FILM CLUB

When a horror movie comes out and it is deemed suitable to be shown to children from the age of 12, you just have to wonder how 'scary' the movie is actually going to be.

But despite this, tension was in the air as FILMCLUB attendees anticipated the viewing of 'The Woman Black', starring Daniel Radcliffe.

It tells the tale of a man during the Victorian period who has to sort out the paperwork for a house with a horrific history and the more he finds out, the more he contests with a force, a supernatural inhabitant of the house who tries everything to get revenge for the outcome of her life.

The movie relies on the element of surprise to captivate viewers, an attack used often. Despite the lack of positivity throughout, it was an enjoyable film that will make FILMCLUB goers look twice at every dark spot in their house.

We would also like to mention that one of our attendees Josh Veale is going to interview actor Michael Sheen on behalf of FILMCLUB, watch out for his report.

Josh meanwhile was unable to see the grand screening of 'MicMacs' a couple of weeks ago because he was off to a workshop in London to participate in FILCLUB's Talent Development Scheme.

After getting a good night's rest in one of London's top-notch hotels, he walked to an amazingly structured cinema where he received training in how to compose oneself in front of a camera, he then watched in horror as he was played back on a HDTV.

After a buffet lunch, kindly provided by FILMCLUB, Josh entered a special cinema screening featuring the FILMCLUB awards ceremony for last year's members of the Talent Development Scheme.

Josh said, in one of his interviews he took part in: "I felt really inspired by the people who took part in the award ceremony, to see how they've got on in one year is amazing."

Afterwards he got to experience an Alfred Hitchcock classic before going home, definitely an experience to remember.

Josh would like to thank all associated with FILMCLUB who enabled and inspired him to go to such events.

LEARNER OF THE MONTH

Naomi Price, Year 9, is our learner of the month for June for her continuous commitment to learning. Naomi has achieved/reached her targets in all of her subjects, excelling in ICT and history. Encouraged by family, friends and especially her karate teacher who encouraged her to stay motivated, Naomi has a black belt in karate. When she leaves school, Naomi hopes to join the police force and work her way up to become a chief inspector in the traffic sector.

LORCAN WILLIAMS

This year, Lorcan won the national point to point jockey championships with his 138 pony, Pennway Tapdance, and will shortly be presented with his prize in a family presentation evening. Lorcan has also won the West Wales Area 148 Championship with his pony, Sunday's Best.

On July 22, Lorcan will once again be racing with pony Pennway Tapdace in Newton Abbot. Next year, he will go onto the Charles Owen pony racing on a professional course.

Congratulations Lorcan and good luck for your forthcoming year.

Olympic Week

Greenhill School has really gone for gold this week - getting stuck in with the Olympic spirit in every subject from exploding Mont Olympic volcanoes to wheel-chair basketball, park or free running, fencing and CSI Investigation, there really were no boundaries!

The PE department have set off from the start-line with Paralympics tasters thanks to Angela Miles and Steve Briars who provided us with wheelchairs, boca equipment and sit down volleyball and showed us how much of a challenge it is for Paralympians and that they really do bring a spark to the Olympics. We look forward to cheering them on when the Olympics come to London.

In English, Olympic Week has encouraged a drive to raise literacy standards where pupils have taken part in writing, reading, speaking and listing challenges. Gold, silver and bronze awards have been given to classes depending on the behaviour, effort and overall tasks given. Even the library has been involved with Olympic quizzes open to all and a big 'Olympic fact wall'. Did you know that the first gold medal awarded to a lady was in 1900 for tennis singles!?

The maths department have held quizzes and competitions, medal muddles and even mathematical CSI Investigations, with clues to reveal which Olympian was guilty of committing the crime. In the end, Chris Hoy was found guilty - on ya' bike Chris! How on earth would we catch him? Through the maths corridor there are displays with the Olympic records and actual heights of high-jump records. Charles Austin holds the current record for clearing 2.39 metres in 1996 in Atlanta.

Modern languages, French and Welsh, also got involved with encouraging pupils to have conversations in the language about the Olympics. J'ai gagne medailes d'or (I won gold medals!)

Religious education looked at the religions of famous Olympians and how it would affect their training and performance in the Olympics.

In cooking, the pupils had to decorate cupcakes and they didn't just taste nice they looked nice.

In textiles, the pupils were told to design a new mascot of which some of the results were really good. Also in product design, the task was to make a poster.

In science, some pupils made board games and others designed new medals. Some of the board games were really new and original with a great Olympic theme. Some of the medals were really good and different to the London Olympic medals.

Over the week, scores attained by classes are put into house points and added-up to reach a grand total! Throughout the day, scores are tannoyed to let the students and teachers know how well they are doing and which house is heading for gold.

Next week, we look forward to sports day which will be a special one with the inspiration of Greenhill's Olympics week. We will welcome the world's Olympians to London in a few weeks!

Thank you to all the teachers for creating fanatic lessons and all pupils who got involved in the house competitions and the Sports Council for collecting data: Carys Davies, Max Brindley, Max James, Harri Williams, Jess Griffiths, Esme Greer, Amber Thomas, Nicole, Ffion Morgan, Georgia Thompson, Tegan Foley, Shona Probert, Barnaby Evans, Imogen Childs, Libby Sheldon, Amy Taylor, Brittany Rolfe, Liam Cullen, Ben Palin, Kyle Scourfield, Daniel Wainwright, Hannah Muskett, Eve Kidney, Molly Lewis, Harry Goforth, Matthew Webb, Polly Scotcher, Beth Williams, Scarlett Rusby-Smith, Garaint Harris, David Folder, Owen Combes, Ella Brindley, Chris Henniman. Also a huge thank you to Hayden Gove for taking pictures of the Olympic week and Molly Lewis for writing the reports.

House results: Caradog - 7,370 (fourth); Dewi - 8,155 (third); Glyndwr - 8,777 (second); Llewellyn - 8,790 (first).