Mark Making Fun!
Students in KS3S enjoyed dancing to ‘I’m your man’ by Wham! for their ‘Squiggle while you wiggle’ session that helped them to build the gross motor skills needed to refine their mark making. Students then did some dough disco exercises followed by mark making and letter formation practice. We had…
KS4 Heroism Wow Day
KS4 are studying 'Heroism' in their English lessons. To stimulate their creative minds, students start all English topics with Wow Days which provide a range of concrete learning activities. They have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in wartime cooking, wartime outdoor games, building shelters with…
Measuring Objects with Kapla Blocks in Maths
Miss Scott’s / Mr Machaj’s maths groups have been using Kapla blocks to measure real world objects in Maths today. They worked really hard with staff and counted the blocks to estimate the lengths and widths.
Year 11 Prom
Students and parents joined our Year 11 students before they departed for their Prom at Holland Hall. Students (and staff) had lots of fun celebrating their final day as Year 11's.
Horticulture
Our Horticulture students has a very busy morning. They harvested vegetables, planted some cucumber plants and weeded the raised beds.
Miss Scott’s class’ Jubilee Celebrations
KS3S had a wonderful day celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubille. We decorated cakes and biscuits, made crowns, had a tea party and played games outdoors with our KS3 friends. We even had a visit from Matilda, Frank and Mrs Darcy!
Key Stage 3 Poetry
Some of our KS3 students have written some brilliant poems about the ocean and the beach.
Mr Mullen's Maths Lesson
In some of our Maths lessons, we have been revisiting some of the skills taught early in the year. We have been re-discovering fractions, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, understanding addition and subtraction and the inverse. We have also developed our understanding of sequencing days of the week…
Mr Mullen's 'Lights, Camera, Action' English Lesson
In our English sessions we have begun to explore 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' play script. In our lessons so far we have explored the features of the text and how it is different to other books they have read. They came up with some amazing observations.
Mr Mullen's Applecast Farm Visit
Mr Mullen's English group visited Applecast Farm today. They had a fantastic time and represented themselves and the school exceptionally. All of the students loved feeding the animals and some students overcame their anxieties to have an amazing experience. We finished our visit in the cafe…
Mr Mullen's English Group (Playscripts)
In Mr Mullen's English group we have started to explore Harry Potter and The Cursed Child as our text based on the KS3 topic of Lights, Camera, Action. The students were asked to look at the front and back cover and talk about and fond important elements. They all gave amazing answers though the…