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Month: November 2016

Year 8 trip to Herstmonceux Science Centre

Year 8 trip to Herstmonceux Science Centre

Year 8 had a fabulous trip to the famous science centre and observatory. 8Y had glorious weather but 8X had to endure rather more inhospitable rain and wind. The Year 8 pupils took on a range of hands-on activities testing reaction time, modelling tornadoes and the vacuum chair. They also got to see the reflecting and refracting telescopes – some even got to have the dome opened and spun around. The team challenges were interesting as there was no teacher…

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Joelle Taylor’s Visit

Joelle Taylor’s Visit

On Wednesday 9th December, renowned poet, spoken word artist, playwright and novelist, Joelle Taylor, came to perform and run a poetry workshop at Darrick Wood School. Joelle Taylor is a former UK slam champion and founder and artistic director of the Poetry Society’s national solo youth slam SLAMbassadors UK. She has produced four plays for theatre as well as several texts on performance practice. What’s more, her poetry was on last year’s syllabus for the English Language GCSE (OCR board)….

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