newsletter - Pershore High School

the lessons and then to getfeedback from younger studentsindividually, then even greatercourage to tell the teachers whatyou observed. Good luck with therest of the investigation next term.With half term looming, perhaps itis a good time to remind you all tomake the best use of the timeoutside of lessons to revise for themodule exams in November, andto start the thorough revision fornext summer. You rememberthings much better if you continueto revisit them over the longerterm. The lack of success using'the night before' revision methodis only too obvious.It's great to see so many of yougetting involved in the wider lifeof the school and the localcommunity.Keep up the good work and havea great half term holiday.Mrs Higginbothamand Mrs TaylorLittle Hearts MatterCentral TV came to the school onFriday, 9th October to film myself,Tom Ward and Matt Baker. I wasborn with a congenital heartcondition called Hyperplastic LeftHeart Syndrome, approximately600 children a year are diagnosedwith the condition earlieranti-natally or post-natally.My family and I are members ofthe supporting charity called LittleHearts Matter and on Sunday,11th October the Birminghambased charity held a sponsoredfun run at Shugborough Hall inStafford. Central TV covered thestory of the fundraising that I haddone to promote the event,including interviews with Tomand Matt who took part in theevent. The short news storywas broadcast on Central Newsat 5.30pm on Saturday evening,10th October.That’s about as close as we areever going to get to appearing onX-Factor.by Will GoodenoughOn 11th October I took part in a5km run in support of a charitycalled Little Hearts Matter. WillGoodenough was there to supportme and see me cross the finishingline. I was asked to do this run byWill as he is unable to run the racehimself, as he only has half afunctioning heart. I wanted to dothis to help Will as much as I can,to raise money for charity so thathe can take part in things that hewould not normally be able to takepart in, such as football. TomWard, who came third in the run,is also helping to raise money forthe charity.by Matt BakerBBC Hereford andWorcester InterviewOn 13th October Alex Bear,Olivia Harbridge, Kate Andersonand I were invited by Mr Corbettto talk to BBC Hereford andWorcester about internet safety,in particular Facebook. We wereinterviewed about how we feelabout safety and how Facebookdeals with cyber bullyingproblems. We were also askedhow Facebook could better dealwith certain problems andprevent them in the first place.The interview was veryproductive and a lot of feelingsand ideas were raised.Thanks to Mr Corbett andMrs Roskelly for choosing us.by Robert IrelandMy Amazing YearSince auditioning and being givena part in Pershore High’s “SchoolsWill Rock You” I have been luckyto have been involved in a numberof performances both in andoutside of school. These include:The “W” Factor finals, the “SchoolsWill Rock You” Performances anda performance of “Too MuchPunch for Judy” as part of myGCSE Drama course.In May I performed at the “Art forAll” showcase at the Evesham ArtsCentre, which was my first soloperformance outside of school andin July I recorded my first “track” atVine Music in Evesham.Throughout August I performed atfive outdoor events as part of theWychavon Art and Party in thePark summer programme.September not only saw a return toschool but also three performancesin the EODS musical "Annie" atthe Evesham Arts Centre and aperformance at the inaugural“Music for Droitwich” along withJenna Wild and Rob King.I’m now back at Vine writing andrecording some original materialwith Phil Vokins (Psychowrath/Wrathchild), Mike Fordham (HighVoltage/Marabooboo All-stars andco-owner of Vine) and Andy Crump(producer/song writer/guitar tutorand my mentor). This is great funas the guys at Vine are brilliantmusicians and all really friendly.15I seem to spend most Saturdaysthere working on songs of my ownor for friends, or else just talkingwith other musicians.I am also just starting to learn toplay electric guitar with the help ofAndy and Phil and startingrehearsals for “Fame”.It’s not all fun though, there arehours and hours of rehearsals andpractices for each of the shows,and I also have all my schoolworkand exam revision to do before Ican do any of the fun stuff but Ihave had many opportunitiesover the last year to perform,something which I love doing, andI’ve enjoyed every minute of it.by Rhianna Jacobs