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30th January 2023

Letter from the Mizen Foundation

Dear Bernadette, I hope you and everyone at St Joan of Arc had a peaceful festive period and a great start to 2023. I am writing to thank you for organising 'Jumpers for Jimmy' at your school and raising an incredible £354. Everyone at the Mizen Foundation is so grateful to you and your students.  Please would you, on my behalf, thank all your pupils, staff and everyone involved. We are so very grateful for all you have done in helping us at the Mizen Foundation, to widen and deepen that legacy of forgiveness, peace and hope that we all desire for young people everywhere. We look forward to hopefully visiting your school in the future.  Together we can make our communities safer for young people. Thank you and best wishes, Margaret Mizen MBE  
23rd January 2023

Geography Field Trip

From Monday 23rd January to Wednesday 25th January, our A level geographers travelled to the Field Studies Centre at Juniper Hall, a stone’s throw from beautiful Box Hill in Surrey. Over the three days of fieldwork, the specialist tutors helped the students to explore some fieldwork techniques associated with the urban, water and carbon topics that are studied during the A level course. This will be invaluable to the students as they look to create their own geographical question for their coursework. Thank you to the students for their enthusiasm and for their impeccable behaviour throughout the trip, they were a credit to the school!
20th January 2023

The London Art Fair

On Friday 20 th January the Art department took 40 Year 11 and 12 Art students to The London Art Fair at the Business Design centre in Islington. The trip is designed to kickstart the students GCSE and A level exam projects by exposing them to the huge variety of Artists whose work is exhibited at the exhibition. This year The London Art Fair welcomed 111 exhibitors from all over the world, showing the work of contemporary Artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Hockney, Henry Moore, Grayson Perry,Banksy and many, many more. The students enjoyed engaging with the works as well as talking to the artists and curators who helped to create such a vibrant atmosphere. The student’s behaviour was impeccable and they were an absolute delight to take. Mrs Henderson Art department. Feedback from some of the students who attended: “It was a fun and exciting day trip” “The variation of art allowed us to explore even more possibilities for our final pieces. The experts there made interesting observations on the Art, and the freedom we were given at the gallery made the experience much more enjoyable.” “I found Artists pieces there that I will use to help my own work” “I really liked seeing so many different styles of Art in one place”  “Motivating for my own work”