The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2016 | Page 6

French Trip On the 8th July, 78 Year 7 students are heading towards France for the day and have the opportunity to experience a variety of intriguing French habits! Here is their itinerary: 00:05 Depart from Kimberley Leisure Centre 05:15 Leave Folkestone via Eurotunnel 06:50 Arrive in Calais 09:00 Visit to a local market and buy food - a great way to practise your French! 11:30 Visit to the snail farm "Escargots du Bocage" 14:00 Visit to the bakery "Boulangerie d'Escoeuilles" to see baguettes and croissants being made the traditional way. 16:00 Shopping at "Cité Europe" 19:00 Depart Calais via Eurotunnel 22:45 Arrive Pick-up point Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Year 9 Careers On the 25th April, fourteen professionals from a diverse range of STEM careers gave up their time to come into school and talk to Year 9 about their chosen professions. This included a medical physicist, a chemical engineer, a civil engineer and a lady who is developing a fungal biofuel with the University of Nottingham. Small groups of students attended each stall for five minutes to listen and ask questions before a whistle was blown and the students moved on to the next stall. A very enjoyable and informative afternoon was had by all. Robot Revolution On the 16th June, students from Year 7, 8 and 9 were selected to take part in the STEM challenge, Robot Revolution. Students took part in a variety of activities during the sessions. These included designing and firing catapults. Here, they looked at the design process, testing the catapults and reflection on improvements that they could have made. The students were then given kit that contained over 120 parts and an instruction manual. All students taking part successfully built their own robots. The students in the morning session were that good the leaders decided to challenge the students further by providing them with lap-tops and teaching them how to code their robots. Well done to all involved. The Little Litter Pickers Students have been working hard at the Animation Club this term. Please view ‘The Little Litter Pickers’, which is a tale of friendship through tidying up: STEM Diary: 20th June 2016: 1st July 2016: 8th July 2016: Look around with our 360 degree camera: CAM1 / CAM2 Year 10 careers conference at the National Space Centre KS3 STEM challenge at the University of Nottingham Bronze CREST award BSA. Run by the Physics Interns Physical Education News A big thank-you must go to the following students who helped at the Primary Cross Country held each year at Brookhill Lees School. Evie Saxton, Callum Frogson, Harriett Cross and Tom Ellis were great ‘hares and marshalls’ for the morning and all ran smoothly! Well done to the following students who helped ensure the Larkfields Infants Sports Day was another success. The students helped on the stations and were enthusiastic with the youngsters, cheering them on and encouraging them. The students involved were Jessica Stevenson, Niamh Shortt, Lauren Wooder, Georgia Flinton, Emma Stevenson, Thea Dane, Jimi Knowles, Will Moore, Alex Cooke and Akash Dewshi. Later this term, more of our students will be helping at Mornington and Hollywell Sports Days; so good luck. The Broxtowe Athletics Competition took place at Harvey Hadden Stadium on Thursday 12th May. All our students were a credit to the school and performed well. Three were able to go through and represent Broxtowe at the Nottinghamshire event on Saturday 11th June; these students were Amy Keady, Harry Brown and Billy Watson. Amy was able to qualify to represent Nottinghamshire in the 300M hurdles which is to be held in Birmingham on Saturday 18th June; a fabulous effort by all. The Year 7 team will get their chance to participate in July when they have their own competiton.