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“Every Student has a voice at Hodgson “

In this Issue: Charlie Adam

Blackpool FC Captain came to Hodgson to open the Sports Hall. Find out more on page

Flood

Water wreaks havoc closing school. Find out what happened on page

Hodgson’s Got Talent

Talented students battle to get to the finals. Who has made it so far? Read inside to find out on page

Magazine Issue: No. 1 Date: Mar. 2011

Also inside this issue we have: The sporting heroes of Hodgson!

Angry Bird review

A review on The King’s Speech

And much much more………..

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CHARLIE ADAM

“ HODGSON TURNS TANGERINE FOR THE DAY”

Blackpool FC star Charlie Adam came to Hodgson and opened the new Sports Hall. Students from the Hodgson Echo team went to interview him and this is what he had to say!

Echo: Firstly, hello and welcome to Hodgson

Charlie:: Thank you

Echo: So Charlie, Blackpool have been doing pretty well recently, haven’t they?

Charlie:: Yes we have, it’s a big step up from The Championship, and all of the lads have realised that. Although, we are doing rela-tively well and hope to keep it going that way.

Echo: Do you like having Ian Holloway as your manager?

Charlie:: Yeah, he was the one who brought me here, and he is a fantastic man-ager. He does, like all managers, say stuff we don’t want to hear, but he really is great. You can talk about anything to him, and he isn’t just a manager, he is also a friend to all of us.

Echo: So how are you finding premiership life?

Charlie:: Yeah I like it, it’s nice to be playing against world famous and much harder team. To be honest, I’m just trying to get the much I can out of it.

Echo: Finally, are you looking forward to opening our sports hall?

Charlie: Yeah, it’s nice to be invited to the school and show the connections be-tween us, and its also nice for Sophie to be back and meet all of her old teach-ers. Also, you’re really lucky to have such great teachers, and to come to a great school.

Echo: Thank you

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SCHOOL FLOOD COSTS THOUSANDS

“ CLASSROOM CLOSURE CAUSES CHAOS“

By the middle of December 2010, temperatures around the Blackpool area had dropped to around -6˚C. One of the coldest winters on record; across the country, people were plunged into weather normally seen at the North Pole.

So when School Business Manager Mr. Pickles walked into Hodgson School on Sunday 19th December, he shouldn’t have been too surprised to find that the freezing temperatures had resulted in a pipe bursting, completely drenching one of the music rooms; and although some of the electronic equipment had been ruined, the extent of the damage seemed pretty con-trollable. We hoped our troubles would be all over.

However, our troubles were far from over and the re-sulting catastrophe surprised and shocked Assistant Site Supervisor Mr. van Dalli, who, when he opened up the school three days after Christmas after hearing our trusty fire alarms go off was literally knocked off his feet upon discovering almost all of the English class-rooms on the top floor of B Block were totally soaked through.

The damage was fairly extensive. Hundreds of books and files were left soaked through, and the clear out was a painstaking and emotional task for the language departments.

Upon students return, the disaster was far from for-gotten. Workmen scurried to fix the classrooms and the smells of stagnant water hung in the air.

I spoke to Mr. Pickles about the disaster. He said,

‘There must have been about an inch of water on the floor. Well, that might be a slight exaggeration, but I did bring my wellies in one day!

‘The cost of the damage was quite a lot, but was nowhere near what it could have been. We are lucky that we caught it in time.

‘In my 11 years at Hodgson, I have never seen this happen before.’

Two tanks bursting inside of two weeks at Hodgson School? What a way to dampen the end of 2010!

It sounds like the school was caught quite off guard, and you can’t help wondering if we should have been more prepared for such an event. Hopefully, the school will be more prepared in the future. The surprise of the sudden flood left the school in a sticky situation; it was a bonus for the students - some of whom got nearly an extra week off!

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HODGSONS GOT TALENT

“ STUDENTS SEEK STARDOM!“

Talented students from Hodgson School have battled against each other to make it to the finals.. With acts consisting of dancers, cheerleaders and singers Hodgson hall was jam packed with talent!

With students as judges’ and the teachers watching from the side lines, performers went head to head for the battle of stardom at Hodgson!!

In the next edition we will have exclusive interviews with some of the finalists!

The NTA awards have been the highlight of the last few weeks, knowing who has been nominated, who will win and what awards to get. Top Gear, The Inbetweeners and Waterloo Road were among the winning shows. One of the highlights of that night was when Mr Showbiz himself walked onto the stage, Bruce Forsyth. Playing joker as he always does, with the show opener, ’Nice to see you to see you nice’. Shortly after he then revealed that it would be the perfect time to announce his re-tirement. Almost straight away he laughed and bellowed ’Well I’m not bloody going too!’.

SHOWBIZ “ NTA AWARDS“ Eastenders was the big winner of the evening,

picking up three awards including the prestigious Best Serial Drama. Lacey Turner won Best Serial Drama Performance and Ricky Norwood won Best Newcomer. The whole cast, including re-cent departure Lacey Turner, took the stage to collect the evening’s final award and celebrate before Dermot O’ Leary wrapped up the show.

There was shock line ups for the awards evening, including X factor stars Stacey Solomon and winner Matt Cardle, who gave a live perform-ance of his latest winners song ‘When We Col-lide’.

SPORTS FOR 2011

“ THE LATEST SPORTS IN HODGSON “

Ashley and Jack Hails are known for being great at sport in school, but not only do they manage to do it here at Hodgson, their doing it all over the country. They are both part of Blackpool and the Fylde athletics club, which they have been for 6 years now, and are getting some amazing results.

There dedicated members, that train weekly, and take part in compe-titions against other rivalry athletics clubs. From there results you can see its definitely paying off, there continuing to improve and broaden there sporting ability.

With there unbelievable performance and there determination to improve, they really are a Hodgson sporting hero..

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Not only are the boys representing Hodgson out of school there is many others such as Hannah Godfrey: who plays for Blackburn girls as centre defence. She started playing football at the age of four and has continued to improve. She first played for her local team Thornton and then on to Blackburn.

With her amazing football skills and just general overall sporting talent she has become a sporting hero in her own right. With trails for England and the amazing results Blackburn girls have re-ceived this season, is just a few of the many reasons why this girl has a natural talent for sport.

GAMING & FILM REVIEW. “ANGRY BIRDS & THE KING’S SPEECH”

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The aim of the game itself is very simple, yet probably the most addict-ing game that the App Store has to offer for your iPod, iPad and iPhone; the aim of the game is to use a slingshot and aim towards your hostile target – a ‘stealing pig’. The power and trajectory of your aim will affect if you are successful or not into your bird attacks, combin-ing this with your objective – it makes it a lot harder with a more of a puzzle towards it than any other ordinary shooting game.

When George’s brother abdicates the throne to marry an incongruous woman of ques-tionable pasts, George becomes directly in line to be King. Not yet overcoming his speech problem, he is thrust into the role of public speaking. To further add to the tumult, WW2 whisks him into a role of immense pressure. The film finishes after the King’s first – amongst many – speeches on national radio about the war.

The quirky character of Lionel Logue, played by Geoffrey Rush, gives the story a highly humorous element and the character is skilfully weaved into the positions of wit during sticky situations. His satirical comedy often frustrates the character played by Colin Firth, which leads to palpable friction numerous times.

Colin Firth, set to be a prize nominee at this year’s Oscars, masterfully crafts the slightly weak presence of George VI and develops as he grows in confidence throughout the film.

Overall the well written, if slightly serious, storyline is sprinkled with moments that will make you both laugh and cry and keep you enthralled for all 118 minutes. Under the di-rection of Tom Hooper, the acting makes the film, and all three stars the superb story that it is.

ANGRY BIRDS

THE KING’S SPEECH

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FASHION AND MAKEUP

“THE LATEST TRENDS“

The 2011 new spring fashion season has arrived with a bang and some old favourites have bounced back too. Nautical knitwear is returning in a burst of red white and blue stripes! Nautical accessories are also extremely popu-lar, with many visions of anchors and sea creatures on chunky chains, gracing almost all of our high street stores.

Prom week is on the horizon and there are some stunning dresses and suits for our leavers to wear, for the night of celebration which will end their time at Hodgson leaving them with a final great memory. Whatever colour or style you’re looking for, we are sure you’ll find the outfit of your dreams. A teacher fashion show will be held soon to display their latest outfits, more information will be given soon and I’m sure that it will be a tremendous memory that our current year 11s will treasure forever.

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Playsuits seem to be back for another summer whilst floral dresses, skirts and leggings have blossomed back as well! In fact floral patterns are almost everywhere this spring along with big flower accessories of all kinds. As for shoes, the doc martin- work boot style seems to be growing in popularity at a huge rate, with them appearing all over the place in a mind blowing array of colours, styles and materials.

Nautical is back and this fabulous cardigan captures the essence of the trend perfectly.

Leather work boots are everywhere at the moment and can be worn in a load of different ways, lace up all the way or half, with jeans, or with dresses or skirts and leggings. No wonder such a versatile piece is so popular.

MEET THE TEAM “ SO.. WHO’S DONE WHAT? “

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Hello, My name is Gemma Collins and I am in 10D. I am proud to say that I am an editor for the Hodgson Echo and I have really enjoyed helping Miss Khan, Miss Bate and everyone else involved with the Hodg-son Echo make the first issue of the new magazine!

My name is Jimmy, I am a friendly and cheesy person and I personally love com-puters and gaming too and I’m always will-ing to help anyone with problems! I have been part of the production team in making the Hodgson Echo.

My name is Lydia, I’m in 9C and I wrote the sports hero article. I was also part of the editorial and production team.

Hello I’m Kieran and I’m in 9R. I am part of the Production Team and designed the layout of the ECHO Magazine. I enjoy playing a variety of sports and music. I helped putting parts of the arti-cles together into the magazine and as-sisted Jimmy in the creating of the logo.

I am in year 9 and I’m part of the Hodgson echo editorial team. In this issue I have edited the fashion and make up articles, as well as writing the book review. I’ve also helped to put the magazine together, and helped by giving my opinion on the final view of the magazine. I have really enjoyed working on the magazine with the other members of the team.

I am Daniel Jones and I am a Year 9 student. I am part of the production team and completed and created some of the photos and graphics for the New Magazine. I also completed the Music Top Charts. I have enjoyed working with the team and everyone who is involved with the Echo Maga-zine.