1. Art and Diseño

Issue 19
Friday, 30 January 2015
Dear all,
Dates for your Diary
This week represents the 70th Anniversary of the
liberation of Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death
camp. In assemblies, Mr Peirce has been
discussing Holocaust Memorial Day 2015, and
he asked the students to reflect on how the
lessons of the past can inform our lives today
and ensure that everyone works together to
create a safer, better future.
Staff are currently busy preparing for LEAD Day 2 (Leading, Enrichment, Activity
Days). LEAD Days are new this year and they have been put in place to enable
students to spend the day taking part in alternative activities which not only enrich
their usual curriculum, but also develop their leadership skills. The following is being
planned for LEAD Day 2:
Year
7
8
9
10
11
LEAD
Our Planet, Our Responsibility. Conserva on and Endangered Species
Rocket Racers. Design, Manufacturing and Tes ng.
Mathema cal Enquiry
The Great Egg Challenge
GCSE and BTEC controlled assessments
12 and 13
30 Jan
Ski Session at Gosling
Y12 Dragons’ Den Quiz Night 6.30pm
31 Jan
Dance Festival Rehearsal 11 am-2pm
03 Feb
Y11 Mock English exam 8.45 am
Y11 Study Skills Evening 6.30 pm
Y10 BTEC Dance Moderation
04 Feb
Y12/13 Performing Arts Trip 2pm
05 Feb
Y9,10,11 Maths Challenge
Y9 Parents’ Evening 4-7pm
09 Feb
Y10 English Controlled Assessments
Y11 Languages Writing Task
Y11 Food Tech Final Practicals
10 Feb
Y10 Booster vaccinations
‘Footsteps’ Dance Production 7pm
11 Feb
Whole School LEAD Day 2
‘Footsteps’ Dance Production 7pm
12 Feb
‘Footsteps’ Primary Schools’ Matinee
Half Term: 16-20 February
School Timetable
Technology in Media and the Arts
Week commencing :
Monday, 02 February 2015
Year 11 GCSE Study Skills Parents’ Evening: On Tuesday 3rd February from 6:30pm to
7:30pm we are hos ng a Parents and students Study Skills session. At this session, we will
be sharing revision techniques. Following the Trial Exams, and from speaking to students
and parents, it is clear that more guidance and informa on on how best to revise is
needed. We look forward to welcoming all Year 11 parents to this event.
Key Dates Coming Up
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WEEK 2
SPORTING FIXTURES
02 Feb
Y7 Girls’ Football v Simon Balle (A)
Y9 Football v Freman College (H)
03 Feb
Cheerleading Club 1.20 pm
Y12/13 Boys’ 5-a-side
Tuesday, 3 February
Year 11 GCSE Study Skills Parents’ Informa on Evening
6.30—7.30 pm
Thursday, 5th February
Tuesday, 10th February/
Wednesday, 11th February
Thursday, 12th February
Year 9 Parent/Teacher Consulta on Evening
4.00—7.00 pm
Dance Produc on ‘Footsteps’ performances
7.00—8.30 pm
05 Feb
Y8 Girls’ Football v Simon Balle (H)
Year 12/13 Parent/Teacher Consulta on Evening
4.00—7.00 pm
07 Feb
On Thursday evening this week, we held the Year 8 Parent-Teacher Consulta on Evening.
These are always good events as they allow individual subject teachers to give feedback to
students and parents. I would like to thank all those parents who a ended for their
support.
Y7 Football v Goffs (H)
Y8 Football v Goffs (A)
Y9 Football v Goffs (H)
Y10 Football v Goffs (A)
09 Feb
Y10 Girls’ Football v Freman College 2.30pm ko
10 Feb
Cheerleading Club 1.20 pm
Y7 & Y8 Girls’ Football v Goffs (H) 2.15 ko (tbc)
Y12/13 Girls’ 5-a-side
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”
12 Feb
Y7 & Y8 Sportshall Athletics
Y12/13 Netball Tournament Broxbourne
(Laurence Sterne)
Enjoy the weekend.
For news on spor ng fixtures, events, etc., follow
Physical Educa on on Twi er: @sheredesPE
For news about Performing Arts,
Twi er: @sheredesparts
For news and interes ng facts, Word of the Day,
vocabulary, literacy and much more, follow English
on Twi er: @SheredesEnglish
Ced de la Croix
Headteacher
Sheredes School, Hoddesdon, Herts, EN11 8JY.
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@sheredes
On Wednesday, 14 January 18 giDed and talented Year 10
Maths students visited the University of HerGordshire,
accompanied by Mrs Highfield and Miss Prockova.
Year 7
Lauren Booker
Chelsie Jones
Acacia Kaltenberger
Rebecca St Clair
Aleah Warren
Geography
Circle of Support
Circle of Support
Circle of Support
Form Tutor
Year 8
Maria Angelova
Vince Bandey
Connor Brown
Kye Deane
Jade Ednie
Jake Mason
Giuseppe Riggi
Soni Rolfe
Cassie Searle
Mitchell Thurlow
Circle of Support
Science
Science
Science
Science
Science
Science
Science
Circle of Support
Science
Year 9
Sean Butler
Cody Cassar
George Gumble
Joanne Tomeo
Daniella Vinci
Chloe Watson
Students from many schools across the county a ended and it
was a great opportunity for our students to work with others
on engaging and challenging ac vi es.
The first lecture was by Dr Richard Lissaman, from the
University of Warwick, who spoke about the maths behind
video games and Google.
Workshops were held on 'maximising the volume of a 3-D
shape', 'How long is a piece of string?' and the final one which
was called 'a bit, a crumb, a nibble or a byte'.
The students were a credit to Sheredes and Cur s Armi and
Alex Jackson each won a prize in one of the compe ons held
during the day.
Keri Highfield
Assistant Director of Mathema cs
Geography
Geography
Geography
Geography
Geography
Geography
Year 10
Piotr Lesniak
Leadership in ICT
Year 11
Jordan Andrews
Megan Castell
Luke Clayton
Josh Stevens
Leah Wheatley
Geography
Geography
Geography
Year 11 Star Student
Year 11 Star Student
Year 9 Parents’ Evening—Thursday, 5 February
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Leadership
Team Administrator.
The post is 37 hours per week, term me only (plus
one week).
For more details, please visit our Support Staff
vacancies page on the school website:
h p://www.sheredes.herts.sch.uk/vacancies/
support-vacancies
On 5 February we will be holding our Year 9 Parents-Teachers
consulta on evening.
It is expected that all Year 9 students a end their appointments, along with their parents/carers.
Students will have received a le er about the Evening, and I
would ask parents to return reply slips to form tutors no later
than Monday, 2 February.
The evening is designed to give parents/carers the opportunity
to discuss their child’s progress in all subjects, and teachers
will also be able to discuss with, and give advice to, students
regarding their subject course selec on for Years 10 and 11.
I look forward to welcoming parents, carers and students on
Thursday.
Gina Hagland
HR & Admin Officer
ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS
Please remember to ask for the Active Kids Vouchers
when you shop at Sainsbury’s.
We can then exchange them for useful equipment for our
students.
There is a collection box in Student Reception.
Many thanks.
Sheryl Brackenbury
Student Recep on
Alan Mar n
Director of Learning—Year 9
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Last Thursday, parents and students a ended an evening ‘Year 10 Informa on’ session, which outlined the expecta ons of the
English, Maths and Science GCSE courses for the next two years. Mr Hansard, Director of Learning—Sixth Form, spoke to the group
about joining the Sixth Form and there was the opportunity to ask ques ons to some key staff, including the Year 10 Form Tutors.
This has now been followed up through the Year 10 assembly on Thursday morning, where all the Year 10 students had the
opportunity to hear the presenta ons from the evening.
The presenta on given on the night is now available on the school website :
h p://www.sheredes.herts.sch.uk/sites/default/files/Year%2010%20Informa on%20Evening%20Powerpoint%20presenta on.pdf
Good luck to the Year 10s as they progress through their GCSE years. Des na on: success!
Key dates to be aware of:
Year 10 ‘Trial Exams Week’ starts 23rd February
Progress Review released 10th March
Parents’ Evening 29thApril
Year 10 Exams week 29th June
Tom Johnston
Deputy Headteacher
(Year 10 SLT Link)
On Friday, 23 January a group of Year 10 students, accompanied by Mr Brownhill, Mr Rayburn, Mr Rye and Mrs Stabler, visited The
Tower of London. Two students give their thoughts on the trip below:
Victoria Ogah:
On Friday 23 January we went to The Tower of London to
learn about the defences and the uses of the Tower.
It was really good; we visited the White Tower, Bloody Tower
and so much more.
After, we went to McDonalds and bought our lunch. The day
couldn’t have been better!
Emily Price:
On Friday 23 January most of the Year 10 Historians went to
The Tower of London.
We walked around the castle walls, imagining that if we were
back in Norman times would anything be different, and how
would the Normans have defended the castle.
My favourite part of the trip was seeing the Crown Jewels.
I learned a lot of new facts, too.
Students at Traitors’ Gate, where it is tradi onal for people to throw coins and make a
wish! All the coins are regularly collected and donated to Military chari es.
The group with the Tower of London in the background—spot the pigeon on the leD
hand side of the photograph!
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PHOTOGRAPHY A LEVEL/BARBICAN EXHIBITION TRIP
Way back in the summer holidays I read that the Barbican Arts Centre would be staging an exhibi on en tled: ‘Construc ng
Worlds: Architecture in the Modern Age’ and that this exhibi on would showcase the work of 18 interna onally respected
photographers and focus on the subject of building and architecture. So I rewrote my year 12 Scheme of Learning to include this
new subject and planned my lessons to include a trip to the show.
This became Unit One of the Photography AS Level and my students have been looking at the urban environment around
Hoddesdon. and at other loca ons local to their homes. We’ve walked the High Street looking at how the buildings sit with one
another; how the public use and interact with them; and how different construc on materials contrast in texture.
In November, we took the train up to Liverpool Street Sta on, and walked to the Barbican Centre whilst taking photos of the sights
along the way. The exhibi on was excellent. Each photographer had a separate exhibi on space and we were able to iden fy each
of his or her different inten ons and themes. The plan, of course, was that the students would be inspired to use these ideas in
their own photographic recording of the city.
“I enjoyed seeing so many different ar sts’ work. I think this will
help me to develop my own ideas for my work. I especially
enjoyed being in the city and taking photos of the views of
London.” Fleur Burgess
“Visi ng Barbican Gallery was very beneficial for me because it
gave me a new perspec ve on Photography due to discovering
new photographer and their work and ideas.” Charlie Anderson
“Visi ng the Barbican has given me some great ideas for taking
my own photos and being able to take photos in London has
allowed me to add whole new chapter of work to my book!”
Alissia Bowman
The students have just completed Unit One and some examples
of the final work are on display in a mini exhibi on in A Block
corridor. Have a look when you are visi ng the school
Antony Passarelli
next.
Assistant Director of Learning—Sixth Form
All of our work will be on public display at the annual
Crea ve Arts Exhibi on in C Block in the summer when
you will all be welcome to view our displays.
Our A Level Photography students with Mr Passarell
City Photograph by Jake Henderson, Year 12
Antony Passarelli
Head of Photography
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@sheredesparts
Important rehearsal dates for all cast of ‘Footsteps’ Dance Produc?on and Dance Fes?val:
Monday and Wednesday lunch mes: Lower School Dance Club—Hall
Monday and Friday lunch mes: Boys’ Dance Club—Dance Studio
Monday and Thursdays aDer school: G&T Dance Club—Hall (’Footsteps’ Opening and Dance Fes val students)
Rehearsal
Day/Date
Time
Venue
‘Footsteps’ rehearsal
Wednesday, 28 January
3.00 pm—5.15 pm
Hall
‘Footsteps’ rehearsal
Monday, 02 February
3.00 pm—5.15 pm
Hall
‘Footsteps’ rehearsal
Tuesday, 03 February
3.00 pm—5.15 pm
Dance Studio
‘Footsteps’ Technical Rehearsal (all costumes required)
Thursday, 06 February
3.00 pm—5.15 pm
Hall
Rehearsal (all costumes required)
Saturday, 07 February
11.00 am—3.00 pm
Hall
Dance Fes val students only
Sunday, 08 February
Meet at school 1.30 pm - Return 4.00 pm
‘Footsteps’ Dress Rehearsal (all students)
Monday, 09 February
‘Footsteps’ Performance : 7.00 pm*
Tuesday, 10 February
Students to arrive by 6.00 pm
‘Footsteps’ Performance : 7.00 pm
Wednesday, 11 February
Students to arrive by 6.00 pm
‘Footsteps’ Primary Schools’ Ma nee
Thursday, 12 February
09.30 am—10.30 am
Hall
HerGordshire Dance Fes val (performances)
Thursday, 12 March
2.00 pm and 7.00 pm
St Albans Arena
3.00 pm—5.15 pm
Hall
Footsteps—10 and 11 February 7pm
Please note that ckets for the above two performances will only be sold on the door. There will be no pre-sale of ckets, so it will be first come,
first served! Please arrive for the performance no later than 6.45 pm, as it is important to get all guests seated before the start of the show. We
will not be admiVng anyone once the performance has started as this distracts the dancers.
Her@ordshire Dance Fes?val, - 12 March
Tickets for the Fes val are now available from the Alban Arena box office. They can be purchased online at aaboxoffi[email protected] or by phone
from the box office: : 01727 844488
Nicola Haynes
Head of Dance
Drama Trip—Othello
Many thanks to Mrs Mason for organising our Sixth Form trip to see ‘Othello’ by
Fran c Assembly, at the Lyric Theatre. The A-Level Theatre Studies students
were a credit to the school and thoroughly enjoyed the contemporary version of
this Shakespearean tragedy.
LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
ADer sprin ng up the steps of Covent Garden tube sta on, and before we
arrived at the theatre, Mrs Mason had planned some ‘Invisible Theatre’
exercises for us to complete in Convent Garden. We had fun with the street
performers and even did some performance art of our own.
Thursday is the day for lunchtime
concerts
Looking forward to the next cultural experience, and open to any sugges ons for
upcoming theatre trips. Just let us know if there is something in par cular you
would like to see and if we have enough numbers we will inves gate!
Don’t forget to sign up on the sheets
on the noticeboard
NEW DRUM GROUP STARTING
RUN BY STUDENTS
EVERY WEDNESDAY
JUST TURN UP!
CHOIR REHEARSALS
Choir rehearsals have moved to
Tuesdays.
Linda Rowan
Director—Performing Arts Faculty
See you there!
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Sanchia:
Alex:
In Monday’s PE lesson we had two people come in to teach
us how to play volleyball. We only learned the basics because we have only 45 minutes but we did get to play a game
or two. We also had to see if we could hit the ball in two
ways. The first was ‘dig’ and the other was ‘basic pass’.
This week in Dance we have been rehearsing for the February
Show. We have been working really hard. I have been
enjoying Dance and being part of the Show.
Louise:
In Drama we have wri en our own script. We had a sheet
with the characters we had to include. We wrote a script
using the characters and we are performing them next lesson.
Lucrezia:
This week in Dance we are working really hard on rehearsing
for the dance show ‘Footsteps’ which is happening on 10 and
11 February. I am really enjoying being part of the dance
show.
I am also really looking forward to performing to the primary
school children on 12 February as it is a new experience for
me.
Michael:
In English we watched the ending of ‘Much Ado About
Nothing’. It is a comedy, wri en by Shakespeare. The main
characters are Beatrice, Benedick, Hero and Claudio.
Meghan:
Kayleigh O:
This week in DT we have been designing our own foot
outlets in Graphics. We’ve planned, researched and are now
doing our final logo.
In Design Technology we have been learning about vacuum
forming. To vacuum form you need HIPs (High Impact
Polystyrenes). Next me we will vacuum form our work so
that we have a mould to put our chocolate in. The sides of
our work are slanted or at an angle so that when we vacuum
form and put our chocolate into the mould it will slide out
easily.
We have had to write down what our outlet sells and use
colour schemes and explain why we chose certain colours to
go on our logo. We take some techniques from other logos,
however, everyone has their own food outlet. Mrs Tatum
helps everyone with their work and we get on well.
Kayleigh P.:
Holly:
In PE we are doing HRE (Health Related Exercises). It helps us
get fit by going on the running machine, on the step-up and
on the cycling machine. You can also do sit-ups and skipping.
In Technology we are working on chocolate moulding. We’ve
learnt to use various tools, such as saws, etc. ADer this we
may be making phone cases then we will be moving on to
Food Technology.
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Year 7 Rewards Cinema Night
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received a consequence this term.
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Our students enjoyed the film ‘How to Train Your
Dragon’, as well as the free popcorn and drinks.
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It was a very posi ve evening enjoyed by the
majority of the year group.
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We hope that those who did not meet our
expecta ons this me will do so in the future, and
join their friends on the next Year 7 Rewards
Evening later on this year .
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Year 7 students enjoying their first Rewards Cinema Evening
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Richard Hammond
Director of Learning—Year 7
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Saracens Cheerleading Club
Volleyball Satellite Club
At lunch me on Tuesday, 27th January a group of girls from Years 7, 8
and 9 turned up at the Hall to a end the first session of the
Cheerleading Club.
Why not come and join the Volleyball Club, being run by the
Bishops StorGord Dragons. Every Tuesday, star ng next week.
The club was led by Bryony, a Saracens Cheerleading coach, who
showed the girls lots of different cheerleading moves. They will be
using these in the new cheerleading rou ne, in prepara on for the
Saracens Cheerleading and Dance Compe on that will be taking
place some me before the Easter holidays.
It would be great to see some more faces at the club next week, so
don’t forget: Tuesday lunch?me in the Hall.
This is a fantas c opportunity for the girls to learn some cheerleading
moves, represent Sheredes School, compete against other Saracens
clubs across the region, perform their prac ced rou ne and to
showcase their new skills.
If you have any ques ons then please do not hesitate to come and
ask me.
Sophie Melhuish
Head of Girl’s Physical Educa on
Athle?cs
Congratula ons to Amber Hornbuckle who last week par cipated in
the London Indoor Games at Picke s Lock. To add to her many
successes, Amber won the under-15 Girls’ 60m Hurdles in an amazing
me of 8.88 seconds! Amber, who was represen ng her club, Enfield
& Haringey, clocked up the fiDh fastest me EVER in the event. Well
done, Amber!
Last week we failed to men on that our winning Junior Girls’ 200m
relay team, at the Indoor Athle cs Championships, actually won in
record me! So to put the record straight, we would like to further
congratulate:
Lucy Chapman, Zoe Dear, Millan Fearon and Amber Hornbuckle
Well done, girls!
Cross Country
Finally, on Saturday, we have three boys compe ng in the County
Cross Country championships at Westminster Lodge, St Albans:
Chris Price (Senior)
Joe Hayden (Inter)
Kane Garwood (Junior)
Russell Hoops Basketball Associa on is offering a New Year 8week basketball club programme with great coaching by
professional and passionate coaching staff. This will help to
develop the basketball skills of students using a variety of
sta ons, matches and compe ve situa ons. This is a
par cularly great opportunity for all year 7 and 8 students, but
also welcomes students of all ages. The club will run at
Sheredes every Thursday, from 8 January to 26 February from
4.45pm to 6.15pm, and is completely free!
This programme gives students an opportunity to explore a new
sport, make friends, improve confidence and find a sport to take
part in for life in order to maintain a healthy ac ve lifestyle.
We wish them all Good Luck!
Adam Gant
Director—Sport & Health Faculty
If you are interested, please see Mr McInerney
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I am running a FIFA Tournament, with the proceeds going to
charity. There will be one compe on for KS3/4 students (Y711), and one for KS5 (Y12/13).
Any student who is interested in taking part, please see me for
details, and a sign-up sheet.
Science Revision Sessions
The poster below gives details of Science revision sessions. The
poster is also on the Year 11 page of the website. All students are
encouraged to come to Science revision sessions . Maximise your
chances for success!
Janine O’Neill
Director—Science Faculty
Dan Galvin
Teacher of Design Technology
Fancy yourself at FIFA?
Starting on the 23rd of February
a FIFA knock out tournament
will take place at lunch times,
for years 7 to11.
All proceeds will be going to
charity.
Prizes involved including top
prize of 1,000,000 FIFA coins.
For more information and to sign
up speak to Mr Galvin
LEAD 2 FOR SIXTH FORM
On Wednesday, 11th February the school has its second LEAD Day – a day when lessons are suspended and students get the opportunity to
pursue cross-curricular themes. The focus of the day will be Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths – known as STEAM. Educa on
loves an acronym! To this end we have organised a series of trips:
Op?on 1 is to visit the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI) Belvedere Road, Southbank, London SE1 8XT to see the Mediatheque Library. This is an online library, which will allow students to browse the extensive BFI collec ons and archives.
This trip is for all students of Media Studies and Film Studies, and will also appeal to those who are studying Drama, Dance and or Art and Design,
due to the availability of specialist films and TV performances and the proximity to The Royal fes val Hall, The Na onal Theatre and The Hayward
Gallery on the Southbank.
Op?on 2 is a visit to the SCIENCE MUSEUM, Exhibi on Road, SW7 2DD and the many varied science and technology based exhibits there.
Obviously this trip is for all Science students but also for those studying Music, History, ICT and Photography and Art and Design. There are
specialist exhibi on covering all of these subjects and more. Nearby are the Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums.
Op?on 3 is a trip to NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, St. Mar n’s Place, WC2H 0HE and THE PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY, 16-18 Ramillies Street,
W1F 7LW.
This op on gives all Art and Design and Photography students a chance to see the collec ons at these two world-class galleries. History and
Sociology students may also enjoy the opportunity to see the visual overview presented of both past and current Bri sh leadership and life.
We are looking forward to an enjoyable day of learning in these very different environments.
Antony Passarelli
Assistant Director of Learning—Sixth Form
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World Book Day : 5th March 2015
To celebrate World Book Day, the English Department will be asking Years 7 and 8 to accessorise their uniform to represent a
character from any book by Roald Dahl or J K Rowling. Obviously 'Team English' will be doing their bit to represent a character too! Year 7 and 8 form tutors will be invited to join in, as will Heads of Houses.
Prizes for winners:
1st Prize:
Amazon voucher
Runners-up Prizes (2): Jelly Bean Factory Tubes for great imagina on and interpreta on of a character!
On World Book Day there will also be staggered stories read at the beginning of every lesson.
The School Library will also be hos ng a World Book Day Party! So watch this space for more details!
Deborah Wallace-Mar n
Teaching Assistant, English
WriGen by:
Billy Brown
Samantha Jarman
Emily Price
Aaron Willis-Stewart
English GCSE Revision
Check out the English Revision Help Sheet on the Year 11
page of the school’s website:
h p://www.sheredes.herts.sch.uk/sites/default/files/
English_Revision_Help_sheet.pdf
WORLD NEWS
Emoji Portraits. A Man Making Art Out of Symbols:
Yung Jake, a rapper and perhaps the world's first notable emoji
ar st, has been sending out clever celebrity portraits to his
12,000 Twi er followers.
This is just one of the revision techniques available to students—make sure you check ALL of them!
UK NEWS
Hoax Call to David Cameron Triggers Review of Security.
Number 10 said the caller claimed to be Robert Hannigan,
Director of government monitoring agency GCHQ.
Lemara Raven
Director—English Faculty
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