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Y9 Boys Win ISA Football Tournament
Last week PE teacher Tom was up early in order to drive the Y9 boys football team to Nottingham to take part in the ISA Schools Tournament. It was a…
Education On The Move: KASS Conference
19th March 9.30am—4pm “If we teach today’s children as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” John Dewey Each day brings new voices saying our education system needs to…
Solving Problems With Y2 Waste Hunt
Year 2 students have been working on their observation and problem solving skills this week by going on a ‘Waste Hunt’. The toured the school looking at areas where there…
Year 7 Students Are Spaced Out!
A short short time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the Science Department took the Year 7s for a lovely trip to Greenwich Observatory, as they have recently…
Y7 Exhibition: A New Way Of Learning
This year we have begun to introduce an innovative new curriculum for Years 6-8. Our Year 7 students have just completed their first full Term experiencing this innovative and balanced…
Footballs & Frisbees Teaching Students Responsibility
Last week the playground shop arrived in Lower School. Conceptualised by Pupil Council, the idea of running a shop was created to address two issues -wanting more things to play…
Upper School Show Success: ‘Crazy For You’
The Upper School Show is always a highlight of the Autumn Term and this year’s was no exception. The production of George and Ira Gershwin’s exuberant musical ‘Crazy For You’…
Hatching Plans With Year 2
Year 2 had some new names on the register last term; Brian and Wilder two newly hatched Frizzle Chicks. Students hatched the chicks in school, and they spent their first…
Field Trip For A level Biologists
At the end of November, the A level Biologists in Years 12 and 13 headed off to Flatford Mill in Suffolk – Constable country – for their Ecology field trip….
Head’s Blog – What are the alternatives to GCSEs?
For many schools the exams hiatus caused by Covid increased the desire to explore different forms of assessment, particularly at GCSE level. In a recent article for the Times Educational…
