Opportunities for All
It has been a busy year for the drama and performing arts girls. Twenty one girls were entered for their BTEC Performing and Production Arts qualification and all were awarded Distinctions. The summer production of 'Alice's Dream' involved the whole school in some way, with over one hundred girls performing in the play and senior girls making a major contribution by fulfilling the back stage roles. The audiences loved the combination of drama, comedy, dance and music in a non stop riot of colourful costumes and animal characters.
The coming year promises to be even busier with the film summer school organised by the British Youth Film Academy in Shrewsbury with ten of our students attending and the school providing the location for some of the major scenes for their production of a feature film based on the play 'Henry IV' by William Shakespeare.
Three girls have been entered in the BBC's 'Off by Heart' drama speaking competition in October, and we are planning to enter three teams in the Independent School Association Drama Competition in the Spring term.
Theatre trips to see 'The Lion King' in London, 'Aladdin' in Shrewsbury and 'Horrible Histories' in Newtown are proving popular with the students.
The plans are in hand for whole school production which traditionally ends the school year, the provisional title is 'Toad of Toad Hall'.
Music and singing play an important part in school life, this year saw another successful concert and the choir performed on a number of occasions including at Speech Day, where the newly formed String Ensemble, gave their first public performance.
Juniors
The Junior department will put on a major production every year, usually at Christmas. There is often, but not always, a Christmas theme, and all of the girls will be involved.
BTEC, GCSE and A-level work
Drama is growing in popularity and excellent drama results at GCSE provides a good lauching point, with all the candidates achieving A or B grades. We are delighted that some of our senior girls are auditioning for drama and dance colleges around the country and we will work with them to help develop their audition techniques.
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