Maria on the West End!

Congratulations to Maria (Yr12), who performed in the West End last weekend:

Khadija for compering the Blind Veterans Tea-Party event this week – they were confident and spoke beautifully [Mr Wilson]

Staff

Ms for stepping in at very short notice to lead a brilliant creative writing workshop for St Mark's Year 4s [Dr Barrand]

Mr Carter – for a fascinating Academic Lecture entitled 'Great Britain – Maritime Nation' – we explored our connections to the sea throughout history, the economy, weather, climate, and culture [Ms Ibanez]

Mr Hardy – for going straight back out in his minibus after doing his own route, to cover a second route at the end of last week [Dr Barrand]

'Last Sunday, I had the honour of performing in the West End alongside many talented stars. I travelled to London with Apollo, the musical theatre group that I attend every Sunday, and we performed in a charity concert, raising money for Grassroots, a suicide prevention charity. This is even more significant, as it is currently Mental Health Awareness Week, and this is a super important issue, so having time to talk about it and raise money for this cause is vital. We performed in Wonderville, a beautiful cabaret venue, which was literally 200 metres away from Phantom Of The Opera! It was a fantastic opportunity and a great experience to develop my musical theatre skills.'

Year 7 and 8 Hunger Games

To enjoy the lovely weather and to take their minds off upcoming assessments, Mr Halsey and Mr Bond organised an activity for Years 7 and 8 this week – the had a brilliant time doing sack-races outsdie the Clubhouse in the sunshine and worked off some energy in the process – watch the video, it's great!

Dr Barrand