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English T rips a treat At the beginning of November, 190
Meadowhead Y11s went to see
What Blood Brothers at the Winding
Wheel theatre in Chesterfield. The
our students have had venue was a smaller theatre than
this production is usually performed
this term! In October around in which resulted in a very moving
and emotional performance. Even
120 students saw a performance of English teachers who’ve seen it
every year for over a decade
Romeo and Juliet at the Crucible enjoyed the show! Students did the
school proud with their excellent
Theatre. A number of students and behaviour and the experience will
definitely help them in their
staff stayed after the show for a Literature GCSE exams.
question and answer session with ReaRde, Rade,ad!
the directors and actors to Just before we broke up for half-
term in October, A level English
understand what goes into putting Literature students enjoyed an
atmospheric trip to Whitby and the
Shakespeare onto the stage! They Brontë Parsonage at Haworth to
explore the contexts of novels they
found it very enlightening! are studying.
‘Lord of the Flies’, a novel that Y11 Staff and students have been
are studying for their GCSE exam, enjoying their books this term with
has been adapted into a play and two ‘Drop Everything and Read’
the English Faculty saw this as an
opportunity for Y11s to develop their (DEAR) sessions taking place in
understanding. The contemporary extended registration. All students
element of this adaptation at the in Y7 were able to choose a free
Lyceum was something that the
students were not expecting and book from the Book Trust’s
provoked interesting discussions!
BookBuzz selection, to
encourage reading for pleasure,
and staff displayed posters of books
they have enjoyed reading. Our staff book club
choices this term (Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and All
The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr) have provoked some lively
discussions and the school library runs a weekly Chatterbooks group for
students in Y7. The library has also been
busy buying fiction requested by
students as well as an excellent
“ RMeaednitnogrs Our Y9 selection of the latest teen reads,
& Y10 including some e-books for students to
Reading
Mentors are borrow.
doing a fantastic job BFilgAywiCnahgradSllsteanrgt e Chatterbooks activity
engaging their Y7 partners
with reading and literacy related Follow us on
activities. Twitter
Congratulations to J&M Clothing - Jaiyan &
Max (Y9) - who won the runner-up prize of £50 in this
award which is for the most promising idea and initial progress - their
business is selling personalized T-
Shirts and they had to pitch in front of https://twitter.com/MeadowheadSch
the judges and the other teams at The
Work Station on Wednesday 2nd Like us on Facebook
December.
They were accompanied by https://www.facebook .com/MeadowheadSchool
Mr Muneer and Harvey Morton,
(Y12) a very successful Big and get news and events details as they happen
Challenge contestant in
previous competitions.
Meadowhead Y11s went to see
What Blood Brothers at the Winding
Wheel theatre in Chesterfield. The
our students have had venue was a smaller theatre than
this production is usually performed
this term! In October around in which resulted in a very moving
and emotional performance. Even
120 students saw a performance of English teachers who’ve seen it
every year for over a decade
Romeo and Juliet at the Crucible enjoyed the show! Students did the
school proud with their excellent
Theatre. A number of students and behaviour and the experience will
definitely help them in their
staff stayed after the show for a Literature GCSE exams.
question and answer session with ReaRde, Rade,ad!
the directors and actors to Just before we broke up for half-
term in October, A level English
understand what goes into putting Literature students enjoyed an
atmospheric trip to Whitby and the
Shakespeare onto the stage! They Brontë Parsonage at Haworth to
explore the contexts of novels they
found it very enlightening! are studying.
‘Lord of the Flies’, a novel that Y11 Staff and students have been
are studying for their GCSE exam, enjoying their books this term with
has been adapted into a play and two ‘Drop Everything and Read’
the English Faculty saw this as an
opportunity for Y11s to develop their (DEAR) sessions taking place in
understanding. The contemporary extended registration. All students
element of this adaptation at the in Y7 were able to choose a free
Lyceum was something that the
students were not expecting and book from the Book Trust’s
provoked interesting discussions!
BookBuzz selection, to
encourage reading for pleasure,
and staff displayed posters of books
they have enjoyed reading. Our staff book club
choices this term (Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and All
The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr) have provoked some lively
discussions and the school library runs a weekly Chatterbooks group for
students in Y7. The library has also been
busy buying fiction requested by
students as well as an excellent
“ RMeaednitnogrs Our Y9 selection of the latest teen reads,
& Y10 including some e-books for students to
Reading
Mentors are borrow.
doing a fantastic job BFilgAywiCnahgradSllsteanrgt e Chatterbooks activity
engaging their Y7 partners
with reading and literacy related Follow us on
activities. Twitter
Congratulations to J&M Clothing - Jaiyan &
Max (Y9) - who won the runner-up prize of £50 in this
award which is for the most promising idea and initial progress - their
business is selling personalized T-
Shirts and they had to pitch in front of https://twitter.com/MeadowheadSch
the judges and the other teams at The
Work Station on Wednesday 2nd Like us on Facebook
December.
They were accompanied by https://www.facebook .com/MeadowheadSchool
Mr Muneer and Harvey Morton,
(Y12) a very successful Big and get news and events details as they happen
Challenge contestant in
previous competitions.
