Summer 2012 Newsletter - St. Marylebone CE School

After our successful deployment of the St Marylebone Video project last year, we secured funding to
run the same project again this year. It was suggested that we run the project with just two schools this
year, chosen as St. Luke’s Primary and St. Barnabas Primary School. Miss Parkes and Miss Shaikh
decided to hold two insets at each of the primary schools, teaching them how to use the camcorders
and video editing techniques. This was to enable the school to have more ownership of the project and
the ability to train other staff in the school. Additionally, the project gained further support from the
Year 9 ICT scholars who visited the schools to help with filming.
At the end of the project both schools taking part in the project were invited to an afternoon in the St
Marylebone School Theatre where their work was shown on the big screen. The students were also
each given a DVD of their work. After evaluating the project with both the teachers and students it was
evident that it was successful and the skills learnt will be used again in the future by the schools - some
of the students even commented on how they would help their parents make DVDs of holidays and use
their new skills in after school clubs so the project will truly have a lasting impact.
Church Choir
Lilly Tyler and Mimosa Canneti
Stephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from Eltham, south
east London, who was murdered in a racist attack while waiting for a
bus on the evening of 22 April 1993. A gang of white youths attacked
Stephen chanting racist slogans.
This term, St Marylebone School Church Choir were invited to sing at a special memorial service for
Stephen Lawrence. We were so proud to have the opportunity to sing at the Stephen Lawrence memorial
service. We were all very respectful and understanding to the family members and friends of Stephen
Lawrence.
Whilst everyone entered the church, we sang a selection of songs from "A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott.
During the service we sang a South African arrangement of "Instruments of Peace". Family members and
friends of Stephen Lawrence smiled at us singing and seemed to enjoy it very well. When the service began,
Stephen's brother did a speech followed by a couple of other relatives. At the end of the service, we all put
our hands together for a prayer about Stephen and any other young children that might have experienced
the same death as Stephen. It was an event we will always remember.
“Your voices were uplifting and brought warmth. Thank you for taking the time to
support Stephen’s Memorial Service. Your attendance at the service made it very
special.” Doreen Lawrence