http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk What's happening at William Brookes School and Sixth Form Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/26/friends-of-william-brookes-school-event/ The stage setting for Berkoff’s The Trial states: The stage is bare. Ten screens and ten chairs and a rope are the set. The screens are the structure of the city – law courts, houses and endless corridors. They are a maze and a trap – they are mirrors and ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/26/a2-theatre-studies-perform-berkoff-masterpiece/ http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/03/threes-a-crowd-puller/ If dress rehearsals are anything to go by, it looks like the audience for William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew are in for a bit of a treat. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased on the night - Wednesday 3rd at 7.30 p.m. and Thursday 4th at ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/02/03/year-11-as-theatre-studies-take-on-the-shrew/ Student, Saffron, is a bit of a star on the ice. The 14 year old has already represented her country in Italy and Switzerland at the Chiasso Tournament, and this year will travel to the Czech Republic and Latvia with the England Under 15s Ice Hockey Team.   Team England won the ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/01/26/year-10-student-is-a-skating-success/ "What a legacy", says Antigone to her sister, Ismene, at the beginning of this play, reflecting on the tragedy of their family's history. With both parents dead, after discovering that their children had been the result of an incestuous union, and both brothers dead, fighting each other for control of Thebes, all ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2010/01/20/wbs-as-theatre-studies-bring-sophacles-to-life/ Thanks to Ellie Peters for supplying us with this poster for next year's ALL SCHOOL REUNION. This really is the last chance 'Old William Brookesians' will get to mingle in the shadows of the original school. We thought it best to let folks know of the event well in advance: some ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2009/12/09/the-reunion-to-end-all-reunions/ Students set the bar high for recycling competition Nicola and Katie are demonstrating creative flair with a beautiful ‘Christmas Angel’. The piece was made as an entry to the Shropshire Council/Novelis/Alupro aluminium recycling awareness competition. Primary and secondary schools throughout Shropshire have been challenged to produce Christmas decorations from used aluminium foil ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2009/11/23/any-old-iron-any-old-iron-well-aluminium-actually/ http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2009/11/23/sixth-form-open-evening-2009/ Well, strictly speaking, not a beanstalk - a sunflower, to be exact. A very, very big one at that. Zach was the winner of the 'Take home a sunflower seed then plant and nurture it to a fully grown sunflower' competition. His sunflower grew to a whopping 8 feet 9 inches ... http://williambrookes.ethink.org.uk/2009/10/22/zach-and-the-beanstalk/