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Thornden School
Thornden School is a secondary school with academy status in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. It is an 11-16 (no sixth form), mixed specialist Arts College with Science as the second specialism. There are 1400 pupils on roll and 11 tutor groups of around 30 pupils in each tutor group, to form year groups of around 300 people. Subjects The following subjects are taught at Thornden School: Art, Business and Economics, Engineering, Dance, Drama, Design and Technology GCSE, English, Geography, History, ICT, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), Music, Physical Education, Computer Science, Religious Education and Science. Classes In Year 9, pupils choose their options for GCSE. At Thornden, all pupils are strongly advised to select at least one modern foreign language from either French or Spanish. Some pupils may take up a second language for Year 9, which was usually Spanish prior to its introduction at Year 7. The school used to offer a German Language course, but due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in Education in England, England is a State school, state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. 80% of secondary schools, 40% of primary schools and 44% of special schools are academies Academies are self-governing non-profit Charitable trusts in English law, charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum for England, National Curriculum, but must ensure their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Religious Education
In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in the United Kingdom the term ''religious instruction'' would refer to the teaching of a particular religion, with ''religious education'' referring to teaching about religions in general) and its varied aspects: its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles. In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which is largely separate from academia, and which (generally) regards religious belief as a fundamental tenet and operating modality, as well as a prerequisite for attendance. The secular concept is substantially different from societies that adhere to religious law, wherein "religious education" connotes the dominant academic study, and in typically religious terms, teaches doctrines which define social customs as "laws" and the violations thereof as " crimes", or else misdemeanors requiring punitive correction. The free choice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Academies In Hampshire
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines academy as scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Caity Baser
Caity Baser (born 7 July 2002) is an English singer-songwriter from Southampton, based in Brighton. She has had four entries on the UK Singles Chart; "X & Y", which charted at No. 91, "Pretty Boys", which peaked at number 26, "Feels This Good", a Sigala feature which also featured Mae Muller and Stefflon Don, which peaked at number 93 and "Dance Around It" with Joel Corry, which peaked at number 61. She is also a member of Loud LDN. Early and personal life Baser was born in Southampton, educated at Thornden School and Richard Taunton Sixth Form College, and is currently based in Brighton. Career 2020–2021: Beginnings Baser started posting videos to TikTok during the first UK lockdown, following an epiphany that she did not care what other people thought of her music. In August 2020, she released "Average Student", a song about feeling lost in life, which acquired 1,000,000 views on TikTok, which prompted a management agency to direct message her and invite her to a London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kenya Grace
Kenya Grace Johnson (born May 9, 1998) is a South African-born British singer, songwriter, and record producer. She is best known for her 2023 single "Strangers", which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Life and career Early life Kenya Grace Johnson was born in South Africa to a South African mother and a British father, but she grew up in a “very quiet and chill” town (Chandler’s Ford) near Southampton. She attended Thornden School and used to play hockey for Hampshire. She started writing when she was 10 years old, and started singing in primary school after being gifted a second-hand Yamaha keyboard. She first developed an interest in musical theatre, before growing up and developing an interest in dance music, dubstep first. She attended Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, first reading history and English literature, but switching to music after deciding to become a musician, and graduated in September 2019 with a degree in songwriting and creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toytown Techno
Toytown techno (also known as kiddy rave or cartoon rave) is an underground subgenre of techno that emerged in the early 1990s, characterized by merging techno, Jungle music, jungle, or breakbeat hardcore with Sampling (music), samples from children's television series or public information films. Popular songs within the subgenre include Alpha Team_(band), Alpha Team's "Speed", Mark Summers' "Summers Magic", Luna-C, Smart E's "Sesame's Treet", the Prodigy's "Charly (song), Charly", Shaft (rave group), Shaft's "Roobarb and Custard", and Urban Hype's "A Trip to Trumpton", which featured samples from ''Speed Racer'', ''The Magic Roundabout'', ''Sesame Street'', ''Charley Says'', ''Roobarb'', and ''Trumpton'', respectively. References {{Techno music-footer 20th-century music genres Breakbeat hardcore Techno genres English styles of music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Trip To Trumpton
"A Trip to Trumpton" is a song by the English duo Urban Hype. It was released on 29 June 1992 as the lead single from their debut studio album, ''Conspiracy to Dance'' (1992). Songwriting credits were shared by Freddie Phillips, the composer of the original music for ''Trumpton''. The track was engineered by the DJ Jack Smooth, who conceived the idea, co-wrote and produced it without proper credit. It featured samples from the 1960s children's television programme, ''Trumpton''. It followed a popular trend at the time of releasing tracks based on children's TV samples - the first of other songs that did this was "Summers Magic" by Mark Summers (20 January 1991), featuring the theme tune of the BBC's ''The Magic Roundabout'', then 6 months later was The Prodigy's "Charly" (7 July 1991), based on the '' Charley Says'' series of public information films from the 1970s, and 18 months after "Summers Magic" was Smart E's "Sesame's Treet" (29 June 1992), which sampled the theme music fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Urban Hype
Urban Hype were an English breakbeat hardcore group. The group was formed in 1988, consisting of Bob Dibden (Robert John Dibden) and Mark Lewis (Mark Louis Chitty). They are best known for their toytown techno single, "A Trip to Trumpton", which peaked at No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1992. They had two other minor UK chart entries, and briefly saw their second album ''Conspiracy to Dance'' released in the United States through Radikal Records. Discography Albums *''Introducing Urban Hype'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1989) *''Conspiracy to Dance'' (Pulse-8 Records/Radikal Records) (1992) *''Kealey'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1995) *''Love Island'' (Pulse-8 Records) (1998) *''Winning Run'' (Pulse-8 Records) (2000) *''2002'' (Polydor Records) (2002) *''Singles Collection'' (Polydor Records) (2004) *''Digital Nation'' (Polydor Records) (2006) *''Alien Information'' (Polydor Records) (2008) *''20 Years of Dancefloor Hits: 1989-2009'' (Polydor Records) (2009) Singles *"Adverts" (Faze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stagecoach Theatre Arts
Stagecoach Performing Arts Limited is a professional part-time performing arts school, with over 3,000 schools across eight countries. Training is offered in singing, dancing and acting. Stagecoach Performing Arts is a franchise for part-time performing arts schools in Australia, Canada, Germany, Gibraltar, Malta, Spain, Lithuania and the UK. Notable alumni * Kit Connor, actor * Sebastian Croft, actor * Jake-Jamie, influencer * Jamie Bell, actor * Meg Bellamy, actress * Esmé Bianco, model, actress – starred in ''Game of Thrones'' and burlesque/cabaret performer * Zoe Birkett, ''Pop Idol'' series one (2001–2002) finalist, singer and actress * Jonny Clarke, actor who portrayed Bart McQueen in ''Hollyoaks'' * Lorna Fitzgerald, actress who portrayed Abi Branning in ''EastEnders'' * Tom Fletcher, lead singer and songwriter in Mcfly * Lauren Oakley, strictly come dancing professional dancer * Elliot Francis, actor * Dani Harmer, actress who starred in '' Tracy Beaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hampshire County Youth Orchestra
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. Southampton is the largest settlement, while Winchester is the county town. Other significant settlements within the county include Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Andover, Hampshire, Andover, Gosport, Fareham and Aldershot. The county has an area of and a population of 1,844,245, making it the Counties in England by population, 5th-most populous in England. The South Hampshire built-up area in the south-east of the county has a population of 855,569 and contains the cities of Southampton (269,781) and Portsmouth (208,100). In the north-east, the Farnborough, Hampshire, Farnborough/Aldershot Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area, conurbation extends into Berkshire and Surrey and has a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015. Early life Glennie was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland. The indigenous musical traditions of northeast Scotland were important in her development as a musician. Her first instruments were the piano and the clarinet. Other influences were Glenn Gould, Jacqueline du Pré and Trilok Gurtu. She studied at Ellon Academy, Aberdeenshire, and the Royal Academy of Music, London. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and the Cults Percussion Ensemble which was formed in 1976 by her school percussion peripatetic teacher Ron Forbes. They toured and recorded one album, which was re-released on Trunk Records in 2012. Career Glennie tours all over the world performing as a soloist with a wide variety of orchestras and electric musicians. She conducts master classes, consultations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Office For Standards In Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare facilities and children's social care services. The chief inspector ("HMCI") is appointed by an Order in Council and thus becomes an office holder under the Crown. Martyn Oliver, Sir Martyn Oliver has been HMCI ; the chair of Ofsted has been Christine Ryan: her #Chair of Ofsted, predecessors include J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
