Posted on: 14/05/2018A POPPY TRIP TO REMEMBER The new Year 8 Interact club were offered an exciting opportunity to attend the Poppy Factory to learn all about the work and the importance of remembrance. Students experienced a fascinating presentation and introductory film about the factory and its history and then move through the museum area where they got to make a poppy and see some of the wreaths and poppies the factory have made throughout history. Here's what some of our students had to say: "When we were at the poppy factory we listened to a presentation all about the work of the poppy factory and how the poppy became the sign of remembrance in the UK. After the talk we were taught how to make poppies by hand and had a competition between the two groups. We then made a wreath which the school brought back to take on the Battlefields Rrip next year." Juliette Searle Year 8 - Interact "I enjoyed making the poppies and the wreath, especially as one of the wreaths we made is going to be taken to the Battlefields Trip and laid down in remembrance. We worked with a man who had fought in the war and he was telling us exciting war stories! I think it is important to remember the soldiers and people who died in the war, because they died for our rights and freedom and many innocent lives were lost." Leah Doore Year 8 - Interact
Posted on: 2/05/2018FULL 'STEAM' AHEAD! Huge congratulations to all our Year 7 winners for STEAM. A special well done must be given to Megan Neall who regularly submits unique and detailed competition entries which are frequently rewarded with both SMS and STEAM prizes. Megan was the winner of our Automated Process week submitting a fantastic idea for an automated bath runner, submitting a written description of how this worked along with the diagram below: Megan was also the winner of the Crowd Funding Perks competition where she undertook detailed research on how new apps are funded and designed her own ‘perk’ for the Midli crowdfunding campaign. Megan named her perk ‘The Grand Collection’. This saw Megan scoop the STEAM prize for the week receiving a goody bag from Dinobytelabs. More recently Megan submitted an entry explaining how VTime could be used in education to support young people in their leaning. A detailed entry, Megan had clearly researched different types of learners and how technology could be used to support them in their learning. Again this saw Megan scoop the STEAM prize and she was recently presented with her VR headset prize in assembly. Well done Megan! Malgorzeta Urbas and Liam Gunning were joint winners for the App Design competition. Malgorzeta submitted a detail plan of an app aimed at combatting bullying: Whilst Liam’s unique app focused on being able to find the nearest place where you can dispose of your rubbish – a unique and creative idea aimed at combatting litter issues. Well done to both Liam and Malgorzeta. We also say well done to Grace Rattenbury, winner of the robotics competition submitting a creative entry detailing an idea for a new way in which Pepper the Robot can help humanity. Grace described how Pepper could help those who have become too reliant on their mobile phones and get them back to socialising in the community. Once again a huge congratulations to all our winners. Details of STEAM competitions are emailed to all Year 7, 8 and 9 students weekly. Competition entries should be submitted before the deadline date in the email and can be handed in to Ms J Fenton-Hall (Head of ICT and Computing) in ICT3 or the ICT office or entries can be emailed. There are a range of prizes available from STEAM every week along with our own school prizes and certificates which are presented in assembly.
Posted on: 16/04/2018BTEC ALBUM LAUNCH On Thursday 22nd March at 6.30pm the Year 11 music class held their final performance evening for the BTEC music exam. In addition to the performance the pupils sold the CDs they had recorded as the end result of their marketing strategy. Well done to the Year 11 music students, who treated us to a truly amazing night of music and song, we enjoyed great performances. We are delighted to say that all the artists sold out of their albums, which they worked so hard to produce. A big thank you also goes to those involved behind the scenes: Molly Ayley, Alfie Baker, Courtney Bartlett, Ryan Bentley, Ben Bonnick, Henry Bourne, Harsidhak Dhamija,Charlotte Ellery, Katie Goodman, Louisa Hamlett, Amber Haylock, Ben Irwin, Bethany Kingston, Billy Light, Lauren Miles, Vikraant Sandhu, Kiera Temple-Smith, Connor Tracey, Luke Wabro and Luis Wells.