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…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Keira in Year 8. Last week, Keira attended the Outward Bound Residential Trip to Loch Eil, Scotland, alongside 47 Year 8 and 9 students. The experience focused on building resilience — one of our school’s core values — by taking students well beyond their comfort zones through a range…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Penny Hodgson in Year 8. Penny is not only an exceptional student who continually works hard in all her subjects, but she is a student who has been inspired by an experience in school and taken it to another level. Penny has accumulated 1133 House Points to date; many…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsMs 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.
Our Drama Department proudly presented the annual DADA Showcase on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week, bringing together performances from students across every year group. The event featured an impressive range of work from Drama, Dance, and Performing Arts, with over 120 students participating from the Character Curriculum, GCSE and A Level courses, as well…
DetailsIn 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…
Details26 students from KS3 took part in a dance workshop with the wonderful Kelly McClelland from the National Centres for Advanced Training in Dance, on 20th May. Our very own CAT student and GCSE dancer, Penny H helpfully assisted with the session too. The students explored technically challenging sequences and developed their creativity whilst choreographing…
DetailsHot on the heels of the fantastic High School Musical production, here’s another chance to enjoy the dazzling talents of our students. The WHS DADA Showcase features work from Drama, Dance and Performing Arts students, with extracts from an exciting range of pieces. Email to reserve your tickets – Don’t miss out!
DetailsWe 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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