Connect_Issue 14_April 2023
News from Mulberry Schools Trust
News from Mulberry Schools Trust
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NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOLS<br />
Sylvia musical hit<br />
with students<br />
On Wednesday 1st March, our Year 9<br />
students went to the Old Vic Theatre to<br />
see the hip-hop inspired musical Sylvia.<br />
The musical was highly exuberant, featured<br />
phenomenal singing and was packed full of information<br />
about the life of Sylvia Pankhurst – why she became an<br />
activist and her relationship with the suffragettes.<br />
The students brought a really positive energy to<br />
the audience<br />
and represented<br />
Mulberry<br />
professionally at<br />
their first trip to the<br />
theatre. One student<br />
who was asked to<br />
name her favourite<br />
moment said: “I<br />
loved all of it, from<br />
start to finish!”<br />
Students enjoy the rich<br />
culture of Venice<br />
On Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th<br />
February, a group of A Level English<br />
students enjoyed a three-day residential<br />
trip to the beautiful city of Venice.<br />
During their visit, the students had the opportunity<br />
to explore the city’s rich history and unique culture.<br />
One of the highlights of the trip was visiting the<br />
Doge’s Palace, where the students were able to learn<br />
about the city’s political history and the role the<br />
palace played in the past. They also had the chance<br />
to explore the city’s famous canals, bridges and<br />
buildings, which brought their current A Level reading<br />
to life.<br />
The trip was a fantastic opportunity for the students<br />
to experience a new culture and immerse themselves<br />
in the city’s unique atmosphere, which they will bring<br />
back to their English A level coursework and exams.<br />
Celebrating UN Mother Language Day<br />
Students win at the Old Bailey<br />
On Wednesday 8th March, a team of<br />
Sixth Form students competed in the<br />
Sheriffs’ Challenge <strong>2023</strong> debating<br />
competition at the Old Bailey, discussing<br />
the topic ‘Post-Covid, the City will<br />
change beyond all recognition’. The<br />
students had an incredible evening and<br />
were awarded the title of overall winners!<br />
On Tuesday 21st February, we celebrated UN<br />
International Mother Languages Day at Mulberry<br />
School for Girls. We created poetry, hosted a<br />
culture fair to fundraise for UNICEF and wore<br />
beautiful clothing from our diverse cultures.<br />
Our students and staff recorded lessons in over<br />
17 languages which was extremely impressive.<br />
They also celebrated with a ‘Mother Tongue, Other Tongue’<br />
competition – a celebration of poetry written in the languages<br />
we speak, or in a language we are learning.<br />
The Sheriffs’ Challenge is an annual competition in<br />
which six Sixth Form students must research, write,<br />
and then present an argument on a topic that is given<br />
to them. The students had to progress successfully<br />
through the heats in order to secure their place in<br />
the final in Court One. They worked incredibly hard,<br />
practising in front of different groups of students at the<br />
school and in Year 10 assembly.<br />
The team researched and reflected on the ways<br />
that Covid-19 has changed the City, including how<br />
flexible working has supported women to maintain<br />
their careers whilst also having children. To win was a<br />
phenomenal achievement and has already opened up<br />
offers for prestigious work experience opportunities.<br />
Well done team Mulberry School for Girls!<br />
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