Yr 11 Letter to Parents

Arrangements for GCSE exams
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Yr 9 Parents Evening

Thursday 14th June 2012 - 3.45pm – 6.45pm. We would like to invite you to make appointments to meet with your son/daughter’s teachers to discuss how they are getting on in Year 9.

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Like a Duck to Water

The ducks familiarise themselves with their new facilities, which were kindly provided by the DT department.

Quality Cake

The cake was a double chocolate orange cake made by our year 10 hospitality students as a fantastic team achievement.

We've got GOLD!

PCS has achieved Artsmark gold award for the third time.

"Your application demonstrated an excellent commitment to providing high quality arts provision that is embedded across your curriculum and we would like to congratulate you on the hard work and commitment that went into achieving this respected award."

Eau Eau Seven

On Saturday 12th May four of our young actors, and the PCS Stage Crew were part of an extravaganza of everything James Bond as part of the Brighton Festival. The show was created to celebrate 50 years of James Bond and featured Brighton Swimming Club synchronised swimmers who performed routines to the famous Bond songs. It involved Rhys Lamberth, Jamie Lamberth, Abi Dunkerton and Nepheli Akrivopoulou, who were excellent as M, Piers Brighton, Miss Moneypenny and Eleanor West. The Prince Regent pool was packed to the rafters and loved the show. PCS Stage Crew had built a stage area, and a fantastic Olympic Torch with ‘flames’, they also operated sound and lights for the venue. A big thank you to Amy Boswell, Emily Blake and of course to Mr Reilly who managed the event.

A massive well done to Ella South who was the liaison between Brighton Swimming Club and Peacehaven Community School. As well as being an award winning swimmer, she also wrote the script for the actors and made an appearance as the Olympic Torch bearer. Write up by Mrs Alborough.
Many thanks to Ella South's Mum for providing the photographs.

Robot Wars

Intense concentration! Click on the image above to view the rest of the gallery
PCS students thoroughly enjoyed the robot wars workshops where they designed & built their own robots to face a series of challenges including robot football & sumo.

Yr 10 Drama Productions

Dust - photos from dress rehearsal

Living with Lady Macbeth - photos from dress rehearsal

Wow, the year 10 Drama shows were incredible on Thursday night. The Drama Hall was packed in anticipation, with not a single spare seat in the house. Neither show let the audience down.

The first, 'Living With Lady Macbeth,' was a brilliant piece of comedy, with its narrative cleverly playing out the leading lady dreams and friendship politics of auditioning for the school play, all rolled up in a big old ball of angst and venom. The murder fantasy scenes were black comedy at its best and the casting was absolutely spot on.

Round two, 'Dust,' was a lovely bit of fantasy, transporting our protagonist(s) from a London Underground terror attack into a pseudo-Roman parody with women warriors serving up chunks of each other in gladiatorial battle. Mr Reilly's stage fighting training had clearly made an impression. There were some fantastically subtle and nuanced characterisations played out with real elegance and tongues firmly in cheek. Class.

Every single student was brilliant and in the interests of inclusivity I am not going to name any as it would just take me too long to list them all. Big congratulations to all involved, the Drama faculty has once again raised the bar.

I said to some of the students on the way out that it was one of my favourite nights of entertainment in a long time. What more do you want on a Thursday!?
Review by Mr Whatford

Rhys took part in the Annual Freddysmile Ten Mile Charity Walk on Sunday. A group of 35 people managed to raise an incredible £1,000 between them. Freddysmile is a charity providing short breaks for children with cancer and their families. Well done Rhys!

Rizzle Kicks help young mayor cut ribbon

Megan Foster with the Rizzle Kicks, opens the teenage room at Brighton's Royal Alexandra Childrens Hospital. Teenagers being treated at the Royal Alexandra Childrens Hospital enjoyed a surprise visit from Rizzle Kicks on Sunday 29 April. The Brighton hip-hop duo put their support behind childrens charity Rockinghorse by officially opening its new adolescent rooms at the hospital.

Megan said: “It was great to see and meet Rizzle Kicks after my operation. They cheered the whole ward up and left us all feeling much brighter.”

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Young Person of Courage 2012

The first ever Newhaven Community Awards were held on Wednesday May 2nd by young mayor Charlotte Crookstone and mayor Steve Saunders.
The awards, which were held at the Hillcrest Centre, were designed to recognise members of the community for their achievements, Shannon Pulford received her award as a "Young Person of Courage".

Click here to read full details in the Sussex Express

inter-school debate

PCS hosted the first East Sussex inter-school debate on Thursday 26th April against Uplands Community College. This was an incredibly nerve-racking experience for both teams as they had to debate some controversial issues along with difficult questions from Mrs Pannett, Miss Barnes, Miss Pike and the audience. Cameron Wall, Bobbak Rabiei, Alice Flattery and Amy Woodward were an absolute credit to the school - confident, articulate, insightful and intelligent. The audience were bowled over by the quality of the debate and the hard work, at such a busy time of year, which the students and staff had put in. Coming after the utterly charming pop shock earlier this week, it's a fantastic reminder of what great students we have. Well done everyone. Written by Mrs Meredith.