AS WE said, it was a glorious weekend for fetes and festivals in the borough culminating in an excellent Stanford Festival yesterday but one of the highlights on saturday was St Joseph's School Fete in Stanford-le-Hope.
Pupils from across the borough, joined together for two days of singing at the Civic Hall this week. They sang their hearts out in front of a packed audience.
For Stephanie it is the chance of a lifetime. Stephanie is working with the Education Dept learning the admin ropes. For her CV, it is gold-dust and is an example of the kind of opportunities, the ROH have provided.
THIS was one of the best art exhibitions we have seen and it was all the work of one student. Sarah Child's committed herself to the idea of the Stanford and Corringham Sixth Form Centre. Sarah attended Gable Hall and then has based herself at Hassenbrook as part of the two year course.
You can see from the film that the performance is rubbish. Meaning that the ever inventive school have used trash cans as percussion instruments. They really are that inventive and that entertaining.
THE advance of Chafford Hundred School continues apace. The architects have designed the building, the planning application has gone to the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation. Janet Dillion has been promoted as Head of Sixth Year and there is an Open Evening on the 1st July.
THE A Team storms cinemas next month and a group of Vocational Qualification students from South Essex College of Further and Higher Education have anticipated the release by "storming" the Ormiston Park Academy.
Pupils at Arthur Bugler School have been learning a variety of brass instruments and only joined the Programme in September 2009. The St. Joseph's clarinet programme has been running for several years.
The school’s Assistant Headteacher, Mr Mike Brankin said “We were delighted to have this amazing opportunity. It will encourage our pupils to connect the taught elements of science and technology to what happens in engineering in the real world. By taking part in this STEM day, we are hoping to put the spark back into these subjects and demonstrate to pupils that they are fun.”
It does give the school a unique feel if not a unique selling point. Some people or organisations use the word family as part of some shallow coroprate speak. At St Clere's they not only mean it, they prove it.
he trip will involve students communicating with locals who do not speak English, working on community projects, living with a tribe in the jungle, experiencing different altitudes, mountain climbing, white water rafting and more!
The students did very well. An author must fear that each question will be faced with blank expressions. Not at Quarry Hill. The students were full of ideas and suggestions.
....it is a tribute to the brave Year 10 students that they put their work on display however they were all so talented that it was a tribute to the confidence and ability that exudes through the school.
In this piece, students put on two short plays debating the pros and cons of graffiti. These are well-thought out pieces and very funny. The students with the assistance of the staff have really got a lot out of the day.
