The Regents Review - Winter 2015

The Regents Review Winter 2015

Departmental News

Creative Arts Department The ‘Big Draw’ event For the first time ever, Regents Park Community College has taken part in the ‘Big Draw’ event. All students created their own 8.5 x 8.5cm drawing, which represented something about

Art ambassadors On Wednesday 4th November, 12 Year 9 students visited Foundry Lane Primary school to participate in a collaborative Art project between our two schools. This was an exciting opportunity for them to extend their artistic and leadership skills helping support Year 3 students create Picasso portraits. Our students were outstanding ambassadors for our school and we would like to say a big thank you and well done to: Milly Dowse, Elwira Kilichowska, Kiran Buckle, Vishal Kasba, Mollie Knight, Mollie Higlett, Bobbie Miah, Rosie O’Shea, Sukhveer Kaur, Angel Freeman, Rhiannon Ford-Bailey, Lauren McAllister. We look forward to more opportunities like this. Innovative Art Mrs Selfe and Miss Alabaster took 7G2 out into the grounds of school during Art. The idea was to stretch students’ ability, imagination and creativity. They were given a large piece of card; a pot of water and a checklist of activities to complete. Then the fun began! Students searched for objects to use to create an image and explored different mark making techniques, using mud, leaves and twigs. It was absolutely fantastic to observe how the students worked, thinking outside the box and their final images were amazing. Well done to all students!

them. This took place in tutor time and the winners for the first tutor group in Key Stage 3 and 4 to hand in their drawings were BRANSON KH and ROWLING RJ. A massive well done to all tutor groups for all their hard work with this!

On the last week of half term the ‘Big Draw’ event took place in the hall. Every class and member of staff was invited down to the hall over a period of 4 days. Students copied their drawings onto large pieces of card, divided into a grid, with the school logo hidden behind. There was a real buzz in the room and calming music was played as students and staff got engrossed into their piece of art. As the week progressed the grid began to fill, showing a real community feel, capturing an insight of each individual. The finished piece is amazing. Well done to all the students and staff for achieving such a fantastic piece of art, for display in the hall. We look forward to continuing with the ‘Big Draw’ next year! Mrs Selfe and Mrs Flynn

The ‘X Factor’ The last academic year marked the first ever Regents Park ‘X Factor’ competition. Pupils from across all year groups took part and the standard of performances was very high. We are proud to announce that Phoebe Underhill, who is now in Year 8, was the overall winner of the show. However, everyone who was involved had a great time and the combined efforts of staff and students ensured the performances were a real success. Thank you to everyone involved in the process, and make sure to watch out for the ‘X Factor’ again in June 2016.

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