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The Wyvern
Issue 14 @DSMS_Wyvern Winter 2012
Vertical Tutors
DSMSs way to go up in Darlington
When DSMS pupils returned in September the school had brought in the much anticipated vertical tutors system. This means that 2 pupils from every year are put in the same tutor group together. been tried and tested around the country and the response to them have been mixed. In some schools, vertical tutors has worked really well because both teachers and pupils have been working as a team to make the new system a success. Mr Kipling says Vertical Tutors are a wonderful new innovation at DSMS and they have made the relationships between the school and parents even better. There is a new housing system too. All form classes are in either the Topaz Tigers, Sapphire Sharks, Emerald Eagles or Ruby Rattlesnakes. The pupils have assemblies in these houses and raced for them in sports day (back). In conclusion both the new housing and tutor system has been an amazing success. By Liam Pape
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They spend 20 minutes a day together after first lesson with 2 tutors to guide them however the year 11s are taking on the role of leading the tutor groups. Vertical Tutor groups have
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DSMS Fundraising
Over the last few months DSMS has done fundraising for a number of charities, one of them being the 10 for 10 campaign which helps the families of soldiers who are serving or who have previously served in warzones like Afghanistan or Iraq. DSMS held an own clothes day and the year 11 senior prefects ran the assembly. They talked about the families of those who have a relative in the army and how much it means to them knowing that they are safe. On the 16th of November DSMS pupils raised money for the charity Children in Need, they did a dress down day and bake sales in order to help this charity. Altogether the whole school raised 570. This charity helps children who are disadvantaged. They send money to small and large organisations who help young people all over the U.K. The money raised by Children in Need changes young peoples lives everywhere.
By Liam Pape and Lauren Hebden
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Christmas TV Ratings
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Kick-starting
Kickstarting websites are websites that start-up companies can use to raise money for their product. It is like an online version of 'Dragons Den'. You pitch your product, maybe upload a prototype photo, state how much you want to raise and the time you want to raise it in. Then, if people like your idea, they can donate as much as they like in return for a free model or something like that (whatever you think if right). One of the most successful ideas that came from kickstarter.com was the Pebble Watch which you can connect to your iPhone or Android phone via Bluetooth 4.0. It sends notifications, text messages and other useful information from your smartphone to the watch. It can also be used to send information back to your phone (like if you want to change the track or if you want to use your phones GPS for a track-
The TV ratings are out and it looks like soaps dominated most people's televisions over Christmas Day. EastEnders came in first with an average of 9.4 million viewers watching their Christmas episode. The BBC 1 soap led the ratings chart followed by ITV 1's Christmas episode of Coronation Street. That had an average of 8.6 million ratings. Although these ratings look quite high and make the programs look successful they are actually down by quite a lot compared to last year. EastEnders alone had over half a million less viewers than its Christmas special of 2011. Doctor Who got 7.6 million viewers which is over 1.3 million less than last year. Controller of BBC One, Danny Cohen, said "It's been brilliant to see so many viewers watching BBC One on Christmas Day." Despite the ratings being considerably lower than last year on all channels, most stations are just blaming it on the rise of people using catch-up services like BBC player, ITV player, 4oD and Demand 5. This means that people can catch up on their favourite shows after Christmas day when they don't have the stress of family round for dinner or children crying because they didn't get what they wanted off Santa.
ing app on the smart watch). The Pebble Watch has an epaper screen and the battery life that can last around 7 days. Unfortunately, the watch does not currently work with Blackberry or Windows Phone however hopefully that will be coming soon. The Pebble Watch is going to cost around 100. What makes the pebble watch so special is that it made $1,000,000 in 28 hours when it's goal was only $100,000. By the end of the 5 week deadline it had 68,929 backers and had raised $10,266,846 in the end.
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New e-mail
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DSMS is currently no longer using the old Frog e-mail system. Instead you can log in to www.mail.office365.com. Your username will be the same as your school login however with @dsms.org at the end of it. And your password for the new Outlook e-mail is set as password unless you have changed it already.
Quality Cooking
Just before we broke up, the school harboured a cooking day for the parents of West Park Academy. In school to help with this came a Morrisons representative and a professional Chef to teach them how to cook quick and easy meals from scratch and on a budget. Throughout the day the parents were shown recipes and demonstrations. They also got to do a bit of cooking to. We caught up with everyone at the end of the day to sample some of their products and speak to the representative and the chef. We asked them what the aim for the day was and this is what they replied: This was more to do with getting the parents and the carers involved and how they can cook for their family when the kids are back at school. The pasta bake we cooked this morning only took about fifteen minutes. Dishes are good if they are cost effective, healthy and which feed your family the right portions. Some people think that you have to pay over the odds for ingredients but just because you have a wonky carrot doesnt make it any different to or less good than a straight carrot because they all come out of the ground. We then went on to ask the chef if he enjoyed teaching and encouraging people to eat healthy? Yeah I do like teaching people and I love to see people walk away really excited by an idea or think hang on a minute I can do that. You could probably come with the same idea you did that they are all full of horrible stringy things and that it doesnt taste the same as the expensive things. A lot of the time there is nothing between them. Why would you encourage people to buy value foods? Its really about showing that by taking a potato and no matter what it costs it can be delicious. That it doesnt have to be perfect, it doesnt have to be washed and it doesnt have to be all whatever. The less you do to it than the more natural it is, the cheaper it can be and the more wholesome it is for you anyway. I love that they come with the pretence or idea that oh no I wouldnt buy the cheapest potato; its horrible, well actually theyre not. After we spoken to them we got the chance to taste some of the food the parents had made. It was gorgeous and actually our very own cynic, Liam
the editor, who didnt believe that the food could be just as good proved what our chef was saying that just because something wasnt perfect didnt mean it tasted badly like he thought. After Liam had tried it though he finally understood what the chef was trying to explain. So next time youre out in a supermarket dont just look at the value food products and decide that they wont be as good, buy them and try out a recipe with them yourself. You may be surprised. By Katie Appleyard
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DSMS Rewards
The previous award system at DSMS meant that if pupils behaved, did well in lessons or deserved a praise they would get achievement points which would build up until they wanted to spend them on a DSMS Mug, a pen, pencil or even iTunes vouchers if they got enough points. However this system has been scrapped. buying footballs and even buying camping mats. All of the options will be available for pupils to see when they log in. Outstanding pupils at DSMS were rewarded at prize giving evening on Tuesday 13th of November 2012. Noteworthy pupils from each subject were awarded 1000 Vivo miles.
The new system is called Other pupils who Vivo and they currently have have either done reover 1,172,578 users around markable things to help the globe. Pupils build up their the community or who points the same way and they get have been exceptionlogged on a computer howeval doing other er the main difference is things were also that it is an online system rewarded with so pupils can see how a trophy or many points they have The Wyvern certificate. from home. When the points have built up, puNewapepr and TV pils then use them to team won the Bernie buy prizes from the Coyne Team of the Year Vivo website. They have loads of options award for the 2nd time in of things to do with 3 years at the DSMS their points including Prize giving getting phone top-ups, donating money to charity, evening!
Charles Darwin studied the tortoises from different islands and the differences between them helped him create his theory of evolution. Lonesome George is going to be embalmed to converse him for future generations. By Miss Kelly
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When I asked Sam Wears what he thought of this he replied Its not bad. Pupils from DSMS were there to help out so our first job was to help set up tables, chairs and equipment. First I started off by playing Dominoes and after about 4 games the Mayor arrived. Later on in the day I ended up talking to an elderly lady called Jean. She was very appreciative of the service provided; the people from the NHS informed her that she had high blood pressure and helped her with the treatment.
When hot tasty gravy trickles down your throat thats when the fantastic flavors hit you. But when the fabulous smell of roasting meat oozes up your nose, your stomach rumbles and your taste buds tingle. But an even better feeling is when you get a plate full of roast turkey followed by colourful vegetables and irresistible gravy. So many flavors and colours and smells all put together to make a delicious Christmas dinner. And usually this once-a-year celebration dinner is topped off with a traditional Christmas pudding. A delicious rich cake filled with dried fruit and nuts sometimes served with brandy crme or brandy butter. Or the other option we had at DSMS is an orange cheesecake with white squirty cream. What a great Christmas dinner! By Adam Plumb
Results Table
Sport
Monday Inter-house 5-a-side Year 8/9 MHI Girls Rugby Year 7/8 Coach Badminton All Years KPH Lunchtime Afterschool Football Training Year 7/8 MHI / QE Girls Football All years HFR
By James Allison, Liam Pape and Ewan Barr More DSMS sport at www.wyvernnews.blogspot.com Wednesday Netball Year 8 HFR Hockey Year 9/10 KPH Badminton All Years MHI Thursday Dance All Years KPH Hockey Year 7/8 HFR Circuits All years KPH
Below is the PE ExtraCurricular Timetable from January - April 2013 Friday Badminton All Years KPH Martin Gray FA Practical
PE Prefects Days: Year 7 - Monday, Year 8 - Wednesday, Year 9 - Friday (lunchtimes on MUGA)
Sports Day
Samantha Gould who came first at this years town sports for the Year 7 Shot Put beat her personal best. Town Sports Result: 6.56 meters. DSMS Sports Day Result: 6.95 meters. She also carried the Olympic Torch earlier this year in Hartlepool for outstanding efforts in PE. Alex Palister who came first at this years town sports for the Year 9
Shot Put also beat his personal best. At Town Sports he threw a distance of 10.11 meters and at the DSMS sports day he threw a distance of 10.25 meters. Sam Hutchinson smashed the School record for the 1500 meters. He did it in a time of 4.45, the previous record was set at 4.54. Jordan Blore who came 2nd in the 1500 meters also beat the record coming in one second after Sam Hutchinson. Both boys are in year 10. Most of the races were really close with competitors finishing seconds apart. The winner of a field/track event would receive 4 points, 2nd place would receive 3 points, 3rd place - 2 points and 4th place - 1 point. The only time no points would be rewarded was if someone was disqualified or if they didnt turn up for their event.
Below is a breakdown of the points. The bold numbers are the highest scores.
7 BOYS 7 GIRLS 8 BOYS 8 GIRLS 9 BOYS 9 GIRLS 10 BOYS 10 GIRLS 11 BOYS 11 GIRLS MASCOT SHARKS 14 20 19 35 31 27 31 23 30 15 2 TIGERS 19 14 33 21 37 29 30 23 33 31 1 EAGLES 18 11 34 36 23 38 16 28 30 40 3 RATTLESNAKES 15 22 40 35 38 29 41 42 33 37 4
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