Senior school design work

Lamorna completed her 'splash' hat this week, it looks great!










S4 were working on their folio sheets:




And S3 were continuing to work hard on their various design projects - they are making good progress:

Design projects

S4 & S5 have been busy finishing off their design projects this week. Here are some of photos of their work:

Las Vegas themed top hat by Alexander:







Pop art extravaganza dress by Chloe:







Mad Hatter's tea party top hat by Jennifer:

Interview skills with RAF Sergeant Tait

Sergeant Tait visited the school again today to spend time speaking to S4-6 about interview skills. The group will complete mock application forms and then have mock interviews with Sergeant Tait after the exams With an increasingly competitive jobs market this kind of experience is vital for our young people and we are very grateful to Sergeant Tait for his time and efforts.

Peer assessment in process

S3 are peer assessing each others booklets. They are giving verbal feedback and checking spellings:






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More design

Here are some more photos of S4 hard at work on their design projects.

Chloe's pop art dress:




Jennifer's mad hatters top hat sandwiches:



Scott's flames for his global warming hat:

S4 design

S4 were working hard on their design projects again, in preparation for sending away their folios.

Peer assessed feedback

S3 are reporting back on their research so far in our study of international tension in the period 1890-1914. Each one is researching a different country. They will then be our class expert on that country as we go on to study the causes, events and consequences of World War 1.
Chris is doing the Balkans:



Nico is doing Italy:



Ian is doing Austria-Hungary:



Ben is doing France:



Melissa is doing Germany:



Amy is doing Britain:



Daria is doing Russia:



Sam is doing Japan:



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Landmarks of appeasement

S4 have been examining the events that led to World War II. They have tracked the decisions made by European leaders in their efforts to avoid war, and made judgements on how war might have been avoided.




They are demonstrating their learning by imagining what the leaders of European nations might have tweeted after significant events, such as the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, the Abyssinian Crisis, the Anschluss, the Sudetenland crisis, the Munich agreement and the invasion of Poland.













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Design work

S3 and S4 were busy on a range of practical design projects today:
















S3 also handed in some research projects on famous artists:

Finished work

Scott in S4 completed this still life today - well done!



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S3 debaters

S3 historians have been honing their discussion and debate skills. The class have identified key skills and attributes that make debate and discussion successful:



They are now practising these in our debate on conflict. Here are some of the issues/questions that have arisen today:

Is conflict always negative?
Can you be unaware that you're involved in a conflict?
Is it possible to abandon conflict with no resolution?
Can both sides win?
Can we experience conflict within ourselves?
Is there always a physical element to conflict?
Can war achieve good things?




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Senior school design

S3 & S4 pupils were busy working on a wide range of design projects today:

Sandwiches for the mad hatter's hat:



A Pop art style dress:



A teacup hat:



A lion mask:



Papier mâché-ing an Olympic torch:



A completed Italian food themed hat:



Decorating a hat with fabric feathers:



And a finished leaf mask: