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MARDEN NEWS Summer Half Ter m Edition May 2020

Drama & Theatre

Science - The Night Sky &

May Challenge Week

Marden's Got Talent 2020

Message from the

Head Teacher

Student Planner 2020/21 Front Cover

Art Competition WinnersFeaturing :-

Ar t Competi ton Winners

Student Planner 2020/21

Computing & Business

End of Term Personal Development

Y7 & Y8 Bakes

Literacy

Histor y - VE Day

Marden High School Newsletter May 2020

Com m unit y Individualit y Possibil i t y



The Green Frog

Stephanie Brookes

(Year 10)

Ar t

Competi tion Winners

Student Planner 2020/21 - Front Cover



The Pink Elephant

Mi l l ie Knox

(Year 9)



Mr Pr ytherch

The Blue Kingfisher

Thomas Ruther ford

Year 10



Mrs Ber r iman

Drama!

In addition to str eaming theatre per formances each week, The National Theatre are going to be hosting a stay at home

quiz. For more information cl ick on the l ink below. The Ber iman household w i l l be taking par t - I 'd love to know

about anyone else who gets involved!

https://w w w.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home?queueittoken=e_safetyevent23apr20~q_5c9b129c-6ab2-4dc1-bb1f-9df5a824e06d~ts_1587639301~ce_true~r t_safetynet~h_e3eb61f1d8f2e9cbd24625c5f2071ae7825363f22f04ba4fce7140e25eb679df

We've had lots of exci ting work being completed in drama, r anging from l ive theatre r eviews and debates about the histor y and role of the theatre by Year 9 whi le Year 8 students have been explor ing acting ski l ls and scr ipt w r i ting - we've even had some gor y stage makeup!

Year 7 students have been watching 'Our Day Out' leading to character development and creative w r i ting - one student produced some fantastic stop motion animation!

Year 10's have begun to develop their exam ski l ls; developing ways in which to r espond to exam questions based on the text ' Blue Stockings'. We have seen some great work so far which is a ver y encouraging star t!

Meanwhi le, in County Durham, Mrs Ber r iman has taken on a new challenge - 'Couch to 5K' - those who know me w i l l understand what a huge task this is - walking has been an effor t some days! I 'm cur rently at week 6 and due to r un for a total of 25 minutes this week so w ish me luck!

It's great to see that although apart, we are still a strong community!



Miss Arnold

Histor y

Many of us commemorated the 75th anniver sar y w ith social ly distanced str eet par ties, having afternoon tea and dressing up ourselves and our houses in r ed, white and blue. Str eets stood outside for the two minute si lence, and sang Vera Lynn?s ?We?ll meet again? together - made even more poignant this year so many famil ies being apar t.

75th Anniver sar y

I f you have any pictures of how you and your fami ly commemorated Victor y in Europe and the end of WW2 please can

you emai l them to [email protected]

We?d love to see what you did!

This year?s VE Day celebrations didn?t go qui te as planned, but they w i l l be r emembered in future by the way communities celebrated in lockdow n.



Science



Mrs Glover & Mrs Russell



Mrs Rae

Year 7 & 8 Bakes...



Mrs MacLeod

PDEnd of Term Edition



Miss Laing

Just a reminder that our annual talent show Marden's Got Talent is back for 2020!

If you have a talent that will impress our judges, record a video and send it to [email protected] by 5th June 2020 (end of the week after half term).

All talents are welcome - we'd like to see everything from musical melodies to keepy-up records to dogs doing tricks.

You can enter as a solo performer or as a group (record yourselves as a group chat or send your individual videos together as one entry).

If you have any questions please email myself or Mrs Cathcart.



As you know ,Monday morning's Registr ation Time is dedicated to 15 minutes of r eading for pleasure.

This week I would l ike us to suppor t our peers by r eading their excellent contr ibutions in the latest edi tion school magazine (l ink below ).

Revolut i on Volum e Thr ee: Spr ing 2020

I f you would l ike to submit something to Volume 4: Summer 2020, please send i t to [email protected].

Miss Laing

Thank you to ever ybody who took par t in The Gr eatest (Shor t) Stor y Never Told w r iting competi tion. One successful student from each class has

been chosen to be par t of a special Winners Anthology.

This is now avai lable online for you to share and enjoy

Thank you all again and we hope to see you soon!

Mr Horn

Literacy



Mr Horn

Marden High School Newsletter February 2020


Reading List

Here are some suggestions of books

you might want to r ead over year 7.

(You should be tr ying to r ead at least

one of these per half-term)

Reading List





- The Adventures of Sher lock Holmes - Sir

Arthur Conan Doyle

- The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy -

Douglas Adams

- The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

- After the Fir st Death - Robert Cormier

- The Univer se Versus Alex Woods - Gavin

Extance

- The Enemy - Charlie Higson

- Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce

- Car r ie?s War - Nina Bawden

- The Foreshadow ing - Marcus Sedgewick

- The Nor thern Lights ser ies - Philip

Pullman

- Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman

- Treasure Island - R.L Stevenson

- Mar tyn Pig - Kevin Brooks

- The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman

- Small Steps - Louis Sachar

- A Chi ld Called ?It? - Dave Pelzer

- The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

Want a challenge?

- The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the

Night-Time - Mark Haddon

- Li fe of Pi - Yann Martel

- The Help - Kathryn Stockett

- Animal Farm - George Orwell

- Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

- Lord of the Fl ies - William Golding

- The Enemy - Charlie Higson

- Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce

- Wonder - R.J Palacio

- Treasure Island - R.L Stevenson

- The Adventure Ser ies Lee Tony

- The Adventure of Huckleber r y Finn

- Mark Twain

- Bl i tzcat - Robert Westall

- Holes - Louis Sachar

- Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

- The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

- Madame Doubtf i r e - Anne Fine

- The Edge - Alan Gibbons

- Mi l l ions - Frank Cottrell Boyce

- The Secret Diar y of Adr ian Mole -

Sue Townsend

Want a challenge?

- War Horse - Michael Morpurgo

- Great Expectations - Charles

Dickens

- The Lord of the Rings Tr i logy - JRR

Tolkien

- The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak

- The Adventures of Sher lock Holmes

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Marden High School Newsletter February 2020


Reading List





Reading List

Here are some suggestions of books you

might want to r ead over year 10 & 11.



Animal Farm - George Orwell

The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the


Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

The Absolutely True Diar y of a Par t-Time

Indian - Sherman Alexie

Looking for Alaska - John Green

Lord of the Fl ies - William Golding

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Angel Blood John Singleton

Tip! Try to get into the habit of

reading newspapers too! This will

help for your English exam.

Want a challenge?

Wuther ing Heights - Emily Bronte

Junk - Melvin Burgess

1984 - George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald

The War of the Wor lds - H.G. Wells

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

A Room w ith a View - E.M. Forster

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Br ighton Rock - Graham Greene

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the


David Copper f ield - Charles Dickens

East of Eden -John Steinbeck

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

I Know Why the Caged Bir d Sings - Maya

Angelou

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

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