Maths:
Miss Kaur has nominated Joe, Nikola, Harry, Angel and Katie in 7N for the effort they have put in to using ratio tables in Maths this week.
Mr Jackson has nominated Year 7 student Millie, Year 8 students Max Mc and Christopher for excellent effort in Maths this week. Also nominated are Year 12 students Jams, Rowan and Holly for excellent scores in their end of year assessments.
Mrs Wynn would like to say well done to 7P had an excellent focused lesson involving percentages and calculators. Also nominated are Year 7, 8 and 9 students who were well behaved and focused during all end of year assessments.
Mr Lee has nominated Ruby in Year 7 for excellent work with ratio tables. Mr Lee would also like to congratulate his Year 10 group for a really productive week of lessons last week.
Miss Harrison has nominated Tillie, Natalia, Alan, Olivia, Emily, Natasha and Jessica in 8A1 for a great start to their work on ratio this week. They were able to model sharing ratios effectively to answer questions.
Music:
Miss Patrick has made the following nominations this week:
Year 7 - This week Miss Patrick would like to celebrate 7TA for their brilliant demonstration of active listening throughout the lesson. Miss Patrick was impressed that every time she needed the class's attention students came away from the computers and took their headphones off - without me having to ask them! Students also worked productively in quiet partners during the lesson and this led to some fantastic drumbeats being composed by the end of the lesson - well done 7TA!
Year 8 - Year 8 have begun to compose lyrics for their very own Reggae song this week. I was particularly impressed with 8CU, where all groups decided on a suitable theme and had begun writing down their lyric ideas - Miss Patrick can't wait to hear how they sound with music behind them! A special mention to Morgan, Jack, Luke and Harvey for getting really stuck into this task and coming up with some great lyrics!
Year 9 - Year 9 have been working on their rock band performances this week. Miss Patrick would like to commend 9SI for their organized approach to how they used their practice room time this week, it was lovely to hear each groups song coming together. A special mention to Adam, Sebby, Jakub and Adrian for their approach to practice this week - excellent work!
Humanities:
Mr Foreman has nominated Year 10 students Roman G, Kyle R, Eureka T, Thomas L, Alicia H on some very good History Mock Exam results. Also nominated are Year 7 students Patrick, Nathan C, Riley F, Melissa K and Uros for an excellent end of year exam result and Eleanor H for an excellent knowledge result on her end of year exam.
Miss Buffini has nominated Patricia, Archie and Laura (8TA) for their knowledge check in History and to Lottie (8CA) for an excellent extended answer. Miss Buffini has also been pleased with the effort put in by Year 10 students in their mock paper.
Mr Goddard has nominated the following Year 9 students for excellent interpretation and source skills with their Berlin wall assessment, David C, Joel U, Orla M, Iosif A, Veronica S and Jayden W.
Spanish:
Mrs Gonzalez Villamil-Lean has nominated Year 7 student Aarushi for her new found focus and excellent contributions, Year 8 students Maja, Olivia and Bradley for their commitment in lessons, Year 9 student PG for his contributions in class and Year 10 students Iara and Charmaine for pushing themselves to achieve.
Computer Science:
Mrs MacLeod has made the following nominations this week:
Year 7 - Mrs Macleod would like to congratulate 7CA/CS1 students for their work and effort on “The Internet”. This lesson explored the internet and its uses. Students watched a video from one of the “fathers of the internet”, Vinton Gray Cerf, who explains the internet and its history. Students gained an appreciation of the vastness of the internet. It is truly global, with 99% of data transmitted through oceanic cables spanning all continents, the longest of which is 39,000 kilometres. Students watched a video called A Packet’s Tale which explained how messages can be successfully sent from one device to another across the planet in under a second using packets and IP addresses. Student developed an understanding of packet structure and packet switching.
Year 8 - Year 8 students have been working hard on the introduction of using Inkscape to create graphics. Students had a project to do this week working in a group of two. They were part of a website development team working on a website for a zoo. They had to design an icon to make the website more user-friendly, the zoo wanted icons on the navigation buttons/menu items. Then they were asked to design a logo for a theme park called Solar City. Lastly, they were given the scenario that they worked as a freelance illustrator. Students had been hired to design the characters for a collection of children’s books called ‘Beneath the Waves’. The books told the story of Leon the lobster and Trina the turtle, and the adventures they had together. The students created excellent designs for their project.
Year 9 - Year 9 students have been learning about the basic understanding of the physical aspects of sound waves. They were able to get familiar with the functions of microphones and speakers in digital systems. They were also able to grasp a general understanding of the digital representation of sound and analogue signals. They were able to complete worksheets and ask questions about this subject. Students worked well with this topic.
Year 10 - Year 10D/CS1 students have completed the Computer Science Storage Unit with an end of unit test. Students have worked well learning about the information for this Unit. Well done to all the students!
PE:
Well done to the following Year 8 students who represented the school at the Kettering and Corby District Athletics on Wednesday 28th June. Students demonstrated great effort and determination in all their events and supported each other throughout the afternoon.
Rhys D, Jack G, Peter D, Witek S, Morgan H S (won heat 100m), Moyo F, Kaiden T (2nd place high jump), Lucas H, Harry C, Frey B, Amber B, Morgan F, Erin B, Maja B, Sophie M and Maja G.
Food Tech:
For Culture Week in Food 9SI and 9SW made a delicious Thai Red Curry, and Year 10 made Steamed Chicken Dim Sum - including making their own wanton wrappers!
Science:
Mr Godfrey has nominated Year 10 students Freddie, Aadi and Maya for their superb contributions in a class discussion which led to them discovering a theory that goes beyond the scope of the GCSE physics course.
Mr Tanangonan has nominated Mia, Kai and Maciek (7ST) for great scores in their end of year assessment.
Miss Kritzinger has nominated Year 10 students Esosa, Nadia, Arina, Olivia and Mya for doing fantastic work in science looking at The Mole.
English:
Miss Magnay is very impressed with 9CZ and their effort that went into their end of year assessments. They have done exceptionally well and should be proud of themselves!
8B1 have been working on their speech project and have completed excellent and comprehensive research. I look forward to seeing the final speeches!
Mr Toye has nominated Mihai (Year 10) for studious efforts in tackling A Christmas Carol - even in very un-Christmas like weather.
Miss Lodge has nominated 9AZ for their fantastic analysis of war poetry this week. All students were focused and making great contributions. The following students showed great enthusiasm and made some really insightful comments: K-Jay, Wiktoria, Kasper and Ellie. The following year 10 students are making great progress on the NEA speeches for English: Thomas, Ollie, Arina, Cole, Bella, Brooke-Amy and Louisa. Well done!
