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I n t o u c h w i t h y o u 2 0 1 2 / 2 0 1 3Headline School Council Events Training General CircularsWorld Book Day & Opening ofThe New LibraryLevenshulme High School for Girls used World Book Dayon Thursday 7 March to celebrate the grand opening ofa redecorated and refurbished library. Our headteacherMrs Thain cut the ribbon, surrounded by our StudentLibrarians, all celebrating the fruit of their hard work inputting it together.With walls in bright, cheerful colours, displays showingpupils’ success in the Accelerated Reading scheme, andour bookmark competition, not to mention our eagerStudent Librarians who come to help at every availableopportunity, the library is the place to be.The school asked pupils to vote for the books theywanted to see on the shelves, and we have boughtenough new books by all the most popular young adultauthors to fill them.World Book Day itself was a triumph, with staff dressedas characters from favourite books manning the MadHatter’s Tea Party in the Errwood Hall and selling cakesand biscuits for charity. Every class that day beganwith a teacher reading from their favourite book and,at 10.15am, a bell rang, and every single person inthe school dropped what they were doing to read.Competitions included a Treasure Hunt using bookcovers, and a bookmark competition.In the library, we had a visiting writer/musician/artistwho led classes in making their own books. Books donot have to be made of paper and have covers; we hadbooks made of old video cases, and waste paper, beads,buttons and thread, cassette tape, and in all shapes andsizes.At Levenshulme High School, we know that reading isone of the most important ways we can open up ourlives to new experiences; not all readers can be leaders,but all leaders read. World Book Day was our celebrationof our reading, and our students’ potential to lead.Contact: Jayne Fleming / Sally WheatmanTel: 0161 224 4625 / 0161 973 9489Email: jfleming@levenshulmehigh.org / sally.wheatman@richmedialtd.co.uk12School NewsLevenshulme students bring theTudors back to lifeDrama and music students from Levenshulme HighSchool brought the trials and tribulations of the Tudorsto life when they performed a version of Henry Vlll atOrdsall Hall.The GCSE pupils performed an adaptation of theShakespearian play to an invited audience of parents,staff and friends of the school in the perfect setting of aformer Tudor manor house.Although Ordsall Hall dates back 820 years, the currentGreat Hall was built in 1512 – just three years after thestart of the reign of Henry Vlll. It’s even said that theking and his entourage once stayed there over-night.Head of drama at Levenshulme, Aisha Mian said: “Thishas been a marvellous experience for our students.They have been completely absorbed in the life of theTudors and the complex relationship between Henryand the Church.“Their involvement in the production has helped themreally understand the politics and the effect it had onEngland at the time,” she added.Music students performed live music contemporaneousto the Tudors using instrumental musical forms anddances such as Pavane & Gailliard as well as originalcompositions by King Henry VIII, and sang versions ofAve Maria and an Allelujah in the style of the time.The Manchester Arts Education Initiative is workingwith the school to stage the play. The organisationhelps schools take their productions to the professionaltheatre.