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Advent
Advent started in November this year… last Sunday. So anyone with an Advent calendar that started on 1 December… you’re owed a couple of ‘windows’. But not the chocolate… when did that start? Not that I’m an old curmudgeon.
Growing up we had one family advent calendar (starting on 1 December!) printed on stiff cardboard with pictures on thin cellophane behind the doors. So, propping it in front of a window, or in front of a light, brought a stained glass luminosity to the images of Jesus, Mary, wise men, donkeys, manger and more. Then on twelfth night down it came, and its doors were carefully closed for the next year. We must have used it for at least a decade if not for longer – the joy was in trying to remember where each door was on the board, and what its picture would be. Christmas Eve had a double door. Fabulously sophisticated for the 1970s.
The calendar was part of the routine of Christmas.
Routine may be in short supply this year for many of us – the difficulty of meeting as a wider family, or with friends, not the least of the obstacles. Focal events, too, will be in shorter supply… and so it’s particularly good, and important, that our Music Department will be helping us celebrate. Please take time to link in to our Christmas Concert on Tuesday 8 December, starting at 7pm and streaming live thereafter from the Tuckwell Room. It will be recorded if you can’t watch there and then, or prefer to take your treats more at your convenience!
And then there will be our Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on Tuesday 15 December starting at 2.45pm… the whole senior school, united, coming together in every classroom to watch the service streamed from St Mary’s Church. And of course parents and friends of Woodbridge School are all very welcome to join us, either live or via the recording.
Wishing you all a happy Advent.
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S-AC tutor group has created a social action project (renamed Social Action Change to suit their tutor initials). They have a produced a short video that they would like to share with you.
"The idea came from watching the NCS video circulated by Mrs Brown at the start of the year, where social action projects were mentioned as a way to continue working on skills employers are keen to see in young adults, such as leadership, communication, team work and problem solving.
So we decided to raise awareness of the importance of following government guidelines with a view that it might not be important to you, but it can be life changing for a family member of the person you are having lunch with.
We have really enjoyed our project and learnt a lot about each other. Everyone took part, and we even liaised with Marketing Manager Miss Jackson who came to tutor group and gave us some directions on good branding".
Take a look and feel free to share.
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British Aerospace Engineering Systems 'Future Cockpit Design'
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Newsflash from Wing Commander Nicky Weston RAFAC: HQ Royal Air Force Air Cadets… STOP
Competition results announced… STOP
31 teams entered from across the nation… STOP
BAE panel selected the best… STOP
Woodbridge CCF’s James selected runner up (fifth) – the only CCF cadet in the top five… STOP
James takes up the story: ‘BAE Systems is the company currently at the forefront of developing the UK’s future fighter jets, the TEMPEST and the LANCA, which are hoped to come into service within the next fifteen years. My idea for what they should put into the cockpits of the future centred a lot around the fact that BAE systems will have seen almost everything that you could ever put into a cockpit because they will have done it themselves at some point. And currently they are looking as far as they can into the future to think of what is next.
So, I thought I would do the same.
My idea was a piece of software that would take google maps satellite data and NASA’s height maps data and with a bit of work allow a pilot anywhere in the world to view their: surroundings, ground targets and objectives in an easy to view 3D map with accurate details and easily identifiable surroundings that the pilot can manipulate at his own discretion. A piece of software such as this one incorporates the fact that in the future almost all of a cockpit will be seen and accessed through the augmented reality of the Striker II helmet (the helmet that BAE systems is currently designing) which will use the Plug and Play approach of not having to change something physical in the jet – hugely expensive compared to just changing some software.
I was delighted that my idea placed me 5th in BAE’s National competition, and I look forward to doing more projects similar to this one, such as the RAF’s Astra SAT challenge in the future.’
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The Chemistree
This week we decorated Miss Carretta's science lab using conical flasks containing colourful solutions, clamps and a clamp stand to create a beautiful ChemisTree and bring a bit of Christmas cheer to the next few science lessons. We reviewed the importance of hazard symbols and had a jolly good time listening to some Christmas music!
Did you know - one inch of rain is equal to 10 inches of snow.
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Our school choristers are helping this fantastic endeavour by performing two pieces. We have our Chamber Choir and the Chorum group adding some Woodbridge magic to the performance. Be sure to register for the event next Friday.
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A marathon’s not enough!
Please support OW Ed Harley in his tremendous fundraising in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF). www.justgiving.com/fundraising/edward-harley
He has set himself the physical challenge of an epic double-header: a marathon around next Easter and an entirely self-funded attempt on Everest Base Camp next September (Ed would like to stress that your support goes straight to the MRF).
But his real challenge is raising £2,400 to help eliminate this horrid disease. This money will be enough to provide vaccinations for 600 children, or to conduct 100 hours of research into new, even more efficient vaccines as part of MRF’s ambitions plan to rid the world of the disease by 2030.
For more on his ambitious adventures, and to add your support for him and for the MRF, please click here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/edward-harley
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