A huge congratulations to all of the Year 9 and 10 students who participated in the UK Maths Trust Intermediate Mathematical Challenge at the end of January. They all received a participation certificate with some of our students successfully achieving bronze, silver or gold certificates for attaining high scores. Extra congratulations to Eduard Brisca who…
DetailsThere was a great sense of release on Friday morning as Year 11s celebrated the end of the summer exams – their smiles were as bright as the sunshine as they gathered for the traditional shirt signing and final assembly. Miss Mulholland (Year 11 Director of Learning) led their farewell assembly, which took them on…
DetailsOn Sunday (27th April), Miss Kaminska, our plucky Learning Support Teaching Assistant, ran the Manchester Marathon to raise funds for Hospitallers, a Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion that provides frontline trauma care and evacuates wounded soldiers and civilians. Despite the energy-sapping high temperature, which was a challenge for every runner, she completed the marathon in a…
DetailsYear 7 History classes are continuing to impress their teachers with their designs and models of Norman Motte and Bailey, and Stone Keep castles. Here is a selection from Mr Wilson’s group. The variety of materials and methods used is wonderful: from clay to cake, and Minecraft to real natural materials. Some of the…
DetailsFrench teacher Miss Leighton was highly impressed with some recent Get Ahead Task submissions. Year 7 student Indi built an outstanding model of the Eiffel Tower and included some facts about its history. It was clear that a great deal of time and thought had gone into her impressive structure. Meanwhile, Mia in Year 8…
DetailsA group of students from Years 8, 9 and 10 enjoyed an amazing trip to Malaga in Spain last week, emersed in a variety of cultural experiences, allowing them to use what they have been learning in lesson in a real-life context. The week was kicked off with a Flamenco dance class in which they…
DetailsAn extraordinary amount of ingenuity, research and effort was on display in Miss Nicholls’ Year 7 History classes this week. The groups have spent the past month planning and preparing for their presentations on the development of Norman castles and now they had the chance to show off their finished projects. Miss Nicholls said, “The…
DetailsOur new Student Leadership Team did an amazing job of organising a coffee morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Support this morning. As part of the charity’s World Biggest Coffee Morning, staff and Sixth Form students were invited to come along during Break 1 and enjoy a cuppa, cake and a catch-up. There were some incredible, tempting…
DetailsThe Student Leadership Team did a wonderful job of organising the Macmillan Coffee Morning in school today, raising a grand total of £300.68 for the charity. During first break, Sixth Form students and staff were invited to get together for coffee and cake. This year, they were treated to a little musical accompaniment too. A…
DetailsMs Lewis is delighted by the enthusiasm shown by the Year 7 and 8 students who have recently began her LAMDA tuition sessions. The students are studying the Acting Solo syllabus in preparation for Grade 3 exams in February. LAMDA (Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) is the UK’s largest Speech and Drama Examination Board…
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