During this term we have said farewell to our temporary teacher Mr Lloyd, who has The Aconbury Centre secured a full time position nearer his home in Wales. Mrs Alderdice has joined Spring Term Newsletter 2016 us to teach humanities and hopefully some music in the future. To begin with may we offer many congratulations to Mr Warley on the birth Curriculum English: Poetry with Joelle – of his beautiful son, Noah. Thank you to Taylor Mr. Paul Barnes from St. Davids Centre and Dame Oremi Evans from The We were very fortunate to secure funding Brookfield School for helping us out during from the Ledbury Poetry Festival this his paternity leave. year, which enabled us to have a visiting poet for three mornings. Our Students have enjoyed a rich and Joelle Taylor is a professional spoken word varied curriculum, with various extra Art artist, published poet and playwright, as activities and the chance to work with well as the founder and Artistic Director of Joelle Taylor from the Ledbury Poetry SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth Society slam championships administered by the Although the Head of Centre, Mrs Dixon Poetry Society. has been unwell; she is now making She came into English lessons to perform progress and we hope she will be visiting her work and show students how to us soon. develop and shape their own poetry. The work that the sessions produced was Themes and Values amazing and, all students should be very proud of what they achieved. Our themes for the Spring term were, Tolerance Ledbury Poetry Society have also agreed Cooperation to fund a publication of the students best Honesty work and to provide a copy of the book for Courage each student involved. Watch this space for details of our up-coming book launch! Herefordshire Hoardings Project You may have noticed the colourful News and events Hoardings in Widemarsh Street, if not they are well worth a look. Ours is just outside
The Aconbury Centre Spring Term Newsletter 2016 To begin with may we offer many congratulations to Mr Warley on the birth of his beautiful son, Noah. Thank you to Mr. Paul Barnes from St. Davids Centre and Dame Oremi Evans from The Brookfield School for helping us out during his paternity leave. Our Students have enjoyed a rich and varied curriculum, with various extra Art activities and the chance to work with Joelle Taylor from the Ledbury Poetry Society Although the Head of Centre, Mrs Dixon has been unwell; she is now making progress and we hope she will be visiting us soon. Themes and Values Our themes for the Spring term were, Tolerance Cooperation Honesty Courage News and events During this term we have said farewell to our temporary teacher Mr Lloyd, who has secured a full time position nearer his home in Wales. Mrs Alderdice has joined us to teach humanities and hopefully some music in the future. Curriculum – English: Poetry with Joelle Taylor We were very fortunate to secure funding from the Ledbury Poetry Festival this year, which enabled us to have a visiting poet for three mornings. Joelle Taylor is a professional spoken word artist, published poet and playwright, as well as the founder and Artistic Director of SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam championships administered by the Poetry Society. She came into English lessons to perform her work and show students how to develop and shape their own poetry. The work that the sessions produced was amazing and, all students should be very proud of what they achieved. Ledbury Poetry Society have also agreed to fund a publication of the students best work and to provide a copy of the book for each student involved. Watch this space for details of our up-coming book launch! Herefordshire Hoardings Project You may have noticed the colourful Hoardings in Widemarsh Street, if not they are well worth a look. Ours is just outside
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