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Senior School students made a marvellous job of transforming themselves into their favourite characters from plays, poems and novels they have studied in class, to celebrate World Book Day on Thursday. A special assembly, followed by a literary themed Scavenger Hunt during morning break, got the day off to a great start. To complete the…

Senior School students showcased their language skills this week at the final round of the Latin Reading Competition, held at Cheltenham Ladies College. Students performed in pairs, reading passages from their Latin course books. Our Year 8 entrants presented ‘Lucius Spurius Pomponianus’, which is based on the story of Lucius Spurius Pomponianus, Grumio and Clemens…

This week we welcomed Year 6 children from local schools to St Edward’s Senior & Sixth Form to enjoy an action-packed STEM Day. The children were tasked with exploring the origins of “a meteorite that has survived its journey through the atmosphere”. To do so, each pair of students looked at two cores of ice,…

The Library has just finished its ‘Blind Date With a Book’ event, where students were challenged not to judge a book by its cover!  Little ‘lonely hearts’ ads were written on the front of each book, wrapped in plain paper to hide what was beneath.  This challenge always proves popular, with lots of extra wrapping…

Year 8 have been working hard in the Art lesson this week, finishing their ‘Collagraph’ plates. Collagraphy is a print making process in which materials are fixed to a hard backing to create texture. Students arranged their materials to depict sections of the ‘Lost and found’ display in the Art Department. The resulting ‘Plate’ can…

Just before half-term Mrs Hammond’s Science Club took on the pH rainbow challenge! The students were given test tubes of water, acid solution, alkaline solution and universal indicator fluid. They were then tasked with mixing 14 solutions to each pH level, indicated by a different colour. Thus creating their liquid rainbow. The activity requires precision…

On Monday we enjoyed an afternoon of Scientific talks as we staged our School Final of FameLab Academy. FameLab Academy is a schools initiative run by Cheltenham Festivals which seeks to revolutionise science communication in schools. In the competition, Year 9 students, supported by their teachers and a STEM Mentor from the world of academia…

This week saw a cast of talented performers take to the stage as they presented their production of ‘Chicago – High School Edition’. Cast and crew have been working exceptionally hard over the last few months and there was huge anticipation in advance of the first night. ‘Chicago’ is based on a 1926 play of…

At Year 7 Science Club, after School on Thursday this week, our students took on the challenge of making Cartesian Divers. This classic science experiment is named after René Descartes (1596-1650), a French scientist and mathematician who used the diver to demonstrate gas laws and buoyancy. The students had to fill a bottle with water…

Sixth Form students had the opportunity to learn some basic First Aid skills in a training session on Friday afternoon as part of their PSHE curriculum. Areas covered in the session included how to check if someone is breathing, how to place someone in the recovery position and how to administer CPR correctly. The opportunity…