Maid enhill N ew sletter - Maidenhill School
Maid enhill N ew sletter - Maidenhill School Maid enhill N ew sletter - Maidenhill School
6 MAIDENHILL NEWS: WINTER 2011 School Council The School Council has been reformed to create a simpler and more effective system for representation of the student body across all four Learning Communities. Alex Allcock remains the School President and each tutor group has representatives from Key Stage 3 and 4. Students from each Community attend the termly senate meetings with Mrs Halliday and Mrs Wilson. Held at Maidenhill School during half term, Bandit 7 was organised by Kevin Howlett and assisted by professional musicians and music teachers.The young people who attended came from a variety of schools and quickly formed themselves into bands, often with no-one they had previously met. Their remit was to produce a song and music to perform at a gig on the Wednesday evening. For most people this would be a very daunting task but by the end of Monday’s session friendships had been formed and a range of musical genres were evident from the compositions emanating from the rehearsal rooms. By Wednesday everyone was ready for the gig that The Council is currently involved in looking at the rewards system in school and feeding back on Vertical Tutoring. The Council will also work closely with ‘Maidenhill Friends’ for ideas on fund raising. Future plans are to meet with ABM Catering who provide a service to students at break and lunch in the school canteen. Maidenhill has three students on the Stroud District Youth Council - Millie Gardiner, Lydia Stephens and Neil Bond. Millie represents the Housing Portfolio for the Stroud District Youth Council. Bandit 7 October 24th to 26th 2011 was being held at the Stroud Valleys Artspace that evening. In an electric atmosphere each group performed with seemingly no nerves and bags of confidence. The audience were full of admiration for not only their children, but for all of the performers, and they were amazed at what had been achieved in such a short space of time. At the end of the evening, exhausted but exhilarated, many were asking “Can we do this again next year?” Praise indeed for both the staff and the young people!! Thanks to Kev and his team and I look forward to being part of it next year. John West (Governor) Goodwill Fest Poster Competition M aidenhill students were invited to take part in Stroud Life’s Goodwill Fest poster competition. India Danter 7RES came 2nd in her age category winning £25. Josh Jones 10RES became the overall winner of the competition, winning £50 and an opportunity to help switch on the Christmas lights in Stonehouse. Arts Award At Maidenhill School, we offer the Arts Award qualification, which is accredited by Trinity Guildhall and open to all students at three levels: Bronze-equivalent to working at GCSE D – G level. Silver-equivalent to working at GCSE A* - C level Gold-equivalent to working at AS Level and carries UCAS points We have around 20 students currently taking the course at Silver with over a fifth of the school now holding an Arts Award. The whole of Year 7 will be doing the Bronze, both in and out of lessons, from January 2012. The best thing about the Arts Award is that you can be any age (between 11 and 25) and be working towards any level – we have an exceptional Year 8 student, Abigail Jones, who has already completed her Bronze and Silver awards and is now starting on her Gold level! If you would like to complete the Bronze Award, you should see Ms. Machers, who will be able to discuss, in more depth, what is involved. You can also check out the Arts Award website www.artsaward.uk.org which will provide ideas and resources.
MAIDENHILL NEWS: WINTER 2011 Fairgame Theatre in partnership with Maidenhill Fairgame Theatre has become Theatre in Residence at Maidenhill after a long partnership. They moved into an office in the school in July this year and have already been doing some exciting collaborative work. Recently drama workshops have taken place with young people in the school, culminating in a presentation of their work to an appreciative audience before the performance of their national rural touring show, ‘Arabian Nights.’ If you didn’t manage to see it, it is on at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud between the 21st and 24th December 2011. SCHOOL PRODUCTION 2012 This year Maidenhill’s school production is ‘U Gotta Have Cool’. The script and songs have been written by Phil Harris, who teaches guitar at the school. It is an original production, set in Stonehouse and it will be performed for the first time across three evenings in March 2012, with matinees for local primary schools. ‘U Gotta Have Cool’ will feature a cast of different age groups, from years 7 to 11, and as always a professional band will accompany the production. The dances will be choreographed by Megan Hobson in Year 9. Nature in Art Year 7 students took an educational trip to ‘Nature in Art’ in Twigworth, Gloucester during September. They studied the large collection of animal and wildlife art and artefacts. They met wildlife artists and took part in some ‘hands on’ workshops. The trip was to explore how we describe and respond to our world through writing and drawing and for the students to enjoy learning and have fun with their new classmates in and out of a school setting. Mrs R. Finch “I enjoyed looking around the art gallery and the sculpture garden” Thomas Deane 7HDW “I learnt about the different tools used in wood sculpturing” Oliver Ayre 7HDW “I made two new friends, Millie and Leah” Gabbi Cook 7HRF “I enjoyed meeting the wood sculptor Robert. He made amazing sculptures” Talia Webster 7HDK St John Ambulance St John Ambulance supported nearly 300 Maidenhill students in passing their Young First Aider award last Summer. Their certificates were presented during Learning Community assemblies this term. One of our Year 8 students , Lamorran Trevenna, is a member of St John Ambulance and assisted in the assemblies and in local media coverage. Maidenhill students raised nearly £600 for the charity through events including a non-uniform day. We are very appreciative of the work of St John Ambulance in school. 7
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MAIDENHILL NEWS: WINTER 2011<br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
Council<br />
The <strong>School</strong> Council has been<br />
reformed to create a simpler<br />
and more effective system for<br />
representation of the student body<br />
across all four Learning Communities.<br />
Alex Allcock remains the <strong>School</strong><br />
President and each tutor group has<br />
representatives from Key Stage 3 and<br />
4. Students from each Community<br />
attend the termly senate meetings<br />
with Mrs Halliday and Mrs Wilson.<br />
Held at <strong>Maid</strong><strong>enhill</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
during half term, Bandit 7 was<br />
organised by Kevin Howlett and<br />
assisted by professional musicians<br />
and music teachers.The young<br />
people who attended came from a<br />
variety of schools and quickly formed<br />
themselves into bands, often with<br />
no-one they had previously met.<br />
Their remit was to produce a song<br />
and music to perform at a gig on the<br />
Wednesday evening.<br />
For most people this would be a<br />
very daunting task but by the end<br />
of Monday’s session friendships<br />
had been formed and a range of<br />
musical genres were evident from<br />
the compositions emanating from<br />
the rehearsal rooms. By Wednesday<br />
everyone was ready for the gig that<br />
The Council is currently involved<br />
in looking at the r<strong>ew</strong>ards system in<br />
school and feeding back on Vertical<br />
Tutoring.<br />
The Council will also work closely<br />
with ‘<strong>Maid</strong><strong>enhill</strong> Friends’ for ideas on<br />
fund raising. Future plans are to meet<br />
with ABM Catering who provide<br />
a service to students at break and<br />
lunch in the school canteen.<br />
<strong>Maid</strong><strong>enhill</strong> has three students on the<br />
Stroud District Youth Council - Millie<br />
Gardiner, Lydia Stephens and Neil<br />
Bond. Millie represents the Housing<br />
Portfolio for the Stroud District<br />
Youth Council.<br />
Bandit 7<br />
October 24th to 26th 2011<br />
was being held at the Stroud Valleys<br />
Artspace that evening.<br />
In an electric atmosphere each<br />
group performed with seemingly no<br />
nerves and bags of confidence.<br />
The audience were full of admiration<br />
for not only their children, but for<br />
all of the performers, and they were<br />
amazed at what had been achieved<br />
in such a short space of time. At the<br />
end of the evening, exhausted but<br />
exhilarated, many were asking “Can<br />
we do this again next year?” Praise<br />
indeed for both the staff and the<br />
young people!!<br />
Thanks to Kev and his team and I<br />
look forward to being part of it<br />
next year.<br />
John West (Governor)<br />
Goodwill Fest<br />
Poster Competition<br />
M aid<strong>enhill</strong><br />
students<br />
were invited<br />
to take part in<br />
Stroud Life’s<br />
Goodwill<br />
Fest poster<br />
competition.<br />
India Danter 7RES came 2nd in<br />
her age category winning £25. Josh<br />
Jones 10RES became the overall<br />
winner of the competition, winning<br />
£50 and an opportunity to help<br />
switch on the Christmas lights in<br />
Stonehouse.<br />
Arts Award<br />
At <strong>Maid</strong><strong>enhill</strong> <strong>School</strong>, we offer the<br />
Arts Award qualification, which is<br />
accredited by Trinity Guildhall and open<br />
to all students at three levels:<br />
Bronze-equivalent to working at GCSE<br />
D – G level.<br />
Silver-equivalent to working at GCSE<br />
A* - C level<br />
Gold-equivalent to working at AS Level<br />
and carries UCAS points<br />
We have around 20 students currently<br />
taking the course at Silver with over<br />
a fifth of the school now holding an<br />
Arts Award. The whole of Year 7 will<br />
be doing the Bronze, both in and out<br />
of lessons, from January 2012. The<br />
best thing about the Arts Award is<br />
that you can be any age (between 11<br />
and 25) and be working towards any<br />
level – we have an exceptional Year 8<br />
student, Abigail Jones, who has already<br />
completed her Bronze and Silver<br />
awards and is now starting on her Gold<br />
level!<br />
If you would like to complete the<br />
Bronze Award, you should see<br />
Ms. Machers, who will be able to discuss,<br />
in more depth, what is involved. You<br />
can also check out the Arts Award<br />
website www.artsaward.uk.org which<br />
will provide ideas and resources.
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