October 13, 2007

Student Vote

Obviously the winners of the various prizes will not be known until Tuesday but there is another special award that involves all of you...the Student Voice Vote whereby you decide which is the Best Media Production 2007. Will you agree with the judges? Last year this didn't happen but that's the beauty of it!

Voting closes next Sunday (21st) so tell us what you think right now! And leave comments below about who you reckon is going to be successful on the big night...

STOP PRESS
: Final results are now posted below...


October 07, 2007

GHS Oscars V

We're holding the fifth Media Studies Awards Ceremony in the new school hall next week where we'll be showcasing some of the outstanding video production work completed by AS Media Studies students over the last year…don't forget it's compulsory to attend if you take Media in the sixth form and it's definitely advisable if you do GCSE too.

This is our annual opportunity to celebrate the superb efforts of the fifty or more Year 12 students whose films will be shown. If you're one of those starring directors or actors then make sure you spread the word about how entertaining it'll be and encourage all your friends to come along. As the first event of its kind in the new school it's set to be a special evening.


Those who do attend will be treated to a succession of clips and short films (both fiction and documentary) representing the very best achievements of 2007, and the winning efforts will receive trophies and certificates from our guest speaker from the BBC.


They include: hard-hitting pieces on eating disorders, domestic violence and Islamophobia; a number of thoughtful investigations into a wide range of topics from the dangers of befriending people over the internet, to political problems in Kurdisatan, to graffiti art; natural history documentary and Bollywood film trailers; and the real-life account of one of our student's near-death experience.


The event takes place in the school hall on Tuesday 16 th October from 6.15-8.45 pm.


Whoever you are – if you have an interest in film or the issues being addressed – then please come along. But make sure you get a ticket - before they all go - as you won't get in without one!

July 07, 2007

High School Reunion

Well done to all of those involved in the reunion of ex-pupils that we held at the end of April. It was a fantastic event as extracts from the following emails we received show...

"What a wonderful day [it] was yesterday! It was great to see the school...and to meet so many old friends. The welcome received from the current pupils was wonderful. I was so glad to see that the traditions of politeness and friendliness were being carried on." - John Anderson

"Please accept my grateful thanks for organising such a marvelous day yesterday. The opportunity for me to look round my old school which was my "home" for four years from 1944 to 1948 was absolutely marvelous. An absence of nearly 60 years, but the memories came flooding back. I particularly enjoyed the inclusiveness of it and again, very importantly, the attitude of today's pupils whom I had the pleasure of being in contact with." - Peter Newman

There are some stills below of the lunch (most shot by our very own Chintan Barot) and, naturally, we filmed several tapes of footage - with the expert help of Lindley and Jonny - that will be edited in time for the premiere of the school documentary at the new school's grand opening in March 2008.

High School Reunion Pics













July 06, 2007

Student Voice Winners

Congratulations to the team who put together our winning entry for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Student Voice competition. This includes JLT/Faculty Board members...
  • Alex Baldwin
  • Yuserah El Sockary
  • Shaheen Mindhola (pictured below)
  • Jourdan Powis
  • Navjot Sawhney
...and the expert media team...
  • Jatinder Kailey
  • Jaskeerat Sehra
Together they produced a highly professional ten minute DVD showcasing some of the outstanding Student Voice work we do here at Greenford.

After being shortlisted from amongst entries from across the UK, the team had to go to Central London to deliver their presentation to a panel of judges...and they obviously impressed them!

The prize is a trip to Beijing, China, in September, to present the video again, but this time at an international conference for headteachers and leading educationalists, after which we hope to post the video up here for all of you to see.