Expressive Arts Days

The school will be running a series of days packed with activities for Year 7 and 8 pupils all to do with the Expressive Arts. There will be stage fighting, musical theatre, mask work, belly dancing and much much more.

The event kicks off on Friday and the Library is going to be involved with helping the students to record their experiences using ICT.

This means setting up space on the school VLE to allow for discussions and the posting of photographs as well as setting up video cameras for Vox Pops and interviews.

It should be a great few days - with the Open Morning in the middle of it all on Saturday.

Normandy

Year 7 Geography students have just successfully completed a research project comparing Mavlern with Normandy. Pupils were placed into groups to research different aspects of the area including the Beaches, Places of Interest, Food and Drink and the History of the area.

The task required them to create an advert to entice Malvern residents to visit France. The pupils learned how to record their commentry using Audacity and add it to their slides. The resulting presentations were then shown to the class.

There was some memorable information about Cheese, the Giverny gardens, the D-Day landing beaches and the Norman conquest.

World Book Day, March 5th

For World Book Day this year we have created a Scavenger Hunt for the whole school to enjoy.



There are 12 questions for pupils to answer and members of staff are wearing badges with the answers on and roaming the school.

Pupils can win prizes for their "Ship" and also for themselves.

Let the Hunt Begin!

Open Morning

MSJ had an Open Morning at the weekend (Sat feb 28th). The library hosted the English Department and was filled with displays of pupils work, class podcasts and a DVD of presentations that were undertaked for Communication Studies.

The library attracted lots of visitors who apprecaited the displays we had up of pupil work and our main display on Barack Obama.

There was a good atmosphere and the sun was shining. We even had some daffodils on the desk, courtesy of the Assistant Librarian.

Get the Plot!

Pride and Prejudice newsfeed style.

If you like the book or want a quick overview of the main storyline - this Newsfeed style version of Jane Austen's novel is just the thing for you and starts like this:

Charles Bingley is renting a house in Hertfordshire!
Mrs. Bennet became a fan of Charles Bingley.
Kitty Bennet can't stop coughing!!!
Charles Bingley is now friends with Mr. Bennet and Sir William Lucas.
11 of your friends are attending Assembly at Meryton.

Find the whole story at http://www.much-ado.net/austenbook/

Zen in the Library

The Year 13 RS group have been researching Zen Buddhism as part of their A2 course.

The library has uploaded some assignments, discussions and voting statements onto the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) for pupils to share their thoughts and research.

Pupils have been answering questions like "Is Zen a Buddhist school?" and considering statements such as, "Zen is the unique flower of Buddhism."and "Zen influences not only an individual but the society in which it is practised."

The project was rounded off with presentations in the classroom.

Worcestershire Teen Book Awards

Worcestershire Teen Book Award (WTBA)

We have just received the 6 books that have made it on to the Worcestershire Teen Book Awards short list.

They are:

Ginger snaps by CathyCassidy, Artemis Fowl and the time paradox by Eoin Colfer, Skulduggery Pleasant: playing with fire by Derek Landy, The General by Robert Muchamore, Brisingr by Christopher Paolini & Death's shadow by Darren Shan.

The order for the list has been put in and we are looking forward to reviewing them in our new Book Group in the Spring term and then voting on our favourite read.

For more information on the award use this link:

http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/wcc-lib-schools-teenbookaward