House Ethos Presentations
Some brilliant presentations in assembly today about our school ethos. Respect, Resilience and Teamwork.
Love Computing
Our KS3 students have been looking at the options within computing for their future careers. As well as a school display students have been researching jobs in cyber security, looking at starting salaries to fully qualified; making this an integral part of their learning.
Anti- bullying week - odd socks day
Anti-Bullying Week - odd sock day / wear your jumper backwards
Wednesday 12th November
The School Council have organised Odd Socks Day which is a light-hearted but powerful way for pupils and staff to mark Anti‑Bullying Week by wearing odd socks. It’s a simple, fun way to celebrate what…
Anti-bullying week - Red house - School ethos
Over the last 3 days Red House has focused on what the school ethos, "Learning with respect, Growing with resilience, Achieving through teamwork", means to them.
Well done Red House...now we have the opportunity to put it into practise!
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…