A special Quote Week dedicated to Simon Wicks

Next week, on Thursday 24th January, it is Simon Wicks' birthday! As she often expresses her love of Quote Weeks, it has been decided that starting from tomorrow we shall have a week of quotes in her honour! Get excited :)

Weekly News Round-Up #15: 13/01/2013

Hello everyone, we are officially back in action! I hope you all had a fantastic new year and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us all :)

Speaking of the new year, it seems some of us were a little disappointed. ANT went to a firework display on New Year's Eve but complained afterwards that they didn't count down and the church bells seemed to have gone mute. Never mind, there's always next year ;)

This week we have had an exam or two, and there are more to come next week for many, so I'll try to keep this short and sweet...

Monday was a nice day, to say the least. Our discussion topic at lunchtime was Disney movies (yes, it's starting to sound like history lessons with DisneyLoverMolly and ConscienceSarah). We went around everyone asking what their favourite movie was, but the catch was you couldn't say 'Lion King'. Overall, we had a range from 'Beauty and the Beast' to 'Up'. What's your favourite Disney movie?

As you may know, this week has been Quote Week. However, many have complained about the quote that had been dragged out for 3 days. It appears that we agree 3 days is far too long and 2 should be the maximum. I hereby formally apologize to all who were  inconveniences and will strive to never do it again.

Due to exams, there was no assembly this week, but we shall eagerly anticipate the next one ;p

Thursday proved to be a day of confusion for Master. It seemed that she suffered from unknown causes which lead her to say stuff and then immediately forget that she said it. Oh dear.

However, Friday was most certainly Master's off day: after agreeing to escort Wicks to the Maths office, she went on her own after contemplating  if she should wait for Wicks! I must admit it was a truly outrageous thing to do. And so, for the second time in this week's round-up, I apologize on behalf of Master to Wicks for the betrayal.

Our Friday lunchtime discussion topic was hell (no, I don't mean it was unbearable, it was literally 'hell'). To briefly summarize, ANT asked if you had your own dormitory in the fiery pits, Wicks experimented with different ways of saying hell (yes, there is more than one way: "hellllll" - Wicks), and then we questioned whether or not you could gradually work your way back up to heaven by doing good things in hell. Now, you may be wondering how we started this discussion. It was when someone who Wicks particularly dislikes was brought up. Wicks dislikes him so much that if she had to choose someone to take her place in hell, she would pick this person (and no, it's not Master because of the Maths office).

Until next week, have a good one :)

ConscienceSarah's Limerick...

Whilst in her English lesson, ConscienceSarah got a little bored and decided to do something productive that was related to English, so she wrote this limerick:

There once was an English Top Set
Whose deadlines would never be met
Miss screamed in frustration
And caused such vexation
That all of their seats became wet!

Quote Week: January - Day 7

"If everything is fire, how do you know who you are?"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
One of the week's biggest lunchtime topics: hell. Whilst discussing all the different aspects of hell, ANT decided it would be a good idea to ask this question...

Quote Week: January - Day 6

"What's secrecy?"
- D.B.

Story behind quote:
A common mistake that people make, pronounce secrecy as [sec-ra-see].

Quote Week: January - Day 5

"That has got to be the driest program!"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's opinion on a diving show (no pun intended).

Quote Week: January - Day 4

Day 2: "Stakeholders..."
Day 3: "...resources..." (re-zorse)
Day 4: "...Geography is by far the meatiest subject!"
- A.W.

Story behind quote:
Pretty self-explanatory. I think we all agree with you, Wadz ;p

Quote Week: January - Day 3

Day 2: "Stakeholders..."
Day 3: "...resources..." (re-zorse)
- A.W.

Story behind quote:
Come back tomorrow for the last part of this quote :)

Quote Week: January - Day 2

"Stakeholders..."
- A.W.

Story behind quote:
Stay tuned for the next part of this quote tomorrow!

Quote Week: January - Day 1

"Have you got any 2's?"
- M.C.

Story behind quote:
On the last day of term, Master and a bunch of good friends were having a game of 'Go Fish' (the card game, for those of you who are not familiar with it). So, it was near the end of the game, where there was only one set of cards between Cole and Master. If I remember correctly, it was the 'Queens'. It was Cole's turn and it was pretty obvious what he had to ask for, but here's the moral of this story: Cole accidentally asked for 2's instead of 'Queens' (I don't know how he managed to make that mistake, especially as the pile of 2's were right in front of him). This gave Master the chance to win the set.
Well, there you have it. And the lesson was: Always pay attention.