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lizzie’s geocaching Adventure

Year 9 student, lizzie, has made the most of her time during lockdown. She has taken up
‘geocaching’, and describes it as “a treasure hunt with a twist.”
lizzie said, “geocaches are little boxes hidden for people to find. Some can be obvious, but
some are very sneaky and hard to find. Once you've found one you write your name and
date on the log inside, then log it on the app. It's really frustrating when you can't
find one but so satisfying when you do. I recommend adventurous people try it.
I’ll bet there's one near you!”

Audition Success in MeD Theatre Production

Year 10 student, eleanor, has successfully landed a role in a play called ‘Dart and eske’ with Med
Theatre. eleanor explained how because of Covid -19 the audition process was a bit different to
normal,“I had to record myself performing a monologue they sent me, as well as introduce myself
and say why I wanted to be part of the performance. It was a really weird but a fun process, as
normally with auditions you can gauge your chances of getting the part, but without the one-on-
one interaction nor seeing others audition, it was impossible to know how I got on.”
eleanor need not have worried, as a few days later she received the following news, “We are
thrilled and excited to offer you the role of Whitethorn! There was a real maturity and understanding of how
to deliver a dramatic text and we are really excited to work with you to help you continue developing your
artistic craft. We were absolutely thrilled that you chose to share with us your musical interpretation of the
monologue and admire that conviction and bravery. You have a lovely soulful voice and we hope that you
will enjoy working with our composers on this project.”

4 News

epic Fundraising Challenge Caring for the College
Animals During lockdown
Year 7 student, grace, has
every reason to be The axolotl may not be the most beautiful of animals,
extremely proud of her dad, but Mrs Peters, Senior Science Technician, has been
Steve, who has completed coming into the College during lockdown to feed
an amazing challenge; that them and the College goldfish.
of climbing up and down his Mrs Peters explains, “I'm coming in twice a week at
stairs to the height of everest the moment to feed them, they are carnivorous so I
and down again, that’s keep some heart chopped up for them in the freezer
nearly 3000 times in less and then slice it (to resemble worms) to hand feed
than 27 hours. them, they're not very good at finding the food for
Although he wasn’t exposed themselves, so I dangle it in front of their noses and
to the gruelling conditions they snatch it, which when you first do it can make
normally seen on everest, you jump! We've had them for around four years
this challenge was still now and they seem quite content, particularly during
extremely tough. this very quiet time, although I think they may miss the
Steve said, “I decided that I wanted to raise some students curiosity a little, they do tend to march over
money for a charity and being an ex-serviceman to the front of the tank for a good look if anyone
myself I chose the ‘help for heroes’ Charity.” his enters the room.
reason for choosing this charity was because of the Our dear old aged gold fish, he been with us around
amazing work that they do in rehabilitating injured twelve years, has very few scales left, can't share a
servicemen and women back into military life. They tank with any other creature (he's eaten previous tank
also help their families, and the individuals, if they mates) and likes to flick water at you. he is currently
cannot continue in the service. help for heroes on a feeding 'holiday block'
solely rely on public donations for everything they and also some
provide. I completed this epic challenge in 26 supplementary fish food, he
hours and 49 minutes, only stopping every so often does seem quite happy with
for food breaks etc. I’m absolutely amazed I’ve his lot!”
done it and feel overwhelmed by all the support
given to me throughout.”
grace said, “I think it’s a great thing that my Dad
has done for charity. I know he was very
determined to do it, although I didn’t think he
would actually go through with it. I know this
charity is close to his heart and I’m incredibly proud
of my dad for completing it.”

To date Steve has raised over £1240. If you would

like to donate to support him and his fantastic

achievement please follow the link below.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stevie1805?

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