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12 THE QUILL
OUR TEAM VIEW
The definition of Enrichment is the action of improving or
enhancing the quality or value of something In the Enrichment
department that is what we are all aiming to do on a daily basis. We
strive to enhance the learning of students, by offering activities that
support them to think creatively, to problem solve and to build
resilience. We add value by offering competitions and events for
them to participate in which add fun and challenge to their daily
routine.
It is a pleasure being with children who are so motivated to learn
and who are capable of producing wonderful work, whether that is
a piece of well written poetry; an incredible mathematical solution
or an accomplished and poised debate. The events that we
participate in are varied and many, additionally we support children
in sessions outside the classroom to reach their potential and strive
for the highest. I am very proud of the students at JPS for their
unending enthusiasm and commitment to our program. A special
thank you to Mrs. Jain for putting the newspaper together as a
celebration of our learning. An electronic copy of the newspaper is
available on the weebly.
ByMrs. Green
Spring
2017
Issue 2
DISCUSSION & DEBATE SHORT STORIES
FLASH FICTION POETRY
HEADLINE
NOTE FROM THE EDITING TEAM
Stephen King once said, If you dont have the time to read, you dont
have the time or the tools to write. Simple as that.
Very true indeed.
At JPS, The enrichment team endeavours to give the right balance of
reading and writing opportunities to the children, allowing them to
explore their creative sides, have fun with words, and write away.
In term two, the children attended American author Francesca
Simons talk, where they heard her read excerpts from her Horrid
Henry series, they challenged themselves at the Readers Cup,
bravely facing the book knowledge of more that 200 competitors.
They wrote short stories for multiple competitions and performed
poetry at interschool events. The children, debated and argued, their
way through the Scholars Cup debates, quizzes and writing. Winning
medals, making themselves, JPS and their teachers proud.
It has been a very busy term for sure. In this issue, we would like to
showcase some of the beautiful work the children have worked hard
at creating.
Enjoy!
By The Enrichment Team
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Flash Fiction Flash Fiction is a concise short story , with a definite word
count. In 150 words, writers have to create a strong image
BURST of the story in the readers mind.
It was Halloween night, the sky was as dark as it could be and the
moon was placed behind a crowd of misty clouds. Every dog in the city
was barking; all the shops were closed. Kate on the other hand was
happily singing in the shower until...the water stopped and the
bathroom fell to complete silence it was so silent that you could hear a
pin-drop fall. For a moment, Kate hesitated, until suddenly with a
splash the water pipe burst open, it made a deafening roar. As she ran
outside she realized that water from the pipe had spread around the
house, as fast as lightning, and now it was already half a meter above
the ground!

BySreya Janardhan
4B
Sweep
Shui di Shi Chuan One of my favourite idioms from the Chinese lan-
guage.
An idea and a driving force. A thought that keeps me going. A belief
that does not let me give up. Translated in English it means Constant
dripping of water wears away the stone. No effort is small. Persever-
ance is the key. In a short span of ten years, I have had a roller coaster
of experiences, some happy and some not so great. But in this pep-
pered medley of life, I have learnt that success and failure go hand in
hand and what eventually matters and helps us win is our endurance.
Like a tiny droplet of water can prove to be mightier than a stone, so
can our grit defeat the adversities of life. The power does not lie with
the stone or the water, it is in the continuous falling of the water.
BY Annanya Siraj 6B
The balance beam
Georja stood at the end of the balance beam. All her focus was
on the slim, four inch plank behind her. This was it. The moment
she had been waiting for, since she had started gymnastics. As
she swung her arms backwards and launched into her back
handspring, she remembered years ago, when she was learning
how to do a forward roll, her first competition, all her injuries and
all her medals. After all she had been through, this was the big-
gest meet of her life! Georja pushed off the beam into back lay-
out full twist, beaming as she stuck her landing. After doing some
jazzy dance moves, she launched into her final tumble sequence
and WHOOSH! She landed her dismount fairly solidly, and held
her breath as she waited for her score. 14.7! Georja had done it.
She was European champion, all because of her awesomely
stunning beam.
By Eleftheria Sermpeti 5A
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Writing the introduction
TopicIt should be compulsory for children to wear
seat belts in cars.
BYElyes Mrabet 3C
The car is a wonderful invention, surely we all agree?
The young generation is the future of the world, is it
not true? Both are linked, by a rope, or shall I say, a
seta belt. We would do anything to prevent children
from harm, right? If a truck collides with your tinny
car, it would cause serious damage, no silly, not to
your wallet, it would cause serious damage to your
child if he is not belted in. So do you not agree that
wearing seat belts in cars should be compulsory.
ByKaiyan Wadhwani 3A
Children should always wear seat belts, particularly
babies because the few children who have lazy par-
ents, who dont tell them to wear seat belts have a
48% chance of dying if there is a car accident. Re-
member it is for the childrens lives, that it is neces-
sary they wear seat belts at all times, when in a mov-
ing car. Wouldnt you agree with me?
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Debates
LEAD PARAGRAPH
Safety
As we all know safety is a very important issue or are we just
foolish or blind? What is safety? Well, safety is an important thing
for everyone and everything. Not earing seat belts causes a lot
of safety issues. That issue is crashing, falling out of one of the
most common killing machine also known as a car. To prevent
such a situation, and in order to stay safe we must wear seat
belts.
ByRalph Sheehan 3B
CONCLUSION
Please consider checking that your child always has his or
her seat belt on during a car ride. There will be numerous
consequences if your child is not wearing a seat belt. I hope
that this debate has made you realize how important wear-
ing a seat belt is, you must be convinced that a seat belt
will provide you with safety, and will prevent the driver from
getting distracted.
ByMay McAuley 4F
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By Ayaan Sharif 5f
DISCUSSIONS
Athletes should get salary based on their
I think it is not ethical to determine an athlete's salary based on how well
they are predicted to perform. First of all, the athlete might be amazing
during training but get nervous and fail in the competition . Also because if
the athlete is already guaranteed a lot of money, he might not try his
hardest in the race. Finally, it is not ethical because the athlete could have
also been thought to come first in that race but was unwell and does not
participate. Nonetheless, he had already gotten his salary. Given all these
reasons, I strongly believe it is not ethical to determine an athletes salary
based on how well they are thought to do.
Athletes should get salary based on their performance
Yes rewards should be linked to performance
however if the athlete shows disappointing
performance there will be less rewards. Measuring
performance properly is crucial while it is easy for
individual sport, how do you fairly measure the
contribution of a footballer for example? Sometimes
all the players are very good but the club
underperforms because of bad coaching.
ByVictor Ghose 5A
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Would you want to know the various likelihoods in
your future?
Yes, i would like to know the various likelihoods of my
future because i would know how my life is going to be ,
so i could stop anything bad happening. For example, if i
was going to badly injure myself i would be able to see it
and maybe prevent it from happening. Knowing what is
coming in the future, takes a lot of stress and worry out
of life and allows you to enjoy it. For example, if you
know that you are going to live to 100, you wouldnt
worry about healthy eating and staying safe because
there would be no need. Also, it would be useful if i
wanted to see what the weather was like the next day!
BYOlivia Sell 5F
Would you want to know the various likelihoods in
your future
I would not want to know if I have children the future, or if I succeed in my
career, or if I live past sixty. Knowing this could make you miserable for the
rest of your life, because if I found out if I will live less than sixty years I
would be very scared. Also if I found out I would have children it would
spoil the surprise, or if I found out that I do not have children it may make
me miserable for the rest of my life. Also knowing if I failed in my career
may mean that I would be depressed or I might not try. However, if I was
told that I would fail in my career it would make me really determined to try
hard and prove the person wrong. Overall, knowing all of these future
events would make me scared and worried or would make me
disappointed. Therefore, I would rather not know and instead I would want
to keep my life a surprise.
ByOmar El Touky 5G
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SHORT STORIES -Welcome Home
Today was the last day of school! For me, at least because I was moving
from Detroit to New York City. I was rather sad because when you think
of New York, you think of Times Square and lights and Im moving near
the Hudson in a darker part of city. Apparently my school is near a
prison! The next day, I arrived at my new house, it was not bad even
without furniture.
Out of all the treatments Mum put me in, this one was the hardest to fit in,
everybody there was years older than me and all of them fought. Every-
day I used to plot against the guards; I used to befriend them and try to
escape when they were on break but they always caught me. One night,
the Superintendent came to visit the facility and the guards were distract-
ed and so many of us escaped without the guards knowing.
; the Earth left behind...seven months until my next chapter No more,
no less

A little while later, Dad and I were playing football when we got alarmed
by the sound of a loud THUD! It was our moving van, it had tipped over.
We went to see the driver, he had blood dripping from his mouth! Then I hid in my parents attic until one day the guards came and looked in eve-
the local authorities came, checked the security cameras and there was ry part of the house (except for the attic) so I was safe. I ate when Mum
nothing to be seen. My Dad was perplexed. Then dawn struck, we all and Dad left for work. I knew I could live there for a little more time. So
went to eat dinner while discussing what happened to the truck. After here I am, writing this while I am sitting in the creaky attic.
that, I went off to sleep. Dont tell anyone though, you wouldnt want to know the consequences.
When midnight struck, I felt hungry and went downstairs to eat the pizza
leftovers from dinner. Just then I saw blood marks on the wall, even By KABIR JOSHI 4G
though at dinner time it was all white! I went to tell my Mum and Dad but
they were in deep sleep, so I just slept off. The next day I told them but
they said it was ketchup. Mum said we had to buy a uniform which was
surprisingly orange. For some reason, it looked like an inmates uniform.
The very next day, it was the first day of school! I was nervous, excited
and scared. I was scared because Mum said We might not see you for
sometime. I knew she was being ridiculous. So Mum dropped me off at
the school named Sing Sing Correctional Facility. I was assuming it
was a musical school.
But when I went in, some guards locked me in a cell and I was being
treated like I was in prison!. The guards never let me leave. Did you
know that my old school was a psychiatric treatment facility?
I didnt mean to kill my brother or murder the moving van man or kill the
cleaner in our house. The Superintendent of our facility said I would be
sent to school in a couple of years, after I learn how to control my anger.
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A Marathon To The Future!
The preparations were complete; the rocket was fueled; the last security
check (and there had been plenty) had now been finished. Fastened into
my plush, leather seat, nervousness hit me; the reality of what I was
about to do gripped hold of me and wasnt letting go... In a few short
minutes, I would be leaving Earth, probably never to return. My new
home - the Red Planet: Mars - patiently waiting to welcome me.
Glancing out of the transparent window, I thought about all of the things I
would be leaving behind. My parents - waiting in the holding room twenty
metres away, but which felt more like twenty thousand miles...the image
of my beloved mother; waterfalls of tears meandering rapidly down her
pale white cheeks, while my eyes glistened like mist. Would I ever see
them again? Probably not.
To distract myself from this melancholic thought, I focused again on what
it would be like there. I had seen a great multitude of models and videos,
and was convinced this brand new world of the future would be a million
times better than my stale existence here on Earth. Huge malls, theme
parks, parks and rivers, and beautiful apartments all covered by a
massive glass dome. Surely crime would be left behind on Earth; this
miserable planet that was once my home. I closed my eyes; a wave of
ecstasy washing over me, like the artificial sea at the end of the dome.
Glancing out of the window, I watched the Earth become smaller and
smaller as we moved further and further away...buildings now looked like
my little brothers lego set (that I would unfortunately never see again).
Passing through wispy white clouds, I wondered what colour the sky on
Mars would be. Would it be the sapphire blue so close to me now?
Abruptly, we came to the end of the Earths atmosphere. Flames licked
the side of our rocket, while a soft hissing noise was reminiscent to a
snake. Then nothing. Black; pitch black; like coal for a fire. This vast blan-
ket of blackness would be my loyal companion for the rest of the journey
(seven long months...a marathon).
From a small screen on one of the magnolia white walls, images of our
new home were displayed along with some relaxing music. I was trans-
fixed by images of robots completing a new skyscraper, while a train
seemed to move around without rails. A world of the future; the Earth left
behind...seven months until my next chapter No more, no less
By ...ZAHRA VAKIL 6G

With a jolt, the engines roared into life. This was it. A marathon journey
to my dream world. From an innocuous speaker on the wall, a robotic
voice began the countdown: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...my heart was
pounding like an African drum, five, four, three...beads of perspiration
trickling down from my forehead; two, one. I held my breath as the
engines screamed (I imagined flames like dragons). Then upwards we
moved, slowly at first, then faster and faster.
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PoetrySome excerpts
Elements of Egypt
The Nile: Water
Restless, rugged
Gushing, pushing
Luxuriously sprawling,
Absorbing the animals wrawling
All day, every day
The Pyramids: Earth
Tall and towering
Sturdy, solid, strong
Full of stories
Residing within are glories
All day, every day
In the country side of paradise
Waking up grassy hills with trees and sky
all in the heads of the countryside folk.
Gnarled fingers of the trees
beckoning me closer.
On the field they dance
the morris dance I remember
the countryside of paradise,
thats what I will remember.
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Distant now, but close to me
Through the lens of my memory I see
emerging buds of fragile flowers
in fields surrounding tall church towers.
A carpet of dazzling blossoms look up,
bold daffodils and the shy buttercup.
Spring has come to English places,
bringing warmth to familiar faces.
Distant now, but close to me.
Through the lens of my memory I see
warm beach days filled with endless wonder,
BYSalma Reda 6G picnics abandoned, sound of incoming thunder.
Rolling down hills to pass the time,
ice creams, cream teas, chilled glasses of wine.
Summer has come to English shores,
tempting families to venture outdoors.
Distant now, but close to me.
Through the lens of my memory I see
leaves falling off trees, naked and cold,
A blanket of warm colours, woods standing bold.
Evening now darker, shadows drawing in,
bonfires light the way for winter to begin.
Autumn has come to English skies
By - Katie Park 6B A last blaze of warmth enjoyed as it dies.
Distant now, but close to me.
BYImogen O Connor 6A