Key Stage 4 Learning

This morning, some of our budding song writers in year 9 and 10 took part in an online composition workshop with a professional musician. They are writing a song about equality which will be performed next year. Watch this space!

Each week at the start of their Citizenship lessons, students in both KS3 and 4 look at the 'Job of the Week' video posted on YouTube by MyPath Careers. These videos provide students with a quick overview of the job role, the skills, qualities and qualifications needed, along with starting salary…

KS4 have been exploring the Scottish capital. Ice Skating, and a visit to Edinburgh Castle are among the recent activities. 

Key Stage 4 and Year 9 Food Technology students have been given free-reign in the kitchens this week to make any dish they wanted, either by bringing ingredients in from home or by using whatever they can find in the Food pantry.

One particular Year 9 group showed fantastic creativity; thinking…

City residential to Edinburgh is underway. Sightseeing on day one. 
 

KS4 pupils were using their problem-solving and teamwork skills in Maths this week to break codes as part of a GCHQ session. 

The Year 10 GCSE Food Technology students have been taking part in a mock coursework task: to design and make a  burgers suitable for the Keswick burger restaurant 'The Round'. They have practiced independent planning and cooking- demonstrating a range of culinary skills. The results were…

This term, an over-arching theme across Year 10 & 11 Citizenship lessons has been the concept of Human Rights. Students have learnt all about the origins of human rights, explored a wide range of contemporary issues across different media sources, and took part in a structured class debate. The…

Year 11 students have been making some useful revision notes on the key characters in the 'Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. They have been listening to the audio recordings of each individual chapter via BBC Teach; collating key quotes and descriptions relating to individual characters,…

Well done to the Year 10 and 11's. This year, for the first time, we have introduced  Functional Skills for Key Stage 4 in computing so that students can work towards a national qualification.

Both groups have now completed the first 12 tasks set for entry level 3 Functional Skills.

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Year 10 have been studying the opening of Rosie Milford's The Silk Factory.  Part of their GCSE English Language exam is to understand and assess how a text is structured to interest the reader.  As part of this study, the students read and listened to the story and created storyboards to…

Our GCSE music students have been developing their composition work using Garageband software to layer up sounds.  They have been helping and inspiring each other's creations.  We look forward to seeing how their pieces evolve.