Warbler July 2018

The Physical Fellowship 2018
On Monday 2nd July 2018 students from The Wilnecote
School took part in The Physical Fellowship performance for
the third consecutive year.
Students from years 7, 8 and 9 had worked with performer Ben
Morley from the company Highly Sprung over two days to create
a performance. The piece, based on the theme of reconciliation,
explored the issues of war and colonisation and the impact they
have on society.
They then performed the piece live on stage at The Belgrade
Theatre Coventry as part of the week long Physical Fellowship
project; The U.K’s only Physical Theatre Festival exclusively for
young people. The students worked incredibly hard to create and
rehearse the performance and did an amazing job of performing
in front of a live audience. We are very proud of them!
During the day the students also participated in workshops led
by members of the UK’s leading theatre companies including
Vamos Mask Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and
Motion House Dance Theatre. The students had a really enjoyable
day and learnt a lot from having the opportunity to work with so
many industry professionals. It was a fantastic day and all of the
students did themselves and the school proud.
Year 8 students welcomed an up and coming band called
‘The Shades’ into The Wilnecote School. Three young men
entertained the students for an hour with a mixture of their own
songs and popular covers from the charts and Year 8 responded
fantastically to a very different first lesson of the day. Apart from
being entertained, there was an underlying message that the
band spoke of: raising awareness of on-line safety, cyber bullying
and the impact that they can have on the mental health of young
people when used badly. They shared their own experiences of
these issues, both from their time in school and more recently as
they try to make it as a band using various social media platforms
to support them. Students took part in question and answer
sessions and many stayed behind to collect autographs and have
the all-important selfie with a group of great role-models who have
all the qualities needed to make it big in the future - we will be
looking out for them! Student feedback was incredibly positive and
we hope all of Year 8 enjoyed the chance to experience something
different, whilst taking away the message that everyone of us has a
responsibility to use the internet and social media in a positive way
so we can all be happier in our lives, both in and out of school.
The Shades