Creative Arts
Our commitment to creative arts teaching at JAGS stems from the shared belief that all pupils should experience a range of inspiring arts activities, in Art, Music, Design and Technology and Drama, within and beyond the curriculum.
The arts add quality and challenge to our lives, making us question and reflect on our thoughts, feelings and values, and helping us to respect the views of others. All of us should explore imaginatively and understand different forms of expression, appreciate our diverse cultural heritage, gain a sense of personal identity and encounter excellence.
Creative skills and the ability to innovate are increasingly important in responding to a fast-changing world. Professional arts and business organisations can help us to improve our standards by raising expectations and demonstrating excellence, and through partnership or sponsorship.
Through our teaching, we want to inspire and to equip every girl to achieve outstanding artistic success.
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We are so proud of Rochana Jackson, Year 13! We always knew her talent as a songwriter and appreciated her fantastically powerful voice, but now she’s won public recognition for her skills. In the regional finals of the Open Mic UK competition, held in the Beck theatre, Middlesex on Sunday 11 October, Rochana’s own composition, ‘Coming Back For More’, completely stunned the five professional judges. Beating off stiff competition from 18 others in the under 18 category, Rochana soared to the top in the marking of stage performance, interpretation, sound and appearance. Perhaps it was her lucky red dress? Next stop was representing London at the Grand Finals in Portsmouth, where she faced the challenge of two acts from each region, all hungry to win the title which brings with it £25,000 worth of professional management and a recording contract. Sadly it wasn’t to be – this time. She’s a singer-songwriter with style of her own, and perhaps the judges were looking for someone whom they could develop in their own way. Well done to all the finalists, whatever happens next.
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