![]() What Apple did in its update last year was to change the representation of the gun, which previously was a revolver, to a water pistol, a harmless child's toy. In a case in France last year, a man in his 20s was sentenced to three months in (jail) for sending a gun emoji directed at his ex-girlfriend. I'm not saying that's where we are, (but) just to give you an example, there have been a spate of court cases the last 18 months or so, where people have been arrested for issuing threats of various kinds (in the form of) sending gun emojis. This goes back to (Unicode) rules and regulations and, arguably, the political correctness of Unicode, the gatekeeper, which is a force for good, but also in the overzealous interpretation of what is correct and what is good, this can potentially lead to an Orwellian nightmare. How do you represent iconoclastic? Or memory?Ī: Emoji is potentially on a slippery slope to censorship. How do you represent feminism using an emoji? You can't. These organizations have a number of rules and regulations that govern emoji, and one is that for something to be accepted as a new emoji, it must be iconic in nature, it must be pictographic, so what that means is the thing that does the representing of the idea must look like the idea it's representing.Ī: The problem is that emoji cannot represent more abstract ideas, because it's limited up front in terms of what the symbols look like or can be. And there are 3 non-North American organizations. The (members include) eight of the North American giants: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Oracle and Yahoo. It's controlled by Unicode, which is a California-based consortium that was founded in 1988, and this particular organization (provides an international standard for) fonts and scripts, so this is noble and important. Both Bracken Lane and Thrumpton would like to thank the students of Retford Oaks for putting on such a brilliant show.A: Probably the most significant weakness comes from how it's controlled. We hope to inspire a love of creative arts and performing in students across the Trust and we look forward to hopefully welcoming them as part of our production in the future.”īuilding strong bonds across the academies through shared experiences like this helps to make the big moments, like transition from year 6 to year 7, seem less daunting and more exciting. ![]() “It was a fantastic opportunity to be able to deliver our production of Beauty and the Beast Jnr to local primary schools. Mrs Simpson, head of creative and expressive arts at Retford Oaks and the production manager of the show said: Opportunities to bring together our academies and share moments of excitement, showcase skills and allow children from primary settings a chance to be in a secondary academy as guests, is valuable for everyone. The confidence and enjoyment demonstrated was evident which clearly inspired some of our children to say that they wanted to take part in the future.” Mrs Skelton, from Bracken Lane said: “It is always a pleasure and a privilege to see how past students have blossomed as individuals in the next stage of their lives. Thrumpton’s class 3 teacher, Miss Morris said: “The cast, set and whole production was amazing! The children’s behaviour as audience members was fantastic too!”Ĭhildren and teachers from both academies particularly loved spotting past students up on stage and went away wondering who the next stars of Retford Oaks Academy will be. Children from Thrumpton wrote postcards to capture their feelings and comments included: “The singing was really good”, “The set was amazing”, “I loved it because Gaston was being funny” and “Thank you for putting on a fabulous performance, the acting skills from the cast were phenomenal”. ![]() The children were thrilled to make the trip over to Retford Oaks Academy and said they really enjoyed the show from start to finish. On Wednesday 28 February, Retford Oaks Academy invited children from Thrumpton Primary Academy and Bracken Lane Primary Academy to attend the matinee performance of their 2023 musical Beauty and the Beast Jnr. Sharing experiences across our diverse academies is something that is truly special about being part of a Trust. ![]()
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