Discovering Careers in Nuclear Submarine Industry

24 Year 10 students visited BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness on Thursday, where they took part in various workshops and tours to learn about careers in the nuclear submarine industry. During the visit, they participated in hands-on activities, including an escape room challenge which focused on fields such as engineering, computing, and project management. The students…

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Disagreeing Agreeably

The Ethics Cup is a national competition which encourages students to learn how to ‘disagree, agreeably’. Last Thursday, our Year 12 Philosophy students participated in our own in-house version. It focused on three topical issues and asked students to consider how we can have polite and productive debate within our everyday lives, especially when it…

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Dinosaur Museum Opens its Doors in E5

Miss Mulholland’s Year 7 English class spent a morning visiting ‘the museum’. As part of their homework students were tasked with designing their own dinosaur along with a corresponding fact file. Miss Mulholland said, “I was blown away with their roarsome creativity. A number of exhibitors displayed and talked about their creations as the museum…

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Dinosaur ‘Experts’ Enliven Lesson

In an animated English lesson, Ms Scullion joined Ms Ledger in role as ‘Professor Hawthorn’ – specialist in carnivorous dinosaurs, as Year 7 students presented their work as ‘dinosaur experts’ to compete for the chance to exhibit their findings in The Museum of New Discoveries. Ms Ledger took the role of the Museum’s curator ‘Professor…

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Deciphering Poetry of Conflict

In English, Year 9 students explored a Ukrainian poem as part of their work on the ‘Poetry of Conflict’ unit. Students considered the impact of structural methods used by poets and had an experience of using translation tools – dictionaries, Google Translate and translation pens – to understand a text. Miss Kaminska (Ukrainian Learning Support…

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Deciphering DNA

Ms Densley’s Year 8 Biology class learnt about the structure of DNA and possible mutations yesterday. At the end of the lesson, they made models of the DNA double helix out of sweets to help them visualise the structure.

Dancing With Distinction

In Year 9 Dance, students have been developing their contemporary dance skills alongside their performance skills. The students completed a practical assessment in line with their KLIs (Key Learning Indicators) 6,7,8. They were given the option to take this to the next level and sit a formal exam – IKDANCE Contemporary Standard 3. These 4…

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DADA Showcase Spectacular

We are still buzzing from the spectacular success of our DADA Showcase at the end of last week. Showcasing the work of Drama, Dance and Performing Arts, our talented performers entertained two packed audiences with their incredible skills and dedication. The show featured extracts from an exciting variety of pieces that our students have been…

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