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ISSUE 1 - 2010
Produced and edited by
Ms. M. Goodwin, Sam Gulliver,
Laude Newsletter Club and
Staff Members.
UPDATE FROM GILLIAN FLAXMAN
Dear Families,
As I write to you the results of
our family questionnaire sent to
all of you are coming in and I am
delighted that over 200 of you
have responded. I shall be reply-
ing to your feedback and com-
ments next month and we shall
be taking action on many issues.
We are all looking forward to the
new musical production this term,
“ Cats” and hope many students
in Primary and Secondary will
participate. Taking part in drama
and musical productions is an im-
portant part of our education and
there are many ways in which
pupils can participate, whether
singing and dancing, helping paint
scenery or make costumes. Please
encourage your child to find out
about the possibilities.
We shall have meetings in Secon-
dary over the next few weeks to
discuss the options for IGCSE and
GCE classes for next year. Under-
standing your child’s plans for the
future and finding out about their
recent mock results is essential.
We hope you will be able to attend
the meetings or call Mr Marchand
to receive the information.
Wishing you a pleasant month.
AMAZING GEOGRAPHY
FIELD TRIP
Year 3 Geography trip to visit the
local San Pedro area. Read more
on page 6.
PRIMARY FUND RAISING CHRISMAS DISCO
The Primary School Council
organised a disco for all of the
children in years 2 – 6 to raise
money for the Elliott George
Foundation in Estepona. Read
more on page 7.
CALENDAR DATES
1. Día de Andalucia celebrations (Spanish department) - Friday 19th February.
2. Curriculum Week Presentation—Friday 19th February.
3. Half Term - Monday 22nd- Friday 26th February inc.
4. Bank Holiday (Autonomic) - Day of Anda-lusia Monday 1st March.
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ISSUE 1 - 2010
ACTUALIDAD DIRECTORA GILLIAN FLAXMAN
Estimadas familias:
Estamos analizando los resulta-
dos de los cuestionarios que les
enviamos y me alegro informarles
que hemos recibido más de 200
respuestas. El mes que viene les
contestaré sobre sus inquietudes
y comentarios e iniciaremos algu-
nos cambios.
Estamos todos ilusionados con la
nueva producción musical de este
trimestre, “Cats” (Gatos) y espe-
ramos que participen muchos
alumnos, tanto de primaria como
de secundaria. Trabajar en las
obras de teatro o musicales es
una parte importante de nuestra
educación y hay muchas formas
para que los estudiantes pue-
dan participar, ya sea cantando,
bailando, ayudando a pintar los
escenarios o con el vestuario. Por
favor, animen a sus hijos/as a in-
teresarse sobre estas posibilida-
des.
Celebraremos tutorías en secunda-
ria durante las próximas semanas
para comentar las opciones de las
clases de IGCSE y GCE para el año
que viene. Comprender los planes
de su hijo/a para el futuro y cono-
cer los resultados de los exámenes
de prácticas es muy importante.
Esperamos que puedan asistir a
estas reuniones o si no pueden,
que llamen a Mr. Marchand para
recibir la información oportuna.
Esperamos que disfruten del mes.
KS3 pupils at Laude San Pedro
have been selected by the Young
Writers’ Bust-A-Rhyme poetry
competition which took place in
November 2009.
There was a Certificate of Merit for
every student whose work was
chosen.
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FOR LAUDE PUPILS
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ISSUE 1 - 2009
HEAD OF PRIMARY - UPDATE FROM SUSAN
From Friday 29th January we
will be introducing (on a trial
basis until the end of the
term) a weekly newsletter
sent out at the end of each
week, from the primary de-
partment. It will contain infor-
mation about all the events
that have taken place in the
primary school in the previous
week, any dates for your dia-
ries and announcing our
weekly Star Pupils of the week.
This initiative is designed to
help us with keeping parents
informed on a much more fre-
quent basis. The current whole
school newsletter will continue
to be produced on a monthly
basis.
This newsletter will also be
posted in the parents´ gateway
of the school website so that
you can look at a colour copy
and download photographs as
well.
We will also be working towards
sending all communications –
such as trip letters – out on a
Friday with the weekly newslet-
ters to establish a regular pat-
tern of communication. Shortly
before the end of term I will
contact you asking for your
feedback to this trial. In the
meantime if you have any ideas
about what could be included in
the weekly newsletter please do
not hesitate to contact me.
Effective communication in
schools is so important and I do
hope that you find that these
weekly newsletters assist in
making sure that you know ex-
actly what is happening in
school at all times.
Estimados
padres:
A partir del
viernes, 29 de
enero, proba-
remos a emitir una carta in-
formativa de primaria sema-
nalmente. Tendrá informa-
ción sobre los acontecimientos
que hayan ocurrido en prima-
ria durante la semana ante-
rior, con fechas importantes
para recordar y donde anun-
ciaremos a los Alumnos Estre-
llas de la semana. Esta inicia-
tiva nos ayudará a mantener a
los padres informados de una
forma más periódica. Nuestra
Carta Informativa actual conti-
nuará saliendo mensualmente.
La expondremos en la hoja de
los padres (Parents’ gateway)
en la página Web para que pue-
dan verla en color y bajarse fo-
tos.
También intentaremos conse-
guir que todas las comunicacio-
nes, como por ejemplo las car-
tas anunciando los viajes, sal-
gan los viernes junto con estas
cartas informativas para esta-
blecer un sistema regular de
comunicación. Un poco antes
del final del trimestre haremos
un sondeo para conocer sus opi-
niones sobre estas pruebas.
Mientras tanto, si se les ocurre
cualquier idea sobre el conteni-
do de este boletín informativo,
por favor no duden en contactar
conmigo.
Las comunicaciones efectivas en
los colegios son muy importan-
tes y espero que estas cartas
informativas sirvan para que
ustedes sepan lo que ocurre en
el colegio en cada momento.
ACTUALIZACIÓN DE SUSAN STARK
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OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS YEAR 1 & 2—EAT WELL AND USE GOOD MANNERS
BY MRS S BRIGGS
The children in Key Stage
One have all been working
hard to eat well and display
good manners. Our new
initiative in which the chil-
dren can earn a sticker to
put in their healthy eating
and good manners pass-
port, has proved very popu-
lar with children eagerly
working towards the com-
pletion of a full passport.
Each day, teachers focus on
different areas such as us-
ing a quiet voice, trying
new foods, using a knife
and fork and remembering
to say please and thank
you. Once a passport page
has been filled a Bronze
certificate is awarded
which, with continued ef-
fort, can be boosted to a
Silver Certificate and finally
children can earn a Gold
Certificate. These are
awarded and celebrated in
the KS1 assemblies.
YEAR 1P—MAKING A BEAT WITH BY MRS S BRIGGS
Class 1P are enjoying playing their percus-
sion instruments during their Music lesson.
They are learning new songs each week
and are finding out what sorts of sounds
the instruments make. Class 1P are trying
to keep a steady beat to the music and
listen to the rhythm.
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OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS
YEAR 1M - THE ENORMOUS TURNIP BY MRS. MARSHALL AND MISS LOUISE
YEAR 1 - METHODS TO HELP RECOGNISE NUMBERS BY MISS LOUISE
YEARS 3, 4 & 5 - CHESS TABLES ARE A GREAT SUCESS BY MS. G. OWER
In 1M we have been ex-
ploring stories with pre-
dictable and patterned
language.
All of the children have
enjoyed drama activities
based on the story of The
Enormous Turnip. Not
many people know that this
popular story was first writ-
ten by the Russian author
Alexei Tolstoy.
In class we have studied the
original version. In the pic-
ture you can see the farmer
Ruben, the farmer’s wife An-
drea, their grand-
daughter Semsema, the
Dog played by Ashton,
the Cat Gabriella and the
little Mouse played by
Jimena.
Alejandro, Daniel and Nacho - Year 3
Mezian, Tom and Davy - Year 5
Dana, Naim and Olivia - Years 3 & 4
Misha and Antonio - Year 4 Primary students enjo-
ying the new chess ta-
bles, recently installed
in the playground.
Chess has become so
popular at break times
that games are even
spilling over to the
benches!
In Year 1, we have been look-
ing at ways in which we can
use different methods to help
us recognise numbers.
This group of children were
finding the same amount of
cubes to match the number be-
ing shown.
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On Monday 18 January 2010,
Year 3 went on a Geography trip
in the local San Pedro area.
As part of our study of the local
area, we observed the features
that we saw as we were walking
around. As we walked, we plot-
ted landmarks on a map, and
noted all the natural and man
made features on it.
At the beach we did a survey,
looking at the quality of the local
environment. We thought of ways
that we could improve it.
We had a fantastic time and we
learnt a lot! We will continue to
use our fieldwork as a base for
future work in class.
It was a great trip, and we all
learnt a lot!
OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS
YEAR 3 GEOGRAPHY TRIP OUR LOCAL LAND - BY Ms. C. MIDDLETON AND MRS. V. HURST
YEAR 4 - LEARNING STRATEGIES
Part of our course work in Numeracy in
year 4 is to learn different stategies and
methods to be able to subtract. Mr
Finca´s lesson was a good example of
that. Kids suggested different ways of
subtracting and then applied those strate-
gies playing a very interesting game called
BRAINY CARDS. Every one was really in-
volved in the game, shared ideas and
more importantly had lots and lots of fun.
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OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS PRIMARY—YEAR 6
SEPARATE A DISSOLVED SOLID FROM A SOLUTION BY MRS N. DE COMARMOND AND MRS MACK (PARENT HELPER)
Year 6 have had
the opportunity
of working in
the science lab,
learning the
names of different pieces of equip-
ment and carrying out an experiment
using Bunsen burners. New scientific
vocabulary was learnt and the chil-
dren all said they had a lot of fun!
The task was to evaporate the water
from 50ml of salt solution, so only
the salt was left behind. One beaker
of solution acted differently to the
rest and overflowed leaving salt on the watch glass!
The class are all eager to visit the science lab for an-
other lesson.
PRIMARY—YEARS 2,3,4,5,6 AND 7 FUND RASING CHRISMAS DISCO FOR CHARITY
BY MR. S. ROBINSON
On Friday 18th December the Pri-
mary School Council organised a
disco for all the children in years 2
– 6 to raise money for the Elliott
George Foundation in Este-
pona. All of the children made
a donation and were allowed
to come to school in non-
school uniform. We then had
the disco in the afternoon,
where there was dancing, re-
freshments and a prize raffle.
Many children won prizes and
we would like to thank the
parents for donating these.
We would also like to thank
Julie from the Elliott George
Foundation for all her help on
the day and we were very
glad to be able to hand her a
cheque for €1100 for the
charity.
Written by Celine Abisdris –
Head of School Council and
Miranda Estradas – Secretary
of School Council
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PRIMARY STAR PUPILS JANUARY 2010 & DECEMBER 2009
Week:
15th of January 2010
Y1 Laura and Keira
Y2 Lucia and Jorge
Y3 Jerome and Lewis
Y4 Jack and Ornella
Y5 Carlota, Archie and
Marcos
Y6 Jimmy and Nima
Week:
22nd January 2010
Y1 Manuel and Maxime
Y2 Frankie and Francesca
Y3 Angel and Alejandro
Y4 Anna and Pablo
Y5 Mezian, Julia and
Marianna
Y6 Gonzalo, Guo and Fan
Week:
4th December 2009
Y1 Sophia and Andrea
Y2 Alejandro and Arten
Y3 Dexter and Nicholas
Y4 Paula and Faris
Y5 Justin, Felipe and Marco
Y6 Nima and Patricio
PRIMARY - HAITI FUND RASING
Some of the girls from Year 6 have been spending their playtimes raising funds for Haiti by hairdressing and giving massages.
Well done girls!
Who will you vote for?
Great
effort by
all!
Photos are avail-
able on the
school website!
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SECONDARY STAR PUPILS DECEMBER 2009 & JANUARY 2010
Great effort
by all!
This December’s student of the
month for French was Scarlett
Fisher in year 9 for achieving a
pleasing result in her end of
term test. Jorge Torrabadela
Rubio in year 10, for producing
top quality work and getting a
superb mark in AFL exam. Rob-
bie Beaumont in year 11 got
Business Studies for challenging
the test paper answer. Camila
Domínguez in year 7, Ciencias
Sociales for her perseverance in
her daily work and excellent
results. Karim in year 8, Lengua
for improving his results in his
exam and for his daily work
progress. Charlie Woods in year
9 received student of the month
in I.C.T. for working efficiently
and at speed and helping oth-
ers in his class. Hannah Carson
in year 7 received student of
the month for trying her best to
use Spanish in lessons.
Who will you vote for?
This January’s students of the
month were Karim Laarbi Pas-
tor in year 9 for French for his
continuous hard work from the
beginning of the year. Robbie
Beaumont in year 11 for Geog-
raphy, as he consistently hands
in strong and accurate work
coupled with his good work
ethic. Robbie Beaumont in year
11 for Maths for his punctua-
lality and consistence in his
class and home work, very in-
dustrious. Jessica Fitpatrick in
year 11, achieving 99% in her
Business exam and always
contributing 100% to her class
work and homework. She is a
Model Student for Business
Studies. Alejandro Villa Franca
in year 8, made a huge im-
provement in science last term
and received excellent results.
Alvaro Páez in year 8, for his
effort in the presentation and
presentation of his homework.
Henry Stafford in year 12, has
received student of the month
for his 100% effort in class.
Lorna Van Baar in year 8, is a
student that has been given
student of the month for her
continuous and genuine efforts
in learning Spanish tenses thor-
oughly and with excellent re-
sults. Christie Calder in year 9,
achieved 100% in her History
test. Christopher Sunden in
year 10, is a student of the
month for Music. Camila
Dominguez in year 7, is a stu-
dent of the month, for being a
good team player and working
with enthusiasm. Nadia North-
cote in year 12, for P.E., is a
student of the month, because
she is a good sports lady and-
very enthusiastically at an E.I.C
tournament.
Photos are avail-
able on the
school website!
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SECONDARY NEWS HISTORY - YEAR 9
SLAVERY AND ABOLITION BY MR. MARCOS
Our year 9 students have been studying the topic “Slavery and abolition” in History.
At the end of this topic we completed a project on slave re-volts during the 18th and 19th centuries. The students found out about Touissant L´overture, a slave
who led a revolt against the French in the island of Haiti. Although hundred of revolts occurred dur-ing the slave era, only the revolt led by Touissant was suc-cessful in perma-nently abolishing slavery and establish-ing the first republic
ruled by blacks. Haiti is not just the only French-speaking inde-pendent country in the American conti-nent; it was also the first country founded by freed slaves.
Sadly, Haiti is now on the news for very dif-ferent reasons.
CIENCIAS SOCIALES - YEAR 10
LA POBLÁCIÒN EN LA U.E. BY MIRYAM MARTIN
En las clases de Year
10, estamos estudian-
do el bloque de Geo-
grafía de la población,
concretamente en el
mes de enero, hemos
centrado nuestra labor
en el estudio de la po-
blación en la UE, Es-
paña y Andalucía.
Han estudiado, entre
otras cosas, los rasgos
característicos y los
principales problemas
de la población de la
Unión Europea, Espa-
ña y Andalucía y
hemos evaluado el
peso de las migracio-
nes.
Hemos analizado la
evolución de la pobla-
ción española y los
principales rasgos de
la estructura de la po-
blación por edades y
actividad económica;
y además hemos ana-
lizado las migraciones
en España, tanto las
interiores como las
externas, comparando
cómo eran ambas an-
tes de 1990 y en la
actualidad.
Nuestros alumnos han
realizado un trabajo
de investigación com-
parando cada uno de
estos datos y lo han
presentado en clase,
interpretando distintos
tipos de mapas y grá-
ficos de población y
elaborando e interpre-
tando pirámides de
población.
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SECONDARY NEWS CIENCIAS SOCIALES - YEAR 8
LOS PAIAJES DE LA TIERRA REVOLUCIÒN INDUSTRIAL BY MIRYAM MARTIN
práctica, en la que nuestros
alumnos han trabajado el por-
qué de la aparición de los dife-
rentes paisajes.
Han aprendido a diferenciar los
distintos climas que existen en
la Tierra y a describir sus prin-
cipales características, analizar
la influencia del clima sobre los
ríos, la vegetación y la forma
de vida de las personas, a dife-
renciar los distintos paisajes
que se pueden observar en la
Tierra como consecuencia de
esas relaciones y a valorar la
diversidad de paisajes terres-
tres como algo que es preciso
conservar.
Para ello, nuestros alumnos
han realizado maquetas re-
creando los diferentes paisajes
y lo han puesto en común al
resto de sus compañeros, ex-
poniendo en clase con el apoyo
de una presentación en Power-
Point.
Han disfrutado y han puesto
mucho esfuerzo en su elabora-
ción y los resultados han sido
todo un éxito.
En las clases de Ciencias Socia-
les de Year 8, hemos hecho una
aproximación geográfica, más
¡Enhorabuena AÑO 8!
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SECONDARY NEWS ICT— PROJECT YEAR 7
BY GINA COHEN
First I started off doing the disco ball with the ellipse
shape and the curve line tool, then I drew the out-
line of the person with the line tool, then I did the
floor also with the line tool and then coloured it in,
next I detailed the person and also coloured him in
and at last I finished it off with the disco lights by
using pencil to draw it and airbrush to do as if the
light was coming out. I also used airbrush to make
little circles as if the little square mirrors of the disco
ball were shining. My picture is from Saturday night
fever.
First, I inserted a big square for the background and I also
did smaller squares in 3 lines for the floor. I coloured the
squares and then on top I started doing the person.
For the person I did lots of different sized rectangles and
squares, I did a circle for the head and put everything to-
gether and coloured it. Secondly I made the disco ball and
the lights making ovals and a circle and little squares for the
disco ball mirrors. next I made tiny circles and coloured
everything in. to finish I grouped all the shapes together
for it to be 1 whole piece.
Pupils in year 7 are currently
completing stage 2 of their Pro-
ject. This stage involves the pu-
pils recreating their original
graphic. However, this time,
instead of using the painting
package—Microsoft® Paint they
are using Microsoft® Word to
produce their graphic. This al-
lows the pupils to consider the
differences in the drawing tools
between different packages and
to adapt their work according to
the tools provided.
As you can see Ines has cre-
ated two excellent images
using two completely different
sets of tools and techniques.
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SECONDARY NEWS NEWS FROM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
BY MS. LONGDON
Primary students have been busy
composing their own pieces of
music with lyrics.
Secondary students have been
developing their keyboard skills,
studying the ´Blues - World Mu-
sic´ and song writing.
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SECONDARY NEWS YEARS 8 and 9 - GEOGRAPHY
BY MR P CRAVEN
Year 9 students are currently studying an EU
country.
Mr Craven set them a task to research an EU coun-
try and produce a poster about their selected coun-
try. There were some very good posters which are
now on display.
More recently they were asked to research any
French city (except Paris). They were then to pro-
duce a poster detailing facts about the place. Mr
Craven now knows more about Lyon than he ever
did, and Mr Marchand was delighted to see his
home city, Nantes, on display.
Year 8 - Have been study-
ing energy resources. Their
recent focus has been the
use of alternative energies.
Mr Craven asked the stu-
dents to design their ideal
sustainable home using
these technologies. They
produced some fantastic
work. Credit must go to
Omar (Da Vinci), Alejan-
dro, Carla, Holly and Lorna
for their superb pieces of
work. Thanks to Eleanor M,
Holly C and Jodi for their
help in arranging the dis-
plays .
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SECONDARY NEWS
This week we started a Design & Technology
project machine stitching.
All students worked with great interest and
mature behavior at the sewing machines.
Pictures say more than words. Well done!
ART BY UTE SCHROETER
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SECONDARY NEWS NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
BY MRS F MUÑOZ
YEAR 7 - TRADITIONAL TO MODERN BY MS. GOODWIN
We are delighted to announce
that the poems of 69 of our KS3
pupils at Laude San Pedro have
been selected by the Young
Writers’ Bust-A-Rhyme po-
etry competition which took
place in November 2009. There
was a Certificate of Merit for
every student whose work was
chosen for publication and an
Anthology will be published af-
ter final judging of the poems
has taken place and all prizes
have been awarded by the
judging committee.
The aim of the contest was to
encourage the writing of English
poetry, by publishing examples
of the best work received. They
provided the opportunity for
many national and international
students to see their work in
print, and also to compare it
with the work of students of a
similar age. It was also impor-
tant that their writing skill was
given an audience where it
could be shared and enjoyed by
others.
Our KS3 pupils enjoyed both
writing and sharing their poems
and they found this a very re-
warding experience, motivating
them to write and appreciate
poetry in a fun way. We were
delighted to see how proud they
felt when they saw their poem
was going to be published.
Young Writers run an annual,
nationwide poetry competition
and this is our third year of suc-
cessfully holding this contest at
Laude San Pedro. We are de-
lighted with the positive re-
sponse from our young poets
and we would like to encourage
them to continue taking part in
future Young Writer Competi-
tions and therefore boost
awareness of our school’s crea-
tive ability.
Outstanding achievements by
KS3 pupils.
Year 7 have been working
on a literacy project to de-
velop their longer writing
skills.
They were given a well-
known fairy tale and listed
approximately ten key
turning points in the story.
They then had to turn
each of the traditional
points listed into a modern
setting. Finally, they
added extra detail so that
it read like a proper chil-
dren’s story.
Over the next few
weeks they will be cre-
ating their own story,
based in and around
familiar places. They
will need to make plans
about the plot , charac-
ter, setting and loca-
tion.
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the rest of the holiday
Steve spent his hours
by the pool or the
beach.
Steve is a man of mu-
sic and he listens to all
types and doesn’t have
a particular favourite.
He quoted, when asked
that the most signifi-
cant day of his life was
getting married to
Louise. He said he
found it a memorable
day.
Steve has a wonderful
sense of humour and
therefore wants to
have telekinesis, the
power to control and
r e a d h u m a n ’ s
thoughts.
Finally this is Steve’s
Steve Robinson is a
British primary teacher
at Laude San Pedro
International college.
He has a year 6 class
as well as being the
head of ks2. He is in
the senior manage-
ment and is well known
all over the school.
Steve has been work-
ing at Laude San Pedro
for just over a year
now and is finding his
job challenging. He
teaches all subjects,
but is a Science co-
o rd i na to r . (more
work!) When Steve did
get a break, in the
summer, he and his
family went to England
for ten days, before
returning to Spain. For
favourite joke;
A red piece of tarmac
and a black piece of
tarmac were sitting in
a bar when in walked a
green piece of tarmac,
the red piece of tarmac
dived under the table
and the black piece of
tarmac said “Why are
you so scared?” The
red piece of tarmac
replied “Didn’t you
know that bloke’s a
cycle path!”
Megan Robinson -YR7 interview with a teacher, read more………!
NEWSLETTER CLUB
RECOMMENDED WEBSITE BY MARKIAN BENHAMOU
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
This website is better for primary students as it
has simpler exercises which will help you im-
prove your weaknesses.
They have games in all
types of subjects including
math's, English, Science
etc. If you do these exer-
cises everyday, you are
sure to get better grades!
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
A more ‘secondaryish’ website. You can learn new
languages including German, French and Irish.
There are exercises to do in all subjects and in
the end, you can do a test
to see what you’ve
learned.
If you would like more rec-
ommendations about use-
ful websites please do not
hesitate to inform us so we can let everyone
know.
Here are some recommended websites about school subjects and different languages if you are strug-gling and willing to improve:
STUDENT/ TEACHER INTERVIEW - BY MEGAN ROBINSON
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LAUDE
NEWSLE
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OICE!
NEWSLETTER CLUB DEBATE SOCIETY - BY MR. J. HOLLIS
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
We are on the 4th edition of
Laude Newsletter for this aca-
demic year. To ensure the bene-
fit of the newsletter is of value to
pupils, parents, teachers and the
college, we are asking for your
views about it's content. If you
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LAUDE NEWSLETTER - YOUR VOICE! BY PHOEBE BRIGGS
After a very enthusiastic
response to last term's
debates prior to Christ-
mas, Laude has started a
regular club on a Thurs-
day for students. There is
a good mix of ages, with
Georgina Carey and
Megan Robinson from
year 7, right up to Head-
boy Jorge Bernabe San
Juan from year
13. This term we have
debates scheduled on a
h o s t o f i s s u e s ,
from whether music
downloading is truly a
crime, through school is-
sues such as uniform, up
to the demand for
equality in society and the
morality of abortion.
Hopefully this will take
root and in the coming
term and into next year
we can continue to build
the club and generate
larger and larger audi-
ences. Thus far, we have
a small but committed
group who are developing
confident public speaking
skills and learning how to
research and argue topics
themselves.
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MUSICAL WORDSEARCH
BY GEORGINA CAREY (Year 7)
EXTRA CURRICULAR - NEWSLETTER CLUB
NEWSLETTER CLUB CHIEF CORRESPONDENT - BY SAM GULLIVER (YEAR-12)
This month I used an online application to
produce a wordsearch with musical theme. It’ll
get your brains working, go on try it!
TENNIS & PADEL CLUB
BY ELENA PEEL
The club of padle and tennis
Nueva Alcantara is a very edu-
cational place to go if you are
interested in learning how to
play padel or tennis.
They also offer additional
services; hairdresser, a dance
club and a fitness/gym class.
There many experienced teachers, as well as very
professional pupils. Everyday from 5:00 to 6.00
and then 6:00 to 7:00 there are classes taking
place. Nueva Alcantara is open everyday, so you
are welcome to come and see!
Sam Gulliver
has been ap-
pointed Laude
San Pedro
Chief Corre-
spondent for a
new magazine
´Joven Mar-
bella´ for the
Ayuntamiento de Marbella.
Detailed below is his first article
to introduce the magazine
reader to the college.
Laude San Pedro International
College is a school based
around learning and under-
standing, not just the exam
board syllabus but the diverse
cultures and languages that ex-
ist among my classmates. With
the excellent facilities such as
overhead digital projectors in
every class room and three sci-
ence laboratories it is able to
achieve a high standard of edu-
cation and provides us with a
solid basis on which to proceed
upwards to higher education as
well as helping us socially
through an emphasis on toler-
ance and respect. Sports facili-
ties are used to maximum ef-
fect both to allow us to unwind
between lessons and to encour-
age greater moral values such
as good sportsmanship and
teamwork. While the standard
working day may be enough for
some, we can always join in
with extra curricular activities
as well, for example Chinese
club, the newsletter club, the
debate society and many more.
Sports can be played whatever
the weather either outside on
the basketball, volleyball or
football courts or inside on the
spring floor of the gym with the
capacity to house up to 500
spectators. Having been at the
school since year 7 and now
studying my A levels I find that
the majority of my time here
will be remembered fondly, my
classmates have all been amaz-
ing and so has the experience
as a whole.
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SECONDARY SPORTS
OCTOBER 2008
BOYS UNDER 19’S FOOTBALL MATCH SOTOGRANDE BY MR M LEACH
On Wednesday the 13th January,
2010 Laude year 11 and 12 pu-
pils (Jose Barandiaran, Robbie
Marshall, Kevin Fearnley, Scott
Strutton, Luke Cain and Borja
Pérez Cuenca) played in the
Boys Under 19 Football Match
against Sotogrande.
It was a thrilling match and we
achieved a 7-3 victory.
Jose, the Goalkeeper, thinking ‘I wish somebody would take a shot at me.’
Smiles all round from the ‘WINNING TEAM’.
WELL DONE TO THE
BOYS FOOTBALL-
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