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Senior Department News
Year 6 Shakespeare Workshop
ear 6 were immersed in the world of Shakespeare and Macbeth on Monday this week, working with a fabulous performer from Young Shakespeare Company.Top Form Future Skills
In Future Skills, Top Form are learning about how the brain develops during adolescence and the opportunities this presents for learning. This week we have watched the video clips (parents may be interested to watch these two clips https://youtu.be/dISmdb5zfiQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1u5OEc5eY ) and researched interesting facts about the brain.
Words such as neuroplasticity, pruning, synapses, and myelin have now entered their vocabulary so do chat to your child to see if they can explain what they have learned! They were particularly fascinated to learn about left-brain, right-brain dominance theory and this provoked some interesting debate.
We will be moving on to look at memory and revision techniques, so that Top Form really understand the best way to retrieve information from their highly impressive brains!
Mrs Clarke
Science Investigations
It has been a week of hands-on Science for Senior pupils this week.
Year 7 have been carrying out food tests, testing different samples for starch and fat content, and Year 6 have been investigating combustion – safely, of course.
Top Form Visit Woodlands
The Woodlands link Top Formers went with Mrs Kelway-Bamber to visit the Woodlanders today.
The children have been learning about Paw Patrol as their theme and had requested a visit from a real dog! Bruce thoroughly enjoyed all the attention and certainly seemed to meet LOTS of new friends.
This is the first time our Top Formers have been able to visit Woodlands this years; they had a brilliant time and loved being back!
Private Peaceful
Key dates for your diary:
Key dates for your diary:Technical & Dress rehearsal 1: Friday 4 March, 1400 – 1800
Technical & Dress rehearsal 2 + photographs with Michael Carver: Saturday 19 March, 1000 -1600
Dress rehearsal performance to Year 5 & 6 + Top Form non drama pupils: Monday 21 March, 1430 – 1600
Evening performances to parents: Thursday & Friday 24 and 25 March, 1900 – 2030
Reminder: All of Year 7 are involved in the play but ONLY those who opted for Drama in Top Form.
Rehearsal Schedules
Costumes
Thanks to Mrs Jacques’ wonderful design and sewing skills, we will provide ALL costumes for Private Peaceful, however ALL PUPILS should bring the following items:
- clean school shoes, grey socks (preferably long if they are school children, girls and boys).
- Girls need to have their hair tied back, buns for British soldiers. We would like Anna to have pigtails please!
Photos Please!
We would also like to put together a slideshow to remember family members who served in either World War 1 or World War 2.
Please email any suitable photos to L.Hegarty@beechwoodpark.herts.sch.uk by Friday 11 March.
Thank you
Mrs Hegarty
Save Harpenden Squash Club
Henley (Year 6) spent Half Term campaigning to save Harpenden Squash Club from eviction from its current premises, and he needs your help!
He has already organised T-shirts for Junior members, and a petition, which he hopes to get as many people as possible to sign, before the end of March.
Henley is an avid squash player and is currently ranked 5th in Hertfordshire, and feels that it would be a terrible shame for Harpenden Squash Club to lose its premises.
Please help Henley by signing his petition HERE
Thank you!
WORLD BOOK DAY is just around the corner, and we cannot wait!
Nisha’s War by Dan Smith