31 Jan

11A Picture News- Housing Crisis in England

On Thursday in our Picture News lesson in 11A we were discussing the housing crisis that is currently happening in England. We watched a clip from Sky News where we learnt that the new government are pledging to build a substantial amount of new houses across the country to help ease the social…

23 Jan

11A Picture News- YouTube

Today in our Picture News lesson in 11A we have been discussing YouTube and other video sharing platforms. The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has recently written to YouTube and other video sharing platforms and asked them to post more educational content. This has come following the Government's…

22 Jan

KS3/4 Valentine's Disco 2025 to raise money for Year 11 prom

Year 11 have organised the Valentine's Disco again this year to raise funds for the Year 11 prom this summer.

All pupils from Key Stage 3 and 4 (Years 7-11) are invited to attend. All pupils must be accompanied by an adult.

The disco will take place on Thursday 13th February from 5pm-7pm in…

20 Jan

Martin Luther King Day in 11A

As part of our English today in 11A we have been looking at and talking about the importance of Martin Luther King Day, we watched some clips and then had a discussion about how we were all feeling.

Some of us said that it made us angry, upset about segregation and we all agreed that…

5 Dec

11A Scrambling Superstars!

Today for our final adventure we visited Kingsdale for some rock scrambling and caving at Yordas Cave. We applied the skills we had learnt on the indoor climbing wall and indoor abseiling in the real world! Once again, everyone worked together as a team to help and support each other face…

4 Dec

11A Canoes and Campfires!

Today, after a pancake breakfast, we have had a fantastic day canoeing on Ulnswater lake. Everybody worked in their teams to travel around the lake and we enjoyed some team games that were lots of fun. Some of us were brave enough to stand up on the canoes to do head, shoulders, knees and toes and…