Posted on: 18/12/2020BLACK HISTORY MONTHAbigail Karanja (Year 7) produced this informative poster for Black History Month. Black History Month during October provides a fantastic opportunity for us to recognize the outstanding contributions people of African and Caribbean descent have given us. This year’s theme was ‘African Americans and the Vote,’ exploring 150 years (and more) of the struggle to ensure that African Americans are able to fully participate in an American democracy. Abigail confirmed this in her poster which enlightened her classroom peers. Well done and thank you Abigail.
Posted on: 18/12/2020IT CAREERS at the BANK OF ENGLANDOn 13th November 2020, a class of Year 11 Computer Scientists were able to have a virtual meeting with Amit, an employee at the Bank of England. Connecting live through Microsoft Teams, we spent an hour talking with Amit discussing various aspects of the Bank. Our talk started with a brief quiz about the Bank that Amit had created and moved on to the Mission of the Bank. Amit spoke in detail about the different roles of the bank including: storing gold, issuing bank notes and supervising other banks and insurance companies. Amit talked enthusiastically about what it is like to work at the bank, he also explained some of the many traditions the Bank still holds while continually updating to be a modern organisation. We were also able to ask Amit about his career and how he’d progressed through a range of IT and Computing roles before working as a Business Analyst at the Bank of England. Amit described how he speaks to a range of stakeholders within the Bank about the systems they need and then translates this into a technical system that can be built. At the end of the talk we had an opportunity to explore the Bank of England website in more detail, researching some of the roles Amit had spoken about in more detail as well as the careers available.
Posted on: 18/12/2020BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY LYRIC COMPETITIONThis half term, as well as their ukulele lessons, Year 9 pupils have been changing the lyrics to the iconic song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen. There were some brilliant lyrics written and topics included; Fortnite, takeaway food, lockdown, school and even going to the pub! There were winners in each class and an overall winner across the year group. Well done to Luci Lock, Tianna Kingdon, Lola Dyer, Baoanh Nguyen, Casey Jones, Rebecca Tang, Khenza Yazid, Emma Burse Johnson, Sam West, Joshua Huddlestone, Zak Tinsley, Ben Hoare and Charlie Crane. The overall Year 9 winners were Caitlin Cummings and Jessica Cloake. Here is part of their winning entry – sing along if you know the tune! ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Re written by Caitlin Cummings and Jessica Cloake, Year 9 I’m just a smart child, no need to teach me He’s just a smart child no need to teach him, Spare him his life from this horrible work Easy come easy go, this work is easy Triangles! No it’s not that easy – it’s so easy! Triangles! No it’s not that easy – it’s so easy! Triangles! No it’s not that easy – it’s so easy! It’s not that easy! Never make me work No, no, no, no, no, no, no, Mr Mrs, Mr Mrs, Mr Mrs, let me go Beelzebub has a piece of work set for me For me! For me! So you think you can set loads of work for me So you think you can give me homework Oh Mr, Can’t do this to me Mr! Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here!
Posted on: 18/12/2020
