Key Stage 3 Learning

After studying Viviene Westwood's fashion design, inspired by 17th & 18th Century fashion and the punk movement, we visited the Bowes museum to take inspiration from it portraiture exhibits. Year 8 students have created paper dresses based on their research.

Year 9 students gave been creating leaflets guiding the early settlers across the great plains and safely over the Rockies to find their fame and fortune.

A superb example here 

27^th January is Holocaust Memorial Day- the international day which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz- Birkenau, which was the largest Nazi death camp. It is a time for the world to remember the atrocities committed during WW2 and to think about the lives of those people who…

Brilliant work from Year 9 on the trampolines this morning. Some pupils perfected their somersaults with others pushing themselves to improve tuck jumps and front drops. 

The topic this half term in Y8 and Y9 German is Food. We've recently been looking at traditional German foods and also eating out. Students designed and created a menu in German

Manga and Graphic Novel club is up and running in the library on a Friday lunchtime.  Our local Alston Librarian Chloe Hartley is running the club.  In the coming weeks, members of the club will be reading a variety of graphic novels including manga and comics.  They will be reading, discussing…

This week students at Nintendo Club were working together on Super Mario Bros. All agreed it was great fun!

Year 9 have begun their song writing unit.  They have been writing their own song lyrics to music.  Some students are composing Science-fiction film music and others are composing pop songs.  They are using Garageband, BandLab and MuseScore to make their creations.  We look forward to hearing…

Year 7 and Year 8 have had a great time doing gymnastics in PE today. Through vaults and trampoline basics were the focus of the lesson. 

As part of their WW1 topic in history, Year 8 have been looking at historical WW1 enlistment and recruitment posters. They have identified some of the strategies used to encourage, or even shame, men into joining up. They then used what they had learned to design their own recruitment…

To develop an awareness of the background historical context to the novel 'Once' by Morris Gleitzman, Year 7 have been learning about pre-war Jewish life and the Holocaust. Students have shown maturity and empathy whilst learning about the topic in their English lessons. 

In English lessons this week, Year 8 have started reading the award winning novel 'Private Peaceful' by Michael Morpurgo. The book explores family bonds, loyalty, and love against the brutal backdrop of World War I, focusing on the injustice and futility of war, the loss of innocence, guilt and…