Shine Awards

Earlier in the year I told you about the Wyvern being entered into a Competition Called the shine Awards. Well I am please to say that we have been shortlisted in three categories. In each categories seven entries got shortlisted so it is an honour to get this far. We will find out later on in the year if we have won any of them. The Categories we have been shortlisted in are- Overall Content, Comercial stratergy and Outstanding Pupil. We are now really hoping that we win however for now fingers crossed for the Wyvern!

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a new film which has recently came out into the cinema. It stars the likes of Johnny Depp and other big names. Johnny Depp plays the gripping character of Barnabus Collins who moves to America from Liverpool in 1752.   They set up a fishing town called Collins Port and begin work on a house named Collins wood. As he gets older he has an affair with a maid named Angelique Bouchard who is also a witch. When Barnabus ends the affair she turns her love into hate for him and as he falls in Love with another she kills his parents and puts a curse on Barnabus. The curse is to live the rest of his life as a Vampire. She and the town then lock him in a coffin where he lives 220 years before he is re-diged up. Once he is he faces a battle to save the family business and reverse the curse, while trying to sway the lovely Victoria Winters to as in his day court him. Overall the film is full of action and comedy.

So I give Dark Shadows a fantastic Four Star rating!

By Katie Jayne Appleyard

DSMS Flying

For 3 weeks from Thursday 26 April to Thursday 10 March, 9 Year 9 pupils had 3 sessions at the Queen Elisabeth 6th Form building a hover craft.
After 1 week of planning and working out the maths of the hover craft and another week of building, they finally got the opportunity to sit on a hover craft. Engineers from local companies such as Mechtool and Cummings were working with Science and Maths teachers from the QE to assist the schools building the hover crafts.
Their brief was to make a hovercraft using provided materials which could hold 100kg. DSMS was split into 2 teams and were up against Woodham school. The DSMS Boys team finished first and made a working hovercraft however snapped in 2 after it was sat on. It completed the objectives though and they worked out it help 103kg.
The DSMS Girls team however took a while longer however their hover craft eventually help approximately 136kg making them the joint winners with Woodham.

Gooey chocolate mousse cake

Here is a simple recipe for a chocolate Mousse cake which is divine. Hope You like it!
Ingredients
·         6 free-range eggs, separated
·         150g/5oz caster sugar
·         50ml/2fl oz orange liqueur
·         400g/14oz chocolate, melted
·         300ml/10fl oz whipping cream
To serve
·         strawberries, raspberries and cream
Preparation method
1.      Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line a 20cm/8in springform cake tin. Wrap the outside of the cake tin in two layers of aluminium foil so that it will be waterproof when placed in the bain-marie in the oven.
2.     In a bowl beat together the egg yolks with two thirds of the sugar until creamy.
3.     Add the orange liqueur and beat for a further three minutes.
4.     Stir in the melted chocolate and half of the cream.
Technique: Melting chocolate
5.     In a separate bowl, whip the cream, then fold this into the mix.
6.     In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form when the whisk is removed. Beat in the rest of the sugar, then fold this into the chocolate mix.
7.     Spoon the mixture into the lined, foil-wrapped cake tin and place into a deep baking tray. Set the baking tray onto the oven shelf. Half fill the tray with boiling water from the kettle to make a bain-marie.
8.     Place in the oven for 45 minutes at 180C/350F/Gas 4 and then reduce the temperature to 150C/300F/Gas 2 for 45 minutes more.
9.     Turn the oven off but leave the cake in for another 20 minutes.
10.   Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Remove the cake from the tin and peel off the paper. Serve with fruit and cream.

Army Trip

Visit to the Army on Wednesday 7^th March

By Robyn Smith (our Business Admin Student)

Along with Mrs Gray, Mr Burford, Miss Wright and about 30 pupils, I head off to Catterick Garrison to spend the day at the army camp. We set off at 9.00am and arrived around 9:40am, once we got there we were told what we would be doing throughout the day and were put into two teams, I decided I was going to take part!

The first activity was a 2 and a half mile run in the rain, down roads and through fields which had obstacles along the way, we had to do things such as sit ups, press ups, pull ups, climb up ropes and climb over objects. Along the way Mrs Gray, Mr Burford and Miss Wright drove behind us in a car watching us suffer and beeping if anyone started to walk!  We were then picked up and taken back by minibus and had some dinner.  After dinner the pupils took part in command tasks where they had to work together as a team and think carefully about what they had to do.  We had another short break after the command task activity then we had to put on our army green overalls and set off for another 1 and a half mile run where we had to stay in the correct order or we got shouted at.

 After the run we arrived at the assault course. Watching the demonstration made me change my mind, I didn’t want to do it anymore! However, Stacey who is a Royal Military Police Officer in the army who was working with us throughout the day made me take part! We ended up crawling through the mud, climbing over walls, running through water, rope swinging over water, walking over wooden planks which were really high, climbing down ropes and jumping onto objects over water and getting onto the other side. After we were all drenched in muddy water we walked all the way back to the room where our things were, it seemed to take forever to get there! We then cleaned ourselves up and changed into our spare clothes. We got back onto the coach at 2.30pm and head back to school. The next day I was aching everywhere! But I would definitely go back and do it all again!

The School Food Trust

The School Food Trust came into school some time ago to do a national survey of school meals. The survey looked at pupil choice, recipes school kitchens use, produce used and the uptake of school meals. The results of the survey can be found on the school food website, the results are for surveys done across the country. After the visit the school food trusted requested a recipe that they sampled here, the recipe was Winter Vegetable Soup. We sent off the recipe and it has been printed in the School Food Trust ‘Recipe’s for Success Series’. The recipe can be viewed following the link

www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/resources/recipesforsuccess

The Recipes for Success series provides tried and tested recipes to help schools offer a popular menu and overcome common challenges with meeting the school food standards.

By Julie Hill Canteen Manager

Wyvern TV Episode 2

An Interview With Miss Ford about our New GCSE Textiles

Earlier on today while gathering things for our latest editions fashion page we interviewed Miss Ford on her new subject GCSE Textiles and also any new things in the technology department.

These questions and the answers given by Miss Ford:
What Is Your Favourite Part Of teaching textiles-
Textiles is my specialist subject so it's really good teaching pupils that are enthusiastic about the subject. The pupils are fun and there is never a dull moment in the lesson.

Is it a hard course to teach-
The coursework can be difficult and hard to explain at times but most pupils grasp it well.

Is GCSE textiles the only new thing in technology-
We now have a new laser cutter in resistant materials which we will be showing in the a later issue.

If you could make up a textiles sylubus/choice of make what would the design brief be-
In my last school we designed and made outfits /dresses for prob. This was realy goodand the clothing that we made we included into a school fashion show. I'm hoping to do a fashion show next year with this years and next years products.

Is this your favourite technology subject to teach-
Yes this is my favourite subject to teach but I do enjoy teaching graphics too.

On behalf of the paper we would like to thank Miss Ford for doing an interview and it will be featured in the next fashion page which will be coming out soon. We also will be doing another interview including some pictures of the laser cutter in a future edition.

By Katie Jayne Appleyard

Wyvern News Programme

Here at DSMS we have loads of new things going on around school. One of them is a media suit where we will be able to kmake our own television programme. It isn't finnished been constructed yet and work is still in progress putting in the technology and green screen and kitting it all out with work benches and electrics. However hopefully in the next few weeks it will be up and running and we will be creating our own programme. We will keep you updated on this and once the programme is compleate we hope to upload it.

By Katie Jayne Appleyard

Shine Awards 2012

Here at The Wyvern we have been entered for loads of different things over the last few years and 2012 is no different. Mr Kipling has entered us into a competition were you have to create a special edition and write a piece about why you deserve to win. You then send it off London with some paperwork and let it be judged. Once it has been judged the winner (hopefully us) gets a trip down to London to recieve our awards. We really hope we win however just taking part is a great experiance.

By Katie Jayne Appleyard

Issue 12

Issue 12 of the Wyvern is out now starring Harry M (Young Apprentice) and Jason Bradbury (The Gadget Show)!

Save Darlington Football Club

On Firday 27th January 2011 DSMS and many other schools around the local area will be raising money for Darlington Football Club. DSMS will be hosting an 'own-clothes' day with a donation of £1 with that. All money raised will go to the rescue fund.

OAP Party 2011

Professor John Killkoyne

Christmas Poem by Carl Slatter

Santa, Santa on his sleigh,

Santa, Santa flying away,

With Rudolf’s nose glowing bright

Guiding Santa through the night

Santa, Santa on his sleigh,

His elves have come to stay

Morning’s come, Santa is the best,

Now tired Santa can rest