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Summer Art Challenge 2017 Spotlight The Newsletter of the Benjamin Britten Music Academy and Centre of Excellence in Mathematics Edition No.17: Autumn half-term, 2017 Special Feature: Summer Art Challenge 2017 The famous painter Pablo Picasso once said that ‘every child is an artist’, so the summer holiday found many of our scholars wielding paint brushes, pencils and cameras in a bid to capture images of day-to-day events, thoughts and ideas. The Summer Art Challenge was held to inspire scholars to examine the world around them and to stir their creativity outside of school. The ultimate aim of the challenge was to create a piece of artwork over 30 days which could be submitted upon return to school. Scholars were set a title for each day ranging from shapes and shadows through to still life. They could use any materials they wished and some were very creative using stones and leaves. An incredible 170 entries were received from year 7, with year 8 submitting nearly 60 entries and year 9 approximately 30. Awards for the winning pieces were later presented in assemblies. Paintings, sketches, collages, textiles and abstract pieces were all received and judged by the art department during the first two weeks of September. The breadth and quality of entries was most impressive and Mrs Steward (art) would like to congratulate all students who took part, especially those named below who were selected as the winning entrants from years 7, 8 and 9. Winning entrants from year 9 were: Leilah Gooding, Amy Ling and Jenna Utting Winning entrants from year 8 were: Shannon Collyer, Katie Hitter and David Mitchell Winning entrants from year 7 were: Tommy Hendricks, Elyse Price and Olivia Steward Benjamin Britten Music Academy and Centre of Excellence in Mathematics Blyford Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4PZ Telephone: (01502) 582 312 Year Group News Year 7: It has been a fantastic start for year 7, with students getting involved in all aspects of school life. Our scholars have joined numerous clubs and are looking forward to the Choir Auditions, Rock Challenge and Christmas production. We hope to see lots of year 7s participating this year! Our students recently visited Thorpe Woodlands for team building activities that included archery, caving and high rope. A fantastic time was had by all. We are very pleased with the support that the year 7s gave for the recent Open Evening; they were polite, helpful, friendly and extremely proud of their school. Awards have been received for the Summer Art Project – which saw Olivia Steward, Elyse Price and Tommy Hendricks secure first place awards. The Extreme Reading Challenge that was held over the summer holiday was won by Eden Baptiste and certificates were given to several runners-up. A notable start to her time at the Britten School was made by Alexis Martin who received her Accelerated Reader Award. Other events saw all year 7s participating in the Happy Puzzle Company Day where parents were invited to work with their children to solve mathematical problems. Congratulations are extended to Luca Holifield who has received two certificates and a medal for his contribution to the school table tennis team. In the coming weeks, all year 7s will be participating in a Music Workshop on 17 October provided by The Tailormade, who have had a very enjoyable career supporting the likes of Olly Murs, Blue, Rebecca Ferguson, CeeLo Green, Lemar and Busted as well as having a performed at their own showcase events at major venues. We are very pleased to have these musical artists working with our students. In sports, we have already seen year 7s representing the school in both football and netball fixtures. Finally, 7OC have nearly completed their rotation for office duty. They have done a fantastic Luca Holifield (7OB) with job and have enjoyed the experience and the responsibility that it brings. We are very much his medal and certificate from the school table looking forward to continuing this positive start after the October half term. Thank you to tennis team all parents and carers who have supported their children in the move to year 7. –Mrs. Reynolds & Mr Wareham. Year 8: It’s been a great start to the new academic year for year 8. We are delighted to see that our scholars have already collected almost 900 achievement points this half-term! This is amazing, well done! Every half-term, our form tutors each choose one tutee to be awarded a certificate and prize for their efforts within the tutor group. The first winners will soon be announced on the school’s Facebook page. After half-term, our tutor groups are going to be leading the assemblies! They are each choosing a charity that they would like to support this year and are creating an assembly all about it (8AK: Tues 7 Nov. 8BS: Tues 14 Nov. 8CG: Tues 21 Nov. 8JD: Tues 28 Nov. 8JG: Tues 5 Dec.) Congratulations to the 43 year 8 scholars that submitted their work for the 30 Days of Summer Art Challenge. A huge well done to Shannon Collyer, Katie Hitter (pictured) and David Mitchell who won awards for the best pieces of work in the year group. Our scholars have also been successful in extra-curricular activities: during the summer Lyla Studd (pictured, right) trialled for the Suffolk FA schools' county football squad. After attending two trials, she has been selected to play in the U14 squad and has trained with them near Ipswich for the last nine weeks. Today she has been selected to play in their first fixture against Hertfordshire on Saturday 14 October. What a fantastic achievement for Lyla to be selected to play for the county! Well done Lyla - we are very proud of you! Also we should like to congratulate Lucy Dixon and Emma Read for completing an overnight expedition for their Chief Scout Gold Award. They walked a total of 13 miles over two days, camping and cooking with little supervision - well done, we are very proud of you both. Well done to Nathan Warnes who played in the U16 Table Tennis Competition, where the team won a Silver Medal. Further congratulations are extended to Nathan Warnes, Ethan Wright and George Shrimpton who won a Gold Medal in the U13 Table Tennis Competition. Well played boys! Forthcoming year 8 events include the Lyrical Workshop (17 Oct) where visitors to the school will deliver lyrical workshops to our year 7, 8 and 9 scholars. Students will learn how and why lyrics are chosen as well as taking part in some fun, musical activities. Finally, ‘Misunderstood’ (8 Nov) are an upcoming band who will be spending the morning in school, not only performing to our year 7, 8 and 9 scholars, but also delivering a message on cyberbullying, discrimination and British values. -Miss Armon & Miss Banns. Year 9: Year 9 scholars volunteered to assist Mrs Steward in the Art Department for the Open Evening on 26 September. Certificates were awarded to: Emma Jones, Chloe Bryant-Daldry, Charlotte Franklin, Chloe Utting, Emily Sharman, Ala Hatukai and Brooklyn Smith (see right). On 27 September we held a special assembly focusing on bullying via social media. PCSO Norman Drew and Simon Whitfield, Cybercrime Investigator, presented a very thought-provoking assembly to make scholars aware of the dangers and repercussions of cyber bullying. Students of the Month, nominated by Form Tutors, are: Alyssia Bullard, Brody Ketteringham, Mia Riggall, Hailie Hutcheson and Charlotte Franklin. Many of our scholars have achieved 25 credits and received certificates in our year 9 assembly – too many names to mention but well done to all of you! Hot off the Press – we are organising a trip to the Norwich Snowsports Centre for an hour of tubing. The trip will take place mid-November, over two days. More details to follow! –Mr Flanagan & Mrs Overy Charlotte Franklin and Alyssia Bullard Year 10: It’s wonderful to report that year 10 have made a really positive start to the academic year. Scholars have approached their GCSE studies with an enthusiasm and eagerness that has not gone unnoticed by those who teach them! For this, we’d like to congratulate every member of year 10. To support their GCSE studies, scholars have been working on a study skills programme in tutor time. They have been given the opportunity to explore their learning styles and a number of revision techniques in detail. In addition to this, each year 10 scholar has also received a study skills booklet to support them as they embark on the journey towards their final examinations. We would like to take this opportunity to remind students to take full-advantage of the after-school prep facility hosted in the School Library each evening after school, 3:30-5pm (except Fridays). After-school prep provides an invaluable opportunity for pupils to receive guidance and support with their studies, homework and revision. Complimentary snacks and drinks are available to those pupils who choose to attend. Furthermore, we would also like to remind scholars that a broad range of revision guides are available to purchase from the School Library. Additionally, year 10 have also launched their Community Support project this term. Scholars and tutors have elected to collect gifts and make cards which they will personally deliver to the residents of the Blyford Care Home in the weeks before Christmas. This project will support elderly members of our community who may not otherwise spend time with friends or family over the festive period. At the Britten School, we take every opportunity to celebrate the success of students both inside and outside of school.
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