· The students finish for half-term at 3pm on Friday 13th February and return at 8.40am on Monday 23rd February.

· Students in Year 10 should, by now, have arranged their work experience placements which begin on Monday 23rd April. Any students who do not yet have placements must see Mrs Leyland as soon as possible.

· The students finish for Easter at 3pm on Friday 3rd April and return at 8.40am on Tuesday 21st April.

· Prior notice is given that the 6th Form Leavers’ Ball will take place on Friday 15th May at the Marriott Hotel. All staff and Year 13 students are invited to attend.

 

Over seventy of our music, dance and drama students from all years provided a colourful and culturally diverse entertainment for delegates from across the country at the SSAT (Specialist Schools and Academies Trust) Arts Conference held at the BT Convention Centre on Tuesday 27 January.

             At the morning registration, delegates were met by our three huge multi-cultural puppets, a dancing thirty-five metre Chinese Dragon, African drummers and Samba musicians and dancers, performing in the foyer. ‘Living’ statues (our very controlled drama students!) greeted guests at the end of the escalators as they went for coffee.

             In the main reception area, as delegates made their way into the main auditorium, our students created a fantastic display of Balinese Gamelan music, Indonesian dance, majorette and freestyle dance skills.

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