The St Marylebone School Newsletter September 2011
Examination Results 2011
year groups that have passed through the school.
The GCSE and A level results this year represent some outstanding achievement for last year’s Year 11 and Year 13 but also for the school as a whole.
The GCSE results for 2011 are slightly lower than 2010 but relative to the ability of the year group they represent excellent progress from KS2 to KS4, with one pupil gaining 14 A* grades and many others achieving all A/A* grades.
This is the 10th consecutive year the school has achieved a pass rate of over 90% 5 A*-C at GCSE. This is a remarkable achievement given the changes in education over that time and the varying abilities of the different
A level results for Year 13 were marginally down on the previous year but again this was in line with the year group. There were pupils leaving with
all A* grades and all those who wanted to gain a university place gained one. 8% of the grades achieved were at A* which shows that the top students can achieve the highest grades at St Marylebone. Year 9 and Year 10 were also pleased with their outstanding results in RE. Well done to all those students, families, teachers and support staff who have worked so hard to gain such excellent outcomes.
St Marylebone 2011 Exam Results GCSE Results for Year 11 Ent
A*
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
U
A*C
A*G
Pts
Art: Fine Art
54
17
15
12
8
1
1
0
0
0
96
100
6.7
Art and Design
8
1
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
6.8
Art: Textiles
9
3
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
6.4
Business Stud
19
1
8
7
2
0
1
0
0
0
95
100
6.3
BCS
5
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.2
Dance
17
2
3
2
8
2
0
0
0
0
88
100
5.7
Drama
38
8
10
10
5
3
2
0
0
0
87
100
6.2
DT Graphics
11
1
2
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
91
100
5.9
DT Prod Design
17
1
7
1
5
2
0
1
0
0
82
100
5.8
Economics
22
1
9
11
1
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
6.5
English
129
15
58
39
7
6
4
0
0
0
92
100
6.4
English Lit
129
14
48
42
14
8
2
0
1
0
91
100
6.3
French
31
18
9
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.5
Geography
26
12
5
5
3
0
1
0
0
0
96
100
6.9
German
35
1
15
10
8
1
0
0
0
0
97
100
6.2
Health & Social Care
26
0
2
4
4
9
7
0
0
0
38
100
4.4
History
46
19
20
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.2
Humanities ICT
25 128
1 13
7 44
4 41
5 29
5 0
2 2
1 0
0 0
0 0
68 99
100 100
5.4 6.3
Maths
129
24
47
26
8
15
6
3
0
0
81
100
6.2
Maths (Statistics)+
28
14
11
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.4
Music
23
5
17
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.2
PE
14
2
0
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
79
100
5.6
Latin
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.5
Religious Studies+
45
32
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.7
Sc: Biology
36
7
17
5
6
1
0
0
0
0
97
100
6.6
Sc: Chemistry
36
9
15
7
3
2
0
0
0
0
94
100
6.7
Sc: Physics
36
4
14
8
6
4
0
0
0
0
89
100
6.2
Science Core
92
7
26
14
15
14
5
8
3
0
67
100
5.3
Science Additional
63
11
21
13
12
3
3
0
0
0
90
100
6.3
Science Applied
15
0
0
6
5
1
3
0
0
0
73
100
4.9
Spanish
29
5
8
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
6.3
Home Langs+
20
17
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
7.9
1343
267
465
297
178
81
39
13
4
0
90
100
6.4
Totals
St Marylebone 2011 Exam Results A2 Level Results Subject Art: Fine Art
21
A* 140 5
Art: Textiles
8
2
1
3
2
0
0
0
75
100
108
Biology
22
0
3
9
6
4
0
0
55
100
90
Business Stud
5
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
100
100
116
Chemistry
21
0
4
11
4
0
2
0
71
100
94
Classics
12
1
3
6
2
0
0
0
83
100
105
D+T
3
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
33
100
87
Dance
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
100
140
Drama
10
0
4
3
2
1
0
0
67
100
98
Economics
19
0
4
11
1
2
1
0
79
100
96
English Lit
58
3
18
16
13
6
2
1
64
98
97
French
11
0
3
5
3
0
0
0
73
100
100
Geography
16
1
8
5
2
0
0
0
88
100
110
German
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
100
60
Govt & Politics
16
1
5
4
3
2
1
0
63
100
96
History
22
2
4
6
8
1
1
0
55
100
95
ICT
5
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
60
100
96
Maths
38
7
8
17
2
2
2
1
84
100
105
Maths Further
6
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
100
100
130
Media Studies
11
0
3
4
4
0
0
0
64
100
98
Music
4
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
50
100
93
Music Tech
5
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
60
100
92
Physics
9
1
2
3
1
2
0
0
67
100
98
Philosophy
7
0
2
3
1
1
0
0
71
100
97
Psychology
30
2
6
9
7
4
2
0
57
100
93
Religious Studies
8
1
1
2
1
3
0
0
50
100
90
Sociology
11
0
1
4
3
2
1
0
45
100
84
Spanish
6
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
50
100
97
Home Langs
4
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
75
100
105
Consortium
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
100
60
390
33
95
137
79
37
12
2
68
99
99
Totals
Ent
A 120 6
B 100 4
C 80 2
D 60 4
E 40 0
U 0 0
A*-B % 71
A*-E % 100
Av Pnt 106
Year 7 Cross Curricular Day At St. Marylebone, it is clear that the Classical World is alive and well. Every summer different departments combine together for two days to put together a programme of activities and a final performance with a particular year group. For Year 7’s activities and performance English, Classics, Dance, Art and Music all joined together to come up with a theme for the two days and the final performance. The idea decided upon was The Odyssey, a great story with fun adventures, great characters and a lot of scope for all the different subjects to be involved, as well as giving the opportunity for all students from each form to be fully involved due to the amount of men Odysseus had. We chose 5 of the stories, the Cyclops, Circe, the Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis. Each form had a different story to work on and perform as a competition against the other forms in the year, with the winning form having the opportunity to perform their story in front of the whole school in the final assembly of the year. Each department had a different role to play in the overall performance. Classics wrote the summary of each episode and the script to be used with the students for the performance, as well as providing some classical suggestions for the performance. English did a fantastic job before the two days in teaching all 5 stories to the students, so that they had a good overview of the adventures that Odysseus had faced. Art decided to make masks and did some research into the different characters to be portrayed and came up with excellent designs for the masks, which were strips of material for the students to paint in black and orange with different designs depending on their character. The finished product of these masks was fantastic and each one was entirely individual and unique, and they had even made separate snouts for the men when they were turned into pigs by Circe. And Dance and Music put together the physical performance of each story with each form, and the final production was absolutely wonderful.
The Cross-Curricular days started off with an introduction from English and Classics of what was going to be happening over the next two days and what each form would be doing. Each form worked with two teachers to think about their episode and some ideas for the performance and come up with who would play the different parts in each adventure. They then went to Dance and Music or Art and worked on one aspect for the final performance. The two days also involved a trip to the National Gallery to look at paintings of different Greek Myths in art; the rest of the time they were in school practising for their performance. The two days ended with a performance in the school gym, with each form performing their episode to the rest of the year and to all the English, Classics, Art, Dance and Music teachers, as well as the Head of Performing Arts, who was there to judge the best performance. Each form was brilliant. The Dance and Music departments had put together stunning movements and music or sound for each group and the final result was spectacular. All the girls performed fantastically and the winning performance was, very deservedly, the Circe episode. The whole year group seemed to enjoy it and when the Year 12 Classics students saw the performance of the winning episode in the final assembly they were thrilled and enjoyed watching the girls perform the story they knew so well. As the Head of Classics I had had an idea of what each episode could be like when I thought of using the Odyssey and wrote the summaries, but the final performances were way beyond what I would have expected and what I had imagined. It was a real pleasure working with all the departments on this and making the Classical World accessible to all the girls and I am extremely grateful to the English department for organising the two days and to the other departments for all the work they put in to making the performances the spectacular shows that they were. Bring on next year!
- Anna Camp, Head of Classics
Summer adventure for year 11 students Last year many parents contacted me towards the end of year 11 wondering how students could prepare for sixth form, and how they could encourage their daughters to do something productive over the Summer holidays. The company The Challenge came in to a year 11 assembly to speak to students about an exciting scheme. Eleven of our students took up the Challenge and had a fantastic enriching experience. The scheme is heavily funded and students below participated in all the below 3activities for £50. Parents of year 11 and year 11 students may want to scope out this opportunity on The Challenges website: http://www.the-challenge.org/. - Miss Congdon. Riah Wilkinson 12WH summarizes her experience below. Over the summer I took part in a programme called The Challenge. It was a three week course (but I wish it was longer) exclusively for 16 year olds who have finished year 11. Here I not only developed on the skills I already had but gained new ones every day. This is what the Challenge included; Week one: The Personal Challenge: We stayed at an outdoor activity centre in Somerset over looking acres of fields. We undertook numerous activities such as rock climbing on an actual rock face, abseiling, caving (this was my highlight of the week), orienteering, hiking and camping. We mastered the art of communication and team-working skills throughout the week. Week two: The Team Challenge: We had a taste of student life staying on the Middlesex university campus. We had our own flat where we had to budget and prepare our own meals (which often didn‟t go to plan). During our stay my team produced 3 short films which we shot in St Anne‟s Care home and presented them at the Showcase. We were taught many media skills, such as how to use a boom and how to use various camera effects you didn‟t think existed. We were taught by a media specialist who has worked on music videos for Example and Wretch 32 so we were in good hands. These films were about the residents‟ views on the younger generation this gave us an insight into the way they view young people; we set out to bridge the gap between the two generations in our campaign. Week three: Fundraising and Campaign: Over the next three Saturdays we helped our chosen charity „Global Generation‟ with 5 hours of voluntary work which was very rewarding. We fundraised for this environmental charity by walking from Regents Park to Hampstead Heath hugging every tree along the way. Next weekend we will carry out our campaign „Bridging the gap between young and old‟ where we will promote the idea of just giving up one hour for your local care home because you might not think it, but it makes a big difference. The following weekend is when we have our graduation. Overall it was an incredible experience and I would definitely recommend this to everyone. The friends you meet will stay with you for life and so will the many skills you gain. You will regret letting an opportunity like this pass you by!
Year 10 Work Experience For my Year 10 work experience I was lucky enough to go on a fashion course with FAD. As my previous placements had not been put together in time, I was happy to be doing anything at all! (A reminder to all Year 10’s to sort their work experience out ASAP) . I was worried at first that, since I was taking neither Art nor Textiles, that this course would be hard for me and that I wouldn’t succeed. I was proven 100% wrong, though. The people at the FAD course were extremely supportive of everyone, and since I had worked with clothes before, I only needed a little help before I set off working. There were a range of different people on the course and, although it was weird breaking away from the other people from school, lots of people were making new friends every day! There were lots of different activities over the week that all required patience, skill, and hard work to complete, but everyone helped each other and were very friendly. The idea of the course was to act as professional fashion designers, and we were given a brief to create a Japanese-inspired outfit for the fashion show at the end of the week. So, in short, we would design, make-from-scratch, and then model whole outfits! It was a scary thought at first, seeing as I had only fitted or mended clothes before, I’d never made my own, but the FAD team were always there for people who were unsure and everything got done in good time. It was really exciting to get to use all the professional equipment and get help from the FAD team who all do this regularly. I also felt that it really helped me improve skills such as time management and ability to do the unfamiliar. We only had one week and we only worked for about 7 hours per day. It was really scary to have to make a skirt and shirt from complete scratch, especially when lots of the work was sitting down and hand stitching whole designs on a shirt. We got to do fun activities as well, such as heat-pressing a bag with a design that we painted. This was a start to the week, as we got to paint an image of whatever we wanted and then pressed it onto a bag which we can keep forever. It’s an awesome memory! We even had a make up session from professional make up artists from Mac! It was so awesome seeing people do make up and talk so passionately about what they’re doing! Overall, my week working for FAD was an incredible experience that I’m so happy that I was given the opportunity to take part in such a wonderful event. (Thank you Ms. Burtenshaw!!!) - Beatrice Anderson, 10N
Westminster Shakespeare Summer School July 2011 In July, St Marylebone English Department worked in collaboration with The Grey Coat Hospital School and St Augustine’s on the fourth annual Westminster Shakespeare Summer School. 15 students from St Marylebone Year 12 spent three days working with students from many other Westminster schools on Shakespeare’s Richard III and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. The students enjoyed lectures from Dr Alycia Smith-Howard, an American Shakespeare scholar, David Bellwood, an extremely engaging and knowledgeable academic working at The Globe Theatre and Michael Oakley, an Assistant Director who has worked most recently on Trevor Nunn’s production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. The students also worked with teachers from the three schools on close analysis sessions and drama workshops, with the opportunity to then present their findings to other students. Finally, all the students had the opportunity to see both plays in performance. We saw Kevin Spacey’s acclaimed production of Richard III with a modern setting at the Old Vic Theatre, and the completely contrasting Elizabethan-style production
Exploring the strength of vocabulary through drama
Exploring the power relationships between characters in the drama workshop
Students prepare for their presentations
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze & Silver Duke of Edinburgh Update Bronze Duke of Edinburgh For the past year I have been completing my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award it was a great and enjoyable experience. It gave me a chance to be with people I don't normally speak to at school and we all got along really well! Some of the highlights of my trip include singing Disney songs in the middle of the countryside and getting lost and then being able to navigate ourselves back to our checkpoint. I hadn’t been able to explore much of the countryside before I started doing Duke of Edinburgh and I feel very fortunate for being given the opportunity. We spent our practice expedition in the Chilterns, which was really enjoyable and in the evening we even managed to get a fire going and toasted marshmallows around them. During out final 2 day expedition, we had to create an aim and ours was to explore the nature and wildlife within Epping Forest. I have now completed my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award and I am about to start my silver Duke of Edinburgh award. I would recommend it to all students! Sarah Albawab, Silver Duke of Edinburgh In the last week of June, my group off 4 set of to Box Hill, Surrey to complete a three day practice expedition. The weather was beautiful and sunny during the days and not too cold at night time. It was lovely to be able to get away from London and enjoy the scenery and practice our navigation skills. Our final three day expedition took place in July in the New Forest, Hampshire and once again the weather was beautiful. We were able to walk through the forest and at one point, we were standing very close to New Forest ponies. On the second night of our expedition we presented our group aim of observing wildlife within the New Forest and this was done in front a log fire. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and would recommend it to anybody who wants to gain some excellent new skills.
Georgina Benn O’Leary,
Trips Year 7 Normandy experience trip July 2011— French Department When our double-decker coach arrived on Monday morning, 58 excited Year 7 girls and six equally as excited teachers climbed on board, ready for our “Normandy experience”. This consisted of five days of total French linguistic and cultural immersion, led by our two animateurs Léna and Ben. The first morning at St Servan market was spent sous la pluie but spirits were not dampened as the girls fulfilled their objective of buying a postcard and stamp from a tabac. The sun shone gloriously for the rest of the week and favourite activities included sand castle building on Saint Malo beach, aéroballe, fencing and rock climbing at the Château de la Baudonnière and the Grand Spéctacle on the final night. Less popular was our starter of snails on Wednesday, but well done to all those who were brave enough to try! Each day the girls had to write a journal account of their day in French, plus all they heard spoken all day by Léna and Ben was French. By the time our double decker dropped us off at school on Friday afternoon, everyone was exhausted but had had a brilliant time. Bravo, les filles!
Summer Music Video Project—Year 8 On 18th July, Year 8 split off into separate forms, and were given the same task – to make a music video to Adele’s “Rolling In the Deep”. The first day was spent planning and filming footage for the five form videos, including flash mob dances and individual snap shots, as well as the sue of stop motion pictures. On the 19 th two members were selected from each home to edit their videos with iMovie, putting together film clips and fitting them to the song. The task though complicated and frustrating at times, was very interesting, and it gave us an insight to what it would be like to be a professional producer or editor! Kat and Kitty 8H
Year 9 Humanities Trip to Italy It was educational, it was tiring, it was fun and it was hot. Forty-one Year 9 pupils accompanied by four members of staff from the Humanities Department spent six days touring the Bay of Naples and Rome in July. We walked up Mount Vesuvius and roamed around the smoking crater of Solfatara. Pompeii offered us a glimpse into the daily life of people living in the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD as we imagined ourselves on that fateful day in AD 79 when Vesuvius roared and vented its fury on the surrounding area. Spirits remained high, in spite of the extended break we spent at roadside services due to coach trouble, and we arrived at our hotel in Fregene, ready to tackle what Rome had to offer the next day. Rome certainly took our collective breaths away. We marvelled at the grandeur and scale of the monuments of Imperial Rome. Confronted with the Coliseum and the ruined remains of temples and public buildings in the Forum, we remained inspired and appreciative of the awe-inspiring achievements of Roman civilisation. Our tour ended amidst the long avenues of Ostia Antica, ancient Rome’s port city.
Year 10 Geography Trip to Blencathra From the 19th to the 23rd September, the Geography GCSE Year 10 students took a trip to Cumbria in the Lake District. We arrived at the Blencathra Centre full of energy and quite excited that we wouldn’t be at the school for a whole week. However I must admit that I thought again about being in school after hiking in the rain for as long as I could remember and gusts of winds that were sweeping people off their feet. But like most things in life hard work usually pays off and sure enough the hike was paid off by stopping off at the end for hot ginger bread and hot drinks while our hair and everything we owned was soaked through. Having done a walk the previous day we got back to the centre exhausted and all scrambling for the hot showers. The next day we set off in our wellie’s and waterproofs with slightly better weather for a day of river sampling. While some people got excellent results and others dropping all their electronics into the river, we headed back to pack our bags. We got on the train home with slightly less energy than before, but still managing to whoop and cheer when the train got into London Euston station. By Susie Bowman 10N
SPORTS DAY 2011 Sports Day is one of the many prestigious events that take place every year at St. Marylebone. It makes the all important decision about which of the four houses should get the House Cup. This year Sports Day took place on the 17th July 2011 at the Regent Park Running Track. Sports Day started with the all important and unique opening ceremony which showcased the talent of St. Marylebone‟s very own Samba Band and the array of colours displayed by flag dancers. St. Marylebone had only introduced the opening ceremony this year and it was truly stunning, everyone enjoyed watching it very much as we got to see some once in a lifetime dancing from Mr. Roberts. A spectator said that “It really got the crowd going.”
Sports Day began with the field events. The first event was the “Tug of War”. As soon as competitors took the strain of the ropes students watched anxiously until Mr. Roberts shouted the words “heave”! Spectators started cheering on their house as soon as the first tug of war started between the houses of Barrett and Dickens. There was frequent falling and tripping over and many determine faces displayed during this event, which at this point Emily Clinton, a supporter of the Barrett House described the atmosphere as “electric”! In the end Dickens won the field events after showing commitment through the Tug of War. Along with the “Tug of War” there were also other events that took place, including the shot put and javelin ball. Competition was very high.
After the field events finished, eyes were fixed on the running track as the track events commenced. Students were determined to steal the title of Best House from last years winners Dickens. Kasha Clifford said the Barrett House had the most enthusiastic competitors and Emily Clinton in 8B said that “Barrett should win because we‟ve worked the hardest.” The competition was getting serious as the crowd waited for the Hurdle event to begin. Spectators cheered on their houses as the athletes pranced and jumped to the all important finish line. The results varied as no house had the winning streak for too long, but all did extremely well. We then saw the 100m, 200m and 800m races. Some devoted athletes also took part in the 1500m race. The crowd were chanting at the top of their voices as the competitors passed them with some very red, but determined faces. Our sports day was soon coming to an end but all the students waited to see our sporty teachers compete in the Teachers Race, as they ran supporters were cheering the teachers names incredibly loudly that you were able to hear their support from the Hub! Some of the teachers who took part were Mr. White and Miss Hume who were determined to win for Hardwick. Sports day was one of the most memorable sports events and it was the best way to end a great fun-filled school year with such great support from students and our faithful athletes in order for each house to unite as one and build on teamwork skills. In the end Dickens won and their the devotion and dedication paid off and they took the House Cup with proud faces. 2nd place went to Hardwick ,3rd place to Barrett and 4th place were Wesley and last but not least Nightingale came 5th. Students have said that Sports Day has encouraged them to take part in more sports and realise the importance of keeping fit, most importantly it was vital that each and every student had fun and felt like an “Effective Participator” as each and every one of them helped to make Sports Day a success. By Tharini,Kate and Zara (BBC School Reports)
World Challenge Expedition to Peru Hola Peru! At the beginning of July, 13 intrepid St Marylebone girls made the rather long journey to Southern Peru in South America accompanied by Miss Bessey and Mr Wood as part of the World Challenge scheme. It was the culmination of two years of fundraising which saw the girls babysit numerous children, pack hundreds of Waitrose shoppers’ bags and bake millions of cakes. The expedition began in Lima where the girls learnt just what it was like to be in charge of a $13,000 budget which they had to manage for the month. They were responsible for booking accommodation, transport, activities and ensuring we all had enough food to eat throughout the month. With (some) limited Spanish at our disposal, courtesy of a crash course from Mr Gardner, they managed to ensure that we all were well fed and had a roof over our heads. Some exceptional culinary skills were demonstrated especially when there were 16 mouths to feed at any one time. The expedition was split into three main phases. The trek phase involved a seven day trek around the Ausangate peak, one of the highest mountains in Peru. This was an extremely challenging task for all involved with temperatures reaching a rather chilly -11°C at night time. Lessons were learnt about leaving clothes outside to dry overnight as exhibits of frozen underwear would testify. However, this would not stop the girls achieving their goal and they completed the trek albeit somewhat tired after that. The next phase of the expedition saw the girls take in some rest and relaxation activities, the three main highlights being Lake Titicaca, white water rafting and the obscenely beautiful Machu Picchu. The white water rafting provided some light relief after the gruelling trek and a few planned and not so planned dips in the fairly icy water certainly reinvigorated some aching limbs. A trip to the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu followed and I don’t think words can really do justice to its magnificence. It was certainly clear to us why it had been picked as one of the new wonders of the world. After seeing some of the natural beauty that Peru had to offer, it was only right to experience some of the traditional culture and there was no place better to do this than the Uros Islands in Lake Titicaca. Here families live on man-made floating islands constructed from reeds. We visited the islands and learnt about how the communities live and even got to dress up in some of the rather bright traditional dress. I’m yet to see whether it will catch on as a trend back in the UK. The highlight for many on the trip was our final phase of the expedition, the project phase and after enduring some epic 12 hour coach journeys it was good to be stationary for a while. The project involved going to a remote community about 3 hours from the nearest city. It was here that we lived in the local primary school and spent a week painting walls, gardening and making educational resources and games. Whilst this was very rewarding (and tiring!) work, it was all made worthwhile by the warmth and friendship that was shown to us by the local community. As we were far from the beaten track, the community was not used to having westerners spend time in their village and certainly not see them working so hard improving their local school. The girls become local celebrities and were particularly popular with the children, constantly playing games with them and also taking on the other local school in a football match where an honourable 1-1 draw was played out. Our last day in the village was particularly moving as we presented the school with all of the things we had made. It was tough to leave such a loving community but we did so with a sense of pride for what we had achieved. This article only gives a snippet of all of the activities that we got up to. The month away was immensely enriching and is something that I think we will all remember for the rest of our lives. The girls learnt so much about a truly fascinating country and the experience has certainly shown them just what amazing things they are capable of. It was a privilege to be able to share such a wonderful experience with the girls and I’m sure they would all heartily recommend getting involved in the next one. The next St Marylebone World Challenge expedition will be to Africa in 2013. Further details to be released soon.
Debating Team Debating at SMS has made an excellent start to the year! The Sixth Form team rounded off an excellent year in July by winning the Westminster Consortium Inter-school Debate. On their way to victory they overcame strong competition from other schools in the borough including The Grey Coats Hospital and Quentin Kynaston School. The Junior Debating Club has a strong membership and are preparing for the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition, while the Upper School club will be entering not only events for their own age-category, but also Open competitions at University College London and London School of Economics. All our teams continue to meet, practise and debate furiously on a weekly basis.
READING WEEK Monday 7 November to Friday 11th November 2011 th
Launch of this year’s St Marylebone short story competition Prizes for best review posted on KS3 Reading blog this week Book swap “Caught Reading” prizes Reading Quiz TIME AND PLACE
SPECIAL LITERARY EVENTS
Monday 7th Nov 12.50 to 1.25 Main Library
“Women in the Great War” and “War Reporting”: creative writing workshop carousel with authors Julie Wheelwright and Hugh Barnes (KS3 - especially for Year 9)
Tuesday 8th Nov Period 4 Venue TBC
Year 7 workshop with the bestselling co-author of the “Lionboy” series, Louisa Young
Tuesday 8th Nov 12.50-1.25 Main Library
KS3 workshop and talk with Louisa Young about writing “Lionboy” with her daughter.
Wednesday 9th Nov 12.50 to 1.25 Main Library
KS3 and 4: creative writing workshop with author Michael Wills
Thursday 10th Nov 12.50 to 1.25 BL23
ALE special debate: “The future of the book”. Three key figures from the publishing world – a literary agent, a publishing director and an independent bookshop owner - in conversation (KS5).
Friday 11th Nov 12.50 to 1.25 Main Library
“Children’s publishing today”: a children’s book editor from Puffin presents exciting new authors and books and discusses the role of the editor (KS3)
DIARY DATES Dates for your diary Term Dates 2011/12 STAFF INSET: 5th, 6th and 7th September 2011 Term 1 Thursday 8th September 2011 - Friday 21st October 2011 Term 2 Monday 31st October 2011 - Friday 16th December 2011 STAFF INSET: Monday 31st October 2011 STAFF INSET: 3rd January 2012 Term 3 Wednesday 4th January 2012 - Friday 10th February 2012 Term 4 Monday 20th February 2012 - Friday 30th March 2012 Term 5 Monday 16th April 2012 - Friday 1st June 2012 NB: Public Holiday - May Day 7th May 2012 Term 6 Monday 11th June 2012 - Thursday 19th July 2012
Tues 4 October 2011 Year 13 Parents’ Evening Blandford Street 4.00-6.30pm Tues 11 October 2011 PTA AGM—7pm Mon 17 October 2011 Yr 7 Settling-in Evening 4.30pm—6.30pm Thur 20 October 2011 Prize Giving—7pm Mon 7 November 2011 Year 9 Parents’ Evening Blandford Street 4.00-6.30pm Mon 14 November 2011 Year 9 Parents’ Evening Blandford Street 4.00-6.30pm Thur 24 November 2011 Service of Thanksgiving—Yr 8 Westminster Abbey Sat 26 November 2011 PTA Michaelmas Fair 11-2pm Wed 30 November 2011 Academic Review Day 1 Wed 14 December 2011 Service of Lessons & Carols in the Church—7pm Fri 16 December 2011 End of Term
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