Monday 23rd April 2018 - Vandyke Upper School · 2018. 9. 10. · Choccywoccydoodah choco-late...
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Monday 23rd April 2018 Headteacher Mr T Carroll Tel: 01525 636700 Fax: 01525 636701 Email: [email protected] Vandyke Voice Vandyke Voice Year 12 Travel and Tourism trip to Brighton Last term we went to Brighton as part of the Travel and Tourism BTEC in order to collect primary information on whether Brighton meets the needs of tourists and what improvements the city needs to make in terms of its tourist provision. To do this we designed questionnaires and used them to interview tourists as we walked around the city. We asked over 20 people, including tourists, residents, and people who worked there. Questions included: “How did you get here today?” and “In your opinion, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Brighton?”. We got a good range of results and information for our BTEC. While we were there, we had fish and chips and doughnuts on Brighton Pier, played in the arcades and visited the shops in The Laines, where the highlight was a trip to the Choccywoccydoodah choco- late shop. Year 12 students Lucy McLeod, Kerry Eaton, Curtis Cutler, Lauren Dykes ‘These Bridges’ performed by Vandyke Students Year 10 GCSE Drama and Year 12 Theatre Studies students performed "These Bridges" by Phoebe Eclair Powell in The Drama Studio to two full audiences in preparation for their regional performance at The Royal Theatre in May. National Theatre Director Ed Stambollouian was in attendance and was clearly impressed by the students’ work. He writes: "They are now very much bonded as a cast and there’s a lot of love, support and enthusiasm in the group. This produc- tion of ‘These Bridges’ is a wildly inventive and playful piece of theatre. It has an incredible energy to it and the commitment of the company is striking. Your production ends with a really beauti- ful image as the teenagers stand on the bridge and your whole company hold hands. It’s a lovely moment of stillness after the madness of the storm. The cast look out into the audience and it feels like a real moment of hope. I loved it. The production has been designed by the students as part of the process. The set feels like an installation; it’s a mixture of flats covered in paint and graffiti, bits of rubbish, dustbins, traffic lights, a kitchen sink, an old chair, strings of plastic bags and tube signs. It feels like the debris after a disastrous flood. It’s expansive and messy and anarchic. I was seriously impressed with the vocal levels of your company. Even in your large studio space, I heard every word. They should be celebrated for this because it’s going to really help them when they get to the Royal." Theatre reviewer Tom Scudamore from The University of East Anglia added "These Bridges functions as a performative piece for character moments and pure weirdness. What the script thrives at is feeding its performers with opportuni- ties for individuality, and Vandyke took every one of these opportunities cleverly. Éclair-Powell’s ideas are incredibly inventive, sure, and Vandyke are stylistically very experimental. This came together. Vandyke’s interpretation is so watchable you can’t take your eyes off it. The world of These Bridges is messy, overcrowded and dangerous. The realism is disturbing, a dystopian portrait of what floods can do, and who caused them: us. Ultimately, though, These Bridges, the version that belongs to Vandyke’s sea of incredible players, is a triumph of performance and loopy ideas realised by every actor on stage. Stylistically, it’s relentless. Visually, it’s ambitious, colourful and gorgeous. The bridges – the creative spirit and top-notch acting from everyone – are what qualified the unnatural in this tale as ‘natural’ in performance. Something tells me the world should be listening to drama-makers like these youngsters. As their explanation in-character at the end of Éclair- Powell’s play contends, these teens realised that the impact of floods and crises could be resolved if humans listened to each other more, and worked together. For young people, celebrating this ideal in a weirdly wonderful human piece of theatre, it absolutely makes sense." The students look forward to performing the play again in Northampton as part of the 2018 National Connections festival.
Transcript of Monday 23rd April 2018 - Vandyke Upper School · 2018. 9. 10. · Choccywoccydoodah choco-late...
Monday 23rd April 2018
Headteacher Mr T Carroll
Tel: 01525 636700 Fax: 01525 636701
Email: [email protected]
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Year 12 Travel and Tourism
trip to Brighton Last term we went to Brighton as part of the Travel and Tourism BTEC in order to collect primary information on whether Brighton meets the needs of tourists and what improvements the city needs to make in terms of its tourist provision. To do this we designed questionnaires and used them to interview tourists as we walked around the
city. We asked over 20 people, including tourists, residents, and people who worked there. Questions included: “How did you get here today?” and “In your opinion, what are the strengths and weaknesses of Brighton?”. We got a good range of results and information for our BTEC. While we were there, we had fish and chips and doughnuts on Brighton Pier, played in the
arcades and visited the shops in The Laines, where the highlight was a trip to the Choccywoccydoodah choco-late shop.
Year 12 students Lucy McLeod, Kerry Eaton,
Curtis Cutler, Lauren Dykes
‘These Bridges’ performed by
Vandyke Students Year 10 GCSE Drama and Year 12 Theatre Studies students performed "These Bridges" by Phoebe Eclair Powell in The Drama Studio to two full audiences in preparation for their regional performance at The Royal Theatre in May. National Theatre Director Ed Stambollouian was in attendance and was clearly impressed by the students’ work. He writes: "They are now very much bonded as a cast and there’s a lot of love, support and enthusiasm in the group. This produc-tion of ‘These Bridges’ is a wildly inventive and playful piece of theatre. It has an incredible energy to it and the commitment of the company is striking. Your production ends with a really beauti-ful image as the teenagers stand on the bridge and your whole company hold hands. It’s a lovely moment of stillness after the madness of the storm. The cast look out into the audience and it feels like a real moment of hope. I loved it. The production has been designed by the students as part of the process. The set feels like an installation; it’s a mixture of flats covered in paint and graffiti, bits of rubbish, dustbins, traffic lights, a kitchen sink, an old chair, strings of plastic bags and tube signs. It feels like the debris after a disastrous flood. It’s expansive and messy and anarchic. I was seriously impressed with the vocal levels of your company. Even in your large studio space, I heard every word. They should be celebrated for this because it’s going to really help them when they get to the Royal."
Theatre reviewer Tom Scudamore from The University of East Anglia added "These Bridges functions as a performative piece for character moments and pure weirdness. What the script thrives at is feeding its performers with opportuni-ties for individuality, and Vandyke took every one of these opportunities cleverly. Éclair-Powell’s ideas are incredibly inventive, sure, and Vandyke are stylistically very experimental. This came together. Vandyke’s interpretation is so watchable you can’t take your eyes off it. The world of These Bridges is messy, overcrowded and dangerous. The realism is disturbing, a dystopian portrait of what floods can do, and who caused them: us. Ultimately, though, These Bridges, the version that belongs to Vandyke’s sea of incredible players, is a triumph of performance and loopy ideas realised by every actor on stage. Stylistically, it’s relentless. Visually, it’s ambitious, colourful and gorgeous. The bridges – the creative spirit and top-notch acting from everyone – are what qualified the unnatural in this tale as ‘natural’ in performance. Something tells me the world should be listening to drama-makers like these youngsters. As their explanation in-character at the end of Éclair-Powell’s play contends, these teens realised that the impact of floods and crises could be resolved if humans listened to each other more, and worked together. For young people, celebrating this ideal in a weirdly wonderful human piece of theatre, it absolutely makes sense." The students look forward to performing the play again in Northampton as part of the 2018 National Connections festival.
Thursday 26th April Aim Higher Evening For students in Years 9,10,11 & 12 (Re-arranged from 1st March)
Monday 14th May GCSE/AS/A2 Exams start
Thursday 3rd May Sixth Form Evening of Excellence Monday 21st May Vandyke Voice published
Monday 7th May BANK HOLIDAY Friday 25th May Years 11 & 13 leave
Tuesday 8th May Vandyke Voice published Monday 28th May HALF TERM
Thursday 10th May Year 11 Awards Evening Monday 11th June Vandyke Voice published
Year 9 Girls Bedfordshire County Cup Final
The girls played the final at Creasey Park, Dunstable against a strong Queensbury School team. Unfortunately the girls struggled to keep pace with the
fellow South Bed-fordshire school team. At half time they found them-selves 4 goals behind. In the second half the team continued to battle bravely, and they did manage 2
consolation goals from Vandyke’s POM Leoni Miceli. Leoni’s second goal was a wonderful strike from 30 yards that flew into the top corner! Over the season the girls have rapidly improved and next season we will aim to go one step further! We hope even more of you come to training next season. You would all be very welcome! Well played to everyone. The attitude, enthusiasm and sportsmanship you always show is exemplary.
Mr Turney
School Café Our catering provider, Chartwells, has informed us that they will be increasing prices in the school café by 4% from the week beginning Monday 30th April 2018. Although a price increase is regrettable, we appreciate that this is the result of increasing cost pressures in the
catering sector and school meals are not immune from this. If you have any further questions please contact Chartwells on 01895 554554.
Mid Morning Break Tariff Sausage Rolls £1.25 Quorn Hot Dogs £1.25 Spicy Vegetarian Burger £1.25 Nachos £1.04 Cheese Topped Bagel £1.66 Chicken Wings £1.25 Hash Browns £1.04 Turkey Meatballs in cabatte bread £2.18 Whole Panini £2.08 Hot Flatbread £1.66 Pancake £1.04 Fish Finger Burger £1.25 Chicken Burger £1.66 Turkey Burger £1.25 Beef Burger £1.25 Bacon Rolls £1.25 Waffles £1.04 Pizza £1.25 Wedges £0.88 Ice Fingers £0.73 Cornish Pastie £1.25 Half Panini £1.20 Bacon and Cheese Muffin £1.35 Cheese & Ham Pastry Puff £1.10 Yoghurts £0.83 Piece of Fruit £0.42 Lunch Soup & Roll £1.25
Lunch Pizza £1.35 Meal Deal £2.39 Pasta Pot (Shack) £2.08 Cheese for pasta pot £0.62 Jacket Plain £1.25 Jacket & Filling x 1 £1.66 Jacket & Filling x 2 £1.87 FSM Allocation £2.39 Main Course £1.66 Hot Wrap £1.98 Cold Pasta/Rice/Noodles Pots £1.87 Salad Box £1.87 Protein £0.62 Soup & Salad £2.39 Sandwiches & Wraps Baguette £1.98 Ciabatta £1.98 Crusty Roll £1.87 Value Sandwich £1.56 Classic Sandwich (Bloomer ) £1.56 Premium Sandwich (Bloomer £1.87 Meat/Fish) Cold Wraps £1.98 Bacon Baguette £2.18 Desserts, Yoghurts & Fresh Fruit Hot Dessert £0.83 Jelly £0.62 Small Dessert £0.62 Fruit Pot £0.83
Cold Beverages Alibi £1.04 Calypso Cuplet 185ml £0.42 Yazoo £1.25 Aqua Juice Btl 300ml £0.80 Capri Sun 200ml £0.85 Rapidz 300ml £0.88 Juice Burst 330ml £1.04 Viva Flavoured Milk £0.73 Sparkling Water £0.83 Still Water £0.83 Slush £0.83 BerryWhite £1.04 Radnor £0.88 Suso £1.04 Appletise £1.04 Minute Maid £1.04 Sauces/Preserves Sauce Portion £0.20 Homebakes Homebakes £0.88 Cookies £0.88 Biscuits £0.41 Nutri Grain £0.62 Pretzels £1.03 Iced Buns £0.72 Doughnuts £0.82 Shortbread £0.62 Oreo £0.52
