Earlier in the month, The Fourth Monkey Theatre Company visited Weald to lead a movement workshop with year 12 and 13 Drama students.

In early November Adam from Year 13 competed in the National Cross-Country relay at Mansfield, and although injured, David from Year 12 still went up to  support his teammates. They had the following feedback on the event:

David: The National Cross Country Relay at Mansfield is the highest level an athlete can compete in at long distances along with national cross  country and national road relays. This differs from the normal cross country as you’re competing with your team instead of individually across an especially tough, physically demanding, fast and muddy course at Mansfield.

Although I was injured, I still went up with the team to help support and aid my coaches in filming the races and coaching athletes to allow the athletes to review and watch their own and team performances. This offered me a unique viewpoint from a coach's perspective, not an athlete's one, to offer the runners advice on their performances, to gain their insight on the course this year and to hear how they think they could have improved. This, in turn, helped me gain vital experience in coaching.

Congratulations to Bekah from Year 11 for passing her Grade 4 Musical Theatre Singing exam with the  Associated Board of the Royal Schools of  Music (ABRSM). She sang several pieces including ‘Consider Yourself’ from Oliver, ‘It Means Beautiful’ from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and ‘I Don’t Know Who I Am’ from the musical Jekyll and Hyde. 

The 2022 English Championships finals were held in the Sheffield Arena over the weekend of 15 and 16 of October. The gymnasts had a chance to qualify at two previous competitions in order to secure a place. However, this was a particular challenge for the two Year 11 students; Ella and Holly, as due to their silver DofE were only able to attend one qualifying competition throughout the year, so both did very well to secure their place with one attempt.

Congratulations to Lucy from year 9 for passing her Grade 3 singing Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exam. She sang several pieces including ‘Maybe’ from the musical Annie, and Ave verum corpus by Elgar. This was Lucy’s first singing exam so it was an excellent achievement to successfully pass her Grade 3.

Hanna in Year 12 recently competed in the Korfball European Championships in Poland. Her team won every single game and have now qualified to go through to round 2 in the Czech Republic mid-November. Winning this tournament means that her team are now down to the top 12 teams in Europe.