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National Bird Box Week has been running for over 20 years. It takes place every year between 14th and 21st of February. St Valentine’s Day was chosen this year for the start of National Bird Box week as this is traditionally the time when birds find their mate and pair up for the new breeding season. The aim of Bird Box Week is to encourage people to put up bird  boxes to help the breeding birds and so promote the conservation and diversity of wildlife. Did you know it is estimated that there are about 6 million nest boxes in UK gardens?

On the 16th of March me (Sophie), Alannah, Ben and Hayden went to Mowden Hall School for a maths competition.

We met in the reception buzzing with excitement; we were ready. Piling into the taxi, we chatted about anything other than the competition. We were fine as we started the journey—we had a lot to talk about. But, as we neared Mowden Hall, we went silent. Tension was building. We had arrived.

GEMS, yet again, saw the annual World Book Day celebration on Friday 3rd March 2017. Everyone came to school as their favourite book characters. There was a wide range of book characters from “Geek Girl” to “Harry Potter”. There was also a “favourite book competition” where pupils who took part found out the name of the teachers’ favourite books and whoever found the most would receive a prize.

Throughout the entire year, students and teachers have been working non-stop to put on a spectacular performance of ‘Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.

Last year, Ms Hodgson and Miss Thompson held auditions to see who would get the much-coveted parts in the play. After lots of deliberation the roles were decided and rehearsals began. The props also were being made: everything from sheep to pyramids and cacti to lamp posts. There were lots of other ways that people got involved, such as Backstage, Front of House, Lighting and the Band. Abby and Noor also did a fantastic job in designing the front cover for the programme, which everyone received who came to see the play.