In the last week of term before Christmas, Year 7 students took part in an afternoon celebrating Literary Heritage. They were briefed to dress up as famous literary characters from five selected authors for a special event, in which they stayed in character all afternoon and taught each other what they had learned from their research and reading.
On the last Wednesday of term the East block of Marden High School was turned into a spectacular light show as we revealed the fantastic work the Year 8 students produced on Super Learning Day last Friday.
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Alongside the awesome light show that the Year 8 Science and Art students produced for Super Learning Day, the Media group also produced some excellent experimental Video and Photography work, using the same theme of light and primary colours.
Their brief was to be imaginative and creative with cameras on the school site, and produce a piece of art expressing visual motifs of red, green, blue or all three. Click on the tab below to see some of their work…
Marden High School recently took part in an ambitious project in association with the Children’s Commission’s Takeover Day initiative. Staff and students switched roles, and students had an exclusive insight into how the school is run; joining staff meetings, delivering lessons and taking part in other integral school decisions. Watch our video to find out more…
After the amazing philanthropy that was Marden’s Children in Need Pyjama Party and Robbie Elliott’s Bike For Bobby appeal that raised so much, Marden have been on the fundraising trail again. This term Mrs. Johnson and Marden’s Year 10 COPE class made friendship bracelets for blind children in Morocco and raised £265.60, which means lots of Braille equipment can be bought.
“Thank you so much for all your support in giving money for the sponsored swim and the sale of the friendship bracelets. Thanks particularly to Miss McHanwell for donating some of the bracelets. Your support as always is much appreciated.” – Helen Johnson and Year 10 Cope.
It’s been a really successful BBC News Day, here’s some of the feedback from our fabulous Year 8 reporters:
“I have improved on my technical abilities, but I could improve it by managing my time better.” – Josh
“I have learned to work with different people who i don’t normally work with. To improve next time we will try to work quicker and work towards the deadline more prompt. but overall i had a great time working with laura and alicia!!! :)” – Kate
“I enjoyed working in my group and I developed new skills in Media and editing.” – Adam
“I have had lots of FUN!” – Nathan
“I think that I have have learned to improve my group work skills, also I have became more confident speaking-wise. But I do think we need to be more sensible so we don’t have to take as many shots.” – Theo
“We had the greatest time ever. We learned to work more independently since we had a small group and we all pulled fair weight.” – Ceren and Lara
“I have had lots of fun and I’ve learnt tips about journalism I’ve have also improved my team work. I have also given a lot to think about over the Christmas season. I’m looking forward till next time.” – Alex
“I have planned what I was going to do in the day, and I completed what I had to do successfully, and I enjoyed it as much, possibly more than last time. Next time I would make sure I didn’t leave things to the last part of the day, so I’m not rushing!” – David
Here are two of our reports from today’s News Day, one on the use of Twitter at Marden and our Sports reporters give us the lowdown on the fortunes of Newcastle and Sunderland, and the weekend’s Manchester derby.
All finished here at Marden, we are now watching over and evaluating our eight news reports, and we’ve made it onto the live school report feed for the third time. Well done everybody!
We’re all done and dusted here, with just rendering of projects required before we watch them back and upload them to our website. And we’ve been clocked once again on the BBC School Report Page!
