Last Saturday, during the MTBS sports day, the art department opened their doors to allow parents and pupils to view the exciting creations, created by this years GCSE art students.
MTBS GCSE Art Exhibition 2016
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French Play
On Wednesday, years 5,6 and 7 had the chance to watch a fun an interactive French Play. The girls were treated to a wonderful show depicting what to do and how to deal with a real life situation if they ever ended up stuck in a French hospital! They girls had a lovely time, volunteering and participating with the production and were a credit to the school.
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MTPS Year 5 Cycling Proficiency
The year 5 class at MTPS have recently been practising their cycling skills in order to pass their cycling proficiency.
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Scouting with 32nd Crosby Troop
Richard Moss 1945-52
In December 1945 I joined 32nd Crosby one Saturday evening. It conducted its affairs in Mr Hugh Whittaker’s Upper IIB classroom: the hut adjacent to the Armour Building. Hugh was the skipper and NEJ Wylie his 2/IC or UNC as we called him.
There were four Patrols in my time and I started in the Bulldogs under the worthy Batson and later ended with the Eagles with “Dagwood” Jennings. The troop leader was Ken Brown, to me a remote Olympian figure. Looking back I think I was something of a disappointment to my superiors as I never moved beyond the IInd Class badge much preferring the games especially British Bulldogs.
Anyone who has been a scout will know these and there are some which stick in my mind. Wide Games including Flag or Lamp Raiding over the full extent of the school grounds on dark Saturday nights; crawling behind the cricket pavilion, close to the boundary of Harrison House borders where I was accosted by Mr I. Butler-Wright wearing, what I took to be, pyjamas beneath an oilskin mackintosh with wellingtons, sou’wester, and holding a hoe. He asked me what I was doing and seemed satisfied with the reply that I was trying to capture a mad scientist with a secret weapon. I was later informed that ‘Bugs’ suffered from chronic insomnia.
The 32nd Troop was a very competitive one. I recall our winning a 7-A-Side football competition, First Aid competitions, and others in the area. The same rigour and expectations were evident in our camps. None of us were allowed to lie idle in tents on wet days creating a fug – all were hustled out in shorts and plimsoles to compete in the wet. Rope bridge building was on the menu and so was cleaning porridge Dixies in cold water. Spud peeling and latrine construction were useful grounding for National Service.
Due to the success of this troop, another MTS Scout Troop was established when the 32nd became full. This troop was led by Mr “Prof” Roberts.
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Churchtown Primary School Win Kwik Cricket Festival
CHURCHTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL WIN KWIK CRICKET FESTIVAL
Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School was delighted to welcome over 100 Year 5 pupils from 11 local primary schools to take part in a Kwik Cricket Festival in Crosby.
Kwik cricket is a high-speed version of cricket aimed at encouraging children to take part in the main sport. Many of the rules are adapted from cricket and can be altered so that virtually any number of children can play in the time available. For this festival each school brought 10 players – with 8 per team on the pitch at one time.
Each team played 4 games and had a great day of cricket. Sarah Clarke, from Belvedere Preparatory School, commented that “the children thoroughly enjoyed it. We look forward to doing it again soon.”
The Festival winners were Churchtown Primary School from Southport and their PE teacher, Mr Matthew King, said that “today was good experience for all involved. From a teaching perspective, it is also really beneficial for our sports teams to be able to compete with different schools outside of the Southport area.” Coincidentally, Mr King is an Old Boy of Merchant Taylors’ and was returning to familiar surroundings.
Waterloo Primary School beat Ursuline RC Primary School in the Bowl competition with Great Crosby defeating Trinity St Peter’s Primary, Formby, in the final of the Plate.
David Cook, Headmaster at Merchant Taylors’ was delighted to welcome so many enthusiastic cricketers to school. “Currently we have 8 boys from various year groups who have been selected for Lancashire Cricket teams and one pupil, George Lavelle, was named as the recipient of the Sir Jack Hobbs Award for the Best Young Cricketer in England last year. It is excellent to see so many boys and girls taking part in today’s festival – the future of the sport looks to be in safe hands”.
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MTJBS Science Visitor
Our Dinosaur Visit
On Tuesday we were delighted to welcome some very special visitors to the school, which included a small dinosaur and a T Rex called Milly, who was 3 years old.
As they walked into the playground watching us we were all silent, still and could not believe our eyes.
The man told us dinosaurs have over 20 teeth which I now know, are sharp because they kept biting me.
Ben, there owner was like Owen from Jurassic Park, he feeds them, keeps them safe and exercises them. I’m not sure our school can cater for these beasts but it was a great experience anyway.
By Harry Staines
My Science Day – Dinosaur Visit
On Tuesday 13th June Year 4 took part in a Science workshop. Two scientists visited our school and showed us lots of different things in the Junior Hall, including some dinosaurs!
To start our workshop we were divided into groups of four. My group consisted of Williams Malins, Henry Poole, Christian and of course, me.
The hall had already been set up with six stations all with different puzzles. Each group was given a station and asked to work as a team to solve that particular puzzle.
My group’s first puzzle was building a square using lots of different shapes. We tried hard but were beaten by the clock.
Our next station was very similar but slightly more technical. There were buildings set out and we needed to put them together to make one large square.
Working as a team made us think deeply about things. As a team, it was important to share ideas, listen to each other, try all ideas and compromise.
We did not have a chance to do all stations but I thoroughly enjoyed the stations that I did.
Later in the day we were invited back to see two dinosaurs.
First we met a baby dinosaur called Jack, who kept nipping one of the scientist’s hand. Then we all got to pet Jack. After this Jack was tired and went inside to rest. This is when Milly the T-Rex came out.
Milly was large and vicious and had she bitten us it would have been lethal. The scientist called it the venomous bite. Apparently all the rotten food on their teeth would go into your blood and be so toxic it was poisonous.
It was a very exciting morning and once Milly left we had worked up an appetite. It was lucky for us that we headed straight for lunch!
by Joseph Bigley
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MTJBS – Our Sticky Maths Experiment
The Year 4 Junior Boys have recently been learning all about volume and capacity in their Maths lessons.
The task was to create a fruit punch in small groups, following certain rules. The rules were as follows: liquids of the same amount were not allowed, one liquid had to be equal to 76ml and another had to be equal to 112ml. It was a great way for us to learn a new skill and a great Maths lesson that was sticky and tricky for the right reasons!
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Sefton Super Reads Award Afternoon
Sefton Super Reads Award Afternoon
14th June 2016. Crosby Library
The three shortlisted authors who were able to come to the award afternoon were Phil Caveney (who writes as Danny Weston), Ali Sparkes and Joe Delaney. They all gave us a fascinating insight into the creative process with their different ways of starting a book, and their sources of inspiration. After many searching questions from the audience, Ali Sparkes was announced the winner of the 2016 award for Car-Jacked, and received her trophy.
Aakash receiving his award.
One of our reading group, Aakash won three prizes for his book reviews, and received his book tokens from the authors. The award, which is in its thirteenth year, is decided by the votes of the pupils who take part, from many schools in the Sefton area.
Ali Sparkes (Car-Jacked), Phil Caveney, or Danny Weston (Mr Sparkes), Joe Delaney (Arena 13), with members of our reading group.
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English Schools Swimming Finals – Junior Results
Congratulations to the Junior Swimming Team, who competed in the English Schools Swimming Finals, in Sheffield on Saturday.
The girls swam exceptionally well, reaching the finals in both the medley and freestyle relays and coming 15th overall in both events.
The team consisted of Isabella Green, Hannah Neave, Grace Maciver, Maya Ravindran and Ashlyn Warnock. Niamh Scott-McCormack also attended as the reserve swimmer. The girls were a credit to the school and thoroughly enjoyed their day. Well done girls.
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Ali Sparkes Visit to MTS Library
Ali Sparkes Visit to MTS Library
Wednesday 15th June 2016
The previous day the reading group had been to the Sefton Super Reads award afternoon, where Ali Sparkes had been declared the winner for her novel Car-Jacked. As this book is about a child genius called Jack, who is driven away when a bank robber steals his parents’ car, Ali started off her talk to year 7 and 8 boys with a quiz to find out if any of the pupils (or their teachers) were as bright as her main character! She revealed that she had not always wanted to write, and found learning to read difficult. Her first ambition was to go to drama school, but when she was not accepted she did several jobs like being a Pontins bluecoat, singing in a band, and journalism in local newspapers. She finally realised that writing was what she wanted to do, and says there is nothing she would rather do for a living.
The boys were eager to ask questions at the end of her talk, especially about how she writes. She explained that Car-Jacked needed a lot of editing, as her publishers wanted several changes, so it took her longer to write than usual. She likes to do a lot of research beforehand, so that her backgrounds and characters feel authentic. For Car-Jacked she asked a Glaswegian friend to check the speech of Ross the bank robber. Her favourite books include Jessica’s Ghost by Andrew Norris, and Joan Aiken’s The Whispering Mountain.
During lunch Ali was joined by members of the creative writing group, whose work will surely benefit from all the advice they received from an award winning author.
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