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The Paper Birds

Thursday saw our Year 10, 12 and 13 students have the opportunity to work with 'The Paper Birds'.

The Paper Birds is a devising theatre company, with a social and political agenda. They are recognised as UK leaders in verbatim theatre. They're artists, investigators, entrepreneurs, educators. They pride ourselves on taking complex, multi-faceted subjects and making them accessible. They have an artistic programme and a creative learning programme and nurture both equally.

Students had a fantastic time creating material for devised pieces, they were able to try out the methods and work collaboratively.

Well Done Year 10, 12 & 13!

Wear a Hoodie Day - Friday 6th May

Thank you to all who took part in the year 11 fundraising day last Friday. There were certainly some colourful garments on display. The Prom Committee managed to raise a total of £269 which will be put towards a photo booth at the year 11 Prom on July 4th. We then had an incredible anonymous donation of £200 to add to this amount.
In total, this had paid the full balance for the hire of the booth, and Ms Kemal has added a sweet cart and doughnut stall to the evening's festivities. I hope our year 11 focus fully on their exams for the next 6 weeks then we can enjoy an evening of celebrations.

The photo booth on the evening comes with the following...

Two professional attendants
3 hrs running time
Prop Box packed full of Wigs, Glasses Hats & quirky silliness
Large selection of Green Screen Backgrounds to suit your quirky theme
Guests welcome to use the photo booth as many times as they like
The photo booth prints 2 copies of every print / 4 Strips
Custom designed photo template with name and date of event on each print
Social Media Upload / Password Protected Gallery
Personalised hard-backed guest book for your guests to stick a copy of the print out and write a message
USB Stick containing all images supplied after event

PTFA Update

The PTFA have been very pleased to donate £388 to PE recently. The money has already been used to purchase a pair of brand new netball posts and nets for the girls netball team.

Our next fundraising event will be at sports day (Friday 1st July) running a refreshments stall for students and staff to use throughout the events. Please bring loose change with you on the day to purchase items - but don't worry we will remind everyone again a bit nearer the day!

The PTFA will also be present at the upcoming Y6 into Y7 meet the tutor evening (Thursday 23rd June) to help answer any questions new parents may have. We will be next to the uniform stall so please do come and say hello.

JOIN US! – If you would like to join the PTFA, suggest fundraising ideas, have prizes that could be donated for an event or just help out at an individual event, please contact us via