Blog Author: Jessica Walker

KS4 MATP group have been working hard in their PE lessons. We’ve worked on our warm ups and stretches, enjoyed parachute games and also started to introduce volleyball using inflatable balls.

KS4 MATP group have been working hard in their PE lessons. We’ve worked on our warm ups and stretches, enjoyed parachute games and also started to introduce volleyball using inflatable balls.

KS4 art group have been exploring mosaics this term. First, we had a go at recreating a mosaic of an apple. Students then did some of their own research using iPads. Each student chose a character to draw in their sketchbooks which they will go on to create a mosaic of.

In horticulture today, students decoupaged their own plant pots. We then went to explore the greenhouse to find all the equipment we needed to plant our own seeds. Students used the trowels, soil, seeds and watering can and planted seeds in their own pots. We can’t wait to see our plants…

KS4W enjoyed going on a senses hunt around the school grounds. We used our senses to look, listen, touch and smell for different nature objects. 

KS4W are learning all about horticulture during the summer term. For our first week, we went on a bird hunt around the school grounds and then a short walk in the community to see what birds we could spot. We then made some homemade bird feeders and hung them outside our classroom for the wildlife…

Students in KS4W had a discussion during careers week about different jobs available to us in the future. We talked about our local shopping centre and what jobs people might do in there. We then used the school bus to visit the Concourse, and talk to some of the people in there and find out what…

KS4W spent a lovely morning in the sunshine riding the bikes. Students took turns on different bikes and used communication skills to follow the tracks around the MUGA.

KS4W enjoyed a trip to Hollywood Bowl as part of a WOW day for this term’s English topic.

KS5s have had a lovely morning spent outside on the bikes. 

In KS4, our English topic this term is ‘Pets’. For our WOW day, we were very lucky to enjoy a day full of activities all about pets!

During the morning, we used laptops and iPads to do some research about our favourite animals and then we had to design and create an animal shelter for a…

Students in KS4 are studying the artist Jackson Pollock this term. They have been using the internet to research the artist and the styles of art he produced. Students have then chosen a piece of his work they like and tried to recreate it.