MALTON School prides itself on offering children a wide variety of activities, in and out of school.

If there is one department that utilises this – it’s the PE department.

Students from Years 8, 9 and 10, were given the opportunity to go on a weekend of sport activities.

The trip to Jersey, included a variety of sports tournaments.

Students were also offered the chance to socialise with schools they would otherwise be unable to.

Andy Hodgson, a member of the PE staff, said: “At Malton School, we pride ourselves on giving students the opportunity to compete in the sports they love and give them experience in a range of competitive sports.”

The trip gave male students the chance to play in competitive football matches and gave girls a competitive netball experience.

Malton School’s PE department are actively engaged in the extracurricular activities of its students and encourage them to compete in the sports they love.

Mr Hodgson added: “The trip went brilliantly and every student loved it.

“Going up against many private schools, Malton achieved many wins and established warm relations with all the other schools.”

by Max Burton

 

Marvellous maestros

by Tom Wing

ANOTHER term and another successful concert at Malton School.

The last concert set a high standard of entertainment, and the Easter concert certainly didn’t fall below expectations – a brilliant selection of musical maestros saw to that.

Highlights included the Soul Band playing such classic songs like I Will Survive, and Son of a Preacher Man, and the jazz band playing perhaps one of the most recognisable tunes out there, Tequila.

The orchestra also put on a performance, with their renditions of the Doctor Who and Wallace & Gromit theme tunes.

There were also numerous solo acts, such as Tom Hume’s bluesstyle guitar solo. As well as it sounding amazing, the complexity of it made it look amazing, too.

The Glee Club were also present, performing a unique show-stopper – a mash-up of Bon Jovi’s classic, Living on a Prayer, including massive sounding guitar solo, and Aretha Franklin’s Say A Little Prayer.

All-in-all, an extremely successful concert for the music department, but most importantly for the participants of the astounding event.

Now all eyes are on the next concert to be as successful as this one.

No pressure, then.

 

Time to get all creative

by Finn Dalton

SEVERAL pupils from Malton School have attended a taster afternoon for Create:Tour at Rillington Village Hall.

Students were treated to a wonderful improvised performance by the Kepow! Theatre Company, starring the talented Kevin Tomlinson.

This was followed by a couple of hours of fun drama games and exercises in which all the students took part, wearing various masks and becoming different characters. Students also took part in a five-day acting and filmmaking workshop at the Brooklyn Community Centre in Norton during the Easter holidays.

The event included student creating an original piece of theatre.

This will be performed around the area until tomorrow (Thursday), as a curtain-raiser for the Kepow! Theatre Company’s own performance.

Students would like to thank Rural Arts and the Arts Council England for arranging and funding this wonderful experience, and also allowing them the chance to gain a Bronze Arts Award.

 

AN INTERVIEW WITH...Megan Butcher, a languages and history teacher at Malton School

Q: You teach both history and modern languages. Why did you decide to go into teaching?

A: I decided to go into teaching because I wanted to have that relationship with younger people, and I wanted to motivate them and inspire them, get them to enjoy learning, because, in my view, learning should be enjoyable.

Q: Did you always want to be a teacher?

A: I wanted to be a primary school teacher when I was younger, but while at university, I worked in France for a year and taught students between 14 and 15. That’s when I decided I wanted to teach older people.

Q: Why do you enjoy teaching?

What’s the best part about it?

A: Well, I enjoy teaching because it’s different every day. It’s never the same – I mean you have the same classes every day but they are always doing something new.

Q: So, as a teacher you find that interesting?

A: It’s very interesting, and it’s like you get to know people.

Q: If you had the choice of choosing a different subject to teach, what would you pick?

A: Well, I also teach modern languages, as well as history, so I guess I’d have to pick that one.

Q: Why do you enjoy teaching languages so much?

A: I studied French at university and understand the language well as I lived there. I think learning a new language is so important in later life – it’ll come in really useful.

I find teaching it very interesting, and like to make it as interesting as possible for my students as well.