Regents Review Spring '18

The Regents Review Spring 2018

GENERAL NEWS

Homelessness Play On Tuesday 6th February, we welcomed the Zest Theatre group to perform to our Year 10 students and Year 9 Drama group. The production, ‘Until It’s Gone’, was hard-hitting and based on true stories of young people facing homelessness. Follow two years of Craig’s life as he decides to leave home before he is ready. With nowhere to go he quickly realises that real life isn’t as easy as he first thought. After the play the actors moved into an interactive workshop where the students had the chance to ask questions directly to the characters from the play. Harriet Baker in Year 10 said, “ It was a fun play but it also had lots of helpful messages about teenage problems, like drugs, alcohol and pregnancy ” Digital Detox From 5th – 11th February this term, students from across the school, as well as staff, took part in a Digital Detox. The idea was for participants to have a break from their phones for the week, particularly social media, in order to promote wellbeing. Digital ‘detoxers’ found the experience liberating and found that it gave them much more time in their days! In addition, some students were sponsored to do the detox and raised money for both the Usborne Reading Challenge and the Red Cross.

“The Digital Detox was easy because I had my family there to support me with no phone. Instead of me being on my phone, we went to places with the dog like the New Forest. I enjoyed it because it felt good not to be on something I was always using. I would do it again as it has made me use my phone less.” - Ella Farrelly, Year 7 “I found it educating, as I had more time to spend with my family and look at the nature around me, for example watching the Chase with my Grandad! I would do this again because it is fun not looking at the internet all the time and being more social.” - Kareena Kaur, Year 7

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