Last week, Year 10-13 spent their PSHCE lesson watching a drama performance called “Unacceptable” by the theatre company, AlterEgo. The performance highlighted issues of sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual violence, and particularly pushed the importance of reacting to casual sexism to prevent it progressing into a bigger issue. The show portrayed two students who stage an ‘intervention’ for their mutual friend over sexist comments he has made, and over the 40-minute show they educate him on what it means to be sexist. It isn’t just ‘hating women’, but a variety of different behaviour that the actors explain fall under three different categories: benevolent, hostile and ambivalent sexism. 

We had our very first live house event of the school year on Wednesday: Year 7 House Chess. 52 enthusiastic Year 7 students attended and played matches between different houses, and all received house points for participation. The winning house was…. Sidmouth with 10 wins and 4 points from draws! This was closely followed by Cedars with 10 wins and 2.5 points from draws, with Palmer not far behind with 6 wins and 3.5 points from draws. These house points will all contribute to the house cup.