On Friday 16th March, Chantry is having a non school uniform day for the Easter Extravaganza.
To have the privilege of not coming in school uniform for a day, students will need to bring in any type of chocolate for the raffle.
Unusually, the Easter Extravaganza will be held in two weeks time – on Thursday 29th March. This is because Friday 23rd March is the Whole School Enterprise Day and the hall will be in use all that day. All the money raised will go towards school equipment and fun days at school.
By Lexie and Grace (year 7)
Scruffts is a competition that is a spin-off from Crufts, the most famous dog show in the world. As you can probably guess from its name, Scruffts is a competition for dogs of mixed breed which helps strengthen the bond between owner and dog.
Since 2000 Scruffts has become very well known and people come from all over the world to compete. Because dogs of mixed breed are often born by accident and a lot more of them are found in kennels rather than homes, all the money people pay to compete and spectate goes to Kennel Club Charitable Trust.
The competition has four main titles: “ Most Handsome Dog”, “Prettiest Female Dog”, “Child’s Best Friend”, “Best Cross Breed Rescue” and “Golden Oldie”.
In the competition for Child’s Best Friend, the dog is walked out to be judged with its child owner. For the Best Cross Breed Rescue, the dog that has the most heartwarming rescue story is chosen.
This year’s overall winner is a five-year-old Maltese Shih Tzu cross called Jack who beat 2,500 other competitors to be voted the 2018 champion of Scruffts!
Jack has helped his owner, 16 year old Josie, overcome her anxiety and build her confidence and this touched the heart of the celebrity judge.
Katie Y8
The Greatest showman is a new film released on 26th December 2017 in cinemas all over the U.K. Millions of people are interested and enjoyed the movie around the world. Almost wherever you go somebody will be humming away to one of their unique and inspiring songs. With the motion picture featuring Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zac Efron, people won’t be forgetting these songs in a hurry!
Students here at Chantry call it ‘A sensational masterpiece!’, ‘The best movie of 2017’ and ‘ different to any other musical’ but even things this good get some negative comments and harsh critics like, ‘empty and utterly forgettable’.
Though this modern sensation is the movie craze of the moment, it is actually based on a true story. Inspired by P T Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates show business and tells the story of rags to riches person who goes from nothing to create a worldwide phenomenon. The movie also highlights difference and what makes you, you.
In the mid 1800’s anybody of a different race or religion to the majority and people who just looked very different were disrespected
and prevented from doing some jobs. P.T Barnum stopped that and started the ‘circus’. It was loved and hated by many people.
In 1868 the Barnum’s museum burned down and many were injured but in 1871 it began to travel around the country in a big circus tent and that was the start of the ‘show business’.
Soundtrack
- The Greatest Show- Zac Efron, Zendaya, Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle
- A Million Dreams- Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Ziv Zaifman
- Come Alive- Zendaya, Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Daniel Everidge
- The Other Side- Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron
- Never Enough – Loren Allred
- This Is Me- Keale Steel, The Greatest Showman Ensemble
- Rewrite The Stars – Zac Efron, Zendaya
- From Now On- Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman Ensemble
- Tightrope-Michelle Williams
Cast List
- Hugh Jackman – P.T Barnum
- Michelle Williams -Charity Barnum
- Zac Efron- Phillip Carlyle
- Zendaya- Anne Wheeler
- Keala Settle- Lettie Lutz
- Rebecca Ferguson- Jenny Lind
By Emily and Amber (year 8)
To qualify for the Bronze Arts Award you have to have a range of unique skills such as photography and art or singing and performing but don’t forget creativity! Arts Award helps children develop their creativity and their leadership skills, learn new skills and share them with other. Children get to work with creative arts professionals.
Arts Award is a range of distinctive skills that is for anyone that is from ages 11 to 25 to grow up as artists. In Arts Award you do a variety of things to be able to complete it, some of which include of going to an art gallery/museum or write poetry and base an art project on it as a group.
There are different levels of Arts Awards: Bronze, Silver and Gold. At the moment we are trying qualify for the Bronze Arts Award, to do this we need to participate in any arts form, go to at least one arts event, research the work of an artist (Fashion illustrator, photographer, an artist or any creator that inspires you!) and sharing your art skills with others. The Silver and Gold Arts Award are levels two and three with more difficult skills and different category of arts like designing, fashion designing, sculpting etc.
If you wanted to get an Arts Award all you need to do is take part in different arts activities, experience arts events, share your skills with others or you could set yourself arts challenge.
Emma and Ellie (Year 8)
Here is the weather you can expect in the next week for the North East.
Thursday
On Thursday 15th March you can expect some cloudy weather with a some rain showers mid-afternoon, with the rain moving east further into the evening. The temperature throughout the day will be around 5℃.
Friday
Tomorrow on Friday 16th March it will be between a high of 5℃ and a low of 2℃. You can expect some light rain around the morning but as the day progresses you will need your umbrella as the rain will get heavier.
Saturday
On Saturday 17th March it’s cloudy all day with no rain. With wind speeds of 21 mph. The temperature is at the lowest of -1℃ and a high of 1℃.
Sunday
On 18th March, which is a Sunday, you will be getting a lot of wind at the speed 21 mph. A low of -1℃ and a high of 2℃. It will be a little cloudy with patches of fog.
Monday
On 19th March, which is a Monday, the lowest temperature will be 1℃ and in the early morning.The highest will be 5℃ at about mid-day. There will be small clouds and the sun will start to be appearing for Summer. .
Tuesday
On Tuesday 20th March the highest temperature will be 6℃ with the lowest being 1℃. It won’t be cloudy although you can expect wind speeds around 10 mph. There will be no rain.
Wednesday
Throughout Wednesday it will be around 5℃. There will be no clouds or rain and it will start to get more sunny.
Zara, Phoebe and Amy (Y7)
Professor Stephen William Hawking, passed on in his sleep in his Cambridge home (England).
Hawking was born on 8th January 1942 in Oxfordshire, England, and went to his first school in St. Albans, 20 miles north of London. He grew up and, eventually, he began his undergraduate years at a University in Oxford in 1959. For his first few months, he felt bored and lonely. He also stated that he found his academic work “Ridiculously Easy.”
In his three years in Oxford, he would only manage to do an unimpressive 1,000 hours of studying. This made him very anxious and restless because, his University Finals were coming up. The night before the Exams, he slept very poorly due to stress. His eventual results were a border-line between first and second class honours. He said that if he was given a first class honour, that he’d go to Cambridge but if he got a second class, he’d stay at Oxford. The Oxford University presented him with a first class honour in natural science, and he began his graduate work.
During his graduation years, at age 21, he was diagnosed with ALS: a form of motor neuron disease, leaving him almost entirely paralysed. The doctors who diagnosed him, told Hawking that he had two or three years to live. But, amazingly, he surpassed this by 55 whole years. He went on to make theories about how the universe was made by, “The Big Bang,” and also, possibly one of his most well known theories, on black holes.
He began writing many books alongside various authors and having movies made for him. He also had many cameos in various shows, such as, ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’. He was awarded many awards, and was visited by many celebrities from all over the Earth; so he was of high importance to the world.
Sadly, Hawking passed away at the age of 76 Tuesday morning in his Cambridge home. He may have passed, but his ideas and legends will live on. He has revolutionised the way we look at the earth and universe, and his ideas will continue to benefit the world we live in, and hopefully, the rest of time.
Thomas (Year 7)
