Lea Manor High School
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Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College is a secondary school
in Luton
, Bedfordshire
which opened in 1974. The most recent OFSTED Inspection Report graded the school as "Good" with good capacity to improve further. The school was awarded with Performing Arts
specialism in 2007.
, Anything Goes
, Oliver!
, Grease
, Annie
, The Wizard Of Oz
, Billy Elliot
and was the first school in Bedfordshire to successfully perform The Diary of Anne Frank.
The specialism has funded many school trips to West End Theatres to see shows such as The Lion King
, Chicago
, The Woman In Black
and Wicked
.
Programme (BSF) and is one of the first schools in Luton
to be transformed. The building firm Wates Group
won the contract to rebuild or remodel every secondary school in Luton
. The school will be more student-friendly and modern, including a brand new community libruary and community theatre which will become the biggest in Luton.
Phase one of the remodelling has been completed and was opened to students in Autumn 2009. This phase included state-of-the-art technology rooms and three new science laboratories.
Furthermore, in April 2010, the first section of phase two opened which included a Science 'Heart Space' with six laboratories leading off from it. The space is used as a flexible teaching area and has new Apple Inc. iMac
s, interactive whiteboards and a plasma TV.
In May 2010, the Adult Education facilities relocated from the existing building to its brand new area in the new school.
Due to delays, it is predicted that the second part of phase two of the remodelling will open in September 2010, ready for the new school year. This will see the opening of Lea Manor's newly constructed entrance, dining facilities, community theatre, music studios and drama rooms.
MP Kelvin Hopkins
who gave the students some tips on how to present themselves and their ideas..
, resulting in the trip to be cut short and for them to return back to England. The party were told to wear masks and draw the curtains on the coach because "the French would have been shocked by it". The four pupils and two staff affected are said to have recovered quickly.
Once the error was spotted by a pupil, all of the students were given a two-day 'crash course' in the modules they were supposed to be studying. One parent said "Crash course, it was more like a car crash. You can't teach nine months syllabus in two days. It's impossible!".
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
, Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
which opened in 1974. The most recent OFSTED Inspection Report graded the school as "Good" with good capacity to improve further. The school was awarded with Performing Arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
specialism in 2007.
Performing Arts Specialism
Lea Manor High School is a specialised Performing Arts college, dedicated to showing off the talent in each of its students. Each year, the school performs numerous musicals or plays which include We Will Rock YouWe Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...
, Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
, Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
, Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
, The Wizard Of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
, Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British drama film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Set in the fictional town of "Everington" in the real County Durham, UK, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older...
and was the first school in Bedfordshire to successfully perform The Diary of Anne Frank.
The specialism has funded many school trips to West End Theatres to see shows such as The Lion King
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
, Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
, The Woman In Black
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black is a 1983 thriller fiction novel by Susan Hill about a menacing spectre that haunts a small English town.It was adapted into a stage play by Stephen Mallatratt...
and Wicked
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
.
Building Schools For The Future Programme
Currently, Lea Manor High School is undergoing building and refurbishing work under the government's Building Schools for the FutureBuilding Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
Programme (BSF) and is one of the first schools in Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
to be transformed. The building firm Wates Group
Wates Group
The Wates Group is one of the UK’s largest family-owned construction services and development companies.-History:Established by Edward Wates in 1897, the Company expanded into speculative housebuilding and general contracting in the 1920s and 1930s. During World War II it was involved in building...
won the contract to rebuild or remodel every secondary school in Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
. The school will be more student-friendly and modern, including a brand new community libruary and community theatre which will become the biggest in Luton.
Phase one of the remodelling has been completed and was opened to students in Autumn 2009. This phase included state-of-the-art technology rooms and three new science laboratories.
Furthermore, in April 2010, the first section of phase two opened which included a Science 'Heart Space' with six laboratories leading off from it. The space is used as a flexible teaching area and has new Apple Inc. iMac
IMac
The iMac is a range of all-in-one Macintosh desktop computers built by Apple. It has been the primary part of Apple's consumer desktop offerings since its introduction in 1998, and has evolved through five distinct forms....
s, interactive whiteboards and a plasma TV.
In May 2010, the Adult Education facilities relocated from the existing building to its brand new area in the new school.
Due to delays, it is predicted that the second part of phase two of the remodelling will open in September 2010, ready for the new school year. This will see the opening of Lea Manor's newly constructed entrance, dining facilities, community theatre, music studios and drama rooms.
Headboy/Headgirl election 2009
For the 2009/2010 school year, Lea Manor High School decided to select a Headboy and a Headgirl through a student and staff ballot vote after a campaign by candidates. This included a leaflet and poster campaign, speeches in assemblies and speaking to students. Candidates were also visited by North LutonLuton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
MP Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Peter Hopkins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Luton North since 1997.-Background:...
who gave the students some tips on how to present themselves and their ideas..
Normandy School Trip Incident
Whilst on a school trip, 4 students and 2 members of staff fell ill with Swine FluSwine flu
Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus or S-OIV is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs...
, resulting in the trip to be cut short and for them to return back to England. The party were told to wear masks and draw the curtains on the coach because "the French would have been shocked by it". The four pupils and two staff affected are said to have recovered quickly.
RE GCSE error Incident
Between September 2009 and May 2010 students in year 10 were taught the wrong modules for their RE GCSE exam which took place in late May 2010. Luton Borough Council said in a statement: "This was as a result of human error for which the member of staff concerned takes full responsibility."Once the error was spotted by a pupil, all of the students were given a two-day 'crash course' in the modules they were supposed to be studying. One parent said "Crash course, it was more like a car crash. You can't teach nine months syllabus in two days. It's impossible!".