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Year 6 pupils headed to the Science Lab this week to take on the task of dissecting a pig’s heart. The activity was the final stage of their studies into the circulatory system. The pupils have been learning about the function and structure of the heart, blood vessels and lungs in their recent Science lessons…

Students at our Senior and Sixth Form marked National Poetry Day in style on Thursday. The day began with a lively assembly, led by Head of English Faculty, Mr Hunter, which showcased the wonderful work submitted by our creative students as part of a poetry competition. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded prizes…

In Science, Year 3 have been working on the topic ‘Rocks, Fossils and Soils’. On Tuesday, the class headed out into the school grounds, armed with towels and paper cups, to collect three soil samples from different areas. The playing field, the pig pen and the school garden were chosen as the collection sites and…

Year 5 have got stuck into their new, whole-class African Drumming lessons this week. The instrument celebrates cultural diversity in music in which the children are actively involved. It also requires the pupils to work together to produce a cohesive sound, is an excellent way to improve rhythmic accuracy and can even improve upper body…

Year 6 visited the Black Country Living Museum this week to learn about the lives of different Victorian children. The Museum, based in the West Midlands, gives visitors the opportunity to explore 300 years of history in an open-air environment. This immersive learning opportunity brings to life one of the first industrialised landscapes in Britain…

This Tuesday, Sixth Form students were delighted to receive a visit from disability rights campaigner, Peter Pepys-Goodchild MBE. Mr Pepys-Goodchild, who has cerebral palsy and was unable to speak until the age of 14, spoke with passion about his resolve to overcome perceptions of his condition and as a result, was able to attend the…

This week, Year 7 students participated in a thoroughly magical Chemistry lesson with Ms Fowler-Roberts, where they were tasked with making rainbows using water, sodium carbonate, universal indicator and ethanoic acid. The experiment required a steady hand as students carefully, and gradually, added ethanoic acid drop by drop into their mixture. Sure enough, after shaking…

Despite the grey skies and rain, students across the Senior School had the amazing opportunity to speak to and train with Olympian, Kelly Sotherton MBE today. Miss Sotherton held a Q&A session with our A Level Sport Science students, and later our GCSE students, discussing the history of the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as…

Pupils in Year 5 have been learning about the life-cycle of flowering plants this term. They have studied diagrams of the different parts of a flower and learnt about the role of each in the reproduction of the plant. On Friday, they were given the chance to get hands-on during a flower dissection practical. Each…

‘From there to here and here to there, funny things are everywhere!’- Dr Seuss The Drama Department are embarking on a wonderful challenge to create a ‘Cat in the Hat’ themed scarf that will wrap around the Performance Hall, in preparation for their production of ‘Seussical the Musical’! Each week in their ‘Make and Do’…