1 DECEMBER 2009 Produced and edited by Ms. M. Goodwin, Sam Gulliver, Henry Northcote Stafford Laude Newsletter Club and Staff Members. LAUDE PUPILS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Read more on pages 9 about how the Laude Choir sang for the com- munity . ´GREAT SUCCESS´ LAUDE CHRISTMAS CONCERT Pupils and parents gath- ered to attend our annual Christmas Carol Concert in aid of ‘The George El- liot Foundation. Hannah Carson, Newsletter Club reports......read more on pages 2 and 3. AMAZING COLLEGE DISPLAYS Newsletter reporters give feedback, read more on pages 18, 19, 20 and 21. DANZART CONCERT Great energy by Danzart pupils captured with photos. See more on page 23. Update from Gillian Flaxman ACTUALIDAD DIRECTORA GILLIAN FLAXMAN Estimadas familias, alum- nos y personal: Hemos disfrutado de un tri- mestre largo desde septiem- bre a diciembre con muchas excursiones y actividades que complementaron el cu- rrículum escolar. Quisiera aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecerles a todos: a las familias, a los alumnos, al personal docente y no docen- te su duro trabajo, coopera- ción y dedicación en hacer de Laude San Pedro el mejor co- legio en la Costa del Sol. Espero que paséis unas felices Navidades y un próspero 2010. Espero verles a todos, con buena salud y alegres de vuelta el 7 de enero. Gillian Flaxman Dear Families, Pupils and Staff, We have enjoyed a long term from September to December with many spe- cial outings and activities to complement the normal school curriculum. I take this opportunity to thank everybody, families, pupils, teachers and support staff for your hard work, coopera- tion and dedication to making Laude San Pedro the best school on the Costa del Sol. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year 2010. I look forward to seeing you all, healthy and happy on January 7 th . Gillian Flaxman WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. HO, HO HO!
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DECEMBER 2009
Produced and edited
by
Ms. M. Goodwin,
Sam Gulliver,
Henry Northcote Stafford
Laude Newsletter Club and
Staff Members.
LAUDE PUPILS
GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY Read more on pages 9
about how the Laude
Choir sang for the com-
munity .
´GREAT SUCCESS´
LAUDE CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Pupils and parents gath-
ered to attend our annual
Christmas Carol Concert
in aid of ‘The George El-
liot Foundation. Hannah
Carson, Newsletter Club
reports......read more on
pages 2 and 3.
AMAZING
COLLEGE DISPLAYS Newsletter reporters give
feedback, read more on
pages 18, 19, 20 and 21.
DANZART CONCERT Great energy by Danzart pupils
captured with photos. See
more on page 23.
Update from Gillian Flaxman
ACTUALIDAD DIRECTORA GILLIAN FLAXMAN
Estimadas familias, alum-
nos y personal:
Hemos disfrutado de un tri-
mestre largo desde septiem-
bre a diciembre con muchas
excursiones y actividades
que complementaron el cu-
rrículum escolar. Quisiera
aprovechar esta oportunidad
para agradecerles a todos: a
las familias, a los alumnos, al
personal docente y no docen-
te su duro trabajo, coopera-
ción y dedicación en hacer de
Laude San Pedro el mejor co-
legio en la Costa del Sol.
Espero que paséis unas felices
Navidades y un próspero
2010. Espero verles a todos,
con buena salud y alegres de
vuelta el 7 de enero.
Gillian Flaxman
Dear Families, Pupils and
Staff,
We have enjoyed a long
term from September to
December with many spe-
cial outings and activities to
complement the normal
school curriculum. I take
this opportunity to thank
everybody, families, pupils,
teachers and support staff
for your hard work, coopera-
tion and dedication to making
Laude San Pedro the best
school on the Costa del Sol.
Have a wonderful Christmas
and New Year 2010. I look
forward to seeing you all,
healthy and happy on January
7th.
Gillian Flaxman
WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. HO, HO HO!
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WHOLE COLLEGE - NEWS
Primary pupils dress in
Christmas costumes
for the concert.
It was absolutely
spectacular!! The
children sounded
fantastic and loo-
ked happy and
confident!!
Well done all of
you and to ever-
yone else who
contributed to an
outstanding per-
formance!!
Primary pupils were
’Star Struck’ by the
harmonious singing.
Primary
pupils
singing
Christmas
carols in
harmony.
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WHOLE COLLEGE - NEWS CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT
Flowers given in
appreciation to
Ms. N Longdon
and Mrs. N de
Comarmond for all
their hard work.
Voices of
‘Little Angels’.
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PRIMARY-NEWS
Santa's New Reindeer
Alvaro and Adrian
Santa's New Reindeer
Elizabeth and Marta
Santa's New Reindeer
Sienna and Amariah
RECEPTION - GETTING READY FOR THE CHRISTMAS
CONCERT
Santa's New Reindeer
Clara and Mia
Santa's New Reindeer
Above Nikita and Daniela
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NURSERY CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS PRIMARY-NEWS
Hector and Lucas Lucia and Aitor
How much money do you put in the Christmas pudding? Maria and Elena
Christmas pudding getting ready for their show!
Alison, Andrea and Miguel
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NURSERY and RECEPTION - SANTAS AND SNOWMEN GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS
OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS
Santas taking it easy Sam and Cristobal
‘Santas’ or ‘Three Wise Men’? Alvaro, Pablo and Nacho
‘Snowmen Dress Rehearsals’ Bruno, Alexander, Miriam, Alison and Alejandra
‘Brilliant Snowman’ Bruno
Perfect, ‘Mr & Mrs Santa Claus’ Alejandra and Ibòn
‘Snowmen Feeling the Cold’ Vanessa and Manuel
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PRIMARY NEWS PRE-NURSERY - STARS GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
‘Stars in his eyes!’ - Eduard
‘Stars together! ‘
Artur and Eduard
‘Southern Star!’ - James
‘Star Light!’ - Rocco
‘Twinkle Star!’ - Cyrine
‘Star Bright!’ - Samira
‘Northern Star!’ - Vita
‘Star Struck!’
Ander
‘Starburst!’ - Pre-Nursery
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WHOLE SCHOOL COLLEGE CHOIR BY NICOLA LONGDON
The Laude Choir is taught and managed
by Ms N Longdon and has in total 40 pu-
pils from years 2 to 9.
Over the Christmas season they were in-
vited to sing at four local senior citizen
residences in the local area. Everyone
enjoyed the experience which brought joy
and happiness to the community!
During our visit we listened to another local a group of Traditional Spanish singers who were also giving Christmas cheer to the community.
Tom dressed as Santa and sang a marvellous solo of ´White Christmas´. Tom, well done!
Amalia (right) also performed a spectacular solo of ´Jingle bells Rock´. Amalia, well done!
years that I have been in charge of the library. I
am sure you can all remember the life-size
Knight which she made for our door. And last
year she provided and helped me paint the plan-
ets and even made a full scale astronaut who
keeps me company in the library!! I wish her and
her family the best of luck and happiness in her
new home.
La ganadora del Premio de
Lectura de la Biblioteca del
mes de noviembre fue
PAULA DE LA CRUZ de year
4F. Este mes han partici-
pado 21 niños – ¡19 más que el mes pasado!
Los otros participantes, Eden Akalley 5W, Ivan
Barranco 5W, Kalina Benhamou 5W, Jasmiyn de
Grebber 4F, Nayana Finn Healy 5W, Alvaro Gama
6dC, Jimmy Gozalo 5W, Roberto Holmes 6dC,
Lucas Laya 4F, Josh Martin 5W, Daniel Montal-
ban 3S, Arielle Neuhaus 5B, Candela Paramio
4F, Julia Pietras 5A, Ariana Rojas 4F, Irene Ro-
mero 3M, Mikhail Sirotin 4dC, Arabella Sutcliffe
6R, Justin Van Daalen 5A y Cristina Vaquero 6R
pudieron eligir un marca páginas a su gusto.
¡Enhorabuena a todos los ganadores! Recordad:
guardad las tarjetas hasta que tengáis las 6 pe-
gatinas para entrar en el sorteo. El próximo sor-
teo será en Enero de 2010.
Quisiera agradecer a Susan Rowles la inestimable
ayuda y generosidad que me ha prestado durante
estos dos años y medio que llevo a cargo de la
biblioteca. Seguro que recordarán el caballero de
tamaño real que hizo para nuestra puerta. Y el
año pasado ayudó a pintar los planetas e incluso
nos hizo un astronauta a tamaño natural ¡que me
hace compañía en la biblioteca! Les deseo mucha
suerte y felicidad en su nuevo hogar .
¡Enhorabuena a
todos los ganado-
res!
Congratulations
to all the winners!
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SOLID REACTION SCIENCE YEAR 4 - BY MR A. FINCA
OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS
They suggested and tried out ways they could get different solids back from the mixture with water. After a long discusión, the children tried out different apparatus and materials, eg muslin, paper to-wels, gauze bandage, blotting paper, fabrics, and described and explained what they did. We had a fab afternoon.
In Year 4 Science the children learnt that when solids do not dis-solve or react with the water they can be separated by filtering. In this experiment they chose apparatus to separate an undissolved solid from a liquid.
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TREASURE CHESTS YEAR 4 - BY MR DE COMARMOND
OCTOBER 2008
PRIMARY-NEWS
4dc finished their treasure chests. It was a Design and Technology project they have been doing for the last few weeks. Also, they made treasure maps which are displayed outside the Year 4 classrooms.
EXCELLENT WORK -
WELL DONE!
Kalina 5W with gingerbread house she made at home and brought in to share with her classmates and Miss Wood.
Proudest year 5
Student!
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GENERAL NEWS FIRST AID by DOLORES SUGRUE
As part of our health
page I would like to
inform you about a
few aspects of general
health and safety in
our school.
The drinking water is
tested daily by Juan
Carlos a member of
the maintenance
staff .It is tested at 3
points within the
school for the level of
chlorine and the p.h.
of the water. The wa-
ter is also filtered be-
fore it is offered to the
pupils and staff to
drink. The catering
company Scolarest
also carry out their
own test.
We now also have 5
lunch time monitors to
assist the teachers on
duty in the dining hall.
This allows the teach-
ers more time to en-
sure that the pupils
are all eating a healthy
balanced diet at school
each day. From Janu-
ary onwards the moni-
tors will be asked to
rate the menu each
day using a simple
system. This will en-
able us to plan the
monthly menu more
efficiently, taking into
account which dishes
are more popular
amongst the pupils.
A choice of 4 salads
are available daily ,
one being a mixed
salad where Pepe our
chef will try to incorpo-
rate more oily fish such
as tuna, sardines or
mackerel. These fish
are rich in omega -3
which should be an es-
sential part of our diet.
Also in January a new
range of desserts will
be introduced, giving
the pupils more choice.
Every month during
the academic year
there is a menu com-
mittee meeting held at
9.15am. In the school.
The meetings are at-
tended by Mrs. Flax-
man, Miss Stark, a rep-
resentative of the cater-
ing company and myself
(school nurse). The
menu for the following
month is discussed and
planned.
We welcome parents to
join us at these meet-
ings and appreciate
your suggestions and
views when we are
planning the menu for
the coming months.
The menu committee
meeting will be held on
the following dates and
we look forward to par-
ents joining us to assist
in promoting a “Healthy
Eating School”.
Tuesday 12th January
Tuesday 9th February
Tuesday 9th March
Tuesday 13th April
Tuesday 11th May
Best regards,
Dolores Sugrue
School nurse
HEALTH AND SAFETY UPDATE
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GENERAL NEWS FIRST AID by DOLORES SUGRUE
Como parte de nuestra
página sobre la salud,
queremos informarles
sobre algunos aspectos
generales de la salud y
seguridad en nuestro
colegio.
Juan Carlos, del equipo
de mantenimiento, to-
ma muestras del agua
que bebemos a
diario. Se analiza el
agua en 3 puntos del
colegio para conocer los
niveles del Cloro y el
Ph. Además, el agua
es filtrada antes de
ofrecérsela a los alum-
nos y al personal. La
compañía catering del
comedor, Scolarest,
también hace sus pro-
pias evaluaciones.
Actualmente tenemos 5
monitoras que ayudan
a los profesores duran-
te la hora del almuerzo
en el comedor. Esto
permite que ellos ten-
gan más tiempo para
asegurar que todos los
alumnos estén comien-
do una dieta sana y
equilibrada a diario. A
partir de enero, les pe-
diremos a las monitoras
que evalúen el menú
todos los días utilizando
un sencillo sistema,
lo cual nos permitirá
planificar el menú men-
sual más eficaz al tener
en cuenta los platos
más populares entre los
alumnos.
Se ofrece una selección
de 4 ensaladas a diario;
una de ellas es una
mixta donde nuestro
chef, Pepe, intenta in-
corporar más pescados
grasos, como el atún,
las sardinas o las caba-
llas. Estos pescados
son ricos en omega -3,
que debería formar una
parte esencial de nues-
tra dieta.
Además en enero,
habrá una nueva selec-
ción de postres, dándo-
les a los alumnos más
variedad.
Todos los meses del año
escolar se celebra una
reunión del comité de
menús a las 9:15 en el
colegio. A estas reunio-
nes asisten Mrs Flax-
man, Miss Stark, un re-
presentante de la com-
pañía de Scolarest y la
enfermera donde se es-
tudia y planifica el menú
del siguiente mes.
Invitamos a todos los
padres que vengan a es-
tas reuniones. Agradece-
mos sus sugerencias e
ideas cuando planifica-
mos el menú del siguien-
te mes.
Las próximas reuniones
del comité del menú se
celebrarán en las si-
guientes fechas. Espera-
mos que nos ayuden a
promocionar un “Colegio
de Comida Sana”.
Martes, 12 de enero
Martes, 9 de febrero
Martes, 9 de marzo
Martes, 13 de abril
Martes, 11 de mayo
Atentamente,
Dolores Sugrue
Enfermera
ACTUALIZACIÓN DE SALUD Y SEGURIDAD
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NEWS FROM THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BY MS. HOAD
SECONDARY NEWS
On Thursday December 17th, Year 7 prepared
to bury a time capsule to be opened four years
from now; in December 2013. Miss Munoz and
myself gathered the students into one room,
which was a bit of a squash, but we managed
it. We asked them to write down their thoughts
about a number of things, including what they
hope the world would be like at the end of
2013. They also wrote about things they would
like to be able to remember when they are in
Year 11. Some students decided to bury a me-
mento from their pencil cases, while others in-
cluded secrets to be viewed by nobody but
themselves. We sealed up their thoughts and
souvenirs and put them into a sturdy box.
Unfortunately, it was rather muddy, but Borja
managed to dig a hole with the help of an enor-
mous shovel loaned by Juan Carlos and Peter.
When we were all satisfied that Borja had done a good job, Maria buried the time capsule while we
When we were all satisfied that Borja had done a
good job, Maria buried the time capsule while we
all thought about how life might change in the
next four years.
Then we all went back to class and carried on, just like a normal day. Now all we have to do is wait…and remember where we buried it!
The girls decided they should check the size of the hole.
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SECONDARY NEWS ART
BY MS. UTE SCHROETER
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a de-gree of independence from visual references in the world.
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SECONDARY NEWS TRIP TO MALAGA MUSEUM OF ART AND POPULAR COSTUMES
BY MS. UTE SCHROETER A full and interesting
day was had by all
when our Year 7 stu-
dents went on a day
trip to Malaga recently.
This was a joint outing
between the Design
and Technology and
Science departments
which included a visit
to the Museum of Art
and Popular Costumes
and to the splendid Bo-
tanical Gardens. We
had a full day’s pro-
gramme, beginning
with a visit to the mu-
seum, which contained
several original pieces
of historical, everyday
objects. The museum
provided us with a fas-
cinating glimpse into
t h e l i v e s o f
“Malaguenos” of the
past and allowed the
students to compare
their own technologi-
callyadvanced lives
with those of our
predecessors.
Year 7 - Guided tour given the museum
Historical transport displayed at the
museum.
Itizar and Phoebe (Year 7) at the
museum.
Year 7 pupils enjoying the experience at the museum.
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TRIP TO MALAGA BOTANICAL GARDENS BY MS. BUIS
SECONDARY NEWS
Story continued from
p a g e 1 8 …………
The second part of the
day was a visit to the
Botanical gardens situ-
ated on the outskirts
of Malaga. Although a
chilly day, we had a
very informative tour
of the gardens, seeing
the tallest tree in
Malaga, all 50 metres
of it, as well as several
fascinating species
from around the world.
After a picnic lunch in
the gardens we
boarded the coach for
the trip home; a thor-
oughly enjoyable day!
Year 7 pupils enjoying the December sunshine at the Botanical gardens.
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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AMAZING DISPLAYS BY NEWSLETTER CLUB
Newsletter Club is a fun
and interesting activity
for all pupils in secon-
dary! Assisting in the
production of the news-
letter gives you a great
experience and broad-
ens your future oppor-
tunities. The group
write about subjects,
extra curricular activi-
ties and events that
happen in the school.
This gives the students
the chance to be proud
to put their name on
their work! When an
article is produced, it's
sent to Ms. Goodwin
who helps us edit it.
P l e a s e t a l k t o
Ms.Goodwin or simply
come to the Secondary
I.C.T room (B37) on a
Monday lunchtime
(2.00pm)!
We hope to see you
soon.
By Hannah Carson
The Newsletter Club were asked to capture the amazing Christmas decora-
tions and wall displays around the college. Here are their findings and
comments about their observations:
Reception - Pupils made and displayed wonderful Christmas cards!
Year 2 - Colourful abstract art!
Year One - Hand drawn Christmas images.
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College Library- best decorated Christmas!
College Library - Amazing Christmas dis-
A variety of stalls were setup inside the school selling educational
merchandise in aid of the Elliot George Foundation on Open Day.
Article continued from page 19.
Primary - Our future leaders?
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AMAZING DISPLAYS BY NEWSLETTER CLUB
Primary - Writing Christmas stories (Laura and Ghita)
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Year 3 - River Projects Homework task to make a river model and label it with facts linked with Geography.
Article continued from page 20.
Miss Vicky Hurst and her class
3H have designed and dis-
played excellent reindeers. If
you look closely you will notice
that the reindeers are designed
from body parts. Can you
guess which body parts they
have used? Below is a poem
to help you with the answers.
The class recited it while work-
ing on their display.
By Elena Peel
This isn’t just a reindeer as you can plainly see,
I made it with my hands and feet which are part of me,
It comes with lots of love especially to say,
I hope you have a merry Christmas and a fabulous holiday!
Year 5 - Children During World War II.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AMAZING DISPLAYS BY NEWSLETTER CLUB
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Article continued from page 21. The Newsletter Club findings and comments about their observations:
Year 9 - Picasso (Abstract art, changing style)!
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AMAZING DISPLAYS BY NEWSLETTER CLUB
Year 11– Making plant reproduction colourful
and interesting.
Ms Buis - The wonderful
world of biology
Ms Goodwin - Bringing
colour to Business Stud-
ies (Wall display on –
Legal forms of business)
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before returning to
Spain and spending lots
of time on the beach.
When asked what was
the most significant
event that has occurred
in her life she said,
“The birth of my two
sons as it completely
turned my life around.”
Mrs. Adams does not
listen to music very of-
ten, but when she does
she likes to listen to
indie and she said that
if she could possess
Sophie Adams is an in-
fants teacher who
teaches Year 2, two
days a week. She has
been working at the
school for just over a
year, and the main
subject she teaches is
Science. Although Mrs.
Adams is British she
has an extra-curricular
club where she teaches
French to Primary chil-
dren, and is fluent in
Spanish as well. During
the summer holiday
Mrs. Adams went to
England for most of it,
one super-human
power it would be in-
visibility as she could
travel anywhere and
could spy on people.
She also has a passion
for singing although her
voice is not appreciated
by all!!
Her favourite joke is
one from her five-year
old son
What do you give ants
when they are poorly?
Antibiotics.
STUDENT/ TEACHER INTERVIEW Megan Robinson -YR7 interview with a teacher, read more about
Sophie Adams………!
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The secondary cheerleading
club needs some more cheer-
leaders ! As from January sec-
ondary cheerleading will be
free ! But you have to get past
a casting from Karen (the
cheerleading teacher)! Do you
SECONDARY CHEERLEADING CLUB BY HANNAH CARSON (NEWSLETTER CLUB)
LAUDE COUNCILLORS VISIT GEORGE ELLIOT FOUNDATATION BY HANNAH CARSON (NEWSLETTER CLUB)
The school councillors went to
the Elliot George ´Foundation
on the 16th December 2009.
They went around and saw
many classrooms and people.
It made them realise how
lucky we are to be healthy.
While they were looking
around, they saw one thing
that the adults did that stunned
them all. They did amazing art
work! The detail and precise-
ness was wonderful. They would
sell their paintings and crea-
tions for a living, as they are
not able to work. I would like to
make a quick suggestion be-
cause I think it is important!
Mrs. Holbourne and I came up
with the idea of maybe having a
stall one day at school to buy
some of the amazing art work!
Please watch this space!
think you're good enough! If
you think you are, go and see
Karen at lunchtimes or after
school, in the Primary assembly
room!
We cant wait to see you!
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EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CHRISTMAS DANZART SHOW
Primary - Cheerleaders
Secondary Danzart—Bangra Dance Primary Danzart—Out of Africa
Secondary and Primary
Danzart - The Boy Does
Nothing (Even the staff
members wanted to be
included in this perform-
ance)
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EIC TOURNEY 09 - BY MS O GARCIA The E.I.C very kindly invited us to participate
in a football tournament on Wednesday 2nd
December 09. The students who took part
were in Year 5 and 6, girls and boys. They
had a fantastic time and tried very hard to
do their best. They showed great enthusiasm
and effort and a will to win. The results were
very pleasing and we are all very proud of
the students for having played so well. Well
done to all the team players.
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PRIMARY INTER-HOUSE 2009 - BY MS. O. GARCIA The Primary Inter-House Basketball and Zone Ball Tournament took place on the 15th December 09. All the children in Years 3 to 6 participated, representing their col-our House. It went very well and the chil-dren had a wonderful time. The competi-tion was fantastic and very exciting, as the children battled to win for their House. The results for the tournament are as follows, 1st Fire, 2nd Earth, 3rd Air, 4th Water. Well done to all!.
