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One of the things that we are looking at closely within our community are what are known as microaggressions. Both staff and students will be looking at these within the year, it is also a term that is used widely. So what are they? These are defined as
“a small act or remark that makes someone feel insulted or treated badly because of their race, sex, etc., even though the insult, etc. may not have been intended, and that can combine with other similar acts or remarks over time to cause emotional harm”– Cambridge dictionary 2023
Some examples might include-
“You speak good English.”
“When I look at you, I don’t see colour.”
“I’m not a racist. I have several Black friends.”
Although by themselves these comments and actions may not have much of an effect, added together there is a big effect on the person being subjected to them. This is nicely explained in this video
So what can we do? It is all about reflecting on our own attitudes, stereotypes and expectations of groups of people. Reflect on these and think more deeply about them. Also listen to members of marginalised communities. If somebody says that they felt hurt by a comment or action take this on board. It’s really important to think about impact rather than intention.
Here is a really good source of information from the University of Edinburgh
Strong performance from our U14s on Wednesday winning 9-0 against a good Broxbourne team in the District League. Presdales played some wonderful football on a challenging pitch, scoring 7 times in the second half to put the game out of sight. Coaches PoTM was Willow Storey. Well done girls!
U13s
Great effort from our U13s who narrowly lost 0-1 to Broxbourne in the District league. The match was evenly matched throughout and the result could have gone either way. Due to late withdrawals, Presdales didn’t have any subs. This made it more challenging for the girls but they showed amazing energy and commitment right to the end. Player of the Match was Lily Feast. Well done to all the girls!
U12s
Our Year 7s recently drew 2-2 against GOFFS in the District Football League. It was an extremely competitive game with Presdales leading 2-0 after 15 minutes. We had chances to extend the lead but didn’t take our chances.
GOFFS grew into the game in the second half and scored from a handball penalty to reduce the deficit. Presdales couldn’t convert further chances to extend the lead and GOFFS managed to find an equaliser late on. In the end a 2-2 draw was probably a fair result. PoTM was Ella Reynolds. Well done to all the girls.
Badminton
Well done to our badminton players who played some tough friendly doubles and singles matches against a strong Haileybury team last week. Shout out to Charlotte Wilson who beat the Haileybury No. 1 ranked player in a great singles match!
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Year 12 have created some beautiful watercolour experiments. They have really embraced a variety of techniques painting a range of compositions – lovely work!
Year 9
Year 9 have shown Excellent effort in photography this term. Their research pages inspired by the photographer Emily Blincoe were so creative, thoughtful and showed great analysis skills.
They created their own flat lay photographs in class from an array of objects. Then finally using a selection of photographic techniques created beautiful product shoots. Well done Year 9.
Year 8
Year 8 have been researching the Mexican festival, ‘Dia de los Muertos’ – Day of the Dead.
We have been introducing our ARTY to each key stage to help students with their research of artists. The Arty is our departments guide, it is adapted for each key learning stage and takes students through each step of what to include on a double layout.
Year 8 produced some informative, clear, and original interesting pages. We are excited to see their sugar skull designs turn into clay sculptures.
Year 12 Photography
Since September, the Year 12 photography students have been learning about the studio and the use of artificial lighting. During autumn, two of the students began their artist research focusing on two well known photographers: Richard Avedon and Lindsey Adler. The students then recreated both photographer work within the studio at school.
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