Art Historians visit Tate Britain
On Monday, 30th April, A2 and AS History of Art students, accompanied by Mrs Huntsman and Mr and Mrs Christopherson, visited the conservation department at Tate Britain. After a brief lecture explaining the structure and some of the work conducted in the department, we were give a private tour of both the sculpture and painting conservation studios. Everyone found learning about the conservation process fascinating, especially hearing the challenge faced by conservators as a result of the unusual media used in contemporary artwork. All of the conservators were very helpful in answering our questions, providing us with a great deal of information about what led them to work at the Tate. Both Mrs Huntsman and the girls would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Christopherson for arranging the fantastic trip!
Chloe Greer
Success for Loco Coco!
On Monday 23rd May, Loco Coco and FrEco, Farlington’s Young Enterprise companies, attended the Young Enterprise Area Final for North Sussex at the Virgin Atlantic training base in Crawley.
It was an amazing yet challenging experience with a lot of competition. We arrived and promptly set up our stalls, displaying our products. We then ate lunch and bought hot chocolates with Mr Cronin’s money (haha) thank you !
After lunch the judges came round and viewed our stalls, firing questions at us from all angles. However, we were delighted to answer them, confident in our product knowledge.
After the stalls had been judged we entered a “Dragons Den” style lecture theatre where a few members of each team pitched their companies to a panel of judges and the other companies in the audience. While judges were deliberating, we were provided with refreshments.
At last the results were revealed and Loco Coco were proud to achieve best stall.
It was an eye-opening experience into the world of business and it was incredible to see the Virgin Atlantic base, a truly remarkable venue.
We had a lovely day and would like to thank Mr Cronin for helping us through Young Enterprise; although we didn’t get through to the next round we were all glad we had taken part and hope next years Lower Sixth will enjoy it just as much.
Phoebe and Eleanor
Guys and Dolls
I took part in the recent production of Guys and Dolls this term and thoroughly enjoyed it ! I played the part of Arvida, Sarah Brown’s grandmother and also a member of the Salvation Army . I loved working with everyone on the production, we had great fun and playing the role of both a grandmother and salvation army member was exciting !
I’ve have made great friends during the production and am really glad I had the chance to take part.
Eleanor Wylie