June 2008
UKSA (United Kingdom Sailing Academy) - The Ultimate Sailing Experience!
Monday, June 16th 2008
Between the 12-16th of May a group of students went to the UK Sailing Academy based on the Isle Of Wight (Cowes) to experience first hand a range of water sport activities including power boating, windsurfing, & dingy sailing we also had...
Discovery Taster Session � Sports Week
Thursday, June 12th 2008
Discovery spent the morning at Mountbatten Centre alongside 5 other schools in the Portsmouth area. Pupils had a go at a variety of different sports including Judo, Cricket, Hockey and boxing. Pupils then had a choice of break dancing or street...
Thursday, June 12th 2008
We were lucky enough to be donated two tickets for the FA Cup Final on May 17th for one of our pupils and carer. Thomas, accompanied by Peter (our business manager) went up to see Portsmouth win the trophy. Here's what Thomas had to say about the...
Wednesday, June 11th 2008
6 pupils, 3 staff, 12 events and all over just 2 hours! We were first to arrive at the Mountbatten Centre on what seemed to be a sunny day. The grass was being cut and the equipment set out when the clouds started to roll overhead. Pupils sat...
Mary Rose School helps Portsmouth Table Tennis Club to promote Table Tennis and Poly Bat!
Tuesday, June 3rd 2008
4 pupils from Mary Rose School were given the opportunity to support Portsmouth Table Tennis Club in the promotion of Table Tennis and Poly Bat on Thursday 22nd May, which was being shown live on Meridian...
May 2008
Thursday, May 1st 2008
Tom, Regan, Jade and Zara went to the Rose Bowl with Annie and Simon to play a new game called 'The Enterprise Game'. The idea of the game is to make as much money as you can by running a business. It is a bit like Monopoly. We played against...
Thursday, May 1st 2008
During last term some of the 6th Form students have been involved in a Faith in Football Business Enterprise. The charity funds projects for young people in this country and abroad. A lot of secondary schools in the area take part during a...
April 2008
Tuesday, April 29th 2008
Twelve students and eight staff set off for Little Canada on the Isle of Wright for a week in March. We stayed in log cabins by the sea and took part in a range of outdoor and adventurous activities including Quad biking, Archery, Climbing,...
Friday, April 25th 2008
This year we took a group of 46 students to Portsmouth Guildhall for the second Mary Rose performance in Rock Challenge. The students and staff started planning in the Autumn term and decided to focus this year on sporting theme. This became...
March 2008
Sport Relief � Mary Rose School walks the mile!
Sunday, March 16th 2008
In spite of the damp and drizzle and in true Mary Rose spirit, the whole school walked their mile for Sports relief. Each class dressed in a different sporting theme ranging from swimming to hockey to keep fit … Penguin class even...
The Easter Bunny arrives on his bike!
Sunday, March 9th 2008
At least 128 motorbikes braved the damp and windy weather and joined the Mary Rose Charity ride on Saturday March 8th. As always they arrived in style and were met by pupils and staff from school and served with hot cross buns and a hot...
February 2008
Specialist Sports College Success!
Friday, February 8th 2008
GREAT NEWS! We have been successful in our application to become a Specialist Sports College! Fantastic! Below is an excerpt from the Press Release: “Portsmouth’s newest school Mary Rose School has been successful in its...
Mary Rose School Attend Specialist Sports College Conference 2008
Thursday, February 7th 2008
It was very fitting that Mary Rose School should attend the Specialist Sports College Conference this year, with the announcement that we had achieved Sports College status. Mary Rose School was 1 of 10 schools achieving status and 1 of 3...
January 2008
Wednesday, January 30th 2008 - Discovery Class
On Tuesday 15th January a group from the Mary Rose Trust came to our school. With the staff they dressed up in old fashioned clothes. We played old Tudor games such as ‘Nine Men’s Morris’. Regan thought...
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - Graham Culpin
On Tuesday the 15th of January 2008 Mary Rose School hosted a New Age Kurling tournament. There were three schools involved were Mary Rose, Admiral Lord Nelson and Milton Cross. Each school split into two teams so there were six teams...
Friday, January 4th 2008
What a great start to our new term. We discovered a whole new meaning to the concept of the ‘pantomime’. Staff decided to entertain the pupils on our first Friday back, by putting on our very own Mary Rose ‘X’...
December 2007
Friday, December 14th 2007
Our first performance in our new building and it was great. Pupils from Years 7 to 14 all got together to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. They were given 4 school days to work on their production and used the time really well to...
Thursday, December 13th 2007
Our first primary Christmas performance in our new school building and didn’t we have fun. Each class focused on a different ‘sense’ and was given 4 school days to work on their production. They were very creative and came up...
November 2007
Faith and Football Enterprise Education Initiative
Friday, November 16th 2007
Faith and Football is an interdenominational faith ministry. One of their projects is an enterprise challenge which is run jointly by Portsmouth and Southampton Football Clubs. Headed up by Linvoy Primus (Pompey Player) and Dave Merrington (Former...
The Big Swim with the David Lloyd Health and Leisure club
Sunday, November 4th 2007
Members of the David Lloyd Health and Leisure Club at Port Solent took part in a sponsored swim on Sunday, November 4th, to raise money for our school. The team of swimmers was led by one of our own pupils, Regan Laing who swam 10...
October 2007
Monday, October 29th 2007
Senior pupils took part in an inspirational workshop with the CandoCo, a dance company that seeks to inspire audiences and support participants to achieve their highest aspirations in line with the Company’s ethos that “dance is...
Mary Rose School celebrates the Festival of Eid
Friday, October 19th 2007
The whole school took part in our Eid celebration this year. We held an assembly where pupils found out more about the festival and it’s meaning and some of the classes displayed the work they had been doing in their RE...
Mary Rose School plays the Blues with the Oily Cart Theatre Company
Sunday, October 7th 2007
Oily Cart create theatre for young people with complex disabilities, using mutli-sensory techniques such as water and bubbles, paper fans, perfume sprays and ultra violet lighting. They claim to give every young person a unique experience...
The Royal Marine School of Music comes up trumps
Sunday, October 7th 2007
Members of the Royal Marines Band visited us to present a cheque towards our bid to become a Specialist Sports College. We are the first Special School in Portsmouth to bid for Specialist College Status and to qualify from substantial government...
Cook up a curry -and don�t forget that secret ingredient...
Sunday, October 7th 2007
A few days ago a Royal Marines Chef just happened to pop in a cook up a curry with some of our lucky pupils and staff. During the afternoon all 14 pupils made a chicken curry, learnt about healthy eating (especially breakfast) and found out...
Harvest Festival, September 2007
Sunday, October 7th 2007
Mary Rose School and The New Horizon Special School in Accra, Ghana. This year we supported New Horizon Special School in Ghana. It is a special school for young people with learning disabilities from the age of 2yrs to 40yrs. They do...
September 2007
Friday, September 21st 2007
What better way to get fit and raise money for our school at the same time? Mary Rose pupils, staff, parents and friends had a great morning walking round our school grounds wearing the most fantastic fancy dress costumes. Pupils and...
July 2007
Saturday, July 21st 2007
What a wonderful evening! The Mary Rose Celebration Prom was just fantastic, a really splendid occasion enjoyed by all. Just look at the smiling faces, the ‘posh’ clothes and of course the stretch limo...
Wednesday, July 11th 2007
Well if it’s a Question of Sport then try Mary Rose Sports Day It was a major organisational exercise but somehow we managed to move our whole school down the road to St James’s Hospital cricket pitch for what turned out to be a...
Wednesday, July 4th 2007
Staff and pupils were presented with quite a challenge this term. They were given one week to produce a high quality, exciting and fun show involving all pupils in the school – the theme was Under the Sea. Being Mary Rose everyone...
June 2007
Mary Rose School v Cedars School
Tuesday, June 26th 2007 - Michael Powell
On June 26th 2007 Mary Rose School participated in their first ever, football match against Cedars School in Southampton. The game was played in a friendly manner, It was 20 minutes each way. The game started off with...
May 2007
Sunday, May 20th 2007
The keystage 4 Sport and Leisure Group invited Alison to go along on their boat trip on the River Hamble. This excursion formed part of their regular keystage 4 options and also linked to The Gateway Award, which in some ways is comparable to the...
Saturday, May 19th 2007
On Tuesday May 8th we all sang this song to Ade Adepitan at our official opening ceremony, surrounded by balloons, flowers, colleagues, parents and friends...
Sunday, May 13th 2007
Rock Challenge is a performing arts event which promotes a positive and healthy lifestyle message. Mary Rose School invited all students from Key stage 4 and 6th form to take part in the very first entry. The students were involved in choosing...
April 2007
Ade Adepitan to Formally Open Mary Rose School
Saturday, April 14th 2007
Ade Adepitan is formally opening Mary Rose School on Tuesday May 8th 2007. We are delighted that he has agreed to perform this ceremony and pupils and staff are looking forward to meeting him. He is a great role model for us all and as an aspiring special
Springfield School Design Technology Project
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007
Year 9 pupils from Springfield School took part in a project which required them to make a game that would make one of our school books more accessible for our pupils. The project started with Alison, our headteacher making a presentation to...
The end of the voyage and the beginning of the journey�
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007
The Mary Rose School Artwork was unveiled this week as pupils, staff and parents sang sea shanties and waved flags to commemorate the end of our voyage to the new building. David Halliwell, the artist who has worked with us since last October was...
March 2007
Monday, March 26th 2007
Yes they came to see us again. Hundreds of folk dressed in leather and riding fantastic, shiny motorbikes drove into Mary Rose School on Saturday March 24th. At least 158 motorbikes joined the procession from the centre of Portsmouth to join...
Red Nose Day � The Big One at Mary Rose
Sunday, March 25th 2007
So what if we had only been open for 3 weeks – that was not going to stop us from raising money for Comic Relief and having a jolly good time as well. On Friday March 16th all our pupils and staff got dressed up, wore red noses and set up a...
February 2007
Mary Rose Enters Special Olympics and puts up a fight!
Monday, February 19th 2007 - Michael Powell, Goodwood Class
Before I start, just a comment from some of the event staff there this past Saturday, apparently we were the noisiest group there - whether that is true or not I don’t know, but we were excellent supporters!This past Saturday the 10th of...
Monday, February 19th 2007
On Monday February 19th, 70 staff arrived at Mary Rose North and South with their sleeves rolled up, ready for action. Within 7 hours all the classroom were packed up into boxes and everything was being loaded onto the removals lorries. ...
New beginnings. Meeting up with our new friends.
Monday, February 12th 2007
During the week beginning February 5th all our new class groups met up with their new staff in their new classrooms. Staff had prepared all kinds of activities to help everyone get to know each other better. They also had a snack (very...
Pack up your treasures in your new school bag!
Friday, February 9th 2007
On Friday February 9th, Mary Rose School pupils packed their new school bags with all their school things and one special thing of their choice from their old school classrooms.It was a day of excitement and celebration, a day of endings and...
January 2007
Such excitement: Mary Rose pupils visit their new school
Monday, January 29th 2007
Last week a constant stream of pupils went down to their new school for their first visit since virtual completion. Their responses were all you could have hoped for. There were smiling faces, expressions of awe and wonder and we heard phrases like: � t
December 2006
Mary Rose School, Primary Christmas Rainbow Performance
Tuesday, December 19th 2006
On December 19th 2006, all our pupils in the primary area of the school got together on the North site to perform for our visitors and friends. As with the secondary performance, this was the first time that we had all been together in this...
Monday, December 18th 2006
A group from the Royal Marines School of Music visited Mary Rose School pupils on December 18th. The morning’s concert will live on for a long time with both pupils and staff. The standard of playing was very high indeed...