Drama Department

The Junior Department performances of Three Little Pigs take place on Wednesday 30 June at 6.00pm and Thursday 1 July at 4.00pm. All of the Junior children are involved with Year 6 taking the lead roles. In this Roald Dahl version of the well-known story, Piggy Number Three is in a tight corner. Wolf has gobbled up his neighbours and now he is hammering at the door with a stick of dynamite in his hand. Who can Piggy call on for help? Sweet Miss Riding Hood of course – the fearless wolf-sla...

Dear Parents Further to a discussion at SMT, I have consulted with a selection of parents, Governors, pupils and staff and overwhelmingly their opinion of Summer Gathering is: Summer Gathering is a celebration of the whole year, as well as a fitting goodbye to the 6th form leavers.  It provides an opportunity for parents, particularly boarding parents, to meet and spend time with their children’s extended family in a relaxing and enjoyable environment.  It is more th...

A visit by the Brief Candle drama company left Yr 9 pupils vowing never to drink alcohol to excess. In a play that totally engaged the children and let their imaginations create all manner of potential outcomes, we saw a realistic snapshot of teenage life and the pressure to escape parental control and ‘have fun’ with friends.  Although the play had a happy ending and no-one got badly hurt, the potential for tragedy and disaster was so blindingly obvious that  pupils formulated t...

What relevance does Shakespeare have for young people today? Shakespeare is about English classrooms, poetry, the ‘Royal’ Shakespeare Company, essay writing, exams and posh people, right? Wrong! The Hip Hop Shakespeare sent two practitioners to work with students at Abbotsholme School on Thursday 29th April. The workshops were about exploring the connections between Shakespeare and the themes and ideas relevant to young people today, as often expressed through Hip Hop lyrics. Th...

This year’s production of Oliver Twist has been one of the most successful productions ever thanks to a mixture of fantastic cast and technical team.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed putting together the show even though we were short for time.  There were some comical moments when Mr Bird got over-excited with the smoke machines.  There were some outstanding performances from the senior members of the cast; Rob McKenzie being particularly scary in his role of Monks.  Josh Wirz played Fag...