Events and workshops
Past events
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KS1 Creative Writing WorkshopChildren from Featherby and Twydall Infant schools had fun creating descriptive passages about our very own Brenchley Bear! |
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Photographic WorkshopA group of Year 9 and 10 students from the three Cluster secondary schools had a fantastic time attending two workshops over the February break at the University College for the Creative Arts in Rochester. |
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Collage WorkshopsKey Stage 2 children and parents from the Cluster primary schools created some beautiful collages of scenes around Medway. |
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Thinking Skills WorkshopIn October 2008, the Gifted and Talented Strand held their second Thinking Skills Workshop with Bill Tindall. |
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Children’s Christmas Card CompetitionChildren from Medway’s schools once again got into the Christmas spirit and sent in their entries for our annual Christmas card competition. |
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“Romans in Rochester” WorkshopIn January a group of Year 5 children from Cluster primary schools had an exciting day seeing behind the scenes of the Guildhall Museum in Rochester. |
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Creativity in the CommunityMedway families show their arty side and celebrate ‘Creativity in the Community’. |
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Training for TeachersJohn Palliser from SAPERE ran three workshops for teachers from primary and junior schools and for secondary school science teachers. |
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Thinking Skills WorkshopsYear 7 students from The Robert Napier School and New Brompton College attended two half day Thinking Skills workshops delivered by Model Learning. |
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Report on Robert Napier Able & Talented Summer SchoolIt was the first time that a summer school had been arranged to support Gifted and Talented pupils from primary schools who are transferring into Year 7 at the Robert Napier School. |
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Through the Time TunnelThis year 23 pupils from the Excellence Cluster’s primary and secondary schools attended a 10-day summer school at Chatham Grammar School for Girls. |
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Excellence Cluster Web Design WorkshopsRedesigning the banner on the Excellence Cluster Website was quite a demanding task for some of our talented youngsters but they achieved it with impressive results. |
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Japanese Performing Arts Summer SchoolPrimary and senior children attending the Summer School were provided with a stimulating and challenging variety of activities ranging from learning Japanese cookery and language, karate and Japanese performing arts. |
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Infant Poetry WorkshopInfant school children from all Medway Excellence Cluster Schools had the opportunity to attend poetry workshops run at Saxon Way Primary School by the poet, Ros Barber. |
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Junior Poetry WorkshopJunior school children also participated in a Poetry Workshop run by the poet, Ros Barber. |
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Children’s Christmas Card CompetitionChildren from primary, junior and infant schools entered into the spirit of the season and exercised their artistic talents by sending in some very good Christmas card entries. |
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Senior Poetry WorkshopIt was now the turn of the senior school children to enjoy a Poetry Workshop run by the poet, Ros Barber at New Brompton College. |
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Gifted and Talented Dance WorkshopThe Medway Excellence Cluster was privileged to invite Angela Doherty, a teacher from the Pineapple Studios in London, to return once again to teach senior pupils from our Excellence Cluster schools. |
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Art Workshops – A child’s view of ‘Every Child Matters’Year 5 children from eleven of Medway Excellence cluster primary schools joined together with the University College of Creative Arts to create a display interpreting their ideas on the 5 Outcomes for Children as detailed in the Government white paper, ‘Every Child Matters’. |
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Dr Ken’s Maths and Science WorkshopsDespite the snowy weather, Dr Ken a former teacher and entertainer visited schools and taught the complex subjects of maths and science in a fun and innovative way. |
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Primary/Junior Math-a-magic WorkshopsChildren were amazed by Dr Ken’s juggling, counting card tricks with arithmetic solutions and other mathematical magic tricks involving shapes and numbers. |
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Seniors Entertaining Science Circus DayPupils participated in a science show with unusual challenges and curious investigations, mixing theory and practice and learning science along the way. |
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