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and Conocimiento del Medio/

Ciencias Sociales to a meeting

with Ms Flaxman in mid Janu-

ary to explain the new Selec-

tividad and university entrance

requirements to you. A let-

ter inviting you to the meeting

will be sent out before Christ-

mas.

Dates for your diary;

Friday 11 December –

Christmas Social Afternoon

for families and staff

From 3.30 pm you are invited

to come in to school to see our

Christmas classrooms and dis-

plays. There will be a Christ-

mas Raffle in aid of the Eliot

George Foundation and many

stalls selling cards as well as

mince pies and Christmassy

drinks.

Wednesday 16 December –

Whole school Christmas

Show and Carol Concert

Begins at 2.30pm. Please come

along and join in with your

children

Thursday 17 December –

Danzart Christmas Show –

Begins at 2.30pm. For all clas-

ses up to and including Year 7,

and Secondary students whose

siblings are in the show, by

parental agreement.

Friday 18 December –

Sponsored Walk in Secon-

dary

Begins at 2.30 pm. To raise

funds for the Eliot George

Foundation.

Monday 21 December

Secondary Reports go out

Tuesday 22 December

Primary Reports go out

As part of the ´Common Euro-

pean Framwork´ one of the new

agreements among Spanish Uni-

versities is to have a foreign lan-

guage graduation requirement

of Level B1. We are now offer-

ing lunchtime clubs at these lev-

els to enable pupils to obtain

certificates in French and Eng-

lish. The school has recently

been authorised as a centre for

taking the Cambridge exams

(KET, PET, First Certificate, Ad-

vanced and Proficiency) and our

first pupils will be able to take

the PET (B1 level) in March 2010

whilst others will take the Alli-

ance Française exams before the

end of the academic year.

From Summer 2010 our Spanish

pupils will be able to take the

“prueba específica”- part 2 of

the new Selectividad University

entrance exams and we are pre-

paring them for this extra exam,

as well as for GCE ´A´ Levels,

which are recognized as equiva-

lent to the “prueba general”. We

shall be inviting all parents of

pupils doing the Spanish Lengua

NOVEMBER 2009

Update from Gillian Flaxman

Read more about

current projects

& activities…

Produced and edited by

Ms. M. Goodwin, Sam Gulliver,

Laude Newsletter Club and

Staff Members Laude students raised 3950€ for charity ......find out

more on page 7.

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NOVEMBER 2009

ACTUALIDAD DIRECTORA

GILLIAN FLAXMAN Recientemente se acordó que

uno de los requisitos para el

acceso a las universidades es-

pañolas fuese la obligación de

tener una lengua extranjera

del Nivel B1 del marco de la

Unión Económica Europea. Por

este motivo, actualmente esta-

mos ofreciendo durante la hora

del almuerzo unos clubs en

estos niveles para permitir que

los alumnos puedan obtener

certificados en francés e in-

glés. Hace poco el colegio fue

autorizado como centro para

celebrar los exámenes de

Cambridge (KET, PET, First

Certificate, Advanced y Profi-

ciency). Nuestros alumnos po-

drán hacer los exámenes del

PET (nivel B1) en marzo 2010

y los de la Alliance Française

se podrán hacer antes de fina-

lizar el año académico.

A partir del verano del 2010,

nuestros alumnos de español

podrán hacer la “prueba espe-

cífica” – la segunda parte de

los nuevos exámenes de selec-

tividad para entrar en la uni-

versidad. Estamos preparando

a los alumnos para este exa-

men además de los GCE ´A´

Levels; estos últimos son reco-

nocidos como lo equivalente a

la “prueba general”. A media-

dos de enero, tenemos previs-

to celebrar una reunión entre

Ms Flaxman y todos los padres

de los alumnos que estudian

Lengua española y Conoci-

miento del Medio/Ciencias So-

ciales para explicarles los nue-

vos requisitos de la selectivi-

dad y exámenes para el acceso

a la universidad. Recibirán es-

ta carta antes de Navidad.

Fechas para apuntar en la

agenda;

Viernes 11 de diciembre –

Acontecimiento Social Navi-

deño para Familiares y el

personal

Queremos invitarles a pasar a

partir de las 15.30 para ver las

aulas decoradas y nuestras ex-

posiciones navideñas. Cele-

braremos un sorteo navideño

para un fin benéfico y habrá

muchos puestos vendiendo

desde tarjetas navideñas has-

ta pastel de carne picada

(Mince pie) y bebidas típicas

de estas fechas.

Miércoles 16 de diciembre

– Show Navideño de todo

el Colegio y Concierto de

Villancicos

Comienza a las 14:30. Por

favor, vengan y participen con

sus hijos.

Jueves, 17 de diciembre –

Show Navideño de Danzart

Comienza a las 14:30. Para

todas las clases hasta Year 7 y

alumnos del resto de secunda-

ria cuyos hermanos participa-

rán en el show, con el consen-

timiento de sus padres.

Viernes, 18 de diciembre –

Caminata esponsorizada de

secundaria

Comienza a las 14:30 . Para

recaudar fondos para la Fun-

dación Eliot George.

Lunes, 21 de diciembre

Se entregan las notas de

secundaria

Martes, 22 de diciembre

Se entregan las notas de

primaria

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OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS RECEPTION - WORKING HARD

BY MISS BULLOCH AND MISS WILSON

This month has been extremely busy for Recep-

tion. We have learned so many new things. In Lit-

eracy we have looked at the alphabet and learned

all the sounds the letters make. We have also

read lots of books and our favourite one was

called: ´The Toys Party´. We decided to have our

own party and invite our toys. They had such

good fun eating jam sandwiches, sweets and bis-

cuits. It was such a special treat.

NURSERY - USING SENSES BY MS. GREENWOOD

In Nursery we have been looking at our five senses. We have

walked around the school to hear different sounds and see dif-

ferent sights. We enjoyed tasting and smelling lots of different

foods and smells. We made telescopes and noisy music shak-

ers. Our favourite part was feeling cold spaghetti and gloop!

Fun and messy!

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On Monday 16 Novem-

ber, Year 3 set off to San

Pedro Beach. To help us

with our Rivers topic,

we wanted to see the

mouth of the river at San

Pedro Beach.

We walked to the beach

and when we arrived

there, we saw a demon-

stration by Miss Middle-

ton on how rivers shape

the land.

Next, we walked to the

mouth of the river,

sketched the area and

answered our fieldwork

questions.

OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS PRIMARY—YEAR 1

IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF LIGHT BY MRS MARSHALL AND MISS PALMER

Year One have

been finding out

about light and

dark. We have

learnt how to

identify a light

source and that

these may vary in

brightness. We

now know that

the moon and the

stars reflect light

down to earth

from the sun. To

be safe at night it

is best to wear

light coloured

clothes and to

have a reflective

jacket on. Some

lights are func-

tional so we can

see at night, but

some lights are

used for decora-

tion. We like the

coloured fairy

lights on the

Christmas tree

and in the city

streets!

PRIMARY—YEAR 3 IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF LIGHT

BY Ms. CLAIRE MIDDLETON

By now, we were thirsty and hungry so we had our snack and enjoyed

playing on the beach for a while.

It was a great trip, and we all learnt a lot!

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YEAR 6 - RESIDENTIAL TRIP STUDENT REPORTS

OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS

ROCKING RESIDENTIAL!!! On the 13th October forty Year 6 children from

Laude San Pedro travelled to Fuente del Roble for

their Residential trip to do team building activities

such as rock climbing, hiking and archery.

Horse riding - One of the activities was horse-

riding where the children learnt to saddle up.

Some of the children experienced cantering and

others just galloping.

Claudia, a brave year 6 student, commented that

it was awesome and that she wanted to go again .

Arroying - Another activity that the children did

was arroying where they had to put very tight

wetsuits on. After that the children had to hike up

a mountain all the way to the top were they had

fun in very cold water, jumping off rocks and slid-

ing down waterfalls.

Reporter: Claudia Mack

On the 13th of October, 40 year six students

from Laude San Pedro International

College arrived in Fuente del Roble, to do

team building activities.

Arroying was planned on the Wednesday.

The children commented that at first they

thought it was hiking , but once they got to

the top of the river they had safety instruc-

tions and had to wear wet suits. The children

got in to the water - some loved it but some

thought it was cold admitted Ayla, a student

from 6Dc. “I felt really shocked when I

jumped into the water. I didn't think it would

be so COLD!!”

On the last day they went air-bridging. Some

children were afraid of the heights but Lee, a

6dC student, confronted his fear.

Year 5 students are now looking forward for

their residential trip next year.

Reporter: Eleanor

Jumping

into the

water

THE TIME OF OUR LIVES!

Year 6 - Getting ready for their disco!

On the 13th October 2009, 40 Year 6 students

from Laude San Pedro International College trav-

elled to Sierra De Cazorla, Jaen, on the residential

trip.

Air Bridging was one of the activities. Roberto

Holmes, a Year 6 student, commented “Air Bridg-

ing was my favourite activity. I was actually afraid

of heights before, now I'm not”. The children were

instructed to go from bridge to bridge safely by

connecting their safety clips.

The Disco was one of the last activities. Miranda, a

Year 6 girl, said “The Disco was amazing. At the

end me and Dylan slow danced, it was funny".

There was Fanta ,popcorn and coke . The music

was the children's choice.

Year 5 can't wait to go!

Reporter: James Musgrove

TREMENDOUS TRIP

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YEAR 6 - RESIDENTIAL TRIP STUDENT REPORTS

OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS

See the news articles that Year 6 have produced about their residential trip.

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PRIMARY NEWS FUND RAISING SPONSORED SPELLING

BY VICKY HURST

In October, the Primary

School received a visit from

Natalia Perry who runs a

charity called “Sacred Child-

hoods”. She showed us pho-

tos of an orphanage that she

has set up to help children in

Bali.

We were all very surprised to

discover how hard life is for

the children. They have very

few toys, not enough to eat

and some do not even have

clean beds to sleep in.

Mrs Hurst decided to organ-

ise a sponsored spell to help

raise money. This involved

all the children from Year 1

to Year 6. The children

worked very hard to learn

their spellings ready for a

test on Friday 6 November.

Then the children collected

their sponsor money and

brought it to school.

The amount of money we

raised is ASTOUNDING! The

current total is 3,950 euros

and sponsor money is still

coming in.

Many, many thanks to the

parents and families of our

pupils who supported this

very worthy cause. And of

course, thank you to the

teachers and children – it

would not have been possi-

ble to do this without every-

one working together.

Natalia Perry came back to

the school on Friday 13 No-

vember to thank the chil-

dren. She informed us that

the money will fund a school

for children who live in the

slums in Bali, to ensure that

they get an education,

hopefully improving their

lives and those of future

generations.

Well done to

everyone!

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OCTOBER 2008

PRIMARY-NEWS YEAR 5 -WW2 STREET PARTY

BY MRS A. AVILEZ, MRS B. BLACKWELL AND MRS K. WOOD

As part of their curriculum

studies Year 5 enjoyed a

wonderful World War II

Street Party on Friday 13th

November.

LIBRARY READING COMPETITION BY CARMEN JEREZ

The winner for the month of October of the Library Reading Prize goes to Car-lota Fernández Feres in year 5W. The other par-ticipants, Camille Green year 5W , Lucas Laya year

4F, Daniel Montalban year 3H, Julia Pietras year 5A and Ana Sánchez Prados year 4dC received a bookmark of their choice.

To participate, students from years 3-6 must read at least 6 books and hand in their card with the 6 stickers that they have received once they have read their book and returned it in on time with their card.

Congratulations to all the winners and for those of you who have not won a prize for this past month, remember that there will be a draw at the end of each month so keep on reading and make sure you don’t lose your library card!

La ganadora del Premio de Lectura de la Bibliote-ca del mes de octubre ha sido Carlota Fernández Feres de year 5W. Los otros participantes, Ca-mille Green year 5W, Lu-

cas Laya year 4F, Daniel Montalbán year 3H, Ju-lia Pietras year 5A y Ana Sánchez Prados year 4DC pudieron eligir un marca páginas a su gus-to.

Para participar, los alumnos de years 3-6 deberán leer al menos 6 libros y entregar su tarjeta con las 6 pegatinas que habrán recibido anteriormen-te por leer su libro y por devolverlo antes de que pase la fecha anotada en su tarjeta. Se sorteará un premio para el ganador y todos los participan-tes recibirán un marca páginas.

¡Enhorabuena a todos los ganadores! Y a los que no pudieron ganar un premio esta vez, recordad que habrá un sorteo al final de cada mes del año escolar, por lo tanto, ¡no dejéis de leer y no per-dáis vuestras tarjetas!

¡Enhorabuena a

todos los ganado-

res!

Congratulations to

all the winners!

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PRIMARY STAR PUPILS

Great

effort by

all!

SECONDARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Who will you vote ?

Photos are avail-

able on the school

website!

Omar Houssrey - outstanding perform-

ance, Ralph Jagtenberg - extending his

answers and improving his presentation

skills, Ryan Boswell – good quality work

and 1st class effort, Henry Stafford

Northcote - outstanding research and an

excellent presentation on business

ideas, Holly Campbell - consistently ex-

cellent work and exemplary behaviour,

Sonia Smirnova - extraordinary effort

and progress, Claudia Marañon - she

adapts herself very quickly and she has

made an extraordinary effort, Gemma

Raad - for improving her work with a lot

of effort and progress, Borja Gozalo

Curry - for putting in extra effort, both

in class and at home, George Martin -

for always trying to do his best and con-

tinuously making positive progress,

Jorge Torrabadela Rubio - he has done

excellent work and he also helps other

students and finally Jack Jackson - fan-

tastic effort.

Week:15th to 20th

November 2009:

Y1 Ania and Eva

Y2 Mencia and Jeremy

Y3 Araz and Luke

Y4 Ornella and Ale-

jandro

Y5 Olivia, Paloma and

Milli

Y6 Arabella Maria

Week: 23rd to 27th

November 2009

Y1 Daniel and Majid

Y2 Alex and Nicholas

Y3 Aida and Leonora

Y4 Lucas and Anna

Y5 Camille, Jose and

Jesper

Y6 Isabella and Clara

Week: 2nd to 6th

November 2009:

Y1 Semsema and Luis

Y2 Alia and Thomas

Y3 Louis and Maximo

Y4 Jasmine and Astrid

Y5 Harry , Yanis and

Carlota

Y6 Dylan and Franc

Week:8th to 13th No-

vember 2009:

Y1 Nelly and Ethan

Y2 Sophia and Laura

Y3 Mia and Anastasia

Y4 Gerardo and Ellie

Y5 Kalina, Billie and

Ekaterina

Y6 Lolita Mikhail

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GENERAL NEWS FIRST AID by DOLORES SUGRUE

1-a, 2-b, 3-b, 4-c, 5-b, 6-c

ANSWERS—FIRST AID QUIZ

Hi all. I had the unfortunate

luck of bumping into Ms. Good-

win one day and now find my-

self roped into writing a

monthly newsletter article. Let

me briefly introduce myself.

My name is Dolores Sugrue. I

am a Registered General Nurse

from Dublin in Ireland. I have

been living in Spain for 3 ½

Years, I am married and have

3 children. I am often asked

why I have a Spanish name

and all I can say is my parents

must have been psychic and

knew that one day I would

move to Spain.

Each month I will try to include

a health quiz, a healthy recipe

or some health advice. So try

this quiz and see if we have

any Florence Nightingales or

Doctors in the making. Good

luck, the answers are at the

bottom of the page.

Q1: A person suffering from

a nosebleed should be?

A: Placed sitting with head for-

ward and nose pinched

B: Placed sitting with the nose

plugged to avoid unnecessary

blood loss

C: Placed sitting with head back

and nose pinched

Q2: An unconscious casu-

alty, under normal circum-

stances, is better off to be?

A: On their back with a pillow

under their head

B: On their side

C: On their back with their legs

raised

Q3: A person suffering

from a heart attack should

be placed:

A: On their side

B: Half sitting

C: Lying down

Q4: Your friend acciden-

tally burns their hand on

the cooker top. What’s the

best thing to do?

A: Rub butter onto the

burned area

B: Immerse the hand in a

bucket of iced water

C: Hold the hand under cold

running water for up to 20

minutes

Q5: Someone you know is

a diabetic and takes insu-

lin. They start to become

confused, slur their words

and stagger as they walk.

What should you do?

A: Give them an injection of

their insulin

B: Give them a sweetened

drink, such as fruit juice

C: Encourage them to go to

bed and sleep it off

Q6. Which of these is a

cause of suffocation?

A: Chest injury

B: Plastic bag over the face

C: All of the above

HEALTH QUIZ

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SECONDARY NEWS YEAR 7 - GEOGRAPHY

MR. CRAVEN

I am Mónica Vargas from Y9P and in

curriculum week we were learning about

the problems of the Third World Debt in

Ghana , in Geography, with Mr. Craven.

In these lessons there were things that

really affect me like, how many people

were dying because of diseases, bad nu-

trition ...

So I did a PowerPoint about the problems

of Third World Debt in Ghana, here are

some of the slides.

STUDENT AWARENESS OF

THIRD WORLD DEBT

The houses…

the streets were destroyed …

Causes of bad nutrition…

History students have been

working very hard this term.

They have had exams in No-

vember and will be getting

ready for their end of term

tests in early December. To

help you prepare for these im-

portant exams make sure you

find out what type of learner

you are and what you can do

to help you revise. There are 3

different types of learner, some

people are visual learners

(they can remember things

they have seen), others are

audio or oral (they learn bet-

ter if they hear or say some-

thing) and others are kinaes-

thetic (they learn better when

they do something).

You can find out what your

learning style is on this web-

site:

http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/

a 3 _ a s p e c t s / p a g e s /

VAK_quest.htm

There is advice on how to revise

according to your learning style

here:

http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/

a 3 _ a s p e c t s / p a g e s /

MakeMost.htm

Whatever your learning style,

please remember to plan your

revision and allow plenty of time

before the actual tests to start

revising. Good luck!

HISTORY BY MR. MARCOS

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SECONDARY NEWS FRENCH— YEAR 9

BY MR. MARCOS

The Year 9 French

students have been

working on the fu-

ture tense.

Recently, they were

asked to create a

video presentation

about their plans for

the future when they

have finished school.

The students worked

in teams to develop

their presentation

and communication

skills.

They produced a

s h o r t , c l e a r

and pleasant to

watch performance

in French. Delivering

a presentation in

front of an audience

is not an easy task,

especially in a for-

eign language! How-

ever our students

p e r f o rmed t h e

task displaying con-

siderable flair.

Great work year 9!

CIENCIAS SOCIALES - YEAR 11

LA REVOLUCIÒN INDUSTRIAL BY MIRYAM MARTIN

En nuestras clases de

Historia con Year 11

hemos estudiado” La

revolución industrial”.

Nos hemos centrado

en la valoración de

sus efectos positivos

y negativos y en la

revolución de los

transportes; en la

concienciación de que

la revolución indus-

trial fue el origen de

la brecha económica

y social entre los paí-

ses desarrollados y

subdesarrollados; en

el rechazo de com-

portamientos y acti-

tudes clasistas.

Nuestros alumnos

han sabido valorar

positivamente los

logros del movimien-

to obrero y el recha-

zo de situaciones de

explotación laboral e

infantil en el mundo.

Cada uno de ellos ha

realizado un trabajo

centrándose en los

puntos más destaca-

dos de la Revolución.

Algunos de ellos han

trabajado en equipo y

han sabido demostrar

su esfuerzo y dedica-

ción por medio de

una exposición de sus

proyectos. Todos pre-

sentaron sus trabajos

en clase y “todos”

demostraron una

gran capacidad de

oratoria, uno de los

puntos importantes a

los que le damos mu-

cha relevancia, pues

uno de nuestros obje-

tivos es enseñar y

preparar a nuestros

alumnos a ser gran-

des oradores.

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SECONDARY NEWS ICT

BY GINA COHEN

This is the work of Camilla Domingez Gon-zalez in 7G.

First I found the picture that I wanted to draw.

Then I cut a little box from it’s original colour and so that I could have the same colour in my-picture.

I used this tool.

Using the line . I divided the page into sections so that the background could be diffe-rently colou- red.Then I turned the line colour white with this tool.

Then I started to rub out the pictures with the eraser tool.

This is the work of Borja Gozalo Curry in 7M:

I started doing the teeth (which appear to be

the biggest part of the face) with the curve

tool.

When I started doing the teeth I noticed that it

was all going weird.

I had a closer look and noticed that instead of-

clicking once after doing the line you have to

click twice.

Then I continued doing the nose again using

curve, then the shape of the face and the ears.

It took quite a while to get the correct shape

but I got to grips with it. I did the earring with

the ellipse tool.

I coloured the hair with airbrush (or as I call it,

graffiti).

I drew in the final details and... voilá here it is.

As part of their “Creating and presenting”

project, Year 7 are currently creating a logo

using a painting package and describing how

this task was carried out.

Both the graphics and text that they have

created are inserted into a Desktop Publishing

Template as part of their final project.

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SECONDARY NEWS

Comments from some students in year 7:

Billie: frottage is when you get different materi-

als and create texture onto a page.

We made loads of patterns; they were about

what’s happening to our planet!

What are we doing to our planet? Was the

theme of our curriculum week, and Frottage

was the technique explored by Year 7.

In frottage the artist takes a pencil, crayon or

other drawing tool and makes a "rubbing" over

a textured surface.

ART BY UTE SCHROETER

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SCHOOL COUNCILLORS BY HANNAH CARSON

ASSEMBLY ON BULLYING - YEAR 9 BY MR. MARCOS

On 20th November 9P delivered an

assembly on bullying. The students

presented examples of bullying in

school and at home using the

internet. They explained how you

must never accept it if someone is

bullying you.

The main message of this assembly

was that you should always tell

your parents, a teacher or a pre-

fect if you are a victim of bullying.

Our school believes that everyone

should be treated with respect and

we will not tolerate any form of

bullying.

Bullying is wrong: DON’T ACCEPT

IT!

School council are representatives from each class and we meet once a every month to discuss any areas of concern raised by fellow classmates and what changes we could make! We had a meeting on Thursday 5th November to talk about fund raising. Two visitors from St. Elliot George Foundation came to our meeting to support our ideas. The Councillors came up with a few good ideas! We agreed on the best ideas and an action plan is currently being created! The School Councillors are open minded and constructive, this is why we were chosen!

SECONDARY NEWS

YEAR 9 & 10—TRIP TO THE RECYCLING PLANT BY MS. BUIS A very informative trip was taken

to the recycling plant near Casares

on the 24th of November. This

joint Science and Geography trip

was for the Year 9 and 10 stu-

dents, to complement topics in the

curriculum of these two sub-

jects. The students were shown an

interesting presentation about the

plant, followed by a tour in the bus

of the plant itself. The tour had to

be taken by coach as the strong

smell arising from the plant made

it impossible to walk around. We

saw the huge amount of work and

space that it takes to recycle all

our everyday rubbish. Not only

does this plant recycle the normal

items such as plastics, glass, paper

etc, but organic matter is also re-

cycled here, to make com-

post. Overall, a very impressive

site carrying out a lot of much

needed work to help save our en-

vironment.

We were all back at school well in

time for lessons after a very infor-

mative half day trip.

Year 10 pupil—practising what

they have learnt!

Part of the recycling process.

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SECONDARY NEWS BUSINESS STUDIES ATM TERMINALS TRIP - by MS GOODWIN

On Thursday 19th November as part of

Business Studies we visited an ATM Ter-

minal (Maersk Line) in Algeciras. Maersk

Line is one of the leading liner shipping

companies in the world, serving custom-

ers all over the globe. Our visit gave pu-

pils the opportunity observe business in

the international community and identify

how the Government controls activity.

We visited the control tower for the Port

Authority, received a presentation on the

Terminal Structure and had a guided

tour around the ATM Terminals.

Port Authority

Control tower

Year 10 Business Studies pupils

Port Authority Control tower

Pupils did get to appreciate the scale of the vessels as they were given a guided bus tour around the

ATM Terminals.

Pupils were due to observe ´Maersk Emma´ the biggest

container ship in the world, approximately 3½ football

pitches long, but the vessel hadn´t arrived into port due

to bad weather conditions in the Atlantic.

Pupils were informed about the precautions and screen-

ing measures the port authorities conduct on a daily ba-

sis, to ensure that imported and exported goods are ac-

curately accounted for. They search and/or x-ray a large

number of vehicles and containers. The National Police

are alerted if anything suspicious is identified.

X-rayed Lorry

An X-ray of a vehicle

with people being

smuggled into the

country.

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OCTOBER 2008

SECONDARY NEWS TRIP TO MALAGA AIR MUSEUM BY Ms. Valentine

WHY DO WE GO TO THE AIR MUSEUM? As part of the Physics curriculum

students have to study Forces.

Forces are a major part of our

lives and affect everything we do

from walking and riding a bike to

driving a car and even flying in

an aeroplane. Many forces affect

us every day and we don't even

notice them. As part of this unit

we have looked in detail at cars,

bikes, parachutes and aeroplanes

to tried to understand how forces

affect us.

What better way is there to learn

more about forces than to put our

school blazers on and go outside

the classroom?

The four main forces that operate in and around a plane in flight.

Inside the nose cone of an

aeroplane is the 100 eyes.

This helps pilots navigate

through rough weather by

using radar.

On Tuesday 3rd No-

vember 2009, students

from years 10 , 12 and

13 where taken on a

visit to the Air Museum

in Malaga.

The trip involved stu-

dents watching a video

at the museum on how

an aeroplane is built

and put together. It can

take up to 18 months

for an aeroplane to be

built.!

The students were al-

lowed to look at and

play with various parts

in an aeroplane to gain

experience on how they

are built and the many

features they have.

They were also allowed

to dress up in various

outfits.

The students had the

opportunity to get in-

side an aeroplane and

sit in the cockpit and

put on a pilots cap.

They had a look at the

many different buttons

and knobs that pilots

have to be extensively

trained on before they

can be allowed to fly an

aeroplane.

We were also shown

part of the museum

that once was the first

airport in Malaga and

given a guided tour of

this very small build-

ing.

Students were able to

see the first air stew-

ardess and pilot uni-

forms and able to

imagine what it might

have been like to land

at Malaga airport in the

early 1950’s.

The staff and students

had a great time and

enjoyed being able to

look at Forces and their

importance, outside the

classroom.

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A large group of very excited Year 7 pupils all climbed into the coach, set to visit the enor-mous Malaga Sci-ence and Technol-ogy Park. After a short bus ride we reached our destina-tion. Here we were greeted by the park’s very knowl-edgeable staff who discussed the impor-tance and technol-ogy behind wind and solar energy produc-tion, in the lecture

theatre. The stu-dents were ex-tremely interested in the talk, answering questions knowl-edgeably and asking several of their own relevant questions. They were given a model solar powered fan to make them-selves and then had some free time to explore the interac-tive exhibits, of which there were many, before head-ing outside for a pic-nic on the lawn. To

finish off, the stu-dents were given c omm em o r a t i v e pens and delicious desserts which were polished off with gusto, for some even before lunch. The students enjoyed the outing very much and their excellent behaviour and neat appearance were commented on by members of staff at the centre. Well done Yr 7 for doing the school proud!

SECONDARY NEWS TRIP TO MALAGA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK

SCIENCE BY MS. Buis

Year 7 Girls inside the Science and

Technology Park

Year 7 Boys inside the Science and

Technology Park

Year 7 Girls—observing an auto-

mated loom

One of the fascinating exhibits

for the students to explore

Getting to grips with some old

fashioned technology!

Inside the Science and Technology

Park

On the 10/11/09 Year 7 went to the science park in Malaga. We

went on school bus and the journey was just over an hour long.

We arrived at 11:00am. We had a snack and got some fresh air,

just before we went indoors.

When we were indoors a man called Fernando gave a presenta-

tion and a speech on wind turbines. After this we had 25 minutes

to spare, with this we looked at the exhibits of science technol-

ogy. After we had been all the way round in 10 minutes we had

15 minutes left for lunch. When we had had lunch and we made

our journey back to school.

Thank you Miss Buis, Miss Issari, Miss Paris and Mr Craven for a

lovely trip.

By Megan Robinson - (Newsletter Club)

STUDENT REPORT— SCIENCE TRIP

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SECONDARY NEWS NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

BY MS. HOAD

Year 7 pupils enjoyed acting

out scenes from the extraordi-

nary play “Skellig”: A journey

into a world of hope and discov-

ery with the adaptation of David

Almond's acclaimed, award-

winning novel. A story about

dreams, birds, death and a boy

who finds a strange “creature”,

in the far corner of his ne-

glected garage. Our Year 7 pu-

pils have been introduced,

through this very accessible

play, to Drama study and per-

formance work – mime, im-

provisation and staging activi-

ties; tension and suspense,

characterisation, dialogue and

dramatic devices. They have

had the opportunity to inter-

pret the characters of this

play which has allowed

them to think, feel, believe

and enjoy this unforgettable

story. Well done Year 7! You

definitely have a natural tal-

ent for acting.

ACTING PERFORMANCE FOR YEAR 7 BY MISS MUÑOZ

The Year 10 Literature

class have nearly finis-

hed reading “Of Mice and

Men” by John Steinbeck

and the suspense is al-

m o s t t a n g i b l e .

Will Lennie escape from

the angry mob or will he

be caught and face

the American legal sys-

tem of the 1930's?

Year 11 Language stu-

dents were relieved to

discover an uninhabi-

ted island in the middle

of the Pacific Ocean, but

disaster struck when one

of their friends decided

to use a crate containing

€1,000,000 for firewood!

Will they survive the ex-

perience and if so, will

they ever be the same

again?

Year 11 Literature stu-

dents are studying Short

Stories for their ex-

am and have been plun-

ged into future worlds,

Victorian England and

an American house at

the turn of the century.

Their job is to find

links between the diffe-

rent stories and learn

that some conflicts

that existed a hundred

years ago still exist to-

day.

The 12 AS Literature stu-

dents have finished rea-

ding “Othello” and are

now planning their 2,500

word essay on the play.

All of the students are-

considering the way in

which Shakespeare crea-

tes the motivation in evil

characters such as Iago.

In Key Stage 3, Year 7

students are approaching

the end of their "Myself"

projects. They have sha-

red their favourite old

toys and have brought in

some wonderful photo-

graphs of themselves as

babies. All the work they

have completed will go

towards their Autobio-

graphies and should give

many hours of reading

pleasure for years to co-

me.

The November English

student of the month is

Sonia Smirnova from

Year 8. She has been

awarded the prize for her

extraordinary effort and

progress.

“Of Mice and

Men” - the sus-

pense is almost

“Othello”

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SECONDARY NEWS

NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BY MRS PALMER

ACROSTIC POEMS BY MS. GOODWIN

During the Autumn we encoura-

ge our students to enter a Poe-

try Competition which is organi-

sed by Young Writers.co.uk

(part of Forward Press Ltd); the

largest publisher of new poetry

in the world. The British library

currently holds almost two de-

cades of Young Writers poetry

and short stories in its national

archive.

This year’s competition is Bust-

A-Rhyme. Students are encou-

raged to write in any poetic sty-

le or form and some extremely

touching and expertly crafted

poems were created. Topics

explored included: confusion,

dreams, needs, happiness, me-

mories, hopes, beliefs, love and

friendship…. The list is endless.

All children in Key Stage 3 were

exposed to a wide range of con-

temporary poems and the week

culminated in our talented scri-

bes creating their own poems.

It was hugely rewarding to see

the imagination, energy and

creativity which went into this

activity; students eagerly vo-

lunteered to read their poems

aloud to their classmates which

was brilliant for their self-

esteem and confidence.

Bust-A-Rhyme certainly provi-

ded students with an exciting

opportunity to be involved in a

creative writing experience,

from writing a poem to getting

it published.

Throughout November Year 8 - English pupils

worked on the topic of ´Environmental Threats´

and they were asked to produce an Acrostic Poem

(poems that were about a chosen topic word and

each line begins with a letter from the word).

Firstly, the pupils decided on a word that was re-

lated to the topic e.g. Pol lut ion.

Pupils then brainstormed a list of words or

phrases that described or reminded them of

this topic, some of these words or phrases

start with letters from the topic word i.e. in-

dustrial. They then used the brainstormed

words to help them write their acrostic poem.

Their work is displayed in B44, feel free to

come and see!

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SECONDARY NEWS ENGLISH EAL - TEEN FUN IN MARBELLA

BY Ms. GAMBLE and EAL STUDENTS

Are you bored? Tired of home-

work? Looking for something

fun to do? Read on and we’ll

give you some great ideas to

keep you entertained.

FUN ON A WET DAY AT HOME

Marbella has everything you need

even when you are bored on a

rainy ugly day and stuck in your

house. These are our top ideas.

Play computer games. We recom-

mend “Uncharted”. It’s the best!

Invite your friends over and share

the experience.

For those of you

who love reading,

we strongly rec-

ommend Vampi-

rates. Its a horror/

thriller with a

twist. Alejandro

from Laude says,

“Vampirates was the scariest

book I’ve ever read!” An all time

favourite activity for all ages is

still the classic board game, Mo-

nopoly, the money game, or

Cluedo, the detective game.

These are always fun to play with

friends or family members. Your

Grandparents will love it! Enjoy

yourself and ask others to join in.

There are plenty of activities to

choose from. If you follow our ad-

vice you won’t get bored.

FUN IN THE SUN

WHILE STUCK AT HOME

Marbella has it all for you on a

sunny day. Try these activities to

keep you going. Play tennis in

your garden with your friends. If

OUT AND ABOUT

ON A SUNNY DAY

Marbella also has the best

places to go on a dry and

sunny day. Go climbing to the

top of “La Concha” where you

will have a fantastic time. Go

with a group of friends. You’ll

see the whole city and amaz-

ing views. You’ll feel wild and

free. Go skiing in Sierra Ne-

vada. It’s so close you can do

a day trip. It is a white para-

dise. You’ll feel like a pro

zooming down the slopes. Ale-

jandro, a genuine ‘Granadino’,

said, “It’s close and you have

sun and snow guaranteed!”

If you are lucky and it is a

windy day as well make sure

you go to Tarifa! Go kite

surfing it’s the best water

sport and you can do a

course. Anton, who loves

kite surfing, said, “Tarifa has

the best waves in the

world!”

OUT AND ABOUT

ON A RAINY DAY

Even if it is raining you can

have a great time in Mar-

bella. La Cañada has a new

3D cinema where you can

have a unique cinema ex-

perience. At the moment

you can see ‘A Christmas

story’ but don’t miss ‘Avator’

coming out in March. Ac-

cordining to Anton, “It is so

cool! It was like the shark

was coming out at you. They

give you new glasses which

you can take home with

you.” After the cinema you

could try the new Hollywood

restaurant in Puerto Banús.

They have got the most deli-

cious hamburgers. There is a

new teenager club called

Mansion Light for 14+. You

can hear great music, dance,

see your friends and it is

GREAT FUN… if your parents

your parents tell you to stay

home, don’t stress, nobody

said you couldn’t invite your

friends over and play games

together. Swim in the pool!

What could be better than re-

laxing by the pool with pizza?

It’s the perfect opportunity to

wash your pet. Your dog will

love you forever. Don’t be bor-

ing! Be active! Sonia who is in

year 8 at Laude School said,

“You can have fun! I played

tennis in my big garden and I

really had a great time.”

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SECONDARY SPORTS PE CURRICULUM WEEK BY MRS O GARCIA

Years 7-9 participated in a number of activities

designed to raise awareness about global issues,

whilst encouraging the pupils to develop team-

work.

In the first sessions organized by Mrs. Garcia,

pupils were split into house teams and given a

number of questions about the world; they then

had to run around the school and find the an-

swers, which were hidden. The 1st team to

complete the answers correctly returned to the

gym, were the winning team.

Here are some question examples and photos:

SECONDARY NEWS

Welcome

Mr Anwar -

Secondary Maths

Department

Mr Anwar joined our staff on Wednesday 18 November as Ms Perry

has begun an extended course of treatment which will mean she will

not be able to return to school for several months.

Mr Anwar is an experienced Maths teacher up to GCE level and has

been doing everything possible, even giving up his free periods, to

ensure that all pupils are on schedule with their studies.

In the second lesson, the house teams had to work collaboratively and use their initia-tive to complete tasks. The idea was to in-form them about people suffering political incarceration, natural and man-made disas-ters etc, and to learn skills transferable to

the real world. This would also confirm in the pupils’ minds that many of the world’s prob-lems can be solved by people working to-gether.

Here’s an example of some scenarios and some photos:

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SECONDARY SPORTS PE CURRICULUM WEEK BY MR. LEACH

Finally scores were added together and these also contrib-uted to their House points total. Here’s the overall score table:

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SECONDARY SPORTS

OCTOBER 2008

UNDER 15´S BOYS BASKETBALL – MR LEACH

On November 16th the year 10 boys went

to the English International College for the

interschool’s basketball tournament. In to-

tal four schools took part (Sotogrande,

E.I.C, Laude San Pedro, and Swans). It

was a great atmosphere and all the

schools tried their best. Laude battled

through all their games.

Nicolas Spano was the year 10 captain; he

also scored the most baskets including a

beautiful alley hoop set by Jose Barrena.

Laude San Pedro fought and fought and

only just lost in the finishing minutes of

their games. Mr. Leach was the Coach and

we had 6 team-mates in total whom were

Jorge, Nicolas, Jose, Fredrik, Robert and

the Assistant Coach/reporter was Sam (but

he was too injured to play - reporter)

Although we were not triumphant in all our

matches, the Laude team never gave up.

They all worked together as a team and in

my eyes they were the winning team.

By Sam De Jonge (Year 10)

Jose putting the opposition under pressure with a shot on target…

Nicolas adapts the triple threat position, Mr Leach umpires, trying to look proud, yet impartial...

Fredrick leaping like a Great White Shark!

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SECONDARY PE

OCTOBER 2008

The Badminton tournament was

held in November of this year.

All the pupils represented their

house with great effort and en-

thusiasm.

The tournament was played dur-

ing the pupils PE lessons and all

the children had an opportunity

to show their skills in the sport.

The pupils had a fantastic time

as the level was very high and at

times the competition was very

close in most games.

The overall results were- 1st

Fire, 2nd Earth, 3rd Air and 4th

Water.

The Primary Badminton tourna-

ment is currently being played

and the results will be published

in the next news letter.

Well done to all the teams for

showing great sportsmanship.

INTERHOUSE BADMINTON TOURNAMENT BY MS. GARCIA

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went to France, Canada

and England before re-

turning to Spain. When

asked what his most

significant event that

has occurred so far in

his life was, he said

that it was his wedding

day as it was the day

that represented meet-

ing a special person to

share his life with.

Mr. Marchand has a

passion for rock ‘n’ roll

and rap music and if he

were a super hero,

then the power to fly

would be something he

Charles Marchand is a

Secondary French

teacher and he has

been working at Laude

San Pedro for 2 years.

As he is the head of

key stage 4 Mr. Mar-

chand does not have a

tutor group, but he

does have an extra-

curricular club two

lunchtimes a week

which is a French

course. His passion for

French comes from it

being his nationality.

During the summer

break, Mr. Marchand

would like to possess,

as he said “It is the ul-

timate sense of lib-

erty.”

The ambition to be bet-

ter at sports is some-

thing that Mr. Mar-

chand aspires to as he

really admires athletes.

Unfortunately his fa-

vourite joke is too rude

to tell!!

STUDENT/ TEACHER INTERVIEW

Megan Robinson -YR7 interview with a teacher, read more………!

GREAT REPORT

WELL DONE

MEGAN!

NEWSLETTER CLUB

Every Monday lunchtime students from

Secondary School KS3, KS4 and KS5

have the opportunity to assist with the

production of the Laude San Pedro

Newsletter with Ms. Goodwin.

Ten pupils have volunteered to report,

produce or edit articles that will be in-

cluded in each monthly edition. Articles

include reports on sporting events,

school trips, book reviews and much

more.

Well done to the following pupils;

Sam Gulliver, Megan Robinson, Hannah Carson, Markian Benhamou, Sophie Tonge, Itziar

Pomares, Elena Peel Pedraz, Phoebe Briggs, Maria Paramio and Julia Puya.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

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EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

what a kid from Marbella likes:

my top 5 games (which you can

play if you click on the link), my

top 5 books, my top 5 movies,

my top 5 restaurants and my

top 5 attractions. Each one has

a review. We have created a

page called Cudeca to help

raise money for the Cudeca

charity, so be sure to look at it

because we give a Euro for

every visitor on that page. Mar-

bella Family Fun is a project my

parents started so that I could

learn how to create a website,

learn about traffic and content

Marbellafamilyfun.com is a

family website created by my

family and I. This website

gives you ideas of what to do in

Marbella with your family for

either tourists or people who

live here, such as: attractions,

sports, beaches, indoor activi-

ties, excursions, restaurants,

shopping malls, parties etc.

Each activity has its own review

written by my family and other

families. We have also made

pages about Marbella’s history

and practical info. I have made

a page about myself to show

and all the other things which

are interesting like ad vice and

how to earn money. If you are

interested in making a website

of your own, it’s not that diffi-

cult, just click Powered by: Site

Build it! on the very bottom of

every page on our site. It will

tell you every thing about mak-

ing a website starting from

zero. If there are any questions

do not hesitate to ask on our

Send a question! page. You can

write and share your own re-

views by going to share experi-

e n c e s .

FUN IN MARBELLA BY MARKIAN BENHAMOU (NEWSLETTER CLUB)

BOOK REVIEW– MY SISTER THE VAMPIRE BY PHEOBE BRIGGS (NEWSLETTER CLUB)

This book is about two girls who meet

each other at the beginning of the

school term. Olivia is a vegetarian. Ivy

is a vampire. And they find out that

they are identical twins?!?

They know this because they´re both

adopted, the only thing that is not iden-

tical is that Ivy Vega is a vampire and

Olivia Abbot is a human!

Ever since Olivia discovered that her long-lost

twin sister. Ivy, is a vampire, she's been soaking

up everything Ivy will tell her about Franklin

Grove's vampire community. It's all top secret,

and Olivia's has sworn that she'll ne-

ver tell another soul. But now, nosy

tabloid reporter Serena Star is snoo-

ping around. As she gets closer and

closer to the truth, it's up to Ivy and

Olivia to throw her off track.

This is a fangtastic story that should be read by

all! (pardon the pun!)

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OCTOBER 2008

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES YEAR 3 AND 4 CLUB DE MATEMÁTICAS ESPAÑOLAS

by BEATRIZ DEL SAZ

Estos son los alumnos que

forman el club de matemá-

ticas españolas, aunque de-

beríamos decir mejor, el

club de matemáticas en es-

pañol, puesto que las mate-

máticas son las mismas en

todas partes aunque los

métodos para la resolución

de problemas y operaciones

matemáticas, varíen ligera-

mente.

El objetivo es pasar un rato

agradable y divertido, ju-

gando, y a la vez apren-

diendo a realizar operacio-

nes matemáticas básicas

por el método español. Es-

tamos ya trabajando con

sumas y restas “de las difí-

ciles” como dicen los alum-

nos/as y dentro de poco co-

menzaremos a jugar con

multiplicaciones.

Las ventajas de pertenecer

a este selecto club son mu-

chas e importantes. Si pen-

samos por ejemplo en

Gardner y su Teoría de las

Inteligencias Múltiples, no

sólo estaríamos potenciando

la inteligencia lógico-

matemática de estos alum-

nos, o su capacidad para

discernir los esquemas nu-

mérico o lógicos y su habili-

dad para manejar cadenas

de razonamientos, sino que

trabajaríamos también la

inteligencia interpersonal,

puesto que comparten ma-

terial, se ayudan unos a

otros, juegan y conviven en

el aula; y la inteligencia in-

trapersonal, dado que la

práctica les llevará a una

mejora en el área y a un

consecuente aumento de

autoestima y de conoci-

miento de sus puntos fuer-

tes y no tan fuertes, fijando

nuevas metas. Todo ello sin

olvidar la energía que apor-

ta pasar un rato divertido.

Y esto, no sería posible, si

no fuera porque contamos

con un grupo de niños y ni-

ñas de primera, con una in-

creíble ilusión, y muchas

ganas de aprender.

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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CHOIR & VOCAL ACADEMY

BY MS LONGDON

Laude San Pedro Choir is hav-

ing an excellent year so far.

Over 40 students take part,

rehearsing every Wednesday

lunch time as part of the ex-

tra curricula activity pro-

gramme. The choir sings a

variety of songs including

popular and folk music. Miss

Longdon recently took the

choir to perform at Sanyres

Residencia in Puerto Banus,

where the singers received

much praise. The choir has

many other concerts planned

throughout the year. For

more information, contact

Miss Longdon.

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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BY MR A. CHAVES

Un año más empezaron

las actividades extraes-

colares del colegio. Este

año incluimos las nuevas

actividades extraescola-

res a la hora de comer,

donde los alumnos de

manera gratuita pueden

complementar las ense-

ñanzas que reciben en

nuestro centro. Estas

nuevas actividades están

encaminadas principal-

mente a los alumnos de

KS3 y KS4, que poseen

menos tiempo por las

tardes para poder reali-

zarlas.

Con respecto a los clubes

de la tarde seguimos te-

niendo algunas activida-

des tan exitosas como

fútbol, el año pasado

nuestros equipos consi-

guieron quedar en tres

los 3 primeros de sus

respectivas ligas, no

queremos olvidarnos de

Danzart y nuestras

cheerleaders que cada

día están más solicitadas

para realizar exhibiciones

fuera del colegio, incluso

ya han participado en

algún casting de progra-

mas de televisión.

Para este año tenemos la

novedad del club de ru-

so, el de deportes, tenis

de mesa y deberes en

español, también quere-

mos dar la bienvenida a

los nuevos profesores en

el club de arte, netball y

gimnasia.

Estamos preparando

nuevas actividades para

el próximo trimestre, so-

bre todo para poder am-

pliar la oferta cultural,

haciendo hincapié en la

enseñanza de instrumen-

tos musicales.

Para cualquier consulta,

no duden en ponerse en

contacto con D. Antonio

Chaves de 15.30 a 17.45

o a l e m a i l ;

a.chaves@laudesanpedro

.com.

Netball is onevery Thursday after

school. It is coached by Audrey

and it is open to all pupils in the

school. Anyone is welcome from

any other school. We are always

looking for more people so we can

start matches.

What we do:

• various warm ups

• circuits

• different passes

• matches against our team

mates

And a lot more fun stuff!! If

you're interested in joining,

please speak to Antonio Chaves.

NETBALL BY SOPHIE TONGE (Newsletter Club)