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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 

In science we have been making predictions about which objects we thought would sink or float and then carrying out an experiment to see if we were right. Great predicting and testing everyone. 

Running algorithms in computing!

Today- 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…

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. 

Well done to everyone who has been working so hard on their reading at home- it makes such a huge difference! Well done to our top readers in the race, keep it up everyone :-)

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

The students in her French really enjoyed a game of battleships this week. They got to give opinions on school subjects in French and practised pronunciation 

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!