Winston Welcomes Paolozzi Hermes
I was delighted to accept the opportunity offered by Art UK to have a sculpture from the Ingram collection in school for a day. Ms Shaw, Head of Art, selected a piece, that complemented the work being developed by our Year 10 GCSE students, Hermes.
'Hermes'
Our students had the opportunity to work under the guidance of Stuart Simler, an artist experienced in working with schools.
The students were encouraged to analyse the sculpture and how Paolozzi adapts the human form to his own style. There were then a number of warm up drawing exercises, with the aim of improving observational drawing. The opportunity to work with a professional artist, brought a fresh perspective to the work of our students and Stuart related to each of the groups that were given the chance to develop their skills.
Celebrating Hard Work and Commitment
On Thursday the Maths Department wanted to celebrate the hard work that so many students had been putting in to their work since the start of term. Every teacher of a Year 11 class was asked to give the names of students who were already going above and beyond to ensure that they have fantastic results in their GCSE examination. Fifty students had their names put forward and they were all invited to the Churchill Suite to have some cake and have their hard work recognised by the Maths Department.
