The End of the IB Theatre Course
On Friday the 4th of April we completed our whole IB Theatre course by doing our PPP. This marked a big moment in our IB student lives and made me realize how close to the end we were. Now we've just started our study leave i've realized how lucky Theatre students are to have all their assessments during the last year and not as a final exam (now i can concentrate on 5 subjects rather then 6 which makes a big difference).
These past 2 years have been amazing, fun-filled but also hard and sometimes frustrating. We've become a much smaller group, starting from 6 and now just being 3. I found that during our last year we've discovered how to trust each other even more and have trust in each other. I myself started Drama in year 10 and loved it so much i wanted to continue it for IB, i was shocked and nervous at first to find that the IB Theatre course is much more detailed (and none of our pieces would be filmed on camera :O ) Even though Theatre in IB is much more demanding it's made me become who i am today. I've gained a lot of confidence which i never used to really have even before i started at IST. Year 10 and 11 helped me gain it, but IB Theatre has helped me gain my confidence a lot more ( even though on some presentations my voice still goes shaky, but i can do it 10 times better now).
IB Theatre i found is a much more social and energetic subject compared to other subject on the IB learner profile. Because it is so much more energetic and we did so many trust exercises and 'games' or warm up exercises we've come to create amazing memories we will never forget.
The first memory i can go back to is the TAPS ISTA TRIP TO LONDON. This trip was one of my favourite trips i have ever had. We gained 2 people in our group for this trip (Ms Mancey our English teacher and her son Henry). We created loads of memories from that trip, from being annoyed after being ripped of at an Indian Restaurant on the first night (even though tasted amazing), taking the underground to get to places, going into PRIMARK, eating at Pizza Hut, witnessing Lydia's short attention spams (which is not that long). Axel always commenting on something that i did :( Making friends in our workshop ensemble and so many more.
There's also many memories of the shows we went to watch, One Man Two Guvnors where we laughed in hysterics on our chairs. Damned by Despair which i can't remember much of, apart from being rudely awakened by the sound of a gun shot. Oh the Humanity where i still don't understand what the meaning was there. Ouroboros being amazed by the puppetry and the BERPI used. There's so many more memories that it would take hours to write down.
One thing i will remember is how our little ensemble of 3 managed to make Mr.Fearnehough go off subject on some lessons for about 45 minutes and always ended in laughter, those were the best lessons for us hehe. I will truely miss IB Theatre as i've found it to be the most comfortable and 'safe room' in the whole school. We've laughed a lot together but we've also nearly had meltdowns together.
I can't believe IB Theatre is over, i will miss going into that little bright yellow room (even though it would be better painted black :p ahahha) We've become closer as an ensemble but also as friends and i wont forget the memories that we're created during the 2 years and we all know that Mr.Fearnehough will never have an amazing class like ours ever again :D
Thank you Mr.Fearnehough :D
Monday 21 April 2014
FINAL BLOG ENTRY !
So now we have finished everything for IB Theatre!
We started as 5 people , went up to 6 and then finished we 3.
I would say that IB Theatre took a lot of energy during the two years in comparison to all the other subjects.
In the first year there were a lot of presentations and research tasks that helped us prepare for our final assessments. Then in year two, it was just assessment after assessment after exam....
It was really hard work but hopefully it will be worth it.
I don't think I am going to talk much here about what I learnt from IB Theatre because you all saw that in my TPPP but I did gain a huge amount of confidence, trust and determination from theatre. I thought I was already confident but I realise now how much it has grown even more.
I will miss our first year trackie Wednesdays and the Stanislavski relaxation exercise (catching up on sleep). I will miss being the eldest, tallest and trying to be the peacemaker between Axel and Bekki, although I feel I probably provoked most of their arguments and banter. I won't miss Mr Fearnehough when he is a perfectionist about where my fullstop or dash goes on my reference (don't stop though because it was a good thing)!. I will miss Mr Fearnehough!! Drama has always been my favourite class since year 7 therefore Mr Fearnehough has always been ONE or maybe my favourite teacher since then! I think he learnt a lot from our IB class too such as not talking as much at parent teacher meetings. I think Mr Fearnehough will miss our banter that we had. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A CLASS LIKE OURS AGAIN :)
I will definitely come back and visit though. Like I said to you the other day when I was walking to your room with no shoes on " I feel like this place is my home".
Now I feel like this is getting too cheesy...
I am going to miss our little team we had. I think we gained a lot of trust through the course. An example of this was me touching axel's bum in the massage task and also all of us including Mr Fearnehough seeing Axel's nipples on the last day.
Let's not forget our trip to London! Probably my favourite trip to be honest...
Remember when we got ripped off on the first night in the Indian? Then there was Axel's claw, Henry's burping, farting, eating habbits OH MY GOD! Bekki needing a mother so she held Mrs Mancey's hand. Mr Fearnehough being a complete diva when walking into TaPs the first time to show all the other schools who is boss. Then there was most of us asleep at Damned by Despair until the gun shot went off. Halley and Abby's first experience in Primark. Bekki and I almost crying when Mr Fearnehough said we could go into Primark for half an hour. Then also being across the road from Primark everyday <3
It was a really good and hard two years. During them I could only think of the bad and tiring parts but right now I acually cannot think of any of the bad/annoying/tiring moments that we had.
Thank you for everything Mr Fearnehough! At least next year you don't have to deal with any theatre assessments because you don't have a Year 13 theatre class!
You have been the biggest diva and also the most helpful teacher in the school!
Thank you Bekki & Axel for being two amazing friends that I am going to miss soooo much, yes even you Axel!
Also thank you to Halley, Abby, Mary and even Henry. Halley was a spirited American who forced One Direction to be on during class, Abby for giving really amazing idea for our "Love Wins All" play, Mary for making us laugh so much that one day in class to the point Mr Fearnehough was on the floor crying but I don't actually remember what we were laughing about now and then to Henry for being so much fun on the trip and actually keeping in contact.
LOTS OF LOVE
LYDIA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P.S I don't even care if this was really cheesy.
We started as 5 people , went up to 6 and then finished we 3.
I would say that IB Theatre took a lot of energy during the two years in comparison to all the other subjects.
In the first year there were a lot of presentations and research tasks that helped us prepare for our final assessments. Then in year two, it was just assessment after assessment after exam....
It was really hard work but hopefully it will be worth it.
I don't think I am going to talk much here about what I learnt from IB Theatre because you all saw that in my TPPP but I did gain a huge amount of confidence, trust and determination from theatre. I thought I was already confident but I realise now how much it has grown even more.
I will miss our first year trackie Wednesdays and the Stanislavski relaxation exercise (catching up on sleep). I will miss being the eldest, tallest and trying to be the peacemaker between Axel and Bekki, although I feel I probably provoked most of their arguments and banter. I won't miss Mr Fearnehough when he is a perfectionist about where my fullstop or dash goes on my reference (don't stop though because it was a good thing)!. I will miss Mr Fearnehough!! Drama has always been my favourite class since year 7 therefore Mr Fearnehough has always been ONE or maybe my favourite teacher since then! I think he learnt a lot from our IB class too such as not talking as much at parent teacher meetings. I think Mr Fearnehough will miss our banter that we had. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A CLASS LIKE OURS AGAIN :)
I will definitely come back and visit though. Like I said to you the other day when I was walking to your room with no shoes on " I feel like this place is my home".
Now I feel like this is getting too cheesy...
I am going to miss our little team we had. I think we gained a lot of trust through the course. An example of this was me touching axel's bum in the massage task and also all of us including Mr Fearnehough seeing Axel's nipples on the last day.
Let's not forget our trip to London! Probably my favourite trip to be honest...
Remember when we got ripped off on the first night in the Indian? Then there was Axel's claw, Henry's burping, farting, eating habbits OH MY GOD! Bekki needing a mother so she held Mrs Mancey's hand. Mr Fearnehough being a complete diva when walking into TaPs the first time to show all the other schools who is boss. Then there was most of us asleep at Damned by Despair until the gun shot went off. Halley and Abby's first experience in Primark. Bekki and I almost crying when Mr Fearnehough said we could go into Primark for half an hour. Then also being across the road from Primark everyday <3
It was a really good and hard two years. During them I could only think of the bad and tiring parts but right now I acually cannot think of any of the bad/annoying/tiring moments that we had.
Thank you for everything Mr Fearnehough! At least next year you don't have to deal with any theatre assessments because you don't have a Year 13 theatre class!
You have been the biggest diva and also the most helpful teacher in the school!
Thank you Bekki & Axel for being two amazing friends that I am going to miss soooo much, yes even you Axel!
Also thank you to Halley, Abby, Mary and even Henry. Halley was a spirited American who forced One Direction to be on during class, Abby for giving really amazing idea for our "Love Wins All" play, Mary for making us laugh so much that one day in class to the point Mr Fearnehough was on the floor crying but I don't actually remember what we were laughing about now and then to Henry for being so much fun on the trip and actually keeping in contact.
LOTS OF LOVE
LYDIA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
P.S I don't even care if this was really cheesy.
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