Student Awards 2023

(click on names or titles to see pictures/videos)

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Section A

Outstanding Improvement
(students who have improved a vast amount over a short period of time)

Music
Nominees: Lucas, Owain, Lucy, Hannah, Harry, Charlie, Lola, Connie, Marley, Oliver
Awarded to Charlie

Taekwondo
Nominees: Demelza, Evie, George, Poppy, Shikyra, Florrie, JJ, Leo, Wendy, Rylan
Awarded to Leo

Excellent Dedication
(students who have excellent attendance, enthusiasm, practice and dedication)

Music
Nominees: Owain, Lucy, Hannah, Lola, Felix, Connie, Elise
Awarded to Lucy

Taekwondo
Nominees: Evie, Demelza, Shikyra, Rylan, Pete, Loz, JJ, Florrie
Awarded to Rylan

Fantastic Attendance
(students with the best attendance throughout 2023)

Music
Nominees: Sam, Marley, Lucas, Lola, Juliette, Joolz, Isaac, Harry, Freddie, David
Awarded to Marley

Taekwondo
Nominees: Poppy, George, Evie, Rebecca, JJ, Florrie, Leo, Wendy
Awarded to George

Excelling New Student
(new student in 2023, attentive, fast improving and hard working)

Music
Nominees: Clayton, Lily, Harry, Oliver, Juliette, Nico, Jon, Elise
Awarded to Harry

Taekwondo
Nominees: Caitlin, Arthur, Max, Hayley, Evie, JJ, Rebecca, George
Awarded to Hayley

MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Hannah – Cool About It
TAEKWONDO PERFORMANCE: JJ – Dan Gun

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Section B

Points & Rewards System
(students who participate in our Rewards system and record their practice)
Awarded to: Nico, Elise, Max, Rafi, Lucas, Harry, Owain, Freya, Freddie, Marley, Loz, Leo, Isaac

Top of the Points Leaderboard
(students with the highest amount of points / most recorded practice)
3rd Place awarded to Hannah with 350 points
2nd Place awarded to Lola with 621 points
1st Place awarded to Lucy with 702 points

The Game of Chords
(students who have the highest score in our Game of Chords challenge. They must play a number of chords specific to their ability level, as fast and as cleanly as possible)

Beginner A (4 open chords)
3rd place (3:39 seconds): Loz
2nd place (3.31 seconds): Juliette
1st place (3.16 seconds): Jon

Beginner B (8 open chords)
3rd place (4.18 seconds): Freddie
2nd place (4:11 seconds): Marley
1st place (3:88 seconds): Harry

Moderate A (11 open + drop2 chords)
3rd place (6.88 seconds): Lola
2nd place (6.14 seconds): Josh
1st place (4.08 seconds): Lucy

Moderate B (14 open + drop2 chords)
3rd place (7.15 seconds): Olivia
2nd place (7.06 seconds): Pete
1st place (4.80 seconds): Lucy

Intermediate A (14 barre chords)
3rd place (4.67 seconds): Olivia
2nd place (3.03 seconds): Josh
1st place (2.93 seconds): Hannah

Intermediate B (6 seventh barre chords)
3rd place (11.28 seconds): Simon
2nd place (4.38 seconds): Charlie
1st place (2.88 seconds): Olivia

TAEKWONDO TIGERS PERFORMANCE: Shikyra, Demelza, Evie, Poppy & George

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Section C

Best Music Performance
(our opinion of the best performance from our student showcases in 2023)
Nominees: Freddie, Lucy, Charlie, Lola, Josh, Olivia
Awarded to Charlie

Best Music Rockschool Grading
(based off of the examiners feedback and overall result)
Nominees: Charlie, Josh, Connie
Awarded to Connie

Best Taekwondo Belt Grading
(pass plus or advanced pass results)
Nominees: Jasmine, Loz, JJ, Rebecca, Andrew, Leo
Awarded to Jasmine

Best Taekwondo Junior Pattern
(consistently excellent pattern performances throughout the year)
Nominees: Rebecca, JJ, Florrie, Rylan, Shikyra
Awarded to JJ

Best Taekwondo Senior Pattern
(consistently excellent blue belt and above pattern performances throughout the year)
Nominees: Pete, Loz, Leo, Wendy, Hayley, Andrew
Awarded to Pete

Best Class Assistant Award
(students who have been very helpful during lessons)
Nominees: Shikyra, Leo, Pete, Loz, Wendy, Hayley
Awarded to Leo

Our Longest Running Student
(based on the total number of lessons, student absences will cause other students to catch up)
Honorable Mentions: Owain (191), Hannah (198), Charlie (219), Josh (223)
Awarded to Olivia (239 lessons)

TAEKWONDO PERFORMANCE: Hayley – Gae Baek
MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Leo & Tony – Nite Klub

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Section D

Awards Ceremony Performance Certificates
(students who performed at this Awards Ceremony)
Awarded to Hannah, JJ, Shikyra, Demelza, Evie, Poppy, George, Hayley & Leo

TAEKWONDO STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2023
Awarded to Poppy

MUSIC STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2023
Awarded to Lola

M&M ACADEMY STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2023
Awarded to Hannah

M&M ACADEMY STUDENTS – AWARDS CEREMONY 2023

2023 M&M Academy Showreel
(a short video of the happenings throughout 2023)

Thank you all for your supoort throughout the year! As always, it’s been a pleasure working with such lovely students, parents, guardians and friends.