Look forward to seeing you!
Thursday, 9 September 2010
G-Mag Welcome Meeting!
Thanks to everyone who volunteered to be part of the team! We will be holding a welcome meeting on Tuesday 14th September at 3.30pm - please meet in main reception and bring along your ideas!
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Friday, 16 July 2010
Summer Holidays
End of School Year
The Summer Holidays are almost here and everyone’s looking forward to them. School finishes at 12.30pm on Thursday 22 July. During period 3, there will be a leaving assembly . We will be saying goodbye to:
Mrs Eagle
Mrs Fleet
Mr Pocock
Mr Lay
Mr Maslen
Mrs Burke
Miss Clements
Ms Carpenter (TA)
Miss Spalding (TA)
Ms Bennet – who is having a gap year.
Everyone will miss them.
So from everyone in G-Mag – have a fun filled summer and see you in September.
Marcus Jones
Year 7
The Summer Holidays are almost here and everyone’s looking forward to them. School finishes at 12.30pm on Thursday 22 July. During period 3, there will be a leaving assembly . We will be saying goodbye to:
Mrs Eagle
Mrs Fleet
Mr Pocock
Mr Lay
Mr Maslen
Mrs Burke
Miss Clements
Ms Carpenter (TA)
Miss Spalding (TA)
Ms Bennet – who is having a gap year.
Everyone will miss them.
So from everyone in G-Mag – have a fun filled summer and see you in September.
Marcus Jones
Year 7
Friday, 9 July 2010
Houses
At the beginning of the term, 4 houses were formed with 2 tutor groups from each year in each house. They are:
- Berners Lee Yellow Head of House - Mr Jones
- Holmes Blue Head of House – Ms Snook
- Pascal Green Head of House – Mr Williams
- Moore Red Head of House – Mr Russell
2 new tutor groups are being made in Year 8 and 9 so there are 8 tutor groups in each year.
Most people liked the colour and some like the leader but none of the people asked particularly liked their house name. One person didn’t even know their house name.
The house provide more opportunities to take part in different competitions such as quizzes and house matches. The overall winning house will receive a trophy at the end of the year.
The houses will start in September.
By Marcus Jones
Year 7
Peer Mentoring
Being a peer mentor, I was with a tutor group over the 3 days and I have to say that they got on very well. They all left on Friday with a positive attitude towards Greendown and they couldn’t wait until September and I’m sure that all of the other tutors couldn’t wait either! Also, just a quick reminder to the Year 6’s that when you come up into Year 7 to bring back any forms or locker money.
Will see you all in September and I’m sure you will all get on really well in Greendown and who knows – the G-Mag team might be getting some new reporters!
By Josh Talbot
Year 9
Want to become part of the team?
As a year at Greendown comes to an end, G-Mag looks forward to welcoming new members in September.
During Year 6 induction, they were given the chance to sign up.
We are also looking for students from each year group to come along and participate, if interested.
In September, when the new Year 7s join us, we're hoping to expand in other year groups as well.
If you are interested, please attend the meeting on Friday, 3rd September at 3.30pm in the conference room. This will give you the chance to see whether G-Mag is for you.
If you are unsure of the location, please come to main reception, where someone from the team will be.
Any ideas are welcome and appreciated!
Upcoming L.E.Day
Next Monday, the entire school, minus a few, are participating in a Learning Enrichment Day.
Each year will be doing a different activity, with Year Sevens spending the day in Humanities, while a fraction of the year are going to Bristol Zoo.
While Years Eight and Nine activities are being kept a surprise, Year 10 will be spending the day planning “prom”. The winning team will then have the chance to help in the planning of the prom itself.
We hope that everyone enjoys whatever they’re doing for the day and make the most of it!
By Nathalie Cannell
Year 10
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Half term coming
As many of you will know, its time to go on our half term again!
School will end at 2:20 on Friday 28th May.
So here at G-mag we wish you all a great half term :)
School will end at 2:20 on Friday 28th May.
So here at G-mag we wish you all a great half term :)
It's time for a change
It is also the time that we make changes within the team. This is where we are going to say our good byes, and our hello's.
The Team will be saying good bye to our year 11 members,
and we will be saying hello to the new members that will joining in September, and also the people that will be stepping into new roles.
It is great how the pupils of our school, get to have say in what we do and we also get to run our own magazine, this magazine is written by the pupils for the pupils.
So lets keep that in mind and wish everyone Good luck :)
The Team will be saying good bye to our year 11 members,
and we will be saying hello to the new members that will joining in September, and also the people that will be stepping into new roles.
It is great how the pupils of our school, get to have say in what we do and we also get to run our own magazine, this magazine is written by the pupils for the pupils.
So lets keep that in mind and wish everyone Good luck :)
The end has come!
It't the time of year that we say bye to our year 11's.
On Friday 28th May our year 11's will be leaving us.
We would like to wish them luck in their exams that will be coming up in June. Even though some of them have started already, sprits are high within the year, with mixed feelings about leaving, but we can say that the class of 2010, have been a great year group. They have done so much and every year has something different about them, and this years, year 11, were involed in the school alot. We shell miss them here at Greendown, but we hope that they go on to bigger and better things :)
On Friday 28th May our year 11's will be leaving us.
We would like to wish them luck in their exams that will be coming up in June. Even though some of them have started already, sprits are high within the year, with mixed feelings about leaving, but we can say that the class of 2010, have been a great year group. They have done so much and every year has something different about them, and this years, year 11, were involed in the school alot. We shell miss them here at Greendown, but we hope that they go on to bigger and better things :)
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
We haven't updated for a while...
- On Friday we had our L.E.D. day.
- Year 11's start exams this week.
- Leavers Assembly this week.
- Start of Athletics season started last week.
- Dance show is on tonight and tomorrow night.
- School breaks up 2:20 Friday.
- Year 7 exams start after half term.
By Josh Talbot, Marcus Jones and Charlotte Tilling
Years 7 and 9
Monday, 17 May 2010
Learning Enrichment Day
This Friday is Learning Enrichment Day and many trips are taking place.
For year 7, they are going on an IT trip to Legoland. Year 8 are going to the Martime Museum for Humanities. And year 10 are going to Thorpe Park for business studies.
The remaining pupils will have fun participating in an LE Day at school.
Year 11, however, are only in if they are doing GCSE PE. All other year 11's have a study day.
By Marcus Jones
Year 7
For year 7, they are going on an IT trip to Legoland. Year 8 are going to the Martime Museum for Humanities. And year 10 are going to Thorpe Park for business studies.
The remaining pupils will have fun participating in an LE Day at school.
Year 11, however, are only in if they are doing GCSE PE. All other year 11's have a study day.
By Marcus Jones
Year 7
Saturday, 8 May 2010
New After School Clubs
The new summer after school clubs have been organised and are up and running.
On Monday:
Year 7
On Monday:
- Dance show practise;
- Members only - Fitness Suite.
On Tuesday:
- Basketball - Sports Hall 1;
- Cricket Nets - Sports Hall 2;
- Cricket - Astro;
- Open session - Fitness Suite;
- Rounders - Field.
On Wednesday:
- Netball - Sports Hall 2;
- Open session - Fitness Suite;
- Athletics - Field.
On Thursday:
- Girls Football - Astro;
- Cheerleading - Dance Studio;
- Athletics and Rugby (Year 7 + 8) - Field.
On Friday:
- YLA - Dance Studio;
- Members only - Fitness Suite.
By Marcus Jones and Charlotte Tilling
Year 7
Year Nine SATs Week is Over!
As the Year 9s will gladly know, the Year 9 SATs week has finally ended! I'm sure that all of you will be glad not to be doing any more revision or tests for a while now and I'm sure that you all did great!
So, have a relaxing, study free weekend and I hope that you do as well in class as you have performed in the exams!
By Josh Talbot
Year 9
So, have a relaxing, study free weekend and I hope that you do as well in class as you have performed in the exams!
By Josh Talbot
Year 9
South Africa Update
After the recent success from the fashion show, which raised £510.25, we have more plans for fundraising already organised, such as:
- Bag Packing;
- Car Washing;
- Stalls at local fetes and events including "The Mix" at Shaw Village Centre.
If you would like to make any donations toward the South Africa fund, please contact Ms Bennett in her office in the English block.
By Dan Waller
Year 11
Fashion Update!
As we all know, summer is coming and the weather is starting to warm up. Time to find out what's hot and what's not for both boys and girls.
Florals are in for the girls - bright, colourful flowers. Maxi dresses are great for very hot days - these work for both casual and formal.
Sunglasses are back, especially the big and bulky ones. The reflective type are best for the guys.
Pumps are in! Especially with 3/4 length jeans! But with men, knee shorts. Do not wear socks with sandals!
So, when you hit the beach during summer, you'll look and feel smoking hot!
By Rhiannon John and Megan Keel
Year 9
Florals are in for the girls - bright, colourful flowers. Maxi dresses are great for very hot days - these work for both casual and formal.
Sunglasses are back, especially the big and bulky ones. The reflective type are best for the guys.
Pumps are in! Especially with 3/4 length jeans! But with men, knee shorts. Do not wear socks with sandals!
So, when you hit the beach during summer, you'll look and feel smoking hot!
By Rhiannon John and Megan Keel
Year 9
Thursday, 29 April 2010
"Think of the other person"
Many of you will know, that the most important rule in greendown is "think of the other person." now what does this mean, does this mean that only pupils should follow this, with other pupils?
Or is it a rule that runs from pupils right up to staff. When looking at "think of the other person" it's something that has court the eye of many people and pupils.
Many pupils will back this up that when it comes to thinking of the other person it doesn't work. Yes it will work for their friends but that is a two way thing. However when it comes to people starting to shout in your f and be rude, should you still be thinking of the other person at that point? This is because we had someone tell us about a problem what they faced, this was when a member of staff started shouting at them because they didn't do something. Now this problem was outside of a lesson and happened as a pupil walked passed. Thinking of the other person doesn't seem to work. This is because thinking of the other person can't just be said for pupils it has to run through out the whole school.
Now many people may disagree with this story as people have the right to, but ask your self this is it time we changed the rules, isn't time we updated our rules, and isn't time that we as pupils got the chance to re-write the rules in OUR school?
We believe that it is the time of change and the change that we want to make here at Greendown is "thinking of the other person." that needs to go and should come in with a new one. The one that this reporter believes is that it should be "treat someone how you want to be treated."
Now i know this may not be a good pick of words but it's true.
Pupils make up the school because without pupils there isn't a school,
But teachers make up the school too because with out the teachers we wouldn't have our education.
We believe that it's time to make a better link with our teachers, with the people that run our school.
It's time to make the change that should happen, lets think of the other person one last time and make it count.
If you believe in what this story talks about then please leave a comment, or if you don't or you believe that this story should be improved then please feel free to email g-mag@live.co.uk or if you write a letter hand it in to Main Reception and address it to G-Mag.
Lets go from " Thinking of the other person." To " treat someone how you want to be treated."
It's time we had a change and lets do that change together as one School.
Or is it a rule that runs from pupils right up to staff. When looking at "think of the other person" it's something that has court the eye of many people and pupils.
Many pupils will back this up that when it comes to thinking of the other person it doesn't work. Yes it will work for their friends but that is a two way thing. However when it comes to people starting to shout in your f and be rude, should you still be thinking of the other person at that point? This is because we had someone tell us about a problem what they faced, this was when a member of staff started shouting at them because they didn't do something. Now this problem was outside of a lesson and happened as a pupil walked passed. Thinking of the other person doesn't seem to work. This is because thinking of the other person can't just be said for pupils it has to run through out the whole school.
Now many people may disagree with this story as people have the right to, but ask your self this is it time we changed the rules, isn't time we updated our rules, and isn't time that we as pupils got the chance to re-write the rules in OUR school?
We believe that it is the time of change and the change that we want to make here at Greendown is "thinking of the other person." that needs to go and should come in with a new one. The one that this reporter believes is that it should be "treat someone how you want to be treated."
Now i know this may not be a good pick of words but it's true.
Pupils make up the school because without pupils there isn't a school,
But teachers make up the school too because with out the teachers we wouldn't have our education.
We believe that it's time to make a better link with our teachers, with the people that run our school.
It's time to make the change that should happen, lets think of the other person one last time and make it count.
If you believe in what this story talks about then please leave a comment, or if you don't or you believe that this story should be improved then please feel free to email g-mag@live.co.uk or if you write a letter hand it in to Main Reception and address it to G-Mag.
Lets go from " Thinking of the other person." To " treat someone how you want to be treated."
It's time we had a change and lets do that change together as one School.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Year 7 Subject Consultation Evening
On the 28th of April year 7 students parents will finally get to meet there subject teachers. The evening will be running from 4:30 to 8:30. Make sure you have all the times before the evening.
Written by Patrick Hellewell and Marcus Jones
Written by Patrick Hellewell and Marcus Jones
New catering: Caterlink.
As many of you may have noticed by the new signs at the entrance of the Large atrium and the snazzy new clothing catering staff are wearing, you may have caught on that our food supplier has changed to a company called Cater link. By my experiences this week and the reactions of my peers we are loving the new selection of food at break times, Lunch and snacks. I have asked around G-mag and they like the wide selection now available to them at lunchtimes, although others are noticing differences that they aren't very keen on...
But I'm sure after a few more weeks of having the new catering company running our food selection in school, everyone will start to love it as much as me and others!
Josh Talbot 9KM - Head reporter
But I'm sure after a few more weeks of having the new catering company running our food selection in school, everyone will start to love it as much as me and others!
Josh Talbot 9KM - Head reporter
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