Blog Author: Lyndsey White

Students from KS3 have been learning about direction. Students have used B-Bots to program directions in and predict their landing positions on the map. Students had so much fun learning their left and right and learnt a way to tell their left from their right using their hands. 

Students from KS3C and KS3W enjoyed a visit from Jam the dinosaur. Our students learnt facts about dinosaurs like what they eat, how they move and what noises they made. Some students got up and fed Jam and even played tricks on him. It was a brilliant day for all students and staff.

Students from KS3C have been busy getting ready for our Christmas market. They have been designing and painting items ready to sell. 
 

Students from KS3C have been learning about samba music and have made their own musical instruments from recycled materials. They each designed their own labels for their shakers before adding rice.

Students from KS3 had a lovely maths lessons using shape in different ways. Each student had the opportunity to make robots, construct shapes using lolly sticks and play dough and making sandwiches before using shape cutters to cut out their shapes before writing and evaluation. 
 

Students have been learning about different shapes. They have been learning their names, how many sides they have and vertices. They were able to complete worksheets to demonstrate their knowledge of the shapes.

students from KS3C had a brilliant PE lesson learning how to complete circuits. They all worked in small groups and completed each station with their partner. They completed the circuit twice to see if they were able to improve their first scores. During the activity they spoke about how they felt…

Students from KS3 had fun finding their answers to their maths problems using body boards to get from one end of the hall to the other. They worked as a team to find the answers and raced each other to get back to their teams.

One of our KS3 classes working hard in their maths lesson. They have been learning Column  addition. This is a skill the students have been developing over the past weeks since we began our new term and they have all been doing exceptionally well and supporting each other within the…

KS3C have been playing games to help their team building and communication skills within their classroom. Students worked alongside each other and helping others to understand different games from chess, dominos, top trumps and jigsaws. 
 

Students from KS3C have had a wonderful science lesson learning about rocks and soil. Today they investigated soil and what it is made from. They learned the layers of soil and shared their findings with the group. Next week they are making their own from food!

Students from KS3C have enjoyed tasting food from around the world. Students got to try prawn crackers, choco pains, pineapple , olives, gherkins, popadoms with mango chutney, croissants, pitta with hummus, biscuits and flavoured juice. This allowed students the opportunity to try foods they may…