Matilda - A Sneak Peak
In May, students in the Drama department started work on a new unique challenge. They set out to put together a musical that could be supported by the students in a nearby primary school as part of a bigger collaboration project. As the idea took shape, they set out rehearsing and blocking one of the most popular modern musicals: Matilda.
The show itself presents a unique challenge for students at Key Stage 3 and 4. The melodies are complex and multi-layered, the dances are quick and complicated, the music runs fast, and the lighting design demands endless cue programming in the Performance Space. I cannot tell you how astonished I have been of the monumental efforts of our students. They have risen to the challenge and found their stride from the very first rehearsal. By making use of the exceptional technology in the Performance Space, students have been able to start as they mean to go on and run each number as though it was the final night.
Students have dedicated hours of rehearsal time to painstakingly arranging each song, dance and scene and we have included a sneak peak from an early rehearsal.
The performance itself will run for a single evening on Wednesday 26th June. Tickets will be available in June.
Todd Harrington-Tucker
Head of Drama
Directions in German
German lesson my year 8 class drew a map of their own town and named lots of sights/buildings. The task was to then create a tour guide "Stadtführer" to tell tourists of their town how to get to those different sights or destinations. The students enjoyed this creative task and needed to give directions in German using the correct grammar for one or two people or even the formal "Sie".
Mrs Lewis
