S4/5 performance

S4/5 dramatists are performing their devised piece of drama based on "The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty" tomorrow at 2:20 pm. This is part of the the unit assessment for unit 1 of their Int 2 course.

Preparations are all complete except for the secret finale dance which Deborah was teaching the others today....

Under the sea!

Lara has completed her final piece for her Int 2 design unit - well done, it looks great!

This is the face mask part for Beth's "Beast" head piece. The texture is created by mixing paint, glue and cut fur... fairly fearsome!

S3 Production progress!

We had the first production meeting for "The Whole Town is Sleeping" play in drama today. We went through all the requirements for the final unit. Each pupil has to choose a specific theatre production area to focus on and and it is on this area that they will be externally assessed by the examiner during their performance exam in March.

Lara is working on costume, Beth is working on the set and Chloe and Zander are looking at acting.

After that the pupils began to research their chosen area by gathering useful images and footage from the internet.

S4/5 art

Gabriella was working on the bodice piece for her casino inspired outfit today and is well on the way to finishing it. She has worked hard on it and it looks very effective! I particularly like the 3D foam dice and the stenciled felt playing cards she has used to decorate it

The rest of the class were working on their critical studies project, looking at Peter Howson and Edgar Degas.

S3 Read through

Today in S3 drama we did some past paper revision for the upcoming prelims before reading through the script for the production unit of the course.

S4/5 artists

Here are some more photos of what S4/5 have been doing in art this week:

Massimo is using spray dye to stencil his chinese pattern onto a T-shirt:

Gabriella is using a stanley knife to cut out a playing card stencil for the dress she is working on:

Hannah has been continuing with her expressive drawing work. She has recently finished this colourful oil pastel drawing of some cocktails:

S3 final designs

S3 are all well on the way to completing their final design pieces. Lara has finished the first stage of her "Under the Sea" headpiece and just needs to add a central focal point using shells:

Beth has also finished the first stage of her "Beast" mask. She needs to create a face mask to attach under the hair line and add ears and horns. I think it will be fairly fearsome...