Regents Review Autumn 2023

The Regents Review Autumn 2023

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Media & Film

Our Media Studies students have gone head first into their component 2 revision this term, in preparations for the mock exams. This has

Everyone’s quite excited and raring to go! Within Year 10 film studies, we’ve studied Attack the Block and Whiplash so far. Both films have male protagonists, but represent social groups and relationships in very different ways. Year 11 film studies group have had a whirlwind of teen films, starting with Rebel Without a Cause and then onto Ferris

We begin now on our coursework: creating a screenplay and shooting script for the opening of a teen, horror, action, romance, or sci-fi film. The students have grabbed this opportunity with both hands and are all very clear on their characters, narrative and representations. Let the writing commence! Well done, everyone! Have a restful break.

meant lots of learning and revision about Luther, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber –

they have all thrived within this study, whether or not they started out ‘Swifties’ or ‘Beliebers!’ We begin on the final part of our course now: coursework! We are creating special interest magazines, or DVD covers and posters for a film of our creation.

Bueller’s Day Off. We revised Whiplash and then headed straight into exam practice, ready for the mock exams.

Science

Again, this year has seen some exciting development in the science department. The science team has been further strengthened with a member of our staff, who is now part of the pastoral team and another experienced science teaching professional, who is part of the Senior Leadership Team. Our dedicated team of scientists are able to

deliver all aspect of the science curriculum to all students regardless of age, need and ability in our seven modern and well-equipped, purpose-built laboratories. The science department is offering a number of clubs / activities aimed at supporting students with their learning and their enjoyment of all sciences: The Year 7 and Year 8 science club, running on Thursdays after school, Mrs Khan offers Key Stage 3 students to carry out practical activities and challenges focussed on STEM subjects (science technology, engineering and mathematics). This has proven to be a big success in improving the profile of sciences at Regents Park.

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