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Recent ActivitiesThe school has been involved in a number of activities which have been supported by Hall Mead School. It is the view of those who have taken part in these that the pupils and students of the two schools who have taken part have benefited tremendously. Additionally leaders of Hall Mead School are in attendance at our events – 5 key persons attended the recent performance of Annie. These activities have included two pantomime performances for our whole school and led by year 10 drama students. They loved doing it and our school certainly enjoyed it totally – the report from our school has been that these performances are better than those of the so-called ‘professionals’ which we used to use. The drama department of Hall Mead School lead two days of workshop sessions for classes in Corbets Tey School on Circus Skills. A number of classes benefited from these imaginative activities. The headteacher attempted to take part and unfortunately fell off a trapeze wire but fortunately latter was on a school flat floor! |
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Senior students took part in Sports at Hall Mead School during their sports week. A steel drum band from Hall Mead School assisted us during our Multi-cultural Round Robin. The students who came from Hall Mead absolutely loved working with our children. Of course ours did as well the other way round and on occasion fairly banged those drums! It was a wonderful day. A student paralympic swimmer from Hall Mead recently led an assembly for us. One of our former students who is a paralymic runner also took part. All of our children and young people enjoyed this. The student came with her mother and after the assembly toured the school and absolutely loved the visit. I was told that she benefited but most definitely we did! I sincerely trust that she will perform shortly in the ‘you know what’ we will see – what we do know is that she holds 9 national awards! During the event we also had with us Neil Collins – paralympic runner and former student. If anyone wishes to contact his mother – Kathy - who is a national leader in the leadership and management of paralympic events please ask me – Colin A. A work experience student from Hall Mead School has attended one afternoon per week after school to support the site manager and office staff. An assembly on Fashion is to take place soon supported by the Textiles department of Hall Mead School. A combined meeting for the Schools councils of Hall Mead School and Corbets Tey School is planned. A number of class groups have visited West Ham United FC. Sports sessions have taken place in school led by coaches from West Ham United. Also a sports programme was followed at Corbets Tey School by a number of our pupils and led by staff from West Ham at the beginning of the summer vacation. Our Singing Signing Choir is shortly to perform in St Francis Hospice. Teacher Training. Hall Mead School has very kindly donated a year’s free course towards MA in Education for one of our teachers. The MA is run by the University of East London. 25 PGCE students from the University of East London followed a single day of work experience in Corbets Tey during the course of the previous academic year. All of them appreciated the school immensely. Overall Aims of the Learning TrustThe twin themes of the Trust are ‘Raising Aspirations, Broadening Horizons’. The Trust will work with our schools to ease transition towards independent lifelong learning and by exposing pupils to a wider range of cultural (including multi-cultural) experiences which would enable them to see the opportunities presented by the wider world. The Trust will also strive to promote successful learning, inclusion, community cohesion and to develop parental support skills amongst its school communities. The Trust offers opportunity for the school to have stronger voice including greater potential for finance raising. The Trust will seek to make a difference to the pupils by:
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