We invited Year 10 students from Sandhill View Academy to join us for a 3 day summer school. Students sampled sixth form lessons, took part in team building exercises and got a good taste of what sixth form life is really like. We hope this event helped students make their decisions for what pathways they …
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Jul 12
Derwent Hill Geography Residential
Year 12 Geographers stayed at Derwent Hill to complete fieldwork in the Lake District. Gorge Walking was the perfect activity to refresh their knowledge on river landforms and erosion. Everyone showed resilience and humor whilst getting soaking wet and sliding up and down rocks! In Keswick they saw first hand examples of flood defences and …
Jul 11
Discussing Home Ownership with Barclays
Students in Year 12 finished their fourth and final session of Barclays Lifeskills, which has been running weekly throughout this term. The groups were thinking about Pensions and Pension schemes as well as different savings accounts, and the different procedures involved in renting or buying properties. Over the course of these sessions Year 12 students …
Jul 11
Transition Days 2022
Year 11 students were joined by their peers from Sandhill View Academy and other schools across the city for a taste of Sixth Form life with the return of our in-school Sixth Form Transition Days. Students got the chance to try a breadth of A-level subjects including Literature, Law, Sociology, Biology, Physics, Health & Social …
Jul 06
The Final Stretch for the DofE Award
After a whole year worth of work, 14 Year 12 and 13 students set out to the Lake District to complete their final expedition for the Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award. On Thursday they set out from Bassenthwaite Lake and walked for two days and camped for two nights, covering roughly 26km while carrying all of their equipment. At …
