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Lockdown restrictions have challenged our ways of teaching and learning, particularly on those projects that involve more than one ‘bubble’ working in collaboration with each other. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our usual team projects, Year 6 and Year 9 have been using ‘Teams’ to work together this term. 12 Year 9 students…

Year 9 have been exploring the perceptions of homelessness in their English lessons, delving into the novel ‘Stone Cold’ by Robert Swindells. They have explored the characters, and completed activities to reinforce their comprehension. As their homework task last week, the students designed alternative front covers for the book, using whatever medium they like. Here…

It has been proven that spending time in nature can improve mood and well-being, but not everyone has easy access to the natural world. Launched on Monday 25th January, the BBC brings virtual soundscapes of music and nature directly to audiences with Radio 3, 6 Music, BBC Sounds, BBC Two’s Winterwatch, the interactive BBC Sound…

Since the start of the academic year, all Year 9 students have had a philosophy lesson once a week. Currently the lessons are taking place virtually, and include the whole year group; making it one of our largest distance learning lessons! Delivered by Headmaster Mr Burke, the students have studied key figures from Greek philosophy,…

If you want to draw lifelike portraiture, knowing how to draw facial features is essential. Learning to draw these parts of the face can be difficult, but with the aid of Miss Haywood’s masterclass this week, Year 9 have managed some fantastic progress. They were shown techniques that would help them to draw facial features…

In their music lessons with Mrs Pope and Mr Wapshott, Year 9 have been exploring the musical genre – Minimalism. Developed in New York in the 1960s by composers such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Terry Riley, Minimalism involves stripping music down to its bare essentials (and beyond) to focus on its pure sonic…

COVID-19 has forced us all to adapt to new ways of working and whilst we may all be present in school, our year group bubbles are challenging us to be more creative in our approach to learning. Our usual opportunities for Prep School pupils to work with students at the Senior School have been put…

Things have been heating up in Year 9 Science classes this week, as the students took on the challenge of creating their own thermometers. As part of their study into thermal energy, the students used equipment common to any laboratory to construct an instrument complete with a  scale capable of measuring temperature. They first studied…