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DSMSs way to go up in DarlingtonVertical Tutors

There is a new housing

system too. All formclasses are in either the

Topaz Tigers, Sapphire

Sharks, Emerald Eagles

or Ruby Rattlesnakes.

The pupils have assem-

blies in these houses,

they race for them in

sports day (back) and

competitions also take

place.

In conclusion both the

new housing and tutor

system has been an

amazing success.

By Liam Pape

been tried and testedaround the country and the

responses to them have

been mixed. In some

schools, vertical tutoring

has worked really well

because both teachers and

pupils have been working

as a team to make the

new system a success.

Mr Kipling says VerticalTutors are a wonderful

new innovation at DSMS

and they have made the

relationships between the

school and parents even

better.

When DSMS pupils re-turned in September the

school had brought in the

much anticipated vertical

tutors system.

This means that 2 or 3 pu-

pils from every year are

put in the same tutor group

together.

They spend 20 minutes a

day together after firstlesson with 2 tutors to guide

them, however the year

11s are taking on the role

of leading the tutor groups.

Vertical Tutor groups have

Inside this Issue...

Technology Journalist

Kate Russell

DSMS Fundraisingraised 570. This charity

helps children who are

disadvantaged. They

send money to small and

large organisations who

help young people all

over the U.K. The money

raised by Children in

Need changes young

peoples lives every-

where.

By Lauren Hebden

Over the

last few

months,

DSMS

has done

fundraising for a number of

charities, one of them being

the 10 for 10 campaign

which helps the families of

soldiers who are serving or

who have previously served

in warzones like Afghani-

stan or Iraq.

DSMS held an own clothes

day and the year 11 sen-

ior prefects ran the assem-

bly. They talked about the

families of those who have

a relative in the army and

how much it means to them

knowing that they are safe.

On the 16th of November,

DSMS pupils raised money

for the charity Children in

Need, they did a dress

down day and bake salesin order to help this charity.

Altogether the whole school

Kenya!

And information on the

once in a lifetime

DSMS trip to

Chris CookOlympic Swimmer


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Thank You; The

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Contents Page 3

Page 8 Page 9

Page 10 Page 11,12 & 13

Page 14 Page 15 & 16

PAPERMAIL FeaturesAnd

Reviews

Page 4 & 5

Page 7

Weird And

Wonderful

National News The Wyvern Technology

School Musical

School News

School Sport

A grid of what to expect in

this Shine Awards special of

the DSMS Wyvern.

It includes some of the best

articles out of Issue 13 and

14 of the Wyvern howeverdont worry, Issue 15 will be

coming soon!

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Our blog: www.wyvennews.blogspot.com

Follow us on twitter: @DSMS_Wyvern

Feel like ranting a bit, contributing a review,

telling us about a story or giving us feedback,you can e-mail us at: [email protected]

National and

Local Sport


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@papermail7

A fan of the American TV Sitcom 'Friends' has opened the iconic 'Central Perk'Cafe in Beijing in China. The man who opened the Cafe unfortunately isn't called

Gunther however he is called Du Xin and he is a 'Friends' super fan. After watch-

ing the show, he started searching around Beijing for a place where he could

actually sit on an orange couch just like the one his favourite heroes relaxed on in

the sitcom. When he couldn't

find one in Beijing, he decided

to open his own Central Perk.

In order to nail all the things

he wanted, Du studied thou-

sands of photos of the shows

set and watched endless re-runs. Five months later and he

had the Cafe of his dreams.

Central Perk opens in Beijing

Kickstarting websites are

websites that start-up com-

panies can use to raise

money for their product.

It is like an online version of

'Dragons Den'. You pitch

your product, maybe up-

load a prototype photo,

state how much you want to raise

and the time you want to raise it in.

Then, if people like your idea, they

can donate as much as they like in

return for a free model or some-

thing like that (whatever you think if

right).

One of the most successful ideas

that came from kickstarter.com was

the Pebble Watch which you can

connect to your iPhone or Android

phone via Bluetooth 4.0.

It sends notifications, text messages

and other useful information from

your smartphone to the watch. It can

also be used to send information

back to your phone (like if you want

to change the track or if you want

to use your phones GPS for a track-

ing app on the smart watch).

The Pebble Watch has an e-paper screen and the battery

life that can last around 7

days. Unfortunately, the watch

does not currently work with

Blackberry or Windows Phone

however hopefully that will be

coming soon.

The Pebble Watch is going to

cost around 100.

What makes the pebble watch

so special is that it made

$1,000,000 in 28 hours when

it's goal was only $100,000. By

the end of the 5 week deadline

it had 68,929 backers and had

raised $10,266,846 in the end.

Kick-starting

website: www.papermail7.blogspot.comPAPERMAIL

Below: kickstarted star,

the Pebble Watch

When I becomethe Minister

of TransportOver the last 200 years almost all of

the houses in the UK have been

knocked down and then rebuilt so how

long will it take until we need to start

replacing and updating every single

road?

Instead of re-tarmacking them I think

the Government should put down elec-

tronic rails and replace cars with high-

tech pods.

This sounds unrealistic however the only

thing holding this possibility back is the

price it will cost.

The pods on the rail will work like a

large digital Scalextric where you

simply program where you want to go

and it gets you there as fast as possi-

ble taking traffic into consideration.The main difference between this and

a Scalextric is that you wont go flying

from the road every time you go

round corners.

The pods will be programmed not to

collide into each other and they will

have sensors on the front so they cant

run pedestrians over, instead they will

just slow to a stop if someone stands in

front of them.

You will probably still need to wear a

seatbelt still however you wont need a

driver. Everyone in the pod will be

able to plug in their iPod and listen to

music or play games or do work.

Of course, depending on how many

passengers you want there will be

different sized pods so you wont get

a 2-man pod if you are travelling in a

group of 8.

Just to clarify, there is a 0% chance of

me ever being the Transport Minister

but I think this idea should be consid-ered as a new, long-term transport

system.


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Features & ReviewsPage 4

Where are they now: Alec Llewellyn

My book of the month would be The

Mystery Of the Hidden House.

It was a fantastic read and was really

entertaining and had a very good

mystery to it.It was all about a group of children

who were told to not go mystery hunt-

ing these holidays as they did the

previous times in the other books. But

of course they somehow found them-

selves right in the middle of something

very 'peculiar' as they described it.

The mystery was that cars were being

stolen and stored in a big warehouse

lost in the middle of the countryside.

One of the children got kidnapped bythe gang who were worried they

knew too much about what they were

Book of the Monthdoing. So the

other children

set out to try

and rescue their

friend solvingthe mystery on

the way. The

local policeman

who knew nothing of the mystery

was very angry to find it solved by

'those pests' as he calls them. It was

a brilliant book by my favorite

author Enid Blyton who is a brilliant

author of lots of other books to. I

recommend this book to anyone

who is a fan of mystery and ad-

venture!

By Poppy Hutchinson

Brain Teasers No:1Can you think of a Solution?

You are out playing with your group

of friends and suddenly you come

across a river which is about 2 metres

wide. There is no bridge in sight so

your friends start to wade across it

for there is no current and it is quite

slow-flowing. You are left on the oth-

er side but when you are about to

follow your friends actions, the river

starts flowing very fast and it is im-

possible to get across without drown-

ing. Trees line the river and your

friend has a long length of rope. Can

you think of a way of getting acrossthe fast flowing river bearing in mind

there is no bridge?

many friends I still have from

my school days, and how when

you meet some of them after

several years absence, they

always so

Can you remem-

ber when..

I have now worked for North-

umbrian Water for 16 years

after going to University and

working away from Darlington

for several years; working my

way up through various opera-

tional and management posi-

tions. I am very lucky in having

a job that allows me to use thebedrock of skills I learnt whilst

at Branksome, and add other

skills I have picked up through

the years.

You may not enjoy all of your

time at school, however the

memories and experiences you

have will keep friendships

alive, and allow lots of laugh-

ing reminisces many years af-

ter you have left .

with 10 O-levels, as well as being

Head-Boy and captain of the

school Rugby team. I think it was

the friendship through playing

sports that I remember mostand

that along with some of the teach-

ers who taught me along the way,

helped contribute to the values

that have steered me through my

lifeincluding team working, ef-

fective leadership, loyalty and

commitment. Its amazing how

Helloand although it is over 30

years since I left Branksome, 1982

in fact, the time seems to have

flown by and some of the experi-

ences and memories of my time

there seem as if they happened just

yesterday.

Schooling was very different then

I remember we were the first year

to do Computer Studies O level

( whats O levels you ask ?) and we

had to go to the Technical College

and write simple programmes on

blue-cards as the school only had 1

computerlook in your history

books about card and tape read-

ers, BASIC computer languages,

floppy disks and all that stuff!

We seemed to spend lots of time in

cold draughty classroomsespe-

cially the top floor of the new

block - and especially double

French on a wintery Tuesday after-

noonwhy did this seem to last for

hours and hours ?

However, I must have listened to

some lessons, as I left Branksome

the memories

and experiences

you have will keep

friendships alive


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Most Addictive App Games

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Features & Reviews

Teachers Pet

Fifa 13 is a very realistic football gamewhich is probably the biggest sellinggame every year. Fifa has been aroundfor many years and a new version of thegame comes out every year where millionsof copies get sold worldwide. It has alllicensed teams from around the world andyour favourite players are likely to bethere too.

The game has two very different gamemodes and different activities for you todo such as Skill Games and Manager

Mode. When this game comes out it is

around 45 (it depends on what gamesconsole you have). So its a fair bit of

money but the game is well worth theprice!

Fifa 13 Review

Smartphones have become a large part of people lives whether it be for a good or bad reason. Wheth-

er its keeping in touch with everyone, anywhere or passing time on a journey. But near enough everyone

can admit to an unhealthy obsession to something or another at some point in their lives and many of

them will simply be a Smartphone app. So heres a rundown of the five most addictive apps.

By Ben Maclean

5Jump, jump, jump.

No doubt every-

one has heard of

doodle jump from

friends or relatives and

heard good things about

this game and rightly so. Its

simplicity in both controls and game play make

this game creditable in every way.

4The name cut the rope is very

self explanatory, a piece of can-

dy is extended on a piece of

rope which a little animal wants

to eat. The only way to get it there is to cut

the ropes. This game has hundreds of levels

with each set having its own twist. These

twists make this game instantly re-

playable.

3Temple

run is arelatively

new game

which took the app

store and android

store by storm. It

has a slight Indiana Jones influence, youve

stolen a golden idol and the protectors are

not happy and chase you till they catch

you. Your aim as the thief is to run away

whilst collecting more loot to boost your

score. Though it sounds complicated this

game does not let you simply put it downand walk away.

2The secondmost addic-tive app is

the mine craft pocket edition.

Though there are many elements

from the pc version which have

been missed out in the pocket

edition, the core elements of the

game are still strong enough to

make this game addictive nomatter where you take it.

1Top of

the treeof ad-

dictive

apps is Angry

birds. Angry birds

is the ultimate

game for Smartphones. It was the first

game app on the store which sold

more than one million copies. It has

had over twelve million sales on the

apple app store alone not including

the android or windows store. This

alone is reason enough to be dubbedmost addictive app of all time.

Teacher - Mr Harris

Pets name - Elma.

Pets age - 6 or 7 years old.

Breed - Moggie

Elmas story.

Elma came to live with us 3 years agoafter 2 failed attempts to rehome her.The RSPCA removed her from a housewhere 16 animals (11 cats and 5 dogs)were found living in appalling conditions.Elma had been born in the house andhad never been outside. She had had tofight for food and still tends to scoop itout of her dish onto the floor to eat. Shehad no hair when she was found, due toa flea allergy, was riddled with fleasand had ears full of ear mites. Her skinwas cut and scabbed from scratching,and she was very frightened of people.The first family who took her home soonreturned her to the RSPCA. Elma is VERYvocal- she meows A LOT!- and the peo-ple who took her couldnt stand the noise.

The second family who took her asked us

to have her as she didnt get on with

their other cats. So she came to live withus. It took a while (and a lot of scratch-ing and biting) before she began to trustus and settle down. So after fosteringher for a while, we adopted her fromthe RSPCA! She still doesnt go outside

much- she doesnt do wet and cold, orwindy weather, or snow- and the backdoor has to be left open. She doesnt

like other cats and can see off ourneighbours Tom cat who is about 3 times

her size. She doesnt like dogs either and

will have a go at them. Apart from thatshes fine. She likes to be with my wife

all of the time (mummys girl!) and eve-

ryone else is second best in her eyes.And she still meows a lot!!!


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Weird & Wonderful News

Weird & Wonderful News

Dry Shampoo

may seem like a modern

invention however it hasactually been around for at least

4 century's in France (however the

ingrediants were petty simple in the

1700s). Recently brands like Batiste have

made it popular however you can make it

yourself out of mainly salt and corn.

Problems with dry shampoo may lead to

dandruff, hairloss and dry hair.

On the other hand, dry shampoo

comes in very handy when on

holiday or camping.

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Laws, some see them as the founda-

tions and walls of society while oth-

ers see them as limitations towards

an ultimate aim of having a free

life however some of the laws out

there in our wonderful world could

be considered slightly unusual orpossibly unnecessary:

Death, is a tender subject at the best

of times however could you imagine

a society where death became an

outdated and obsolete concept? The

remote Artic village of Longyear-

byen has outlawed it though their

lunacy isnt without merit, as the soil

there isnt acceptant towards decom-

posing flesh they send all those on

the brink of death to the mainland

where they have a chance of surviv-

al and respectful burial.

In current economic times where we

are all gripped by the ravishing

claws of a recession eating out has

become an exclusive venture yet if

you happen to live in Denmark

there is no need to pay for a meal

unless you feel full.

Japan. The home of the Sumo Wres-

tler, which would believe you to

think that obesity was a growing

problem there possibly even more

so than it is here however Japans

radical solution to the issue is to

outlaw those who we would consider

to be overweight.

By Joshua Jackson

Horse found in meat productsknowing what is inside of something

youre putting in your mouth is slightly

scary. However, this is not able to af-

fect us and people are not bothered

by the whole thing. So, a danger or

not a danger, this still is a problem.

And its not just horse; pork and other

meats have been found in beef or

other meat products.

By Jonathan Deery

All over the news for the past few

months, the horse meat scandal has

certainly been revealing of a lot of

companies and businesses. Tesco for

example was discovered initially for its

100% beef burgers which actually

contained 29% horsemeat! This has not

been a problem before, but does this

really affect anything? Read on for

both sides of the debate

We Dont Know What Were Eating

The problem of horsemeat has con-

cerned a lot of people. This is mainly

because of the drugs that could be

contained within the food. People are

right to be worried about this as it is a

very likely danger. Another problem is

not in the danger but the fact that we

dont know what were eating. If youpick up a burger that says 100% beef

on the box, you expect exactly that.

Not horse.

Does this Really Affect us?

On the other hand, does this really

need to be worried about? Products so

far have had no signs of drugs or dan-

gerous chemicals, giving the indication

that the food is perfectly edible and

will do no harm. Somebody quoted:

The Horse meat scandal does notbother me in the slightest! A lot of

people choose to ignore the horse

meat scandal, rather than worry about

something that is proven

not to affect them.

So Whats the Verdict?

Overall, the Horsemeat

Scandal has been very

worrying and concerning.

Drugs, dangerous chemi-

cals, all have been a dis-

turbance to the public.

Even the thought of not

& Zebras found in the bar codes

Unusual Laws


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Results Table

National News

Chinas One Child Policy

BlackBerry 10

launches

On Wednesday 30th January

2013 BlackBerry 10 was

launched.

It is completely original and not

like any other BlackBerry OS and

it is also different from iOS

(Apple) and Android. It has aunique thing called BlackBerry

Hub which combines Twitter, Fa-

cebook, LinkedIn, BBM, Gmail

and Hotmail so all of your mes-

sages are in one place. It also

has some cool camera modes

which allow you to change a pic-

ture once youve taken it.

The phone allows you to have aseparate profile for your work

and personal life so you wont

have work emails coming into

your personal inbox and you can

have separate apps on the ac-

counts.

BlackBerry also announced the

Z10 and Q10, both of them are

touch-screen devices which arethe first devices ever running

BlackBerry 10.

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Google has spent 650 million on theplot of land near Kings Cross Stationand they are planning to build newoffices there. The buildings are esti-mated to be finished in 2016 andshould be worth around 1.6 billiononce they are finished. This shouldbring hundreds, if not thousands ofjobs to nerds all over London andEngland.Now could be the perfect time to

introduce Computer Science into theBritish National Curriculum at leastonce a term. Google will be makingnew apps, new software, new pro-grams, new operating systems andloads more in this new building and allof those need people who know howto write code. This means schools needto be planting the seeds for futurecomputer programmers.

Google opening new offices in London

A few months ago a lengthy postwas released on the Star Warswebsite officially stating that TV/Film director J.J. Abrams will be

directing the 7th Episode of StarWars despite him saying that hewouldn't.Creator of Star Wars, GeorgeLucas says "I've consistently beenimpressed with J.J. as a film mak-er and storyteller. He's an idealchoice to direct the new StarWars film and the legacy could-n't be in better hands."

Star Wars making a return

Opinions on Star Wars making a7th, 8th and 9th film have been

mixed amongst the Wyvern team.Some of us think it will be amazingseeing a return of the sci-fi films how-ever most of the Wyvern team ar-

gued that it will be rubbish since it willbe made by Disney.Just because Star Wars is beingmade by Disney I hope it doesnt

mean that obey wan Kenobi burst intosong and Luke Skywalker dances be-fore every lightsaber fight.Other people think that the film willjust be less quality than the other 6films because the high standard cant

stay high.However well need to wait until 2015

to find out.Also, all the current star wars films are

planned to be put into 3D and HD!

J.J. Abrams directing Star Wars Episode 7

China has

a popula-

tion policy

because its

population

is too large. People in Chinaare encouraged to have one

child as the population would

be a lot smaller. The people

who have one child are re-

warded financially and also

get welfare benefits whereas

those who have more than one

child are fined. There have

also been reports of forced

sterilisations and abortions.

By Laura Hutchinson

The graph above shows the pre-

diction of the elderly population

compared to the amount of chil-

dren there is. By 2050 it is esti-

mated that the amount of elderlypeople there are will outnumber

children.


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Meet the Wyvern

Every one in the Wyvern team (above).

Top row from left to right: Hayden Thompson (reporter), Tyler Hutchinson (reporter), Sam Hutchinson (sport editor), Liam

Pape (editor), Rebecca Parkinson (Head journalist), Jack Barker (Co-director), James Allison (Director), Ben Maclean (Gaffa).

Bottom row left to right: Adam Plumb (reporter), Joshua Jackson (reporter), Ben liddemont (reporter), Jonathan Deery

(reporter), Katie Appleyard (secretary), Matthew Currey (reporter), Ewan Barr (sports reporter).


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TechnologyKate Russell answers...

Why do people love

technology so

much?

Sir Francis Bacon said

knowledge is power and through

the ages wealthy families would

amass huge libraries in their stately

homes as a symbol of their status.

These days you dont need physical

books to have access to knowledgethe Internet opens a world of in-

formation to you and now that we

have connected smartphones and

tablets this knowledge can be deliv-

ered right into the palm of your

hand any time you have a whim to

learn something new. Whether that

something is finding the perfect

quote to start an article, checking

out reviews for tonights gigs in your

location, or just getting a bit better

at Temple Run, its hardly surprising

we have fallen in

love with our

mobile con-

nected

devices.

Kate Russell has been writing about

technology, gaming and the Internet

since 1995 and now appears week-

ly on BBC2 and BBC World News,

reporting for technology pro-gramme Click. A regular expert on

the sofa at ITVs Daybreak and var-

ious other TV and radio stations,

she writes columns for National

Geographic Traveller magazineand Web User magazine.

PAPERMAIL answers...

Are teenagers addicted

to technology?

In a nutshell, yes, how-

ever it is not just teen-

agers it is adults and children as

well. Teenagers are usually the

age group associated with technol-

ogy though because they use it the

most simply because it is easy to

use and it doesnt take much effort.

Smartphone's such as the iPhone

are found in most teenagers pock-

ets now and they hold so much ir-

relevant information such as Face-

book and Twitter updates which

just distract people from doing

other worthwhile things.

Direct messaging on phones now

makes it unimportant to speak to

someone face to face which scien-tists would say is debatably bad

for our brains.

The smartphone now replaces

alarm clocks, timers, stop watches,

calculators, cameras, camcorders,video editing software's, calen-

dars, games consoles, mail, ad-

dress books, portable DVD play-

ers, MP3 players, shopping lists,

jotters, pads, papers, dicophones,

dictionaries, SatNavs, tickets,

torches and many more things.

Smartphones save time and mon-

ey however they also make us a

lot lazier.

In my opinion, social networking is

the most addictive waste of time

ever! It is also dangerous too as it

makes it easy for hackers to find

out your personal information.

Cyber bullying is a whole new

type of bullying which has been

invented by people sharing their

opinion or trying to show off on

social networks!

Despite this, social networks are

brilliant for finding and getting in

contact with old friends or people

who you may have once known.

They also allow you to share pic-

tures and videos with your friends

easily without needing to pay

anything.

The future of technology is mighty

however it is depressing to thinkthat as time goes on, out lives will

revolve more and more around

computers, tablets and

smartphones. Smartphones will

soon become our life support -

without them we will be lost.

What else can we expect in the

future? The iPhone 36? Voice con-

trolled houses? Free whole world

Wifi? Or even holographicphones?

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On the 18th and 19th December

2012, the school performed

Grease, a musical set in the late

fifties. The cast was made up of 28

pupils, ranging from all years, andthey were supported by 7 teachers,

who helped with costume, choreogra-

phy, music, stage changes and just

generally making the production

altogether.

With two year nine students taking

the roles of Danny and Sandy re-

spectively, the performance was one

of many interesting and entertaining

levels. The performance was a pupil

led production, with pupils sayingif they could change speeches or

even roles. Also, a lot of the pupils, if

not all, provided costumes them-

selves.

Before the final show Caitlin Sear,

who plays Sandy, said its going to

be a once in a lifetime perfor-

mance!

However, lets not forget the people

who werent on stage, yet were stilla part of the production; the live

band supporting many of the songs

and the Border Studio providing sets

(below left). Teachers put many ex-

tra hours into making sure the pro-

duction went without a hitch, and

involved both live and prerec-orded aspects.

As well as the production, re-

freshments and raffle tickets

were sold to help raise money

for the Kenya trip for 20 stu-

GreaseThe musical extravaganza, Grease, has came to DSMS!

dents. They also sold biscuits and

helped with the look of the hampers

that each tutor in the school had

provided items for.

Overall, the school provided agreat show for the

community and we

know this because

the last night was a super

show and was sold out!


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School News

DSMS Kenya TripPage 11

Christmas

Dinner Review

When hot tasty gravy trickles

down your throat thats when the

fantastic flavors hit you. But when

the fabulous smell of roastingmeat oozes up your nose, your

stomach rumbles and your taste

buds tingle. But an even better

feeling is when you get a plate

full of roast turkey followed by

colourful vegetables and irresisti-

ble gravy. So many flavors and

colours and smells all put togeth-

er to make a delicious Christmas

dinner.

And usually this once-a-year cel-

ebration dinner is topped off with

a traditional Christmas pudding.

A delicious rich cake filled with

dried fruit and nuts sometimes

served with brandy crme or

brandy butter. Or the other op-

tion we had at DSMS is an or-

ange cheesecake with whitesquirty cream.

What a great Christmas dinner!

By Adam Plumb

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I S W A H I L I N D

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Kenya Community Team Africa

Swahili Wildlife DSMS Adventure

Miss Bane, Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Johnson

are taking 21 DSMS students to Nakuru

in Kenya. Kenya is on the east coast of

Africa on the coast. It is also on the equa-

tor making it one of the hottest places on

Earth.

Lots of fundraising has been done to help

pay for the expense of the trip. So far

the enthusiastic team has been bag pack-

ing at M&S twice and bag packing in

Morrisons once. The school also organised

a race night on the 1st March 2013 at the

Mowden arena where they raised

2537 for the once in a life time trip.

We are also planning to do sponsored

runs and swims, more race nights and

much more.What the students are going to do in

Kenya will give the community and the

schools a new experience of meeting new

people and then helping them build a

house which will benefit them greatly.

Even though the trip costs a lot I'm sure

this will be a once in a lifetime opportuni-

ty for the students to take part in.

Whilst the students are in Kenya they will

either be helping build local community

projects, teaching primary school and

secondary school kids a variety of differ-

ent subjects and coaching kid's different

types of sports.

Apart from helping building houses,

teaching and coaching sporting activities

they will be exchanging language skillsand building on the legacy of the Olym-

pic Games!

DSMS are staying in the village of Naku-

ru which is 100 miles away from the

capital of Nairobi. Kenya is famous for

its amazing safaris where you can see

Lions, Zebras and other wild animals up

close. This is one of the only places on

earth where you can see some of these

amazing natural sights.

You can find live updates about Kenya2014 if you go towww.wyvernnews.blogspot.com and clickon Kenya. There is a stream of Tweets,videos, notices and more on there fromloads of different people. There is also apresentation of the sponsors who aresupporting us for unique trip.The DSMS Africa trip now has an official

Twitter account to which you can find

@DSMSAfrica, the Wyvern Team will

also be tweeting about the trip

@DSMS_Wyvern.

By Lauren Hebdon and Liam Pape
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TV studio I couldn't believe how

many jobs both in front and be-

hind camera there were. For a

start you need a good script writ-

ten, then someone to run it onthe auto-cue, someone to set up

the camera shots and the set and

sometimes even a group

of people to sort out the green

screen.

You can check out the Wyvern TV

for yourself at

www.youtube.com/DSMSwyvern

or scan the QR code (below).

If you have any more ideas you

can leave them in the commentsbox of the YouTube video or

tweet them to us

@DSMS_Wyvern

On the 27th February 2012 the DSMS

TV Studio was finished and 3 journalists

from the Wyvern took on the challenge

of launching a brand new Wyvern TV

show.

Hosted by pupils in the school and with

stories coming from local and national

sources we hope that you will enjoy our

monthly program which will get up-

loaded to the Wyvern Blog and

YouTube.

In the 1 year we have been running the

Wyvern TV we have interviewed MP of

Darlington - Jenny Chapman, editor of

the Northern Echo - Peter Barron, free-lance Journalist - Ian Lamming, Head

School Governor - Doctor David Hall

and many more people from all around

the North East of England.

We also cover stories which are cov-

ered in the newspaper however on TV

we can show videos of the story in-

stead of just pictures.

Each program we like to make unique,

inserting a funny line or a quirky story.

We are not trying to rival BBC or ITVnews, instead we are trying to make an

interesting news show which pupils from

DSMS will watch and enjoy.

Each program takes us around 2

weeks to make. This includes script

writing, filming, finding stories and

editing it when it is finished. The epi-

sodes vary from around 10-20minutes depending on what were

reporting on and who were talking

to.

Each video we make and upload gets

around 200 views however we are

currently trying to do more advertis-

ing around school.

Apart from the Wyvern, the TV Studio

is going to be used in lessons such as

English, Art and CBL.We hope the TV studio will be used to

its potential and give pupils an insight

to how a TV studio works.

PAPERMAIL:

The TV Studio has been in fully work-

ing order for a year now and I think

that it has been an amaz-

ing resource for the school to have.

There is so much you can use it for!

Making music videos, filming dra-

ma pieces, producing a news show orjust experiencing how a TV studio

works.

When I first started working with he

Wyvern TVI think that it has been an

amazing resource for the

school to have.

School NewsPage 12

New e-mailDSMS is currently no longer using the old Frog e-mail

system. Instead you can log in to mail.office365.com.

Your username will be the same as your school login

however with @dsms.org at the end of it.

And your password for the new Outlook e-mail is set as

password unless you have changed it already.

For more information contact your ICT teacher.

DSMSDSMS re-launches websiteThe old and outdated DSMS website was re-launched earlier

this year. It now has the latest news stories about the school, in-

stant access for pupils to their Virtual Learning Environment and

also there are notices for parents about upcoming events. The

home page of the website is majorly revamped with a continu-

ous slide show of recent pictures, contact information and the

map of where the school is situated.
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School News Page 13

Before During After

Over the summer holidays so many

changes happened at DSMS, it al-

most made the school unrecognisable.

From new windows and fences to

redecorated maths classrooms and a

new wall outside the school.

These changes were much needed

though as the old windows were dan-

gerous and the old school wall was ex-

tremely old.

There is a full report on the changes

during Episode 5 of the Wyvern TV.

Changes in the School

Enrichment WeekTextbooks, timetables and exercisebooks were all dismissed for a week

of creative subjects. These captivat-

ed pupils in a unique way that al-

lows technology lessons to take a

front seat as we had entire days

that focus on creating one-off pro-

jects that allowed a welcome break

from our ordinary lessons.

While many pupils ventured out oneducational trips, others stayed in-

side school creating different items

in multiple subjects. For example in

Woodwork lessons we created

nameplates that were personnel to

us rather than the target markets we

usually work towards, and we have

tried out new features to be added

to lessons like app making and much

more!

Overall Enrichment week was a val-

uable experience that has enhancedthe curriculum in a new, refreshing

way.

By Joshua Jackson


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Darlington FCDarlington FC has struggled over the

past year or two going through liq-

uidisation and moving from their

25,000 seater stadium to a 1,500standing and sitting area next to

Sainsburys! Luckily though, they came

out with 2 excellent coaches in Martin

Grey and Brian Atkinson (both ex-

Sunderland players). Although Dar-

lington has gone down many leagues

they still have quality players. At the

moment Darlington are in their first

season since relegation and are top

of the league above rivals Spen-

nymoor. I think it will be a long timeuntil Darlington will go back up

through the leagues as a great team

which they used to be. With Martin

Grey and Brian Atkinson at the helm

the sky is the limit.

By Sam Hutchinson

The Big Move

Now Darlington Mowden Parkhave officially moved intotheir new 27,500 seat stadi-um, things are looking on theup for this once small rugbyclub. The club gained the mon-ey to buy this stadium by sell-

ing their previous land for 6million to bellways and theyused 2 million of this moneyto buy this huge stadium. The

remaining 4 million is beingused to develop 42 acres ofland across the road into 8 rug-by pitches, a football pitch anda 3G pitch however plans havebeen halted on this stage asrecent surveillance of the land

shows signs of the near extinctspecies of Grey Crested Newtand this means that all plans ofbuilding have to be stopped

until these Newts are evacuatedfrom the area. The current setupof the stadium is very similar tothe way Darlington F.C had itpreviously but Mowden Parkhave just replaced the footballgoals with Rugby posts and

changed the Darlington F.Csigns with Mowden ones.By James Allison

Page 14 National and Regional Sport News

Sporting Word Search

Sport

Sport Rugby Football Swimming Ball Tennis PingPong

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F B J Y T O Y O I M OE Q A Y O L O M A M N

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B E S W I M M I N G S

By James Allison, Liam Pape

and Ewan Barr, Sam Hutchinson,

Jonathon Deery and

Rebecca Parkinson


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Results Table

School Sport News

Chris Cook, an athlete whocompeted for us in the 2008Olympics, came into school in2012 to hold a private fitnesslesson with selected pupils andopen the brand new swimmingpool. He is now an ambassa-dor for a Sky Sports campaignset up to change sportsthroughout areas for students. Iinterviewed him when he cameinto school.

Q. So Chris, what inspired youto become a swimmer?A: When I was younger, Iwatched the 1988 Olympicsand after that, parents, friendsand teachers were a big partof it.

Q. Have you always wanted tobe a swimmer, or did you haveanother career in mind?A. When I was younger I hadfamily members who were busdrivers, and I thought that wasreally cool at the time, so Iwanted to do that first, but thenwatching the Olympics, I wasinspired by the athletes and Iwanted to be like them.

Q. Do you havea favourite stroke, and if so,what is it and why?A. My favourite stroke is thebreast stroke, because I had afun time swimming it, and it wasalso the only one I could do.By Rebecca Parkinson

Rebecca talks to Chris Cook

Sports CalendarNATIONAL - BLUE / SCHOOL - GREEN

March 19th - Swimming Gala

April 6th - The Grand National

April 20th - Snooker World Championship

April 21th - London Marathon

May 11th - FA Cup Final

May 25th - Champions League Final

June 24th - Wimbledon

June 30th - British Grand Prix

September - School Sports Day

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Miss Kelly

Runs North

Great Sporting Moments of 2012

Assistant Head teacher, Miss Kelly, ran the

great north run this year for Children with

Cancer.

She ran it in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes

and she raised 100 however she is doing

some more fundraising in School at the

moment.

Unfortunately she didnt beat Mo Farah

but Miss Kelly says Thats only because

he didnt run it this year but I wouldnt

have wanted to embarrass him so I ranslowly!

Miss Kelly added that she did enjoy it. Its

hard work and a challenge to train but its

very satisfying sprinting over the finish line

and knowing that you've ran 13.1 miles

(without stopping).

Miss Kelly also

said that she

would definite-ly be doing

the great north

run next year.

Olympic GamesThe ultimatesporting event was in London inthe summer of 2012. Team GBcame 3rd with a total of 65 med-als!

Spain Topples ItalySpain beatItaly 4-90 in Euro 2012 final inUkraine and Poland.

Ryder CupEurope beat Americain the most nail biting competitionsever witnessed.

FA CupChelsea beat Liverpoolin the FA cup final at Wembley.

England Vs New Zealand in Rug-by Autumn International - Englandwon 38-21.


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Samantha Gould who came first at this

years town sports for the Year 7 Shot

Put beat her personal best. Town

Sports Result: 6.56 meters. DSMS

Sports Day Result: 6.95 meters. She

also carried the Olympic Torch earlier

this year in Hartlepool for outstanding

efforts in PE.

Alex Palister who came first at thisyears town sports for the Year 9 Shot

Put also beat his personal best. At Town

Sports he threw a distance of 10.11

meters and at the DSMS sports day he

threw a distance of 10.25 meters.

Sam Hutchinson smashed the School

record for the 1500 meters. He did it in

a time of 4.45, the previous record was

set at 4.54. Jordan Blore who came2nd in the 1500 meters also beat the

record coming in one second after Sam

Hutchinson. Both boys are in year 10.

Most of the races were really close with

competitors finishing seconds apart. The

winner of a field/track event would

receive 4 points, 2nd place would re-

ceive 3 points, 3rd place - 2 points and

4th place - 1 point. The only time no

points would be rewarded was if some-

one was disqualified or if they didnt

turn up for their event.

Sports Day

Lunchtime

"When one door closes another one opens; but we to often look so

long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the

ones which have opened for us" ~ Alexander Graham Bell.

Sports Day Results:

Below is the PE Extra-

Curricular Timetable from

January - April 2013

The Watt Bike Challenge was at DSMS

on Tuesday 6th November 2012 for the

2nd year.

A boy and a girl were nominated fromeach house to cycle 1 kilometre in the

fastest time possible.

The fastest people will be going through

to the town championship which is held

later this academic year.

Watt Bike

Challenge

7 BOYS 7 GIRLS 8 BOYS 8 GIRLS 9 BOYS 9 GIRLS 10 BOYS 10 GIRLS 11 BOYS 11 GIRLS MASCOT

SHARKS 14 20 19 35 31 27 31 23 30 15 2

TIGERS 19 14 33 21 37 29 30 23 33 31 1

EAGLES 18 11 34 36 23 38 16 28 30 40 3

RATTLESNAKES 15 22 40 35 38 29 41 42 33 37 4

TOTAL BOYS TOTAL GIRLS OVERALL

125 120 247

152 118 271

121 153 277

167 165 336 Below is a breakdown of the points. The bold numbers are the highest scores.

PE Prefects Days: Year 7 - Monday, Year 8 - Wednesday, Year 9 - Friday (lunchtimes on MUGA)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Inter-house5-a-side

Year 8/9 MHI

Girls RugbyYear 7/8 Coach

Badminton

All Years KPH

Netball

Year 7 HFR

FootballYear 7 CGR

Netball

Year 8 HFR

HockeyYear 9/10 KPH

Badminton

All Years MHI

Dance

All Years KPH

HockeyYear 7/8 HFR

Circuits

All years KPH

Badminton

All Years KPH

Martin GrayFA Practical

Football Training

Year 7/8

MHI / QE

Girls Football

All years HFR

Netball

All Years / KPH

Duke of Ed

Year 10/11 KPH

Football Match

Year 7 & 9

CGR / BFI

Martin Gray FA Theory

Martin Gray

FAPractical

Afterschool

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