very best for her future.
Swimming Gala - Outstanding Achievements
The weather beat us on Sunday and we decided to post-pone the 5K Fun Run
event. There were a number of VERY KEEN runners out and about including
Mrs Squires! Our thanks go to Mr Peter Church and Mrs Rainbow for their
invaluable help in contacting all the runners before the start of the event.
STOP PRESS .. NEW PROPOSED DATE 26TH MAY 2013
More details locally in May. EACA Committee
Gardening Club
The cold has not put us off!! The hardier members of the Gardening Club
potted up some strawberries for the summer. We are planning to start
putting in some raised bed growing areas in the new garden area. There
are also plans underway to construct a Wild flower meadow around the new
pond area with the help of TEASEL. These are new and exciting projects
which are in their infancy. If you would like to get involved in any way please
see the contact details in the Etonbury Farm Update article.
Young Musician of the Year
Each year Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland hold a competition
to highlight the talents of young musicians. The competition starts with each
of the 1850 clubs holding local competitions and I was asked if I would
like to give it a go. There were around forty musicians from many different
schools. At the next round – held at St Ives, I sang Moon River and a song
from Joseph acapella. After a long wait, I got some good feedback from the
judge then found out I was through to a district final.
The next round took place at Melton Mowbray. I was in the intermediate
section for people aged 11 to 13. After a short talk from the judge they
announced the winner from each section. Then they came to my section and
the winner is….one of the girls. I later found out I had lost out by just one point.
I think Etonbury could get more people to the district final and maybe
even the finals. So I hope to see you at the local competitions next January.
By Harvey Church 7DG
Etonbury Farm Update
The whole farm building now has new windows and doors fitted, along with
electricity and running water. It is beginning to look very smart.
We hope by the time you are reading this we will have some new
occupants of the Piggery building in form of some piglets and chickens. The
new Potting Shed and garden area are well under construction and hope to
have some raised beds in place for the students to start digging! We have a
number of student, parent and local volunteers and I would like to personally
thank them for all their efforts.
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