The Year 10 Geography class had a day looking at Urban Environments. After a train trip from Birchington (which seemed tiring enough for some) we first visited the sights, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, No.10, Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. From here it was on to Covent Garden for a look at the market and the influence of other cultures, plenty of food for sale from all over the World! Then it was on to Leicester Square and finally China Town where some local delicacies were tested! This gave students a flavour of the variety of experiences London has to offer as well as a look at different cultural influences. The students were brilliant and even the staff had a good time!
Written by Molly, Beth, Nicola, Ellie & Jess from 8JR
All our rehearsals definitely paid off!
On the 22nd of December, we broke up for the Christmas term with scripts in our hands and determinations in our minds .we were ready. None of us could foresee how much work and effort would be put into the ‘Mini Dream’ a short extract from A midsummer night’s dream by Shakespeare.
Christmas brought a brief break for our group to learn and go through the script. Our first rehearsal showed us what we had achieved so far and with the help of Miss Spenner, we knew what was needed to improve and build on our performance– making it the best one yet!
A month till the show and we now focused on our staging and characterisation. As soon as we found out we were up against a stage school we strived to hold our title, from previous years.
Days before the show and we were ready. Our performance hit a blow when a key cast member unfortunately was taken ill. We were left with no choice but to drop out until thankfully a another talented pupil stepped in. we were all amazed at how fast Kallum Myhill learnt his lines to step in as the part of Lysander.
On the stage nobody let nerves get the better of them and we gave the best performance we had ever performed despite intimidating judges and spectators.
Our rehearsals definitely paid off when we were given 88 marks and awarded distinction! We would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents and guardians that supported us by attending the festival and helping with props.
A second achievement came when we were awarded best improvisation piece, we were only given 10 minutes to prepare a piece titled ‘Desperate’. Overall we gave a humorous and confident piece of drama that we were proud of.
The whole experience was extremely rewarding and satisfying – BRINGONNEXTYEAR!!!
‘Reading is fun and should be enjoyed by all’ is the mantra at King Ethelbert School and this was never more evident than during the reading week taking place at the school last week. The theme was Stories from Around the World and all students and staff participated in the numerous activities taking place throughout the event.
Each school building was designated a world continent and books and authors from the continent were displayed throughout the areas. Students enjoyed many different reading focussed activities in all their lessons and there were fun sessions at lunchtime and after school. The first competition of the week was held on Monday with a cake competition celebrating stores from around the world. The student winners were Georgina Anderson and Zoe Humphries and the staff winner was Miss Young. Year 10 students Gaby George and Sophie Learmont ran an Anime workshop at lunchtimes which was hugely popular with students and there were also African dance lessons and the Pin the Tale on the Country competition. Perhaps the highlight of the week was the dressing up day on Friday. Students dressed as their favourite characters out of books they knew and the staff did the same with the English teachers dressing up as Pocahontas and Helen of Troy. The winners of the student competition were Toby Handford (Legolas – Lord of the Rings) and Sophie Learmont (Ace of Hearts – Alice in Wonderland).
The whole event was coordinated from the Learning Resource Centre by Pat Godden, the LRC Manager. She said ‘the idea of reading week is to bring books off the page and get everyone to enjoy reading.’ Kate Greig, Headteacher said, ‘the students really enjoyed the whole week. Reading is so essential for success and we place a huge emphasis on it at King Ethelbert. If we can make reading fun students will want to read and we are all winners.’
On the 28th of January year 8 students took part in a workshop with Emma from Zoolab. Zoolab over many years, has successfully delivered imaginative animal handling workshops to children all across the UK .
The workshop we attended taught us about the classification of different types of animals. There were hands on experiences with snails, cockroaches and millipede.
The workshop also helped some of the students to overcome their fears and phobias of snakes and spiders.
Our science teacher Miss Rebera really wanted us to gain two things from Zoolab, “I wanted you all to realise that science is something that you encounter and use every day by providing you all with information about exactly how scientists group. I also wanted to provide you all with hands on experience of animal classification and ultimately have fun doing science!”
10y3 Citizenship class invited Sir Roger Gale MP to watch its dodgeball match and dance workshop they organised on 20th January.
The project was to promote sport and a healthy lifestyle to the younger students. There was a great turn out with over 50 Year 7 and 8 students giving up their lunchtime to play dodgeball or dance. Mr Gale then spent time with 10y3 in their lesson talking to them about the work he does and the importance of working as a team to achieve results.
I am really proud of what the students were able to organise and put together, they should be congratulated on a very successful project which contributes to their final citizenship controlled assessment.
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