Weekly News Wrap-Up

Visiting Marwell Zoo

This week, we visited Marwell Zoo as part of our curriculum, which covers competition, adaptation and Natural selection. The pupils all worked very hard in class and put their knowledge to good use when we visited the wide range of animals the zoo had to show us.

We were lucky enough to have a special chat with Dave, one of the Zoo’s staff, who gave us a private chat about the giraffes and lemurs. Did you know that all ring-tailed lemurs have 13 rings on their tales? We didn’t before, but we do now.

The weather was glorious, the pupils were fantastic and the day was a huge success.

Eden Explores Space

This term's topic is Space, and as part of this, Eden pupils visited the Winchester Science Museum and Planetarium this Tuesday. We had the rare opportunity to have a private Planetarium show, learn about the planets, and explore the museum. During the afternoon, everyone took part in a rocket workshop where we designed an aerodynamic rocket, which was propelled using the same method and fuel as a real space rocket. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their time, and all were outstanding representatives.

Eden pupils also completed their puzzle challenge this week. As part of the space topic and to support wellbeing, Eden was challenged to complete a 1000-piece space puzzle as a team. They were given until the End of May to complete it; however, they have already beaten the target and are onto their second puzzle! We would like to thank Amrit and Matthew for helping us complete it. 

English Poetry

This week has been an incredibly busy one for 9C, with multiple ongoing projects!

In English, our focus this term has been spoken word poetry, and all had the opportunity to perform "Strict" by Michael Rosen.

Building on this, they wrote their own poems inspired by "The British" by Benjamin Zephaniah. Through thought-provoking discussions, we explored what it means to be British from different perspectives and compared our ideas to Zephaniah’s message.

Everyone created their own poems, reflecting on what makes St. Edward’s School unique. Here are some of their incredible pieces:

Panini

First you get some odd teens and get some classes in a bowl and

 Rinse it with a decrepit 

architecture and sprinkle it in.

Get some teachers and mash some sarcasm and some bad jokes and

 then throw the mogepoge of staff in the bowl and 

stir vigorously and

 boil it with key workers and

 some expected behaviours until

 smokey and now  place in in-between some bits of bread and 

put it on a grill until there is lines on both sides of the bread and you got your panini :)

by LFR

St Edwards School Surprise

Take a massive ancient building 

add some smiley and stroppy students.

Take a pinch of sports, classrooms, lessons and hard work .

Stir some friendly boys and teenagers

Spread some laughter and happy jokes 

Then

Beat in some resilience 

Sift some computers, tenacious teachers and pupils

 pour some outings, activities.

Bake on medium for five years

Take out a tall strong young man who is knowledgeable and proud.

By AAS

St Edward’ s Tikka Masala

Burn a bit of boring work

Sprinkle its ashes on the grass

Stir the curry from the dining hall

Mix some pupils with the annoying kind of staff

Add some irritating but supportive keyworkers

Take some spice and mix it with the motor oil in the motorbike shed

Whisk some Indians, Irish, Scottish, Greeks, Nigerians, South Africans, Italians, Welsh

Heat them up in a big round bowl

Serve them with British

Add some respect and you have a cool St. Edward’s Tikka Masala curry.

By HUN

St Edward's Recipe

Sprinkle some pupils and keyworkers and stir thoroughly  then add some wider horizons 

Then mix some points and creativity then stir and heat it up 

Then chop up some pe lessons and scrape it in the pot

Add a pinch of school values 

Then stir in some baking and sizzle them in a frying pan

Combine them all together and bake for 15 minutes

 lastly serve it with a little bit of maths 

Which makes a respectful school

by CMC  

Monkey World with 9C

On Tuesday, we had an incredible day at Monkey World, where we linked our Science topic on Adaptation and Evolution to real-life learning! We discovered that chimpanzees share 98% of their DNA with humans, orangutans 97%, and other apes 95% fascinating proof of our evolutionary connection! We also learned the difference between apes and monkeys and explored how humans evolved from apes. Observing their behaviour was eye-opening, and we even spotted some human-like learning behaviours in them! Some of us found an unexpected connection with Bryan, a lovely ape who had a meltdown over his instructor… and we jokingly promised never to be a "Bryan" again! 

As always, our trip was an adventure we went ahead with Plan C and braved the uncertainty of whether the vehicle’s battery would last for the journey home! But through it all, our pupils showed resilience and were again fantastic ambassadors for our school. A truly unforgettable day out!