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Young Cultural
Creators
The
Year 8 Art class working with Art teacher Ms K Smith and School
Librarian Ms Jessup are currently involved in the Young Cultural
Creators Project. The group recently visited the Wallace Collection
- home to one of Europe’s finest collections of works of art on the
26 January. Here they were introduced to some of the works by the
teenage fiction writer Bridget Crowley. The students made notes
about the works and are now to produce a short story which will be
accompanied by a work of art for a public exhibition to be held at
Streatham Library in April. Bridget Crowley will be visiting
Dunraven on the 27 February to oversee the written work. We will
keep you all informed of the dates for the exhibition as it will be
very well worth a visit.
NAGTY Assembly
On Monday, Ms Aslam
and Mr Parsons held a assembly on NAGTY, the National Association of
Gifted and Talented Youth. The 146 Dunraven students who are members
enjoyed hearing about the opportunities that being a member of the
Academy brings. After a music performance by two of our most able
musicians, Harry Jardine and Calum Johnstone,
Vinh Hoang and Tsun Wong gave a
presentation about the kind of activities that NAGTY offers.
Dunraven students are encouraged to apply for the very popular
university summer schools, as well as attend the NAGTY club meetings
which will be running in the summer term. |
The Dignity of Difference
Four Sixth Form Senior Prefects,
Dionne Woodward, Korang Abdulla, Chris Webster and Sami Mouellef,
represented Dunraven last Thursday on Holocaust Memorial Day at the
annual Lambeth memorial event in Brixton Town Hall. "The visit to
the Holocaust memorial event was an eye-opening and heart-warming
experience" writes Korang: "The theme this year was the Dignity of
Difference, highlighting how we are all the same but different and
that learning to recognise this would prevent such atrocities as the
Holocaust and the more recent genocides in Rwanda and Darfur ever
happening again. Guest speakers included the Mayor of Lambeth, Liz
Atkinson, and a variety of speakers from different backgrounds and
faiths. Kosher food was on offer and music was played by Jewish
bands, giving us a great all-round cultural experience."
Scholastic Book Club
The February leaflets
are now available in Lower School Library. This month there are
some excellent special offers including:
 | 5 top teen titles:
'Holes', 'Private Peaceful', 'Storm Thief', 'Beast' & 'Lord Loss'
for just £8 |
| 20 books in the
'Dead Famous' series for £20 |
| 12 Karen McCombie
titles for £15.00 |
Order forms must be
handed to the Librarian by 3.30pm Thursday 8th February |
