On Friday Year 10 students travelled up to the Victoria Palace to attend this year’s Poetry Live Conference, accompanied by English teachers David Thornthwaite and Gemma Sanchez. The students were, in Gemma’s words, ‘really really good’, and they all enjoyed seeing and hearing the poets whose work they study in class. And we can reconstruct [...]
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A2 Theatre Studies students will be going to see Seasons Greetings on Monday 21st February at the Lyttleton Theatre at the National. Starring Marc Wootton, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Chris, Neil Stuke, Nicola Walker and Catherine Tate. From the National Theatre Website: Alan Ayckbourn’s masterly Season’s Greetings offers a seriously entertaining look at the misery and high jinks [...]
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The blog header shows Alasdair Heselgrave, current Year 12 student, on Work Experience in 2009. A quick update on the progress with Work Experience for parents of Year 10 students: I have received information from some of you regarding own placements. Since the date of the placements was changed, we have now been allowed an [...]
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Many of you will remember the fabulously successful quiz we held last year in aid of World Challenge; we are pleased to announce we will be holding another on Thursday 17th February at 7.00 pm. We are inviting teams, couples, and individuals to enter; entry will be £3 per person and teams will be limited [...]
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RIC’s talent night is back for 2011! WANTED Jugglers and Contortionists, Singers and Dancers, Impressionists and Mime Artists, Magicians and Musicians, and anyone else with a bit of talent. Anyone interested in being part of RIC’s annual display of talent, determination and bravery should come along to one of the following meetings for more information [...]
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The next post from our A level correspondent Jack Fryer, in which he laudably name drops lots of bands and shifts the demographic decidedly metal-ward. Christmas Concerts, every school does them. At my previous schools I never went to any of these concerts, but the thing that attracted me to this concert was the diversity [...]
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A very exciting announcement for all A level English students! We have tickets for everyone to go to the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein on Tuesday 8th February. Students should meet in the Star Hill canteen at 5.00 pm, and will catch the train to Waterloo East and walk along the South Bank to the [...]
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We have tickets to see Vernon God Little at the Young Vic on Wednesday 9th February. This is a stage adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Booker-prize winning novel of 2003, and displays the same dark satire and smart comedy as the book. Students wanting to attend should sign up in the office as soon as possible. Recent [...]
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From Carmel Park, lower school form tutor and art teacher: Just to let you know what a fabulous day Year 8 had in London on 9 December. The day could not have been better and every single year 8 behaved brilliantly. I was so proud of them all! P.S. Rumours that we were involved in an [...]
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All Year 10 students will be going to the Poetry Live! conference on Friday 28 January to hear readings and talks by contemporary poets, including those covered on the English IGCSE syllabus. The event at the Victoria Palace Theatre, will feature Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and John Agard amongst others, as well as presentations and advice from chief examiners. [...]
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Year 12 student Jack Fryer gives his account of the recent book reading and Q+A session with breakout novelist and budding screenwriter Alex Halpern.
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Unfortunately we had to postpone our trip on 2nd December to see The Glass Menagerie at the Young Vic due to the foot of snow on the railway station platform… But do not despair eager theatrophiles! We have managed to get tickets for Wednesday 12 January instead. This dramatic masterpiece centres on young poet Tom [...]
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In Year 10, students at Rochester Independent College complete one week’s Work Experience around the time of the Easter Holidays. This year the placements take place from Monday 16 – Friday 20 May 2011. Please note that due to the impending nuptuals of a certain aristocratic couple, we have changed the date of the placements to [...]
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Important information for all Art and Design Students: Coursework deadline for ALL GCSE, AS and A2 Art & Design students is Friday 28 January 2011, 1pm. This means if you study Textiles, Fine Art, Graphics, Photography or Ceramics, you get your work in before then! For those who are unsure: dead·line // < ![CDATA[ // [...]
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