2015 has seen the launch of a new initiative at Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre that aims to promote student voice and the importance of being a pro-active member of both our immediate and wider commu-nities. Year 7 and Year 8 students were both given an assembly that encouraged them to put themselves forward to repre-sent their house, year group and their school. Prospec-tive candidates first had to write a letter of application and were then invited to an interview with our Deputy Head Boy (name removed) Deputy Head Girl (name removed) and Mrs Hood.

The standard of both the applications and interviews was exceptionally high and all the applicants were commend-ed for their courage, bravery and resilience in assembly. The successful candidates, listed below, will begin their tenure by taking part in the inaugural Young Leader Con-ference on November 13th. Year 7: Kirsty McAlpine, Holly Gurney, Jenson Wadley, Leo Kelley, Scarlett Millar, Charlie Heron-Ward. Year 8: Ellie Vaughan, Rosie-Anne Hedland, Freya Jen-kins, Casey Watkins, Valeria Michael, Olivia Beech.

The Newent Young Leaders - 2015

The annual Strictly Come Fishing event sees students paired up with school staff to take part in a fishing compe-tition. In a change to the usual relationship, the staff member fishes whilst being coached by the student. Always popular with both staff and students, this year’s contest proved no exception. The pairing of Tom Cleverley and Mr Edgell landed a carp to give a winning weight of 3lb 6oz. Tom Cleverley , recent winner of the prestigious Newent Police Junior Angling Shield proved to be the true powerhouse behind the team showing Mr Edgell how it should be done. With only one carp landed on the night, the battle for sec-ond place was tightly contested. A slightly better stamp of fish proved to be the edge needed for the team of Cameron Ormond and Mr Drake to snatch the runners up certificate with a weight of 4 oz! Special mention also goes to Jack Cleverley, teamed up with both Mrs Hood and Mrs Lawrance, who fished on adjacent pegs, and who coped brilliantly as the demands of the two increased during the event. In addition to the teams of enthusiastic students and staff taking part, the outstanding support team of Ms Mac-Neill on transport, Ms Palmer on catering and the angling coaches from Newent Angling Club and the Young An-glers Project, together with the guest appearance of the

Not Just The ONE That Got Away

event’s founder, Mrs. Jane Price, contributed greatly to the success of the event. There is a fishing club at school every Friday lunchtime in G17 from 1pm to 1.30pm run by Mr Timney. At the club students learn about fish, equipment, knots, rigs and tech-niques, watch fishing videos and sometimes have a prac-tice at casting on the school field. In conjunction with the fishing club, Newent Angling Club Junior Section run coaching sessions and matches throughout the year. These are held monthly on a Saturday at either Newent Town Lake or at Newent Angling Club’s Ford House Lakes. These sessions are open to any young person between the ages of 7 and 17. They do not need to be attend Newent School to take part. For Info, email: ktimney@newent.gloucs.sch.uk

On Friday 25th September, Year 7 students had the chance to find out just how linguistically talented New-ent’s non-MFL staff are! Teachers from departments as diverse as Art, P.E. and Science proudly displayed stickers indicating their second and, in some cases, third or fourth languages, allowing Year 7 students to make a list of our most polyglot peda-gogues! Most obscure language went to Ms MacNeill (Fijian – not strictly European though), and overall student winner, with the most staff names listed, was Bradley Stringer, who won an EU-themed t-shirt (nice) and some chocolate (even nicer). Vivez les langues!

European Day Of Languages - September 26th

New Head Boy and Head Girl - Sixth Form News

Congratulations to (names removed) on their appoint-ment as Head Boy and Girl a few weeks ago. Congratu-lations also go to Joe Loveys and Amy Davies as Deputy Head Boy and Girl. It was an extremely strong field of candidates which made the decision all the more difficult. It was a fantastic achievement for all concerned.

Thanks also go to (names removed) for the heartfelt speeches they delivered in front of parents, governors and prospective students during our Open Evening. To have such pride in our school and articulate their thoughts so eloquently was extremely impressive.

Mary Berry Would Have Been Proud On Friday September 25th Sixth Formers responded in their droves to the request to bake a cake for MacMillan Charity. It was a remarkable event and the effort made in the ‘bakes’ was astounding. So many people took part to make our first ‘Bake Off’ for charity, an event which will be etched on our memories in years to come. The talent was remarkable. Thanks also go to those who saved us from any baking disasters by donating shop-bought cakes, as well as to everyone who gave their cash to contribute towards such a worthy cause. The ‘Best Bake’ prize of a £10 Spotify Voucher was awarded to (name removed) for her sublime Black Forest Gateau, which I’m told tasted as divine as it looked. I think we should enter her for the BBC Bake Off competi-tion. We know who to go to if we want to commission a birthday cake. Well done to everyone for taking part.

To-date we have raised a welcome £89.62 for MacMillan and presented a cheque to our local representative of MacMillan Cancer Charity, Mr Phil Chew.

Sixth Form Take-Away Quiz Night

Our first ‘take away’ quiz of the year took place on Mon-day evening (October 12th) Arranged by the Sixth Form Committee, it featured over 10 rounds from general knowledge and sport, to music, super-sized twister and making our own mummies. Students brought their curries, pizzas, chips and choco-lates and competed against each other. The two teach-

ers’ teams also did us proud and the winning team “Let’s get Quizzical” stole the show (and the winning comfy chair with ribbons attached). A fantastic night had by all. We look forward to the next event. (Mummies - next page)

Sixth Form Quiz Night Make Your Own Mummy Round

Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificates Awarded

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Working alongside Mrs Arrowsmith, Mrs Curtis and Mrs Hood all of our Year 7 students have been challenged to create their own mini episodes of Blue Peter. It has been a delight to watch the youngest Drama stu-dents in the school take to the stage to share their talents with us and we are confident that, for many of our Year 7, this is the beginning of a long and successful Drama jour-ney at Newent. Congratulations to them all.

Year 7 Drama Students Take On The Blue Peter Challenge

By Marie Hood

A Taste Of What This School Means To Newent New Year 7 Students were presented with their 50th Anni-versary Mugs as a welcome to the proud traditions of our School. Many readers will have been part of the huge turnout of stu-dents past and present who celebrated out 50th year in April. All students received a mug donated by Steve Gooch.

The new Year 7 Rugby Team took part in the annual Churchdown 10s Competition. It was a real treat to meet some of the Gloucester Rugby Team too.

New Year 7 Rugby Players at Churchdown

By Lesley James

Once again the GCSE Catering Students busily prepared a tasty main course dish to enter into the School Heat of the Springboard Future Chef competition. Future Chef forms part of Springboard’s high-profile na-tional schools’ programme. The cooking competition is a four-staged nationwide culinary competition helping young people aged 12-16 to learn to cook. It inspires

Future Chef 2015 is Under Way

them to explore food and cooking as a life skill, helps de-velop their culinary talent and informs them about entry routes into the hospitality industry. It culminates in a na-tional final where winners of the 12 regions go head to

head and one talented student becomes the Future Chef winner! For the School Heats, Catering students had to devise and cook a hot main course meal for 2 persons for an ingredients cost of under £5. During October we held the first stage - the School Heat – from which two representatives from Newent School will now go through to the Local Finals. Tom Hailes, C3 and Lewis Sparkes, N9, both Year 11 GCSE Catering stu-dents. Congratulations. Well done and thank you to all who took part and cooked some well-presented and tasty dishes! Look out for future news.

On Thursday the 10th of October, the European Film Club finished its first film, Beyond Silence. Over the past term we have been dining on popcorn, while watching the cap-tivating story of a German girl overcome the difficulty of reconciling her deaf family with her love of music. Having trekked up the modern foreign languages stairs, we would black out Ms Coleman’s classroom and settle down for the next instalment. The film offered an interest-ing commentary on everyday family dynamics which was highlighted through their unusual communication situa-tion. The movie also clearly displayed the challenge of being deaf and the strain it put on relationships. Trage-dy, romance and humour, no matter what personal pref-erence was, this film endlessly appealed. Undoubtedly the best way to wind down for the week, the European Film Club is open to years eleven and above.

By Esme Headland

European Film Club On Second Reel

The club caters to you, whether your interest is in movies, languages or history. Coming up next term we will be watching the French film, The Intouchables. After an aris-tocrat becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding acci-dent, he hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. This comedy-drama won multiple awards and became France’s second biggest box office hit.

From the 9th to the 16th October we played host for the first visit from our new German partner school, the Raabeschule in Braunschweig. Stu-dents from years 9-12 welcomed their new friends into their homes for a week to practise their Eng-lish and discover more about the similarities and differences between our two countries. The Ger-mans experienced a normal school day with their partners, as well as a special day of lessons in subjects that don’t appear on the German curricu-lum, such as cricket, drama, childcare and textiles, and then spent the afternoon preparing a cream tea for their partners. On the remaining days trips were arranged to Gloucester, the Big Pit and the International Centre for Birds of Prey. Some of the students even found time to write about their expe-riences: ‘This has been an amazing week, and one I will certainly remember for a very, very long time.’ ‘I have literally fallen in love with this country and its culture’

German Exchange: ‘First Time - First Love’

‘The family and my exchange partner were awesome’ ‘We had an interesting day in school with lots of cool new lessons we don’t have at our school.’ ‘All in all this was a really nice, funny and interesting week.’ ‘I think one day I will come back to this beautiful land with its wonderful people to discover more.’

Rebecca Millar who hosted one of the visitors commented: ‘Having an exchange student is a daunting thing, but fortunately these German exchange students were an absolute credit to their school. Polite and curious, it was a wonderful experience to be a host. They only stayed for a week, Friday to Friday, but they threw themselves into English culture, and enjoyed themselves. One of the many advantages of hav-ing a foreign student is that your own language learning improves, while you can aid them on any little bits of confusing English grammar. I would like to imagine that the memories they have made here will last for the rest of their lives.’ Next year we aim to develop the link further into a full exchange. We aim to offer all students of German in Years 9 and 10 the opportunity to spend a week at the Raabeschule and are certain that their experiences will be similarly inspiring.

Double Success at Newent Onion Fayre Winners of the special Newent School Class for 2015: First Charlie Wood Second Will Smith Third George Chamberlain

Vice Principal Mr. Glen Balmer stuck holding the refreshment tent frame

The ELBS (Environmental and Land Based Science) group had a double success at Newent Onion Fayre at the start of term. They were awarded a Gold Certificate by the Newent in Bloom judges for their work at the school and they put on a brilliant display in their own class at the Onion Show. The Gold Certificate, collected by (names removed) was gained for their efforts in both the ELBS gardens and in the hanging baskets and tubs around the school. The ELBS gardens are an important part of their course and one of the Judges commented that they were the best school vegetable patches he had seen in his time of judg-ing. The hanging baskets and tubs, all planted and de-signed by the students, have helped to brighten up the school and have received many complimentary com-ments from visitors and staff.

Gold Certificate for the gardens from Newent in Bloom

We are delighted to announce that after a number of years we have a violin teacher working at the school again. Daniel Neville has joined the Newent Music De-partment, and is offering violin and viola lessons to stu-dents of all ages. Daniel has had an extensive performing career, as well as teaching the violin and viola to a high standard. We are incredibly lucky to have him! Please get in touch with Miss Longden or visit her in H20 if you would like to have lessons. Contact details: alongden@newent.gloucs.sch.uk

Mike Davies, organiser of the Onion Show, was so im-pressed with the quality of the onions and garlic that the students grew when he previously visited the school, that he instigated a special class especially for Newent School pupils. In its third year in the show, this class proved as popular as ever, with the students diligently peeling back, trimming and polishing their onions and garlic to show them off at their best. (Picture on previous page)

A Chance to Learn The Violin

Year 7 Study History of Newent School

Goodbye and Good Luck to Talented Rider

England International Dressage Rider, Maddy Whelan, leaves Year 8 this month to relocate to Oxfordshire. Her pony is already stabled there and so she has recently had a temporary break from the early mornings of grooming and caring that all riders know and accept as part of the job. Maddy has been very successful so far in her career which started when she was first put on a pony at the age of two! In the summer, she was the Elementary Champi-on at the BYRDS Home Internationals and was proud to wear the English Cross of St. George for the 4th year running. She was the youngest rider ever to qualify for the British Dressage Championships at Elementary Open and Novice Open classes: an even greater achievement in that she is competing on a young six-year-old pony that she has trained herself. Apart from the rosettes and the silverware, one of the rewards of her success was a photograph in Horse and Hounds magazine. She is looking forward to the opportunity to compete abroad, particularly in Germany, where there is a strong dressage tradition and a lot to learn. Eventually, she will make the transition to horses at 16 and then set her sights high. Perhaps we will one day see her as an Olym-pic competitor.

As part of their introduction to History, Year 7 students have been completing a research project on the History of Newent School. Their knowledge of the layout of the school has been much enhanced by a guided tour and they have also had time to look at some of the school artefacts and use ICT systems to expand their research. As well as the challenge of producing a final report, the pupils have also been tasked with interviewing someone who has been at the school before, either a family member, friend or even a long-serving teacher, of which we have more than a few. You may have read Mrs. Clark’s memo-ries in the April Newsletter for instance. We look forward to receiving these for marking.

By Ivan Woodward

Library Bookfair There will be a Bookfair in the Library from Thursday No-vember 12th until Wednesday November 18th. open from 8.30-4.00 every day. A great chance to buy some Christ-mas presents, as well as books for yourself. Three com-petition winners will get a £5 voucher to spend as they choose, and the first 10 customers will get £1 off the price of their book. Come and have a go at Guessing the Book Titles - the competition will start straight after half term.

The 2015 summer exam results saw yet another set of excellent GCSE PE results with one in four students gaining an A or A*. MEG data predicted that there would only be one A grade however the department was de-lighted when 11 students secured an A and 3 even went onto get an A*. What is more, the students at Newent continue to surpass similar schools in their GCSE PE results especially in the written exam which is worth 40%! Charlotte Hayward (A*) and Joe Howard (A) were some of those who achieved the top grades and they have since gone on to take A-Level PE in the Sixth Form.

GCSE PE Results

All 7 specialist Art rooms were busy with creative work and displays during the School’s Open Evening on Thurs-day 8th October. Students from all Key Stages showcased a range of techniques against the backdrop of the Art de-partment’s highly successful A level, first shown in July. Visiting parents were highly impressed by the facilities, the range of course options and the superb standard of work on display. Some parents were previously at the school as students and were surprised to see the considerable expansion of the Art department from 4 to 7 rooms. Staff in the depart-ment received much positive feedback and one parent was overheard to say, ‘This is a superb school’. We think so too and we were very proud to work alongside our bril-liant students during the event.

Open Evening in The Art Department By Miriam McClay

Positive Feedback for Students at Open Days

Our Year 11 Prefects and our Year 9 students were abso-lutely magnificent as guides and hosts for the Open Evening and the Open Mornings in early October. They conducted themselves with terrific poise and great confi-dence, being frank and encouraging to all our visitors. We received many messages of thanks for the welcome they extended and for the informative account they gave of life at Newent Community School. Many other students joined in with the Department activi-ties across the site on the Open Evening. There was a buzz of fun and excitement everywhere. Thanks to all who spoke to the meetings with the Principal or who sang and played to entertain our guests. Thanks also to the students who took part in Mr. John’s video and who talked about their experience of Year 7. We are also very grateful to parents who ferried young-sters into school that evening so that they could take part in such a positive, rich and successful event. Supporting the Science Department

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Students Prepare for Mock Bar Competition

A great impact from Music and Drama performers on Open Evening

Sixth Form students are preparing to compete in the Bar Mock Trials in Cardiff next month. Students are preparing to try cases and are honing their skills as Barristers, Court Clerks, Ushers and Journalists. They will be competing against other schools, so, in order to gain competitive advantage, the students have visited Gloucester Crown Court. They experienced real cases being dealt with by the judge and gained first-hand experience of the court environment. They learnt about the routines and procedures within the court room itself, but a trip down to the fairly bleak holding cells was certainly memorable. We will let you know how we get on in the competition in Newsletter 99 in December.

Biology Field Trip

By going on the Biology field trip, I have learnt many things including different types of moths, animal tracks, fungi and what animal does what poo! On the Friday evening we did a stats test which isn't my typical Friday night entertainment but it was something new to help us with our Biology. We also looked at different types of bats with the help of none other than Mrs Price, although we couldn't find any bats on that particular evening. The next morning we had a look at the beautiful moths that Mr Benson Bunch had caught in his moth trap. Some of the moths we found were very interesting and it was amazing to see all the different types. We made pitfall traps to catch different insects and compared two differ-ent types of woodland. By the end of the weekend we were all very tired (including the teachers) and ended the weekend by hav-ing a nice walk to try and identify different types of tracks and poos! This was a very enjoyable weekend taking the classroom outside to the natural habitat.

By Dafi Griffiths

Biology Week 2015

Are your senses tingling or your muscles twitching? No doubt this is the response to Biology Week 2015! In as-sociation with The Royal Society of Biology and The Physiological Society, Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre celebrated National Biology Week 2015 with a series of events. During the week there was a Biology quiz competition open to all years, including Sixth Form who had a more challenging version – win-ners to be announced shortly. If you know your enzymes

from your echinoderms it could be you! We celebrated the success of the Y11 Biology Field Trip with a picnic and prizes during Wednesday lunch time. Students could also get involved with a national “BioBakes” competition and contributing their own data to real scientific research by finding these websites: http://www.physoc.org/biobakes2015 http://www.understanding-life.org/reactions

Thursday was the big event that everyone was looking forward to, Key Stage 3 Dissection Club! Open to all Year 7 and 8 pupils, we got our hands dirty dissecting eyes. Pupils learnt how their own bodies work by taking a look inside real animal eyes. It was everything they hoped it would be, gory, gross and fantastic. Keep your own eyes peeled for more Key Stage 3 science enrich-ment at Newent Community School and Sixth Form Cen-tre.

Want to Buy an Apple Tablet for Your Child? We have a new link through the BT “Donate to Educate” programme which would enable parents of Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre students to be able to purchase Apple iPad Air or iPad Mini tablets at up to 26% discount against High Street prices AND spread the cost over as many as 36 months, while your child remains at this school. This is the second phase of a project that was offered to new Year 7 parents last summer. There is a limited window of opportunity as the online ‘portal’ for ordering will close on November 8th. You would order through the ‘portal’ online, and set up your direct debit directly with the company. You have no financial commitment to the School itself, but this means that we cannot spend Pupil Premium money for you on this item. The portal is now open. You must order by November 8th and the first payment will be taken around 25th No-vember. The device will be delivered through School in December, certainly in time for Christmas.

Details of this scheme are on the School Website.

Year 7 students were invited to take part in our very own Great Newent Bake Off. A buzz of excitement in the Main Hall launched the Principal’s Bronze Award Challenge Card. This challenge involves students getting staff signatures on their cards for being involved in extracurricular activities and outstanding performance showing skills of resourcefulness, resilience, responsibility and reflection. The results were: Collingwood 1st Erin Graham C4 2nd Molly Trigg-Hogarth C9 3rd Molly Shaw C6 Highly Commended: Holly Gurney C1 and Molly Banon C5 Nelson 1st Mary Porter N3 2nd Scarlett Millar N4 3rd Lucy Moore N1 Mountbatten 1st (name removed) M11 2nd (name removed) M1 3rd (name removed) M10 Highly Commended: Kade Jones M10 Overall winner (name removed) The cakes were then donated to The Friends of Newent School Tea and Cake Stall at the Onion Fayre. We raised £1000. Thanks go to Parents and Carers who supported this event, Robin and Pat Morris who hosted us at ‘The Old Court’ as well as the ‘Crusty Loaf’ who donated 10 cakes for sale. The next Friends of Newent Community School event will be providing soup, rolls and hot drinks at the Christmas light switching on evening in December.

The Great Newent Bake Off

Mountbatten Appoints New House Captains

Thank you to all of the year eleven Mountbatten students who applied for the role of Mountbatten House Captain. I thor-oughly enjoyed reading through all of your letters of application. The decision as to who to appoint this year was, as al-ways, particularly difficult as we had such a high calibre of student. After much consideration the following students were appointed: Mountbatten House Captains: Martha Beard; Daffi Grifiths Mountbatten Vice Captains: Erin Ayre; Charlotte Clarkson; Jacob Dyer; Morgan Jones I am very much looking forward to working alongside these wonderful young people over the coming year. Each and every one of them truly deserves this accolade due to their devotion to both their studies and the extra-curricular life of the House and the School. As role models in Mountbatten I have no doubt that they will set an excellent example as well as being a support to myself and the younger students.

By Kirsty Gordelier

Theatre Visits Start On the 13th of October 50 Drama students from Years 9-13 visited the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham for the first of this academic year’s theatre visits. Students were treated to an extraordinary reworking of Beggar’s Opera, John Gay's classic musical satire.

This term will also see trips to Stroud for ‘Oedipus and his Daughter Antigone’, Oxford for Kneehigh’s ‘Rebecca’ and Birmingham for ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’. Also watch this space for information on Propeller Thea-tre Company’s performance of ‘Pocket Dream’ which is touring to Newent in February.

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Outside the Everyman for “Dead Dog in a Suitcase”

Children from Hempsted Year 6 class came to Newent Food rooms to make trench cake as part of their World War topic. The children developed their practical maths skills by weighing and measuring the ingredients, their literacy by following instructions and science by looking at ingredi-

ents and how their composition changes during prepara-tion and cooking. The history behind the trench cakes was also discussed during the practical session. The cakes were being fro-zen to be used later in the month as part of a bigger com-munity project commemorating the World War and its impact on Hempsted village. Thanks to Sainsbury’s for providing the ingredients to support this community project.

Hempsted School Makes “Trench” Cakes

It was truly a glorious sight to behold! Our Year 11 leav-ers dressed to the nines for their Leavers’ Prom on July 10th at the Grange in How Caple were stunning. As has become traditional the modes of transport were both var-ied and spectacular (even Batman put in an appearance as a chauffeur). It really was the place to be this summer and a wonderful evening was enjoyed by all. We were all delighted that Mr Clarke (ex Head of Collingwood House) put in an appearance on a brief return from Kenya. The weather was perfect for enjoying the entertainments outside and the magician, Kerry Scorah, amazed all with her remarkable tricks and sleight of hand magic. Our thanks go to all staff who gave up their time to sup-port this event, particularly Mr Hampson for his role as MC, Mr Mortimer and Ms Roberts for the superb photo-graphs.

Remember That Summer Evening?

The fun awards, coordinated by Miss Thompson and Mr Wood, and voted for by the students were all very well re-ceived. The evening concluded with the presentations of the Prom Royals awards – all worthy winners and absolutely truly re-gal.

Photography: Ashley Mortimer

Weather Kind For Geography Field Trip

It is usually wet - whether it is actually raining or not. The Geography Field Trip for Year 11 GCSE students involves a lot of standing in rivers and measuring differences in water level and flow rates. Mr. Drake, driving the minibus, com-mented on just what a resilient group this was, putting up with the discomfort and maintaining their team spirit through-out the day. The results are put to good use because they are taken back to the classroom for analysis and contribute to very practi-cal understanding of the GCSE theory.

All Year 11 students were engaged with a 2 hours reality session. It involved looking at a range of job roles, salaries and living expenses applied to living in a chosen rent-ed accommodation. Students looked at earnings versus ex-penditure and soon began to realise care-ful budgeting is required. Understanding the importance of money management and issue of compound interest both for bor-rowing and saving opened many eyes. A big thank you to all our facilitators from our community, who regularly support our 'Personal development and future choices' events and activities.

Real Money Opens Eyes

All students who have opted for Drama GCSE in Year 9 are also being entered for the prestigious Bronze Arts Award. The award, accredited by Trinity College in London, encourages young people to develop their enjoyment of the arts as a participant and as an audience member. Young people also research an artist who inspires them and pass on their arts skills to others. The Department aims for all the students to achieve the award in April 2016. The hard work has already begun.

Drama Students Entered For the Trinity College Bronze Arts Award

Talawa, the UK’s primary Black-led touring theatre com-pany, visited Newent on Monday 12th of October as part of Black History Month. Talawa worked with our Year 12 and 13 ‘Drama and The-atre Studies’ students to practically explore the British Civil Rights Movement. The workshop encouraged students to consider our coun-try’s role in the movement and how important our human rights are. This experience was offered to students at no cost and our thanks go to both Talawa and The Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham for providing this fantastic opportunity for our 6th Form students.

Black History Drama

Following a successful application we are delighted to announce that Newent is part of the National Theatre Connec-tions project in 2016. Students from Newent will be performing Patrick Marber’s comedy ‘The Musicians’ as part of the project. Performances will take place at Newent in February and then at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre in March. Auditions have been open to all of our students from Year 7 through to Year 13 and rehearsal will begin in November.

We Have a Show to Do! - “The Musicians”

The Musicians – Crew

Backstage Managers Amelia Wilton and Charlotte Williams Backstage Crew Olivia Cole, Rebecca Haste, Elisabeth James, Emma Jones, Bethan Lim-

brick and Holly Warren. Lighting Technician Lewis Mitchell

Sound Technicians – Sophie Giles and Joshua Penfold Props/Costume – Harriott Farmer and Harriet Hurley

ALEX Harvey Howard ROLAND Daniel Tinson 1ST FLUTE Annika Hecht 2nd FLUTE Jack Bliss 3RD FLUTE Phoebe Bunce CELLO Scarlett Herron-Ward 1ST TRUMPET Charlotte Clarkson 2nd TRUMPET Amelia Threadgill 3RD TRUMPET Martha Beard 1st VIOLIN Daisy Calvert 2ND VIOLIN Katie Price VIOLA Jen Bardsley-Taylor VIOLA 2 Hannah Price DOUBLE BASS Mathew Grimes DOUBLE BASS 2 Lois Feld 1st HORN Joe Haswell 2nd HORN Jacob Barlow 3RD HORN Richard Weaver TIMPANI Adam Warner TIMPANI 2 Arthur Bunce OBOE Eleanor Hall (Y11) OBOE 2 Amelia Hookway-Jones OBOE 3 Harry Calderwood CLARINET Rosie Anne Headland CLARINET 2 Abbi Williams

BASSOON Daisy Raun BASSOON 2 Lucy Dingle BASSOON 3 Issy Dodd 1ST FLUTE Ella Bardsley-Taylor BRASS SECTION Holly Jane Barlow Georgia Bloxham Alice Brett Savannah Fitch Charlie Herron-Ward Maddi James Beth Parish Anisha Miles Hannah Wilde WOODWIND Jayah Andrews Finlay Calderwood Jasmine King Kirsty McAlpine Holly Lyne Olivia Mayo Regan Smith Sophie Yates Tamara Vaskova STRINGS Tallulah Armstrong Caitlin Beech Phoebe Bonser Ellee Hall (Year 9) Josh Jones Meg Robinson Hannah Teed Rebecca Sutton

Cast and Crew Roles