HEAD’S WEEKLY REVIEW
20th May 2016 - Issue 6
Unsung heroes in the spotlight Each week, many wonderful things happen at Roedean, about which many in the school are perhaps unaware; this section of the weekly review is dedicated to ‘unsung heroes’, in order to draw our attention to these people and remind us that our community is special.
Claudia TorrasCostafreda (L5) for the huge amount of effort she put into her Biology revision, making excellent progress [PCH]
Eva Fletcher (U3) for performing 2 pieces of a Grade 2 standard on the Oboe at the teatime recital this week, after only 6 lessons! [MTR]
Angus Chan and Annabella Chen (6.2) for entertaining a group of visiting Prep School Heads by playing Debussy and Mozart beautifully on the piano, despite the windy conditions in the Cloisters! [RB]
Amelie Samarasinghe (L4) for showing maturity and kindness when helping a fellow student [GMG]
Alicia Taggart (L5) for reading and giving feedback on 16 books on the SSBA (Southern Schools’ Book Award) long list over the past few months [SBL]
Drama Exam Performances Both the AS and the GCSE Drama courses culminated in the presentation of their performance work to a visiting examiner and large audiences in our Theatre at Roedean, and both evenings proved to be very moving and engaging. On May 10th, the AS group performed When We Were Mothers by Lisa Evans, which was directed by CRI, with Sophia Bartlett underscoring the piece with atmospheric viola music. The play tells three separate stories of motherhood and was an ensemble production, with the girls playing a range of challenging roles. The girls’ emotional conviction certainly touched the audience and several members were seen wiping away tears when the lights came up. The girls then had to switch roles immediately for their monologue performances, and we were treated to a range of characters from different time periods and theatrical styles. On May 18th, the GCSE drama group, led by KLA, presented three devised pieces created in response to the stimulus of Joan Littlewood’s Oh What A Lovely War. The girls wrote and directed the pieces themselves, and all performances were extremely thought-provoking and hard- hitting, showing very imaginative use of drama and theatrical devices. Although nerve-wracking, the girls all agree that this still has to be the best way to be examined in Drama – it is, after all, a subject that can really only be assessed by a live audience!
Mary McHarg (L5)/Darcey Priddle (U3)/Martha Selby (U4)/ Mackenzie Waller (U4) for dressing up wonderfully as the artists presented in Chapel [GRE]
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