Powerful Drama Wows Audience
A drama performance about cyber-bullying helped Year 11 pupils from Cundall Manor get the message out about the dangers posed to vulnerable teenagers on the web. FIVE drama pupils preformed the powerful and thought provoking play ‘Chatroom’ by Enda Walsh as part of their GCSE exams in front of a large audience of friends, family and staff from the school. Drama teacher, Elizabeth Vile said: “The piece explored the theme of cyber-bullying and the dangers it presents to vulnerable teenagers across a range of situations and backgrounds.” “The actors were highly focused throughout the piece and audience members were really struck with the students’ commitment and acting ability.” Elizabeth added: “The cast should feel incredibly proud of themselves and of the performance as a whole.” To find out more about drama at Cundall Manor School, visit our website onwww.cundallmanorschool.com
Drama entry – Beasts and Beauties
ISA Drama Entry begins to take shape 14 students from Leckby and Form 6 are well into rehearsals for their extract from ‘Beasts and Beauties: Eight Tales From Europe’ that they will be performing at the ISA Drama Festival on Sunday 13th March 2016 at The Hammond School, Chester. The students will be telling the stories of ‘Beauty And The Beast’, The Three Wishes’ and ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ in a physical and energetic interpretation. These talented students are hoping to emulate the glory of our previous entry, ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ that won prizes at last year’s festival.
Musical production is nearly “rapped” up
Cundall Manor “School of Rap” – Thursday March 3rd The pupils in Leckby have been hard at work since September writing, producing and performing their own musical theatre production, “School of Rap”, loosely based on the High School Musical story. Between them all, they have written the script and all the songs, produced the necessary backing tracks, and now they are hard at work rehearsing it for their performance on Thursday 3rd March. To write an entire musical is an amazing achievement. They have had the opportunity to develop their creativity and practise many of the skills required for both music and drama at GCSE. All are welcome to the performance.
Cundall’s Lunchtime Concert
Lunchtime Concert at Cundall Church A very enjoyable half hour was had by a most appreciative audience of family and friends watching some of our musicians perform at Cundall Church last Friday lunchtime. Despite the bitterly cold conditions, the children performed extremely well. For many, it was their very first public performance and it was almost too much for Amelia, but she managed to fight off her nerves and play her piece very commendably. There was quite a wide range of music, instruments and voices, and a range of ages from Form 1 through to Form 6. As ever, it was wonderful to hear how the children are progressing and developing their skills and musicianship. Well done to you all.
Going Dotty at Emma Bridgewater Pottery!
Emma Bridgewater Potteries trip 2016 Last week the whole of Year 7 enjoyed a day trip to Stoke on Trent – the home of British pottery production. First stop was the Potteries Museum, which houses a world class collection of Staffordshire pottery, allowing pupils to engage with the history behind the industry. The children toured the galleries sketching their favourite pots and exhibits. Next stop was the Emma Bridgewater factory where the slip cast ceramics are still produced using traditional techniques. The children toured the factory to learn about the production of our favourite mugs, plates and jugs. It was fascinating to see that they are still hand-made and decorated, each pot passing through thirty processes and sets of hands. The pupils decorated their own piece of Emma Bridgewater ware in the decorating studio. They used cut sponges and underglazes to create their own designs. The glazed pieces will arrive in school shortly and will be displayed in the school office. Mrs Pearson would like to thanks Mr Vale, Ms Poulton and Mrs Massey for help on the day.