10s Forces- up thrust and buoyancy
Today we continued with our work on forces. This time exploring the effects of upthrust and buoyancy. The pupils looked at a range of boat designs and discussed the shape […]
7T Messy play afternoon
7T enjoyed some messy play this afternoon. We made chocolate mud and used plastic cars and animals to expand our play and creativity, it also helped to encourage our social […]
Careers Assembly and Workshops
Today we had Dave Corrigan join us, who currently works as an engineering manager at Huntsman, but has had an extensive career within this sector and jobs associated with chemical, […]
9H – Preparation for Adulthood, First Aid
9H continued our topic of first aid. We recapped cuts and bruises, then moved on to learn about how to treat burns. We watched a video from St John’s Ambulance, […]
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Presentation – Buckingham Palace
I am delighted to share with you all this post celebrating our DofE Gold Award achiever Aaron! He worked through his Gold Award over 2.5 years in 6th form, overcoming […]
9H – Preparation for Adulthood, First Aid
This term in Preparation for Adulthood, we have been learning about first aid. This week we focused on identifying and treating bruises and cuts. Students all had a go locating […]
10s Science
We continued our work on forces and air resistance today, and followed up our experiment of creating the most air resistance for a parachute to creating the least. We looked […]
7T trip to the Police Station
As part of our Safety 999 topic in PFA, 7T took a trip to Spennymoor Police Station. We explored custody cells, equipment and even got to start the sirens on […]
Ofsted inspection
Please see the attached letter which includes a link for parents to add their comments.Ofsted Letter to parents
10s – Air resistance
Following on from our exploration of air resistance, 10s spent today looking at how air resistance can be useful to slow objects down. We looked at this through the use […]