Year 10 Students - Apply to be a House Dance Captain - here's how...

Are you in Year 10?

Do you have a keen interest in Dance and want to gain new skills/responsibilities?

Are you interested in applying to be a House Dance captain?

Here's a note from mrs Wearing telling you how...

Dear student,

I am delighted that you are interested in applying for the role of ‘House Dance Captain’ this year.  It is a challenging, demanding and very rewarding job.  It will look impressive in your Record of Achievement in Year 11 and offers the opportunity for your leadership skills to shine.

This year students will need to apply for the role. You will need to write one side of A4 paper explaining why you would make a good House Dance Captain.  We are looking for students who can demonstrate strong organisational skills, have the ability to motivate a young team of dancers and are highly reliable. You will also need to show you can work successfully with other Year 10 Captains to create a safe, positive environment at all times. The Dance Department will consider all applications and select the most suitable students for the role. The deadline for the application is Tuesday 22 April (first day back after Easter Holidays).

Selected House Dance Captains will be expected to attend two after school meetings on Tuesday 29 April & 6 May until 4.30pm to plan audition material, create audition posters, share concepts and music suggestions for their pieces.  Auditions will be held on the 12, 13 and 14 May in the Dance Studio.  On Friday 16 May, all House Dance Captains will meet with a member of dance staff at lunch time and give their chosen team lists to her.

House Dance rehearsals will officially begin the week commencing Monday 19^th May (this will give you 8 weeks until the end of the term). In the Autumn Term, you will have 5-6 weeks to finalise and complete the dance ready for the Competition.

House Dance Captains are organised, friendly and positive role models for younger students at Yateley School. The most important part about House Dance is that it is fun and challenging. Each House will rehearse once a week after school in the Dance Studio. These rehearsals will be led by the House Dance Captains and supervised by a member of the Dance Department. The rehearsal nights will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday until 4.30pm.

There are many ways that you can be involved in House Dance as a Captain. Many students enjoy choreographing the dance. You may wish to consider other roles that are equally important such as Costume Designer, Make up and Hair Designer, Warm up Coach or Lighting Designer.

If you would like to be considered, please hand in your letter of application to the Dance Office by Tuesday 22 April.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Mrs Wearing

Joint Head of Dance and Teacher responsible for the House Dance Competition

Gremlin Dance Show

On Thursday 20th March a small group of Year 9 students performed in the Gremlin Dance Challenge at The Princess Hall in Aldershot, There piece was a retelling of Aesop's old fable of 'The North Wind and The Sun'. It explored the battle of the two weathers and focused on the moral that gentle persuasion is more powerful than using aggression or force.

The dancers looked fantastic in the costumes on stage, and the judges obviously agreed as we won 'Best Costume'. I believe the Dancers did a lovely performance and the feedback from members of the crowd were amazing, I hope the girls enjoyed themselves, and thank you to the parental support we received during the event.

Well Done Ladies.

Mrs Evans

How to order tickets for the Year 11 GCSE Dance Show 2014...

Dear Students who have an interest in Dance…

Our current Year 11 GCSE Dance students will be showcasing their performance and choreography exam pieces on Tuesday 25 March.  The show will be held in Drama Studio One and will start at 7.30pm.If you would like tickets to come and see the show please collect a n information sheet from the dance office or school reception. Please return the reply slip in an envelope with your cheque or cash (cheques made payable to Yateley School) stating how many tickets you require. Envelopes can be handed in Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30 am to 9.00 am at reception.  Tickets will be issued through your son/daughter’s register. 

Ticket prices are:

Adult £3.00 each

Children under 16 £2.00 each

GCSE Dance students and Year 9 students £1.00 each

Mrs Wearing

Joint Head of Dance

Performance Opportunity with South Hill Park Arts Centre

I have been contacted by Katherine hurst, at Scene Productions, a company that some of you may be familiar with as we bring them into drama quite regularly! Katherine has told me that Scene productions will be in charge of producing the South Hill Park 'Summer Show' this year. They are going to be doing a production of 'Oh What a Lovely War' and are looking to cast local people, aged 16 to 60, for the show! 

This will be a wonderful experience for older students to take part in a large scale, installation/promenade within South Hill Park and to work alongside Scene Productions and the team at the arts centre.

If you are enthusiastic, committed and keen to audition for the part, please get in touch immediately! You need to contact Joe Malyan at South Hill Park on joe.malyan@southhillpark.org.uk. You need to include a few specific bits and pieces in this email - to find out all the information please click HERE to go to the South Hill Park page - you will also find scripts and roles there. If you miss the audition deadline you may also contact Katherine (Scene Productions) on khurst63@yahoo.co.uk as they will be holding further auditions at a later date.

Rehearsals start in June, the full schedule is on the site linked above.

Good luck!

Lucy Carter

Arts Development Officer

Boys Dance Group - Now Recruiting!

Darwin Dance Company

D@win Dance Company is an undergraduate dance company of Dance Degree students from Winchester University. The company will visit Yateley School on Wednesday 2^nd April to lead workshops and perform their new show in our dance studio.

The following students will be taking part in the workshop:

Natasha Bench 9NS

Sian Cronin 9NE

Katie Day 9NE

Jessica Dugdale-Moore 9NN

Holly Everest 9AS

Katie Madge 9NE

Grace O’Sullivan 9LS

Iona Reid 9AN

Naomi Gray 9NS

Rowena Pittock 9AE

Matilda Andrews 9LS

Hannah Barnard 9LE

Saffron Harrington 9NN

Emily Parr 9NN

Georgia Pascoe 9NE

Amelia Smith 9AN

Emily Marr 9LE

Alice Skates 9LE

Rachel Holmes 9LE

Rhianne Charman 9LS

Charlie Johnson-Hall 9AE

Lauren Mason 9AE

Cerys Morgan 9AS

Cerys Goddard 9LS

Alessia Matthews 9NE

Jasmine Windsor 9LS

Eleanor Keelty 9LS

Alice Ronney 9NN

Anna Stimson 9AS

If you have any questions please see Mrs Wearing in the Dance office.

The Academy of Contemporary Music - Open Day!

Interested in studying music after you have finished school?

Interested to see what career paths there may be in the industry?

On Sunday 16th March, between 11am and 3pm, The Academy of Contemporary Music, in Guildford, are holding an open day! All you need to do is register your attendance HERE!

More about 'ACM'...

As well as offering some fantastic industry links the academy offers a vast amount of courses including; guitars, drums, bass guitar, vocals, keyboard, music production, electronic music production, sound design, music business, artist development and tour production and management. To see more information see their website on: http://www.acm.ac.uk/ 

Bring Your Own Device in Art!

The new 'Bring Your Own Device' scheme has been up and running since September and the devices have been put to great use in many subjects, including art. In Mrs Breen's class they have been exploring ways to make instructional videos to help other students work with the medium of clay. Here are two examples:

If you have used your device to create piece of work you are proud of why not let me know and I will showcase it here for you, email me on lucy.carter@yateley.hants.sch.uk

Lucy Carter

Arts Development Officer