April 2022 archive

Raising & Giving Winners Celebrate

Last week we celebrated the success of our recent ‘Raising & Giving’ campaign in school with the form who managed to raise the most money for their selected charity through their clever and creative fundraising ideas that included bake sales and ‘guess the sweets in the jar’ stalls. Well done to Phoenix 7B who were …

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Year 12 Work Experience

Last week, we launched the opportunity for our Year 12 students to take part in a Work Experience placement in July. This is the first time that we have been able to offer our students the opportunity to go out of school and actually physically work with an employer for over 2 years. Work Experience …

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Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Out for Adventure

Year 12 and 13 students have begun their Silver Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition on Friday, walking from Aysgarth Falls to Newbiggin in North Yorkshire – roughly 12miles. The group must carry all of their equipment with them as they set out on this walk and will be setting up camp this evening and cooking …

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Premier Presentation by David Dein

Last Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome virtually through Zoom, David Dein MBE, to speak to all of our Year 12 students. David is the current Ambassador for the Premier League and International Ambassador for the Football Association. He is the co-founder of the Premier League, former co-owner and vice-chairman of Arsenal Football Club and …

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Newcastle University Test Our Students

Year 13 pupils had the opportunity to learn about the polymerase chain reaction, otherwise known as a PCR. Newcastle University joined us in school for students to experience lecture style learning and, challenging them to push their knowledge of the PCR to university level. This included the workings of a COVID-19 PCR test. Students also worked through the process of gel-electrophoresis …

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Wear It Like Wareham

Pour fêter le poisson d’avril (le premier avril) les étudiants au lycée et Madame Marshall ont décidé de porter des vêtements comme leur prof préféré, Monsieur Wareham car une costume bleue avec une chemise bleue c’est sa tenue de marque.     To celebrate poisson d’avril (April Fool’s Day) some of our sixth form French students and …

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