Branksome Science College

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Issue 1

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57.5 Million
Is the amount of money which Longfield, Branksome and Hurworth are sharing to improve or rebuild their schools. It was officially announced at One O clock on the 30th of November. 6 pupils from Branksome including the head boy, the head girl, the deputy head girl, 2 school councilors and a random boy from year 7 went to the Town Hall. With the money Mrs. Armstrong is determined get a new school with better ICT technology.

Book of the week

Chris Ryan Survival

No pass needed
From now on in the Library. You no longer need a Library pass to get in. On a morning in your tutor you just need to get your planner signed. This will reduce the amount of waste paper in the school. Usually after you have handed your pass in they are just binned and never seen again but now the school can be more ecofriendly.

Cross country

When a group of kids find themselves stranded on an island they will have to work as a team and try to survive.

Damp, foul, dark, miserable, breezy, muddy are just some of the words to describe the weather for cross country. After an early lunch and getting changed many of the runners made a remark on the weathers coldness. It was freezing. The people who were running last had to wait in the cold for the longest. In the year 7 girls race Sarah Moitt won. She quotes: I am very proud of myself and I never thought I would be able to do it because I didn't think I was that good. I was coming second for the first half of the race then I came first for the second half of it!! I didn't enjoy the race much but I like running. In conclusion apart from the weather I would say that the race was a pretty good.

Your bit
I want this bit of the paper for you to take control of. If you would like to post a comment, puzzle, joke or even an article just write it down and post in in the box in the Library called Your bit. Hopefully next issue we will have some comments. You can also post a book review if you like on your favourite book. For more information contact:

PAPERMAIL
Well it was a break time last week Mrs. Surtees was stood with me near the front of the Library when Mrs Armstrong entered. She talked to Mrs Surtees for a bit then she looked at me and told me that Miss Wilson had been telling her that I had been making mini magazines and scripts. That was when Mrs Surtees told me about a school newspaper she started to make but never got it finished. She then asked me if I would like to make one. It then carried on from there. I was told I could work at a certain computer every time I added some more in to it and that I could come to the library anytime (with in reason).

1st issue how it happened?

Liam Pape, 7KCL.

Library Opening Times:
8:15 - 8:50 10.15 -10.30

1:00 - 1:25

Also on your left is a section called Your bit but if you are a keen writer and want to write more you can have this space. Doesn't matter if you have typed it up on the computer or if you have written it with hand. More importantly if you have any ideas on how to improve the magazine, e.g. how it is set out, what features there are Please dont hesitate to ask me or post your message in the box. -Liam Pape-

Find the author winner this week: Amy Glenton

Feature on a Teacher
Name: Subject: Years at Branksome: Most memorable moment: Funniest moment: Mr Clark Technology 20 Seeing my tutor groups collect their GCSE certificates When I fell out of the boat on a white-water rafting trip on a school visit to Austria . None Work hard but dont forget to enjoy life Golfing and reading

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Branksome Science College have their own school council and they are taking control of the notice board next to the office. On the board there are going to be notices about Y7 elections, upcoming events involving the Youth Service and also pictures of the members of the school council.

Rebecca Parkinson

This December Darlington has gone Christmas crazy. On the 12th and 13th December the town centre will be hosting a wide variety of Christmas entertainment, which will include ice sculpting and much more. Also there is a big wheel near the Joseph Pease statue. It is two pound for children and two pound fifty for adults. My experience was very exciting but fun, so it is well worth trying out.

Robert Archer

Terrible Jokes
A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted," Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied," I know you can't, I've cut your arms off". Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff ba dum tssh. What is red and smells like blue paint? red paint.

Whats a Martians favourite sweet? Martian Mallows. How do you know an aliens been in your fridge? Because theres a note saying sorry I used up all the milk, signed an Alien. I broke my leg in two places Sheffield and Wolverhampton.

Pensioners Party
We are holding a Christmas party on Thursday 16 December. If you are interested contact Miss Crossling.
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Dodge Ball Mania!!

Branksome PE department has dodge ball mania. There is a dodge ball club on a Wednesday after school. For more information and a consent form to start contact Mr Hillary. Also PE related there is a trip to see a Netball team play against a very good team. It is also being televised on Sky Sports!! For more information contact Miss Phillips.

The library has got a bad case of historyitis as most of the library wall space is dedicated to WW1 and WW2. To find out more about this extra-ordinary finding head on over to the library either before school, break, lunch or after school.

Library goes historical.

Look after your litter.

Please look after your school and dont drop litter. Some one else has to clean up your mess!!

Find the author winners so far

Lucy Waugh Rebecca Parkinson (Twice) Sarah Joy Abanador Marin Akther Elijah Durham Chloe Ride Victoria Feldon Bethany Allchurch Amy Glenton

Christmas Lunch
Roast Turkey and Stuffing or Vegetable Crumble Roast and creamed potatoes & seasonal vegetables -------Christmas pudding with white sauce or Christmas Tree Ice Cream or Christmas Crispie Cake Juice.

Wednesday 16th December 1.70 Ticket Only On sale from dining hall at breakfast and morning break from 1st December.

Children in Need success

This year Branksome Science College did many events to help with Children in Need 2009. It cost to come in the library, there were y11s coming in to classrooms offering to do rolypoly's for money. And there was a dress down day if you donated a pound. Out of all these events the school made 707.20. Which I think is a very good job done. I suppose that most of the money will have came from the dress down day. If there are about Six Hundred pupils in the school and if they all pay one pound each to dress down. The Library on its own made 17.85. In conclusion Branksome Science College made a lot of money. The only problem now is that we will have to try and beat it next year!!
Credits: Liam Pape (Editor) Bethany Allchurch Victoria Feldon Rebecca Parkinson Robert Archer Mrs. Surtees