WANTED junior inROME Celebrating 50 years of student life at The New School Rome The New School Rome is a private, international school for pupils aged 3-18 offering the English National Curriculum. On 28 June The New School Rome celebrates its 50th anniversary. The New School was founded in 1972 by a group of parents and teachers who wanted to create a school where academic excellence would be combined with attention to the individual and the development of personal and social responsibility.
My classmates and I, along with our teacher Anna, have worked over the past six months to create a very unique piece of verbatim style theatre to celebrate our school’s 50th anniversary. Verbatim theatre is a form of documentary theatre which is based on the spoken words of real people. Strictly speaking, verbatim theatre-makers use real people's words exclusively. The dialogue for the drama script is taken from recorded or written interviews; the words are never changed and are included into the piece of theatre exactly as they were recorded. We interviewed parents, teachers, former pupils and a wide range of students from Early Years, Junior to Senior School, while attempting to capture everyone’s thoughts and feelings about our school. Our piece commemorates former pupils and the school's unique history, while most importantly giving a voice to current students and staff. Sofia De Vergottini in year 9 stated: “throughout the making of the play we have bonded with our school, its history and its members.” Personally, throughout the production of the play I have learned how important it is to be resilient, believe in yourself and to always help someone in need if you have the opportunity. I think that from this experience we have all learned what key ideals were that established our school. Virginia Palermo Murino commented on this experience stating: ''During the process of creating the play, the class started to become a team, which all had the same goal to make this performance memorable. We have had an insight in the school's past, and all of us have learned many things that without this project we wouldn't have known. I hope that this play will be able to emphasise how amazing this school really is.” Pierpaolo Franceschini, Year 9.
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It was the 10th anniversary of the Mediterranean Cup this year and I am glad to say we have made it every year since its inception. We got to the finals with our middle school team 10 years ago, the youngest team from the smallest school there, and have attended the U18 edition ever since. We have made it to the finals a few times and won the title twice. This year was our year, after two seasons spoilt by the pandemic, the kids were so eager, there was no stopping them. So we won the cup this year, still the smallest school with the youngest team there. If you wonder how, I will tell you our secret, it's simply called the New School magic. I trust my players and their captain, they are in charge and make all the decisions. I am here to support them, they know I believe in them. Rosine is a French teacher and Football coach.
