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The Secondary Department performed their Christmas Play 2011 'The Ramayana' for parents at the end of term.

The audience really enjoyed watching Thomas direct the play as class S1 acted the part of Hanuman, the Monkey King, class S2 played the people of Iodya, class S3 played the evil demon Ravana and class S4 played the Royal Family. Emma starred as Princess Sita, Christopher played Prince Rama, Ciaron played Prince Lakshman and Daniel played the Old King and Bharat.

School Council elections took place in November 2011 - Natasha and Sam were elected to represent the Secondary Department.

Class S1 - In PSHE we found out about a charity that helps street children in Goa, India. We collected a big box of toys to send to Mango House and ran a cake stall to pay for the postage. We made posters to let everyone know about all the good work Mango House does to help street children. 

Secondary Enrichment Week - March 2011

From 21st to 24th March Jess' and Susi's classes enjoyed participating in this year's Enrichment Week. There were many workshops which included:

On Monday - Neil Plummer from Mid Sussex Golf Club visited in the morning and we played golf. In the afternoon pupils had the opportunity to explore personal feelings through music and art.

On Tuesday - Brad Gross from Herstmonceux Science Centre visited to talk about sounds and communication and pupils enjoyed watching and joining in experiments with microphones and voice changers.

On Wednesday - Three ladies from the charity 'Traid' helped the pupils to redesign old clothing into something different using scraps of material, other items of clothing, beads, sequins etc. In the afternoon pupils enjoyed a Chill Out Spa Afternoon with the help of Christine Standley and Carol Scholes.

On Thursday - In the morning, authors Holly Williams and Alison Milford led a Creative Writing Workshop. In the afternoon a fun Music Percussion Workshop was led by Graham Burgess from the Sussex Academy of Music.

On Friday - Pupils had the chance to catch up on the weeks events and share experiences and photos.

Vocational Awareness Day – Monday 29th November 2010

The students from Susi Pollard and Jessica Coyer’s classes went to the Civic Centre in Uckfield for a Vocational Awareness Day. Everyone enjoyed meeting students and staff from other special needs schools and working in small groups with different people.

The introduction and music workshop were very popular as we got to try beat boxing by making different noises and playing a variety of different instruments (including banging broom sticks). We also took part in mock interviews; our students had prepared CVs and the Connexions interviewers were impressed by their social skills and the information they gave.

The other workshops involved decorating gingerbread biscuits and making Christmas decorations - quite messy but good fun.

The Mayor presented our certificates at the end of a busy day. All the students enjoyed shaking his hand and chatting to him.

S2 In Humanities Karen and Natalie's class have been comparing life in rural Kenya and here in School.

Here are some photos of pupils cooking both English and Kenyan style:

Here are some photos of pupils washing clothes English and Kenyan style: