Jul 15, 2024
As part of Arts Week, the drama group went to the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis to take part in a workshop with year 10 students from Woodroffe School. It was an amazing morning playing drama games and acting out the story ‘Get off my train.’ The day was really spectacular with lots of good communication, interaction, creativity and collaboration.
We also took the opportunity to practice A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the theatre stage!
The students loved this and all said what a great day they had!
Jul 8, 2024
We have had a fantastic arts week at Mountjoy! All of the students (and staff) have had a brilliant time making pieces of art from their Chihuly magic boxes, painting pebbles, for a whole school installation, painting canvases (available to buy for a suggested donation of £3, if you haven’t already) and taking part in Oops Wow Art activities with the lovely Jo. On top of all of that, we enjoyed watching or taking part in the production of a Midsummer’s Night dream. Thank you for supporting your young people to access the arts. We’ve already got lots of ideas for arts week next year!
Jul 8, 2024
Following a presentation on the Mountjoy Belonging Breakfast Club to organisations in West Dorset, we were asked if Chief Superintendent Stewart Dipple could visit. He came with lots of uniform that our pupils enjoyed dressing up in, and then he had fun playing with them. The pupils were very excited at being a trainee police officer and as always, they were polite and respectful, and did Mountjoy proud!
Jul 5, 2024
What an amazing Prom we had last week. The Key Stage 4, 5 and 6 form students came back into school for their Glitz & Glamour Prom. Students arrived in a variety of ways from a tractor, motorbike, convertible cars to hoverboard! Students had selected their own menu and we had a bar serving beautiful Mocktails. A disco provided the music while a magician entertained them with card tricks .
A fantastic time was had by all.
Jul 4, 2024
On Thursday of last week we had our annual leavers assembly where we waved off seven students . All were given a prom photo from the night before and sung out to “So Strong by the whole school” . We wish each and every leaver the best of luck in which ever path they have chosen.
Jul 4, 2024
M&M Theatrical Productions put on an amazing performance of Oliver Twist in our school hall on Friday . We were transported to Victorian London and were immersed in the Classic Charles Dickens story, with amazing songs and set designs to keep us all enthralled. The pupils sat so well throughout it all from Acorns all the way to Post 16! We were all so engrossed that I didn’t have time to take any photos!
Lots of students came to see me after the show to tell me their thoughts:
“I’d give it 10 out of 10”
“It made me cry- it was so emotional”
“That Bill Sykes is so mean and nasty”
A big thank you to the wonderful Happy Days Charity who funded the majority of the cost and without whom we may not have been able to afford to give the students of Mountjoy this amazing experience.
Also, a thank you to our wonderful Friends Of Mountjoy School, who funded the remainder of the cost so that all students could enjoy the performance with no cost to families.
