CULTURE VULTURES
In January 2010 Culture Vultures celebrated its sixteenth anniversary! Since January 1994 we have been on more than 80 trips. These have ranged from visits to art galleries, the opera, theatre and ballet, and have also included visits to a National Trust House, a Sculpture Garden, a fashion show during Graduates Fashion Week and an African percussion ensemble, to name but a few.
Culture Vultures is not an exclusive society but is open to everyone in the school. Trips are arranged out of school hours and advertised on the CV board, where girls can sign up if they are interested. By the time they reach VIth form level there are usually several students who have discovered a real taste for theatre or the opera. Similarly, many grow to understand the thinking behind modern or conceptual art, and can take much pleasure in being able to 'read' a work of art and respond to it in their own individual way.
Staff and parents are also most welcome on the trips if space permits!
POTTERY CLUB
Pottery Club is open to all year groups. Due to its popularity there are two each week, one during a lunch hour and another after school.
This is a relaxed, informal opportunity for the girls to create their own work or catch up with class work if they have fallen behind through absence. Some girls enjoy attempting quite an ambitious project, which may take them several weeks to complete, while others sometimes produce quite a rapid succession of smaller creations as presents for family and friends.
There is also the opportunity for girls to learn to throw on the wheels, which is always great fun at the very least, and at best tremendously satisfying when they discover they really can centre the clay and produce a professional-looking pot!
As numbers are limited a new list is put up each term, enabling all girls to have the opportunity to participate if they wish.
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
Photo Club is open to all girls in the Middle School. The ten-week course takes girls on a journey through photography, from the most primitive pin-hole camera to traditional black & white photography and ending up with digital manipulation of the photographic image. The sessions have a relaxed atmosphere with an emphasis on enjoying the process rather than trying to master the technical aspects of photography.
As places are limited to eight a new list is put up towards the end of each Creative Arts Rotation, allowing all girls the opportunity to participate if they wish.