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