May 24
Our Year 11 Transition Programme is just around the corner. Students will be able to access a range of preparatory work on building knowledge and understanding about the wider world, skills they will need in order to study at A level and how to move on to some of the more detailed work set by our individual …
May 24
To fulfil the NEA component in A Level English Literature, students undertake a close reading analysis of Tennessee Williams’ tragic drama ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. They are encouraged to explore the ways in which language, form and structure informs inferences and shapes textual meaning whilst utilising a variety of analytical methods. This coursework unit also enables …
May 23
We welcomed the Department of Education who gave an assembly to Year 12 about apprenticeships, focusing on how they are different to a degree and university and what doing an apprenticeship is actually like, explained by actual apprentices. Students were also given details on who is actively recruiting apprentices and how they can apply for them. This assembly is …
May 23
Year 13 are continuing to review their university offers and make their final choices. Year 12 have begun the UCAS process and are starting to collate information in preparation for completing their online applications. We are holding a Y12 parents’ and carers’ information evening at 5pm on 24th May about the UCAS process. There will be …
May 17
Year 13 Sports Ambassadors have started to run a basketball club for Year 7 and Year 8 students of all abilities every Wednesday after school in the new gym. This will go towards their Community Sports Leaders Award, a Level 3 qualification that we run in Sixth Form for Year 12 and Year 13 which …
May 17
Students on the First Choice Programme took part in a workshop ran by Sunderland University which focused on a range of revision resources and techniques.
