Music and Drama evening
Last Thursday evening we presented a Music and Drama Evening in the school gym. We had planned simply to have an evening of light-hearted fun and that is exactly what it was! However, for the children from forms 4 and 5 who formed the cast of the play ‘The Happiest Days Of Your Life’ it was rather tense and stressful just before they went on stage. These children had opted for Drama as their Tuesday enrichment for the summer term and had therefore only had a very short time to put the play together. It was a farce about two schools in the 1940s who suddenly were forced to share their facilities – a boys’ school and a girls’ school! It is a very funny play and the pupils presented it superbly. They delivered their lines with skill and conviction and threw themselves into their characters. Their comic timing was good and the audience became completely involved. Well done to all of the cast and a special mention to James Hepden who was drafted in at the very last minute due to illness. He played the part of the vicar and was hilarious.
Arrivederci Amici!
Despite their excellent grasp of the English, our Italian visitors were perhaps far too polite to tell us what three cosmopolitan teenagers from Milan really made spending a night under canvas in the Yorkshire Dales, but we are fairly sure the rest of their two week stay at Cundall surpassed all their expectations. In particular they would like to extend a very hearty ‘grazie’ to Mrs Keren Watkins for giving them a tour of RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Mr Richard Ingilby for showing them around Ripley Castle, to Mrs Calvert for teaching them to make authentic Yorkshire Fat Rascals, Mrs Hartley for helping them rustle up Yorkshire Rhubarb crumble and Yorkshire Puddings, to the staff who gave them a glimpse of our glorious countryside (and a spot of retail therapy) and to the Telfer, Briggs, Burnett and Edgar families who welcomed them into their homes over the exeat weekend. The exercise has proved a huge success, with many pupils benefiting greatly from the cultural experience.