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Kings Messenger THE KINGS OF WESSEX SCHOOL A Church of England Foundation School Specialist Technology College Issue no. 86 End of Summer Term – July 2009 The Kings’ Messenger Students Play the “Teechers” It’s not everyday students get to play the laughter in between. They brilliantly acted out the Teachers. At least, not usually in the classroom… But earlier amusing technique of third person running self- this half term our Year 9’s gave a mischievously confident commentaries, addressing the audience as wayward rendition of John Godber’s 1980’s play “Teechers”. students - and even cleverly delivered the dated jokes. The play opened with the contemporary pop group Rookie Teacher Mr Nixon - complete with tank Pink Floyd chanting “we don’t need no education”. Yet, for top and glasses - joins Whitewall Comprehensive School members of the audience of a certain age, it was an ironic for his first Teacher of Drama post, played courageously by reminder that none of the 13 and 14-year old student Isaac Taschimowitz. After a traditionally tricky start he thespians would have been born when the play was first soon becomes a champion for education and like Every performed by the Hull Truck Theatre Company at the New Teacher has his turning point when he takes on the Edinburgh Festival in 1987. This was, after all, in the last school bully Oggy Moxon (Jamie Stawbridge) and then Century before Broadband Internet, interactive miserable old Doug the caretaker (James Peebles-Brown). whiteboards and IPods. Before text messaging and It was clear our young actors were enjoying automatic spell checks spelt disaster for good English and themselves. Eppie Tippetts and Holly Atkins slipped grammar. The pre-downloading music days of records and effortlessly and entertainingly into their roles as dynamic cassettes... duo students Gail and Hobby. Along with Salty (Jack Throughout the play, reminders of the decade Landers), they were loud-mouthed and cheeky, before were rampant, providing many private chuckles… ‘O’ finding their feet as members of Mr Nixon’s Drama Club. Levels exams, Needlework class, Youth Training Schemes, They would have given any Ofsted inspector a run for his pink leg warmers, Hush Puppies shoes, “E.T.” the Extra- targets. Terrestrial movie, Ford Cortinas, Jimmy Saville, when These were the days before New Labour’s Wham! and Dire Straits were topping the charts … and, “Education Education Education” mantra, the National when “knackers” was considered a naughty word. Curriculum and league tables. [Cue another ironic chuckle This was a funny and ironic production, and the from some of teachers in the audience]. The days of Staff Room students played the classroom comedy with a rebellious Politics when it was a sin to pinch another Teacher’s chair. panache worthy of the era. Their purposefully fast-paced In swooning contrast – to the audience’s amusement and witty delivery of the one-hour play within a play kept Headmistress Mrs Parry, played gushingly by Rachael the audience on the edge of their seats, with lots of Moger, with her awful dress sense, hopelessly pursues the love interest towards young Mr Nixon. Every Staff Room should have one. Godber originally wrote “Teechers” to be played by three actors. But twenty years later that would have deprived our budding actors of this opportunity to indulge in the art of parody. The sparse props on stage - a few desks and chairs were incidental to the lively acting, transforming the classroom into more of a social club. “Teechers” was an entertaining and amusing end to the school day. For some of the audience it was a novel comedy, for others nostalgic. Well done to Teacher of Drama Alexa Bowden for her superb directing début and gold stars to the cast and crew. School Report for the Cast of “Teechers” Behaviour: could be better Spelling: needs to improve Acting: full marks! By Jude Owens, Head’s PA Head’s-Up from Mr Richardson Headteacher, The Kings of Wessex School Dear Parents, As another school year draws to a close, I am pleased to bring you this final Kings’ Messenger. So sit back and I hope you enjoy reading more about some of the many highlights of the term. This Summer Term has inevitably been dominated by the busy exam season, and we have all been working hard to encourage all our students sitting exams to achieve their very best. A big thank you to our Exams Team, led by Assistant Headteacher Christian Hughes, for their exemplary exams administration – including the huge organisation involved in breaking the school record of over 500 students sitting exams in one day. We all now await the results in August. As per our Kings tradition - after all the students’ hard work, we celebrated the end of the exams for both Year 11 and Year 13 with their own special events. The Year 11 Celebration Assembly was held on Friday 12 June 2009 organised by Year 11 Leader Terry Clark and a team of enthusiastic students. A few weeks later at the end of the exams the year group donned their party frocks and DJ’s for their Prom held at The Webbington Hotel in Loxton, with some students providing musical entertainment. Meanwhile, the Year 13 leavers’ assembly was held in school on Friday 22 May 2009, and following the end of their exams the students danced the night away at Weston-super-Mare’s Winter Gardens. I wish them well in their in their Higher Education endeavours, as well as those taking gap years or entering the world of work. From September, we are looking forward to introducing our new 13-16 curriculum, including BTEC First Certificate Courses. Together with the changes to the timings of the new school day, I am confident that this new structure will enhance Teaching and Learning for our young people. Thank you again to those parents who responded to our consultation. I am also pleased to confirm that our Year 9 students will have their first GCSE option choices. Work has been underway to ensure a smooth transition for our new Year 9 students. Thank you to parents who attended an information evening in June and who will also be meeting their child’s Tutor at the time of writing. We also held our new Year 9 Transfer Day on Tuesday 7 July 2009. This year’s new Sixth Form Induction Day on Tuesday 30 June 2009 was attended by 198 students. They clearly enjoyed the taster lessons, traditional treasure hunt – and not wearing school uniform! You will be able to read more about the exciting Year 12 Extended Project launched this term. Recently, you will all be aware from my letter about the incident of swine flu at Kings. It is clear from the local and national press that this is in our midst, and I appreciate such news can cause concern. 2 But, I would like to reassure you all once again that we have been in close contact with both Somerset County Council and Taunton and Somerset Health Protection Agency for guidance. I thank all our parents for their understanding and communications. Once again, there has been a rich programme of enrichment activities on offer in school: from Duke ofEdinburgh expeditions, trips to St Ives and the Eden Project, Sports Festivals and fixtures, to visiting speakers and conferences – and much more! I am grateful to our staff for providing these wonderful activities that are so important in enhancing learning and building our young people’s skills and confidence. I would like to thank formally Mendip Rotary for working with us again this year, providing challenges for our students. Recently the winners were announced for the Business Studies Big Pitch, Young Artist and Young Writer competitions. I would also like to thank our valued PTA members for their marvellous momentum in raising money to complement the work of our school. Please do support them if you can at the October AGM. At the time of going to press, we are currently hosting the ground-breaking, hit musical “Luv Esther” that is working with our young people. I thank the Cheddar Valley Churches for funding this thought-provoking drama, and our Christian Leader Jo Slade for orchestrating the week. Those of you who were able to join us for this year’s Fashion Show and Visual Arts Exhibition of Artwork, Photography and Textiles stunning highlight will have also relished this creative treat by our Sixth Form Art students. We have also been relishing the Design and Technology Week, with an exhibition, activities, trips and competitions. I am pleased to announce the appointment of our new Careers Advisor Mark Nixon, an experienced and enthusiastic professional in the field of careers guidance who I believe will be an asset to this work with our young people at Kings. On the topic of work, our Year 10 students attended a Key Skills Conference prior to their work experience week. I have heard many positive reports about their placements and hope they benefited from this taste of the world of work. Some of our Year 12 students attended an increasingly important “Pass Plus” driving safely talk, and also a UCAS visit. Meanwhile, our Year 9 students had a wide variety of experiences on their Citizenship Day. Our young athletes are currently warming up for our annual Sports Day, Tennis Tournament and Swimming Gala. In an equally nail-biting finish, our Years 9 Boys’ Cricket Team have just won the Somerset County Cup final match. Also, the record number of Year 10 Sports Leaders have shown tremendous talent in organising Sports Festivals and events for our Cheddar Valley First and Middle Schools.
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