lmw, Author at Cokethorpe School

Young Musician of the Year

by lmw | Mar 5, 2022 | Performing Arts

This year, the Young Musician of the Year Competition began with a week of tough and competitive heats. A range of instruments, clarinets and violins to electric guitars and singers, competed for their place in the coveted final. After many heated lunchtime debates,...

Inter-House Countdown

by lmw | Feb 20, 2022 | In School Events

The spirit of Inter-House competition was kept alive once again during a period of lockdown. Those competitions took many forms, some, such as the Trek to Tokyo, tested the Houses in a physical capacity, whilst others warmed the neural pathways and tested the temporal...

Global Citizens – Keeping Cokethorpe Connected

by lmw | Feb 17, 2022 | Academic

‘No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.’ John Donne We spoke to Teacher of English Ms Jackson about her role as the Head of International Affairs and the importance of raising and being global citizens. Can...

Holocaust Memorial Day

by lmw | Jan 29, 2022 | Academic, In School Events

On Thursday 27 January, to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, the School was privileged once again to welcome Kenneth Appel into School via Teams to give a talk about his life. Kenneth was born into a Jewish family in Germany in the last 1920s and enjoyed a happy...

The Threepenny Opera

by lmw | Dec 16, 2021 | Performing Arts

After a two-year hiatus we were delighted to be able to bring live theatrical performance back to The Shed with Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera in front of a live (albeit restricted and socially distanced) audience. Tom (Upper Sixth, Swift) was delightfully...