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Miss Scott’s / Mr Machaj’s maths groups have been using Kapla blocks to measure real world objects in Maths today. They worked really hard with staff and counted the blocks to estimate the lengths and widths. 

Students and parents joined our Year 11 students before they departed for their Prom at Holland Hall. Students (and staff) had lots of fun celebrating their final day as Year 11's. 

Our Horticulture students has a very busy morning. They harvested vegetables, planted some cucumber plants and weeded the raised beds. 

KS3S had a wonderful day celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubille. We decorated cakes and biscuits, made crowns, had a tea party and played games outdoors with our KS3 friends. We even had a visit from Matilda, Frank and Mrs Darcy!

Some of our KS3 students have written some brilliant poems about the ocean and the beach. 

In some of our Maths lessons, we have been revisiting some of the skills taught early in the year.  We have been re-discovering fractions, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, understanding addition and subtraction and the inverse.  We have also developed our understanding of sequencing days of the week…

In our English sessions we have begun to explore 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' play script.  In our lessons so far we have explored the features of the text and how it is different to other books they have read.  They came up with some amazing observations.

Mr Mullen's English group visited Applecast Farm today.  They had a fantastic time and represented themselves and the school exceptionally.  All of the students loved feeding the animals and some students overcame their anxieties to have an amazing experience.  We finished our visit in the cafe…

In Mr Mullen's English group we have started to explore Harry Potter and The Cursed Child as our text based on the KS3 topic of Lights, Camera, Action.  The students were asked to look at the front and back cover and talk about and fond important elements.  They all gave amazing answers though the…

Miss Scott's class visited Applecast Farm and met lots of different animals as part of our Farm to Fork theme.  They all had a great time and finished with a visit to the cafe to practice their communication skills.