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40 years and still going!
Reporters: Emily & Becky

Q.  How long have you been at Light Hall?
A. I’ll have been here 40 years in December 2011.
Q.  What does your job involve?
A. I deliver parcels to staff, I pick up litter, empty the bins, take care of emergencies, and fix and clean up broken objects.
Q. What did you work as before you came here?
A. I left school at 15, and I was a caretaker at a different school.
Q. Do you enjoy working at Light Hall?
A. Yes, I enjoy it, I’m always busy.
Q. What are the bad points about working at Light hall?
A. None! I love my job.
Q. Have you ever wanted to do any other job?
A. No, just caretaking.
Q. How has Light Hall changed over the years?
A. Well, there’s the new building, and obviously it has modernized over the years.

Welcome Home Becks!
Reporter: Sauhard 

Welcome Home Becks” the crowd shouted as Manchester United’s former star player David Beckham returned to Old Trafford to play against his childhood dream team. Yesterday, 10th March 2010, Beckham played against Man U. It has been 7 years since Beckham left MUFC. According to Beckham, he wants the team he used to support as a kid, to lose. He jumped on in the match 25 minutes before full time. His eyes were filled with tears as the crowd welcomed him back home! Although AC Milan got thrashed 4-0, Beckham was still happy for the support and the massive welcome.

Interview with the Master!
Reporters: Hannah, Written by Emily

interviewed Miss Masters, Pastoral Manager for years 10 and 11.

Q: What is a pastoral manager?
A: It’s a member of staff that doesn’t teach, available for teachers and parents support for various issues.
Q: What issues do you deal with?
A: Friendship, family, bullying and learning issues.
Q: How many issues do you deal with a day?
A: A range of numbers. Sometimes a few, sometimes 10 at a time!
Q: What do you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: You’re able to help students, meet students and make people feel happy and good about yourself.
Q: What advice would you give to a new pastoral manager?
A: Not to panic, understand situations and make quick decisions.
Q: Why did you decide to be a pastoral manager?
A: I like helping students so I thought it would be a good job.
Q: What don’t you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: Sometimes you can’t see things through and solve them.
Q: How long have you been pastoral manager?
A: I’m on my second year now.
Thanks for talking to us today Miss Masters!

Peter’s Gone Quackers
Reporters: Becky

Peter the Duck, star of Harry Hill’s K-Factor, jumped from high cliff this Saturday. Poor Peter got a ‘no’ from the judges in week one and has felt devastated ever since. So last Saturday he entered Michael Winners Dining Stars. Michael claimed Peter’s food was awful, feeling like a failure he decided to go jump off a cliff. Peter jumped and all viewers were shocked at this horror. Luckily knitted Simon Cowell was there to save the day. Simon exclaimed “How could I let you die after you saved my life!”

Cull of Light Hall!
Reporter: Emily

Today I interviewed Mrs Cull, Light Hall School Pastoral Manager for years 8 and 9.

Q: What is a pastoral manager?
A: We help children resolve situations and make sure children are safe and happy within school.
Q: What issues do you deal with?
A: We deal with bullying, worries and general school and learning problems.  
Q: How many issues do you deal with a day?
A: Around 4-8 a day.
Q: What do you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: I like helping the students.
Q: What advice would you give to a new pastoral manager?
A: Understand the problems and use empathy in situations. 
Q: Why did you decide to be a pastoral manager?
A: I enjoy working with students and I use my qualities in situations.
Q: What don’t you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: I enjoy everything here at Light Hall.
Q: How long have you been pastoral manager?
A: 7 months.
Thanks for talking to us today Mrs Cull !

The Final Word...
Reporters: The Team

The School Report deadline was met at 2 o'clock sharp which left the team some time to report on a subject close to their hearts.... Talent Shows or popularity contests? Watch the Video

School Report. Live!
After a hectic day in the Light Hall School Newsroom our team of intrepid reporters (left) led by Mr Holt (right) unearthed some quite amazing news stories. Amongst our stories are video reports on the exploits ofseveral students (see the tabs above), and reports on long serving members of staff. Like any good news provider there are also a few quirky stories to brighten up your day. We hope you enjoy reading and watching these news reports as much as our reporters enjoyed making them.

35 years deserves a break!
Reporters: Hayley & Courtney

Q. How long have you worked at Light Hall School?
A. I’ve been working here for 35 years.
Q. Why did you decide to retire?
A. Because I’m getting old and 35 years is enough for anyone
Q. What inspired you to become a teacher?
A. My teachers at my school were a big part in it, everyone’s teachers inspire them. Also my love for the countryside and geography I want to teach people about the wonders of the world.
Q. What have you enjoyed most about working here?
A. There’s nothing better than a really good lesson where you get a buzz, seeing children leave having learnt something from you gives you a nice feeling. Also working with the staff is good.
Q. Why did you choose to be a geography teacher?
A. Geography is the most important subject because it’s about the world around us.
Q. Are there any bad points about being a teacher?
A.  Having bad lessons is really bad when I have to shout at my students for simple things, also waking up in the early morning thinking about all the marking and work that is needed for the next day.
Q. What are you going to do next?
A. I’m actually going to do a bit more teaching but mostly I want to get more involved in the country, doing sports such as golf and squash which I already do. I would also love to spend some more time with my grandchildren and family, and I think I deserve I nice holiday.
Q. Would you ever change the last 35 years?
A. I wouldn’t change the last 35 years for anything, although I did at one point want to become a history teacher. But at around the age of 16/17, I really started to understand Geography and the wonders of the world.

Jokes By Courtney

What is the difference between unlawful and illegal?
Unlawful is something against the law, illegal is a sick bird.

What does a caveman do if he sees a woolly mammoth walking down the road with sunglasses on?
Nothing he doesn’t recognise it.

A school went to a trip to an art gallery and the teacher looked at an exhibit and sneered “I suppose this is some kind of modern art” she said to the guide.
“No it’s a mirror”

“My dad says he wears the trousers but it’s my mom who tells him which ones to wear”

What did the piano teacher do when she was locked out of her room?
She kept going up the scale until she found the right key.

What did the travel agent say to the aliens who wanted to go to the moon?
Sorry, the moon’s full at the moment.

Chat with Ms Chagger
Reporer: Aimée

Q&A with Miss Chagger, the Light Hall School Pastoral manager for Year 7

Q: What is a pastoral manager?
A: Pastoral managers can help you in trouble, offer support, advice, guidance and monitor attendance and punctuality.
Q: What issues do you deal with?
A: We help with bullying, friendships and fights.
Q: How many issues do you deal with a day?
A: They are countless. We can deal with up to 10 at once.
Q: What do you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: I like having contact with kids, being able to offer guidance.
Q: What advice would you give to a new pastoral manager?
A: To know your kids and your school. I was a former pupil of Light Hall so I know what types of things go on in school.
Q: Why did you want to be a pastoral manager?
A: I wanted to work with kids and to help them, but I didn’t want to be a teacher so I decided to be a pastoral manger.
Q: What don’t you like about being a pastoral manager?
A: There is never enough time to solve problems.
Q: How long have you been a pastoral manager?
A: I was a pastoral manager at one school for a year and then I came to Light Hall and I have been here for two years.

Dreams of touch screens?
Reporter: Maisie

Technology boffins are always developing new ways to use touch screen, making them smaller and less fiddly, but now they have developed you could be armed with this fantastic new technology.
Developers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University are working together to create a band new piece of technology that they have creatively named “Skinput”
Skinput is a combination of a mini projector and a sophisticated sensor. The purpose of the mini projector is to create a changing display and the sensor can tell which part of your arm is being tapped.

Danny & Joe
Reported by Courtney and Sauhard

Danny, what inspired you to cycle?
A.  I think it was my dad. I started at a very young age when my dad was cycling.

Q. How did it feel the first time you won a race?
A. You get a feeling when you cross the finish line first all the training has paid off for this one moment in your life.

Q.How does your family feel about your achievements?
Think my mom and dad are very proud of me and I think they want me I to carry on doing it.

Q. How much training did it take to get you at this stage?
A. Well at the moment on a Tuesday I’m going down to a newly made track then on the Wednesday and Thursdays as well but then Friday is my rest day when I go down to a small café with the club and you have apple pie or something.

Q. What’s your proudest achievement in cycling?
A. Well when I was 12 we went to the Isle of Man to do a national race I came third in the whole country and I was very proud of that.
Q.  Joe, you’re also good at cycling aren’t you?
A. Yes I have won two national races and was West Midlands British time trial champion for 2009.

Q. How long have you been cycling?
A. I’ve been cycling for 5-6 years, now.

Q. Why do you enjoy it so much?
A. I’m with friends and I get a huge adrenaline rush from racing round at speeds of up to 30 mph. it’s good fun.

Q. What do you hope to achieve in the future?
A. I want to join a Pro-Cycling team to get invited to large events, maybe progressing into the Tour de France.

WE WISH JOE AND DANNY ALL THE BEST FOR THEIR FUTURES!!!

Football Crazy
Reported  by Becky and Hannah.

We interviewed our own football star Lizzie after she showed us her wonderful skills!

Q: How long have you been playing football for?
A: I started when I was 5 years old, I watched my brother play. I’ve been playing for 9 years now!
Q: How did you get into football?
A:I got into football by watching my brother play. I got asked to join! The team was called ‘TR 2000’.
Q: Do you like playing for England and why did you like it?
A: I love playing for England. I liked it because the training camp was so cool! I loved it!
Q: What is the kit like?
A: There’s a tracksuit kit. And a white and navy kit!
Q: Have you ever met a famous footballer?
A: Yes, I’ve met Gareth Barry who plays for Aston Villa!
Q: How did you get into the England squad?
A: Well, I play for Aston Villa and one day the England manager was scouting and they asked me to come to train to see what I thought!
Q: What position do you play?
A: I play centre mid!
Q: So, are your parents proud?
A: Yes, I think so! I hope they do!
Q: If you have won an award, could you name 1 for us?
A: Yes sure! I won an under 12s manager player! I’ve got a collection now!
Q: What is your greatest achievement?
A: Defiantly getting into the England team!
Q: Last of all what is the most keepy-uppys have you done in a row?
A: *Laughs* About 200!! 

Lizzie shows off her footballing skills

The Weather Report
BBC World Record attempt for the largest Interactive Weather Report. 

Video coverage of our part in the Weather report record attempt

Mrs Tomkins - Head of Geography