16th March 2018 - Issue 10
HEAD’S
WEEKLY REVIEW
Head’s Introduction Congratulations to the cast, crew, musicians, choreographers and directors of Oliver! The first night was such an incredible success with outstanding performances from the principals, an amazing ensemble, the band and the technical and stage crew. It is a mustsee show, so try to get one of the few remaining tickets if you can. The show is a very ambitious and complex piece, and with a huge cast involving girls from every year group who have all done superbly well. At the end of last week, the Sixth Form had a great time at the annual Casino Night, and some Year 11 Artists learnt about block-printing at BIP, with wonderful and beautiful results. I hope that many of you enjoyed the exeat weekend and sharing some time with your loved ones. This week, Roedean students gave a Lunchtime Recital at St Peter’s, which was very well received and hugely appreciated by the audience. The Roedean-St Mark’s ‘listening buddies’ scheme, overseen by Mr Wilson, got off to a great start, and everyone involved is excited about where this will lead. Also, 39 girls went on their DofE Bronze practice expedition, and 36 will be doing their Silver practice this weekend – good luck to them!
‘It was great that so many girls from different year groups were all in it together’ Phoebe H (Yr8)
Within School this week, we had a Mock Referendum about whether the voting ‘I loved age should be lowered, a Business second of every it Conference, and sporting fixtures for Will Buy’ – ‘Who Netball, Swimming, and Volleyball. The w favourite as my selection process for our new Prefect song.’ Miss Hy team has also taken place, and the ams appointments will be made before the end of term. We have a great Year 12 and every girl who is standing has already done a great job in the hustings, so they should all be congratulated for their commitment and passion for the School. For those with public examinations next term, it will be important for you this week to gather together everything you need to revise thoroughly over the Easter break. And finally, I wish you all well for the last week of term.
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It must be hugely daunting putting on ‘Oliver!’ as a school play because it’s such a classic. You might think that the plot, songs, and characters are so familiar to us that it’s hard to do them justice, but everyone would agree that the Roedean production did not let us down. Full of energy and vigour, the songs were belted out confidently and the cast had the audience bobbing along in their seats. The baddies were bad, the goodies were good, the funnies were (absolutely) hilarious, and the Dickensian urchins danced, picked pockets, and asked for more with genuine poverty panache. Supported by the superb live band and the stealthy set movers, the whole ensemble was a complete success. Watching ‘Oliver!’ was like putting on a pair of comfy slippers and slurping a hot chocolate: heart-warming, satisfying and simply fabulous! In fact, it was so good: ‘Please, sir, can we some more?’ TW
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