Urban Vibez!

Chloe Overhand S11 and Emily Bryant in S12 are members of a dance group called Urban Vibez. The group did a dance show last week on the 15^th of November at Newcastle Lights with her dance team, Urban Vibez. They’re performing on the 23^rd November at Mitch Theatre, 30^th November she is performing at the Stoke lights switch on, and are also doing a competition at Fenton Manor.

Jade Miller started the dance group and is currently very successful. 

Anti Bullying Week 3rd - 28th November 2014

What is Anti Bullying Week?

Bullying is a large issue worldwide. Anti-Bullying week is a UK event held annually in the third week in November. The week aims to raise awareness of bullying in schools and elsewhere and to highlight ways of preventing it.  

The theme for this year’s anti-bullying week is “Let’s stop bullying for all.”

In the assembly they speak about Bars and Melody. Bars and Melody are anti-bullying ambassadors, they are a duo that came 3^rd in X factor and gained a small amount of fame with their song Hopeful. Hopeful was written by the boys themselves, Leondre Devries and Charlie Lenehan. Their inspiration was from Leondre’s story of being bullied in primary school.

The Peer Councillors also reminded the colleges that they are in room 14 (Miss Mitchell’s room) every lunch for anybody who wants to sort out problems or just chat.

There is also an Anti-bullying week competition. To enter, demonstrate how initiatives led by young people can help stop bullying and cyber bullying for everyone, whatever their ability.

You can design a gadget, draw a picture, write a story, song or poem, take a photo, shoot a film or documentary. The first prize is £300, with £75 for the runner-up.

Alika Mundy 

Stanford Supporters!

Here you’ll gain a wonderful insight into the vital work they do to keep their three air ambulances operational across the Midlands.
Their vision is to provide first class life saving care to patients across the six counties they cover, by ensuring they reach the most appropriate Trauma Centre for their needs within the Golden Hour!
As Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC for short) remains one of the region’s most treasured charities, they are extremely fortunate to have a great number of volunteers, fundraisers and supporters to assist them. Their passion and commitment enables them to raise the £6.5 million needed each year to remain operational and MAAC would not be the great success it is today without their hard work and dedication.
In addition to the terrific fundraising support, they have excellent working partnerships with the NHS, their suppliers, including Bond Air Services, and industry organisations such as the Association of Air Ambulances (AAA).
The Midlands Air Ambulance is the only charity responsible for funding and operating three air ambulances serving the communities of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. This constitutes the largest air ambulance operating region in the UK.

Since 1991, the charity has responded to more than 40,000 missions averaging 3,000 per year or nearly ten each day, making it one of the longest established and busiest air ambulance organisations in the UK.
The charity’s three aircraft each carry a crew comprising pilot, two paramedics or flight doctors plus full life-support medical equipment. Operating from strategically located regional air bases, the maximum flying time to hospital from anywhere in the region is less than 15 minutes.

What is not widely known is that Midlands Air Ambulance receives no Government or National Lottery funding. In excess of £6.5 million is needed each year to keep its three Air Ambulances operational which is donated entirely by the public and local businesses, with four in ten of those we help funded by gifts in wills.

If a patient reaches hospital within 60 minutes of injury (referred to as the ‘Golden Hour’) their chances of survival are dramatically increased. That is why the rapid response of the Midlands Air Ambulance is so vital in an emergency situation.
By Kian Mundy and Heather Meldrum

Body Boarding in Wales!

During the summer holidays, my family and I went to Pembroke, Wales, on an 8- night holiday. We stayed in a Travelodge hotel which was good, although the beds weren’t exactly very comfortable!

As well as going to numerous different towns and after winning lots of prizes in dozens of amusement arcades, my brother and I were then finally allowed to go body boarding!

Although we have done it many times in the past, this would prove to be a whole new experience for me.

We drove down to a beach somewhere in Pembrokeshire (I have forgotten the name) and the waves were big and intimidating as it was late in the afternoon- I had never seen waves this big!

Spooktacular 2014!

Spooktacular is always such a success with different types of acts from drama clubs to advanced singing groups.

We are both in the year 8 drama club and in our group we all decided to do Coralline as our piece.

It went all according to plan in fact it went so well that multiple people came up to us and congratulated us.

We are both also in Evolution and we performed a song called Left Outside Alone by Anastasia. We were the last act to perform in the show.

Scuba Diving

In the half term, I went to Tenerife and stayed in a place called Alcalá, which is on the west coast. When I was in Tenerife, my parents paid for me to do scuba diving in the sea, the instructor was a really nice the guy that took me into the sea.He was called Frank.

He said there might be a possibility that we would see turtles and that if we do not to put my fingers near its mouth “as they will see your fingers like sardines and will bite your fingers off!” He showed me where we were going to swim. At this point, I was really excited!

Then we got on our wet suits and put the gear on my back, it was really heavy! Just to add to the weight, Frank adds 2kg to each pocket in my gear. Then we had to walk down to the sea; the tank of oxygen on my back was the heaviest thing so Frank told me to walk like a hunchback so I wouldn't hurt my back.

When we got down to the water he told me to put on my flippers and then straight after that I put my mask on and it had to be tight so no sea water would get into the mask. Then we got into the sea!

Welcome to the Stanford Bloggers!

The following students are Stanford Bloggers:-

Heather

Year: 7

Form: S4

Likes: Reading, Science, Animals

Dislikes: Beef Burgers and Pink

Lily

Year: 8

Form: S5

Likes:Turtles

Dislikes:Spiders

Hobbies: Swimming

Alika

Year: 9

Form: S11

Likes: Trampolining, Drawing, Reading and Youtube

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