This week Read All About It! The Darrick Wood School production of “Bugsy Malone” took place on Wednesday and Thursday this week and our thanks go to everyone who contributed to making this show such a success. The students involved onstage, backstage and in the band did a fantastic job under the direction of a dedicated and committed team of staff. We are looking forward to next year’s production already! Our new structure to house temporary changing for PE and…
On Wednesday 15th November the Bromley Schools Cross Country Championships was held at Darrick Wood School. Fifteen secondary schools in the Bromley Borough took park with over 60 participants in most races. The highlights of the day were the year7 girls event Victoria Fenwick came 4th, Hannah Strover came 6th, Thea Cleary came 9th and Katie Brash came 10th winning the overall team event, which was an amazing achievement. In the year 7 boys event Zak Hollingsworth came 2nd, Christopher…
Congratulations to all who entered the 2017 Darrick Wood School Christmas Card Competition. The standard of entries was very high, and the judging panel had a very difficult task choosing the top three. Eventually, however, decisions were made and the following were successful: Michelle Ju, Year 9, overall winner Elliott Watson, Year 8, second place Charlotte Connelly, Year 9, third place Well done to all who entered and congratulations to the successful entries above.
This week Our thanks go to everyone involved in the very successful Year 7 singing competition held last night. Each form group sang their own song before concluding with a massed choir performing “With a little help from my friends”. Our Concert Band also contributed and our guest judge from Bromley Youth Music Trust was extremely impressed with the quality of music on display. Congratulations go to 7YM, 7XS and 7XL who achieved Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively. We are…
Darrick Wood’s performance of “Bugsy Malone” will be held on Wednesday, 22nd November, and Thursday, 23rd November at 7.30pm in the Hall. This is an extremely popular musical, with students across each key stage involved as performers, musicians and back stage assistants. Written by Alan Parker, it tells the story of Bugsy and the excitement surrounding Fat Sam’s Nightclub. It includes all those songs made popular by the screenplay – “Fat Sam’s Grand Slam”, “Tomorrow”, “Bad Guys”, ” My Name…
This week The theme for our assemblies all week has been Remembrance. Mr Eynon, Deputy Head Teacher spoke to pupils about the poppy and other ways we remember those lost in the World Wars and other conflicts since. Many poppies were worn and no doubt much money raised for the Poppy Appeal. Around the School some beautiful displays have been made of poppies created in Art lessons. You can see these on our Twitter feed. On Thursday, we welcomed Year…
This week Our thanks to the parents, carers and pupils who attended Year 11 Parents’ Evening on Thursday – it was a very well attended and successful evening We hope that the Year 8 pupils who went on the Herstmonceux Science Centre visit this week enjoyed their experiences. This is an annual trip that the Science Faculty runs to enrich the curriculum and give pupils additional opportunities for some “hands-on” science Coming up The likely start date for our planned…