Year 11 Study skills with a focus on 9/11
After completing a VAK quiz last week in Citizenship to identify their preferred learning style- Audio, Visual or Kinaesthetic, Year 11 students learnt how to create mind-maps and other visual aids as a revision resource.
They were first given some information about the 9/11 terrorist attacks…
Exploring key themes in Macbeth
As part of their introduction to William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Year 10 have been learning about the core themes of the play.
After matching up key words and their definitions, students were put into small groups to explore questions relating to the themes of Ambition and the Supernatural in…
Year 7 -Transition to secondary school & managing change
On their very first day at SKS, our new Year 7 students took part in an active Citizenship lesson where they learnt all about life transitions and strategies they could utilise to help them manage change.
Students discussed the similarities and differences between primary and secondary…
Fun for all of the family
On Saturday 5th September it is Alston agricultural show. There are classes for the children to enter and lots of things to keep all of the family entertained. We know that lots of our families will be attending so have been asked to spread the word about this fantastic community event.
CADAS Workshops on Addiction and Vapes
All SKS pupils have had a workshop today on the risks of vapes and addiction. The session covered the harmful effects of drugs on the body, and the wider dangers of addiction.
Brilliant bees!
In forest school today we learned all about bees. We tasted some honey on bread and chose to make our own bees out of pine cones, wool and pipe cleaners.
Anna told us all about bees and how they pollinate the flowers for some of the fruits we eat.
Some of us used the watercolour paints to…
Blue House - Rewards Trip
As the winning house, Blue House are enjoying their rewards trip to Fusion Trampoline Park today.
Dancers Perform at Disneyland Paris
Dancers from across SKS performed at Disney last week. Months of preperation and rehersals went into the showcase event as part of a public preformance at the famous park.
Year 7 Residential
Year 7 worked hard on their outdoor and teamwork skills across the three days of residential. Outdoor and adventurous activities!
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Book swap- sharing our love of books
We really enjoyed looking in the book swap box and choosing some new books to take home and keep :-) happy reading and happy weekend everyone!
PE with Mr Holmes
Another fantastic PE session with Gary today!
The children continued practising their Sports Day events - Keep up the amazing effort - we can't wait for Sports Day!
Food Technology: apple swans
This week, Key Stage 3 have been refining their knife skills by taking part in a series of chopping challenges. Year 8 were tasked with creating apple swans! They showed excellent focus throughout the activity, producing some impressive results.