We are pleased to share that Year 7 student Amy J was recently awarded a Merit in the MTB Entry Level Award in Music Performance. For the examination, she played three recitals - The Old Man, Old Bone and Under the Acacia Tree. The examiner was very keen to note "this was a lovely performance of This Old Man. The forte section in the middle was nice and strong" and "There was some lovely legato playing in the Acacia Tree".

The examiner also praised Amy for how well-prepared she was for the exam, demonstrating the hard working HPL skills of practice, adding "your playing was confident throughout and the exercises were excellent". 

A big well done to you Amy on your achievement!

We're delighted to share the news of Year 7 student Edward Coles, who secured a first place win in the under 12 "Wild About Wootton" competition and his wonderful artwork "Butterfly Camouflage" is pictured above.

The competition, which is run by Wootton Parish Council, received more than 100 entries. Edward's artwork was chosen as the under 12 winner by a number of independent judges, and he received a £50 Amazon gift-card as a prize for his fantastic submission.

During the judging stage of the competition, it was noted by an expert in butterflies that the butterfly captured in Edward's entry had not been previously sighted in Northampton in the past - making his artwork all the more unique! Edward was then put in touch with David James, Northamptonshire Butterfly Recorder, to discuss more about his sighting. 

Edward's photograph, along with all the other winners, will be featured in the upcoming edition of the Wootton Mag, so please keep your eyes out for this to read more about the competition!

Year 12 student Ella N was recently selected to play a background actor in a forthcoming series ‘Phoenix Rise’ which is currently being filmed in Coventry. Ella was initially booked for half a day’s work, but they were so impressed with her that she was asked to stay all day and has since done several more days filming.

Congratulations to Ella – we look forward to watching her on BBC iPlayer sometime next year!

On Saturday 12 November, we entered two teams from Year 5 and 6 into the final of the Junior Strictly Northampton competition. In the morning, both teams competed against 14 other schools from Northampton. Our red team placed 1st, advancing to the next round, and our yellow team placed 2nd 🎉

Following their 1st place win in the morning, the red team came back to compete in the afternoon against the winners of the second round of the competition final, of which there were 12 schools.

We were up first to dance, and it was very very close and literally came down to a finger. The red team danced very well considering they had been there 6 hours but unfortunately, Woodland View just beat us, and we took home 2nd place. A massive well done to the red team for securing a 2nd place win out of all 26 teams involved - a brilliant result! 

Both teams had a great time at the competition and both me and Mrs Honeywood are very proud of them! The teams trained extremely hard for the competition. Practising 2 nights after school and most lunchtimes, well done to you all for your incredible hard work.

We would like to say a special thank you to Rose D, Holly S and Ollie H (an ex-student and brother of Jasmine who competed) for giving up their time to come and help train both teams.

⁃ Miss Carter (Year 6 Class Teacher)