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This weekend A blizzard of record-breaking proportions has buried the east coast of America in thick snow, bringing a vast region to a standstill and leaving thousands without power.

The monster storm, dubbed ‘Snowmageddon’ by US President Obama, saw nearly a metre of the white stuff dumped on Maryland – with trees and power lines toppling under the weight.

Accompanying the snow was the wind, gusting at almost 60mph as the storm passed over eastern Indiana across into Pennsylvania and then down through Maryland as far south as North Carolina.

Two people are reported to have died in accidents on the treacherous roads while snow ploughs battled to keep emergency routes clear.

Do you think this is Global Warming? or just random Events? Have your say…

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Packed into this weeks show we have our very comedy duo, Tom Long and Sam Humphreys, another heated ‘Juke Box Jury’ with Alex, Lewis, Nathan and Mathew, Will Oakley’s fantastic games review and a competition, brought to you by Martin Bunce, to win a biography of Big Brother winner Craig Phillips! Also squeezed into the show is a hilarious ’60 seconds with Tom Long’, the news with Alex Baker and Lewis Chapman’s sports section with Mr Downey.

Every Friday, you will be able to listen to the show in the canteen at lunch and it will also be available to download here (102mb Download) on the VLE. This means you can listen to the show anytime you like on your mobile phone, i-Pod or computer. 

For further information, song requests or if you want to be featured on the show then check out the brand new ‘Holmesdale Radio’ page. You can find it located at the bottom of the menu, on the left side of the Holmesdale VLE.

Every week HTC Radio will be giving away a special prize to a lucky winner. If you can answer the question below correctly, then you have a chance of winning a big tin of Celebrations…  

What famous city is the big brother winner Craig Phillips from?

a. Manchester

b. Liverpool

c. Snodland

Send your answers to SchoolRadio@holmesdale.kent.sch.uk. Remember to leave your contact details. Competition closes on Tuesday 11th February 2010. The winner will be announced on next weeks show on Wednesday 10^th February 2010.

To add to the excitement of the Adventures of E-Boy and F-Man 2 preview last Friday, Eco Boy made an electrifying live appearance. Laughter, thrills and applaud filled the room.  

Thank you to all who attended. The entire, uncut version is now available at the Unit Radio website.

Listen out for the hilarious alternate ending.

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This weeks show is a little longer than usual and we have crammed in as much music, interviews and gossip as we possibly could! Well done to the HTC Radio Crew for all their hard work and efforts. On this weeks show we have first time hosts, Thomas Paul and Sean Copeland, a heated ‘Juke Box Jury’ with Alex, Lewis, Nathan and Mathew, Will Oakley’s interview with the sixth formers, a gaming section with Danny and a competition to win a huge box of Celebrations! Also squeezed into the show is a hilarious ’60 seconds with Mr Craig’ (the radio boss!!) and Lewis Chapman’s sports section with Mr Downey and the ‘super sub’!

Every Friday, you will be able to listen to the show in the canteen at lunch and it will also be available to download (66mb Download) here on the VLE. This means you can listen to the show anytime you like on your mobile phone, i-Pod or computer. 

For further information, song requests or if you want to be featured on the show then check out the brand new ‘Holmesdale Radio’ page. You can find it located at the bottom of the menu, on the left side of the Holmesdale VLE.

£20 worth of HMV vouchers to be won!!

We need your help in designing a CD cover for the Holmesdale School Choir

How to Enter: just hand in your CD design by Friday 26^th February to Mr Earl or Mrs Young in HG1

Every week HTC Radio will be giving away a special prize to a lucky winner. If you can answer the question below correctly, then you have a chance of winning a big tin of Celebrations…  

In a box of Celebrations what chocolate is coconut flavoured? 

1. Mars
2. Bounty
3. Maltesers

 Send your answers to SchoolRadio@holmesdale.kent.sch.uk. Remember to leave your contact details. Competition closes on Tuesday 2^nd February 2010. The winner will be announced on next weeks show on Friday 5^th February 2010.

Year 9 students at Holmesdale Technology College will be given advice and guidance on applying to university today (Friday) as the Aimhigher roadshow – the largest of its kind in Europe – continues its tour of England.

Aimhigher is a national Government-funded campaign designed to encourage more young people to consider higher education. It involves mentoring, summer schools, open days and visits to universities.

The roadshow uses the latest technology, such as DVDs, plasma screens, laptops and interactive voting systems to get its message across and make learning about university a fun experience.

The presenter on board the bus is a recent graduate so can tell you from first hand experience what univeristy life is really like.

We’re sorry to have to stop access to YouTube and other media and music sites at both Holmesdale and Malling.

YouTube is a great educational resource but your teachers are concerned that it is not being used properly in lesson times. For the past year we have opened up media services like YouTube, Iplayer and others because we believed that you could make good use of them in lessons to help with your learning. Many teachers have complained that students are using YouTube or playing with music sites when they should have been working. The technicians have also been monitoring the use of the networks and believe that YouTube is slowing down computer resources for everyone. They also believe that YouTube may be responsible for using up laptop batteries.

Mr Hollingsbee, Federation Director of Teaching and Learning, took the decision to close down YouTube today. “It was a very hard decision,” he explained. “Lots of students benefit from YouTube in order to find out things, watch tutorials and use video in their own work. Unfortunately, a lot of students waste their time on YouTube in lessons when they should be learning. I’m currently doing assemblies in both schools and have stressed that students have rights to use internet resources but they have responsibilities to use them sensibly. YouTube isn’t being used sensibly.”

It is unlikely YouTube will be allowed in school for the rest of the academic year. Teachers will continue to have access to YouTube and will be able to show videos to classes. Video sites that stream educational videos, like TeacherTube, will be available to students. HTC Radio, Unit Radio and school podcasts will still be available to listen to as usual.

Former Holmesdale student, Josie Kenyon, is currently pursuing her career in art on the other side of the Atlantic. After school Josie studied art at Mid Kent College before going on to the U-Creative Art College to do a foundation degree in art and design. She then progressed on to a full degree course in manufacture and design in art.
Keen on design related to furniture and objects of purpose when still at Holmesdale, Josie designed a special rack for working on a motor bike. Her inspiration came from watching friends and family repairing their bikes.
As part of her undergraduate training, for the next 6 months Josie will be enjoying an exciting and inspirational course in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Following that, in the Autumn term she has the chance to go to Poland. Holmesdale staff and students would like to wish Josie good luck in all of these amazing ventures.

The Eco School Energy Team would like everyone to remember to turn off the lights whenever we leave a room. Enter the competition and you could win A WIND-UP RADIO

How to enter:

• Design an A5 sign to remind people to turn off the lights when they leave a room 
• Email or deliver your entry to Mrs Harper (T18) by 26^th February 2010

(Enter as many times as you like)

THE WINNING ENTRY WILL BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY ROOM

Every week HTC Radio will be giving away a special prize to a lucky winner. If you can answer the question below correctly, then you have a chance of winning a big tin of Cadbury’s Roses…  

Where is Cadbury’s World?

1. Birmingham
2. Chatham
3. Bognor Regis

Send your answers to Michael.craig@holmesdale.kent.sch.uk. Remember to leave your contact details. Competition closes on Tuesday 26^th January 2010. The winner will be announced on next weeks show on Friday 29^th January 2010.

The ICT team have very cleverly built their own version of a Smart Table, and it is being trialled in the Library at Holmesdale. Every couple of days the table has been showing a different programme for you to try out. We have already looked at Google Earth as you can see from this photo, and a 3D image maker. Come and have a look at it at breaktimes and lunchtimes to find out what we are showing off next!

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Here at HTC Radio, the crew is forever growing and we welcome our new reporters and crew members. Sean Copeland, Tom Paul, Martin Bunce and Matthew Boxall have all joined the crew this term and the show seems to be going from strength to strength.

Brand new for this weeks show is Holmesdales very own ‘Jukebox Jury’ hosted by Nathan Hill and Matthew Boxall. Packed into the show is an interview with English teacher Miss Simpson, ’60 seconds with’ our very own Sam Humphreys, a new games preview from Danny Luckhurst, the sports news with Lewis Chapman and Mr Downey and a competition to win a big tin of Cadbury’s Roses. 

Every Friday, you will be able to listen to the show in the canteen at lunch and it will also be available to download here (42mb Download) on the VLE. This means you can listen to the show anytime you like on your mobile phone, i-Pod or computer. 

For further information, song requests or if you want to be featured on the show then check out the brand new ‘Holmesdale Radio’ page. You can find it located at the bottom of the menu, on the left side of the Holmesdale VLE.

A group of Year 9 and 10 students from Holmesdale took part yesterday in Aqua Splash at Larkfield Leisure Centre. The students were in charge of scoring and time keeping primary school swimming events. They then had to help run different team activities such as using a big float to get across the pool (crossing the river) and aqua running. There were taster sessions for life saving, synchronised swimming, aqua fit and water polo which all the students helped to run. Miss Mogan accompanied the students and was very pleased and proud of their hard work and exemplary behaviour. “They were fantastic!!” she said.