Year 8 News

Year 8 had a fantastic “musical in a day” themed ELD combining art, music, dance and drama to get a rousing performance of the Lion King in the Sandpit Theatre. Xander P in Year 8 said of his experience: “I took part in the Drama group. Initially we did some warm ups and then we got into groups and had to work together to act like an animal. We chose an elephant and it was fun to come up with ideas of how to show this. We then performed small sections of the Lion King using a script. Some people learnt face painting and other practised their scene. At the end of the day, the whole year group got together and performed as a group. Some had been learning the drums and the dance group performed along to this. Others had learnt “Can you feel the love tonight” and “I just cant wait to be King” which had been pre recorded to go over the acting. The art team had created some stunning backgrounds and the tech team were great at working the spotlights and making the performance look dramatic. The best part was the performance at the end and getting to work together as a form and year group. I learnt some new drama skills and this was my favourite ELD so far.”

Ms M Holian