Creative & Aesthetic Arts - Smithycroft

This week S2 Drama have connected their stage combat learning with Shakespearean insults to celebrate #worldshakespeareday ! 🎭💀😲 @smithycroft282

And with that - the practical exams for Music and Drama are complete! A huge well done to all our pupils who took part - some of them completing 2 exams this week!

Lights, Camera, Action! N5 and Higher Drama were proud to present their acting exam pieces to an audience of family, friends and staff this evening! A great demonstration of all their hard work. Break a leg for your exams next week! 🎭🎬💡🎥

Who killed Waylon ‘Wagon Wheel’ Watusi? 🤠🐴🃏 As S3 continue to learn about genre, today we explored both mystery and western with an interactive stimulus tableau. Students investigated the various to devise their own drama! @smithycroft282

And in S2, the battle for the last sausage roll in Greggs has commenced! Pupils are applying their voice and movement skills to a truly heartbreaking and harrowing tale! @lamont_ms @smithycroft282

This week, S3 Drama are presenting their devised pieces as part of their N3 unit work. Wonderful performances and excellent creativity, well done everyone! 👏🏻🎭 @lamont_ms @smithycroft282

A huge congratulations to S2 pupils Niamh for landing an ensemble role! She will be on stage in June at the King’s Theatre! @smithycroft282

We’ve had a very exciting week in S2 Drama, developing our voice skills whilst performing as very messy/very tidy flat mates. Many pupils have been drawing on their own experiences of being asked to tidy their rooms to deliver *very* authentic performances 🫣🫟🎭

Thank you so much to everyone who supported our amazing Christmas concert. A huge well done to all our fantastic performers, you have all done @smithycroft282 proud! 🎄❤️🎶🎭🪩🎨 (Photos by Miss Magill 📸)

The stage is set for our Christmas concert this evening! @smithycroft282

Our wonderful singers had great success at the Bridgerton Burns Club annual schools competition! A huge well done to each of them, and every school that took part. And a massive thank you to Miss McNeill for her expertise and support in preparing for this 👏🏻🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @smithycroft282

November’s pupil of the month winners are now on the board! Well done everyone, and thank you for working so hard in the CAA faculty 👏🏻🎨🎭🎶 @smithycroft282

But one was chosen as our official programme cover, well done TM in 1.4 for winning! Your beautiful artwork will be used next week - the concert is on Thursday 11th at 6:30pm. Tickets available from the Music base! @smithycroft282

We had some wonderful submissions from our S1 Art classes, with a short list being selected to be put up around the school as our posters for our Christmas concert next week! @smithycroft282

How can we succeed in the CAA faculty? We make sure everyone is ready, respectful and safe! 🎨🎶🎭

An amazing group of people arrived today for our Christmas Dance club! Inspired by the Radio City Rockettes, we will be bringing some festive dancey cheer to our Christmas concert on the 11th! Any and all are welcome to join! 💃🏻🪩🎄 @smithycroft282

📣 Support Study 📣 Here are the supported study sessions on offer this term, and remember you can always access additional support/rehearsals by asking your teacher for a time that suits! @smithycroft282

And here they are - our October pupils of the month! Well done to everyone who tried exceedingly hard last month! A certificate and house points will be awarded when you are next in class with the teacher who nominated you! 👏🏻🏆 @smithycroft282