KS3 ice skating

17/12/19

As part of our Christmas celebrations, KS3 went ice skating. The boys began the session recreating Bambi on ice, with many of them being extremely nervous, but by the end of our hour on the ice we had professional skaters! Well done boys! 

Rotary Club bulbs

So many bulbs to plant..

...but come spring it will be worth it in the end.  Update to follow; around March!

Creative Christmas 2019

A productive time in CDT with the boys busily creating some truly remarkable decorations and in such a short time.  

The boys learnt what can be created with lathe turning.

A nice before and after with Tyler

Christmas has proved to be a good introduction to some sewing. 

 Perhaps we can work this into more lessons guys?

3JB Music Session

Tash on the mic!

Lloyd on drums...

3JB all enjoyed a lively music session

A Very Merry Christmas Tree.

A Very Merry Christmas Tree.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, the boys have helped to put up and decorate our tree in the hall today.

A big thank you to Dylan, Charlie, Jack and Tyler for their help. 

Mulch Ado About Nothing.

Mulch Ado About Nothing.

Winter is upon us and being close to so many trees can have its advantages as well as disadvantages.

Our boys have been busy raking up the leaves from around the school to make some much needed mulch for our allotment.

Tyler and Callum pose for a photo before .....

 ....cracking on with the job in hand.

 Lewis and Harley work hard to clear up the leaves from our allotment.

Sean fills up the wagon.

Well done 3KP!  

Year 7 Sailing!

Earlier this week 3AW and 3JB went Sailing for the first time in PE!

The boys got to navigate the boat around the water.

Below are some pictures of the two classes!

3HI visit the careers event

2 boys from 3HI visited the careers event at the Guildhall last week. They had a great time walking around engaging with different organisations trying new things as they think about their future careers.

 Andrew enjoying the virtual reality headsets. 

Boat building

Reading Challenge Half Term Results

Each half term the boys compete against each other to try and read for the most amount of minutes in tutor time and after school. Weekly the boys minutes are collected and the tutor group with the most minutes wins the weekly cup. After each half term prizes are rewarded for individual students who have read the most as well as a prize for the tutor group with the most minutes read.

1st Place - Jaiden Prentice

2nd Place - Alfie Ravenscroft

3rd Place - Tyler Black

Tutor group of the first half term - 3LB

Well done boys! 

Doddle - An amazing start to the new academic year!

Highlights from the Autumn 1 half term:

• The BEST start to an academic year for the amount of pieces of work completed on Doddle EVER!!!  Yes we have a larger year 7 intake, but this is amazing!
• 2019-20 has the biggest total for core subjects in the term Autumn 1 EVER!
• Three weeks in a row over 200 pieces of work were completedby our pupils.
  

Highlighting core subject differences over four years for the term Autumn 1:

Year	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Subject		​
Maths + KS2	236	399	429	579
English + KS2	37	522	392	398
Science	17	111	191	164
Core Subject total	290	1032	1012	1141
Overall TOTAL	390	1229	1280	1324

"Congratulations to everybody!"

After the success of an incentive we ran in March, during this academic year we are expanding this for each month to track the monthly totals for each pupil and tutor group.  Well done to 4SK for winning the title in September and October.