Our final gallery of the Spring Term and hopefully our final gallery of ‘Lockdown Learning’ – Well done everyone!
8C were given the challenge to model a phone holder that would hold their mobile phone securely. Before they did this they did a short activity drawing the net of a cube and folding it together. They then used squared paper to draw a net of a phone holder that would hold their phone securely. The net was cut out and placed onto card to allow the design to be tested. They will begin making their phone holders when they return to school after Easter” – Mr McDevitt
Ben Wallace in 8D has gained this week’s ‘Chef of the Week’ after creating his very own American Style Pancakes! Miss Wynne was very impressed with the colour and consistency of the pancakes created. Who said pancakes are only for Pancake Tuesday? Miss Wynne
Excellent English work from Aaron Browne in 8E and Henry Maxwell and Joshua Ihnat in 8D. The work from these students is excellent because they have provided developed explanations of the effect of the language used by the author.
8C & A Art used their new colour blending skills to draw an apple in colouring pencil. They have achieved excellent detail and have shown a real understanding of colour blending. – Mrs. Shaw & Ms. Stephenson.
Click here ot view a Gallery by 8A
Yr8 and 9 pupils have continued to explore ‘Khan Academy’ completing weekly coding and programming challenges – Mrs McIntosh
The Home Economics department moved another step along the remote learning continuum this week by offering live practical cookery lessons to some of the Year 8 and 9 classes as a trial. To keep things simple, we started with making an easy Easter treat – Fifteens. The pupils were provided with the recipe in advance of the lesson so that they could purchase the ingredients and then they joined their teacher in the live lesson and cooked along with her and with their peers allowing discussion and questioning as well as general social (virtual) interaction.
Pupils who did not wish to take part in making the Fifteens in the live platform were able to join the session and watch their teacher and peers; alternatively, they could watch the pre-recorded video of their teacher making the tray bake. Much learning, fun and chit-chat took place as well as the odd ‘mishap’ but what happens in live practical lessons, stays in live practical lessons!!
A sincere thank you to the pupils for taking part and to the parents/guardians for purchasing the ingredients so that a new teaching and learning strategy could be employed to enhance the overall experience of Home Economics within the virtual platform – Mrs Kettyle
9A, 9B and 9D Art have been researching Chinese, Venetian and African masks and this week they had the opportunity to draw or paint their favourite mask. The level of detail, accuracy and creativity achieved in their studies is excellent – Mrs O’Donohue
The Easter ‘Break Out Room’ Challenges for Year 9 Spanish pupils have yielded some impressive results – Felicidades everyone! – Mrs. McIntosh
10B‘s Photography project ended with a 7 Day Photo A Day Journal. Their photographs give a great insight into their life in lockdown as well as demonstrating how far their photography skills have come. – Mrs Shaw
In Drama this term Year 10 have been learning about Designing for the Stage. They created a set design for a play called ‘Growl’ , creating mood boards for inspiration, stage plans and then finally a 3D model of their set… here’s a very small selection of their work of 10A and 10C
Mrs Rees said ‘Hopefully this will give them a little bit of an insight into the production/design elements pupils can follow at GSCE Drama and in A Level Performing Arts I was really impressed with their creativity and resourcefulness when producing the Set Model boxes and looks forward to seeing them for real when the pupils return after Easter.’ – Mrs Rees
This is a superb piece of independent research and presentation by Yr13 AS Chemistry student Cameron Wilson – Dr. Wilson
Green Chemistry Poster by Cameron Wilson.
Yr13 Life an Health Science students continue to prepare and revise for the Centre Determined Grade assessments by putting together revision fact files on Respiration – Mr MagwoodMrs Rees was delighted to welcome back the Year 14 Performing Arts students who began work on devising performing arts events in response to Commission Briefs set by CCEA. There was real buzz of creativity as students pitched their ideas to each other and then decided which ones they wanted to work on. Ranging from verbatim accounts of contemporary issues, Dali’s The Persistence of Memory and 21st century Music, the final performances are sure to challenge, inspire and move the audience. – Mrs Rees
Perstare et Praestare
