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High School Musical Hits Next Week

This week sees the debut of our latest school musical which our enthusiastic student cast have been hard at work on since the start of the school year. Pupils from the cast and crew have been treading the boards and pulling the strings behind the scenes this week as they enter...
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World Book Day 2023

We celebrated World Book Day with a range of activities in school. During assemblies, Mrs Armstrong and the English department spoke to students about the importance of reading and why ‘picking up a book’ is really beneficial for everyone. Reading for pleasure is...
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Repaire Du Dragon

Year 9 French students have been thinking about what technology might look like in the future and have designed their own, futuristic mobile phones. In groups, students came up with a design, descriptions of all of the features and a sales pitch in French. They then pitched their...
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Sound Study with Southmoor Scholars

The scholars ended their half term with a lecture delivered by Newcastle University, looking at music. Students practiced their active listening skills, thinking about how different musical elements – volume, key, instruments – affect the atmosphere created and the...
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Primary Peer to Peer

As part of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, our Peer to Peer mentors, along with Miss Murley, visited Barnes Infant’S Academy to share with the pupils there the importance of mental wellbeing. Our students had a fantastic time with their primary school peers,...
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Meet the Apprentice!

For National Apprenticeship Week our theme in school was ‘Meet the Apprentice’ – an opportunity for students to learn more about the world of apprenticeships. Each day, we focussed on a particular sector – Construction, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality, Health, Care and Beauty,...
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Game Design with Southmoor Scholars

The Southmoor Scholars recently looked at video game design with Sunderland University. Students learned about the history of video games, and how they have progressed over the past few decades. We looked at the variety of roles in the gaming industry, including marketing,...
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Year 9 Options Information Evening Success!

Our Year 9 Options Information Evening was a massive success. We had a fantastic turn out of pupils and parents who joined us on Wednesday evening to learn more about the options subjects available to them for next year. The pathways students choose to take now are very important...
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Going Inside Out for Children’s Mental Health Week

We celebrated Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week with special drop in sessions in our reading suite available for students over lunchtimes. Representatives from mental health charities, local organisations and the NHS school nursing team joined us to take part in activities...
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National Apprenticeship Week 2023

For National Apprenticeship Week, each morning we welcomed in a range of organisations to talk to each year group about what each business does, the apprenticeships that they offer, the benefits of completing an apprenticeship and how to apply. We would like to thank Gentoo, Hays...
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