Arts News, Events & Information

World Cup Poster Competition May – July 2010

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 07:46

The World Cup Poster competition was designed to inspire young people to explore the arts and discuss cultural and global issues. We did this by:

• looking at art work associated with the World Cup sporting event since its inception
• discussing circumstances surrounding the hosting countries across the ages
• analyzing  how each host country had chosen to represent themselves in each events official poster

We then invited all our community to have a go at creating their own “official poster”, either for the South Africa World Cup that took place this year or for an imaginary future event.
Click here to read the full brief>>

Well done to everyone who took part, the Specialist Status team were delighted by the number of wonderful entries from across our community.
Click the image below to see a selection of our favourites:

The Specialist Status of Sprowston Community High School enables us to develop strong links with the whole community and across the curriculum. Our thanks goes to Mr Schamp for his ideas, resources, and enthusiasm which enabled this project to become a reality.

INSPIRE 2010 at the Norwich Theatre Royal

Monday, 12 July 2010 08:01

A big thank you to Ms Rea and Ms Bedder for organising the Inspire performance at the Norwich Theatre Royal. Sprowston students gave a terrific performance at the Norwich Theatre Royal in the first Norfolk Schools Dance Festival as they confidently performed an exciting mixture of jazz and contemporary styles to Nina Simone’s ‘Sinnerman’.

Twelve Year 9 Students Receive National Arts Awards

Monday, 12 July 2010 07:59

Media presenters from NR5 Studios will be in year 9 assembly on Tuesday 13th July to present National Arts Awards to our gifted and talented students who took part the Heritage Media project earlier this year. During the project students devised and produced their own radio broadcasts and pod casts and final portfolios of work were submitted for assessment this term. Twelve of our students have successfully been awarded National Arts Bronze Awards. Congratulations to:

Ellie Kiddel
Isobel Ventress
Ryan Warr
Rachel Butterfield
Jenny Fennel
Zoe Doy
Jacob Cracknell
Ben Grant
Ethan Randle
Zoe Norman
Charlotte Barron
Joe Keeley

Sprowston Choir on Tour in the Community

Monday, 12 July 2010 07:57

The Sprowston Community Choir which started as a Community Arts initiative by the High School will be touring our partner schools on Tuesday 13th July to perform and work with our younger students to develop a sense community participation and engagement through singing together, sharing and learning about songs from around the world.

Grassroots Theatre Company Visit - October 2010

Monday, 12 July 2010 07:55

Last year’s performances by the Grassroots Theatre Company proved so successful with our students that we are inviting them back again to help us celebrate Black History Month in October. We have just received confirmation that the Company will be visiting our school on October 4th to perform their uplifting music and dance which celebrates different cultural communities in Zimbabwe.

The performances will explore the themes of equality and fair-trade which have direct curriculum links to Citizenship, Geography, History, Health & well-being and Spiritual, Moral Social Cultural Education. Further details of curriculum activities and opportunities linked to our visiting performance companies will be available later in the year.

Two Exceptional Performance Arts Companies Visit Sprowston Next School Year

Friday, 02 July 2010 13:10

We have been incredibly lucky to secure visits to our school in the next academic year from two highly renowned performance arts companies; Ballet Rambert, who will be running workshops in Sprowston in October and the ever popular, West End production of ‘Hairspray’ whose members will be visiting our school in February.

These visits really are a tribute to the hard work of our Arts staff team and we would like to say a big thank you to our creative partners; Norfolk Dance and The Theatre Royal for offering these exceptional opportunities to us.

Circle, Square, Sphere

Friday, 02 July 2010 08:17

As part of their BTEC Art & Design brief for their unit on 'Cafe Culture', Year 10 students have created some amazingly, inventive sculptures. All of them meet the brief exceedingly well and all of them take different forms as their starting point to produce something unique. Take a look at the gallery of sculpture images.

Year 8 Boys Give an Inspirational Dance Performance

Thursday, 01 July 2010 10:28

On Friday 18th June Year 8 boys gave an inspirational dance performance to south side Year 7 students. The boys have been working this term on producing a short dance piece with a Norfolk dance tutor as part of our 'Boys Engagement in Learning Through Dance' project.

Boys involved in the project were:

Jack F., Jaybe D., Aston H., Jamie P., Nathan F., Thomas B., George R., Conor D., Ryan C., Ben S., Mikey N.

Year 8 Students Win First Prize for Their Gothic and Tangram Work

Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:42

Students exhibition of Gothic stories, Art work and Dance Tangrams which were inspired by the year 8 Performance visits to the Norwich Playhouse, won first prize at the ‘Start Project 2010 Exhibition’. Students were awarded £100 of book tokens. The work is now on display on the upper floor of the theatre until the end of June.



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Fame - the Musical: Call for Auditions

Monday, 21 June 2010 10:56

Set during the last years of New York City's celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street, Fame - The Musical is a bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of gruelling artistic and academic work.

Romances and friendships develop as the story makes a social statement especially relevant to today's youth.

With electric dance routines and unforgettable songs, Fame is a breathtaking journey that is sure to 'light up the sky like a flame'.

The musical will be performed in early December

Auditions

All the main parts have to be able to act, sing and dance a little (unless dancer in musical). You need to make sure you attend all sections of the auditions, if you wish to be considered for a main part:

• Tues 6 July (Singing & acting)
• Wed 7 July (Singing & acting)
• Thurs 8 July (Singing, acting + dancing)
• Fri 9 July (backup/decision)

You will need to have your own song prepared to perform (with or without backing); you will have a song taught to you (boys/girls song), you will learn and perform the monologue (.PDF, 14 Kb) given to you and also act out a short script given in the audition. You will also learn a short easy dance routine (Thurs only).

If you are unable to make these dates, due to holidays or participation in school trips abroad, the alternative date is Tuesday 22nd June after school.

Chorus auditions will be after summer.

Character list

• Nick Piazza - Ambitious, enthusiastic, classical actor who is very serious about acting. Has hidden romantic interest for Serena.
• Serena Katz - A shy, timid yet keen and enthusiastic actress. Develops returned romantic feelings for Nick.
• Jose 'Joe' Vegas - Spanish acting student. Loud, funny and the comic of the show. Develops an unreturned crush on Carmen.
• Carmen Diaz - A sexy, confident but cocky dancer with a big ego. Carmen is determined to make it big and is obsessed with fame, she believes she has what it takes to achieve this. Initially has a casual relationship with Tyrone, but develops returned romantic feelings for Schlomo. She later dies.
• Tyrone Jackson - A talented but dyslexic hip hop dancer who comes from a poor background. Shares a love-hate relationship with Iris.
• Mabel Washington- A loud and overweight dancer who is desperate to lose weight but can't resist food. Often speaks her mind and gives out advice to other characters in their times of trouble.
• Iris Kelly - A very talented, graceful ballet dancer who is believed to be extremely wealthy although it is later revealed that she is not. She often comes across as stuck up or even bitchy. Iris is insecure with herself and afraid people do not like her. She shares a love-hate relationship with Tyrone.
• Schlomo Metzenbaum - Shy classical violinist, who sets up a rock band. Schlomo comes from a musical background, with a father who is a famous violinist. Schlomo is fed up from the strain of being expected to do well and wishes to rebel. He is rather a geek and is very insecure, but he is also very wise and academically clever. Has a returned romantic interest in Carmen.
• Grace 'Lambchops' Lamb - A loud, confrontational rock chick and tomboy who plays the drums for Schlomo's band. She often loses her temper and it is implied that she does not take school seriously.
• Goodman 'Goody' King - A trumpet/saxophone musician who is in Schlomo's band. Is believed to be Schlomo's best friend.
• Miss Esther Sherman - A strict, old-fashioned and academic English teacher who loves her students despite the fact that she comes down hard on them.
• Ms Greta Bell - Dance teacher with a big passion for different styles of dance. Believes that dance is a way of life.
• Mr. Myers - A laid back drama teacher with an obsession for human psychology.
• Mr. Sheinkopf - European Music tutor with a love for classical music and dislike for all things rock and roll.