Arts Challenge Update: Year 7 Focus
Usually at this time of year in the arts faculty we would be finishing off end of year assessments; moderating the high quality GCSE and A-level art work and finalising...
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Usually at this time of year in the arts faculty we would be finishing off end of year assessments; moderating the high quality GCSE and A-level art work and finalising...
Posted by Greg Knowles
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Posted by Stephanie Knowles
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Posted by Lynn Court
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
We have recorded a new high score for the number of reward points issued in a week with a total of 2006 issued to students in the past week. This is a testament to the efforts the...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
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Posted by Lynn Court
Usually at this time of year in the arts faculty we would be finishing off end of year assessments; moderating the high quality GCSE and A-level art work and finalising preparations for our end of year performances. This time of year is always a time for celebration in the arts providing us with the opportunity to congratulate our many talented and incredibly hard working students for the work throughout the year. With just a few weeks to go before the end of this very strange school year it seems the perfect opportunity to focus on the success of our student leaders’ art challenge which you may have read about earlier this term.
Our Arts faculty student leaders have set a range of tasks for the school body to complete. These cover all the arts subjects. tasks included such ideas as creating a piece of artwork that reflects the current times; writing drama pieces based around characters suggested by our student leaders; photography during lockdown; reflective music compositions; and so on. Students were able to choose which tasks they wanted to complete this term. We have received dozens of superb entries from across the school. However, here I would like to focus on year 7.
This year group are already showing wonderful potential for the years ahead with some highly imaginative entries. Our student leaders have picked out some of their favourites to share with you here.
Social Sciences ran a year 7 enrichment day. Lily Fields in 7 Ash tells us about her day. What an amazing day this was for all Year 7s! It helped us explore various choices of...
On Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th July, the year 10 GCSE Art classes took on their first ever art PPE. This was a huge challenge as we have all gone back to their original project of...