In Astronomy Club pupils went to space! Using our virtual reality headsets, they visited the International Space Station to float around in a zero-gravity environment, saw the different sections of the station, looked outside at Earth ‘below’ and saw how far ‘up’ the station actually is. They even got to do a spacewalk and go outside the station!
In October, our adventurous Year 12 and 13 students embarked on a five-day journey through Iceland’s breathtaking landscapes and geothermal wonders, to support their A Level Geography studies. The group’s exploration began at the Bridge Between Continents, a stunning fissure between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.
Other highlights included an exhilarating glacier walk on Sólheimajökull, where students donned crampons and ice axes to explore its melting ice formations and learn about climate change. The group then marvelled at the iconic Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss waterfalls and even enjoyed a unique Lava Show, feeling the intense heat of molten rock!
Lily G reports on the team’s season so far:
“The girls’ U15 football season has started off with a bang following a comfortable 7-2 win against Ashcroft Technology Academy. Despite only having six players, we persevered, came through and won with a positive mentality.
“Throughout the past few weeks, it has been nice to see new people attending training sessions and becoming part of the squad. Girls’ football is growing rapidly in school, with lots of new girls at training every week, making matches a lot more competitive and fun. Melody D in particular, showing her confidence and skill in training and in her first game, was a wonderful thing to see.
“I would like to give a shout out to Beatrice E who scored two goals and Kyanna T who scored a hat-trick against Ashcroft! The other two were own goals. Sharon O gave a great performance with some outstanding saves in goal. Overall, from a player’s perspective, it was a great game and also a sign of incredible team growth since Year 8.”
The Sixth Form Prefects arranged a Greet and Go event over two days in the Chapel. The event was designed as a way of Year 12 and 13 getting to know each other better using a ‘speed dating’ style format, with Year 13 moving along a seat every 90 seconds to engage with a new Year 12 student. The event created a fantastic buzz of conversation.
Before Half Term, a group of pupils from Years 8-10 enjoyed a coding robotics workshop at Legoland. They learnt how to code and give commands and instructions to make their robots walk, follow specific paths and use sensors. The workshop co-ordinator was impressed with the pupils’ coding skills.
Last Friday, Paul Bishop and I had the pleasure of attending the Wings of Hope awards ceremony and witnessed sisters Martha E and Grace E receiving the award for overall winners 2023/4. This is a truly amazing achievement! Their hard work and dedication made them truly deserving winners. They entered the Gold award, which required them to raise £1,000, but they raised over £2,000! Part of their prize is an all expenses paid trip to India to teach at one of the schools WOHAA supports. Congratulations to the girls who went by the name - Sister Strength. Click on the picture top left to read about the finalists on the website.
We are delighted with another set of fantastic results by our LAMDA students this year! They all achieved Merits or Distinctions.
Dominic C: Grade 4 - Merit
Angel G: Grade 3 – Distinction
Eliza RC: Grade 4 - Distinction
Loïc Z: Grade 3 - Distinction
Lily G: Grade 2 (Verse and Prose) - Merit
Toby S: Grade 6 – Distinction
Leon T: Grade 2 - Merit and Grade 2 (Verse and Prose) Merit
Muiread C: Grade 5 - Merit
Freddie M: Grade 3 - Distinction
Daniel W: Grade 5 Acting Exam - Distinction (with 87%). This qualification is the same level as gaining a GCSE.
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