mayfield moments · 2018. 4. 28. · mayfield moments friday, 27th april 2018 our trip to morocco...
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Mayfield Moments
Friday, 27th April 2018
Meet the teacher Mrs Cook - Maths
1. Do you go to the gym?
I try to go at least twice a week. I do a 30
minute circuit. I prefer to do leg work.
2. What has been your favourite holiday?
Orlando, Florida.
3. What is your favourite food?
I love Italian food – preferably eating it in the middle of Sorrento!
4. Tell us something that no-one at Mayfield knows about you.
I won a disco dancing competition when I was 10. I had to go through
to a final round, which was held at Butlin’s.
5. How many children do you have?
I have two sons, Fraser and Ethan, and one daughter, Erin. Erin came to
Mayfield in the Nursery.
6. What are your favourite things to do at the weekends?
My children are always busy with their activities at the weekend. I seem
to spend most of my time standing next to football pitches or athletic
tracks cheering them on.
7. What was your favourite subject at school?
I have always enjoyed Maths, and really enjoy teaching it.
8. What would you have been if you were not a teacher?
I wanted to be a nurse, but I cannot touch cotton wool!
9. Do you have a dream?
I would like to build my own house in the country.
10. What would be your dream car?
A VW camper van.
Who would you like me to interview after the holiday?
Please send your questions to Mrs Palmer.
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Next Term
On Monday 5th February,
children from Upper II and
Lower III will again be taking
part in the Blue Coat
Exhibition at St Matthew’s
Church. Our children will
being singing Believe by Lin
Marsh during the short
concert which starts at
1.15pm. All parents are
welcome to attend and
support the children. There is
also an exhibition of work for
everyone to enjoy which, this
year, celebrates the work of
the family.
Four children from Form II will be taking part in the inaugural Year 4 Maths
Challenge at Wolverhampton Girls’ High on Friday 4th May. These lucky
children will have the opportunity to display their mathematical abilities.
Mr Watts will be taking the School Council to Walsall Town Hall on Tuesday
1st May.
There will be PTA meeting at the County Hotel starting at 8pm on
Wednesday 2nd. All parents are very welcome to attend.
There will be a meeting for parents of children in Kindergarten and Nursery
devoted to the development of handwriting in young children. This will be
held in the Art Room and will start at 2.45pm
We are holding an Internet Safety Workshop on Friday 4th of May starting at
2pm. Come to the Hall to hear how to keep your children safe in these
times when children need to use the internet more in their day to day lives
and as part of their education.
There will be a short concert given by children in Lower School on Friday 4th
May. This will be in the Hall and will start at 3.45pm. Everyone is welcome
to attend.
Remember, Monday 7th May is a Bank Holiday. Mayfield will be closed for
the day. Take the opportunity to go and visit different places or try new
activities. How many of the challenges from ’50 things to do before you
are 113
4’ did your child manage to do over Easter? I like climbing trees,
while Mr Palmer enjoys playing Pooh sticks with our 3 year old nephew. I
will give 5 merits to all children who can send me a picture of themselves
doing one of the activities on this list.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/documents/50-things-activity-list.pdf
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Aarian (K) went to Goa
Nova (K) and
Xander (PN) went
to Dudley Zoo
Karam (Tr) went
to London
Samarah (FI), Mustafa (Tr) and Sumayya (N) have been out and about
during the Easter holidays. It looks like they had a successful Easter Egg
Hunt!
Aayush (Tr) and Aishani (N) had a lovely
time in Euro Disney
Jaya (K) went to
Legoland
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Frankie went to Sri Lanka Magda went on rides at the
Amusement Park
Simi went to
Orlando Florida
Deesha (Tr) was very
busy over the holidays.
She went to see some
butterflies, visited Ash
End Farm and at The
Think Tank
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Friday, 27th April 2018
Our Trip to Morocco – Easter 2018
After a three and a half hour flight, we arrived at
Marrakech Airport where we had to wait in
frustratingly long queues, we just wanted to get
out and start exploring. Eventually, we managed
to get out of the airport where we met our transfer
who took us to our Riad.
The streets leading to the riad were narrow so we
walked from the taxi drop off point to the riad.
Our luggage was loaded onto a cart and pulled
by a porter who we followed amongst the
evening hustle and bustle. Our first impression of
Riad Tzarra, was that it looked like a very plain and
basic building with a wooden door and no
windows. However, when we stepped inside, it
looked like a small palace! In the courtyard there
was marble flooring with palm trees and a little
pool, there was no roof so it was very bright and
warm in the day. The rooms were situated around
the courtyard in traditional Moroccan layout.
In the morning our first venture through the
labyrinth of streets armed with a map and
instructions from the riad manager was extremely
daunting. The myriad of stalls in the souks were
packed with hordes of locals as well as tourists,
there were also lots cats slinking stealthily around
the place. Motorbikes roaring through the souks
and alleyways every second of the day didn’t
help with trying to stay together and finding our
way. We also saw the big market square where
many snake charmers and traditional entertainers
were showing off their talents and impressing
tourists. We had a filling lunch at the Nomad
restaurant, then we went to the recently restored
Secret Garden. We had great fun playing hide
and seek in the garden, relaxing in the sun and
smelling the beautiful herbal plants. In the
evening we ate a delicious dinner on the terrace
of Le Jardin restaurant, we started to notice a
theme for food now, tagine and couscous!
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The next morning we set off to Badhia Palace to see
the storks nested on the palace ruins, they were huge
and it was absolutely amazing to see them. We had
an immensely fun morning exploring the grounds, the
underground tunnels and the lookout points. After
lunch we went shopping in the souks to buy a
Moroccan chess set and a small guembri (traditional
instrument), it took ages to find the guembri. To start
with, the souk owner quoted a ridiculously high price,
we managed to negotiate it down to a quarter, the
souk owners just didn’t want to let us go without
buying things so they had to agree to our requests.
On the final day in Marrakech we left the riad bright
and early to avoid the two hour queues for entry to
the Majorelle Gardens. This was a vibrant place with
lots of different plants, pots, ponds and sculptures, all
designed by the late Yves Saint Laurent. There was
also an exhibition of his ‘Love’ theme art work year
by year up to 2007, he died in 2008. After lunch we
went back to the riad to prepare for the next leg of
our trip to the Atlas Mountains. That evening we had
dinner in our riad because we didn’t want to be tired
the next morning for our departure to the mountains.
After a one and a half drive from Marrakech, we
arrived at the small village of Imlil in the Atlas
Mountains. Our driver dropped us off at the end of
the road with our rucksacks and we walked up a
winding, rocky path to the guest house which we
were staying at. Luckily we had a mule to carry our
bags up for us. We left our bags in our room then ate
a delicious lunch on the terrace where we had a
stunning view of Mount Toubkal. In the afternoon we
explored the village where we saw little houses
perched on the mountainside, mountain goats with
their kids, chickens, mules and bulls. We came across
a shop selling traditional Berber rugs which were
handmade by the local Berber women. The
shopkeeper persuaded us to buy a giant rug and in
typical Moroccan tradition we had to bargain and
negotiate the price down. We took it easy on the first
day because we were getting used to the altitude.
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The next morning we woke up early for our first
mountain trek. We both felt excited and nervous
as we started climbing the dangerous rocky paths
with our guide, Ibrahim. Along our journey we
saw amazing views of the snow-capped
mountains and streams running down from them.
At noon we stopped for a wonderful, freshly
cooked picnic on the mountain side next to a
river. After lunch we splashed water from the
stream onto our legs, it felt very refreshing! We felt refuelled and energised to
trek again. Although we had a mule if we became too tired to walk, Tuneesh
and I didn’t use it because we felt sorry for it, they assured us that it was well
looked after but we just didn’t want to sit on it. We relaxed on the terrace
later that afternoon. That day we trekked 10km and went to an altitude of
1,800m.
The next day we had another early start with
breakfast at 8am to meet Ibrahim at 9am to go
trekking into the valley. Parts of the valley which
had a lot of streams flowing through were
lusciously green with lots of different plants and
trees. We saw walnut trees, apple blossom trees
and cherry trees. We walked for over 11km this
day and went up to an altitude of 2,200m, that’s
over half of the height of Mount Toubkal! We really
enjoyed trekking and it didn’t feel like we were walking for hours and hours,
we wanted to go to the summit but our parents said we could possibly do
that when we are older. We enjoyed relaxing on the terrace again that
afternoon.
The next day we felt a bit upset because we were
going leave in the afternoon. We spent the time that
we had left relaxing in the sun on the terrace, we
reminisced about our adventures on this holiday and
it was ever so different to our usual beach holidays.
We would quite like to do an adventure holiday
again.
By Tuneesh (FII) and Hemali (FI)
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Hose that! Form II show
their skill at putting out fires
with the help from some
firemen from West
Midlands Fire Service.
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Something fishy – By Jack (FI)
It was a sunny, Wednesday morning and I had
to go to the launderette because it was
Washing Wednesday. I went to the
launderette and I sat on a chair and I was
soooo bored so I read a book.
Suddenly, I saw something shining in the machine. Was
it a fish? It can’t be can it? I crept.
‘Wow! There are so many things, do I own so much?’
I put my hand in the machine, the water
was warm and I was curious, so I swam into
the machine.
I was shocked to see the hundreds of multi-
coloured sock fish.
‘Are these mine?’
I swam around enjoying all the fish until
I saw the denim shark. Suddenly, he
was behind me so I hid behind some
pipes. I saw the door of the machine
but the shark snapped at me so I
swam as fast as I could.
I finally got out slowly. I tried to touch them.
Suddenly, a voice said,
‘I think those are mine!’ boomed the shark.
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Maddie’s (LII) entry for the
Highclare Art competition
Food Technology Smoothie
poster by Aisha (FII)
Food Technology Smoothie
poster by Amrita (FII)
Harman’s (UII) entry for the
Highclare Art competition
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Kindergarten told the school the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They
showed us the caterpillars they had drawn and told us about the caterpillars they
have in the classroom. We are all looking forward to the day when the butterflies
emerge from their chrysalises after the metamorphosis from caterpillars. There is
a life cycle of a butterfly sheet on the next page for you to colour.
Lower III Soloists’ concert
Zahra (flute), Anaisha (flute), Vikram (piano), Maanav
(Clarinet), Junaid (violin) and Theo (flute) performed with
confidence and musicality during assembly on Friday. Their
performances were enjoyed by the parents, staff and children.
Congratulations to all the children who have performed in
public this year. We look forward to the Lower School soloists’
concert next Friday.
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Friday, 27th April 2018