Peter Davison

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Cookery Club Continues

Cookery club continued, with Miss Zakaidze helping students to develop their cookery skills, by their hand at making their own Pizzas. After the course, students will receive a recipe book with all the meals they have created so that they can replicate them in the future. If students want to take part in future sessions, they must sign up with …

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Through the Lens at Sunderland University

A group of our Year 12 and Year 13 Photography students visited Sunderland University for a studio workshop. They worked in 4 different studio spaces with different light set ups. Thank you to Sunderland Univeristy for accommodating us, we hope to visit them again soon!

Coping with Exam Stress

Our School Nurse hosted a drop in session to help students get a better understanding on how to deal with exam stress and pressure. The session was a great success with plenty of advice given, resources were shared that can help with time management and there was also time for students to ask their own questions about what they were struggling with.

Pushing Boundaries at Derwent Hill

Year 12 geographers spent two days in the Lake District looking at relict glacial landscapes and different land uses. They were fortunate enough to be greeted with covering of snow as they ascended Combe Gill towards Glaramara. They were able to see landforms from when the UK was last glaciated over 12,500 years ago including …

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Raising & Giving

We are looking to form a core team for this years Raising and Giving week, taking place w/c 17th April. Raising and Giving week is an annual event, ran by Sixth Form across the entire school, seeing a week of charity activities raising as much money as possible for our charity partners. While all Sixth …

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Ready, Steady, Cook!

Cooking Club launched in the Sixth Form with students being taught basic cookery skills, starting with spaghetti bolognese. Each week, Sixth Form staff will be walking students through their different recipes in the newly refurbished school kitchens. The theme for these dishes is that they must be affordable, nutritious and simple for the young people …

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