October 2015 Y7 onding Day - John Taylor High...
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by Mrs Barnby Friday 9 October was the annual Year 7 Bonding Day to Lea Green Outdoor Education Centre at Matlock. The weather was kind, resulting in a perfect autumn day which really helps when the majority of activities are outside. The Year 7s were mixed into new groups to
enable more new friendships to develop and with the emphasis on the students working together to achieve a common goal. All students worked well and faced different challenges as they took part in low level ropes courses, indoor climbing, leadership challenges and the ever popular ‘Predator Prey’ which combines learning about the hierarchy of animal life whilst trying to hide and/or capture the other groups. Some were more successful than others…
Personally, I would like to thank all of the staff and Y13 House Leaders who helped to make the day so successful. There were a lot of tired faces (and dirty ones) on the coach home so I hope that the students gave all their parents a peaceful Friday evening!
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1st : Ben Bradley, Year 8 M12
Konstanz, Germany Right: 3rd: Charlotte Clowes Year 8 K05
Left: 2nd : Sebastian Jobbins Year 7 S15
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By Mr Twynham
On Wednesday 8th July the school hosted a visit of the Oloip Maasai Dancers. This formed part of our ongoing work to forge links with different people and organisations beyond John Taylor. Our
vision is to introduce the pupils to new experiences and cultures whilst at the same time doing our bit to support those less fortunate than ourselves.
As part of their UK wide tour, the Maasai dancers came to JTHS for lunch and spent
the afternoon with our Year 7 pupils introducing them to Maasai culture through song, dance and story-telling. Pupils were encouraged to join in
with the famous Maasai jumping dance, a real joyful celebration of song and dance. This was a great way to end the year for the Y7s, having studied Kenya in their STRIPE curriculum earlier in the year. Later that evening, the dancers performed for members of the local
community in the school hall. Through contributions made via a non-uniform day and the small
entrance fee to the evening event, the school helped to raise £858 to support the building of a primary school in rural Kenya. This facility supports the education of young children in their local village, where otherwise, they would have to walk several kilometres through African b u s h l a n d t o t h e n e x t n e a r e s t p r i m a r y s c h o o l .
We look forward to continued links with the Maasai in the coming years.
Summer School 2015 by Mrs Burns
For the third year running we had a highly successful two week summer school for invited Year 6 going into Year 7 children. This was co-ordinated by Mrs Asrari with many staff from John Taylor leading or supporting activities. Everyone enjoyed the two weeks with lots of activities, lots of fun, lots of laughter and lots of friendships forged. The children took part in a wide range of activities which gave them the chance to continue learning during the summer holidays. Activities
included: Photography Sports challenges Team–building activities Rounders
Crown green bowling Cooking – making pizza, baking cakes and cookies, barbequing on Cannock Chase Paper Crafts Book reviews Screen printing and embroidery First Aid
Cycling Raft building and paddling Orienteering Shelter building Stop-frame animation Board games Drawing
Presenting a report for an audience Hospitality skills
The summer school was a great early start to some of our students and
we look forward to being able to offer a similar experience to some of our new pupils next year.
Dear Reader Welcome to the first edition of “JT News” of the academic year.
Alongside our newsletter, I would
like to promote to parents the value of joining our brilliant PTA, and also of connecting with us via Twitter (@johntaylorhigh) and Facebook (search for John Taylor High School Newsfeed). These give extra ways to stay in touch
with all of our events at the school.
When I was a child, I remember a sign in our local fish and chip shop which read: “If you like what we do – tell others. If you don’t –
tell us.” I would urge all our readers to do the same as the customers of the fish and chip shop. We acknowledge that we don’t always get it right, or that t he re may be exce l l e n t suggestions to move our school
forward. We would be delighted to hear from you with ideas for improvements. We’d also want to hear from you if you are concerned or dissatisfied with what we’re doing.
Conversely, if you’re pleased
with the school, it helps us enormously if you share this with others. Ofsted’s “Parent View” online questionnaire facility(https://arentview.ofsted.gov.uk/) is an ideal way of demonstrating
your support for the school. We recently received correspondence from Ofsted urging us to promote the site with parents. You can find a link on the front page of our website too. It only takes a moment to register, and a couple
of minutes to complete the survey questions.
We started 2015/16 on the back of some fantastic achievements from our students in their summer examinations – placing us once again firmly amongst the best
schools in the County. We’ve also begun our partnership working with Kingsmead School under the auspices of our Multi-Academy Trust, and have been undertaking a significant amount of building
and refurbishment work which, whilst requiring some patience on our part due to inevitable disruption, is exciting for us as we continue to develop our facilities. There is much, much more to look forward to!
Thank you for reading, and for your continued support.
M Donoghue
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Science Extension and Enrichment posters by Mr Heath Thank you to all students who handed their posters in to the Science Department. When you next go down the Science corridor, have a look to see if
they made it onto our display! Congratulations to the following three
students who were judged to have the winning posters from each key stage.
These are ...
Ellie Mae Wardale
Victoria Copeman
Anna Franklin
Each student will receive a £5 gift voucher from the Science Department.
Well done!
Fun and games with Henry VIII By Bradley Cable and Laurie Barratt
On 1st October we went to the history enrichment session with Miss Leech. It was very well put together and we learned a lot as well as having lots of fun! Before break we made a dice which described Henry VIII and then we scanned an A Level piece of text. After that we had a discussion about what we
had read in the text. We learned a lot from that. After break we were given a brief; we had to make a board game
about Henry VIII and that was the best bit of the lesson. Mainly the text was the most challenging bit but we would still do it again. The most interesting bit was when we had the big discussion.
Reminder to parents In case of an emergency with your child
If you change your address/telephone number (especially
mobile), please:
Advise school so that we can change details on our
computer system.
Make the changes in your child’s planner.
Congratulations to two John Taylor High School pupils who were awarded prizes in the Spirited Arts competition that we reported on in July’s JT News.
Well done—Ben Bradley and Annabelle Joesph, both now in Year 8.
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We would like to say a massive welcome to any new students who have joined Sherwood House, and also welcome to our new year 7s who started in September. We hope that you are settling well into your new forms.
This year, our charity and fund raising events will be to support St Giles which has been our
house charity before. St Giles has been chosen because it is a charity that means a lot to us. One of our main fundraising events is the Doughnut sales which we do all year round. These take place every Friday lunchtime in the lower link block at 1pm.
As a bit of house fun, we also do inter-form competitions. Our first competition is Dough-Hoops. The winner of
this challenge wins a Doughnut Breakfast for their entire tutor group. A tally of all winning forms will be embroidered on the Pillow of Magnificence. During the colder months, we do quizzes and Pictionary.
We are really looking forward to our first house assembly where we will be able to share further ideas with all of Sherwood including the Theme Tune!!
We have had our first House Council meeting, and representatives from each form have been chosen. These students should attend every House Council meeting which takes place once every half term in the LRC. Keep a
look out for House Council Meeting dates in the pupil bulletin. Out of these students, we have chosen a student for School Council, one from KS3 and one from KS4. For KS3 we have Jacob Catterall (SO3) and for KS4 we have Megan Parker (S09). KS5 will be represented by Kelsey Grigg and Zoë Peach who are the senior and deputy house leaders for Sherwood.
If there is anything you would like us to put into the Sherwood Central, either tell your
house council form rep or email Kelsey at [email protected]
This could include achievements (in/out of school, sport, music or personal), issues
discussed at house council or anything else you can think of.
Welcome back, Needwood.
On behalf of Needwood, we hope that the first few weeks have been successful and that your year has got off to a good start. This year gets off to a quick start as the first set of house matches start very soon and we have a reputation to keep up following our winning streak over the past few years. We are sure you have all been in training!
We would like to announce we have decided to support the
Muscular Dystrophy UK charity for our house charity. This charity is very close to Needwood's heart, as recently fellow student, Jake Lear, sadly passed away with this condition.
We feel that as a house it would be fitting to support the charity and support his legacy. Events to raise money for
this cause are soon to follow. In other house news, we would like to prepare forms for the hula-hoop inter-form competition starting soon, as
well as a House Quiz soon to be going around forms. We look forward to seeing the results of all these events.
We hope to see the success continue on from last year, making yet again this year, Needwood's year.
THE NEEDWOOD NATTER
SHERWOOD CENTRAL
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Welcome back Marchington! We hope you have all had an amazing summer holiday and we are really
looking forward to the next few months together along with our fantastic head of house Mr Brackstone! We’re glad to see our new year sevens settling in forms well too!
A massive congratulations to Mrs Walker from M06 and our previous head of house Miss Crutchley on their new
arrivals, and we look forward to welcoming them back into school soon!
You will all hopefully have heard about what is coming up over the next few months.
We need to get going with fundraising straight away; we have two amazing charities to raise money for this year. We are
also introducing an incentive; the form which raises the most amount of money for Marchington will get to present a cheque to one of charities!
Perhaps for the adventurous ones amongst you, how about doing a challenger run!
Elsewhere, we will be nominating forms to start our Archy Marchy house competition every two weeks, so make sure your form can keep him for the longest!
And finally, get following us on twitter to get all the latest charity progress, Marchington news and pictures! @MarchingtonJT
We have a very busy, but enjoyable few months ahead of us, so let’s all make this year amazing and one to remember!!
Welcome back Kingstoners! We hope you had a wonderful holiday and are back refreshed and ready for another year. Congratulations to Year 12 and
Year 13 students who received great results during the summer holidays.
Welcome to the new Year 7s who are now members of Kingstone. Everyone seems to be settling in well, and thank you everyone who helped the new students’ transition into John Taylor. Last year on 14th July, was a fateful day for Kingstone. For the first time in our house’s history, we won Sports Day! With both competitors and supporters giving it their all and trying their best, we won race after race and event after event. The hard work the people put in before the day paid off, so thanks to those people who trained for their event or made banners and flags to support our team.
In other sporting success, on Sunday 13th September Y10 student Owen Heath completed the Boston Peaks 100K cycling event. Owen was the youngest rider in the event by 10 years and he completed the race in a very respectable four hours and thirteen minutes. Commenting on the event Owen said he found the course difficult to start with, but once he got into it he found it easier. Owen is a member of Mercia
Cycling Club and he will be taking part in other cycling events in the near future.
Last year we also managed to raise a huge £1,700 for our house charity, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Every form in the house contributed to this, so a massive thank you to form tutors and pupils who helped with the fundraising effort. This year we should be able to raise even more, as some forms have already started planning their next fundraising efforts. K13 recently took part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning on the 25th September, in which they sold cakes to raise
money for Macmillan Cancer Support and they raised exactly £100. A special mention to Lizzie, Paige, Megan and Charlotte who organised this. Do you know of an event or someone that deserves to be in the Kingstone Korner? Speak to one of the House Leaders or email [email protected]
Marchington Marches On!
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Assistant House Learning Managers We are the Assistant House Learning Managers (left to right, Mrs Gilmore,
Mr Gibson and Mrs Knighton) and we work in the Student Support Hub. Our role is to support the House Learning Managers and the students including on our ‘Bonding Day’ where our new year 7s get to ‘bond’ at an outdoor activity centre. We offer emotional/academic support to all
the students along with dealing with lots of
other matters eg. bus passes and uniform. Our job is very varied and every day is different and very busy. We each adopt different roles each day from gate/bus duty, uniform, Careplans, reception. We also run our isolation room and after
school detentions. Mrs Gilmore and Mrs Knighton are also first aiders. The student support hub is a hive of activity where students/teachers come every day for assistance.
The John Taylor High School PTA's 50/50 Club is starting again for this academic year. The 50/50 Club is a PTA fundraising initiative open to anyone within the school community that helps raise money for additional extras that the pupils would otherwise not have access to, and at the same time give its members an opportunity to win prize money. For just £1 a
month members are allocated a lucky number which is entered into a prize draw each month from September to August. Last year the 50/50 Club raised £1,544 and was able to donate £772 to the School's PTA funds. The remaining £772 was given out in monthly prize cheques for first, second and third and there were 26 individual winners across the year with one lucky member winning 5 times with a total prize pot of £108.50. An application form and further information about joining can be downloaded from the PTA section on the school website www.jths.co.uk. Prize draws will begin at the next meeting of the PTA.
Chair’s report from the PTA AGM in September The main aim of the PTA is to buy things for the school they would not normally be able to, which provide learning as well as enjoyment to students. These are usually departmental requests and we also fund quite a lot for the SEN department and Resource Centre. Items we have purchased this year include chef’s whites, the Book Bench, three Ipad Airs for the Drama department and the Reader Recovery Programme. If you are new to high
school, PTA meetings are not like junior school where the main aim is to organise fundraising and if you attend you usually end up doing something. Ours are much more about informing parents about school matters and you will only get involved in fundraisers if you volunteer.
In the last two or three years we have just organised our two tried and trusted annual fundraisers. The SUMMER BALL is a lovely event and next year is SATURDAY 2ND JULY. You can get a table of friends together or just come on your own. The QUIZ NIGHT in January is always really popular and will be on 22ND JANUARY this time. Again, we’d be really pleased if you’d support this with a team of 4, especially if you like a challenge! New ideas are always welcome. Please say if you’d like to see any new events or would like to help organise a fundraiser.
If you have regularly attend PTA meetings this year you will have been the first to see the new builds in the school this year – the 6 classroom block, the new training centre and just now the other classrooms and new toilets and changing facilities. You will have learnt of the new innovations that the school have been introducing such as the Reading Recovery Programme and you will have been updated on the School Improvement Plan and changes to the curriculum. You will also have been asked for your input into changes the school make such as
the new website. The Head and Leadership Team are extremely supportive of the PTA, they are always appreciative of what we do and value our opinion as parents.
If you can’t attend meetings you can stay updated by looking at the PTA page on the website which will always have the date of the next meetings and minutes of past meetings as well as details of forthcoming events, and we have a Facebook page for general chat and information- John Taylor High School Parents to Parents.
John Taylor Charitable Trust This is another way of raising funds for the school for things they may not be able to fund. An example is the
Bookbuzz project, which provides every Year 7 with a book of their choice to encourage reading. It has also funded the school minibuses and continues to maintain them, as well as other quite major items of expenditure such as laptop trolleys. It’s a way of parents being able to donate who don’t want to get involved with fundraising events, they can simply give an annual donation.
WANTED! We have a Trust committee but many have stepped down and we really need a couple of parents to join and
give new ideas on how we can take the Charitable Trust forward and get the most out of it.
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School Uniform by Mrs Barnby The uniform that our students wear promotes a sense of pride in the school, engenders a feeling of community
and belonging and is practical and smart. Visitors to the school frequently comment on how smart our pupils are which is achieved by having clear guidelines and high standards. All pupils know that if they wear their uniform inappropriately they will receive an ‘orange’ reminder; 5 reminders result in a one hour detention after school. Students also know that if they wear inappropriate uniform they will be asked to change into our spare items.
Whilst many of our students wear the uniform correctly, some are trying to stretch the boundaries regarding what is acceptable. Please note that for students in Years 8-11:
skirts must not be tight and must not be any shorter than 10cm above the knee, when kneeling on
the floor;
trousers should be plain, and trousers that become narrower towards the ankle are not permitted;
the only piercing that is allowed is one, in the lower ear lobe and a plain, metal stud should be
worn;
hair should be neat and tidy. Extreme styles, unnatural colors, tram lines or shaved shapes in the
hair or eyebrows are not permitted;
footwear should be black and plain. We do not permit trainers, trainer style shoes, canvas shoes,
backless or suede shoes. Boots can be worn if they are black and plain and worn with trousers.
Skirts: This year, all Year 7 girls who choose to wear skirts are required to wear one of six styles that have a logo.
These should be knee length (i.e. on the knee) at the start of the year. Please be reminded that from September 2016 all girls who choose to wear a skirt will need to adhere to the above.
Sixth Form: There has been a significant improvement in the Sixth Form dress this year and we would like to thank parents for their support on this. It is important that this continues and those students who are still not perfect, adhere to our expectations i.e. business suit with formal style matching dress, skirt or trousers. Skirts must be of a suitable length – short, tight, lycra based skirts or dresses are not permitted.
The full uniform/dress codes can be found on our website: www.jths.co.uk
Malteser Cake
Contributed by Carole Kitching
Ingredients 4oz margarine
9oz good quality milk or plain chocolate 3 tablespoons of golden syrup
8oz crushed digestive biscuits 8oz Maltesers
Topping
1 large block of white chocolate
Line a 7½” x 11” tin Put the Maltesers in the freezer for a while until
you need them. Method
Melt the milk or plain chocolate with the syrup and margarine (do not overheat). Stir in the crushed biscuits and Maltesers. Put the mixture into the lined tin. Leave to set
in the fridge. Cover with the melted white chocolate. When set, bring to room temperature and cut into small squares.
Our visitors to the community teas
contributed their favourite recipes which we plan to feature in every edition. Why
not collect them and try the delicious
recipes yourself?
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Last year’s Year 7 (our new year 8) were
given a summer challenge to maintain their high levels of creativity. They were asked to
be imaginative in upcycling an old toilet roll. The outcomes were diverse, demonstrating an
amazing array of personal responses
Congratulations to John Taylor students
who were winners at the recent Alrewas Show:
A piece of 2D work: 1st: Megan Bagnall
2nd: Alice Robb 3rd: Jack Sullivan
A piece of 3D work: 1st : Ellie Knight
2nd: Philippa Wright 3rd: Isabelle Ogden
Jack Sullivan
Megan Bagnall
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MODERN
LANGUAGES
SPELLING BEE
Pupils: Do you want to be
involved in this competition?
We are looking for
Year 7 and 8 representatives
from KINGSTONE,
MARCHINGTON, SHERWOOD
and NEEDWOOD who can use
the alphabet in an exciting
way
Pop along to the J Block and
speak to Miss Jones or Miss
Tyler for more information.
Year 9 summer challenge in producing architectural travel
journals welded great efforts by
many and learners visited exciting places during their
break. This work is being
developed into a show stopping multi-disciplinary exhibition .
Savage Beauty Exhibition July 2015 by Georgia Cornell and Lucy Henry
On 8th July all the Y9 students intending to study Art and Design at GCSE travelled down to the Victoria and Albert Museum to see Alexander McQueen's breath-taking exhibition. His work was fantastic and thematic with so
many different styles spectacularly displayed. We were totally submerged in the whole experience and this gave us so many different ideas on how we could be creative with our summer work. It was a truly memorable experience.
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A taste of Oxford
by Dan Ruttley, Y13 At the end of the last summer term, a group of sixth formers went, along with Mr Sears and Mr Twynham, to
Oxford University to see what it would be like to study there. The day started early, setting off in the minibus
from school. When we arrived at Oxford, we drove into the city centre, and got off the bus at Hertford College, the college to which Mr Sears belonged when he attended Oxford.
When we arrived, we were treated to a tour of the college by a member of academic staff. The highlight was definitely the corridor leading to the college bar, where we saw the collection of group pictures of the freshers of the college, including the year that Mr Sears joined the college! The bridge that connects the two halves of the college together over the road was also quite spectacular, and we probably featured in quite a lot of tourist
photos that were being taken. After the tour, we took part in a tutorial - a small group session that students at Oxford are taught in. The
tutorial contained a detailed analysis of a 20th century poem. The session definitely pushed the group out of their comfort zone, and made us realise what it would be like to learn in the environment that Oxford has.
After we had finished the tutorial, we had a great lunch at the college: steak, potatoes and vegetables, with crumble for desert. If the food is always that good, no wonder Oxford is so popular! We then had some free time to explore Oxford.
Opposite the college was Blackwell’s, a famous Oxford book store. Although the store from the outside looked like a normal shop, underneath there was a huge basement with over three miles of shelving, and books such as original copies of Shakespeare’s works for sale.
Mr Sears took some of us to the Physics department, where we met one of his fellow students. She is now completing a doctorate, and showed us some of the experiments that she and her research team were running to try and detect dark matter in the universe. They were very technical, and it was hard to understand what was actually happening, but fascinating nonetheless.
Other members of the group went to look around some of the other Oxford colleges, as they all have a different feel. After the group met up again, we had the chance to see a Lego model of the college, with some interesting additions such as Spider-man and a Batcave! Unfortunately, there was not a minifigure of Mr Sears. Time was then up, and we had to leave Oxford, although a lot of us hope to be going back next year as students!
Great
outdoors
club Starting after October half term-
on Thursday lunchtimes based in
L11 Great Outdoors Club. Come
and learn about your
surroundings. What exciting
things are in our back gardens
and fields? We will learn and look
at everything from creepy crawlies
to cute and fluffy or perfectly
poisonous to yummy scrummy!
Could you be the next
green fingered great?
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SCOUT BONFIRE 2015
BARTON UNDER NEED WOOD
on Friday 6th November 2015 Gates open 6.00pm
Bonfire 6.30 pm
Fireworks 7.15 pm This year’s Bonfire is on Friday 6th November and we have made some changes to ensure that we can ease the congestion at the entrance. You will need to purchase and wear a wristband at the event. You can purchase a wrist band at the event or we will be selling wrist bands on the day in various village
shops and the Post Office from 9.00am till 3.00pm. We will also be at John Taylor High School selling the wrist bands from 1pm to 2 pm on the day to students from the school. They are priced at £5 each
with children aged 4 years and under admitted free. Those who have purchased a wrist band before 3.00pm will go into a fast lane and all they need to do is show their wrist band and they will avoid the queues and spend more time in the event. There are only 4000 wrist bands this year so get yours early to avoid disappointment. The firework display will again be performed by Pyrotex and this year’s theme is The Rugby World Cup…..even though England is already out!! The music has been chosen and we are sure the display will be as exciting to watch as every other year has been.
Food will be available on the night in the food tent. This will include burgers and hotdogs along with drinks,
but these are non-alcoholic, so teas coffees and soft drinks only There will be other tents for sparklers, novelty items and sweets, so please come along and support the Scouts
and have a great night at the Scout Bonfire in Barton.
We are looking for about 20 volunteers to help on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November to put the tents up, erect the fencing and generally help with preparation for the big night. If you can spare a few hours on either of these days please call on either 07787341958 or 07731 962770 and let us know. You and your time would be an enormous help towards making this year’s event a great success.
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Thur 22 Oct School closes at 1pm—buses come early Thur 22 Oct Open Evening 6.30-9.00pm Fri 23 Oct INSET DAY—no school for pupils Mon 26 Oct Half term holiday Mon 2 Nov School reopens Thur 5 Nov Meet your Child’s Tutor, Y7, Y10 & Y12, 4.30-7.00pm Mon 9 Nov Y7 reports issued Tue 10 Nov GCSE certificate presentations, 7.00pm Mon 16 Nov Y8 reports issued Wed 18 Nov PTA meeting, 7pm, Training Centre Thur 19 Nov Y13 Parents Evening, 4.30-7.30pm Mon 23 Nov Y9 reports issued Wed 25 Nov School production of Annie—Wed to Sat inc. 7pm Mon 30 Nov Y9 Options Evening, 7pm Mon 30 Nov Y10 reports issued Mon 7 Dec Y12 reports issued Mon 7 Dec Y11 trial exams start Thur 17 Dec Christmas Concert, 7pm hall Fri 18 Dec School closes at 1pm for Christmas.
Dates for your diary
Please check the school calendar on our website www.jths.co.uk
Vacancy We currently have a
vacancy for a
Catering Assistant
Variable hours
Contact Shirley Cawser for more details
Tel. 01283 239339
Trinity Warriors by Mrs J Berry
Members of the Trinity Warriors dance group have visited school this term to take a number of dance workshops with KS3 and KS4 pupils.
The Trinity Warriors are one of
the leading breakdance crews
s p e c i a l i s i ng i n f r e e s t y l e breakdance, clever choreography and explosive acrobatics.
Three members performed and then asked for volunteers to take part in a short breakdance routine. The response from the
pupils was excellent, especially from the boys!
Trinity Warriors are setting up sessions in the Brewhouse, Burton in the next few weeks and will be teaching a number of dance styles to the latest tracks. All the classes
will help pupils to gain confidence, fitness and flexibility and the classes are taught in a relaxed and fun environment.
If any one is interested call the
Brewhouse on 01283 508100.
No experience is necessary.
Better Barton Live Event – Calling all Villagers
Better Barton Live – Calling all Villagers: We are trying to make Barton a
more vibrant place for residents and visitors and have scheduled an
information event for 14th November at the great new John Taylor High
School venue, the Training Centre. Better Barton Live is for all ages and if
you are interested in making Barton a more vibrant and interesting place
to live in, it is aimed at you.
If you run or have an idea for a club or organisation that you would like
people to join then we would like to invite you to take a ‘stand’ at the
event and introduce yourselves to villagers. We’ve already had a lot of
interest.
If you would like a clear idea of the opportunities the village has for you
and your family then come along and find out what’s on in the village.
Is there an event you have seen run successfully elsewhere that you think
could enhance Barton or you think we could be utilising village amenities
more effectively and are prepared to help us get things going, then come
along, we’ll be collecting ideas on the day.
So if you want to get involved, please contact us at
[email protected] or via the Parish Clerk
([email protected] or 716059), Facebook, @BartonPC on Twitter
or www.bartonparishcouncil.org.uk. If you are a villager who would just
like to come along to find out what your village can do for you, watch this
space for further information.