This week’s entries to the Celebration Gallery demonstrate some of the fantastic work and independent learning being done by ERGS pupils as they remain in lockdown but keen to keep their learning going. Don’t worry if your work isn’t included this week as teachers have been sending through all kinds of material that we will keep uploading over the coming days and weeks.
Yr8 Mathematicians were set a painting and decorating problem solving task last week. Some very creative and hi-tech pieces of work were submitted and I think we have a few budding decorators or business owners in Year 8! – Miss McKeown
Mr McDevitt recently posted on the Year 8 Bulletin about a competition being run by the BBC called Two Minute Tales. It was a short story competition for 5-16 year-olds aimed at promoting creativity and imagination. Unfortunately Bruce Lennox of 8D forgot to submit his entry, so we thought it could at least be posted here to celebrate his effort and imagination – Well done Bruce! – Mr McDevitt
Some excellent Year8 History work from Charlie Lynn and Jack Palmer . Both of these pieces of work are excellent because they have answered the questions accurately and thoroughly. – Mr McMahon
Drama Tableau from ~Year 8 – Whilst Alfie Seaney seems to have the weight of the world on his shoulders, it appears that Annie Fowler if preparing for some inclement weather, Aiden McHugh is wrapping up warm and Natalie Dowha is tending to her stoat?- Mrs McDowell
Ks3 Technology pupils certainly didn’t ‘TAKE AND BREAK’ this week – Pupils were asked to draw a KitKat chocolate bar to practice some graphic techniques to help with the next project. The picture only shows a small number of the excellent work received. Well done everyone! – Mr McDevitt
Junior Drama Club virtual rehearsals are well underway using Google Meets as they prepare for this years radio play production due to aire this June – Mrs McDowell
In Digital Technology Year 9 pupils have been learning how to break complex coding tasks into smaller repeatable sections, recognise large repeated patterns as made from smaller repeated patterns and identify the benefits of using a loop structure instead of manual repetition. Here are a few screen shots of Heather McCaffrey’s work this week. – Mrs McManus.
Following last week’s gallery of outstanding Year 10 Art work, here a few more brilliant examples of creativity and talent. – Ms Stephenson
Megan Knox’s beautifully painted dog in a dream like landscape, which owes a lot to her research on Van Gogh
Emma Little has used her first hand photographs and sketches to great effect in this collage and watercolour.
Albert Kalka has had fun with Picasso and Cubism
Jiraporn Magee has used an immaculate pencil drawing technique to portray this dog.
Ella Mc Farland has made great use of her photographs to help with the accompanying landscape sketches
Luke Moore explains his process; “I did silhouettes of a puppy and one of our horses. I first printed off their photographs in black and white. Then I cut them out. I didn’t have black paper, so I decided to put the cut-outs on white paper and spray paint them black. To hold the cut-outs in place, I put bolts on top of them. I really liked the effect it made.”
Just look at Chloe Scholes’s painting of her horse in the style of Franz March. What a beautiful sketch pad full of research, experimentation and working from life
More research and experimentation from Chloe.
Year 10 Geography pupils have been trying a bit of online collaboration for Mr Mason. The task was to look at and discuss a number of images from around the world and complete a table that considers how each indicated or impacted on levels development within a country. Pupils were required to work in groups, discuss ‘virtually’ and record their thoughts and then submit a completed table. The following example was completed by James Nixon, Patrick Williams, Catherine Fallis & Caleb Woods – Mr Mason
Development Difficulties PowerPoint instructions
Development Difficulties by James, Patrick , Cathy & Caleb
Year 11 English – the task set was evaluate which product would best persuade you to buy it based on the choices of layout, images, colour and language. This comparative task was an assessment of reading analysis skills. Hannah Campbell and Tiana-Grace Abbott went way above and beyond with analysis that was so superb that they both scored 100%. I think both Bakers and Pedigree could learn something about marketing and the impact of their products on consumers from Hannah and Tiana-Grace! – Miss Heap
Tiana-Grace Abbott – Task 4 Consumer Challenge
Hannah Campbell – Bakers Dental Delicious VS Pedigree Tasty Bites
Year 13 English Literature – The task was an essay on the Drama text A Streetcar Named Desire ‘Blanche is a woman to be celebrated as a heroine rather than condemned as a failure.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Anna Moore 13E wrote a super response. – Miss Heap
Anna Moore Blanche DuBois Essay WEEK 7. PDF
Year 13 Physics students have been doing some preparatory work on Gravitational Fields which is a topic they study in Year 14. Below are some examples of the work they submitted last week. This is a great opportunity for them to develop research and independent learning skills which are the key to achieving top grades at A2 level. they were set a series of questions linked to the specification on the topic and several students submitted very good work. The attached are just a few examples. For those Year 13 students not engaging they are missing an opportunity to develop the skills required for A2 and indeed University courses. – Mr Sloane
Year 13 – Gravitational Fields, Jason Bothwell
Year 13 – Gravitational Fields, Kaitlyn Harron
Year 13 – Gravitational Fields, Nathaniel Johnston
Year 13 – Gravitational Fields, Siobhan Phair
Year 14 work on Shakespearean Drama text Othello and how relevant it is in the twenty-first century. The following are two excellent reflections and well informed responses from Julie Pauley 14D and Jasmine Dooris 14C. – Miss Heap
Jasmine Dooris – How Relevant is Othello in the Twenty First Century
Julie Pauley – Relevance of Othello in the 21st Century
Perstare et Praestare.
