A level Product Design students…
…work on the Holly Lodge Gates project
Year 12 Product Designers Adam Betney and Brenton Talbot along with their teacher Mr Allsopp, have been working in …
Year 13 leavers’ party…
…held last night at the Pirelli Stadium. A lovely evening celebrating the end of exams and to say goodbye to the first …
Future pathways week
Our Year 12 students spent a week off timetable finding out about the different options they have available to them after their A …
Year 12 Health and Social Care
Last week our Year 12 Health and Social Care students invited the Independent Learning Centre (ILC) into school so they could work with …
Year 13 speed date
Year 13 analyse the poetry of love in a speed dating activity as revision for their upcoming exam!
Our Young Enterprise Team…
…showing off their entrepreneurial skills to Burton MP Andrew Griffiths. The products look great guys – another winning team in the making!
All home safely…
Our last day in America was spent in museums as diverse as ‘the Air and Space’ and ‘the Natural History’. A final sunset photo of the Washington monument …
Our first day in DC…
Beautiful day for a walking tour of Washington DC. We visited the national memorials to Washington, Lincoln, Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, the Korean War and world War …
The lessons never end…
Mr Kelly demonstrating the ‘Kelly dismount’ from a swing in Central Park!
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Statue of Liberty
After a hearty breakfast of maple syrup soaked goodies it was off to the Statue of Liberty. Still cold….but not as cold!
Wow
Visited Tiffany’s today and saw their most expensive piece of jewellery. A cool £15 million for the necklace and the diamond is ‘currently priceless’!
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty …
Good morning from the Big Apple…
Wowee what a cold night but what a beautiful morning! It’s record low temperatures for New York on Valentine’s Day (-18 C at the moment). Plans changing slightly today so …
What’s Dickens been up to?
Dickens getting to grips with a more challenging text alongside our A level English students. Alisya Boyraz introduced him to Madame Bovary this morning.
6th Form Christmas Party
It was our annual 6th Form Christmas party yesterday. A beautifully prepared Christmas dinner, served by the staff, was enjoyed by 90+ students. Father Christmas came and gave them all …
Warwick University masterclass
Our A level English literature students had a great day at Warwick University this week having a masterclass to prepare them for their exams in the summer.