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16 TriPs and visiTs ICT at Cadbury World On the morning of the 11th december 2014 30 students from Ks3 were lucky enough to get a chance to go to Cadbury world for an educational visit to see how iCT was used to make the chocolate we all love. soon after 900am we departed for Cadbury world where upon arrival we visited the Bournville experience and learnt that both george and richard Cadbury were the founders of Bournville village. we discovered how the Bournville village was first created and even attempted creating and designing our own Cadbury packaging. we also saw a gigantic chocolate Christmas tree although it wasnt made of actual chocolate From the Bournville experience we then made our way to the worlds biggest Cadbury store to make some essential purchases including a selection of unique handmade chocolates. The store also contained chocolate that was exclusive and not for sale in other retail outlets. we then got to the main part of our trip which was the iCT educational lecture about how Cadbury use iCT to produce their famous chocolate. Firstly our lecturer informed us about Cadburys success their progression in the confectionery world and their current owners. we also found out that they were recently bought by Mondelez europe who are owned by Kraft who are a big distributor of confectionery. The use of iCT was extensive especially CadCaM software which is used to make the moulds and also to see how the new chocolate might look. adobe Photoshop was used to design the Cadbury ow wrap which can stretch out to over a mile long and only lasts for 45 minutes in the manufacturing process Our lecturer also explained how other types of software were utilised including Outlook for emails and a technology called rFid radio Frequency identification which uses intelligent bar codes to track items. The quality control process was very impressive and we were informed that if a chocolate bar happened to fall from the production line onto the oor it would immediately be classed as unfit for human consumption and fed to pigs instead. This is because they have a similar digestive system to humans we then experienced the Cadbury world 4d cinema complete with motion seating and a 3d ride on the Crunchie rollercoaster. after lunch we made our way into the Cadbury exhibition and were given lots of free chocolate. The exhibition informed us of the history of chocolate production and we had a demonstration on how chocolate can be produced without the use of machines and technology. Finally we had a tour of the Cadbury factory which was an enjoyable and informative way to end our trip to Cadbury world. Jude Folorunso 8 Nelson. Year 13 English Literature trip to London Tis Pity the play that we are studying as part of the a2 english Literature syllabus is not often performed so you can imagine our surprise and excitement when we learned of our trip to The globe in London to see it Tis Pity is a Jacobean tragedy centred around the forbidden love of annabella and giovanni essentially romeo and Juliet with sex drugs and rock and roll. Bizarrely for a play written in the 17th Century exploring rather abstract themes Tis Pity managed to remain relatable to us one of the most striking ways in which it appealed to the audience was through its use of northern and southern accents to denote social class. The sam wanamaker Playhouse was therefore an ideal venue for such an intimate play the audience were so close to the play that they were part of the action the singers mingled amongst audience the banditti ran around us and one of the characters died so close to an audience member that the prospect of her expensive looking clothes becoming stained with synthetic blood was rather evident from her horrified expression The globes use of candle light and music simply added to the ambiance of the play the snuffing of the candles and the music worked effectively to create the simultaneously tense and hilarious death scene of Bergetto John Fords Boris Johnson. Theatre is a uniquely tangible art formallowing the audience to experience the characters and events in a profoundly intimate way. Unlike the edited and polished Hollywood films to which weve grown so accustomed theatre is an entirely human art form with mistakes and quirks that heighten the sense of realism and make the characters relatable from Hippolita forgetting her line to soranzos blood pack making an almighty spurting noise we were also fortunate enough to have the chance to see Blood swept Lands and seas of red an installation at the Tower of London by the artist Paul Cummins with 888246 poppies one for each dead British or Colonial soldier. The installation is an incredibly moving one as it allows us to make some redeemable sense of the sheer waste of life that occurs in wars and those who were in the remembrance assembly wouldve heard Mr Moodys voice heavy with sorrow as he read... it was Connor Mcgraths quoting of aldous Huxley in the remembrance assembly that perfectly summarised the spirit of the installation and remembrance That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. Undoubtedly though the highlight of the trip was Mr Lawrences unique taste in music Gurdeep Mall