One of Miss Aimson's 'A' Level Art pieces is being shown by the Royal Society of British Artists and Master Aimson is performing in three plays in the Buxton Festival Fringe.
They have been able to achieve these things because of the dedication of the Arts teachers at the school. In the face of senior members of staff calling the Arts "doss" subjects, the Arts department staff have worked above and beyond to offer these opportunities to the pupils. So big up the Arts Faculty!
Now the situation is even more dire as the senior staff have been justified in their opinions as Michael Gove has declared the Arts as doss and said schools don't need to offer them on the curriculum. What kind of a society do we live in that lets politicians do things like this? Having trash-talked Fine Art, Contemporary Dance, Music and Drama, next on Michael Gove's hit list is English Literature, which he says is not an academic subject. Really? What is society coming to?
When there was a brou-ha-ha in the press that Michael Gove had said only British texts should be on the curriculum, what the press didn't say was that less texts can be taught because English Literature is to become one module of English Language, so almost no time will be allowed for reading literature. In a so-called civilised society.
So celebrate the Arts wherever possible, folks. Before the government tells us that only people who go to Eton are allowed to know anything about them.
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