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addition this year of film work to complement the sculpture,
painting, drawing, textiles and photographic work on show.
Congratulations to all the students concerned.
THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Year 8 students at Hitchin Girls’ School have created three
major, collaborative pieces of textile art to mark The
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. These ambitious wall hangings
are the result of an on-going homework based project run
jointly by the Art and History departments.
We wanted our Year 8 students to mark The
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and develop
valuable independent study skills. The Jubilee
Time Capsule - an ambitious on-line time
capsule that gives people across the globe
the chance to create a digital Diamond
Jubilee gift for Her Majesty The Queen –
proved the ideal focus for the project.
Students have researched History from The
Queen’s reign, collected and written stories from their own
and others’ memories and researched a commonwealth
nation. As well as creating individual entries for the on-line
time capsule, they have used further research into historic
and contemporary textiles and art to inspire the making of
their own textile flag to represent a Commonwealth nation.
The final works were put onto the Jubilee Time Capsule as an
entry which has been in the top sixty and will, if chosen by a
panel of judges, be shown to The Queen. Entries were due to
be judged in June, but the deadline has now been extended
until this autumn, so please keep voting for our entry ‘Art for
the Queen’ at http://www.jubileetimecapsule.org.
This project was only possible due to the kind donation of
fabrics by parent Millie Reeves, founder of Quantum
Interiors who can be contacted via www.qidesigners.co.uk.
Ms. S. Wallace, Head of Art.
participation in an interactive programme Year 12 students
will continue to develop transferable skills, knowledge and
understanding for use in full-time education and in the
working world.
On 25 June we were delighted to welcome Peter Thorp from
Studyflex. While Peter worked with the students new ideas
blossomed about how they could develop current and future
job roles. Students also discussed and presented ideas on
how the course might help them adapt to life at university.
Successful completion of the course leads to the Level 3
Award in First Line Management accredited by the CMI,
the UK’s leading awarding body for management
qualifications. Our students are showing real enthusiasm
and commitment which we hope leads to them becoming
members of the CMI Academy.
ENTERPRISE MONTH
As Enterprise month draws to a close, we were pleased the
wind and rain did not deter
our students from setting out
their stalls on Founders’ Day.
This year our young bakers,
aided by parents and carers,
produced a wide selection of
tempting goodies many of
which were linked to a Jubilee
or Olympic theme. Under the
watchful eye of Mrs.
Wheelock pancakes galore
were produced and quickly
BUSINESS STUDIES
The department is working with
Studyflex to deliver a programme of
study that provides an introduction
to management. Through
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