As part of their ICT curriculum our Year 8 pupils went to the Apple store in Norwich this week. Having been welcomed by the staff with applause, they were put in pairs and given a Macbook Pro to share learning how to use Photobooth and iMovies to create videos containing clips and pictures.

Photobooth allows you to add background and distortions to create interesting photos. iMovies gives you the options to add themes, music titles and credits to your videos.

The pupils started of with taking various images of themselves with the P application which were uploaded onto iMovie to enable them to turn these into their own movie. They were also able to add sounds and songs to their movies. After making their final touches the Apple Store staff burned the results onto CDs, the results of which will be forwarded to the school in due course. Everyone was given a certificate for their iMovies project and did the conga on their way out of the store!

“we were welcomed by staff with applause”

“we made awesome videos of ourselves”

“The apple store downloaded our video onto discs so we have great memories to keep”

Taverham Hall School – Independent Schools Norfolk

After a creditable victory over Hethersett Old Hall the school’s quiz team entered the quarter final stage of the Eastern Region Schools’ Challenge.

The match versus a strong finishing Town Close team proved extremely tight and exciting. Up to 20 of the 30 minutes contest Taverham Hall were 10 points clear at 330-320 but just as we seemed likely to extend our lead two fantastic rounds by the visitors gained them a 100 points advantage from which we were unable to recover.

Taverham Hall’s team of Ben G, Ryan M, George C and Rhys PS all played with skill and enthusiasm and our special thanks go to joint captains Ben and George.

In the Autumn term we will be running a quiz hobby for our senior pupils so please come along and help us push onto the regional finals next year!

This year, most of our Year 7 pupils took part in the new National French Competition called “Linguatrivia” organised by Linguascope. The competition was rife as over 5,000 pupils took part nationally. On March 19^th, pupils had to sit a 30 minute test consisting of 50 multiple choice questions on French grammar, vocabulary and cultural knowledge.

Linguatrivia Challenge was developed by Linguascope as a motivational, extra-curricular activity for pupils learning French as yet another way to help stimulate their interest in French whilst identifying and rewarding achievement on the part of the pupils. A full mark total of 100 points could be achieved by each pupil taking part.

Although our Year 7 pupils did not win one of the major prizes, 2 of our 19 candidates stood out with 85 points (James G) and 70 points (George C) - a fantastic achievement with James only missing out on one of the big prizes by only 1 point!  

All participants have been awarded a certificate and received consolation prizes such as a vocabulary wheel, Eiffel Tower key chain and a badge. Well done to all the Year 7 pupils who took part! After all, “l’important, c’est de participer!” (Pierre de Coubertin).

Taverham Hall School – Independent Schools Norfolk