Key Stage 3 Learning

We started our new units of work in KS3; 7/8F looking at place value and 7/8H looking at straight line graphs. To answer a regular question, "Mr Gordon when will I ever use this when I get a job?", we started the units by discussing and researching the possibilities. Students wrote a small…

Year 7 have been well and truly warming up their voices recently.  Since September we have been dedicating time to singing and there have been all kinds of requests from Chris De Burgh to Benson Boone! Well done year 7.  Keep singing with enthusiasm!

As part of an introduction to our unit of work on Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist', year 8 have been learning about Victorian workhouses.  They have done a great job of reading information and generating mind maps to introduce the context.  We look forward to exploring this text this…

Just before half term we ran our Inter House Scrabble competition. We had ten students from KS3 competing, and were very impressed with the quality of the words they came up with! Well done to all who took part. Look out for more Inter House Competitions throughout the year - they're a great way…

Year 7,8 and 9 have been helping the performing Art department to make bunting for the Christmas show. They have enjoyed practising their machine skills. 

In their Citizenship lessons this week, Year 7 to 9 students learnt more about Green Careers as part of the national Green Careers Week.

We looked at video case studies of those who worked in green technologies or as part of an environmental charity- including 'The Ocean Cleanup'. As well as…

Year 8 students have enjoyed working in the newly developed spinning room.

We've had a super fast first half-term and I hope everyone enjoyed the break! Our year started by looking at how maths links to careers and where we can develop valuable skills within the subject to support our future; as well as finding out the amazing range of jobs our students would like to…

Year 8 have been making ceramic pumpkins inspired by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

Year 9 were using Blooket to recap their vocabulary on Friday afternoon. The competition was fierce within the class. 

A slight deviation for games today. Year 7&8 worked well in mixed teams today to play dodgeball on the AstroTurf.