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Y7 Performs ‘Peer Gynt’

Y7 delivered a great rendition of Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt’ to parents yesterday. Peer and his mother Åse are left to live in poverty. Peer wants to restore what his father had wrecked, but gets lost in boasting and day-dreams. This tale of self discovery and forgiveness is not an easy script to interpret but pupils did a commendable job and this is what they thought of the play!

‘I am playing Ase, Peer Gynt’s mother, in the play. I think, even though not many people have heard of her, Ase has a very meaty part! She gets to shout at her son, Peer, and then immediately she has to sob and cry about how terrible her life is, how Peer is so weak, how he lies too much; how, later on in the play, she has nothing left and how Peer is an outlaw. I think this play combines comedy and tragedy very well.’ (Isabel C)

‘I think the play has a great story and it’s quite fun because there are lots of characters. It also has great humour. Peer Gynt keeps doing crazy things.’ (Hallam B)

‘The whole story in general is probably what I would have as a dream. Maybe Henrik Ibsen based his play on a dream he had, because it is strange and abnormal, like a fairytale, full of ridiculous characters, like the Button-Moulder who intends to melt Peer Gynt’s soul, and other bizarre characters such as the Boyg, trolls, broken-straws, sighs and tears!’ (Alix H)

‘I think the main moral of the story is to always be true to yourself and always be yourself. I like our rehearsals because drama is fun and it is fun doing a play.’ (Maiya D)

Many thanks to Mr Stokes for all his hard work.

Heritage Celebrates 10 Years

Parents, pupils, staff and friends gathered together on Saturday, in a packed Emmanuel United Reformed Church for a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate 10 years of Heritage School. Mrs Fletcher & Mrs Carter retold the story of how it all began, Mr Alderson gave a Trustee’s Perspective, our first Headboy Isaac B and our first Headgirl, Isabelle T gave brilliant Alumni Memories before Mr Fletcher expanded the great question of Why! Ms Sahakian led the Y9-Y11 choir and Theo A sang a beautiful solo before tea and plenty of cake for everyone. Huge thanks to all those who worked so hard behind the scenes to make it all happen.

Below is a picture from the very first day of the school which was recreated on Saturday as many of the original pioneering families gathered at the service.

Y10 achieve their Bronze DofE Qualifying Expedition

Many congratulations to Y10 on completing their 2 day Bronze DofE Qualifying Expedition successfully. The group of 12 walked from Graffam Water towards Oundle, pitching camp for the night at Ferrar House in Little Gidding, a place of genuine significance in term of church history, and also literary history – as per TS Elliot’s 4th of the 4 Quartets, entitled ‘Little Gidding.’ Mr Fletcher and Mr Buchanan were supervising the group whilst Mr and Mrs Symons were assessing. After such a successful endeavour, we hope they will now set their sights on the Silver Award!

Year 11 Geographers in Hunstanton with Mrs Hulett

The Year 11 Geography class spent a very productive, fun-filled and rather wet two days in Hunstanton, as part of their coastal fieldwork for IGCSE Geography. They conducted three different studies during this time. The first was to investigate how beach characteristics change along a transect line, from cliff to sea. The students got to use a range of methods and equipment to capture and record their data. Their second study involved questioning locals and tourists about their opinions on the existing sea defences in Hunstanton. I was thrilled with the students enthusiasm and confidence in this task. We had a number of comments back from the public about how polite and lovely the children were. Finally, the third study was an eco-system one; examining sand dunes. This consisted of taking soil samples to work out the PH of the sand dune, as well as calculating infiltration rates, gradient etc. They also got to estimate the percentage of vegetation cover and to identify the different species colonising the dunes.

Some of the highlights of the trip (apart from the work of course) were swimming in the freezing sea; eating fish and chips in the sunshine after a grey, rainy day; and a lovely long walk along the promenade in the evening.

Now all the pupils need to do is present and analyse the data!

IGCSE Results 2017

Heritage School opened its doors on 5^th September 2007 to 16 pupils aged 4-7. On the eve of the school’s 10^th Anniversary, the second class of Year 11 leavers, a smaller class than usual, have received their exam results.

9 pupils sat IGCSEs and GCSEs this summer

All pupils achieved the grades they need to progress to their first choice of college or sixth form

7 out of 9 plan to attend Hills Road Sixth Form College; one pupil is progressing to further training in Art & Design and another to further training in Computer Programming

Nearly 50% of all grades were above what CAT (Cognitive Ability Test) results predicted ‘most likely’ – demonstrating Heritage School’s ability to add significant value

59% of all results were awarded A*

74% of all results were awarded A* or A

83% of all results were awarded A*, A or B

5 pupils achieved 8 or more A*s

2 pupils achieved 10 or more A*s, one of whom scored nearly perfect marks (99%) in Further Pure Maths

100% of pupils achieved 5 A* to C grades, including Maths, English Language and English Literature

Jason Fletcher the Headmaster at Heritage said:

“We are very proud of all of our pupils, and want to congratulate them, together with our dedicated staff, for their hard work. We have sought to create a learning culture that takes the long view, one that focusses upon robust intellectual and personal development for its own sake. A healthy school culture, that has its priorities in the right place, will enable pupils to thrive. Today’s results provide further evidence that Heritage is a place where pupils exceed expectation.”

Please see Information for Parents / Exams & Results to compare these results with last year’s results (2016).