On January 20th, three Mandeville students represented the school in the county final of Slambassadors - a national Slam Poetry competition.  Slam Poetry is competitive performance poetry, with an emphasis on the spoken word and audience reaction. 

Renne, Nashe and Dexter qualified for the county finals after a local round, and all put on amazing performances, showing creativity and confidence in front of a large audience at Wycombe Town Hall.

Renne's performance won him 2nd place in the event, meaning he will now go on to the National Final of the competition, which will be held at the 100 Club in London on April 1st. 

Renne, Dexter and Nashe at Slambassadors. Photo courtesy of Hayley Madden - www.hayleymadden.com

For more images from the event, visit: http://www.hayleymadden.com/thepoetrysociety/20120120slambucks

In the last few weeks of 2011, a number of students from Mandeville School took part in a national sponsored reading competition - Readathon.  They pledged to read a certain amount books and asked family and friends to sponsor their pledge. The event raised a fantastic £261 within Mandeville school, with one student alone raising over £40!

Money raised is donated to Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's charity and others; the students involved must be congratulated on their commitment to raising money and raising money to help children with cancer and related illnesses. 

Each of the students read lots of stunning works of fiction and non-fiction. Books read included:

- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button      - Nancy Drew Stop the Clock

- My Diary of Dating Disasters                     - Matilda

- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button      - The Butterfly Lion

- Fantastic Mr Fox                                          - Betrayed

- Ryan’s Brain                                                 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

- Breaking Dawn                                             - Sophie and the Shadow Woods

The official Readathon website, www.readathon.org, has full details of the charities supported.  The event was organised at Mandeville by Mr Shaid, who also inspired students by performing a fantastic rap in assembly - click the link below to see the video!