Cheltenham Cantilena Orchestra On the 18th of September students from Bishop Perowne College performed at Cheltenham Town Hall in 'Dream Children' as part of the Cantilena Orchestra program conducted by Stephen Belinfante. The Wireboyz Dance Group performed to the Promenades of Mussorgsky’s 'Pictures At An Exhibition' and the joined up with other dancers from the College to perform in 'Gnomus'. Twenty of our students from Years 8 to 11 took part and led the finale - 'The Great Gates'. As well as the dancers Penny Ashmore brought her fantastic vocal talents to the event and sang the solo soprano part in the fourth Movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony. It was a hugely successful event and there was a great deal of feedback from our parents as to how talented and professional our students are.
Wire Youth Dance Company Directed by Rachael Alexander and resident in Bishop Perowne Performing Arts Studio - the company held their open auditions in the studio on 8th September. Five students from Bishop Perowne auditioned and all were successful in gaining a place in the company.
Motionhouse Dance Theatre Company Motionhouse Dance Theatre will be visiting Bishop Perowne College on 19th October 2011. The company will work with Year 11 GCSE Dance students on their Performance in a Group examination module - worth 20% of the final examination. The practice of having a visiting company to support student learning in this way has been highly praised by the AQA examinations board who took copies of Bishop Perowne dance moderation work to use as exemplar material.
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On Tuesday, 19 July Students from Bishop Perowne along with Pendock and Claines Primary presented the end of term Summer Dance Gala 2011. The show devised and run by students presented the Year 9 choreographies to mark the end of their Dance Leaders Award Level 1 run by the Sports Council of Great Britain. With a full audience the student presented twenty different dance items to very proud Mums and Dads, Aunties and Uncles, Nana and Grandpas Pendock and Claines Primary Schools visited Bishop Perowne earlier in the year as part of the Worcester Dance Festival and made a very welcome return, presenting their work ‘Out of India’ and ‘it aint what you do’. We look forward to further partnerships with the two schools and sincerely thank the students and staff for all their hard work. The standard, as usual, was very high with Wireboyz presenting their new work ‘Internet Connection’ choreographed by Adam Rutherford
DRIVING LESSONS AT BISHOP PEROWNE We are pleased to invite Year 10 and 11 students aged 14 years and over, to participate in an after school Driving rd Club. This is a one hour per week over a six week period starting on Monday, 3 October from 3.15pm – 4.15pm. It is offered at the cost of £10. 00 per session. During this course students will learn the basics of car control including moving away, stopping, steering and gear changes and will have the opportunity to drive around the playground. They will gain the understanding of the challenges that face the modern driver. The course is offered by Alan Fairbrother a qualified driving instructor with over 23 years of teaching experience, who holds an enhanced police check. As this is a pilot scheme we are expecting this to be very popular so would appreciate a quick response as the places th will be limited to begin with. In the case of oversubscription places will be allocated by ballot on Monday, 9 May.
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