Junior School Sports Day

The sun was shining bright on a wonderful afternoon of sport for the Junior School Sports Day in June.

Many school records tumbled, a well-fought tug-of-war and the first ever teacher’s sack race which proved controversial!

The Year 4 and Year 5 Choirs travelled to Cleethorpes to take part in their first competition. The Year 4 Choir won the Sam Chapman Shield for Junior Choirs and the Year 5 Choir won the Robert Frayne Challenge Shield for Junior Choir Hymn Singing. Congratulations to all.

Junior School music success

Junior School summer concert

The Junior School Concert, featuring the Orchestra, String Group, Percussion Ensemble and all three Choirs, took place in the Main Hall in July.

It was wonderful to hear some magnificent performances! The orchestra began with Handel’s Water Music, James Bond theme and You’ll Never Walk Alone followed by the Junior Strings who played Hard as Rock

The Wind Band gave lively renditions of Frothy Coffee and Come Summer before the Percussion Ensemble brought the house down with The Birdie Song

All three choirs then performed; the Year 4’s repertoire included Amani Utupe and a song written by Mrs Redhead, Lord of All Creation. The Year 5 Choir enjoyed singing Give Us Hope amongst other songs before the Year 6 Choir finished with Migaloo and Jabberwocky

It was a hugely enjoyable programme performed by some very talented children.

Senior School production

When I was asked to share my memory of performing as Sybil Burlington, I was delighted because that play was the highlight of my drama journey at Hymers. Everybody says it was ‘such an amazing play’ ‘best thing ever’ and I truly mean it, I would give an arm and a leg to perform in ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ one more time. I grew so much confidence through this play, perhaps it was the character I was playing: the snobby, stuck up Sybil Burlington or, maybe it was the amazing people I would work with in the cast that were filled with enthusiasm and motivation. When the stress levels were high we kept each other going and all the long, extra hours were completely worth it. The play turned out an to be incredible success and ended on a high.

My favourite part of this play was being one of the main characters with Sybil Burlington energy oozing out of me on every line and I thoroughly enjoyed purposefully singing terribly and making the rest of the cast giggle. Miss Rosser and her quick thinking saved us from forgetting our lines; she became the school nurse and every time you forgot your lines you said ‘nurse’. A brilliant plan. I can’t encourage everyone enough at Hymers to join drama, or even participate in a play; I made many friends through drama and my confidence soared through the roof. Also, the fact that I could become someone else for two hours, someone I loved to act.

Another plus to ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ was wearing costumes you never believed you would wear; I was pleasantly surprised to wear a knee long green blouse with a tie around my waist. The atmosphere was made even better playing in the Main Hall. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and to be in a team with my friends to be part of every high and low and perform a thrilling play. Words can’t describe the happiness I feel when performing. When I joined Hymers, I had never done drama,or even stood on a stage. It was a huge and unexpected privilege to be picked for this play. Of course a play doesn’t consist of just actor, we have many people to thank, including our strong director Luna keeping everyone on a high, and Miss Rosser for believing in us when we couldn’t believe in ourselves. In drama you have nothing to lose but everything to gain. Thank you for such a fantastic opportunity and giving me my favourite and long lasting memory of Year 8.

Annabell, Year 8

Year 7

We started the year by creating some fantastic moving figure sculptures! The students learned to draw the human form in proportion before moving on to capturing dynamic poses. We then translated our understanding of movement and proportion into 3D sculptures.

Year 7 followed up their sculptures with some wonderful self portrait printmaking. Well done!

Year 8

Year 8 made a super start to the year by designing their own superheros! We chose their powers,