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In Science Club, Year 7 students have been exploring their creative side once more, taking part in an exciting challenge to design, create and craft a paper roller-coaster. The task aimed to showcase how varied Physics can be, whilst teaching students all about gravitational potential energy. With paper in one hand and sellotape in the…

This week, Year 7 students were whisked away to the Canopy where they were given an exciting opportunity to hear from and meet, A.F.Steadman, author of “Skandar and the Unicorn Thief”. Her novel is a dazzling feat of imagination which combines fantasy adventure with nail biting epic battles, all of which make this novel a…

In this week’s Year 7 Science Club, students donned their protective glasses and gloves for an extra special activity – making bath bombs, using only items that can be found in the home. The challenge was ensuring that the ratio between the wet and dry ingredients throughout was perfect, in order to prevent the mixture…

This week in Year 7 Science Club, Mrs Hammond cooked up a storm with an exciting experiment making scientific lava lamps! Students gathered round with a buzz of anticipation as the experiment was explained to them. Using only water, oil, food colouring, fizzing tablets and a bottle, Mrs Hammond showed how ordinary objects can be…

In preparation for World Book Day in March, the school community is embracing this year’s theme of  ‘you are a reader!’ As part of our in-school celebrations for the event, each House has been allocated a specific author, Lewis Carroll (Fisher) Roald Dahl (More) and J.K Rowling (Newman). On Monday, Year 7 students got into…

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT), a special challenge was set for some of our Year 7 students. The task aimed to encourage mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques and is an online, 45 minute, multi-choice challenge which saw our students deep in thought….

Year 7 have been getting creative in their Design Technology lessons this term, designing and making their own analogue clocks. They were asked to design their timepiece with a member of their family in mind, incorporating elements that they felt represented this person. Each design was then created in computer aided design software before elements…

Science Club participants took part in an ‘eggs-tra’ fun activity this week- the ‘Egg Drop’. Each of the students were given a hen’s egg and tasked with constructing a container that would protect it from a 15m drop. The students were given a wide selection of materials including cardboard, bubble wrap, tissue paper, rubber sheeting…

Our Year 7 Geographers have been learning about Climate Change this term. They have discussed the fact that the climate has been changing since time began, and that it is likely to continue to fluctuate in the future. They have also been looking into the dramatic changes that have taken place since the industrial revolution…

Year 7 have been enjoying a return to their practical Music lessons, developing the HPL skills for collaboration and perseverance. They have been exploring folk music in its many forms in recent lessons. At the end of last term, the students were learning the well-known ditty, ‘Drunken Sailor’, which they have been practising hard in…