Year 8 Islam
Over the past few weeks Year 8 have been learning about Islam, looking at what Muslim's believe and how this impacts their life.
We will follow this topic up by visiting a local mosque later in the year.
Jamie Oliver spaghetti pasta
Today we road-tested our first 'Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food' recipe; with the Year 7's cooking spaghetti pasta. They showed fantastic focus throughout and loved tasting the food they had made. Well done everyone, and thank you Jamie!
Carlisle College visit for Year 11
To help them make their post-16 destination choices, Year 11 visited Carlisle College on 12th November. They were taken on a campus tour after listening to informative presentations from a range of different college staff. Subjects discussed in depth included Apprenticeships, Business, Uniformed…
A moment of remembrance
Today Cross Fell took part in some activities to mark remembrance day
Seasonal changes
We had a really super afternoon learning all about seasonal changes and painted our own seasonal trees. Great work everyone!
Year 7. Textiles, hand sewing project
Year 7 have been perfecting their hand sewing and cutting skills. Designing and creating felt monsters.
GCSE English -Jekyll and Hyde Context
In English this week, Year 11 have started producing some revision resources relating to the context and key characters in Jekyll and Hyde.
'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson is a core text in GCSE English literature.
Year 7 Comic Conventions
By the end of their 'Introduction to Comics and Graphics Texts' module in English, Year 7 students produced their own fantastic comic strips.
They had to include comic conventions including: emanata, narration boxes, speech and thought bubbles.
One enthusiastic Year 7 student said "I…
Year 8 English- writing for a purpose
Year 8F re-visited and re-drafted their newspaper articles about the wreck of The Demeter cargo ship in Whitby. This event was noted in Act 2 Scene 1 of Dracula: The Play.
Students were encouraged to use a range of different language techniques to create a tabloid style news article. They also…
Year 7 get creative for Anti-Bullying Week
Year 7 students created some eye catching posters for Anti- Bullying Week in Citizenship on Monday. This year's theme is 'Power For Good'.
KS3 Maths - What job's?
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…
Forest school
Forest School today was about Remembrance Day and bonfire night. We talked with Anna about the red and purple poppies and what they meant and some children chose to make their own out of wood slices or clay. We did a poppy themed treasure hunt but the best part was getting to make a chocolate…