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The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At...
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The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
One of the key aspects of the new emerging Ofsted inspection framework focuses on whether schools offer an ambitious curriculum that enables all learners the knowledge and the...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
There was such enthusiasm for learning in Mrs Hewitt’s Food Technology lesson on Tuesday of this week. Students were mixing ingredients to make some super looking cup cakes and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Students were working well in Mr Burnell’s technology lesson this week, having designed some fantastic electronic moisture sensors they were reinforcing their learning by creating...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Aman 7 Elm was the class expert for the Year 7 google logo design lesson and actually taught the other students at key parts of the lesson. He was awarded an R2 for his major...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Our A Level students were researching and revising in preparation for their PPEs, going over some of the complex concepts related to Anthropometric Data and its use in real life...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It was great to walk into Year 7 technology lessons this week and see all the students so engaged in some superb activities related to real life and work related experiences....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
It is always great to see students achieving superb things across our learning community; last week many staff and parents commented on the excellent newsletter article written by...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Another excellent ‘Monday Magic Moment’ was shared at the start of this week – this time by Mrs Selliah, one of our hard working teachers in our flagship Maths...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
One of the best things about being in education is seeing the young people in our care blossom and flourish as life long learners, ready to step out beyond the school to exciting...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At present we are encouraging students to choose their own reading material, but it has been real encouraging to see the breadth of choices that they have made. A few of the book covers are highlighted in the images below.
As parents and carers do encourage your children to get into the habit of regular daily reading; the habit can be life changing. As Maya Angelou reminded us ‘Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of their needs, is good for them’.
Reading through History Reading has long been seen as a source of ‘solace, consolation and healing throughout history.’ Helen Mary Gaskell set up a War Library in 1914 (after...
It is so good to be part of a Multi Academy Trust – especially when you get the opportunity to learn and share best practice with outstanding practitioners like Laura Moses....