Maths:Mr Lee has made the following nominations this week:
Kacper, Victoria and Floreen in Year 10 for outstanding work on their latest assessment
Ollie J in Year 9for his hard work during our unit of work on surds.
Year 11 students Nathan, Saul and Tearlach for fantastic work in our walking talking mock and Callum B for his focus in lessons this term.
Miss Kaur has nominated 9A1 Maths for excellent work and effort in lessons.
English:
Miss Magnay has made the following nominations this week:
10A1 have worked incredibly hard this term in English. They have completed several extended responses for literature and language and Miss Magnay is very impressed with what they have achieved. Special mention to Rhema, Mason, Jana, Seth and Emma for the insightful contributions that they bring to every lesson. Also nominated are Year 11 literature class who have made some excellent progress with their unseen poetry responses. Special mention to Danielle, Josephus, Alfie, Leila, Andrew, Kelly, Ellie and Nive for their excellent effort during every single lesson.
Music:
Year 7 - 7SI started a group project to compose their own work song this week. I was particularly impressed with how responsibly the practice rooms were used, in addition to the wide range of creative ideas students came up with. A special mention to Lucas, Haydn, Harry, Evie and Maja for their superb teamwork skills – excellent work!
Year 8 - this week it was great to see the improvement in 8CA’s ukulele ‘muscle memory’. I could see that students are moving more fluidly between chords and most were brave enough to attempt the off-beat strumming pattern in a whole class performance of ‘Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. In particular; Calin, James, Cullen and Madison showed how practice really does make perfect!
Year 9 - this week year 9 have begun their final project for this unit – composing an underscore for a section of film. This requires students to use a variety of film music techniques. It has been really interesting to hear each student’s individual response to the film clip and I have already heard some brilliant work from Thomas and Liam in 9TA.
Humanities:
Miss Buffini has nominated Tawana and David (7TU) for a great History lesson and for being so helpful and CJ (7CA) for great effort in History. Also nominated are all Year 7’s for all their hard work in History and to those who have taken the parts of Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy and Harold Hadrada at the Battles of Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Hastings.
Mr Strumpher has nominated 10A Geography class for working so hard in the classroom. They are currently learning the different erosional and depositional landforms that can be created through erosion and deposition. Also nominated are 7CO for working so hard in Geography and History.
Mrs Vaghadia has made the following nominations:
Year 10 Sociology for their excellent commitment this term to the course. Work has been to a high standard and beautifully displayed.
7SI, 7TE, 7TA and 7CO for making an excellent start to lessons this term. They have shown great engagement and discussions have been very interesting.
11TA have been nominated for their excellent contribution and engagement to the lessons this term. Have been very active in the discussions. Finally, 10ST for their excellent contribution to the PSHE sessions during tutor time, well done!
Computer Science:
Year 7 have been working on creating an island in Kodu for a client. Students spent a couple weeks learning the tool before creating their final island. Some examples of this are pictured above.
Year 12 have been working on learning different art styles for digital graphics. This week they used vector art to make faces. All the students completed fantastic work and some are pictured above.
Science:
Scientists of the week for last week and this week are:
Year 7 student Keziah for excellent effort in all lessons.
Year 8 student Amy W for her amazingly presented wor.k.
Year 9 student Lacey for excellent effort in all lessons
Year 10 student Cameron H for excellent scientific knowledge every lesson!
Year 11 student Ruby for amazing scientific knowledge and attempting all tasks.
Year 12 student Lacy for great effort in Chemistry.
MFL:
Miss Graziano has made the following nominations this week:
Year 8 student Declan H for fantastic effort in Spanish, helping others and completing work to a high quality, Deliana dn Oliwia (8TU) for fantastic effort, and Year 10 student Kent for continued effort in Spanish.
PE:
Mr Rogers has made the following nominations this week:
Thomas 11CO, Kelly 11SW and Lexi 11CO for their excellent work in Sport Science.
Carson 7CA, Miro 7TE, Nathan and Pawel 7TE and Pawel for their excellent communication and analysis skills in Badminton and Year 10 students Riley 10TE, Cameron H 10CA and Dawa 10CA for their excellent leadership skills in PE.
Miss Williams would like to congratulate the Year 10 girls netball team who did fantastically well in a tournament held at Kingswood School. They won 3 out of their 4 games, showed great commitment and sportsmanship!
Sixth Form:
Mr Hallas has nominated Brady, Eoin and Liam in Year 12 for their proactive and positive approach to the Enrichment and Personal Development Programme. All three students have made a long-term commitment to supporting lower school PE lessons, every Monday afternoon, and have made an excellent first impression.
On Wednesday, our Year 13 students visited the University of Northampton to find out what it is like to study at university. They were given a full tour of the campus by a student ambassador, along with a talk on study skills from the university librarian and a presentation on what to expect next in the application process. The weather was stunning and allowed us to take advantage of the beautiful views from the rooftop terrace, and even a game or two of table football at lunchtime. An incredibly informative day and one that will hopefully help our students with their post-18 decision making.
