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Photographic Exhibition: Photos from the Heart - private viewing 16 June 2013

Friday, 14 June 2013 10:08

Head of Creative Arts Ms Humbleby and Heather Gee, Manager of Indigo Art Gallery are proud to celebrate the outstanding work of Sprowston Student Photographers. For the next two weeks the Exhibition: 'Photos from the Heart: My Passions and Obsessions' can be seen at Indigo Gallery which is at Lower Goat Lane in the city. The students have produced exceptionally good work ranging from Landscape and Portraiture to Still Life, Macro Photography and Imaginative compositions.

Visitors will have a chance to order prints or just to enjoy the range and quality of the students work. the private view is on Sunday 16th June 6 - 8pm. There will be a comment book and a voting box where visitors can nominate the winning entries for which there will be a prize.

The following are all successful in having work displayed in the Photos from the Heart: Passions and Obsessions Exhibition at Indigo Gallery.

List of Exhibitors

  • Year 10 - Tasha Hagan-Palmer, Chloe Lever, Saffron Robinson, Lauren English, Rosie Pierce, Sophie Butler
  • Year 11 - Morrighan Humpleby, Ozana Nowosz, Sabra Khawaja, Izzy Moss, Sophie Macdonald, Connor Oldridge, Leannan Humpleby, Andre Jackson, Liam Gooch, Eleanor Hepburn, Erin Clarke, Sophie Kirk, Maya Hunneyball
  • Year 12 - Amy Spinks, Aleisha Meale, Katherine Warnes, Katie Vickery, Lauren Heyes, Jordan Watson, Jason Cleaver, May Chung, Jordan Neale, Dan Whiffin, Ana Konstanowyich, Charlie Harris, Jess Bennet, Jessie Gregg, Jamie Chamberlin
   

Look out for our Gorilla, 'Iona', who is going on Parade

Thursday, 06 June 2013 07:33

Our Year 8 students who have creatively designed, decorated and named our school Gorilla, IONA GORILLA, had a send off this week for Iona who will now go on display in Norwich City centre with over a 100 other gorillas as part of the GoGoGorillas sculpture trail. The trail organised by Wild in Art, who previously organised the Go Elephants in Norwich, will be open to the public from the 25th June. At the end of the 10 week parade many of the GoGoGorillas sculptures will be auctioned off to raise funds for Break and the Born Free Foundation. However, Iona will be safely returning to our school to go on permanent parade in Sprowston. Further information of where you can see Iona in the city will be circulated as soon as details are announced.

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Photos from the Heart: Photography Competition

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 08:53

'Indigo Gallery, Norwich' is a new 'non-profit exhibition space' in the centre of the city. The exhibition manager Heather Gee has been working together with Ms Humpleby the Head of Creative Arts at SCHS to launch the Exhibition site with a celebration of young people's creativity in photography.

Our exhibition will be the first at the Gallery. Students from Y10 - 13 are invited to submit work for the exhibition. The best work will be selected by Hs Humpleby and Ms Gee.

The exhibition theme is:

‘PHOTOS FROM THE HEART: My Passions & Obsessions'

The private viewing is on 16 June at 6.00pm where the winning entries will be announced. Students are invited to submit up to 5 final pieces of photography. Entries should be given to Ms Humpleby together with an entry form, by 3.30pm, Friday 7 June 2013. Entry forms can be obtained from Ms Humpleby, details for what to hand in and how to submit it are available here.

Ms Humpleby says: "This is a fantastic opportunity for our photographers to showcase their work to the Norwich Community. The exhibition is already published in Outline magazine and there will be posters and flyers around the city. We are expecting some press coverage too. I know of people coming from London to see the work and there is already a sense of excitement amongst students here. Take this opportunity to show off your wonderful talents and amazing photographs. Heather has been impressed by the work she has already seen by our students and it is a real honour to be the first, launch exhibition at the gallery"

"You do not have to be studying photography to enter. If you have artistic and photographic skills and the theme interests you please enter. Just be sure to download the rules of entry. You can always come along and ask me for more information - I will be in WG11"

Ms Humpleby is trying to organise some prizes for the winning entries: if any of our school partners or parents feel able to donate a prize please contact Ms Humpleby via the school office on 01603 485266.

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Dance uprising at Sprowston High

Friday, 15 February 2013 11:53

At 1.00pm on St Valentine’s Day thousands of women across the country took part in a ‘dance uprising’ to support the campaign ‘1 Billion and rising’ in its quest to end violence against women.

Sprowston’s talented dancers from years, 7, 9 and 10 took part in a five minute dance routine in the dance studio at 1pm, mirroring similar events held at The Forum Library and other venues across the country.

All of the students (and lovely staff) participated to the best of their abilities learning some basic salsa steps to fast pace Latin rhythms. The five minutes was over far too quickly and many of the students stayed on through lunchtime to continue their dancing session!

Thanks to all of those who not only participated but helped organise and support the event.

Amy Bedder

Performing Arts Instructor

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Go Go Gorillas

Thursday, 17 January 2013 00:00

Here is a sneaky peak of Sprowston High's gorilla. Many of you will remember the Go Elephants project where many decorated life sized elephants were put on display around the city 3 years ago. Sprowston took part decorating a baby elephant which was displayed in the Castle Mall.

We are taking part again in the 'Wild in Art' and 'Break' project in 2013. This time gorillas will take over the city. Our gorilla has been decorated by year 8 Art and Literacy students over a two day period. The students were inspired to paint animals in the style of Tinga Tinga artists and to create animal poems using different poetry styles. They then decoupaged these to the surface of the gorilla.

Thanks go to all students and staff involved.

Miss Mason Head of Art and Literacy Development Leader

   

Norwich University College of the Arts to become University

Wednesday, 09 January 2013 14:35

Shortly before Christmas Norwich University College of the Arts (NUCA) had confirmation that their application to the Privy Council to be officially recognised as a university and to omit the college designation from their title has been accepted.  NUCA is one of ten Higher Education Institutions in the country to have met criteria to be awarded the 'University' title, and so, will become Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) and Norfolk's second university.

This is great news for all students - past, present and future. Later in the month the actor John Hurt CBE, a firm supporter of the university, will be installed as NUA’s first Chancellor.

There are a number of events on at the university throughout the year that may be of interest to staff and students:

For further information about NUCA visit their website at http://www.nuca.ac.uk/

   

Year 9 CC Day - Literacy and Creative Arts

Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:00

Year 9 had a day of producing narrative collages combining both their literacy and art skills together to create a range of very interesting and creative final pieces.  Students were inspired by a range of different collage artists and by the autobiographical work of Roald Dahl.  Students wrote their own stories based on memories from the past or more recent events.  They were encouraged to use literacy conventions such as interesting adjectives and adverbs to make their work come to life visually.  Students then searched for images related to their text and combined the two together with paint and other art materials.

The day went very well with positive comments from both students and staff.  The work was of a very high standard.  Well done to the students and a big thank you to all staff who made the day possible.

Rohan Mason

Head of Art

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Celebrating cultural diversity at Sprowston

Sunday, 04 November 2012 21:14

Students met Principal, a music producer and song writer, as part of the extended assemblies which focussed on celebrating culture and diversity.

Principal discussed growing up in London and the musical influences in his life including; music from England, The Middle East and the Caribbean, which were formative in developing his own musical style. Students really enjoyed listening to how Principal composed his own lyrics which he sung to popular reggae tunes and many students stayed behind after assembly to meet and talk to Principal about his work and experiences.

 

 

   

Celebrating culture and diversity in Norfolk through stories of childhood

Monday, 03 September 2012 00:00

Starting on Tuesday 9 October we are running a series of extended assemblies which focus on celebrating culture and diversity through the telling of childhood stories and memories. Guest speakers from a range of different backgrounds, all of whom either live in the local community or have connections with Norfolk, have been invited to share their own ‘stories', drawing on memorable experiences which were formative in developing a sense of belonging and identity.

  • Tuesday 9 October, Year 7, Samia Malik, Dilani De Silva
  • Wednesday 10 October, Year 10, Samia Malik, Leon Michel
  • Monday 15 October, Sixth Form, Chartwell Dutrio
  • Tuesday 16 October, Year 11, Samia Malik, Leon Michel
  • Wednesday 17 October, Year 8 (period 1), Year 9 (period 3), Samia Malik, Doug Sparks
     

Extended Assembly Times

Apart from special assemblies on Monday 15th and Wednesday 17th October, all guest speaker assemblies will take place at the usual time in the school hall but will be extended until 9.45am.


Guest Speaker Profiles in Brief

Dilani De Silva - Born in Sri Lanka, Dilani has worked both as a teacher and for Norfolk English Language Support Service.

Leon Michel - Born in St. Lucia, Leon is a practicing, highly skilled linguist.

 

Chartwell Dutiro - Born in Zimbabwe, Chartwell is a musician who specialises in Shona and Zimbabwean music. Album: Voices of Ancestors (2000)
Samia Malik - Born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents, Samia works for Norfolk English Language Support Service.
Doug Sparks - Born in London to Jamaican parents, Doug is a songwriter and music producer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Pineapple Dance Studios thrill for Sprowston students

Monday, 16 July 2012 08:00

On Thursday 5 July 42 students ranging in age from 14 to 18 made the trip down to London to take part in a workshop at Pineapple Studios followed by the matinee performance of Billy Elliot the musical.

The journey to London went smoothly despite a small delay to allow the Olympic torch to come past! We reached our meeting point in London with minutes to spare and were met by our guide Rich and his Jack Russell Dilly, after a swift walk through Covent Garden we reached the Pineapple Dance studios and split into two groups for our workshops with past and present members of the cast from Billy Elliot.

The workshops were fast paced and engaging with students raising the bar on their effort and performance levels to try and match their professional coaches. The session was over before we knew it and the room were filled with happy but exhausted students!

Lunch was spent in Covent Garden, celebrity spotting and window shopping taking up most of the free time.  We then boarded our coach to head over to Victoria Palace for the matinee performance of Billy Elliot.  With fantastic seats in the stalls we settled down for over two hours of electrifying performances from the incredible young cast of performers. With laughs and tears we all sat spellbound through the performance.

Back onto the coach with a chorus of ‘Electricity’ ringing through our ears and through London past the Olympic park. Most of the journey home seemed to be spent by the students either singing or deciding what show they want to return to London to see next!

 

Year 11 Dance and Year 10 Drama students are put through their paces by Billy Elliot cast member Simon Ray Harvey (right)
who plays Mr Braithwaite

This was a fantastic trip with all of the students behaving amazingly through the whole day, they all took the responsibility of a mixed site trip in a mature and calm manner and their fantastic attitude was noted on by our guide Rich (and Dilly) and our Billy Elliot cast members.

{article submitted by Amy Bedder, Dance Teacher}

   

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