Larkmead School

Larkmead End of Term 5 Newsletter includes highlights from Kenya expedition, ski trip, events across CPA and so much more.
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Guess Who? Fantastic work from Larkmead Year 7 artists.
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Fantastic trip to see new RSC musical The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind at Soho Place theatre in London’s West End. Highly thought-provoking exploring themes of community, belief and growing up in Malawian culture. Larkmead students were afforded the opportunity of a post-show talk with the cast and creatives, where they talked about their roles, characters and experiences on stage. The staff team would like to thank the Larkmead students who were once again an absolute credit to themselves and the school.
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Larkmead Musicians have enjoyed a packed Term 5, with much more to come in Term 6.
UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS
Tuesday 2nd June: Secondary Orchestra Day at Larkmead School
Friday 5th June: Yr 11 GCSE Listening Exam
Tuesday 16th June: Orchestra Day at Radley College
Thursday 9th July: Year 7 Cultural Arts Day ’ theme.
Monday 29th & Tuesday 30th June: YR 10 GCSE Performance Exams
Wednesday 24th June: Yr 10 GCSE Listening Exam
Wednesday 24th June Anything but Classical Concert at Abingdon School

The Larkmead Art Department has been, as always, a hive of activity and creativity.
Year 8 have created some great final pieces based on their Fabulous Food project. This included textured painted backgrounds with still life observations of fruit and dessert bowls using mark making techniques using fine line pen.
Year 9 Artists have taken part in acrylic painting workshops and used their knowledge of this to create some wonderful acrylic bird paintings as part of their garden habitats unit.
Year 10 GCSE photographers have stitched into their photographs to create imaginative responses in the style of Italian artist Maurizio Azeri. Keep up the brilliant work! Stay tuned for year 7 portraits coming soon!
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A big thank you from all of the Larkmead staff team to the group of parents for the very welcome delivery of ice creams this lunchtime!
Best wishes to all of the Larkmead community for a happy and safe half term.

Year 10 Fine Art GCSE Students have been creating some lovely outcomes as part of their surfaces unit. They have been looking at Ming vases which are renowned, high-quality ceramic vessels produced in China during the Ming Dynasty. Ming vases are globally famous for their artistic sophistication, often featuring distinctive blue-and-white designs. Students used water colour and ink to create these careful studies.
They have also started looking at surfaces within natural forms creating some continuous line pen studies of large mushrooms, tonal drawings of shells with pencil and some beautiful water colour observations of mussels. Well done year 10 Artists!

SEND White Paper Information Session for Parents and Carers

Cambrian Learning Trust is hosting a live online session on Monday 27 April, to help understand the SEND White Paper.
Led by the Trust Head of Inclusion and Trust SEND Lead, this short session will break down the key information in a clear, straightforward way.
In this session, you will:
• Hear a simple summary of the key points
• Learn how the proposals could affect children and families
• Have time to reflect on any questions you may have
Live on Microsoft Teams - scan QR code.

Marking Stephen Lawrence Day in the Larkmead LRC, remembering our inspirational author talk from Stephen’s brother Stuart.

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