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chiswick Thespians Entertain in Performance Festival

CHISWICK SCHOOL

The 13th and 14th February marked Chiswick School's first ever Festival of Performance. Students from Yr 7 up to Sixth Form participated, making the festival a brilliant, talent filled success. Performances were held in the Hall, and C15 Drama Studio. The audience loved the many different performances that the students had to offer. The Year 7s executed a range of mime situa-tions; they were able to stay in role and captivate the audience. There were in-teresting devised pieces from Year 10. The Chiswick School Theatre Company performed a selection of Grimms’ Tales having worked on techniques with a visiting director. The Three Little Pigs was a highlight. The company effort-lessly created the different houses, the pigs and the wolf using Physical Thea-tre. Over in C15 studio, Year 11 Creative and Media students performed two play extracts. It was great to see Ayman Cadour perform as Taylor the bully in ‘Mugged’ whilst Haneh Vaez played a vivacious and believable Sophie. This piece was followed by Lunch in Venice in which the cast engaged the audience

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in a challenging text. The A/S drama group finished the evening. A duologue from Antigone was performed with a sense of intima-cy and foreboding by Athena Rees and Ella McCallum. The audience was then treated to a selection of scenes from Our Country’s Good. Haris Siddique was very convincing as the naive Lieuten-ant Ralph and Coral Richards proved highly entertaining with her rendition of Sideway emphasising his exaggerat-ed acting style. Jonathan Ajayi played a fearsome Lieutenant Ross and two fur-ther women convicts were successfully portrayed by Violet Vincent and Luisa Charles.

Thank you to all students who took part

Battle of the Bands

Q: Where did you work previous-ly?A: I worked near Cambridge, in a place called Peterborough but I studied in London and I’m originally from Essex.Q: What do you like most about chiswick School?A: There is a lot of talent here; the staff and students are also friendly. Q: Why did you decide to become a music teacher?A: I really enjoy music and I like see-ing people perform - I like it when I see others enjoying music too. I also love Music Tech.Q: Who is your favourite artist and why?A: Kylie Minogue because she has been my idol since I was five. I do like other genres of music too, and I’m going to see a few different people in a month’s time, like Olly Murs and Labrinth.

By Laura reid

Battle of the Bands

an Interview With Miss O’Leary, The

Latest addition to the Music Department

TEachErSPOTLIGhT

Last week we had a group of people from Mumbai visit our school. The Headteacher and a couple of the gov-erning body from NL Dalmia High School, a private school, came to see how British education differed from that in India. Our school had been put forward for this school spinster con-tract through the British Council be-cause of our recent award for the use of ICT within lessons.

The visit consisted of a school tour, talking to students and observing les-sons. They were shocked at how flex-ible our curriculum can be compared to theirs where they have a strict set of rules to follow.

As they were staying for a week here in London, they visited 3 other schools; of which they voted ours best! Ms Saini (Head) is very keen to introduce an ex-change for students in the future which would be an incredible opportunity for anyone lucky enough to go!

Mr Ryan said 'the trip was a great ex-perience for both schools, and hope-fully we will continue to build a strong relationship for the future.'By NiNa Pryce

and to members of the drama depart-ment for a memorable evening of con-trasting work.

By MaryaM KhaLifa + J WhitiNg

Festival continued...

Tuesday 26th February was Chiswick School’s annual battle of the bands! This year showcased a large range of music, to an even larger audience, who had all come to see and hear student musicians, from Years 8-12, battle it out for prizes. Mr Warren played host, and created an enjoyable atmosphere, full of laughter, with many people com-menting that ‘he’s definitely been the best host yet’.

Bands as young as Year 8 took the stage, wowing the audiences with their impressive vocal ranges and musical abilities. Songs such as ‘Valerie’ ‘I knew you were trouble’ ‘When the sun goes down’ ‘Where is my mind’ and ‘Runa-way Love’ were performed, with every

performance getting the audience on their feet.

However no one could have been pre-pared for the phenomenal support that Mr Warren received when he took the stage with Jonathan Ajayi and Violet Vincent, to perform Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’. The hall was full of audi-ence members screaming ‘WARREN’ at the top of their lungs, leaving them with sore throats, as Mr Warren performed an intense and skilful drum solo to-wards the end. ‘It was brilliant; I’m surprised he isn’t famous yet! Swear he’s on YouTube’ said Jordan Jemirifo.

As Miss O’Leary, Mr Hunter and Mr Sadler took to the stage to announce the results, the tension in the room was surreal, the anticipation and suspense killing both the audience and the per-formers. The Year 10 band with George as the lead vocalist came third, the Year 8 band came second, with another Year 10 band (Caroline Cape lead vocalist) coming first! When first place was an-nounced, there was a roar of applause and cheers were heard as each band member approached the stage to col-lect their £50 voucher prize!

But the evening would not have been complete without Miss Lee. As the or-ganiser of the event, she kept everyone smiling, and maintained a joyful mood. On behalf of Chiswick News and Chis-wick School- we would like to congratu-late every band who participated, and of course the winners! We hope to see you all participating next year.

By MaryaM KhaLifa

Mumbai Teachers Visit chiswick