week 10. year 10 newsletter · pictures of your creations so send them through to...
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YEAR 10 NEWSLETTER Week 10.
Hi all, I hope you enjoyed another week back into school or continuing to work from home. It is still important to complete your online learning as well and where possible join in with the virtual lessons which are now on offer (see second page of the newsletter for the link). Report any problems to [email protected].
I have included another great recipe for Lemon Sorbet this week so hopefully we see an improvement in the weather! I would love to see any pictures of your creations so send them through to [email protected] and hopefully I will include some in my last newsletter for the Summer Term. I have included a Mindfulness meditation to try at home to free your mind.
Thinkninja is an NHS app designed to help 10-18 year olds with their mental health. Check out the link: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/thinkninja/
Keep safe, all the best, Mrs Stanbrook
Knife Crime—How it affects LIVES
When you carry a knife, you are risking everything. Prison, being
a victim of crime and even ending up in hospital are all real risks.
Beyond this, knife crime has devastating personal effects on you,
your friends and your family.
While some young people pick up a knife to feel safer, they don’t
realise that carrying makes them more likely to get into serious
danger. A knife can escalate things way out of your control, and
make a bad situation much worse.
It might not always seem like it, but putting down the knife will
make you safer and help you to reach your full potential. Don’t
let prison or serious injury stop you achieving your goals.
For some really good resources and real life stories visit,
www.knifefree.co.uk. DON’T BE THE NEXT VICTIM
Stay ALERT We can all help control the virus if we all stay alert. This means you must;
Stay at home as much as possible
Work from home if you can
Limit contact with other people
Keep your distance if you go out (2 metres apart where possible)
Wash your hands regularly
Do not leave home if you or anyone in your household has symptoms.
STAY ALERT CONTROL THE VIRUS SAVE LIVES
Fun Zone
Answers to last week’s riddle.
Let’s see how you got on !
1. What is given but kept by the giver? BIRTH
2. I have a thousand wheels, but move I do not.Call me what I am, call me a lot. What am I? CAR PARK
3. It is hate and has hate in it, but it isn’t hate. HATRED
4. I am nothing but holes tied to holes, yet am strong as iron. What am I? CHAIN
Get your brains and try to work this riddle out.
If the day before yesterday is the 23rd, then what is the day after tomorrow?
Answers to follow next time!
Recipe—Lemon Sorbet
Ingredients
250g white caster sugar
Thick strip of lemon peel
Juice of 2-3 lemon
Method
1. Heat 250ml water, the sugar and the lime peel in a small pan until the sugar has dis-solved. Cook for 3 minutes and then turn off the heat and leave to cool. Pick out the lemon peel and discard. Measure 100ml of lemon juice and add to the mixture.
2. Pour into a freezer box or old ice cream tub and freeze for 1hr 30 minutes . Mix up with a whisk to break up and incorporate the ice crystals, then return to the freezer.
3. Keep mixing the sorbet once an hour for 4 hours to break up the ice crystals. Stop mixing when firm but still scoopable then store in the freezer for up to a month.
4. Enjoy on a warm day!
Enjoy! I would love to see you attempts. Please send pictures to [email protected]. I will be including some of your pictures in the last News-letter for the Summer break, so get baking.
MINDFULNESS EXERCISE
Mindfulness Meditation
Find a place where you can sit quietly and undis-
turbed for a few minutes. To begin, you might want
to set a timer for about 10 minutes, but after some
experience you should not worry about the length
of time you are meditating.
Begin by bringing your attention to the present
moment by noticing your breathing. Pay attention
to your breath as it enters and leaves your body.
Before long, your mind will begin to wonder, pull-
ing you out of the present moment. That’s ok.
Notice your thoughts and feelings as if you are
outside observer watching what’s happening in
your brain. Take note, and allow yourself to return
to your breathing.
Sometimes you might feel frustrated or bored.
That’s fine-these are just a few more feelings to
notice. Your mind might start to plan an upcoming
weekend, or worry about a responsibility. Notice
where your thoughts are going, and accept what’s
happening.
Whenever you are able to, return your concentra-
tion to you breathing. Continue this process until
your timer rings, or until you are ready to be done.
Fu
Virtual lessons timetable
To view the timetable for your virtual lessons go to the front page of the school
website or click the link below:
Www.whitleyacademy.com/WP-content/uploads/2020/06/copy-of-
LiveLessonTimetable_website.pdf
Please pass on this to your parents as we are slowly getting further
out of lockdown
4 in 1 that encourages young people between the ages of 11 and 19 years of age to send in their short videos ( shot on mobiles) on food, fitness and freetime ( hobby tips) as well as send in ques-tions for career advice from Fridays Career Volunteer expert Miles McBean. We are also promoting music videos for those young people that want to showcase their talent.
They can look at our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter on @fridayscoventry to look at previous epi-sodes and we have been covered by the BBC TV national and local and Free Radio and also in the Coventry Telegraph and Observer.
Young people can be send in their short videos and we promote them or their socials and encourage them to join us a contributors and volunteers. We can start paying a small amount for 4 videos from each individual which can help and motivate them too. We also are going to launching weekly com-petitions attached to the episodes where young people can win prizes worth p to £25 for a set period of weeks from funding we have just received.
There have been some young people whose videos are being seen by BBC3 as possible openings for presenter work which is great too as their confidence grows. Young people just have to send their 3 to 4 minute videos unedited about tips and advice around their favourite food, fitness tips, hobby or life skills/career advice. They don't have to worry about editing them just send in rough as we have an editor that can clean up them up to [email protected]
What's on offer
New booklet
We have a new pocket-sized booklet called 350 Careers, One NHS, Your Future which provides information about:
what it’s like to work in the NHS 65 different NHS careers NHS values The information inside is colour-coded to make it easy to find infor-mation in 14 career categories, and there are details about where to find out more and how to reach us on social media.
Take a look at the wide range of career opportuni-ties available in the NHS by downloading the Book-let by the options above.