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NEWSLETTER
w/e 14 November
Btech Music takes off at HCC
From the Principal
and BTEC music
our mufti students
day have in
for Children had twoon
Need workshops
Friday
st for Marketing and Finance with a West End
21 November. And don’t forget those December
Enjoy & achieve producer and
reward trips for allastudents
marketing who directors.
have met the Six
Our students have certainly been following this
Ps consistently this term – attendance being
strand of the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda this week. Both
crucial to workshops will lead
achieving each the students on to see
of them.
The whole of Year 8 visited the Natural History ‘Othello’ and ‘Imagine This’. They will then
Museum as part of their Humanities curriculum, embark on a four week project using their skills
Dr. Demont
whilst in Year 10 our BTEC Performance Group and gained to produce a budget and marketing
GCSE Dance students have enjoyed attending presentation to three professional producers in a
professional productions in London (see Ms. “Dragon’s Den”Theare
scenario. The winning group will
Worwood’s and Ms. Taylor’s reports.) Closer to home, Phoenix Dance
get to spend a day in the West End learning from
Year 7 students watched a production of ‘Twelfth
Night’ by the Orange Tree Theatre Company in our Yearthe masters.
10 GCSE DanceThis is very
students haveexciting for the
been learning
main hall. There have been some alarmist stories in some very challenging movements taken frominthe
students. The winners will be announced early
January. Watch this space!
Phoenix Dance Theatre’s latest choreography at a
the national press about schools abandoning
Shakespeare now that the End of Key Stage 3 tests recent workshop run by three dancers from the
Ms Worwood
company. On Wednesday night I had the pleasure
have been abolished, but we at HCC are delighted to Head of Music the students to one of their
continue teaching Shakespeare’s plays with a firm of accompanying
emphasis on live performance as the best way to contemporary performance at Richmond Theatre.
A quiz with a hilarious difference!
enhance students’ understanding of the text. It is Enterprise …….enterprise ……. enterprise
clear from talking to our Year 7 students that 11 is Being an English teacher I assumed, quite
not too young to understand Shakespeare! wrongly that the dance would be
The HCCA Comedy Quiz night last Friday wasaccompanied by a
There
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of our newsletter, these events are not ‘add-ons’ but
are in fact central to improving student achievement
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students
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knowledge
were left assured that the college’s performingin
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the specialism
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extends to parents as well asOther
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at my and
own lunchtimes.
reaction and the
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and I would like to thank Mr. Smith, the YLCs and our
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corridors.
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‘Grand
sureschool Final’
enhanced will take
the GCSE
PTA when place at the end
students learning
they recreated of January.
an HCCA
college on time, every day, unless they really are too
andDo keep an
taught
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also! – the
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fantastic
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Year 10
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for
damp November morning – but if students are not in
good
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about
life aspirations ! contemporary dance.

On Thursday
Thank you to next week
HCC’s our annual
drama mentor‘Cross Curricular
and “actor in
Day will
residence”be have an
, Mr Alan ‘enterprise’
Mitchell, theme.
who worked Award All year
with all
groups
Arts and
will beforehand
be involved and
Performance
in activities related
the acts Evening co-ordinated theto
enterprise.
evening; as This week
well staff and
as giving us astudents
taste ofhave been
his own
busy discussing
stand-up and organising
comedy! Winning the theirquiz
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the day’s Parents
events. and friendsis were
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mere consequence amidst talk of
all the scrap
fun and
challenges, ‘tour around walks,
sponsored the faculty’
a mural,without
a moving
‘junk’ music
laughter but our thanks also go to the
band, from their
a fashion show seats whenmore.
and much they attended the
quizmaster, Jane Witham, and to all those who
Arts and Performance Awards Evening on
‘tour’ . showed
organised a really enjoyable evening
HCC will be Wednesday.
fundraising for The Children in Need all and
aspects of art, drama, music
recognising Anti Bullying Day together on Friday and dance. 21st
November. All students will be allowed to come to
college in After
‘mufti’ the performance
in return awards towards
for a £1 donation were
the charitiy.presented to students from all year
groups for attainment, achievement and
Some groups commitment
are lookingto for
the resources
college’s specialism.
at home and
around the college. Year 9 students are looking out
for coloured emulsion paint – so if anyone can help,
The winners of the Arts and Performance
please doSpecialist
send your Awards with Dr to
left-overs Demont : Luke(Year 9
Ms Taylor
Chidzey, Michael McCubbin, Learning Co-ordinator) over the next few days.
Tom Carroll, Joe Carpenter, Harrison Peck, Matthew Parej, Lucy Jones, Megan Lunn, Amy
‘Oliver Twist’ at HCC next week

The Bounce Theatre group are bringing ‘Oliver

Twist’ to HCC next week. This is a special
production of the Dickens’ novel is being
performed by teenagers and adults living in
Richmond and should not be missed !

Tickets £5
Contact the booking office on 00208 408 1124