Ibstock Festival_Activities Week 2023

Senior 11 and Upper Sixth Form Monday 26 June – Saturday 1 July Ibstock Festival: Activities Week

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Introducing Activities Week 2023

This year, Ibstock’s Activities Week brings together an exciting programme of talks, trips, workshops, sports activities, and performances, both on and off site. It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the exam period being over, have fun with friends and try something new. From paintballing to pottery, there’s something for everyone. For our Upper Sixth leavers and alumni there is also the annual Stocks BBQ on Saturday 1 July. A relaxed afternoon of music and games in The Orchard, it is always a joyous event and an opportunity to connect with our wonderful alumni community.

Monday 26 June..................................3-5 Acting through Song Masterclass Car Maintenance Card Game Strategy Paintballing Musical Theatre Liederabend School of Art: Private View Tuesday 27 June.................................. 6-8 Uber Boat along the Thames and Climb the O2 Climbing Extraordinarily Good Coffee PotteryWorkshop Day 1: Spinning Wednesday 28 June.......................... 9-10

Thursday 29 June..............................11-12 Imaginary (Lower Senior Production) Life Drawing Sailing Car Maintenance 2 Wines of South Africa2 Friday 30 June................................... 13-14 Sausage Making Padel PotteryWorkshop Day 2: Glazing Imaginary (Lower Senior Production) Saturday 1 July........................................ 15 Stocks’ BBQ

How It Works

Ibstock Cricket Day Curry on a Budget Taking the Perfect Penalty Magic the Gathering Vegan Milk

Follow the link to the sign-up form to to select your chosen activities.

Read through the guide.

Sign up to as many as you’d like!

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Monday

Car Maintenance

Paintballing

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Mr Collins, Mr Peel Location: Front Drive

Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm Led by: Ms Combe Location: Campaign Paintball, Cobham Fancy yourself as a bit of a marksman? Come and prove it and engage in exhilarating paintball combat!

Changing a tyre, checking your oil levels, or simply understanding the gear stick, join in to learn about one of the most influential inventions in the last 150 years.

Card Game Strategy

Acting through Song Masterclass

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Mr Greenwood Location: Mezzanine

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm Led by: Mr Bartlett Location: Ballroom

From Poker to Blackjack, Mr Greenwood uses his mathematical nous and surveys the strategy behind these popular card games.

A visiting Musical Theatre professional delivers a performance masterclass to some of the School’s top musical theatre singers.

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Monday (continued)

Uber Boat along the Thames and Climbing the O2 Tuesday

Musical Theatre Liederabend

Time: All Day Led by: Mrs West

Take the relaxing Uber Boat east from the London Eye to North Greenwich, enjoying a coffee and passing many famous sights on the way. Then buckle up for a fabulous climb on the roof of the O2 arena for a new perspective on our city and unforgettable views. Return via Jubilee line toWaterloo.

Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Location: Ballroom An exciting showcase of musical theatre performance, featuring performers who took part in the ‘Acting through Song’ masterclass earlier in the day.

Our A-Level and GCSE artists exhibit their coursework in bespoke installations. Help yourself to canapés and enjoy what promises to be an impressive and varied exhibition. School of Art: Private View Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm Location: P1, P1B, P2 classrooms

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Tuesday (continued)

Climbing Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Mr Greenwood Location: ClimbingWall, Sports Hall

Pottery Workshop Day 1: Spinning Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Miss Hunter Location: School of Art Spend two days gaining experience in a variety of pottery techniques - including coiling, slab-building and throwing on the wheel. Pieces will be fired in our kiln and you will then spend a day decorating your work whilst learning more about the possibilities of glazes. Day one will be spent learning about key materials and equipment used in ceramics, before having a hands-on session making coiled sculptures, slab-built lanterns and a set of three mugs on the pottery wheel. Anything made during the workshop can be taken home afterwards.

Climbing is exhilarating and sociable – an extreme sport in a comfortable environment. It promises to be an ultimate post-exams stressbuster.

Extraordinarily Good Coffee

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Mr Gorrie Location: Cookery Room

Explore the theory and practice of excellent coffee in this brewing workshop. No Kenco or Nescafe allowed on the premises!

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Wednesday

Taking the Perfect Penalty

Curry On A Budget

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Mr Elstub Location: MU2/MUGA

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Mrs Porter Location: Cookery Room

Cooking a curry is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser and easier than you might think. A fantastic way to socialise and impress your friends!

Explore the physical, technical, and psychological aspects of penalty-taking, and analyse archive footage of revered penalty maestros, before putting theory into practice.

Our Cricket Day involves a triangular Twenty20 tournament between FIPS, Ibstock Place Staff and the 1st XI. Over previous years, the days have proven highly competitive, offering up a good standard of cricket. This is a great way to finish the season - with music, a BBQ lunch, and an opportunity for the 1st XI to score some runs against the Staff and FIPS teams. Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Led by: Mr Mildon Location: Roehampton CC, Putney Heath Ibstock Cricket Day

Vegan Milk

Magic the Gathering

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Mr Smith Location: Mezzanine

The world’s appetite for dairy alternatives is burgeoning. Dr Cairns will show you how to make your own! Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Dr Cairns Location: Cookery Room

Battle with dragons, dwarfs, leviathans, pirates, and dinosaurs in this introduction to the strategic card game.

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Imaginary (Lower Senior Production) Thursday

Car Maintenance 2

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Mr Collins, Mr Peel Location: Front Drive

Wines of South Africa

Matinee: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Evening: 7:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Theatre

Time: 5:30pm - 7:15pm Led by: Mrs Bennett Location: Mezzanine

Changing a tyre, checking your oil levels, or simply understanding the gear stick, join in to learn about one of the most influential inventions in the last 150 years.

Imaginary is a fun, quirky, and touching musical about growing up. The story follows two best friends starting at a new school - run by a despotic, evil genius headteacher - and charts the adventures they have, the challenges they overcome, and the friends – both imaginary and real – that they make.

Life Drawing

From terroir to Table Mountain, resident sommelier Mrs Bennett will elucidate everything you need to know and understand about South African wine.

Join the School of Art for a day of life drawing (sometimes known as figure drawing), the specialist skill of drawing people who are present in front of you in the art studio, usually posing without clothing. One of the purposes of life drawing is to gain an appreciation of anatomical proportions, and to be able to replicate them faithfully on the page. You will be joined by a specialist teacher who will instruct you on this important artistic skill. Not to be missed for aspiring artists! Time: 11:00am- 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Led by: Miss Hunter, Mrs Harris, Mr Harrison Location: MU4

Sailing

Enjoy a day sailing at the Queen Mary Reservoir in Surrey. Time: All Day Led by: Dr Evans Location: Queen Mary Sailing Club, Staines

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Friday

Imaginary (Lower Senior Production)

Padel

Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Led by: Mrs Campione Location: Roehampton Club

Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm Location: Theatre

Come and learn how to play the world’s fastest growing racket sport – Padel. If

Imaginary is a fun, quirky, and touching musical about growing up. The story follows two best friends starting at a new school - run by a despotic, evil genius headteacher - and charts the adventures they have, the challenges they overcome, and the friends – both imaginary and real – that they make.

you like hitting a ball, enjoy tennis, the table version, or just letting off some steam, then this is your game to try.

Pottery Workshop Day 2: Glazing

Sausage Making

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Led by: Miss Hunter Location: School of Art

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm Led by: Mr Swift Location: Cookery Room

Day two will will allow you the opportunity to come back and decorate your pieces! You will work with a selection of different glazes and methods of application. Anything made during the workshop can be taken home afterwards.

A Sausage Symposium – the philosophy of sausages, and how to make your own! You will be provided with high quality ingredients and tutelage.

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Saturday

Don’t forget to sign up for your chosen activities by Friday 5 May. Sign Up!

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Keep In Touch

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Connect Find and reminisce with fellow graduates, see what they have been up to and stay in touch. Give back Introduce, employ, or volunteer as a mentor to students and alumni. Expand Leverage your professional network to facilitate introductions to people in your field.

Saturday 1 July Alumni and Upper Sixth Form Leavers are invited to the annual Stocks' Barbeque for a relaxed afternoon of music and games. Further details coming soon! Stocks' BBQ

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