Headlines By James Saunders 30th April 2021
I would like to end with a quote from Dead Poet’s Society.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream I had the pleasure of popping into English this week. C7’s were in the midst of their introduction to Shakespeare through A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I have fond memories of A Midsummer Night’s Dream as it too was my introduction to Shakespeare. It was a real delight to hear the C7 learners talking so enthusiastically about the characters - the mischievous Puck was always my favourite. Quite a timely introduction to the Bard of Avon considering last week was the anniversary of his birth and death. Contemporary culture is awash with references to Shakespeare; there have been countless reimagining of his plays put into production as films. Many of us may not remember much about the plays but we always recognise the eloquent lines such as “To be or not to be,” or “Wherefore art thou Romeo.” Shakespeare has been a part of the English curriculum for a long time. Parents, like me, will have a marmite like response to the topic - I loved it (although I do hate Marmite). The best way to develop that love is to engage learners with the language of Shakespeare early. Year 10 or 11 is seldom the best time to first encounter the language of Shakespeare. Shakespeare represents an important aspect of a curriculum - the importance of looking back in time at the world and understanding how what went before shaped where we are today. The way we live, think and feel is a result of the thighs that went before. Only by understanding where we have come from and how we got to where we are today can we use that knowledge to build a future for ourselves.
‘We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.’ Final focus for C11 When we return from the weekend, C11’s begin the final element of their GCSE assessment. Having done a fantastic job in their in class assessments they will now be completing the last component of their studies - written papers in the exam hall. Please join me in wishing them the very best over these last few weeks of school. I am confident that they will all go on to lead happy and successful lives. I wish you all a lovely weekend - don’t forget it is Bank Holiday on Monday. I won’t attempt to predict the weather this week as my BBQ call last week didn’t really pan out due to it being freezing. James Saunders
Thanks to Lead Learners: Beth Chapman, Jake Ring and Megan Walby and to former Lead Learners Lily Blute, Charlie Mullenger, Emily Pyatt, Hannah Pyatt and Hannah Read for meeting with Governors this week to talk about Learner Leadership at Honywood. Thanks to our new Lead Learner team who created the video for Year 6 children joining us in September, launching the Pen Pal project. It can be found on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QxCALvddPCg&t=2s and on our Facebook page.
Week commencing 26th April 2021
English
French
C7—Alex Ross C7—Faye Longstaff C8—Rose Young C8—Freya Reed
KS3—Emily Henrici-Fernandez KS4—Teriann Tibble
C9—Josh Moore C9—Megan Fisher C10—Evie Skubich
KS3—Rose Young KS4—Carl Robinson
C10—Safia Tafajoul C11—Brodie D’Arcy C11—Oliver Williams
Maths C7—Charlie Gaze C7—Olivia Shardlow C8—Evie Schwingen C8—Damini Manku C9—Shelby Mitson C10—Charlotte Warwick C10—Josh Rush C11—Sienna Gray C11—Erin Hill
Science C7—Lois Heath C7—Morgan Dearsley C8—Billy Critch C8—Maddie Bates C9—Gloria Nyc C9—Daisy Young C10—Thomas Last C10—Emily Champion C11—Daniel Dance
German
Spanish KS3—Samuel Agombar KS4—Alfie Bryan
Music KS3—Freddie Dorling KS4—Melissa Lemin
Drama KS3—Poppy Webster KS4—Fern Hazell Young
Dance KS3—Scarlette Orme KS4—Lauren Evans
Business Studies Jamie Agombar
Computer Science Joseph Morton
History KS3—Amy Cherry KS4—Jordan Kelly
Philosophy & Religion KS3—Rose Collier KS4—Daisy Young
Art KS3—Aaron Shrimpton KS4—Daniel Dance
KS3 Technology Joe Weston
KS4 Graphics
Media Studies
Reggie Everitt
Phoebe Meyer-Hek
KS4 Food Harry Alderton
Enterprise Solutions Megan Dance
Health and Social Care Florence Ball
KS4 Resistant Materials Alfie Owens
KS4 Textiles Bethan-Mae Crosby
Week commencing 26th April 2021
PE KS3—Jess Fookes KS4—Cameron Poulter GCSE—Luca McCracken
All Learners nominated will be receiving certificates shortly. In addition, every learner nominated will receive 10 House Points! Well done to everyone who has been nominated this week!
House Competition update
Dates for the diary
Don’t forget— Monday 3rd May School Closed
Monday 3rd May
BANK HOLIDAY. School closed
Thursday 20th May
C11 cohort photo at 9am
Monday 24th May
NLD—staff only in school (C11 marking and moderation)
Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June
Half term
Monday 14th June
C9 Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio & Meningitis ACWY (2 vaccines administered on the same visit)
Friday 2nd July
C11 Prom @ Colne Valley Golf Club
Thursday 15th July
C9 HPV second dose
Monday 19th July
Sports’ Day
Tuesday 20th July
C8 HPV (first dose) vaccination
Wednesday 21st July
Last day of term
Next week is a Week “B”
We are inviting families to submit their nominations for our April Jack Petchey Achievement Award. If you would like to nominate one of our learners for being an outstanding achiever, or for contributing to the wider community, then please drop Mrs Frogley an email at: cfrogley@honywoodschool.com
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