Winterbourne International Academy Press Release: Talented Students Achieve Arts Award
October 18th, 2014
Nine talented arts students at Winterbourne International Academy have achieved 100% pass rate in an Arts Award managed by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England.
It was the first year the award ran – the award s mission was to support young people who want to deepen their engagement with the arts, build creative and leadership skills, and to achieve a national qualification. The Arts Award is an accredited framework for young people to develop as artists and arts leaders. Through the Arts Awards young people make creative choices, set themselves challenges, explore the arts and share their skills and achievements.
Every student pushed the boundaries of the expectations placed upon them, they explored new concepts within drama, they taught a lesson to a GCSE class of students, interviewed a professional in the Arts industry and researched future career and higher educational pathways.
In addition to this a large amount of their time was spent devising a performance that they were purely in control of; they directed, advertised, created the music, set, props, lighting design, front of house and ultimately performed to a very high professional standard. The performance, titled A Tree Without Roots , was performed in the Summer Term of 2014 in front of 100 members of the public. It proved to be a great success with over £300 raised from ticket sales and refreshments, all of which went to support the Academy s fundraising work with Indian underprivileged schools.
Drama Teacher, Sarah Joseph said “These nine students have set the bar incredibly high and the Arts Learning Area are very proud of what they have achieved. Congratulations to them all! The Arts Award will be running again this year and we will now be collaborating with other subjects.”
The nine WIA students are:
George Angus, Maya Prowse-Hall, Becky Walding, Charlotte Mulderrig, Emily Horseman, Emily Wilkings, Olivia Date, Luke Harper, Jack Nelson