Business Studies
Young Enterprise There are two companies running this year - 'Fiesta' (AVCE Business group) who are selling high quality Christmas cards and labels, designed by pupils in Year 7 and 'Random Piglet' who are producing a range of merchandise including jewellery and t-shirts. Both groups are being supported by people from the HSBC (Pudsey branch) and Pincent, Curtis and Biddle - solicitors in Leeds.
Pupils in Year 7 who have had their designs printed already are from 7H:
· Selina Ahmed
· Rebecca Capstick
· Manisha Chohan
· Rebecca Johnson

Year 10 students have recently completed a project on Business Planning or writing a chapter for a new Business Studies textbook. The work proved to be of a high quality and showed just what can be achieved through hard work.
Students set up a range of businesses including mobile phone shops, Indian restaurants, a car showroom and a trampoline store to name but a few.

In November the Business AVCE and GNVQ students hosted a group of 19 students from a Danish Efterskole in Skals. We spent three days at a residential outdoor centre learning Archery, Rock-Climbing and Orienteering and also went on a trip to York where the Ghost Hunt proved entertaining to everyone!
Our students will be visiting in April 2003 and staying at the Danish school, along with students from three other countries. Funding has been secured from the European Union to support the return leg and to also give our students the chance to learn a little more Danish.
MRS MARSDEN

Biotechnology Education
On the 28th November Dr Andy Harrison from the National Council for Biotechnology came up from Reading University to give our Year 12 biologists a DNA workshop for the day.
In the morning the students used special enzymes to cut up the DNA from four suspects along with DNA from the scene of the crime. These segments were then separated out by a technique called 'gel electrophorems' to produce a DNA fingerprint for each suspect and compared with the DNA found at the scene of crime. From this technique we were able to match the crime scene DNA with a suspect.
All of the equipment used was that used in universities, forensic labs and hospitals on a daily basis. In the afternoon there was a discussion centred around the ethics of making use of this technology. Some very interesting issues were raised expressing a variety of points of view. To stimulate discussion excerpts from the film Gattaca were shown.
The students agreed that it was a stimulating and enjoyable session.
MR SUGDEN

Geography Fieldwork
In September the Year 11 Geographers went to Newton House in the North Yorkshire Moors. There were so many GCSE Geographers that we had to do two trips.
The first group to go had a very wet Monday and struggled through to complete the tasks. I believe that this was the worst weather any Priesthorpe group has had whilst completing their fieldwork! Congratulations to this group for their perseverance.
Eventually the weather cleared up and was excellent for the rest of the week.
Both groups did very well and produced some excellent results.

Highlights to remember - The rain on Monday? Fish and Chips in Robin Hoods Bay? The bats flying around the boys' dormitory? The wasps in the sandwiches? Having no sleep!!!!

AS Geographers go East
The Year 12 AS Geographers had an excellent day for their trip to study coastal erosion on the East Coast. Twenty-two students attended and studied this "Extended Stretch of Coastline". The follow up work was very well done and will serve the students well in the June exam. Well done everybody!
The next fieldwork trip will be in March 2003 when we visit the NorthEast.

The Department is looking forward to the return of Mrs Carr who will be back straight after the Christmas holidays.
(Congratulations on the birth of her son in June!)
MR RICHARDSON

Food Technology
Year 7 finished their brief at half term. They enjoyed the designing and making of a Tropical World chocolate novelty. The pupils explain what they did below.
Year 8 have been working on producing a pasta product on large scale. They have worked extremely hard and have achieved some very successful products.
Year 9 are finishing off the bread brief where they plan, design and make a product for a target market. They have thoroughly enjoyed the 'magic' of bread making and have produced some excellent products.

Tropical Chocolate
In Food Technology this term we made chocolate novelties with the theme of Tropical World. First we did research into different types of chocolates. We covered the whole Design Technology curriculum because we made the moulds in CDT and the melting of the chocolate in Food Technology. In Food Technology we investigated different melting methods including bain-marie, microwave and a saucer on top of a pan. We were next asked to bring in our selected chocolate. I chose milk chocolate as I like it best. When we had brought our chocolate in we melted it down and put the chocolate in our moulds. We left our moulds for a week. We next turned our moulds out but I overheated mine, and it fell apart (but not everyone's fell apart). The following week we evaluated our project and filled in related worksheets.
DANNY TAYLOR 7E

In Food Technology and CDT Technology we have been studying Tropical world for the first term in Priesthorpe School. We made a chocolate novelty that was based on Tropical World. We could do an animal or a plant. Here is how we made our chocolate novelty:
· Firstly we had to plan and design the shape of the mould (animal or plant).
· Secondly we got a piece of wood and stuck the part of our shape on it. After that we shaped the wood to fit the mould.
· Thirdly we made the mould. Then in Food Technology we filled the mould with chocolate.

I enjoyed making the chocolate novelty and doing all the preparations for it.
That is how we made our chocolate novelties and I hope you liked reading this explanation.
BARINDER KAUR 7E

Chocolate Technology
In our CDT lessons on Thursday we designed a shape to do with Tropical World. It had to be an insect, fish or a snake. Once we had done that we drew it on a piece of card and cut it out. Then we got a piece of wood and filed the edges so the plastic would come off. We also stuck on the cardboard shape. The next step was to put it in a special machine which melted plastic onto the wood. When the plastic had dried, the shapes were cut out and when the wood was pushed out it left a mould which we needed in Food Technology.

In Food Technology we brought in a chocolate animal for our homework. Later on in the term we had to take in the chocolate we were going to put in our moulds. When we melted the chocolate we had three choices of what to use - the microwave, bain-marie, pan and dish. The best way was the dish and pan because it did not melt the chocolate too fast. The best chocolate to use was dark because it gave a smooth surface. We then had to tap it once it was in the mould so it did not develop any air bubbles. After a week of being in the fridge it was ready to eat.
SOPHIE HINNELS 7BR

Tasty Technology
About seven weeks ago we were asked to design a chocolate product to be good enough to be sold at Tropical World gift shop.
First of all we drew six animals that were displayed at Tropical World such as butterflies, tortoises, snakes etc and then we had to choose one of the six animals that looked the best. I chose the butterfly. Two weeks later we were asked to design a wrapper for it and then we made a plastic mould of our animal. This mould was for the melted chocolate to go in and then harden.
The day after, our Food Tech teacher (Mrs Jennings) gave us some chocolate to evaluate to help us choose what chocolate we should use. I chose milk chocolate as it had a glossy shine and a soft milky taste. We also did a practice melt to help us decide what melting method we should use. I chose the bain-marie, because it wasn't as likely that you would burn the chocolate.
In the end the dark chocolate in the bain-marie gave the best results. It turned out of the mould perfectly and it had a glossy shine to it and you could tell straight away that the feature on the chocolate was a butterfly. If I was going to do it again I would use the dark chocolate.
JAMIE LEIGH 7BR

Budding Composers
A group of Year 9 pupils attended a Blues Music Workshop at West Park Resource Centre on Thursday 12th December. Pupils got the chance to try out Cubase, a music software programme which enabled them to compose and later to record their efforts. The results from Josh Grinion and James Prach were outstanding.
MR ATKINS

AS English - Views from Year 12

English is better than Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll.
During the first term of AS English I have found it challenging and stimulating. It is a great step up from GCSE and consists of a lot more thought and work. The thought of more work may seem daunting but you don't really notice the amount you do. This is because you seem to flow with ideas and inspiration trying to apply it to your work.
JOHN

Language Challenge
Over the course I have been challenged by the extremity of the language, but as the course has progressed I have overcome barriers, as I now have a wider vocabulary and am able to write essays with complex language. It is an interesting course as we have topical debates in class.
ADAM HEMADOU

English Expectations
English has greatly outweighed my expectations. I was expecting it to be the same as GCSE, which I really enjoyed, but AS level is a great leap up from that and the lessons are intellectually stimulating. We are studying Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Shakespeare's Hamlet. At the start of the course I found the text difficult to interpret but as time has gone on I have developed a greater understanding.
We visited West Yorkshire Playhouse to see "Hamlet" which I really enjoyed as it helped me to fully understand the plot and the characterisation. We have also viewed a film version of Frankenstein which was amusing and cheesy.
CHARLOTTE BRAMLEY

Intense English

AS English Literature is a lot more involved then GCSE English. The level of analysis is on an increasingly intense level. The texts studied (Hamlet and Frankenstein) are varied and very challenging. A broad knowledge of the texts is gained, as well as an expansion of knowledge in general.
DAVID BENTLEY

Seeing the world in a new way
AS level English Literature is very different to GCSE. Students are encouraged to think and develop their views based on the literature studied. This enables students to see the world in new ways and enhance their knowledge. It broadens the horizons and students are able to read a damn good story as well!!
IAN HAGUE

Challenging English
AS English has been a challenge from the very beginning. I expected it to be fairly easy as I found GCSE English simple. At GCSE your responses were limited and the text simple. Lessons are enjoyable as we often fall into debate about universal topical themes. In A/S level English, you don't just learn about the text, you learn about life.
HISTORY
Year 7 - Lots of fun has been had this term designing, researching and building their own Roman shields and then practising marching, drilling and tortoise formations on the playground.

Year 8 - Excellent work has been produced across all Year 8 groups this term. We have completed Tudor portrait miniatures with 8SO - outstanding work Laura Marsh!
All groups have completed the Spanish Armada 'build your own board game' exercise. A special mention must be given to Robert Watts, Amber Devine, Danielle Tunnicliffe and James Croft from 8Z for outstanding work. Well done Michael Braithwaite 8SO for building galleons on his board game that actually fired!

Year 9 - Have completed excellent newspaper work on The Slave Trade in the 19th Century and its final abolition.

Year 10 - Have produced outstanding GCSE work yet again on the development of Calverley Church through the ages. Well done to Mr Milne's group who carried on with their work at the church even though the Calendar news team turned up to film the vicar.
MRS HART

HISTORY CHRISTMAS QUIZ

1. What did Victorians use a goose club for?
2. The Dutch Santa is dressed as a bishop and rides through the sky on a what?
3. The American National Christmas tree is where?
4. An English law of 1551 said everyone had to go to church on what?
5. King George the 1st had a strange nickname based on something that you eat on Christmas day. What was it?
(Answers at the bottom of the next page of this newsletter)

Invincible
I don't know defeat and chances are we will never meet. My enemies cheat because that's the only way they can compete. I've got goals and with God's guide, they'll be completed. I'm going to help those who have been denied and mistreated. I look for loyalty in everyone I meet. A friend is a friend and a foe is a foe. Stay close to the strong and outgrow the weak. I know right and I know wrong but I didn't know defeat.
HARINDER GHUMAN 8W

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