Have a look at some wonderful snow moments at Taverham Hall School:
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Another trip to the BBC!
More fun was had when the second group of our boarders visited the BBC studios in Norwich. The pupils enjoyed having a go at presenting the weather and news as well as learning about what it takes to direct a programme:
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Shipwrecked en France!
Language skills were given a theatrical boost when our Year 3 to Year 6 pupils together with pupils from Taverham Junior School watched the play ‘Shipwrecked en France!’ (in french) performed by the Onatti Theatre Company at Taverham Hall School. The story was about a 13-year-old schoolboy who gets stranded in his dinghy while on holiday in France.
The actors enjoyed performing to the children and picked out a few volunteers who were encouraged to use their language skills to be involved in some of the scenes. The Onatti Theatre Company specialises in performing plays to young children in foreign languages.
Our thanks go to our Head of French, Miss Sarah Menegaz, for organising such an enjoyable afternoon which helped build the pupils’ confidence and understanding of spoken French.
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Taverham Hall’s Photography Club Exhibition
The photography club at Taverham Hall is fun and educational in many ways. It gives each individual the opportunity to explore how we see the world and to make the most from our cameras.
The idea is to work on the manual settings and less on the automatic and programmed settings. You will discover how much manual control on your camera’s settings will improve your image making.
During the Autumn Term and number of our parents have been working, Debby Besford, a professional photographer who has many years experience.
During the eight week course they covered location and portrait photography as well as working towards a photographic narrative. The final result is a series of images that can be diverse in subject matter and achieve good results for their technical and creative abilities.
- Areas covered include:
- Getting to know your Camera (Megapixels, Resolution, and File Formats)
- Exposure (ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed) and Metering
- Histograms
- White Balance
- Camera Modes
- Composition Techniques
- Basic lighting techniques
- Focusing
- Photographic exhibition
The photography club’s exhibition, on display in the Outer Hall, is just one excellent example of four parents who wanted to understand how to work creatively and confidently with their DSLR cameras.
Photography exhibitors: Alex Crossley, Annie Crabtree, Alison Leinster & Jo Gudgin.
If you would like to find out more about the Photography Club at Taverham Hall School and are also keen to improve your camera skills then book a space have some fun learning – please contact:
Photography tutor: Debby Besford
Professional freelance photographer & Lecturer of Photography
mobile:07812 663448
ESKA National Karate Championships Selection
Congratulations to Year 5 pupil, Louis C, and Year 3 pupil, Jack A, both of whom have been selected to represent ESKA at the TSK UK Junior National Karate Championships on 25 March – well done!
In addition, Year 3 pupil, Jack R, was presented with a Player of the Day award for his hockey skills at his local club and was delighted to be presented with this award again in Friday’s assembly. Well done Jack.
Aeromodelling Update
As the aeromodelling club moves into its second year, the standard of workmanship continues to improve, allowing the pupils to build complex structures and models that are capable of performance flight.
Most pupils were baffled when the first project was to build a cube using 3mm sq strips of balsawood. However, all became clear when they started the structure of this term’s project – The Pushycat. This model features a complex structure built entirely from small strips of balsa wood, individually glue together to produce a rigid box structure. The cube skills were put to good use, as the pupils have built extremely light airframes capable of handling high loads.
We also introduced the process of tissue covering the models, which is tricky and requires a great deal of patience. The models are powered by rubber motors and wound using small geared winders and are capable of flying for over a minute in the school’s Sports Hall!
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Match Reports 1st February 2012
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Match Reports 1st February 2012
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Cross Country Event
25 pupils of Taverham Hall School ran at the Norwich School Cross Country event on Tuesday 31st January. It was great to see so many children running and there were some very strong performances with Gemma P, Anna G, Lucy R, Charlie G, Oliver L, Jack A, James B, Evie A, Saxon E, Ben B, Felix H and Josun C all gaining a place in the top ten of their age group races.
Special mention must go to both Felix who won a bronze medal in his age group and to Saxon who won a silver medal finishing second in his race as well as to our U8 (Jack A, Richard M, James B, Harry N) and U9 boys (Jack B, Saxon E, Ben B, Ben G) teams who both finished second in the team races and won silver medals for their excellent performances.
Well done also to Nellie-May K, Esther H, Charlotte LM, Alice M, Matthew A, Alexander T, Maya C and Madeleine C who all completed the course.
We aim to encourage more pupils to join the cross country team and run later in the term when Taverham Hall School will be hosting the Taverham Middle Schools’ Cross Country League.
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