The Call and Response drama group were invited to Spencer House by the charity KIDS to perform Romeo and Juliet. Look at pictures taken and listen into PJ’s recording of their performance.
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In this blog you'll find all the latest information on what the pupils have been getting up to in and out of school. Use the category listing to filter the blog. Click on each entry to view the full page which in many cases includes photographs and video.
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Afasic world record attempt
Charlton School students and staff support the charity Afasic in an attempt to set the new world record for ‘the most people simultaneously performing sign language to a song at different venues’ listen in to ‘Sunshine in my Heart’
Sporting event to coincide with the Paralympic flag handover
On Wednesday the 17th of September, Charlton School held a sporting event to coincide with the Paralympic flag handover. The event included Gymnastic displays by four of our talented students. The demonstrations from Ruky, James, Stephen and Sinead included floor routines, parallel bars, Beam and trampolining. A large number of our students were invited to join in and learn about the different gymnastic apparatus and participated in taster sessions. The morning was a huge success and the deputy mayor attended and presented medals to all of our students for participation and celebrating in the event. Well done and a big Thank you to all students and staff involved.
Deborah Reid
Head of P.E.
Art at the O2 Dome
On Wednesday 17th September a group of students went to the 02 to do some art work as part of the Paralympic Handover celebrations……….
Allotment at Abbey Wood
Our allotment at Abbey Wood has started producing its first fruit and vegetables. Students from 6th 1 and 2 have already started picking strawberries and around 20 red onions…………..
School Choir sings at Greenwich Sportathon
The school choir sang for the lunchtime presentations during the Greenwich Sportathon at Woolwich Barracks, last Monday 16th June. On a big stage with microphones and in front of children from ten local primary schools, the choir sang with great eagerness and energy and did the school proud. Well done to all the choir for their commitment and enthusiasm to singing!
Stage Right comes to Charlton School
Stage Right, an all inclusive performing arts project has just started as an after school club at Charlton School. Run by Greenwich Academy of Music and Drama and with the help of staff from school, students’ access music, drama and dance through various activities. This term students have been developing their drama skills and have been learning lots of news songs. Watch this space for details of our first performance later in the year.
Animation by Richard
Watch a fantastic animation created by Richard. Funding by Media Box and with help from his family. A real outstanding talent!
My Alter Ego
Post 16 students took part in an art project with art students from an organisation called Create to Learn who came into school to work with them. They worked on a project called My Alter Ego where students had to think about themselves as their heroes or imaginary people they would like to be…………
http://www.createtolearn.org.uk/index.php?page=view-project&request=72
Charlton Students Perform at The House of Commons
The Bard and Building schools for the future at the House of Commons 15th May 2008
Charlton students perform at the house of commons to a an audience of MPs and Partnership for schools.
The Call and response drama group performed an extracts of Romeo and Juliet using 4 languages, extracts of Shakespeare’s text , key signs from BSL and words and phrases Arabic and Hebrew.
We will be performing Twelfth Night at the next Shakespeare Schools Festival in October 2008 , PJ as youth director .
London Regatta Competition
Students from Royal Hill take part in Rowing regatta last sunday. This was along side other schools, athletes who have qualified for the olympics and paralympics. A great achievement - well done
Charlton School becomes Rydell High
On April 1st 2008 the drama group received rapturous applause for their production of Grease. It was a fantastic day, with the sound of Summer Nights, Grease Lightning and much more being heard throughout the school. Well done to everyone involved…………..
Film Production Course
An exciting opportunity has been provided for a group of students at Charlton School and St Ursula’s Girls School to take part in a Film Production Course ran by Spectrecom Film Company……………..
Presentation by Toby Hewson
Post 16 students enjoyed a very interesting presentation by Toby Hewson last week. Toby came in to talk to students about his life and setting up and running his own company called JustDifferent at just 26 years old. He gave some very good advice to students on making the most of their time in school and to staff he requested that we are ambitious for our students and not just for what may be achievable but what may seem impossible. Toby was also filmed by the film production students and interviewed by Georgina.
Charlton School Football Song
Post 16 Creative Arts group have written the lyrics, recorded the song, created the art work, planned, filmed and edited our own School Football Song. Watch and enjoy the fun!
C3 Spanish - watch and learn!
During the week beginning the 17th March Key Stage 3 are running a Spanish Café in the MFL room and are expecting lots of visitors from the staff, Key Stage 4 and Post 16. To help everyone order their drinks in Spanish C3 have put together this lovely video: C3 teach Spanish. Do watch it and come and visit our café in the MFL room (Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning and afternoon). Salud!
KS3 Project - Monsters
Watch ‘Monsters’ film, a KS3 science project using pneumatic power.
Film R4 Magnets
Watch Ricky, Fisayo and Paul working with magnets in science
Post 16 Mosaic Project
During this last half term the post 16 Environment Group have been studying what mosaics are and making some of their own. They have had great fun making designs and then trying to repeat them using little tiles and different coloured glass beads. Here is some of their work.
South London Special League
The under 16 and under 19 school football teams competed in the South London Special League on Friday the 8th of February 2008. The under 19 team won all games convincingly with James Mc Leod scoring for fun. The under 16 team played very well against their opposition . The competition was enjoyed by all!
GOLF AT CHARLTON SCHOOL! TIGER WOODS BEWARE!
In line with our successful enrichment programme (rowing, horse-riding, dance productions etc.) we are taking another innovative step forward by introducing golf to Charlton School…………….
Royal Hill 6th form create a fairground
The fairground video was made by the Royal Hill 6th Form in DT. Students made fairground rides from construction kits and then put them together to make a fairground. Watch the video to see the results.
Music in the community
This term the Post 16 Creative arts, music group visited Trinity College of Music in Greenwich. We were taken on a tour of the building and saw lots of people practising their instruments. It was great afternoon, which ended with a workshop with students from the college and us learning a new song.
On 15th November students from R4, C7 and C12 visited Blackheath Halls, where we saw a concert performed by Trinity College of Music Jazz Band. It was a great concert, the musicians were fantastic.
The Sound of Music - London Palladium
On the 14th of November
A group of us went to the London Palladium to see the sound of music. It was part of our literacy lesson. I loved music.
By Katherine Buchanan C5
Georgina wins Channel Four and Media Box competition
Watch Georgina’s film and use the link to read all about the project.
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