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The Manor School students achieve record GCSE Results for the fourth year in succession!

 Congratulations to The Manor School students who are today celebrating record GCSE results for the fourth year in a row. The percentage number of students achieving 5+ passes at A*-C grades improved by five percentage points to 66%, a school record. Of the 172 students who achieved record results, 108 of them (42%) achieved 5+ passes at A*-C grades including English and Mathematics.

There were some outstanding individual performances. Eighty five students achieved ten or more passes at A*-C grades, another school record. 99% of the year group achieved at least one GCSE pass.

Pride of place goes to Emily Revill with eight A*, three A and two B grades and Joshua Wardle who gained ten A and three B grades, closely followed by Amy Brown with two A*, seven A, two B and one C grades, Laura Palmer with three A*, four A and six B grades, Lucy Plant with one A*, seven A, two B and one C grades, Lauryne Thomas with two A*, five A and 4 B grades and Kimberley Yates with two A*, five A, three B and 1 C grades. Magnificent!

The A'level results released last week also saw outstanding individual results with several students achieving the new higher grade of A*. Special mention must go to Luke Mason and Ryan Swindell who each achieved three A's and one A* grade and Jesse Froggett who achieved three A and one C grade. Brilliant!

 Help for Heroes

On Friday 15th July, Year 12 students organised a charity day in aid of 'Help for Heroes'. Events included; a non-uniform day, cake sale at break time, a staff vs Sixth Form talent show at lunchtime and staff vs students football match after school. Despite only three year groups being in school they managed to raise almost £570 - well done!

Extended Services 'Varied Activities'

For information about whats on locally over the summer holidays go to the Extended Services Varied Activities pages.

Art Exhibition

On the 12th of July Manor held its first annual Art exhibition. On display was work from the Year 7 competency curriculum projects up to the final exam work from the Year 13 A2 students. The exhibition was a great success with all parents and staff commenting on how fabulous the work was and how it was wonderful to see the work on display and celebrate the students' achievements. The Manor clearly has a lot of artistically talented students and we look forward the being able to show you what they will produce next year.

Thornbridge Hall

On Monday 12th of July Mr Staiano, Miss Fisher, Mr Redmond and Miss Toman took a group of Year 8 and Year 9 students to Thornbridge Hall outdoors. Thornbridge is set in the beautiful Derbyshire Dales in the heart of the Peak District. Despite the rain and cold typical of an English summer the trip was a big success. The students were set orienteering challenges and proved their ability to work as a team on a low ropes course around the centre. With experienced instructors on hand the students were also given a guided tour of the local scenery including a disused a railway and some amazing views. With some students sleeping on the return coach trip Geography staff have concluded that the trip was a job well done. The general opinion is that we will return again next year.

Young Writers' Scheme

On Monday 21st June The Manor School received some FANTASTIC news that 11 of our students, many of them Gifted and Talented, won a writing competition as part of the Young Writers' Scheme.

Their work was judged on the basis of perception, imagination, expression and good use of language.

All of the students' work has been put forward to be published in Past Poets - Future Voices Midlands & The North, and will be kept at The British Library and distributed across further libraries in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Miss Clenaghan would like to congratulate the following students on behalf of the school:

Alex Hazard, Emma Etches, Laura Miles, Leah Young, Nicole Moon, Antony Stocks, Rebecca Lounds, Angus Townsley, Luke Thomas, Joanna Cropper, Charlotte Morley

The Shadow Syndicate 

On the 4th July members of The Shadow Syndicate, performed extracts from the two plays they are taking to the Buxton Festival in two weeks time, at the Old Library Theatre, as part of their Annual Festival celebrating arts in the community.  Chris Williams, John Shelley, Rob D'arcy, Holly Smith, Laura Stafford presented a 20 minute extract of Chatroom, whilst Ben Palmer and Aaron Price performed 20 minutes of their play, The Zoo Story.  Both pieces were extremely well received by the audience of 100, many of whom indicated they would be buying tickets to see both plays in their entirety at the Buxton Fringe Festival.  If you would like to buy tickets for the shows, they can be purchased online at www.undergroundvenues.co.uk 

French Trip

On Saturday morning 26th June 38 excited students from Years 7, 8 and 9 plus 4 tired staff members and Dave the bus driver set off at the early time of 3am to go to France.  After 5 hours on the coach and a 15 minute service station stop we all set out on the Normandy ferry for a 6 hour journey across the channel.  That's not all !  We then had a 2 hour coach journey to the Youth Hostel where we were staying.  On the first night everyone walked to St Malo beach for some beach games including: Rounders,Volleyball and Football.  The next day we went to Armoripark, which has a swimming pool where we spent the morning, and many fun rides within the park which included Paddle Boats, Trampolines, Toboggan Slide, Luge Ride, Life-Size Football, Bouncy Castles and many more where we spent the afternoon.  At lunch time we sat down on the grass and had a picnic which was lovely except for the amount of French bread!  That night after dinner, everyone had the opportunity to play Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Pool or Football at the Youth Hostel.  The following day we visited Mont St Michel, which is a Abbey with lots of interesting gift shops.  Many students bought souvenirs, berets, sweets and gifts with their Euros that day.  Once we had looked around for a couple of hours and we had eaten our lunches we set off again to go to the walled city of St Malo.  MORE SHOPPING!  On Tuesday, our last day, we went to the Grand Aquarium.  The aquarium had 500 species of interesting creatures to see including ; Sharks, Turtles, Jelly Fish, Clown Fish, Tropical Fish and many more.  There was also a submarine to go on which was partly underwater.  Later on that day, we visited Dinard beach where we ate our lunches.  After going a short walk and climbing up to the view point we then headed back to the Youth Hostel to begin our packing before dinner, and then one final trip to the beach.  We had an early start 5.45am on the last day so that we could arrive at the ferry port on time.  It was sad to leave but everyone was excited to see their parents back home.  Overall everyone had a great time experiencing life in France.  Thank you to all the staff members involved for taking us on this visit.

Hannah King         Year 8 Student

Year 9 Crest Award Visit to National Space Centre

On Thursday 24th June 16 year 9 students went to the National Space Centre in Leicester for the day. As part of the Crest Award they have been preparing a display on space exploration and how it has increased our knowledge of the universe around us.

As part of their research, they visited the Space Centre to learn more about the development of space programmes and to look at some real life space rockets. They took part in a cinematic experience exploring the planets of our solar system. They explored how the human body copes with space exploration, took part in microgravity training and supporting life systems in space.

Here are some comments made by the students about the day

"It was really good, the cinema was awesome!"

"The trip was a great day out! We had so much fun"

"The trip to the Space Centre was awesome! My favourite part had to be looking at all of the exhibits; the space suit was especially interesting."

Competency Curriculum Newsletter

Competency Curriculum Newsletter - the latest developments in the Compency Curriculum outlined, projects, reports, student comments and pictures.

G&T Dragons Den

 Art Show at Rufford Abbey

On Friday 25th June a group of year 8 and 9 students visited the 'Earth and Fire' Art show at Rufford Abbey. This is now an international show with many artists from all over the world exhibiting work. The students spent the morning viewing the work, chatting to the artists and taking a walk through Rufford's own Sculpture Trail. After lunch on the green the students spent time capturing their surroundings in some well observed tonal drawings. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day and the students hopefully got something artistically inspiring out of it as well as a nice suntan!

Buxton Festival

The Shadow Syndicate is a youth based contemporary theatre company from the Manor School in Mansfield Woodhouse, who are returning to the Buxton Fringe Festival following a hugely successful debut in 2009. 
The company brings two plays to the Festival this year.  The first play is entitled Chatroom, written by Enda Walsh in 2005, which was written as part of the National Theatre, Shell Connections series. 
Chatroom is a chilling and powerful tale of manipulation and the ultimate act of teenage rebellion.  The play is set in a series of internet chatrooms, where a group of adolescents show off, flirt and play power games, all at a safe distance; though it seems the distance may not be safe enough for the vulnerable.  The simple concept of the teen chatroom is taken to a scary but all too credible conclusion. Chris Williams plays 15 year old Jim, a boy whose father literally walked away from him at the zoo when he was six, and demonstrates vividly the power of new technology to empower individuals and exploit the vulnerable.  This contemporary view of the way that teenagers interact in modern society places a spotlight on the power of the internet and has become more relevant to audiences since it was written in 2005.
The company will be performing Chatroom from Friday 16th to Monday 19th July  at the Paupers Pit, part of The Underground Venues.
The second play that the company is bringing this year is entitled The Zoo Story, by Edward Albee. It is a unique opportunity to see one of Edward Albee's greatest plays brought to life in the intimate setting of the Paupers Pit.
The one-act play concerns two characters, Peter and Jerry. Peter is a middle-class publishing executive with a wife, two daughters, two cats and two parakeets who lives in ignorance of the world outside his settled life. Jerry is an isolated and disheartened man who lives in a boarding house and is very troubled. These men meet on a park bench in New York City's Central Park. Jerry is desperate to have a meaningful conversation with another human being. He intrudes on Peter's peaceful state by interrogating him and forcing him to listen to stories from his life, including "THE STORY OF JERRY AND THE DOG", and the reason behind his visit to the zoo. The action is linear, unfolding in front of the audience in "real time". The elements of ironic humour and unrelenting dramatic suspense are brought to a climax when Jerry brings his victim down to his own savage level. The outcome of the meeting is a willing death for one of them.
The company will be performing Zoo Story from Friday 16th to Tuesday 20th July at the Paupers Pit, part of The Underground Venues.
Tickets for both shows are limited so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.

Cresswell Crags

On a sunny day in May Miss Fisher, Mr Staiano and Mr Redmond took the fifth Year 7 Competency Curriculum group to Creswell Crags. The students had an adventurous day building shelters, exploring caves and learning how to survive in the Ice Age. They learnt how to make a fire, cook fish, distinguish between different types of berries and how to throw spears. The visit was greatly enjoyed by both staff and students. These are some of the quotes from the students:

"The best part of it was going in the cave. The second best was shelter building that was fun and I enjoyed it I laughed my head off and we could all fit in".

"It was fun and very inspiring".

"I enjoyed eating the black berries and blue berries because I have never tried either of them before and it turns out I liked them".

"Creswell Crags was really exciting.  I thought it was amazing
We built shelters ,made a fire and went into the dark caves. I thought it was really enjoyable".

"I liked it because we did loads of fun stuff, I didn't like the spiders…I hate them. We had berries and fish and then we went to find pictures and things. We threw spears and mine went quite far".

"Creswell Crags was good because in the caves we got to see the tools they used. We went in this cave that was called Robin Hood's cave, it was good because half way through we turned our light off. We also made a hut to use as a shelter which was funny because the girls won and the boys' shelter fell on them".

"At Creswell the first activity was amazing . I had the building one and it was amazing. Ours was rubbish though. The walk was really good as  we got to see all the caves and it was really interesting". 

Equestrian Centre

On May 17th the 'Monday Madness' girls began their 6 week Level 1 Equestrian course, accompanied by Miss Clenaghan and Mrs Thornton. The students were taken to the stables at Kirkfield's Equestrian Centre!  The girls are on week 3 of their training and are mastering the basics in stable management, horse care, cantering and trotting.
Nervous excitement overtook the girls on the first session but that soon disappeared as the girls got used to the heights!  The horses, Grumpy and Arnie - so named for being The Terminator! - weren't as bad as originally thought!  As the hours progressed, each girl looked like a natural.
Over the next few weeks, the 'Monday Madness' girls will continue to learn new skills in the hope of achieving their Level 1 qualification.  We wish them the best of luck!

Sports Leadership Academy

'Notts Paralympic Star Launches Sports Leadership Academy'

On Monday 24th May at Manor Sport & Recreation Centre, Nottinghamshire based Rob Tarr Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby star helped Mansfield School Sports Partnership Launch its first Leadership and Volunteer Academy for students aged 13 to 16 yrs.

The Young Leaders have been selected from the Manor, Meden, Brunts, Queen Elizabeth and All Saints schools to attend the academy.

The Academy is aimed at those students who show exceptional talent for sports leadership and with the London 2012 Olympics just around the corner it's a fantastic time for them to develop their skills and to go back into school and inspire others to get involved in sport.

A further six dates have been planned for the  Academy, and students will have the opportunity to gain sports qualifications, volunteer in their school and local community and act as a 'Sporting Ambassador' to promote the  Olympic values of London 2012.

Partners of the Mansfield School Sport Partnership have been instrumental in the delivery of the Academy and will continue to help deliver the sessions. Notts County Council's Step into Sport Officer, Play Sport Officer and Staff from Progress Fitness give their time to plan and deliver the sessions.

Mandy Wright, Partnership Development Manager for the Mansfield School Sports Partnership, says:

" These young leaders are some of the best in Nottinghamshire and have proven through their volunteer work at school and in the local community that they are dedicated to helping and inspiring others"

Dave Gray, Academy Coordinator goes on to say:

" We need young people to aspire to be the best they can be, and the academy is about providing them with the skills and confidence to go on and become what ever they want to be."

Contact:  Dave Gray , Mansfield Leadership & Volunteer Academy Coordinator , for further information about the Mansfield Leadership & Volunteer Academy,  on 01949 875126 or Emai:dave.gray@ntlworld.com

Physically Active 2010

Get Physically Active in Mansfield Woodhouse - A Guide for Adults

A new brochure is available which details how to become physically active in Mansfield Woodhouse.  The guide is aimed at adults and provides lots of helpful information on how to get started, where to go and some tips on healthy eating.  The guide provides information about indoor and outdoor venues as well as examples of activities to do as a family.  Copies of the brochure are available from Catriona Paterson - Community Leader 01623 425100 Ext 648 or email cpaterson@themanor.notts.sch.uk  Click on the folder to look at the guide.