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STING 72

        Your home could
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        Honeywell School
                                                                                                                                             Jane Neal         Duncan Roberts
                                                                                                                                   Head of the Infant School   Head of the Junior School

                                                                                                                  Science, technology, engineering, art and maths are embedded in our lives; we             Playground buzz
                                                                                                                  see examples everywhere we look. Whether “natural” or human-derived, every
                                                                                                                  aspect of a child’s life is filled with science — from their own internal biology to
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                                                                                                                  the flat-screen TV. At Honeywell, we believe that teaching technological literacy,
                                                                                                                  critical thinking and problem-solving through science gives children the skills
                                                                                                                  and knowledge they need to succeed in school and beyond.                                             STEAM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mastering maths
                                                                                                                  In this edition of STING you see how we are doing this – find out about the Infant
                                                                                                                  School Get S.E.T. Go Week (Science, Engineering and Technology) and the Design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4 >5
                                                                                                                  and Technology Week in the Junior School. The Juniors have also been focussing                Reading partners
                                                                                                                  on environmental education on their journey to the Rights Respecting Schools                            6 >7
                                                                                                                  Gold Award.
                                                                                                                                                                                                             STEM and DT weeks
                                                                                                                  New things always happen in the curriculum and in this issue we explore how                             8 >9
                                                                                                                  maths has changed; we now have Maths Mastery, with a focus on enabling children
                                                                                                                  to understand maths in greater depth. The children in MySting enjoyed making               Kids and their rights
                                                                                                                  bath bombs and went global by reviewing science news around the world. The                           10 > 11
                                                                                                                  Sting team also asked for pictures of your children coding, inventing, making
                                                                                                                  something wonderfully creative – the aim is to get everybody involved.                         STEAM in action
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                                                                                                                  We hope the work your children have undertaken captures their imaginations and
                                                                                                                  curiosity about their world and their impact on the environment, both positive               STEAM in London

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                                                                                                                  and negative. Your child may not end up being a designer, engineer or scientist,
                                                                                                                  but we hope the STEAM curriculum subjects will make them inquisitive.

- a Perfect Partnership                                                                                           A huge thank you again to the amazing Sting team who have put together another
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      My Sting
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STEAM

            How is maths taught at Honeywell? It’s all a question of Mastery – Maths Mastery,
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  Any parent who has watched the (wickedly funny) Incredibles 2     the most cookies or how much pocket money will be left over        maths naturally, but the new ways of teaching focus not just
  can relate to the scene where Bob tries to do maths homework      when they have bought a new game.                                  on getting the right answer, but on how you got there and the
  with his son and starts to feel increasingly frustrated. “Why                                                                        thought processes involved.
  would they change math? Math is math! Math is math!” he           “It’s something all primary schools are being encouraged to
  shouts, exasperated.                                              do. Our national results in maths aren’t great compared to         “Problem solving and reasoning is a much bigger part of the
                                                                    our results in English or science,” explains Year Two teacher,     lesson. Sometimes I will even give the answer at the start and
  Lots of us have wondered exactly the same, as we’ve sat,          Amy Walker, who has been in charge of implementing Maths           I want the children to tell me the mathematical journey they
  puzzling over a basic equation while our seven-year-old tries     Mastery across the Honeywell Infant School.                        use to get there.”
  (and fails) to explain the Bus Stop method to us.
                                                                    “Students from high-achieving Asian countries don’t just           Honeywell Juniors started the Maths Mastery ball rolling back
  Why did we change maths?                                          solve a problem, they can reason out the problem in a number       in 2014.
  Well, we can think of a few reasons, from making the subject      of different ways.”
  less abstract and more appealing to a wider variety of kids                                                                          “We were part of a teacher research group made up of six
  to the conclusion drawn by British education experts who          What were the issues with maths before?                            schools. We watched and analysed each other’s teaching
  ruled that English schoolchildren “could do better” in maths.     The major flaw in the way maths was previously taught is that      of mastery lessons, and were then involved in the planning
  Chinese students are three years ahead of their English           children moved onto new concepts before they had developed         of some aspects of the maths curriculum for Wandsworth
  counterparts in maths problem-solving by age 15.                  a firm understanding of what they already knew. Not enough         schools,” Honeywell Junior Maths coordinators, Frances Hunt
                                                                    time was devoted to reasoning and proving an answer correct.       and Alex Grant, tell Sting.
  Maths Mastery techniques from Asian nations are changing
  the way children are learning maths in schools like Honeywell.    Another issue experts identified is a “fixed mindset” – where      Honeywell was determined to be at the forefront of this maths
  These techniques are apparent in everything from the layout       some children come to believe that they are just no good at        revolution, not least because the Government’s support for
  of the classroom (children sit at tables facing the teacher, as   maths. This is in contrast to Carole Dweck’s “growth mindset”      the mastery approach means that the national assessment
  opposed to beginning lessons on the carpet) to the multitude      philosophy, promoted by Honeywell, which links working and         framework is being changed to reflect it.
  of resources used to explain mathematical concepts, like          trying hard with achievement. Walker is a firm believer that all
  purses with coins to illustrate a money topic.                    Honeywell children can flourish in maths – they just need to       The school hopes that the changes will benefit all children
                                                                    be taught the right way.                                           in their long term understanding of mathematics – there’s
  At the start of each lesson, the children are presented with                                                                         already been a positive upswing – providing them with a more          private hire for evening events
  a “real life” question, designed to make maths seem less          “I think the new methods really benefit children who find          solid foundation as they progress through Honeywell and          contact us: manager@uncommonSW11.com
  abstract. They might work out which of three bakers made          maths challenging. There are some children who will excel at       beyond.

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STEAM

             Honeywell’s STEAM emphasis can be felt outside of the classroom, where maths
             and reading partners give their time and enthusiasm to children every week. Sting
             discovers it’s not just the students who are reaping the rewards...
                                                                                                                                                      HONEYWELL’S READING PARTNERS

  Experts have recently remarked on the importance of children         “These are games that parents can do at home – it’s so much       LARA SUTHERLAND                                                    JEMMA GODFREY
  getting their “10 a day” – that’s 10 minutes of being read to,       easier than you think. Maths has changed – a lot of maths is      I’ve loved being a reading partner, getting to know the kids       I really enjoy being a reading partner. It’s lovely seeing the
  or reading with an adult, to help foster a love of reading for       now about language. There is talk and literacy that now goes      and really seeing their amazing progression week on week.          children progress throughout the year. They are always so
  pleasure – insisting it’s as crucial to kids’ wellbeing as getting   with maths,” she says.                                            I feel really valued and part of the Honeywell community!          pleased to see you each week and keen to read as many books
  their “five a day” of fruit and vegetables.                                                                                                                                                               as possible in the time. I certainly don’t get this reception from
                                                                       Being chosen to have a maths partner or a reading partner         More than that, it reminded me of why I had previously             my own children when it’s time to read.
  So you can see why being a part of Honeywell’s Reading               feels like a privilege for students – Arnold and Walker say       worked in education for the 10-odd years that I did, and made
  Partners programme has massive benefits for kids and adults          they’ve never seen a child not want one. In fact, children have   me realise that education and primarily boosting literacy is       NICOLE FALLA
  alike.                                                               cried when the partnership has come to an end.                    where my passions lie. So directly because of being a reading      I signed up as I believe establishing a love of books at an early
                                                                                                                                         partner I went and bought a franchise which will enable me         age can be an amazing springboard into the world and all its
  Reading partners are CRB-checked parents or carers who               Parents get emotional, too – especially at the annual maths       to do just that, introducing phonics to pre-school kids! Life      wonders and adventures. I read with three children once a
  commit to coming into the school on a weekly basis. They             and reading partner assembly in the summer term, where            changer!                                                           week, in the Reception year. We read together, interpret the
  might work with the same child for years, helping them from          maths and reading partners are presented with cards and                                                                              illustrations and talk about sounds and words and how they
  Reception through Year 2, or assist a variety of kids across         Thank Yous from the children they have been working with          ANNA JONES                                                         should be pronounced.
  different classes and year groups.                                   all year.                                                         I started as a reading partner at school because of the positive
                                                                                                                                         experience my own son had had with his own partner when he         It’s heartwarming to see the progress over several weeks of
  Typically, reading partners spend between 15 and 20 minutes          Those 20 minutes a week make a huge impact on the kids’           began school. The fact that he read with another mother, with      their letter recognition, sound formation and then being able
  a session with each child, but some lucky children get a daily       reading and maths skills – and their lives. It also creates a     enthusiasm and attention, was such a huge relief as it had         to read some words by sight. A beaming face is very rewarding
  dose. Honeywell children who have been read to by a parent           deep connection and bond that parents are unlikely to forget.     become a daily battle with me. It is sometimes so helpful for      when they’ve just cracked that word or sentence. It serves
  daily quickly go from not being on track for age-related             And it can even help their approach the next time they try        the person who is asking you to read, not to be related!           as a weekly reminder to me how quirky and fun our English
  expectations in reading to meeting or surpassing them – truly        reading or doing maths with their own kids…                                                                                          language can be.
  staggering progress for the child in question.                                                                                         Five years on and I still volunteer, genuinely looking forward
                                                                                                                                         to my weekly sessions and still watching with astonishment         GAIL GERMYN
  “You can delve into understanding the story or linking to other                                                                        and awe as the children’s reading comes on in leaps and            So many people had told me how much they enjoyed being a
  stories,” explains Deputy Headteacher, Fiona Arnold, who             We know the kids love                                             bounds, and with it, the huge boost of confidence and pride        reading partner so I really wanted to become one myself. It’s
  heads up the Reading Partners programme. “You don’t have             their maths and reading partners –                                that learning to read has the power to bring.                      wonderful to see the progress that the children make with their
  the same time constraints as a teacher. It’s a mix of phonics                                                                                                                                             reading and how quickly they improve. When they recognise
  and literacy; it’s part of that balance of technicality and
                                                                       just hear them shouting their names                               MAUD CIOFFI                                                        you and jump up to come and read with you, it’s a wonderful
  purpose.”                                                            excitedly in the playground                                       I believe reading is fundamental as it helps the kids be more      feeling. I also love getting a glimpse of a Honeywell school day
                                                                       and you’ll know what we’re talking about.                         independent and build their self-confidence. Being a reading       and seeing the work the children do in other classes.
  “Reading is quite hard to support any way other than reading,”                                                                         partner is a great opportunity to develop a close relationship
  she adds. “Doing it more helps.”                                     Parents are similarly affected                                    with the child and to follow his/her progress throughout           MIA SARGENT
                                                                       by the experience...                                              the year. I find it so rewarding for the children when             Reading has been vital to me all my life, both personally and
  For parents who are more numerically inclined, there is a            as you can see                                                    they move to the next colour – they feel so proud and              professionally. Through the reading partnership scheme I
  complementary Maths Partner programme at the school,                                                                                   happy! This precious time is dedicated to explaining               hope to encourage and help the children gain a love of reading
  where parents play fun maths games with different groups             from what Honeywell reading                                       vocabulary, reinforcing phonics, sharing ideas about the           so they can share in the joy and sense of adventure I enjoyed.
  of children in half-hour slots – games that you’ve probably          partners had to say.                                              story… during a 1:1 reading session we can meet the specific       I am a member of two Honeywell book clubs – so my love of
  played with your kids anyway, like Snakes & Ladders. The                                                                               needs of the child.                                                books is still being nourished!
  Maths Partner programme is run by Year 2’s Amy Walker.

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STEAM

      Both the Infant and Junior Schools enjoyed STEAM workshops this term with an Infant
      STEM week and Junior DT week. Read on to find out what your children got up to...

  The Infants celebrated all things science, engineering and        EXPLORE, allowed them to explore structures from cities
  technology in their Get S.E.T. Go Week at Honeywell so they       around the world and make their own.
  could get hands-on with STEM: building, making, designing,
  investigating, experimenting, computing, and more, with           A number of workshops were held on topics such as silly
  the theme of problem solving running throughout all their         science, architecture, creating with LEGO® (all children took
  activities, which were run by teachers and outside specialists.   part in a Mini Engineers LEGO® workshop), and LEGO® WeDo
                                                                    activities. WeDo is a robotics hardware and software platform
  Each year group had a different focus: Nursery enjoyed GET        specifically designed for KS1 and KS2 students. It provides an
  S.E.T PLAY, exploring everything that goes into building,         introduction to computing in a fun and exciting way
  designing and making different playgrounds. Reception did
  GET S.E.T ROAR, designing and building their own dinosaur         Each year group also enjoyed “SET” activities which included
  world, including erupting volcanoes, bubbling lava lamps and      a “Rotation day” - when each teacher plans an exciting
  the dinosaurs themselves.                                         activity and teaches it during the course of the day to all three
                                                                    classes in the year group. In Year 2, Mrs. Walker delivered a
  Year One focused on GET S.E.T SPLASH, related to all things       marshmallow and spaghetti challenge where children had
  water, as well as taking part in a Silly Science workshop,        to design and build their own structures (Engineering), Miss
  where they discovered that their brains are protected by fluid,   Tolfree helped children make a bulb light up (Science) and
  just like the egg in the jar before them, which won’t break       Mrs. Rankin did some cooking (Technology). Check out the
  no matter how hard it’s shaken. Year Two’s focus, GET S.E.T       little ones in action in the pictures below.

                                                                                                                                        We held a Design and Technology week at Honeywell Junior          For example, kids in 5R were given the task of creating
                                                                                                                                        School, providing various opportunities for children to develop   packaging for biscuits – they first tested the biscuits and
                                                                                                                                        their capabilities in all things design and technology.           thought about the different textures and flavours, then they
                                                                                                                                                                                                          thought about the design of the packaging. Children in 6H had
                                                                                                                                        Design and Technology is often one of the children’s favourite    to design Anderson shelters – they had to protect an egg from
                                                                                                                                        subjects. Children like making decisions for themselves and       a “bomb”– nearly all were successful!
                                                                                                                                        doing practical work. They love creating products they can
                                                                                                                                        see, touch – and even taste – for themselves. Combining their     Design and Technology brings learning to life. It’s an enjoyable,
                                                                                                                                        design and making skills with knowledge and understanding,        motivating context for discovering so many other areas of the
                                                                                                                                        they learn to create products they can feel proud of.             curriculum.

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STEAM

            Honeywell Junior School is going for Gold – the highest stage of the Rights
            Respecting Schools Award. Sting magazine finds out how Honeywell students
            have become Rights Respecting global citizens and advocates for social justice
            in the process...

  The next time your child tells you they have a right to play       Love, Honeywell has designed a Global Citizen “passport” to        In addition, Ms. Bryde leads Rights Respecting assemblies           Other committees have come out of the RRS discussions this
  instead of doing their homework, listen up.                        help students maintain this focus.                                 focussing on the discussion of these specific articles, and         year, giving interested children more opportunities to get
                                                                                                                                        there have been many requests from students and parent              involved.
  They’re probably making a very good point in line with             The passport ties in with 17 global Sustainable Development        volunteers to steer assemblies on topics related to the UNCRC
  the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child           goals as well as various articles from the UNCRC, from a right     articles or focussing on sustainability, social justice, fairness   These include the Eco Committee (who report on plastic
  (UNCRC), encompassing 54 articles which cover all aspects          to good health to the right to relax and play.                     and children’s rights around the world. “This is heavily            use and are committed to cleaning up the streets – they’re
  of a child’s political, civil, social, economic and cultural                                                                          reliant on pupil voice,” says Ms. Bryde, who has been involving     the ones who will go plogging, with uniforms, gloves and
  rights – something they’ve been learning about in Honeywell        Students can earn stamps for their passports when they             other members of the Honeywell community on RRS-themed              biodegradable bags, logging everything they find) to the
  classrooms, weekly assemblies and beyond over the past             demonstrate they have worked towards promoting one of              Governors walks.                                                    Anti-Bullying and Debating committees.
  couple of years.                                                   the goals or articles, and have acted as advocates for social
                                                                     justice, fairness and children’s rights. By undertaking this       The Juniors formed a committee with RRS ambassadors                 Honeywell may not have the Gold yet, but they’ve got
  Honeywell Junior School has adopted a child-rights approach        action to claim their rights and promote the rights of others,     across all year groups. They treat their weekly meetings with       something even better. The strength of the community of
  as part of its ethos as a Rights Respecting School (RRS).          locally and globally, Honeywell students can achieve one of        total professionalism – rotating each week between who leads        students, teachers and parents working together towards a
  Last year, the school achieved Silver status, discussing many      the outcomes necessary to attain the Gold RRS award.               the discussion, acts as chair and takes the minutes.                common, positive goal. Be the change!
  of the articles at length and embedding the RRS philosophy
  throughout all aspects of the school.                              Children are encouraged to come up with their own ideas
                                                                     to earn their stamps – and they’re getting creative: writing
  This year’s quest for the Gold RRS award takes this child-         letters to shops on Northcote Road asking them to discontinue
  rights approach to a whole new level: teachers, staff              any single-use plastic, leading their own assemblies and even
  members and students are living and breathing Rights               going “plogging” – picking up rubbish while jogging/walking.
  Respecting attitudes and language, and, Honeywell being            In the summer term, Oxford MBAs are due to come to the
  Honeywell, the school is doing it in its own inimitable way.       school to chat to the kids about sustainability and the circular
                                                                     economy.
  Which is to say, it’s not just about knowing that Article 7
  focuses on every child’s right to a name, nationality and birth    Other local schools involved in the RRS initiative like
  registration – although they can tell you that, too.               Burntwood and Beatrix Potter are now in discussions to
                                                                     implement the passport scheme that Honeywell initiated – an
  “They need to live them,” says Deputy Headteacher Hilly            example of how the positive work of one school can have a
  Bryde, who is overseeing the RRS initiative. “They need to be      domino effect across the local community.
  activists in part, to understand the responsibility and how it
  affects others.”                                                   Every fortnight, Honeywell focusses on a different article
                                                                     promoting a different right and all teachers go through this
  Activists they’ve become – for sustainability, no less. It was     with their class. Parents can read which article has been
  the overwhelmingly popular choice of focus for Honeywell           under scrutiny in Mr Roberts’ fortnightly newsletter, and are
  children and with the help of Honeywell parent Charmian            then encouraged to discuss these rights at home.

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the magazine of honeywell pupils

                                            Make a SPLASH this bath time
                                With a bath bomb, chemistry meets art in the most satisfying way.
             This experiment will engage and satisfy any child and the flavourings and colouring options are endless…

INGREDIENTS:                                           DIRECTIONS:

› 1/2 cup of corn flour                                1 - Mix all of your dry ingredients in a large bowl.
which is the equivalent of US Cornstarch               2 - Add the coconut oil and lightly spritz with water, this should create a
(a thickening agent)                                   crumbly (wet sand) mixture. Be sure to stir while adding the water so you
                                                       don’t activate the bath bomb. You will know if you are activating it if you hear
›1/2 cup of epsom salts                                a fizzing sound.
(WARNING! It is rare, but very occasionally a child    3 - If you would like all your bath bombs to look and smell the same, add
will have an allergy to epsom salts, if that is the    your food colouring and flavouring to the large batch. A steady hand is
case, you can replace with baking soda)                required here as too many drops of colouring will create a denser colour.
                                                       4 - If you would like a variety of scents and colours, separate your crumbly
›4 tablespoons of cream of tartar                      mixture into four bowls and add your food colouring (about 1/2 teaspoon in
                                                       each bowl) to each batch.
›2 1/2 tablespoons of coconut oil                      5 - Pack your mixture into a mini-muffin tin. You can layer colours, add extra
(liquid form so melt it before you begin)              drops of food colouring to the centre for a colour explosion, add sprinkles,
                                                       micro glitter, etc.
›Water to spritz                                       6 - Let dry for at least 24 hours (possibly more if your mould is bigger).
›Natural food flavourings                              7 - Place a flat baking sheet or chopping board on top of your muffin tin and
                                                       flip over. Tap the bottom of the tin with a spoon if necessary to loosen your
›Natural food colourings                               moulds.
                                                       8 - Keep in an airtight container until you are ready to use.
›Chocolate moulds/mini-muffin tins                     Place in your bath and enjoy!

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I like                                            Junior Editors *                                                                                  What a load of rubbish!
                                  playing with
                                     the Wii U                          Bath time – especially if there’s washing hair involved – often                                Artists have always been ahead of us when it comes to recycling resources,
                                                                            sends small grubby children running in the opposite                                         but these artists have taken recycling to new weird and wonderful heights.
                                                                         direction, trailing stains and mess behind them. But what                  Our Sting Junior Editors have found a selection of the most innovative recycled art projects from around the world.
                                                                          child doesn’t like a bath when there’s a feisty, fragrant,                                      We decided to adopt a Top Trumps style approach to categorising them
                 I like                                                                   fizzing bath bomb involved?                                    and have assessed them on Usefulness, Beauty, Value and Design. Which one is the Top Trump for you?
                 playing with
                 the Nintendo Switch
Alex (Apple)                                              Alex (5R)     This term the Honeywell Junior Editorial team attempted to                 THREE-HEADED DRAGON STATUE                                                         PETBURG MOTOR BOAT
                                                                        bring a little STEAM to their bath time by making some                                             Material: Cans                                             Material: 5000 plastic bottles
                                                                        kid-friendly bath bombs. The challenge was to use child-safe                                       Where: Russia                                              Where: Czech Republic
                                                                        ingredients to create an equally fizzy and fragrant finished                                    Usefulness: 6/10                                              Usefulness: 8/10
                    I like                                              product.                                                                                            Beauty: 10/10                                             Beauty: 3/10
                    watching TV                                                                                                                                     Value for Money: 7/10                                             Value for money: 6/10
                                                                        Enter “bath-bombs” into your search engine and you will                                             Design: 10/10                                             Design: 10/10
                                                                        quickly discover that the web is awash with luscious-looking                                       Reporter: Sam                                              Reporter: Katya
                                                                        bath-bomb recipes, most of which contain citric acid – not an
                                                                        ingredient we wanted our Year 2 editors to be handling.

                                         I like                         Many recipes also contain essential oils – which most parents                       MULTICOLOURED GORILLA                                                     BULLDOG
                                     going on                           know are powerful and contain active properties. If too much                                   Material: Pencils                                              Material: Recycled metal
Amelia (Apple)                 the Fire Tablet         Ben (Cherry)     is added (easily done with small hands), essential oils                                             Where: Chile                                              Where: Mexico
                                                                        overwhelm and can ruin a bath-bomb recipe – as experienced                                      Usefulness: 2/10                                              Usefulness: 6/10
                                                                        in our early home trials. Running to the window to breathe in                                       Beauty: 8/10                                              Beauty: 10/10
                    I like the                                          fresh air after the assault of excessive frankincense in our                               Value for money: 8/10                                              Value for money: 7/10
                    rubbing out                                         nasal passages was more indicative of a stink bomb than                                              Design: 7/10                                             Design: 5/10
                                                                        bath-bomb success.                                                                                Reporter: Rory                                              Reporter: Amelia
                    pen

                                                                        After much searching we finally found a child-friendly recipe
                                                                        which promised a “fizzy” bath-bomb. The citric acid is
                                                                        replaced by cream of tartar and the essential oils are replaced                     MECHANICAL KING COBRA
                                        I like                                                                                                                                                                                        CHIMPANZEE
                                                                        with natural food flavourings and colourings – we chose rose,                  Material: Tyres, hub caps and rims                                             Material: Spoons, forks, cans
                                  VR Headsets                           orange, peppermint, strawberry and lemon flavourings with                                        Where: Unknown                                               Where: Japan
                                                                        green, pink, orange and yellow colourings. We also chose to                                      Usefulness: 4/10                                             Usefulness: 0/10
Elise (Apple)                                             Ellis (5B)
                                                                        use epsom salts as a base because we felt that this offered a                                        Beauty: 8/10                                             Beauty: 10/10
                                                                        healing foundation to the bath-bomb experience.                                            Value for money: 10/10                                             Value for money: 5/10
                                                                                                                                                                             Design: 8/10                                             Design: 10/10
                                          I like                                                                                                                            Reporter: Ben                                             Reporter: Elise
                                                                        We used a combination of ice trays and cake tins to hold our
                                       the Ipad                         bath bomb mixtures, but with Easter coming, a few easter egg
                                                                        moulds might do just as well. Twenty-four hours to dry and
                                                                        the bombs were ready (note that larger moulds need longer
                                                                        drying times). As we used small moulds we had plenty to go
                                                                                                                                                 MONSTER HOUSE-EATING OCTOPUS                                                         GIANT FISH SCULPTURE
                                                                        around – enough to treat the whole family. We heard they were                                    Material: Nets                                               Material: Plastic bottles
                  I like                                                a big success.                                                                      Where: Clogherhead, Ireland                                               Where: Brazil
                  playing on                                                                                                                                           Usefulness: 9/10                                               Usefulness: 1/10
                  the X Box                                                                                                                                                Beauty: 5/10                                               Beauty: 10/10
Katya (5JW)                                          Prune (Cherry)                                                                                              Value for money: 0/10                                                Value for money: 2/10
                                                                                                                                                                           Design: 6/10                                               Design: 9/10
                                                                                                                                                                         Reporter: Alex                                               Reporter: Saya

                  I like
                  going on
                  the computer                                                                                                                         RECYCLED ELEPHANT STATUE                                                       GIANT DOG SCULPTURE
                                                                        Making a chemical mess in the Rainbow room was not the            Material: 45 tonnes of mixed recycled materials                                             Material: Plastic Toys and Pins
                                                                        only way in which the 12 junior editors from Years 2 and 5                                 Where: Nantes, France                                              Where: London
                                                                        spent their four sessions with Sting. We explored and                                            Usefulness: 1/10                                             Usefulness: 5/10
                                            I like                      practiced the skills every good journalist needs as we investi-                                    Beauty: 8.5/10                                             Beauty: 6/10
                                       the Kindle                       gated the top Science and Technology stories from around the                              Value for money: 9.5/10                                             Value for money: 10/10
                                                                        world. The children took responsibility for sourcing the                                            Design: 9.5/10                                            Design: 7/10
Rory (5JW)                                            Sam (Cherry)      stories, choosing accompanying images and writing a short                                          Reporter: Ellis                                            Reporter: Alex
                                                                        sentence about their story.

                                  I like the                              We also explored the world of rubbish, looking first at the
                           Nintendo Switch                               devastation that rubbish can cause, and then the incredible           RECYCLED GIANT PANDA SCULPTURE                                                         CHANDELIER/LIGHT FITTING
                                                                           beauty that it can be used to create. The children were                                   Material: Used tyres                                             Material: Plastic bottles
                                                                           amazed and inspired by the images and art works they                                             Where: China                                              Where: England
                                                                        discovered. When they weren’t researching and writing, they                                    Usefulness: 2.5/10                                             Usefulness: 3/10
                                                                                                                                                                            Beauty: 10/10                                             Beauty: 10/10
                 I like reading                                         were debating the value of gaming for children and crafting a
                                                                                                                                                                  Value for money: 2.5/10                                             Value for money: 10/10
                 on the Kindle                                                             questionnaire on Robots.                                                          Design: 3/10                                             Design: 7/10
                                                                                                                                                                            Reporter: Zoe                                             Reporter: Prune
                                                                        Thank you to all the wonderful MySting Editors for their
Saya (5B)                                                  Zoe (5R)     invaluable contribution to this STEAM edition.

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The magazine of honeywell schools - spring 2019
STEAM news from around the world

      We commissioned our MySting Junior Editors to source the latest science and technology news from around the word.
                 We asked them to choose the stories that interested them most. Here is their global report.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        RUSSIA - CLIMATE CHANGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Polar bears invade Russian town
UK - CLIMATE CHANGE                                                                                                                                                                                     Polar Bears are invading Belushya Guba in Russia because
UK students walk out of school                                                                                                                                                                          they are hungry. Changes to the climate have affected their
Children and teenagers in 40 towns and cities skipped school                                                                                                                                            food source. Last month the local government declared an
on Friday 15th February and Friday 15th March, to participate                                                                                                                                           emergency.
in the Youth Strike 4 Climate protest, claiming the government                                                                                                                                          Reporter: Saya
needs to do more to combat climate change. This campaign
was inspired by 16-year-old Swedish student, Greta Thunberg,
who has been missing lessons every Friday to protest outside                                                                          UK - SPACE NEWS
the Swedish parliament.                                                                                                               Space junk: harpoon tested to clean up space
Reporter: Amelia                                                                                                                      A British satellite company have developed a harpoon to
                                                                                                                                      capture space debris. The harpoon will shoot a net to catch
                                                                                                                                      and collect space junk – including a broken satellite as big as
                                                                    UK - ROBOTICS                                                     a double decker bus, which, along with nearly 8,000 tonnes of
                                                                    The robot helping a seven-year-old boy to go to school            debris, circle the earth and need to be removed. The test
                                                                    Seven-year-old Sam has a weak immune system, which                carried out in space in February was a success.
                                                                    means he cannot be in the classroom in case he picks up an        Reporters: Sam and Benjamin
                                                                    illness. The AV1 robot acts as his eyes, ears, voice and hands
                                                                    and attends the lessons in his place. A new government
                                                                    initiative is aiming to help children with long-term illness to                                                                     SWITZERLAND - SPACE NEWS
                                                                    participate in school lessons from home. Sam is really happy                                                                        Space junk cleaning device
                                                                    to be able to “attend” school from home.                                                                                            The race to clean up space debris continues as Swiss scientists
                                                                    Reporter: Alex                                                                                                                      develop a special satellite to scoop up space junk and draw it
                                                                                                                                                                                                        in. Nasa says more than half a million pieces of rocket parts,
                                                                                                                                                                                                        broken satellites and other pieces of debris are orbiting Earth
TONGA - ENVIRONMENT                                                                                                                                                                                     and some satellites have been damaged or destroyed after
Scientists visit brand new island                                                                                                                                                                       colliding with space junk.
Hunga Tonga (near Tonga) in the South Pacific Ocean rose out                                                                                                                                            Reporter: Alex
of the sea four years ago. The new island was an underwater
volcano and scientists are studying it because it is only the
third known volcanic pop-up like this to have arisen in the last                                                                      USA - SPACE NEWS
150 years. It does not have an official name yet, but locals call                                                                     Grade schoolers build mini satellite
it Hunga Tonga.                                                                                                                       Last May, the International Space Station launched the first
Reporter: Elise                                                                                                                       maintenance satellite, called a Cubesat, designed and built by
                                                                                                                                      grade schoolers. The STMSat-1 satellite was the culmination
                                                                                                                                      of a three-year long project involving 400 students from
                                                                    HOLLAND - POLLUTION                                               pre-kindergarten through to eighth grade at St. Thomas More
                                                                    Dutch mystery: 20,000 sea birds dead                              Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia.
                                                                    A batch of containers fell off the container ship MSC Zoe near    Reporter: Ellis
                                                                    Holland. At least three of the containers were carrying
                                                                    dangerous chemicals. Thousands of dead or dying guillemot
                                                                    birds have been washing up on Dutch beaches. Scientists                                                                             KENYA - POLLUTION
                                                                    believe bad weather may be behind the terrible accident, but                                                                        Meet the world’s first recycled plastic boat called FlipFlopi
                                                                    some people wonder if the chemicals from the containers                                                                             The FlipFlopi is a 9-metre sailing boat made from tonnes of
                                                                    have caused the bird deaths. Though the loss of 20,000 birds                                                                        discarded plastic waste and flip flops collected from beaches
                                                                    is both sad and important, guillemots are not in danger of                                                                          and towns along the Kenyan coast. It recently completed a two
                                                                    dying out. There are about 2 million in the North Sea.                                                                              week trip along the African coast. The trip was meant to call
                                                                    Reporter: Prune                                                                                                                     attention to the dangers of single-use plastic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Report: Zoe

AUSTRALIA - EVOLUTION
Meteorites created oceans                                                                                                             USA - SPACE NEWS
Scientists in Australia have discovered there may be a chance                                                                         Martian roving robot declared dead
that icy meteorites created the Earth’s oceans. Previously,                                                                           The robot rover named Opportunity and nicknamed Oppy has
scientists believed the seas and atmosphere were formed by                                                                            been declared dead. Opportunity, the longest-living roving
the release of water and gas from the Earth’s mantle (the                                                                             robot ever sent to another planet, explored the red plains of
layer of earth between the hot middle and the surface)                                                                                Mars for more than 14 years, snapping photos and revealing
through volcanic activity during the planet’s first 100 million                                                                       astonishing glimpses into its distant past. But Oppy was last
years. “Our findings make alternative theories for the origin of                                                                      heard from in June 2018 after a dust storm on Mars. NASA
the atmosphere and oceans, such as icy comets or meteorites                                                                           announced that the rover is dead. Everyone at NASA is very
bringing water to the Earth,” said lead researcher Mark                                                                               upset. RIP Oppy. The Oppy is replaced by the Curiosity, a
Kendrick from the ANU.                                                                                                                larger rover currently roaming Mars.
Reporter: Katya                                                                                                                       Reporter: Rory

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                                             We love them and we fear them.
                              Here are some the world’s most famous robots real and fictional.

                                                                                                                                       BASED ON THE PICTURE BOOK BY
                                              This robot appeared in Star Wars.
                                                                                                                                       JULIA DONALDSON AND AXEL SCHEFFLER
                                                                                                                                                                            KINGSTON WED 29 MAY - SUN 2 JUN
                                            Who is the lead robot in Transformers?
                                                                                                                                                                            Rose Theatre
                           This little robot worked cleaning up the environment until he fell in love.
                                 You can build this robot yourself with the help of some Lego.                                                                              TUE 11 - THU 13 JUN
                                        These little robot toys are modelled on insects.
                                                                                                                                                                            Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal
                                             Dr Who lived in fear of these robots.                                                                                          SAT 15 - SUN 16 JUN
                                   BayMax, the hero robot, appeared in which kids’ movie?                                                                                   Swindon, Wyvern Theatre
                                    This killer robot was played by a famous bodybuilder.
                                                                                                                                                                            WED 19 - SUN 23 JUN
                        This robot appeared in the shops last Christmas – an adorable smart friend.                                                                         Dun Laoghaire, Pavilion Theatre
                 This real robot was invented by Honda. It can walk, run and climb stairs. What is its name?
                                                                                                                                                                            TUE 25 - WED 26 JUN
                                               Hint: All the answers are pictured.
                                                                                                                                                                            Birmingham, Hippodrome
                                                                                                                                                                            FRI 28 - SAT 29 JUN
                                                                                                                                                                            Southend, Palace Theatre
                                                                                                                                                                            WEST END WED 3 JUL - SUN 8 SEP
                                                                                                                                                                            Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
                                                                                                                                                                            FRI 4 - SUN 6 OCT
                                                                                                                                                                            Basingstoke, The Haymarket
                                                                                                                                                                            THU 10 - SUN 13 OCT
                                                                                                                                                                            Nottingham, Theatre Royal
                                                                                                                                                                            TUE 15 - THU 17 OCT
                                                                                                                                                                            Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre
                                                                                                                                                                            SAT 19 - SUN 20 OCT
                                                                                                                                                                            Hamilton, The Town House
                                                                                                                                                                            TUE 22 - SUN 27 OCT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Gruffalo © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 1999 – Macmillan Children’s Books
                                                                                                                                                                            North Finchley, artsdepot
                                                                                                                                                                            TUE 29 OCT - SUN 3 NOV
                                                                                                                                                                            Southampton, Nuffield Theatre
                                                                                                                                                                            TUE 5 - WED 6 NOV
                                                                                                                                                                            Northampton, Theatre Royal
                                                                                                                                                                            MON 11 - TUE 12 NOV
*page1: We asked our Junior editors to tell us about their favourite tech games - when they have their screen time, of course.
                                                                                                                                                                            Coventry, Belgrade Theatre
                          Finally, we would like to say thank you to the wonderful TA Chloe Kelly                                                                           THU 14 - FRI 15 NOV
                           who proved an indispensable member of the MySting team this year!                                                                                Radlett Centre
                                                                                                                                                                            MON 18 - SAT 23 NOV
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                                                                                                                                                             CHILDCARE VOUCHERS
After the Easter holidays, the PTFA will be launching a series     through recycling used ink and toner cartridges, working with                              £ £ ACCEPTED £ £
of new initiatives, in conjunction with the school, to help all    a company called Empties Please. You will find a collection             STAGECOACH THEATRE ARTS BATTERSEA EASTER HOLIDAY WORKSHOP AT:
those families with good eco-friendly resolutions who might        box on the ground floor at the entrance of Junior (dining hall            Northcote Lodge, 27 Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW11 6EL
need a few more tools to make life simpler.                        entrance) and Infant School buildings (Reception entrance).
                                                                                                                                      APPLY ONLINE AT: WWW.STAGECOACH.CO.UK/BATTERSEA | 07956 288928
                                                                   Empties Please will then collect and recycle them in an eco-
All these initiatives will be running hand-in-hand with            friendly way and donate the money raised straight back to the        Dance • Drama • Singing • Musical Theatre • Performance
Honeywell going for Gold status as a Unicef Rights Respecting      PTFA. Please remember that you can collect ink and toner
School – putting children’s rights at the heart of the school’s    cartridges from anywhere, not just from work and home but
culture. Together with the academic team, the PTFA is helping      also from clubs, friends and family. To get you started, look
to embed the concepts of the UK Convention of the Rights of        out for the recycling bag in your child’s book bag, which you
the Child, and as we learned on Page 10, Honeywell pupils          can pop any empties you may already have around the house
see themselves as global citizens with responsibilities            into to drop in the collection box.
towards the world they live in, not just with rights they can
take from it. They believe in fighting for the sustainability of   And for those batteries that can’t be recharged…
their future.                                                      Did you know that batteries contain harmful heavy metals
                                                                   such as lead, mercury, copper, zinc, cadmium, manganese,
Meet Buengo - eBay for Honeywell                                   lithium and potassium – all of which can be extremely hazar-
Teaching your kids about the effects of overconsumption and        dous to both the environment and human health?
overproduction and the value of reuse? Check out Buengo, a
new app which enables you to buy and “sell” with a difference.     When placed in landfill, the heavy metals from these batteries
Think of it as a cross between eBay and the local charity          can permeate into the soil and make their way into our water
shop – you buy, sell and donate items and help support your        supply. So please remember that batteries should not go into
community in the process.                                          a household bin, but can be dropped off in the collection bin
                                                                   in the school office, from where they will be taken off and dis-
> Step 1: Download the Buengo app and select Honeywell             posed of carefully.
Schools PTFA as your chosen cause that you’d like to support.
> Step 2: Take a quick photo of the item you were about to         Thank you,
drop off at the charity shop and post it on the Buengo app with    Future Generations.
a figure of its resale value (minimum £1).
> Step 3: When you get a message back from an interested
buyer, arrange the handover at school drop-off or pick-up, or
suchlike. The amount the buyer pays will be donated to the
PTFA (well, 95% of it will).

Whether you need a new ski suit for the kids or want to refresh
the toy box, Buengo is the app to do it. For any item you buy
from a Honeywell seller, 95% of the purchase amount will be
donated to the Honeywell PTFA – and you can even GiftAid
your donation. Sorted.

Empties please!
Not glasses or bottles this time but printer cartridges and
toners. We have found a great new and easy way to raise funds

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EXTRACURRICULAR
                                                                                                                                                 INTERESTED IN YOUR KIDS ATTENDING HONEYWELL’S AFTER SCHOOL CLUB?
                                                                                                                                                                         OR BREAKFAST CLUB?
                                                                                                                                       > Ages 3-11
                                                                                                                                       > After School Club pick-up: 6.30pm
                                                                                                                                       > Breakfast Club drop-off: 7.30am
                                                                                                                                       > We welcome impromptu bookings
                                                                                                                                       > We offer kids a quiet reading area and a place to do homework
                                                                                                                                       > We also offer outside play time, cooking, various arts and crafts
                                                                                                                                       > We like to do activities around various celebrations and festivals
                                                                                                                                       > Registration forms can be collected from both clubs
                                                                                                                                       > For more info contact: SAMBCC@BTCONNECT.COM or 07513 206 860

         STEAM after school? Of course. Here, Honeywell kids tell Sting about their favourite
         STEAM-related school clubs.

                  The essence of STEAM                             has a laugh. What I especially love is when the food is ready
                  Seraphina, 5JW                                   and you get to finally take it home; to eat it and share it with
                                                                   your family.
                  I decided to join the Coding Club because I
                  like technology, coding and I am interested
                  in finding out more about these subjects.                           Fun after school
                                                                                      Katya 5JW
                   The club has helped me improve my coding
                   abilities. I learned how to program a small                        At After School Club I read and play. You can
robot called Ozobots to make it go from one point to another                          have tea if you are hungry. Older kids tend
and solve mazes. I also learned how to create animations, but                         to do their homework. If you want to play a
my favourite part so far was to debug a video game on Tynker.                         game they have table football, chess, Ludo,
                                                                                      and so much more. They do arts and crafts
I created mazes to challenge other students’ robots, and I                            and sometimes you can even do sewing.
created a program to make my Ozobot solve any of my friends’
mazes! I made some digital art, creating 8-bit icons and then      At After School Club they have maths games, so you can
giving them movement as a GIF. I also started working on           practice your maths. I would recommend this club because
creating my own video game.                                        it’s a good place to meet your friends. Going there is a lot of
                                                                   fun!
The Junior Coding Club lets students delve into exciting pro-
jects while gaining insight and experience into many aspects
of computer coding – including the likes of robotics, mobile                          Telling stories and writing games
apps, animation and games – which takes students from the                             Renee, 6W
basics to the point they can design and build their own ideas.
                                                                                      I joined the Creative Writing Club because I
                                                                                      wanted to do it for secondary school, and I
                  For the love of food                                                have loved it. It is so much fun and I get the
                  Lily, 5R                                                            chance to express my opinions. Whenever
                                                                                      it’s Wednesday, I am excited for Creative
                  I joined the Cooking Club because I always                          Writing and have no doubts about going.
                  wanted to do something else that was
                  different to all the other clubs after school.   I have learned lots of ways to write interesting stories, and
                  I also wanted to make some new friends!          my Creative Writing teacher, Jenni, is full of joy. She has very
                                                                   good ideas and top tips for us. Creative Writing is the best
                   The things we make in Cooking Club              club EVER!
 are always delicious like chocolate brownies, sausage or
cheese rolls, fruit kebabs, carrot cake, and cheese and ham        It is impossible to choose my favourite week: The Paper Clip
muffins – and a load more really delicious foods! The thing I      Experiment, the Consequences Stories, and much, much
love about Cooking Club is that everyone gets on really well.      more. Creative Writing is for kids in Years 3 to year 6. You must
We always have fun while we are cooking and everyone always        join in – you will love it!

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STEAM

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                      Employment contracts          Settlement agreements                                                                                                                            Here’s where to head for a bit of STEAM with the kids.
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                                                                                                                                                                        Bridge. Interactive play areas mean the kids can build their
                                                                                                                                                                        own (future) wonders of the world.

                                                                                                                                                                        CODING AND ROBOTICS
                                                                                                       Psoriasis & Eczema                                               AT THE INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION
                                                                                                       Skin rashes                                                      Lambeth’s Imagination Lab has day skills camps where kids
CLAPHAM                                                                                                Acne
                                                                                                                                                                        can explore coding, robotics, and micro: bit programming –
                                                                                                                                                                        perfect for letting their imaginations run wild and for honing

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                                                                                                       Skin lesions
                                                                                                                                                                        their technical skills (Bonus: parents get some childcare from
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                                                                                                                                                                        painted a self-portrait of himself wearing a bandage. Van
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                                                                                                                                                                        explores how he was inspired by Britain – and how British
                                                                                                                                                                        artists were inspired by him.
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          MB BCh MRCP MD                                                                                                                                                GAME ON
          C O N S U LTA N T D E R M ATO LO G I ST                                                                                                                       AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
                                                                                                                                                                        Power UP is the must-attend, fully interactive gaming event that
                                                                                                                                                                        sees 160 consoles and 40 years of gaming history – from Mario
                                                                                                                                                                        to Minecraft – unite. Yes, having your child watch you relive
                                                                                                                                                                        your best Sonic moments totally counts as good parenting.
                                                                                                                                                                        Oh, this was supposed to be educational for your child…

                                              We are a Dermatology                                                                                                      ENJOY MORE GAMING AT SOMERSET HOUSE –
                                              clinic for adults and                                                                                                     AND SOME CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVISM
                                                                                                                                                                        Yep, another games fest, Now Play This, brings hands-on
                                              children, treating                                                                                                        gameplay to Somerset House. But with all of the RRS
                                              a wide range of skin                                                                                                      knowledge your kids have gleaned in school, we bet they’ll
                                                                                                                                                                        also want to check out Somerset House’s Earth Day 2019
                                                                                                               BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
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1/g: Harriet Humphrey, Mango > the dishwasher - 2/f: Kellie Padmore, Office > the ice cream freezer - 3/a: Donna Wiltshire, Nursery > the
kettle - 4/d: Rose Bell, 4B > the speaker - 5/c: Niall McMullan, 4M > the battery - 6/h: Nikki Keen, 3K > the airplane - 7/b: Jane Haskett,
Infant Science Leader > the lint roller - 8/i: Hilly Bryde, Junior Deputy Head > the photocopier - 9/e: Paul Warbis, 6W > contact Lenses.
                                                                                                                                              staff what their favourite invention is...
                                                                                                                                              items we can’t live without today were invented in our lifetimes. We asked Honeywell teachers and
                                                                                                                                              So many amazing inventions have changed our lives - and it’s extraordinary to think that some of the
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