Year 11 students are reminded to purchase and bring in a copy of their set texts for this half term.
WJEC GCSE English and English Language Higher Textbook
ISBN- 978-0-435016-87-6
Students will have been advised by their teacher which play they are studying from the options below:
Blood Brothers
ISBN- 978-0-413-76770-7
A View from the Bridge
ISBN- 0-435-23312-2
Students in Miss Turner’s class do not need to purchase the plays.
The English Department
Thursday 24th October 2013 saw the first annual Festa Italo-Inglese. Able, Gifted and Talented students in Year 10 at St Joan of Arc met with the four exchange students from the Liceo Sacro Cuore in Milan to show them the ‘St Joan of Arc Survival Sketches’ video. Made during a workshop in July, the aim of the video was to welcome the Italians to British school life and to help them avoid any faux pas! After laughing and cringing along to the videos, attendees dined on Mrs Perotti’s homemade arancini and chatted in both Italian and English.
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Year 7 students enjoyed their Art and RE trip to the National Gallery. Students were given a talk by gallery staff on Religious symbolism in Art. Back at school students have recorded and illustrated their analysis of one of the paintings.
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Year 8 Art Club started this week with pumpkin carving.
If you would like to come to Art club please sign up with Mrs Henderson.
We meet on Tuesday lunchtimes.
On Monday 21st October we arranged for a Fitness Coach, Danielle West (one of the Year 11 Girls mums!), to come in and teach a Body Conditioning session for 60 of the Year 11 Girls.
We aim to inspire the Girls in Year 11 with a range of different Fitness Classes that are available and popular within local communities and Fitness Centers. This will hopefully give them more incentive to stay active and involved in exercise; as this can often become a time when Girls become disinterested and lazy.
This was an excellent treat for the girls to finish their Fitness unit on. Within the unit we have looked at a variety of fun, exciting ways to stay fit and healthy, including Body Pump, Circuit Training, Aerobics, Zumba, Pilates.
A big Thank You goes out to Danielle for inspiring the girls with her highly motivating, vibrant, stimulating session she ran. The girls were really buzzing afterwards! Thank You so much for your time.
Action shots
Saint Joan of Arc Art Department hosted a dynamic, day-long, creative drawing workshop run by The Royal Academy. With the life model at the centre of the day’s activities, the programme provided a unique opportunity for Art Students to explore a wide variety of approaches to drawing as a vehicle for developing their own creativity.
Liz Shapland (Hertfordshire LA) hosted an excellent workshop on revision methods and strategies for year 11 pupils and their parents on Wednesday 9th October. A packed hall engaged in a very practical approach to planning and organising revision in preparation for year 11 trial exams in January and then GCSE exams in the summer of 2014.
Revise – Recall – Review
Can you draw the British Rail sign?
